Peruna Restores Health in Washington Woman
Miss Mildred Keller of 718 1th Street N W Washington D C credits Peruna with curing years of catarrh after initial relief from the first dose. She says the medicine rebuilt her constitution restored appetite and left her perfectly well and strong. The paper notes thousands of testimonials already on file for Dr Hartman’s remedy.
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Mildred Keller
Lth Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Hartman
Finding Work That Suits A Life's Choice
The piece argues that nine clergymen and ten teachers would choose different paths if given life anew, yet happiness comes from doing the best in one’s current work. It warns that many people blame luck or mischoice while true contentment rests on effort, disposition, and commitment to present duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie's Monthly
New Bedford Standard
Peace Trust as Path to World Peace Stirs Debate
An English writer asks if a coalition of America’s wealthy elites could form a peace trust to oppose war finance. He cites Rockefeller Morgans Vanderbilt Carnegies and others, suggesting they might marshal stock market influence to push for lasting global tranquillity and fund new industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefellers
Morgans
Vanderbilts
America
Edward Bellamy
Battle of Navarino Recalled by British Admiral Omanney
In 1827 the battle at Navarino saw Allied ships crush Turkish and Egyptian vessels in four hours. Sir Edward Codrington survived multiple near misses as bullets struck his hat coat and awning while he directed boatswain and marines amid heavy combat. An Irish sailor and midshipman Hicks are also noted for bold actions during the boarding.
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Omanney
Navarino
Greece
Sir Edward Codrington
Asia
Codrington
Mrs G W Foks Recovers From Kidney Trouble In Salisbury
Mrs G W Foks of Salisbury Maryland wife of the sheriff says she suffered eight years with kidney complaint gradually worsening. After three days on Dean's Kidney Pills the back pain disappeared and she was cured. Price five0 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York ads urged readers to seek inspiration and have faith in golden moods.
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G. W. Foks
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Dijtor
Dean
Foster-Milurn Co
Buffalo
Cure claimed by Cuticura on itchy rash in child
A Mrs M D Maitland of Jasper Ontario reports that after months of a severe itching watery rash in her three month old son, Cuticura products quickly soothed the child and led to a complete cure. The note appears among other assorted items and advertisements.
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M.D. Maitland
Jasper
Ontario
Lion Coffee
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Habits of the Salmon according to Hodgson
English writer Mr Hodgson argues that salmon feed in fresh water during their run, chasing wounded prey due to instinct that drives most animals to attack cripples. He suggests the impulse explains their feeding behavior in rivers.
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Mr. Hodgson
Nursery wall covering with Kate Greenaway figures
A plain green cartridge paper forms the basis for a nursery wall covering. Figures of Kate Greenaway children are pasted at intervals on special paper, with a deep frieze of jolly cats along the top watching over the wall. The idea of decorating a child's room with pictures on a plain green background is recommended.
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Kate Greenaway
Centenarian's Breakfast Reveals Coffee Doughnuts Habit
A New York man who died at 104 kept the same breakfast for ninety years coffee and doughnuts or crullers followed by a pipe. Diet reformers may claim he would have lived longer without the coffee doughnuts and tobacco.
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New York
Absent-mindedness Tale Sparked by Cigar Incident
The youth with red hair cites a New York Sun item about a man on a platform who, while lighting a cigar with a silver match safe, discarded the match box and tucked the wax match away in his pocket. The remark frames absent-mindedness as a curious human foible.
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New York Sun
Summer training offers at Tyler Commercial College
The Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas promotes summer courses in Book keeping Shorthand Typewriting Penmanship and Telegraphy with a free illustrated catalogue available by postal card. Also notes seed weight standards under US law for Hungarians seed Tim Othy seed and blue grass seed per bushel.
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Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Tex
Tyler Commercial
Tyler Tex
Hunt's Cure urged by Memphis letter writer
A 1904 Memphis note pushes Hunt's Cure with a 50 cent money order, claiming skin relief and value. Also touts Defiance Cold Water Starch 16 oz for laundry saving time and preventing sticking, and notes northern Arabia enjoys a winter season with cold rains and frosts.
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Hunt
Defiance
Arabia
Age of Drinkers: Average Lifespans by Drinker Type
Investigations by the British Medical Association show average ages attained by drinker categories. Total abstainers reach 51 years 2 days, drunkenards 53 years 3 days, habitually temperate 63 years 13 days.
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British Medicals Association
A Fairy City of Ice Spires and Dams
A description contrasts northern icebergs with southern walls noting they are not as large or numerous but are taller and more beautiful with spires and dams. When sunlight hits them they resemble a fairy city.
Great Change From Stomach Diet Restores Nervous Health
A Buffalo housewife describes how nervous stomach issues vanished after switching to Grape-Nuts. The ad claims the brain depends on digestible food rich in phosphates and potash from natural grains, and asserts Grape-Nuts rebuild nerve centers by providing three essential substances.
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Buffalo
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Cremation on the Ghat Steps Described in Hindu Rite
In a riverside cremation scene at the ghats a low caste figure sells the sacred fire. four bearers move a corpse to a wooden pyre while cries of Ram fill the air. The body is immersed, shroud removed, and oil and a blazing wisp set the pyre ablaze before the ashes drift in the river.
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Ghats
Ram
F. J. Q. Alsop
Paris Sharpers Trick Public With Mysterious Pocket Scam
A Paris street imposter posing as a representative of Findem Havem hawked a “mysterious pocket” that supposedly defies pickpockets. He urged a crowd to buy the device for sixpence, then vanished as onlookers realized their own pockets had been emptied.
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Paris
London Globe
Rue de Conde
Findem & Havem
America
Simple wall decorations using alabastine modernizes interior decor
The article extolls alabastine as a permanent wall covering that yields rich color without rubbing off. It argues modern methods allow mural like effects in homes with easy application from a canvas base and a bucket, avoiding mess and high cost.
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and its origins
In the 19th century a physician trained at a top college rode long miles visiting patients and developed a plant based remedy for female disorders. He established a Buffalo lab to prepare and ship Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription a tonic for women not a patent medicine. Testimonials claim health improvements and relief from ovaries inflammation painful periods and general female ailments. The text also notes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Pierce
Cian
Ree
Assoviai Vl
H. 8. Jones
Po N.C
Fern
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Chicago
Standard Milling Company
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