Pinkham Remedy Helped Morton's Gap Woman
Mrs. Olly Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky reports two years of severe backache and female disorders relieved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She is now healthy, performs all housework, and endorses the medicine for neighbors. The ad urges readers with backache to contact Mrs Pinkham for confidential free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Olly Wooodall
Constipation Advice Advertising Pellets Claim
The text pressures readers to speak clearly and loudly and warns about constipation. It touts Dr Pierce pellets as a cure with tiny sugar coated granules and urges action.
Scientific exchange across Mars frustrates interplanetary chat
In a Toledo Blade item a scientist notes humans receive Martian messages but cannot understand them while the Martians presumably struggle with human replies. A separate blurb promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Inquirer
Beientist
Toledo Blade
Mrs. Winslow
Fishermen Fear Rabbits Curse on Pilchard Voyage
A London Mail note reports sailors on a Cornish fishing smack believe mentioning rabbits aboard brings bad luck. If uttered as the boat leaves harbor for a pilchard voyage, crew may throw the speaker overboard. The superstition supposedly ruins the catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Snake hunter in San Antonio ships venomous snakes worldwide
A Mexican snake hunter in San Antonio makes a business of catching cottonmouth moccasins and rattlesnakes alive. He uses a forked stick to subdue large snakes and a swift hand grab for smaller ones, sometimes lariats and watchful sieges for moccasins. He hunts hibernating snakes with sticks and digs them from holes, sometimes bagging up to 100 pounds a day. Rattlesnakes sold for 25 cents per pound, alive, to dealers who ship nationwide and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Kingville
Gulf
Kingsville
Trenton Man Held For Molten Iron Assault
Ricardo Zafreli was arraigned in police court on charges of atrocious assault and battery after a fight at The Trenton Malleable Ironworks. He allegedly threw Cologne Zoda onto a mold and forced him into molten iron, burning his clothes and flesh and leaving Zoda unconscious.
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Trenton
N. J
Ricardo Zarreti
Cologne
Zoda
Zafrell
Zafreli
Madlx
Zod
Compass makers and the stickiness of purpose
A fragment discusses magnetized mariners compasses and how their needles align to the north after magnetization. It compares the unmagnetized state to a life without direction and notes that once applied with purpose the needle stays true, like a life given meaning.
Washes Clothes Faster with Red Cross Blue
An advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whiter with less effort and cost than any other blue. It asserts the liquid blue is mostly water and promotes it as superior to competitors. Sold at grocers for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dea
Bose
Monroe Drug Company
Quincy
Five Year Old Survives Fall From Fourth Floor Window
A Havre France child Simone Cati not fell from a fourth floor window after being left alone in a locked room. She shattered a glass pane with an umbrella and leapt out. She was sent to a hospital and after examination was pronounced uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simone Catinot
Havre
France
Pacific States Fire Insurance enters Kelso with $8000 loan
C L Ayres and O O Koeppel financed by the Pacific States Fire Insurance company have secured an $8000 loan for the Market building from Kelso's local agent Kelso State Bank. The loan process will pass through the bank, signaling eastern lenders' growing interest in Kelso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific States Fire Insurance Company
Kelso
C. L. Ayres
O. O. Koeppel
Gray & Gross
Northwest
Pacific States Fire’ Insurance Company
Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Oregon
F. E. Beach
F. I. Fuller
A. H. Averill
Wm. M. Cake
William M. Cake
Louis G. Clarke
C. A. Craft
Chester Deeming
John Gill
D. J. Quimby
S. W. Stryker
Manuel Friedly
Kelso Journal
The Heart and Blood How Dr Pierce Tonic Helps
The article explains the heart as a double pump circulating blood at seven miles per hour. It emphasizes pure blood for bodily strain and recounts Dr. R. V. Pierce finding that stomach disorders taint the blood, causing weakness, and that a glyceric extract tonic from roots aids correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Dr Pierce Discloses Alcohol Free Medical Discovery
Dr Pierce promotes Golden Medical Discovery without alcohol claiming to aid stomach digestion and tissue repair. The notice notes use for convalescence from fevers and thin-blooded individuals prone to colds. It also advertises Common Sense Medical Adviser available for 31 one cent stamps, cloth bound, 1003 pages, at 663 Main Street Buffalo NY.
Properly Punished
A man refused to pay toward his mother's maintenance and warned his arms would drop off. He was summoned by the guardians and soon became paralysed losing use of both arms.
Miraculous Rescue After High Voltage Shock
Marinette Wisconsin man Max Engles escaped death while fishing with a steel rod when the rod touched a high power line. He was knocked unconscious and revived by artificial respiration. He suffered severe burns on his right side as an estimated 38,000 volts coursed through him. he is now on the road to recovery.
Y. M. C. A. Grows at Portland with 40 Percent Rise
The Portland Y M C A Educational Department reports a over forty percent increase in membership over the past year and forecasts further growth. Expanded programs include college prep, business and electrical courses, an automobile school, pharmacy, trades, and English classes for men. An Educational Catalog will be issued soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Y. M. C. A
Telegraph Poles Curved Toward Line Behind Observation
A brief tip notes telegraph poles arranged with crooks turned away from the viewer. It advises turning twists away from people and not toward them when looking along the line.
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