Cure for Rheumatism Promoted by Pink Pills
A testimonial from Mrs. Thomas Brosnehan of Watertown says Dr Williams Pink Pills cured her rheumatic back and limb pains after a severe cold in 1904. She reports full recovery after six weeks and continued use. The pills cost 50 cents a box or $2.50 for six, from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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Thomas Brosnehan
Mill Street
Watertown
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
J. B. Holcomb
P. S
Ward
J. L. Ward Medicine Co
Big Springs
Texas
Ecuador recruits immigrants via Yaquil agency contract
The Ecuadorian government ties a Yaquil based agency to import 5000 families to the lower and eastern regions. The contract requires immigrants to be white and preferably of German or Dutch origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
Government of
Yaquil
The Chocolate Girl La Belle Chocolatiere Trademark
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd promotes The Chocolate Girl trademark and a romantic origin story of the La Belle Chocolatiere image. A booklet and a recipe collection by Miss Parlon and cooking teachers are offered free to applicants via Dorchester Massachusetts.
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Parlon
Walterer & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
The Ticking of the Clock
A jeweler muses on clocks and sleep revealing that some people find comfort in ticking clocks while others fear a clock in a room and would stop it before sleep. He notes habit and personal fancies shape reactions to clocks.
Baltimore Apple Bread as a Southern Roast Duck Side
Instructions describe making a stiff batter from flour milk eggs and a yeast like rise overnight. Shape into cakes layer with tart applesauce assemble two layers bake then finish with sweetened apple sauce sugar nutmeg and cinnamon. Serve hot with roast duck.
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Baltimore
Thousands seek kidney cure yet miss the signs in ailment rush
An old newspaper column urges kidney health to end aches and dropsy with Dean's Kidney Pills. It features a Leominster testimonial from Mrs. Cadrette and cites Hunt's Cure for itching, plus Braddon and Brandreth's Pills as longstanding remedies.
Practical Household Hints From A Past Era
Crisp celery with cold meat is suggested as a fine nerve tonic. Soft soap cleans coarse clothes better than hard yellow soap. Wash pewter in hot water rough with fine silver sand then polish with leather. Croquettes baked with rich brown sauce cited as a housewife’s invention after dyspepsia. Pineapple peeling knife should not slice it due to rind acid. Brass lamp mats suggested as shallow trays. leather mats for gas or electric lamps. After nailing carpet sweep and scrub with ammonia solution.
Washing Laces Demonstration Instructions
Wash laces by soaking in tepid water and naphtha soap for thirty minutes. Gently squeeze to remove water, resoak without rubbing, rinse in two waters with gum arabic, add dye or bluing as needed, dry on a sheet and shape flat. Finish by rolling edges even, wrapping in a damp cloth, and press with a moderately hot iron.
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Ecru
Traditional fruit loaf recipe from old kitchen notes
A historic baking entry lists flour lard or butter sugar currants sultanas candied lemon peel caraway soda vinegar and milk. Currants and sultanas are washed dried flour rubbed with lard then mixed with dry ingredients and milk to form dough. Vinegar added to offset soda taste bake in a greased tin for one and a half to two hours.
High and low chairs for kitchen efficiency
In every kitchen there should be a very high chair and a very low one. Economy of strength is wise for workers, preventing fatigue and illness. Sitting on a thigh chair or stool aids plain ironing and mixing puddings, and a low chair helps shell peas or string currants with a bowl in the lap and another on the floor nearby.
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Brandreth
To Make a Dull Piano Bright and Curl Ostrich Feathers
The article explains how alcohol can restore dull piano finishes by careful application with a cloth and subsequent buffing to avoid burning the surface. It also describes recurling ostrich feathers by lighting kindling, applying salt, and holding the feather over the dying embers while turning to prevent singeing.
Shoes shine proof of national identity in London street tale
A story recounted by the New York Press recalls an American student returning from England with a refined accent. A downtown bootblack teases him, noting Americans shine their shoes daily while Brits polish sparingly, making daily polish the telltale sign of national origin.
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New York
Bootblack
Coffee and tea blamed for heart harm and indigestion
A public notice extols Postum as a healthier beverage choice, citing caffeine’s reputed adverse effects on the heart and nervous system. It urges readers to boil Postum 15 minutes per package directions and promotes The Road to Wellville in cereal box form from Battle Creek Michigan.
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Nantes
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Well- Ville
Creamed Chestnuts Recipe Instructions
A method to prepare creamed chestnuts involves boiling large chestnuts until easy to peel, removing shells, then simmering in rich milk until soft and thick. Do not remove the inner skin as it helps keep the nuts in shape.
Winter House Warmth Through Cellar Coating
Cited as a method to keep homes warm in winter the cellar coating is recommended. The text also references various remedies and cautions on infant bottles and products.
Lace imports and a claim about Simmons Cough Syrup
The piece notes 1905 lace imports from Nottingham, England totaling 4,284,583 dollars. It then praises Simmons Cough Syrup as the quickest cough remedy. It ends with a quip about Gabriele d Annunzio seeking invention and a baldness cure.
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America
United States
Nottingham
England
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
An early ad style piece warns deafness cannot be treated by local apps. It cites inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh as causes, offers Hall's Cure, and promises a $100 reward for uncured cases. Also notes the purchase of Old Red House as a town museum gift and touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as a universal pain remedy.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ste
T. W. Leete
Springfield
Mass
Longmeadow
Simon Colton
Hunt
Chesebrough Mbg. CO
State Street
New York City
New York Girl Becomes Lady Paget in Britain
Notes on Miss Minnie, daughter of Mrs. Paran Stevens of New York, becoming the latest Lady Paget after her husband General Paget was knighted. Mentions her earlier London society debut and her American birth. Also includes an apparent ad fragment for Ward's Kidney Pills from Texas with customer letter promoting the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lady Paget
Romance of Ibsen and Bjornson Families Revealed
A longtime friendship between Ibsen and Bjornson fractured by politics ends in a wedding uniting their families. Bjornson’s daughter marries Ibsen’s only child, and the fathers reunite at the couple’s ceremony after 25 years apart.
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Ibsen
Bjornson
Eczema Sufferer Cures After Cuticura Remedies
A 60 year old veteran reports thirty five years of widespread eczema ending after two Cuticura Soap Cakes two Ointment boxes and two Resolvent bottles. He thanks Cuticura for a complete cure after government checks found no cure. Richmonddale Ohio July 17 1905. Straws show which way the mint julep goes.
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Joan T. Roach
Richmondale
Ross Co
Ohio
From Girlhood to Womanhood and Lydia Pinkham's Compound
An advisory article promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for teen girls entering puberty. It cites letters from young users and mothers praising relief from dizziness backache irregular periods and headaches. The piece urges mothers to seek advice for daughters and to share details for free guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Myrtle Mills
Oquawka
Ill
Lydia KE
Matilda Borman
Mrs. Pinkham
Farmington
Iowa
Npound
Cardus
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Odessa
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