Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Personal letters from Bardstown and Christiana claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured long standing female troubles and restored strength. The ad touts three decades of use and offers free expert advice from Martha Lynn in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardstown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joseph Hart Bards
Town
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Mars
Mary Woop
R.F.D
Cantham Lynn
Mass
Dusty Dodgework Fires Short Smoke Talk
A rough dialogue features Dusty Dodgework praising a quick smoke and a terse preference for short burns. The exchange centers on a confident, brisk style and a dismissive tone toward longer smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusty
Wings of the Dove turns out to be one long story
A youth, urged by friends to learn about Henry James, devours Wings of the Dove. After two weeks he remains absorbed, and a frivolous onlooker asks if the book is a collection or a single tale. The youth answers with a flourish that it is one long story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry James
James
Judge Pritchard Sees Leniency Plea In Larceny Case
Attorney Charles Pettijohn asks the criminal court for mercy for a client who pleaded guilty to larceny, arguing the man is father to twins needing food. Judge Pritchard responds he will consider the proposition when Pettijohn becomes a father of twins. In a separate note, mining engineer Howard DuBois recounts a tale about salting a diamond mine, highlighting the discovery of eight rough diamonds and the wife’s remark about the missing two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pettijohn
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Mr. Pettijohn
Howard DuBois
Tech
South Africa
John
Boston Record
Old Soakers Get Saturated with Caffeine
A Huntsville Alabama woman reports long term coffee use worsened stomach troubles and insomnia. After decades of illness and failed treatments she stopped coffee, tried Postum, and four months in health greatly improved with better appetite and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Enemies of War Convene for National Peace Congress
The second National Peace Congress opened in Orchestra Hall Chicago with leaders like Taft and Dickison absent on duty, as governors mayors and clubs sent delegates. Prominent figures discussed arbitration progress, Hague Conferences, and universal peace with speeches by Trueblood Jordan Gompers Addams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Taft
Congress
Jacob M. Dickinson
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Emil G. Hirsch
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Robert Treat Paine
Boston
Dickison
Hamilton Club
Charles 8. Deneen
Fred A. Busse
A. Eugene Bartlett
International Court of Arbitration
W. P. Rogers
Cincinnati Law School
Dr. Hirsch
Paul 8. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
H. T. Kealing
Nashville, Tenn
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr
University
Music Hall
Jane Addams
Joseph B. Burtt
Graham Taylor
Chicago Commons
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor and Peace
John Spargo
Yonkers
N. Y
Commerce
George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Women and Peace
Ellen M. Henrotin
Belton Gilreath
Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Mahoney
Columbus
James Arbuckle
Spain
Colombia
St. Louis
Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothiers
New York City
Philip N. Moore
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lucia Ames Mead
William JT Calhoun
William JT Calhoun Ortitagy. Wejam I, Hall of Swarthmore College
James Brown Scott
State Department
Charles Cheney Hyde
Mandelhall
University of Chicago
Louis P. Lochner
Madison
Wis
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Interparliamentary Union
Edwin D. Mead
Hague
Nollen
Lake Forest University
S. P. Brooks
Baylor University
Texas
Federation of the World
Hamilton Holt
The
Independent
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Germany
Herman de Lagercrantz
Sweden
Wu Ting Fang
China
Alfred Mitchell Innes
Halvdan Kant
University of
Norway
Excavation Reveals Memphis Temple Remains and Artifacts
Professor Flinders Petrie uncovers the Ptah temple ruins beneath ages of debris in Memphis. The exposed wall shows evidence of Rameses era pillaging, with tablets and terra cotta grotesques shedding new light on ancient archaeology. Full excavation is expected to take about forty more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinders Petrie
Memphis
Ptah
Hephestos
Temenos
Rameses
Grorce
Descendant of the Bourbons Resides in New York
A Countess Montarsolo di Carignanio, born a La Tour d'Auvergne princess and once wed to a Savoy count, lives in New York. Her great grandfather was the Duke de Bouillon beheaded under Robespierre. her grandmother narrowly survived the scaffold. Now widowed at 16, she has traveled widely and gained varied experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montarsolo di Carignanio
New York
la Tour d'Auvergne
Royal House of
Savoy
Duke de Bouillon
Robespierre
Houseowners Guide to Effective Painting Outfit No 49
National Lead Company offers a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49 from the 1902 Trinity Building in New York. The kit includes a color scheme book for interior and exterior work and a simple instrument to detect adulteration in paint materials. Ensure white lead kegs bear the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a purity guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Sid
Wational Lead Company
Trinity Building
Nobody Lives Here But Us Sign Sparks Town Laughs
A Langworth family corner house inflamed curiosity from passersby until Harold Langworth posted a five word sign declaring no other inhabitants. The sign read Nobody lives here but us, ending daytime interruptions at the residence. A period notice includes an eczema testimonial for Cuticura remedies from George F Lambert of Mahanoy City Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langworths
Biddles
George F. Lambert
Centre St. Mahanoy City
Fragments Mixed With Advertisements from an Old Page
A collage of quirky exchanges and ad lines including a gun remark from Cactus Sim, a playful retort about parasols, and a promo for Hunt's Cure and Hunt's Lightning Oil. Also features a proverb about the golden rule and brief quips about streetcar puzzles and family eczema remedies.
New Strength for Old Backs Declares Backache Relief
Mrs. Joannah Straw of Canton reports dramatic improvement after using Deans Kidney Pills. At 81 she says she suffers rheumatism and dull backache but now feels strong, sleeps well, and eats normally. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joannah Straw
North Broadway
Canton
Dean
Tamas
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Marine Eye Remedy Ad and Office Boy Joke
An early 20th century ad touts Murine Eye Remedy as soothing for chalk dust eye strain and pink eye, claiming no harmful drugs and offering free eye books from Murine Eye Remedy Co. A light anecdote follows about an office boy who mishears a telephone instruction and is told it is time he were dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Marine
Murine Eye Emedy Co
Chicago
Hunt's Cure Promises Skin Relief and Cures
Beyond Expression G. W. Farlowe of Florence Alabama reports seven years of severe itching with no relief until Hunt's Cure. He says one application relieved him and one box cured him, remaining so after a year. The ad labels Hunt's Cure as guaranteed for all itching skin diseases and priced at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Farlowe
Florence, Ala
Hunt
Garfield Tea Advertisement and Broad Odds of Growth
The fragment shows an old advertisement for Garfield Tea claimed as a health remedy and notes a Russian population growth figure of 2,500,000 per year. It also references Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for babies and a line about a child named Adam who avoided farm chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Cure Deafness and Cold Remedies Ad Mix in One Page
A collage of medical claims and consumer solicitations runs through the page. It touts constitutional remedies for deafness tied to Eustachian tube inflammation, promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a dollar offer, lists various Rough on products with prices, and includes endorsements for Sarsaparilla and Capudine. Also appears: jokes, poems, and brand notes from Harvard Lampoon and local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney &O
Haire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Enemies OF War
Trueblood
David L. Dodge
Peace Society
Prof
Boy
Cuticura
Cactus Sim
W. M. Christian
Rutherford, Tenn
Detroit Free Press
Pete
Isolde
Adam
Wall Street
Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Houston Post
Simmon
Miss Bore
Harvard Lampoon
Tate
Allen
Matilda Holtert
Providence
Jingleton
Criticus
Sydney Smith
Dodds
Carters
Iver
Harold Somers
Sisk Chase
Dr. Chase
10Th St
Philadelphia
H. H. H. Green's Sons
Box K
Atlanta, GA
Consumers Lumber Co
Houston
California
Fic Syrup Co
Sworld
Hors
Eve
Wolwen
Chidrek
W. L. Douging Vest
Olor Kydets
Chas
H. Halepern
7Th St
Houston Typewriter Exchange
Prairie Avenue
A. H. Hess & CO
McCane’s Detective Agency
Faxae
Postagis
Ensona
Dr. Hoffman Med, Co
St. Louis, MO
Orn
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
U.S.A
Acura
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