Mrs Gagner Finds Strength Through Pink Pills Health Cure
Mrs. Mary Gagner of Holyoke Massachusetts describes severe dizziness weakness from mill work. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she recovered fully within six boxes and has remained healthy for two years. The advertisement notes pills create new blood and are sold by druggists or via mail from Schenectady New York.
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Mary Gagner
Bammer Street
Holyoke
Mass
Sam
Simmons Liver Purifier Advertisement Cites Slang Debate
In a Detroit Free Press snippet a claim is made that low spirits signal liver trouble and promotes Simmons Liver Purifier in tin boxes for 25 cents. A humorous exchange follows about slang usage within a firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Liver
New US Navy torpedo touted as most powerful sea weapon
The document describes a turbine driven torpedo with a range over two and a quarter miles, twice that of the Whitehead torpedo it supersedes. The government plans to purchase and build 400 units, costing several millions of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
King Carlos of Portugal Looks to Recognize Jewish Religion
The London Jewish World reports King Carlos of Portugal, visiting England, was impressed by the position and services of Jews there and intends to have the Jewish religion recognized in Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carlos
Portugal
England
The Care of Linen and Its Daily Management
Practical guide from the Chicago Inter Ocean on preserving linen through washing and mending. Emphasizes regularity, correct mending, stain removal before washing, and careful disinfection when illness is involved. Recommends sun airing, proper sorting into bundles, soaking overnight in water with borax, and avoiding hot water to prevent setting dirt.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Indian Beading As Fancy Trimming In All Seasons
Indian beading becomes a popular trimming, though not from native sources. Parisian widths range from half an inch to half a foot with prices rising per inch. Beads are tiny and pastel, with designs like pink roses and forget me nots on green or rose foundations, stunning on gowns and blouses. American Indian beadwork uses vivid greens reds yellows and blues on black fabrics. Missionaries are urged to educate Indian pupils on bead trimming and color moderation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
How to Make Fruit Tarts from Quick Pastry
Two tables spoons sifted flour one tablespoon cold lard two tablespoons cold water and a pinch of salt. Chop lard into flour until fine. Mix with water using all flour. Roll half on a floured board. Fill with fruit. Add upper crust fold pinch three slits. Bake until brown. Re-roll scraps cut rounds bake. Place jelly in centers for dainty tarts.
Seven Years of Suffering ends for Ansonia woman
Mrs. Selina Jones of 200 Main St Ansonia Connecticut credits Doan s Kidney Pills with ending seven years of back pain weakness and bed confinement She reports rapid relief from kidney pain headaches dizziness soreness and languor after starting the pills and urges others to use them Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina Jones
Main St
Ansonia
Conn
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Labor MP Burdened by 1700 Page Constituent Complaint
A Labour member faced a flood of correspondence when a constituent sent 1700 closely written pages demanding parliamentary intervention for a personal grievance. The incident highlights the heavy workload MPs endure from voters.
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Labor
Miraculous Cure by Cuticura Remedy Described in 1905 Testimonial
A 72 year old man recounts severe blood poisoning from a foot wound, months of pain, and hospital care before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. After two weeks the foot healed fully, with praise for the remedies. August 21 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthura
Robert Schoenhauer
Newburg
N. Y
Eagles Grow Scarce in Britain as Eggs Fetch High Prices
The eagle population in the British isles declines while the price of eggs rises. A Scottish example reports eggs sold at ten dollars each, and an 1831 34 record notes 171 mature eagles and 53 young with eggs destroyed in one Scottish county Sutherland.
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British Isles
Scotland
Sutherland
Baltimore Rebuilds After Large City Fire Losses
Of the 958 lots burned over by the fire two years ago in Baltimore, building permits covering 820 have been issued. As in the Chicago fire of 1871 and Boston’s in 1872, the valuation of the burned district is increased largely in Baltimore, the gain put at fully $100,000,000.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Boston
British Navy Abandons Wireless Signaling Off Lagos
In maneuvers off Lagos the wireless service proved unreliable amid current conditions and several friendly fire incidents occurred. Visual signaling will be used by the British navy until wireless telegraphy improves.
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Lagos
German firms struggle to fill foreign auto orders in 1905
Vice Consul Schemmer of Mannheim reports German motor production reached about $10,000,000 in 1905 with exports to England and France rising by 400 percent, leaving many foreign orders unfilled.
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Schemmer
Mannheim
England
France
Nurse Endorses Postum as Coffee Alternative in Wilkes Barre
A Wilkes Barre nurse extols Postum Food Coffee as a remedy for headaches and indigestion after abandoning coffee. She notes benefits for mothers by improving milk flow, cautions on proper preparation, and claims wide patient use benefiting those avoiding coffee or tea. “There’s a reason” she adds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes- Barre
Dish Cloths and Cake-Making Hints
Excellent knitted cotton dish cloths withstand washing and boiling. Wash with soap and soda after use and hang to dry. Neatly hemmed coarse crash squares serve in a pinch. Cake tips warn fruit sinks in slow ovens and heavy streaks if butter or sugar aren’t properly creamed.
Serpent Jests and Salute Rules From a Chaotic Page
A collage of humor and etiquette notes: Washington Star reports a stage quip about a serpent and snake charmer, Austria settles officer salutes with ladies on the arm, and an ad-like claim extols Hunt’s Cure for skin itch.
Ancient English Verbs Revealed In Language Trim
A London Chronicle writer notes that trimming words to form short forms like bus and phone is not new. He traces spend to Latin dispendere meaning to pay out and disport to carry apart, showing how old words gained modern senses of enjoyment and diversion.
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London Chronicle
Silent and Noisy Letters in Spelling Reform
A New York Mail note urges reform by removing silent letters first and then letters that make noise to achieve clearer English spelling. The whimsical quote frames a push for simplified orthography.
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N. Y
Allen's Foot Ease Cures Painful Feet and Sweating
In a pinch, Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful smarting feet and growing nails. Described as a comfort discovery, it eases shoe wear, treats sweating feet, and offers a trial package free. Sold by all druggists for 26 cents, A S Olmsted, Le Roy New York. Garfield Tea marketed as liver and kidney remedy. Heavily faith-based line ends quote on heavenly peace.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed By Leading Physicians
Medical writers endorse Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery for weak stomach liver and chronic catarrhal diseases. It contains Black Cherry bark Golden Seal Bloodroot and other roots. Endorsements cite Bartholow Hare Ellingwood King Scudder Hale and others. A booklet of extracts is mailed free from Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Pierce
Bartholow
Jefferson Med. College
Hare
the Univ. of
Hahnemann Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Keeping Young Quote from Success Magazine
A brief aphorism asserts that youthfulness of heart and thought shields one from aging, claiming that as long as the spirit remains young, old age cannot reach you.
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Success Magazine
Catarrh Cure Promoted by F J Cheney Co
Mr Will Crooks addresses East Ham on Empire talk and a patent remedy is pitched as a constitutional cure Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio claims to fix blood and mucous surfaces with a 100 dollar test offer Also promotes Garfield Tea and assorted proverbs about happiness money and in laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F.J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Druggiete
Sixteen children shrink to six in Maine tale of marriages and losses
A Maine man T B Stout laments more of his sixteen children have left home, noting seven marriages and three deaths while six remain at home. The piece shifts to a testimonial praising Hunt's Cure for eczema from Clifton Lawrence of Helena, Oklahoma Territory, asserting quick relief and cure.
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T. B. Stout
Maine
Alice
Robert Sheridan
Magnum
Okla
Hunt
Clifton Lawrence
Helena
O. T
Man's Usefulness and Laxative Advice
A short excerpt discusses usefulness across ages with a quip that some men are young at seventy while others are old at thirty five. It promotes Garfield Tea as a mild effective laxative and presents a hopeful view of ventures of faith and high expectations.
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Success Magazine
Eczema Cure Promoted by Imperial Remedy in Texas
Captain H C Currie of Grand Central Depot Houston endorses Imperial Remedy for eczema after trials and claims thousands across Texas and the South were cured quickly and permanently. Sold at drug stores for $1 per bottle, made by Imperial Medicine Co Houston. The ad ends with a cheerful lifestyle message about spreading positivity.
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Texas
H. C. Currie
Grand Central Depot
Houston
Imperial Remedy
South
Imperial Medicine Co
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Physicians
Doctor Brigham cites many physicians and nurses endorsing Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable tonic for female diseases. The letter from Brigham praises its efficacy for female difficulties and urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts for restoring health and strength.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Ihart
Pinkham
Brigham
Brigham Park
Fitchburg
Mass
Tana Lydia B. Lacan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Advertisements and aphorisms blur a midtown page
A jumble of quotations and ad blurbs appears featuring Hunt's Lightning Oil praise, McCane's Detective Agency boasting, Mrs. Winstow's Soothing Syrup, and various maxims on temper, gold ore, and humor. The pieces mix product pitches with moralizing lines and sayings.
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Dodds
DE Laval
DI Laval
DE Laval Separator Co
Randolph & Canal Sts
Cortlandt Street
New York
Philadelphia Crust Company
I. L. and D. Co
Drexel Building
Philadelphia
Pee Hie As
B.lagey
Washington,d.c
N. U. Houston
Cuticura
Massachusetts
Autos
Germany
Washington Star
Austria
Will Crooks
M. P
East Ham
Labor Party
Empire
Ris Pommel
Toronto
Ismade
Massa
Paxtine
R. Paxton Co
Napoleon I
Geo
Padock
Doniphan, Mo
McCane’s Detective Agency
John A. Keeton
Cephas
Cardus
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
THE
Worto
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas Strong
India
Shakespeare
Edison Standard Phonograph
Edison
Taylor Bros
Mccain Ouston
Texa
EAGLE
Imperial Wind Mills
Sugar Cave
Necco & Eisemann CO
Kodaks and Supplies
Houston Optical CO
Main Street
A. H. Hess & CO
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D. C
Mineral Weils, Texas
Thompson
Ovisions
W. Care Texas Phonograph Co
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