Woman credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Maude E. Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes that after months of feminine ills she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and the prescribed treatment and became strong again. The letter promotes the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg,Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cure for Eczema Claimed by Cuticura Soap
A 1907 testimonial from Alice L. Dowell of St Louis credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing her baby niece's extensive eczema in three months after a year and a half of medical treatment failed. The ad includes classic reader notes and a string of brief vignettes on insurance and poultry feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathara
Alice L. Dowell
Easton Ave
St Louis
Dean
James M. Long
N. Augusta St. Staunton
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Coffee Versus Postum Letter Highlights Needs For Health
A reader praises Postum as a coffee substitute after headaches linked to coffee. The letter recounts a Wisconsin subject who switched to Postum and found headaches vanished, praising the product's taste and health benefits. The ad-like note ends with product claims and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Friendship of David and Jonathan in August Sunday School
The lesson highlights Jonathan's noble respect for David after David's victory over Goliath. It contrasts Jonathan's loyalty to a friend with Saul's jealousy and rage, and notes how true nobleness awakens faith and virtue in others while urging self-knowledge and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
David
Goliath
Domithin
Israel
Flon Attuin
Saul
Gou
Religion and Reform Spark Iowa City Tenure Moves
Iowa City fights alleged improper moving tenures as reformers press to close a theater showing Hans Nelson moving pictures. A Potter County dispute with Gettysburg, S. C. over liquor license allocations ends with a compromise granting licenses to all applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Mavor
George W. Ball
Ao Theater
Hans Nelson Figld
County Commis Jrso
Potter County
Ville) Board
Goettysburg
S. C
Caliph in Swat Detained by British Officer Tale
A Swat ruler disguised as a caliph resists a detention transfer but greets the officer and agrees to go. A humor piece mentions a kidney pill testimonial from Staunton, Virginia, and a manager misidentifying umbrellas for an English guest. The note ends with a stat about land ownership by Lords in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
New York
Dr. Watsonish
Sherlock Holmes
Uncle Sam Uses Sweet Potato Gum On Stamps
A 1920s-style feature explains stamp gum made from sweet potato mucilage at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It details the production process from gum extrusion to drying, notes two seasonal gum strengths, advises avoiding edge stamps, and ends with an ad for Red Cross Ball Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Sam
Origin of Bird Dogs and the Gordon Setter
The New York American notes that bird dogs have existed for three to four centuries with early trainers like the Duke of Northumberland in the sixteenth century. It cites the Duke of Gordon founding the Gordon setter around 1800 as the first distinct breed record in the early nineteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Northumberland
Duke of Gordon
New York American
Great 3 aid seorer inquiry and unrelated odds
Fragmented OCR text mentions Peerless Deni Eline and a great aid seorer with references to Dr B M Kline in Philadelphia. It includes a quoted wager about drowning, a joke exchange from Chicago Tribune and Glasgow News, and a note about Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup for teething priced at 25 cents per bottle.
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Sean
Gaslors
Sample
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Lila
Hompson
Brokeleighs
Philadelphia Press
France
Samuel
Jonathan Jonathan
Avid
Nut
Civen
Jemirtian
Jens Thac
Religion and Reform
Wer
Ecu
Rhuid
Siena
Castoria
Cijstridhu
What Is
Haroun al Rashid
Ahkoond
Swat
Chicago Tribune
Great Britain
House of Lords
Dodds
KIDNE
Deni Eline
Gumbolt
Tommy
Mamma
Glasgow News
Libby
McNeill
Chicago
Colfax County
New Mexico
Californi
California
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
THE
American Forwarding CO
Madison St
Ellicott Square
Gallale
Texas
Pan-Handle
Locators Land Company
First National Bank
M_A
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