Healthy Old Age Offer for Women in Change of Life
An advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best medicine for nervous exhaustion during menopause. It cites a Chicago reader Mary L Koehne who credits the remedy with stopping dizzy spells back pain and headaches after six bottles. Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary L. Koehne
Garfield Avenue
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Question about fumigation of money given to them
The prompt asks how many people fumigate the money that is given to them. The wording is unclear and appears to request a count, but no concrete numbers or context are provided to determine an answer. More detail is needed to compute a valid count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Louis
Mr. Stevenson
It Will Sure Hunt's Lightning Oil and Castoria Ad
An old advertisement touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as a remedy for rheumatic pains aiding walking and running. It warns Ivy moisture claims and promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy, urging careful bottle examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Fear for Cologne Cathedral Darkens Historic Gothic Icon
Fear grips Cologne as the central portal of the Cologne Cathedral sustains serious damage with large carved stones fallen and other sections showing looseness. Construction began in 1248. completion in 1880. The cathedral is regarded as a premier Gothic masterpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Cuticura Cures Kansas Woman After Prolonged Skin Ills
A testimonial cites relief from a two year skin eruption after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. Claude N Johnson of Walnut Kansas writes that a doctor could not help but the Cuticura regimen cured him, purchased with a total of one dollar twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude N. Johnson
Maple Grove Farm
Walnut
Kan
Sir James Dewar Doubts Safe Gasoline Power
The London protests against motor omnibuses gain force from Sir James Dewar who argues that burning petrol releases poisonous gases and carbon monoxide. He says air quality is already poor and that science cannot render petrol combustion harmless.
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London
Sir James Dewar
Labor Day Parade in Houston Honors Toilers and Campbell Speech
Labor Day in Houston featured a large parade through downtown and a gathering at Highland Park. The day included addresses by Democratic nominee and future governor T. M. Campbell in the morning and Galveston orator John T. Wheeler in the afternoon, celebrating organized labor and its progress.
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Houston
Tex
All America
Une
Highland Park
T. M. Campbell
John T. Wheeler
Galveston
Officer Shot in Seguin Tragedy Fights for Life
Constable Chas Porter was shot in Seguin while stopping a confrontation between Torres brothers near the Hays county line. Porter survived a stomach wound but one attacker died. the other is expected to die. The incident follows the Schwartzlose Brummen case and reflects rising tensions among Mexican residents.
Labor Day Observed Varies Across Texas Towns
Eagle Lake and Cameron saw minimal observance with banks and post offices closed only for the day while others operated normally. Corpus Christi Palestine and nearby areas closed businesses and hosted picnics and leisure activities. local unions organized celebrations and many residents enjoyed parks and fishing indicating a wide range of observance.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Palestine
Stickland’s Park
Spring Park
Cartmal’s
Long Lake
Mexia Observes Labor Day With Closures
Mexia Texas observed Labor Day as the post office and banks closed for the holiday and local businesses followed suit.
Labor Day Observed Across Wharton and Nation
Wharton Texas banks and the post office closed for Labor Day and the holiday’s observance continues nationwide with many institutions closed.
Labor Day in Caldwell Texas Quiet Observance
Labor Day passed with the Caldwell post office closed while most businesses operated normally, reflecting a low-key local observance in Caldwell Texas.
Labor Day Observed in Alvin and Victoria Texas
In Alvin Labor Day saw post office and banks closed for most of the day with flags at full mast in the breeze. In Victoria the holiday prompted bank and post office closures but no public celebration occurred.
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Alvin
Tex
Victoria
First National Bank
Faced with Flourishing Dyes and Soothing Remedies Ad
An old page promotes dyes claiming faster washing and brighter colors at 10c per package. It also touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children reducing inflammation and easing wind colic at 2c per bottle while making a quip about a rolling stone and a high roller.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic Promoted as Proven Remedy
An ad touts Cheatham's Chill Tonic as an established twenty year remedy for chills and malaria. The text asserts it is guaranteed and not experimental, urging use when fever or symptoms arise.
Bachelors Taxed Then and Now and Auto Care Tips
A historical note on bachelors paying a tax in England and modern skepticism of reforms. The ad copy promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease for feet and nails with testimonials and pricing. Seattle police pressure on pugilists to leave town. A DIY cleaning mix for painted parts and brass and a car buying guide covering Buseck Maxwell Mitchell Reo Knox Franklin Queen priced $750 to $2,000.
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England
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Tripoli
Down Hill
Buseck
Maxwell
Mitchell
Reo
Knox
Franklin
Queen
Whisky lost in relief shuffle in San Francisco
Carloads of whisky disappeared during earlier relief proceedings in San Francisco and nine loaded cars remain untraced despite extensive efforts.
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San Francisco
Epistle of Laughter and a Grand New Cathedral in New York
A humorous exchange about eczema contrasts with news on the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine rising on Morningside Heights, a $10,000,000 project touted as America's largest and fourth most important worldwide. Also urged is a naval effort to destroy derelict ships to prevent accidents and disappearances at sea.
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New York
St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
America
Tacoma
Columbia
New York Tribune
Coffee Sufferer Says Postum Restored Her Health
A Midland woman describes decades of bilious colic headaches and stomach catarrh blamed on coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee she reports relief, improved health, and urges others to consider the product from Postum Co., Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Long Journey for Pleasure by Justus Miles Foreman
Justus Miles Foreman announces an extended voyage from New York through Australia New Zealand and the South Seas not to gain new literary material but to enjoy travel. J L Ward Medic Big Springs Texas offers Ward's Kidney Pills with testimonials claiming relief from kidney and bladder trouble and urging purchase through local druggists.
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Justus Miles Foreman
New York
Australia
New Zealand
South Sea Islands
J. L. Ward
Garden City
Texas
the Co
Big Springs
Alker. P. S
Ward
J. L. Ward Medicine CO
European Neatness and a Wanderer’s Quest for Cure
A traveler notes Europe shows striking cleanliness with only one rubbish heap near Carlsruhe. He speaks of leaving home to wander in search of truth, not wealth, and finds healing in a product named Hunt's Cure priced at 50 cents with a guaranteed claim.
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Europe
Carlsruhe
Hunt
Intersmith
Arthur Peter & CO
Louleville
Beasts of Burden In China
Beasts of burden in China how men shoulder two heavy loads on poles. The article notes that humans serve as wagons, carrying weights at both ends for transport.
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China
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Redwood
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Cameron
Mexia
Wharton
Caldwell
Seattle
California Fig Syrup Co
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Houston Laboratories
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Wiere
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Salzer
Red Cross
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Standard Scenic Co
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Standard- Gillett Light Co
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Martinsburg, Mo
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Great Britain
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Paris
Mue de la Paix
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Nellie French
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