Favorite Prescription Helps Ailing Women Says Mrs Carter
Mrs Carter of 2516 St. Dallas Texas testifies she was rundown years ago and Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription helped her. She recommends the feminine tonic to others and notes many have benefited. Dealers carry tablets or liquid and a trial packet is available by sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce s Invalids Hotel Buffalo N Y for samples and free advice.
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest relief for grippe and severe colds. It claims to open nasal passages, stop discharge, relieve headache and feverishness, and ease sore throat, with dosing every two hours for three doses and a price of thirty five cents.
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Pape
Panpe
Carter's Little Liver Pills Helped a Reader
Mrs. K Kummer shares that after three months of using Carter's Little Liver Pills her constipation improved and she feels like a new person. The advertisement claims the pills remove the constipation poison and are not habit forming with 25 and 50 cent packages offered by druggists.
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Brooklyn
K. Kummer
Carter
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Stomach Elixir Ad
An old advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a stomach remedy for gas heaviness and distention. It promises strong digestion and full refund if it does not greatly help, claiming thousands of prior users. Local dealers and druggists stock the elixir.
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Dave
Please Remit Bay Window Letter Delights Dad
A playful note exchanges a request for mail with a punch line about a bay window. The dad and son exchange a joke emphasizing daily mail and a clever misdirection.
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Sonny
Dad
Inn of the Good Woman Echoes Thanksgiving Hospitality
The Kansas City Times describes the Inn of the Good Woman in early Boston as a welcoming refuge on Thanksgiving for travelers and bachelors lacking homes. The sign portrays a headless figure symbolizing a virtuous hostess, with stories, humor, and hearty American fare fueling social gatherings after sermons and meals.
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Hezekiah Butterworth
Boston
Old
Inn of the Good Woman
Kansas City Times
Ostrich Trimmed Hats Popular in Fashion Trends
Julia Bottomley notes a shift toward elaborate ostrich trims across hats, negligees, and boudoir robes as modern dress leans feminine. Ostrich accessories such as fans and shoulder motifs gain prominence, with velvet, brocade, and antelope felt in coordinated ensembles.
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Milady
Chestnut Dishes and Farm Wife Ideals Rise in 1926
This piece blends culinary notes on chestnut recipes French Chestnut Soup chestnut stuffing and marion glacés with social commentary on the farmer's wife advocating modernization and better household conditions. It argues for upgraded appliances and living standards to empower rural women and sustain country life.
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Marion
Hard Luck Dinner Troubles For Newsboy
A newsboy expresses worry about attending multiple dinners saying he has already been to three and fears missing two more. The exchange captures a small personal hardship amid charity events.
Early Thanksgiving Proclamations Grow National Holiday
The passage traces 1763 Hali fax proclaiming a day of Thanks giving to mark Britain’s Canadian peace, notes 1705 Washington’s first U S national Thanksgiving proclamation, and describes how Lincoln’s 1864 call established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the United States.
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Halifax
Canada
Washington
United States
Lincoln
Republic
Cascarets Promise Quick Cleanse for Stomach Bowels and Headache
Advertises Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanse for digestion and liver bile, claiming to relieve sour undigested food, foul gases, and constipation by morning. Promotes a 10 cent box for adults and children to keep head clear and bowels regular for months.
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