Health of American Women at New York Assembly
A prominent New York doctor told about 500 attendees that healthy American women were nearly extinct. The piece promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for numerous female ailments and includes testimonials from Mrs. T. C. Willadsen and Miss Mattie Henry praising its effects.
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New York
Lydia EB. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning, Ta
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mattie Henry
Danville
Luton Chamber Announces Hat Trim Design Prize for Schools
The Luton chamber of Commerce announced a prize program for elementary school scholars to submit competitive hats designs. Awards will recognize originality and craftsmanship in hat trim concepts showcased by young students.
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Luton
England
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children in New York
Cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move bowels and destroy worms say 30 000 testimonials sold by druggists 25c sample free address A S Olmsted LeRoy NY noted in local notice with promotional tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
A.s.olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Oats Yield Promises Big Gains From New Variety
Millions in Onto Salzer's new national oats show strong performance across states. Michigan 240 bushels per acre, Missouri 255, North Dakota 310, and 30 other states report 150 to 300 bushels per acre. The 1905 grain is set to increase total yields and farmer earnings substantially.
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Salzer
Ohio
Mich
N. Dakota
N. D
Seed company ad promises high yields and big catal for farmers
An agricultural sales pitch touts Yellow Dent Corn as a top yielding crop with 157 to 200 bushels per acre. It promotes Salter's Speltz and other seeds as money makers and urges sending 100 stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co. for a large catal and seed samples. A closing aside jabs “the most unsound religion.”
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Yellow Dent
Salter
Defiance Starch Offered Alongside Vernal Remedy Free Trial
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as superior and higher in content than 12 oz brands while promoting a free trial of Vernal Palmettona from Vernal Remedy Co of Le Roy NY. It also advertises Simmons' Cough Syrup and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, and references McCane's Detective Agency in Houston Texas.
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Lenadry
Defiance
Vernal Remedy Company
le Roy N. Y
McCane’s Detective Agency
Houston
Texas
South
Sanitary Dough Mixing Advances in Bread Making
The article argues for improved bread production using a mechanical dough mixer to replace hand mixing. It describes a device with a metal standards, galvanized iron rods, and a curved tined rod that turns to mix ingredients quickly while keeping a pan secure on a table.
Renovating carpets with soap borax and tea
Dirty dull carpets can be revived by making a soap borax solution and boiling it then cooling and applying with a flannel cloth to small carpet portions. Another method uses salt or dried tea leaves sprinkled thickly before sweeping with a stiff brush to restore color and luster.
Dean’s Kidney Pills Cure Severe Kidney Pain
A. C. Sprague of Normal Illinois reports two years of kidney pain and sleepless nights. After three boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills he recovered enough to ride, sleep, and travel with no discomfort. Free trial offered by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. 50 cents at dealers. Also notes cavalry horse lifespans and army draft horse duration.
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Dean
A. ©. Sprague
A. C. Sprague
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Price
Cure Claims for Salt Rheum by Cuticura Letter
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin reports her husband suffered agony from salt rheum on his hands and required constant bandaging. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills his hands cleared, leaving them smooth.
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Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Club Sandwich and Paris Bread Recipe Notes
A historical kitchen excerpt describes a club sandwich assembly with toasts lettuce ham and chicken combined hot, then served. It also outlines a Paris Bread recipe with fried bread slices, a ham and cream paste, cayenne seasoning, cheese garnish, and oven browning.
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Paris
Women slaves in Palestine described as household chattels
Corwin Knapp Linson in the Metropolitan Magazine depicts Palestinian women as bought and sold within families, enduring lifelong labor from childhood. The piece contrasts brutal patriarchal norms with notes on female vulnerability and social neglect. Prices for lodging of poor girls in Berlin are given as $1.50 to $2.50 monthly, with board adds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Corwin Knapp Linson
Metropolitan Magazine
Berlin
Grape-Nuts Food Promises Relief At Hot Springs Visit
A Hot Springs visitor reports lasting stomach and bowel relief after using Grape-Nuts with cream following reading The Road to Wellville. He gains eight pounds in five weeks, notes better sleep and sharper memory, and cites cures for indigestion. Postum Co. provides the testimonial.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Practical Ways to Prepare Cold Meat Dishes and Filled Eggs
The excerpt provides instructions for making meat cakes from cold meat with crackers and seasonings, plus filled eggs using yolk cream folded with butter and pickles. It also includes a simple muffin batter with flour sugar milk and baking powder.
Mayonnaise Dressing Instructions Manual Style
Two eggs yolks are whisked with salt and white pepper in a deep dish. Add olive oil gradually and alternate with small amounts of vinegar. Aim for an agreeable flavor and a stiff consistency.
Sweetbread Celery Salad Recipe Outline
A salad recipe describes making sweetbread celery salad by shredding and parboiling sweetbreads, then mixing with mayonnaise and serving in lettuce leaves. It mirrors chicken salad preparation with this substitution, emphasizing traditional methods and presentation.
Poet Seeks a Wife in a Roman Advertisement
A Roman paper carries a poetic marriage notice from a poor humane poet offering to dedicate his life to a gentle lady who will help publish his works and share in his success. He invites applications from interested women in Milan.
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Italy
Milan
Mad as a Hatter phrase origin in print and lore
A collage of explanations for the saying Mad as a hatter with notes on possible French roots and a tale linking it to Collins the poet. plus literary excerpts, scattered notices on deafness cures, and a Paris confetti anecdote. The passage mixes language history, cultural trivia, and medical advertisements.
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Collins
Chichester
Paris
Holistic Patent Remedies Promised by Unnamed Advertisers
A dated page of advertisements touts Caldwell’s laxative syrup pepsin for constipation and liver bowels disorders, Hunter’s cure for catarrh, Defiance Cold Water Starch promising more quantity per price, and broad claims of medical guarantees.
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Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
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Eye
W.N. U. Houston
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Piso
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Russia
United States
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Peruna
Meekison
Peru
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Napoleon
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Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
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Manhattan
Standard Otted Clothing Co
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la Crosse
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Toronto
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Erurange
Marvel
Jacobs
Sciatica
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