Nervous collapse relief praised by customer in Quincy ad
Mrs Lizzie Williams of 416 Co War street Quincy Illinois credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing thirteen years of nervous exhaustion fatigue dizziness and headaches after third box her strength and appetite returned and fainting spells stopped The ad claims benefits for anemia rheumatism debility and nerve disorders and notes pills cost 80 cents per box or 2 50 for a full set by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Pet Snakes Gain Fashion Among English Ladies
The London Morning Leader notes a brisk demand for nonpoisonous pet snakes among wealthy women in England. The trend highlights a taste for unusual pets as snake ownership becomes a social curiosity rather than a danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamner
England
London
A Strange Awakening on a Train Snoring Tale
Senator Balisy recalls a New York street fight and a train episode where a snoring passenger provokes a dramatic remedy. A drummer hands a boy half a lemon to apply to the snorer’s mouth to curb the danger, then observes the boy’s bold action.
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Balisy
Texas
New York
Walter in Washlodon cafe smooths troubled customers
In a Washington cafe a clerk named John handles a polite scene with a customer who overpays. The man asks for change after paying a 80 cent bill with a dollar, and John replies that no change exists, then dismisses the request with a bow. The customer exits, dazed by the exchange.
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Walter
John
Baby Lyon’s Life Saved by Cutieura Remedies
Mrs Maebelle Lyon of Parsons Kansas recounts her infant son’s battle with infantile eczema spreading over his body. After using the Cutieura Remedies within days he brightened and began to laugh again and within about ninety days he fully recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maebelle Lyon
Appleton Ave
Parsons
Kan
Racine
William Dunn
Wisconsin Street
John Stuart Mill and His Father a Cranky Hedoniat
Francis Gruble in the Fortnightly Review depicts James Mill as a hard clever man who scorns schools as prejudice and educates John Stuart Mill at home with two playmates. He forbids holidays to keep the habit of work and treats his son as an object for educational experiments.
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John Stuart Mill
James Mill
Mann
Francis Gruble
Baby Clothes in Mexico Style Lace and Mourning Dress
In Sunset Magazine October Lieuella Tisdale contrasts Mexican infant attire with American babies. She describes open back song skirts, hand made lace, coral jewelry, and floral top fabrics. The white dress becomes a mourning badge when a grandmother or great uncle has died.
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Mexico
Héroplendor
Norwegian Artist Carl Lunde Paints on Metal
Carl Lunde, a Norwegian artist, has gained fame for painting on metal. He decorates ordinary tin with distinctive dessena in colors and illuminates a tray or plate that would otherwise be cheaply japanned. His method is a big secret and he uses clever techniques to render utility decorative.
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Carl Lunde
Lunde
Allcock's Porous Plaster Records Six Decades Of Use
A Good Record. Allcock's porous plaster has a sixty year history and remains popular for relieving pains from cold or overstrain. Sold by druggists globally.
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Allcock’n
Uss
Playwright Pinero's Odd Salting of Plays Revealed
A fragment describes Mr A W Pinero starting late, cycling errands, then returning for dinner. He takes a calm tea, settles at his desk, and works on his play into the night, portraying a peculiar method of work.
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A. W. Pinero
Faroto
Early 1832 New England Ten Hour Movement Strikes
A fragment notes a ten hour movement among stlowrights and calkers in New England in 1832, with several strikes that proved successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stlowrights and
Calkers
New England
Attorney Quarles Attacks Wisconsin Inheritance Tax
Milwaukee reports attorney Charles Quarles challenging the Wisconsin inheritance tax in the Schandein case before Judge Carpenter. He argues tax should apply at final settlement, not at will dating, and contends the estate value is overestimated by appraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney Quarles
Schandein
Carpenter
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Charles Quarles
Quaries
Daniel Wells
Quarles
Thomas M. Kearney
Jara
Heyl
Kearney
Putnam Faceless Dyes Sell at Ten Cents a Package
A readable fragment notes Putnam Faceless Dyes cost ten cents per package and promise brighter colors. It mentions a man’s past and a woman’s present, plus references to Lewis’ Si Binder and Lewis’ Factory at Peoria Tl. English Motor Trucks and the term motor lurries used in Manchester for power trucks. The passage hints trucks pay well when fully loaded.
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Putnam
Colon
Manchester
England
Autograph Victory Letter to General French
A reader won over by Flattery, Gen. French, the English officer at the French maneuvers, received a note praising him as a great British general. The sender asked for his autograph but not via a secretary, and the boy obtained both the autograph and a signed photograph of his hero.
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French
Cabman Held for Murder in Oshkosh Court
Michael Mandl Jr cabman is held without bail in municipal court on murder charges after a fatal altercation with bartender Louis Con ray. Witness William Thuer wach ter, a Fond du Lac traveler, bonded for trial, says Mandl bought and loaded a revolver before firing.
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Oshkosh
Michael Mandl, Jr
Louis Conray
William Thuerwachter
Fond du Tac
Madl
Kidney trouble cures by Dean's Kidney Pills
Elwood Indiana resident R A Pugh attributes relief from long standing kidney trouble and back pain to Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports dark urine prior to treatment and states three boxes cured him. Advertisement notes price and distributor Foster Bilburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
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R. A. Pugh
North B Street
Elwood
Ind
Dean
Foster-Bilburn Co
Buffalo
Driven to Get Religion in a New Hampshire Town
A New Hampshire man changes from a tightfisted businessman to a regular church attender, puzzling townspeople. A year ago he loaned the pastor fifty dollars which could not be repaid, leaving him to seek pew rent as the form of restitution.
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Ketchum
the Sunday Magazine
California Fig Syrup Co
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Esta Watts
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ball
Cheney & CO
Tondo
Weser
Cheney
Bla
Waroins
Kuvwas A Manaio
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Tuledo
Hall
Bald
Cabman
Jehu
Stocking
Frederick Stocking
Mra
Richard T. Robinson
Kenosha
Metropolitan Trust
Bank of Chicago
Sigmund Wollheim
E. H. Bottum
Anti-Saloon League
Baraboo
Martin F. Foley
T. M. Sare Ant “. C. Weed
Wisconsin AntiSaloon League
Ozaukee
Port Washington
Wellington
W. Loucks
National Good Roads Association
L. Coe
H. W. Bolens
J. B. Uselding
C. Hill
Beaver
W. B. Krause
A. P. Kuhl
John W. Kraus
A. Barth
Antigo
Mattoon
Antigo Flra
Wausau
Mae
Bleh
Bears
Sloans
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
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Avery
Dome
Rednea
Tae Suanarrs
Ailett Light Co
N. Halsted S
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Wolraf
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