Denver Woman Praises Pinkham Remedy in Thank You Letter
Mrs. Sarah Kellogg of Denver writes from 1698 Lincoln Ave praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recounts a tumor that diminished after seven months and urges other women to seek the remedy, urging against unproved medicines and inviting letters to Lynn Mass for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Kellogg
Denver
Woman's Relief Corps
Kell
Lincoln ‘Ave
Ste
Pink Lynn
Mass
Pinkham
Newspal
Lydia
Lydia BE
Obituary Notes Citizen Killed by Circular Saw
A man died in a circular saw accident. The obituary praises him as a good citizen and upright man, with a humorous claim that he had limited information regarding circular saws.
Untitled Health Ad Urges Purge With Sarsa Parila
An advertisement urges readers to take Simmons' Sarsa parila to remove impurities and feel stronger and healthier. It proclaims lifting energy and a warmer outlook, claiming even the world looks cheerful. The copy adds a boast about thinking improvement in nature's handiwork.
Palmetto Berry Wine Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
The San Palmetto Berry discovery touted a permanent cure for stomach liver kidneys and bladder troubles. Vernal Palmettona is recommended by thousands of former sufferers and claimed to relieve inflammation and cure the disease. A free trial bottle is offered by Verna Remedy Co. in Le Roy New York and druggists stock it.
Sensible Housekeepers Prefer Defiance Starch for Value
Housekeepers choose Defiance Starch for one third more product per dollar and better quality. A small boy playing marbles may trade public libraries later in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promotion and Lancashire Fact
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 dollar reward offer and testimonials for F J Cheney Co Toledo. It also mentions a testimonial from WaLpino Kinnan Manyin and claims the product is taken internally and carries a 75 cent price with proceeding rest of text noting Lancashire cotton factories spinning enough thread in six seconds to go around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
D. We
F. J. Cheney
WaLpino, Kinnan & Manyin
Hall
Lancashire
Dr Caldwell laxative syrup pepsin cures foul breath
An ad cites Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable cure for bad breath caused by various dyspepsia forms. It claims the remedy clears impurities from the body, leaves breath sweet, and offers money back if it fails. Also includes testimonials for Hunt's Cure on eczema and itching.
Llanymynech Jar Straddles Welsh and English Law
The village of Llanymynech lies on the Wales England border with a single jar partly in each country. One half falls under the Welsh Sunday closing act while the other half remains under English law.
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Llanymynech
Wales
England
Named Them By Wholesale Irishman's History Bet
A humorist recounts at the Seelbach a wager between Benjamins and O Flaherty on who knows ancient history. They name figures and settle via whisker pulling, ending with O Flaherty declaring The Ancient Order of Hibernians as the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamins
O'Flaherty
Seelbach
O’flaherty
Box Beards and Facial Fashions Across Europe
The barber notes evolving facial hair trends: France embraces box beards nine inches long and five inches wide with sharp edges, Belgium’s king linked to the style, England favors a two inch butterfly moustache adopted by young officers, and Italy features a circular chin patch with a small tuft for coquetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Carnegie Meeting Reveals Forgotten Mount Holyoke Gift
Andrew Carnegie visited Northampton Massachusetts for the Home Culture Club dedication. A Mount Holyoke College faculty member thanked him for a $50,000 library gift, but Carnegie appeared puzzled and asked where the building was. The woman reminded him the library had not yet been dedicated, and he seemed to have forgotten the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Northampton
Mass
Home Culture Club
Mount Holyoke College
Carnegie
Mount Holyoke
Humanity and Heavenliness Within Even the Worst of Men
A reflective verse noting humanity’s faults and virtues across all people. It suggests that heavenliness may reside in unlikely breasts and warns against quick condemnation, acknowledging both God’s works and the devil’s presence in every person.
New 1745 Bank of England Treasury Note Surfaces
An uncountered treasury bill for £100 dated 1745 was presented to the Bank of England. It is genuine and believed issued at 3 percent compound interest, making its present value about £26,000 or $130,000. The treasury has not yet paid it, but opinions say it likely will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Treasury
Prince Stays in Pekin Amid Shifting Prussian Plans
Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia remains in Pekin and abandons plans to join the Russian army in Manchuria. A Berlin paper notes this change reflects a strategic redirection away from land and sea belligerence.
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Prince
Pekin
Prince Frederick Leopold of
Prussia
Manchuria
Berlin
Honorary Photographer Appointed by German Yacht Club
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnson of Washington named official photographer as the Imperial Yacht Club of Germany prepares for the Kaiser's cup transatlantic race. The appointment honors her as a prominent woman photographer in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Benjamin Johnson
Washington
Imperial Yacht Club of Germany
Ban on Sacred Bull Exhibition at Crystal Palace
A sacred white bull brought from India for display at the Crystal Palace near London was not allowed to land by British authorities. Officials permitted entry only in the form of beef, restricting the animal’s exhibition as presented.
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India
Crystal Palace
London
May Change Army Uniforms
Trials are under way in the German army to decide if infantry uniforms should switch from blue and dark attire to gray clothing. The test compares visibility, efficiency, and practicality of the two color schemes on modern battlefields.
Completely Restored Back Pain Story from Mrs Brungel
Mrs P Brungel wife of P Prunzel stock dealer 3111 Grand Ave Everett Washington says after fifteen years of back pain five boxes of Doans Kidney Pills brought relief fast and she feels renewed. Doans Kidney Pills praised for effective prompt relief. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells at 60 cents per box. The piece also notes US post offices routes mileage and annual postal costs.
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P. Brungel
P. Prunzel
Grand Ave
Everett
Wash
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Cure of milk crust using Cuticura for 75c
Mrs. H. P. Holmes of Ashland Oregon credits Cuticura products with curing a three month old baby’s milk crust after scratching to blood and hair loss. She notes rapid improvement and new hair growth. The ad also touts ordinary black ink as a remedy for scalds and a supposed cosmetic and reputational booster.
Spring Quips and Patent Medicine Endorsements
A fragmentary advertisement column notes Hunt's Lightning Oil as an exceptional emergency remedy for cuts burns sprains and pains praised by Geo E Paddock of Doniphan Missouri. The piece blends satirical spring snippets about Easter rats and boarders with a brief report on a St Patrick's Day sermon delivered in Westminster Cathedral in London by Dr O Donnell bishop of Raphoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Westminster
London
Erse
O'Donnell
Raphoe
Answered Without Hesitation Joke Quip in Baltimore Herald
A Baltimore Herald humorous quip quotes a school teacher asking about the chief end of man and a boy replying that it is the end his head's on, illustrating a child’s witty misinterpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Herald
Moravia Resident Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills For Wife's Recovery
In Moravia New York on June 5 Benjamin Wilson credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his wife from four years of sugar diabetes and rheumatism. She improved from 200 to 130 pounds then to 190 and regained strength after doctors said she would not live. An Emporia woman was seen with unlabelled ballast irons on a windy day.
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Moravia
N. Y
Benjamin Wilson
Dodd
Emporia
Defiance Starch Promises 16 Ounce Packs and No Sticking
An old household tip proclaims Defiance Cold Water Starch saves time and money by offering 16 ounce packages that do not stick to iron. The ad urges buyers to avoid 12 ounce sizes and notes chemical free formula. A barn lightning strike at Almonesson damages the roof but leaves hay and structure intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Just Discrimination In Railway Rates
President Samuel Spencer argues against secret or unjust discriminatory practices in rail rates while allowing justified, market-based discrimination. The International Railway Congress supports flexible, nonarbitrary tariffs, but warns fixed government rates could invite evasion and harm commerce and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
Spencer
International Railway Congress
Walker D. Hines
Louisville
Senate
Washington
New York Sun
Wise Judge
A bar drunk boasts of world sailing as a magistrate quizzes him about Hong Kong. The sailor answers starbord. the judge corrects him and imposes a three dollar fine. The brief exchange mirrors witty courtroom back and forth in a New York Sun item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
New York Sun
Botanic Blood Balm Offered For Wide Range Of Ailments
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for ulcers eczema blood poison cancer eating sores itching skin pimples boils bone pains swellings rheumatism and catarrh. It promises rapid delivery and sample requests from Atlanta while urging Defiance starch and Gibson Well Water promotions.
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Sandheim
Sandholm Drug
Des Moines
Atlanta
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Libby, MecNeill & Libby
Citlcage
Clifton Lawrence
Helena
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RED
Standard Milling Company
W. N.A. Houston
Edna
Houston, Texas
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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God
Floyd D, Raze
United States
Geo. E. Paddock
Doniphan, Mo
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Mandy
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Almonesson
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Bright
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