Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Judge Felter's Kidney Trouble
A historical ad claims Foster-Milburn Kidney Pills cured Judge A. J. Felter of kidney disease after 18 years of issues including backache and heavy secretions. Free trials offered by mail from Buffalo New York, price 60 cents per box. London rules clocks to Greenwich time or permits canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Feiter
San Bernardino
Calif
Saya
Dean
Judge Felter
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
City of
London
Defiance Starch Promises Quality and Quantity Duel
An advertisement extols Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior and cost efficient with 16 oz per 10 cent package, urging housewives to try it. It also mentions Kettler Brass Mfg. Co. in Dallas offering pump repairs and grass castings, and briefly notes Azores fishermen yielding ambergris worth 3.475.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettler Brass Mfg. Co
Dallas, Tex
Mountain climbing taught near Vienna in Moedling
Read about systematic mountain climbing instruction near Vienna at Moedling amid low ridges. The piece muses on enthusiasm for cherry blossoms, Abysinnia feathers prices, and an African inventor seeking a self lighting cigar patent amid early 20th century observations on women's earnings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moedling
Vienna
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised By Rev Enoch P Stevens
Fredericksburg Indiana June 29 Rev Enoch P Stevens extols Dodd's Kidney Pills claiming they cured his kidney troubles after two doses and that he has recommended them widely with no reported failures. the tale sits among a string of varied local notices and advertisements including starch and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Ind
Enoch P. Stevens
Dodd
Mr. Stevens
Doud
Defiance Starch and Other Patched Claims
A compilation of competing product pitches and social quips including Defiance Starch claims of larger 16 oz packages and lower prices, literature on Piso's Cure and Mrs Winslow’s Syrup, a note on Boers resisting a Transvaal census, ostrich egg facts, eye-water use, a quip on marriage and divorce, and an ad for a non icing refrigerator.
Last of Gretna Green Romances Passionate Elopements
Mrs. Margaret Parker of Clifton Hall Westmoreland dies at 88 marking end of Gretna Green elopement era. The article recalls runaways led by husbands and wives across the border, including Caroline Margaret dowager marchioness of Queensberry and the famed blacksmith and tollkeeper alliances that sparked countless marriages and altered aristocratic lineages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Parker
Clifton Hall
Westmoreland
Gretna Green
Caroline Margaret
Marchioness of
Queensberry
William Clayton, Bart
Lord Drumlanrig
Caroline
Poisonous Drug Described As Fatal To Inhale
The Albany Medical Annals reports cyanide of cacodyl a white powder with a low melting and boiling point that releases toxic vapor in air. A minute amount reportedly kills dogs instantly in airtight conditions. Cadet the French chemist created it by mixing potassium acetate with arsenic then cyanogen. In Italy a twelve‑inch gun on the Brutti class warship will be named Wilhelm I in honor of the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lascellus Scott
England
Scott
Cadet
Albany Medical Annals
Kaiser
Brui
Wilhelm I
Italy
True and False Ambition Distinguishing Noble and Corrupt Ambition
The essay argues true ambition rises above base aims while false ambition pursues lesser, ignoble ends. It warns many boast of ambition without examining its object, noting true ambition is honorable while false ambition corrupts. It stresses the need to distinguish the two.
Colored women organize flowers based home aid in Los Angeles
A new philanthropy by colored women in Los Angeles forms the Southern California home association and floral investment company. It aims to provide a pleasant home for elderly negroes and orphans, funded by selling carnations and other flowers. The plan offers light, profitable work for frail elders and children, and seeks to place residents in pleasant surroundings with comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Southern California Home Association and Floral Investment Company
Progress in Malay States Surpasses Stage Coaches
Railways rise from every port and telegraph lines span the Malay states while the telephone becomes common. Residents are up to date and the stage coach has given way to the automobile, signaling rapid modernization across the region.
Catarrh Claimed as Cause of Kidney Disease in Advert
An advertorial narrative extolls Peruna as a cure for kidney disease by addressing catarrh of the kidneys. Testimonial claims from Samuel R. Sprech er cite personal recovery after seven weeks and mention many others aided, with a call to write for Dr Hartman’s advice. The piece promotes Peruna as eradicating the underlying catarrh to restore kidney function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Sprecher
Beadle Court
Angrelina
New High St
Los Angeles
Cal
Samuel R. Sprecher
Peruna
Veruna
Hartman
Kidney Riden
I Sanitarium
Columbus
Dresdner Anzeiger Bequest Shapes City Parks Policy
The Dresdener Anzeiger, possibly the only city owned daily, was left to Dresden by the former proprietor. The bequest requires all profits from the paper to be spent on the city’s public parks.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Allen’s Poot- Ease Ad
An old advertisement touts Allen’s Poot- Ease powder to ease tight shoes and sweaty feet with claims of curing swollen hot feet corns and bunions. It lists 25e price and free sample offer with address in LeRoy North Carolina. A London laborer hoards Union Jacks in every room with bunting and a red white and blue shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. C
London
Free Trip to the World's Fair Offer From Houston Store
The May issue of Kiam's Store News promises a free trip to the World's Fair and invites readers to request a copy from Ed Kiam in Houston Texas. The ad promotes factory direct sales of trunks and v alises from the Houston Trunk Factory at 604 Main Street and includes a humorous quip about bargains and bamboo growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiam
Smeone
Ed. Kiam
Houston
Texas
Main St
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Atchison, Kans
A. Hohess & CO
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Prom Kactogy
H. Kreger
Barth Bock
Denver
Cole
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H.F Cohen
H. H. Green
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Abyssinia
Chicago
Dru Aiste
Hannah
Mr. Pyntington
Defiance
Giessen
Hesse
PF. Cheney Lo
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & Con
Onto
Prugglets
Th. Teke Hall
Mother Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
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Denmark
Transvaal
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Mrs. Winslow
Dickey
God
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Drodosai
Jethie
Byron Williams
Lord Queensberry
Umeke
Gretna Greer
Theblacksmith
Villiers
Coventry
Paget
Fane
Beauclerk
Dumfriesshire
John Fane
Earl of
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Troy Police Force
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Troy
A. C. Swanson
Harrison St
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Swanson
Sician
Peruana
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Trath
Vain
Malive
Blood Balm Co
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