Twitching Nerves Cured By Dr Williams Pink Pills
A Kansas woman describes hereditary nervous twitching in her legs and sleep loss. After six boxes, symptoms faded, returned briefly, then subsided again. The ad claims Pink Pills cure bloodlessness, indigestion, influenza, headaches, lumbago, neuralgia, and female ailments.
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Williams
Elizabeth Rannells
East Seventh Street
Newton
Kansas
Ny Sleen
Dr. Williams Pink Pilla
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Realm of Science Curiosities and Breakthroughs Across Fields
The piece surveys Wilhelm Wundt’s fifty year milestone in psychology education, notes experiments with luminescent bulbs and palladium gas lighting, and discusses odor theory, trance observations in Ruvo, extreme helium cooling, and the shift of astronomy toward physics with Hertz’s rapid oscillations.
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Wilhelm
Wundt
Sommers
John Aitken
Ruvo
Olszewski
London Telegraph
Wise and Weary Reflections on Duty Faith and Courage
The piece extols duty as strength and warns neglect weakens soul. It argues faith sustains ventures of hope and that suffering refines virtue like ore purified by fire. Courage is fueled by faith hope and love and blooms amid life’s trials.
Postum Turns Man From Coffee In Northwest State
A woman recalls using Postum Food Coffee to free her husband from coffee’s grip after years of headaches and nervous strain. She credits stronger Postum use with steady health, noting avoidance of grip and winter ailments. The advertisement urges readers to switch and follow the Road to Wellville booklet.
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Northwest
Wellville
Postum
Postum Co
Year Made History Among Peaceful Outcomes and Reforms
A look back at the year’s notable events including Russia and Japan’s peace at Portsmouth and the Norway Sweden split without bloodshed. It notes new constitutions, political shifts in Britain, church state changes in Italy and France, and major philanthropic gifts by Carnegie and Rockefeller. It lists prominent deaths such as John Hay Jules Verne Mary Livermore and Henry Irving.
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Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
Europe
Norway
Sweden
United Nations
Nicholas
Friends of Freedom
Great Britain
Asia
East
Italy
France
United States
Northwest
Pacific
North
South
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
John Hay
Jules Verne
Mary A. Livermore
Hawley and
Platt
Connecticut
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
Lewis Wallace
Ben Hur
Henry Irving
Joseph Jefferson
England
America
Whisky to Blame in Irish Memoir Quotation
A Tipperary priest laments in a reminiscence that whisky corrupts morals and causes hosts of social harms. He declares whisky makes people hate wives harm homes shoot landlords and miss them as he thumps the pulpit.
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Tipperary
Wireless in the Alps Opens Aerial Telegraph Links
In Switzerland recent experiments prove that wireless telegraphy can bridge distant Alpine points despite intervening high mountains. Researchers show atmospheric conditions allow clear communication across rugged terrain.
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Alps
High Alps
Switzerland
How to round hollow cheeks with skin food and suction
The article advises women to treat sagging faces with skin foods containing lanolin and massage or a suction cup. It includes a DIY skin food formula, usage steps, and notes on dental causes of hollow cheeks, highlighting cosmetic dentistry options and risks of poor oral care.
Peanut Party Fun Idea From Madam Merri
A playful invitation suggests peanut themed games for guests. Hide peanuts around rooms then award prizes for most and fewest spoils. After the hunt, make peanut dolls, share snacks, and place quotation slips inside peanut shells.
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Madame Merri
Good Tooth Powder Recipe from Historical Notices
A simple formula for tooth powder combines four ounces of precipitated chalk, one ounce of myrrh, one ounce of pulverized orbs, and two ounces of borax. Mix and sift through bolting cloth. Use a firm brush and dental floss to remove debris. Have a dentist scrape tartar twice yearly.
Hair care remedy for oily hair using common ingredients
The passage prescribes a hair wash using forty grains of resorcin one half ounce of water one ounce of witch hazel and one ounce of alcohol for very oily hair. It suggests shampooing the glory crown weekly or biweekly with eggs and hot water and notes that tiny egg white bits can be removed by brushing. Hot water is needed for thorough cleansing.
Scarlet velvet bow on gray walking suit ensemble
A red scarf complemented a moleskin gray walking suit with a matching gray hat and red wings. When the scarf coat and hat were removed, a small scarlet velvet bow at the throat remained as the focal point of the outfit.
Sacred Stone of Mecca Covered by Damask Gifts
The caaba or sacred stone of Mecca is annually recovered with damask coverings sent by the sultan or khedive. One cover has, on occasion, cost 16000 pounds.
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Mecca
How to Wash the Face Advises Gentle Cleansing Rules
Mme Hebe promotes skin care with light cleansing at night using cream and warm water, warns against excess scrubbing, and favors gentle massage and astringents for large pores. She prescribes mild morning routines, cold aftercare, a warm bath, a cleansing cream, toilet water wipe, and regular ventilation.
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Mme. Hebe
Evening dress bodice with silk straps and lace trim
Describes a pretty evening bodice suitable for soft woolen fabrics or silk. Features a pouched full silhouette with a deep swathed silk band, silk straps laced with ribbon through buttonhole stitched rings, lace edging, double puff sleeves, and lace frills at the elbow. Materials listed include 3½ yards silk and about six yards lace.
A Scented Hairbrush for a Lasting Morning Fragrance
A scented brush enhances a woman’s dressing table and leaves a lasting aroma. Keep it very clean and reserve it for styling only. Twice weekly, add jasmine drops, store in a silk covered box, and lightly comb the hair to diffuse a pleasant daylong scent.
For Falling Eyebrows Narrow Arched Brow Lines
The text prescribes a preparation with rosemary tincture, cantharides tincture, Fiorovanti toilet water, and camphor spirits to shape brows. Apply with a fine brush and stay within the eyebrow line, using delicate, minute proportions to avoid heavy widening.
Eclipse duties form a busy astronomical corps
Not One But Quite Late Prof Hill describes an eclipse crew with specific tasks for minutes of darkness. A tale contrasts the precision of observation with a final interruption when a young man pleads for “Just one” before motherly objection silences the scene.
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G. A. Hill
National Observatory
Hill
Elizabeth
Nickel Plate Road Passenger ServiceHighlights and Contact
The Nickel Plate Road opens its passenger service with attentive care for travelers. Features include uniformed colored porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers on all trains, and a dining service offering club meals or a la carte at moderate cost. All trains depart from La Salle Street station in Chicago. For tickets and reservations contact J. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams Street, Chicago. After a man tells his first falsehood to his wife, his conscience approves the fabrication as a good one.
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Nickel Plate Road
Garfield Tea Promoted as Kidney and Liver Remedy
An ad touts Garfield Tea as nature’s remedy for kidney and liver trouble constipation and sick headache made from herbal ingredients and harmless. It invites readers to request a free sample from Garfield Tex Co Brooklyn NY. The ad notes a proverb about restraint when speech is exhausted.
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Garfield Tex Co
Brooklyn
Guaranteed Cure Ad Piles and Sanitary Lotion Claim
A historic ad offers a guaranteed cure for piles including bleeding and protruding types with refunds if ParoOintTMenT fails within four days. It praises Woolford's Sanitary Lotion as a sure cure in 80 minutes and lists Dr. Detchon of Crawfordsville Indiana and druggists selling the product.
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Woolford
Drugeista
Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
Thankful for Small Mercies in Railway Accident
A man lost a leg in a railway accident and when picked up he said, Thank the Lord, it was the leg with the rheumatism in it. Atlanta Constitution reports this remark reflecting dark humor after injury.
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Atlanta Constitution
Seance Medium Invokes Kentucky Spirit
The Yonkers Statesman notes a séance where a medium calls up a person from Kentucky. The piece sits among a collage of quotes from various papers and a fashion writer’s remark on an $8,000 baby layette.
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Kentucky
Yonkers
N. Y. Herald
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