Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cures Tumor Claim
A testimonial from Fannie D. Fox of Bradford Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with removing a tumor after eighteen months of illness and an operation recommendation. The letter notes relief from bleeding and reestablished periods and says a physician found no signs of a tumor after treatment. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to readers sending details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Enkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia Fe, Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Fannie D. Fox
Chestnut Street
Bradford
Danish lifeboatman Christian Langer dies at 83 in Harboe
Danish lifeboatman Christian Langer who died at Harboe Jutland aged 83 saved more than 500 people from drowning over the past 48 years. He is remembered for his long service and heroism as a maritime rescuer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Langer
Harboe
Jutland
Hunt's Lightning Oil Promises Quick Emergency Relief
Advertised as a universal remedy, Hunt's Lightning Oil is praised as the grandest emergency remedy. It claims to treat cuts burns sprains aches and pains with unwavering confidence, asserting no equal in its category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Harrington & Richardson
Harrington & Richardson Arms CO
Park Ave
Worcester
Mass
California Ostrich Office Amid Feathers On Demand
A California ostrich farmer plans a London branch offering in front of customers feathers shaved from live ostriches and sold across the counter at unheard price. France favors monopolies for revenue via sugar oil and alcohol reforms and insurance. Foochow Chinese schools multiply from missionary roots with 30 native stylized institutions now serving about 2,000 students in a city of 600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
London
France
Chamber of Deputies
China
Foochow
Grape-Nuts Said To Aid Sleep And Digestion
A testimonial claims switching to Grape-Nuts improves sleep for night owls and boosts daytime alertness. The speaker cites relief from indigestion and diarrhea, noting better digestion and “a great brain restorer and nerve builder” after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
College student becomes a hobo on coast to coast voyage
Milwaukee man Oscar F. Aschman a Union College junior recounts two months as a tramp from Batavia New York to San Francisco and back to Omaha. He details riding freight trains skipping hotels working west and a plan to go to the Philippines before a police search and possible shanghaiing of a fellow traveler named Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Oscar F. Aschman
Union College
New York
Aschman
Jane
Batavia
N. Y
San Francisco
Omaha
West
Butte
Missoula
Soula
Seattle
Frisco
Flanders
University of Montana
Philippines
Woman in Kansas Avenue exhibition fined in police court
A woman using the name Clara Wilson was fined five dollars for public intoxication during an outdoor exhibition on Kansas Avenue near Fourth Street. She refused to reveal her true name, claimed a California husband, and was described as a cocaine fiend with prior aliases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Wilson
Kansas Avenue
Fourth Street
Miller
California
A. P. Tone Wilson
Topeka
Wifey and Husband Trade Postal Pranks Then Trouble Follows
A husband sends daily letters to his wife while he vacations in Saratoga, prompting jealousy and a rapid return home after she reads his messages. In Atlantic City, bathing fashion shifts as young women abandon stockings, shocking local officials but drawing no interference.
White River country described as ideal smallholders homeland
A reflective piece extols the Upper White River country from Newport Arkansas to Carthage Missouri as a rare, contented region where independent landowners rule their own small realms. It warns that a railroad and rising wealth may lure residents away, while predicting new settlers who value land, forests, minerals, and abundant game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Upper
White River Country
Newport
Ark
Carthage
White River
Cure for Terrible Skin Sores Promoted by Reader Testimony
A Connecticut mother credits Cutiura Soap and Ointment with curing her year and a half old son's severe skin sores after other doctors failed. She recalls drastic itching and scratching until the remedies healed him in about two months. The letter praises the products and urges others to try them. Fremont Morse and L Netland lead Alaskan boundary surveying party from Yakutat Bay. Hunt's Cure is praised for skin troubles and reliability in a family medicine chest.
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Egbert Sheldon
Woodville, Conn
Fremont Morse
L. Netland
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Yakubat Bay
Hunt
Cuba Seeks Immigrants With Million Dollar Scheme
The Cuban congress approved 1,000,000 to attract immigrants from Europe and the Canary Islands. Plans include paying passage for emigrants, with field hands to be brought from Sweden Norway Denmark and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Europe
Canary Islands
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Handkerchiefs Made in Paisley in 1743
The first pocket handkerchiefs used in modern style were manufactured at Paisley in 1743. This marks the origin of today’s handkerchief design and production in Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paisley
Woman's Strange Collection and Bank Note Theft
Miss Alice de Rothschild, sister of the late Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, owns Hindu bulls zebras and lamas and engages in cattle breeding and carriage horses. In Servia finance intrigue, engraved bank note plates stolen from a Paris-made safe worth £1600 were discovered missing without signs of tampering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice de Rothschild
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild
Ministry of Finance
Paris
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkhams
Mary B. Horne
Hong Kong
Kan
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic
Canada
Manitoba
Dean
J. A. Haywood
Lufkin
Tex
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
API
Congo
The
Tribune Congolaise
Garden City
Texas
Ward
J. L. Ward Medicine CO
Big Springs
England
Cutiura
London Times
Times
Herman Reinbold
Missouri
Abs
Cupid
Putwa
Dodds
Buchan
Bachan
Cressy
Srusgtth and Grocers
York City
F A. H. Hess & Co
Houston
McCane’s Detective Agency
Good Health
Good Health Publishing Company
Battle Creek
Mich
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Piclitics
Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur Vaccine CO. Ld
Chicace
11Th St
Rae Meyerbeer
Wabash Ay
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Salaer Seed Vo
Box W.K. Latronse
Wiss
Oaidine
State Pharmaseutical Association
Texas Retail Druggists Association
Houston Laboratories
P. S. Tilson
Main
R. H. Walker
Texas State Pharmaceutical Association
Gonzales
Main Street
State Pharmaceutical Association
S . Sree
B. Tilson
Wintersmith
Arthur Peter & CO
Louisville
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