Prominent Patent Remedy Promises Blood Purification
Advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a 50 year trusted tonic. Claims blood purification removes impurities, clears skin blemishes, and improves liver stomach bowels and kidneys. promotes vitality and relief from indigestion backache and headache. Claims trial offer and dealer availability with testimonial from O R Wilson of San Angelo Texas.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
O. R. Wilson
Why Won’t I Do Lady Demands Work
A dramatic line from the Indianapolis Star shows a stout woman of 800 pounds displacement waving a want ad, asking why a stout woman could not be hired for house work after the man advertised for such a helper.
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Indianapolis Star
Cuticura Trio Promoted for Baby Skin Comforts
Advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing a baby's red rough itching skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and Oilment, plus Cuticura Dusting Powder and Talcum. A quoted Boston Transcript gag references a wife's singing as opinion.
Why Bob Wishes for Money
Bob says money would not change him. Bess asks why the wish exists, prompting a brief exchange about value beyond wealth.
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Bob
Bess
Standard Bred Poultry Urged for Egg and Meat Producers
United States Department of Agriculture urges egg and meat producers to raise standard bred poultry. Emphasizes improved stock, responsible breeding, and honest customer service to build a solid industry base in the South and nationwide. Recommends consulting experienced breeders and avoiding inferior stock to protect breed reputations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mason and Dixon Line
Dixie
Chicks Like Variety in Feeding as They Grow
The report from the Department of Agriculture notes young chicks thriving on diverse feeds including eggs johnnycake oatmeal oats stale bread and milk mashes. As they age meals may be fewer but larger with additions like cracked corn peas broken rice charcoal millet and rape seed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Early Hatch and Care Tips for Turkeys and Poultry
The notes advise early hatch for fall and winter layers and for ducks to enter high spring prices. It stresses disinfecting to reduce disease in turkeys, stocking 12 to 15 hens per tom, four square feet per hen, and timing hatching to meet rising egg values. Wheat is recommended after five to six weeks. Cleaning poultry houses is a regular, time consuming duty.
Vacher Balm Ad Promises Pain Relief For Winter Ailments
An old advertisement promotes E. W. Vacher Inc balm claiming relief from bruises sprains burns neuralgia rheumatism and winter ailments. It urges agents to seek prices and samples if not sold locally in New Orleans Louisiana.
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E. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Ady
False Charge Interrogation Sparks Denial
A prisoner denies possessing any collateral, saying he never touched the item when questioned by authorities. The exchange highlights a tense moment in the investigation as officials press for potential evidence.
Boschee's Syrup Promises Cough Relief And Breathing Ease
A vintage advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a remedy for coughs sore throats and lung inflammation. It claims fifty two years of American manufacture and wide sales abroad. It highlights support for general health and appears useful for lung trouble asthma croup bronchitis.
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America
Adv
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Quick Liver Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as superior to calomel for liver and bowel complaints. It claims the product is entirely plant based, non salivating, gentle for children, and guarantees relief by morning with a money back offer.
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Dodson
Occasional Observance and Humorous Quips in Print
A collage of light anecdotes and ads including a man by pennies, a wife demanding dress goods, humor exchanges in Nell and Belle, medical tonics like Pierce's pills, and a note on U S fisheries value. Also mentions Roman Eye Balsam and a late night domestic quip about a lucky spouse.
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Indianapolis Star
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D. C. Cole
Main St
Bastrop
Tex
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
Dolelis
Be'alo
Barold
Ler Or
A, MX
Peden Iron & Steel CO
Houston
San Antonio
Bvc
Soun
Thomas E. Creen Geak
Chatsworth
McCane
Agenc
Houston, Texas
Wemalk
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Turkey
Boschee’s Syrup
Freemont
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Mrs. M. Goppzn
Napoleon St
Fremont, C
North Haven
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
Lynn, Mass
Pierce
Nell
Belle
Capudine
United States
Alaska
Diggs
Riggs
Dr. Price
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