Jumble of household tips and transit ads in brief
A mixed page item set notes advice on eczema cures and household products like Hunt's Cure and Defiance Starch, plus a report on cement piles and a rail line boasting three daily trains and through Pullman sleepers. It also cites British housing counts and a playful quip about a lightning calculator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dallas
Fort ‘Worth
Waco
Austin
M. L. Robbins
Wm. Doherty
Houston
Texas
Best Exercise for Beauty Horseback Riding for Women
A New York Medical Journal praised horseback riding as the prime activity for women, claiming it enhances beauty of face and form, maintains complexion, and builds graceful character. The piece extols Kentucky belles and notes equestrianism as a source of refined poise and social charm. It also reports Germany’s Komerwa colony in Africa growing tea in a government plantings effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Medical Journal
Komerwa
Africa
Dodd's Kidney Pills Proclaimed Best by Doctor Williamson
Yorktown Ark January 18 Dr Le land Williamson M D testifies under oath that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured cases in his practice. Case No 1 Henry Hall Sr 48 American malaria hematuria fever coated tongue constipation bleeding urine recovered after two months of treatment. Also mentions white coal electricity from France and various ad snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Ark
Leland Williamson
Dodd
Williamson
H. E. Greene
J. P
Montgomery County
Henry Hall, Sr
Forgiveness After Confession at Home
In a domestic vignette a wife forgives her husband after he admits cheating a man out of 50 pounds. The moment is laced with fear then relief as she accepts his admission and assures forgiveness in a tender exchange. Also notes London dock efforts that killed 89 611 rats in 1902 and a quip about saving money by not investing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
William Wharton
London
London Dock and Shipping Companies
Port of
Dan
Potts
Dwight Anderson
Postum Aids Nervous Woes and Health Says Memphis Man
A Memphis furniture dealer credits Postum with curing nervous spells and weight gain after giving up coffee. After a physician advised substituting Postum and outdoor activity, he improved from 142 to 165 pounds and reports full health, offering to testify publicly. The ad, from Postum Co., promotes a 10 day trial and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pills and cures in old medical testimonials
Readers are told of kidney pills reliefs for kidney trouble back pain and lumbago with repeated endorsements from Foster Milburn Co and a Texas company. The note cites ease of access and price then mentions the US Fisheries Bureau plans to culture the endangered elam lobster. It also includes a testimonial about Hunt's Cure curing stubborn skin disease and notes India coal output rising since 1880 to over 6 million tons a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
India
Deafness and catarrh cure ad from old catalog text
The text states deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and ear inflammation. It claims catarrh causes nine cases, offers Hall's Catarrh Care, and promises one hundred dollars for cures. It also includes various unrelated advertisements about products and seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & WO
Toledo
Dragaste
The
Haji
Tyler College grand opening touted with rapid early enrollment
The notice highlights Tyler College in Tyler Texas beginning in 1904 with over 100 new students in the first week. It extols the Byrne Shorthand and Practical Bookkeeping courses, practical hands on bookkeeping, machine work, rapid dictation, and office training under a large faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler College
Uncle Dan Returns Home In Busy Family Scene
A family prepares for Uncle Dan’s Arkansas trip and homecoming with repairs, clothing, and a festive dinner. The scene shifts to ads and notes on Defiance Starch, electricity for Indian royalty, a Canada museum project, and various medical and consumer notices from the era.
Warning on Winter Illnesses From Pe
The notice warns that winter will cause illness among women including catarrh coughs pneumonia and consumption with many losing their lives or acquiring chronic ailments. It urges keeping Peruna in the house and taking necessary precautions to avoid becoming affected.
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Rose Hennessy
Lexington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Prvaitan
Rosz Nona Hennessy
Broadway
America
Miss Pean
North
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia KE
Pinkham Mod. Co
Lynn
Mass
Graax
Earth
Sata i. Salzer Seed Co
Sross
Galdwell
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Tll
W. N. U. Houston
Tower Canadian CO
Efay
Eczema
Hunt
Great Britain
Mississippi River
Gulf
Maude
Dr. Williamson
France
Emmons Co
Dakota
Lzer Seed CO
Cw. N. UD
la Crosse
Wis
Bank of England
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Edinburg
Miss
A. B. Richards Med. Co
Sherman
John Benson
Salzer
Alzer
Ohio
W. N
Bertley
A. N Have
Salzer Seed Co
Tyler
Col. Josias R. King
St. Paul
Summit Park
Hungary
Berlin
Zeitung
Krupp
Australia
England
Russia
Mexico, D. F
Distrito Federal
Federal District
Washington, D. C
Uncle Dan
Arkansaw
Edgar
Dharbanga
Calcutta
Raynagar
Attawa
Victoria National Museum
Canada
St. Asaph Workhouse
Wales
New York
New York Central
Henry Morris
Argentine Republic
Ellistown
Tex
Amos Lawson
Wm. Self
Webster, N. C
Taylor
Freiburg
Germany
Piso
Mexico
Dr. Kline
K. H. Kline
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Col. Gresham
Peruna
Doctors
Pain
This
Jacobs
Soc
Mrs.coleigresha
Missenme Driscoll
Jennie Driscoll
Putnam Ave
Brooklyn
Col. E. J. Gresham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Hernden Village
Hernxven, Va
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, Ohio
Col. B. J. Gresham
Dr. Hartman
Ae Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Oo
Lyow
Lion LT
Satis
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Wilson
Dillon
Wyo
Worrd
H. H. Green
Atlanta
Terre A. S
A. B. Lacey
Washington, D.C
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