Remedies and odd notices blend in page ads
An assortment of health claims and anecdotal cures dominates this fragment. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is touted against rheumatism with urging dosage and promised kidney and liver relief. Interwoven are notes on Mary Queen of Scots relics, a South American tribe’s village over a lake, reader letters praising Hall’s Catarrh Cure, widow’s rights humor, HaLe’s horehound remedy, Pion dental claims, and Dr Kling’s nerve restorer offers with a free trial. The jumble preserves period tone and strong named entities.
Bread fashion and the case for whole wheat flour
In a discussion drawn from the North American Review, Erastus Wyman argues that the white flour fashion may not improve bread. He cites English medical opinion and experiments in whole‑wheat milling, noting richer taste and gentler digestion, while suggesting brown bread could become the norm if demand shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erastus Wyman
North American Review
Jtushion
Great
Britian
Some Tire Ava
Rat Trap Snare Leads to Cowed Rats in Barn Loft
A Stratford North End, Connecticut gentleman trapped a large rat with an old steel trap after a failed French rat trap baiting. A later inspection revealed two half grown rats had gathered hay and chow into a nest inside a cage, with the coop’s cows and hens nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Startford
Courant
Beecham’s Pills and Fig Syrup Ad Claims
An old advertisement extols Beechams Pills for sick headache and biliousness while promoting California Fig Syrup as a gentle remedy. It touts preserved maturity as caused by sugar in disposition and endorses Dr Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water for sore eyes, noting pharmacists sell it at 25a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Beecham
Isaac Thompson
Drucgista
Don’t Suffer From Kidney Trouble Says Remedy Ad
An old advertisement warns that many diseases stem from inactive kidneys and uric acid buildup. It links summer exposure to colds with kidney issues causing pleurisy pneumonia and even strokes or heart disease. The ad promotes Herp’s German Cough and Kidney Cure from SxyLtvan Remedy Co. Peoria Illinois, priced 25c to 50c and claims safety for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herp
SxyLtvan Remedy Co
Peoria
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Mary Queen of Scots
Countess Hahn-Hahn
Mayence
New Jersey
Venezuela
W. H. Griffin
Jackson
Michigan
Hall
HaLe
Henry
Pise
Iline
Kling
Arch St
Phila
Doctor Pierce
Lane
Wood Aro
LeRoy
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Patrick O'Farrell
Washington, DC
Perry Davis
Hemordia
Hemohdia CO
Fulton St
New York
Barlow
Coie Sasnt
France
the Figaro
Pau
Pera
Dre
Prag
Stonington
Justice For the Peace
Connecticut
Doug Alticer
Justice of the Peace
Ile
Buffalo Courier
Astoria
Ore
Pacific Covet
St. Louis Republic
G. W. Turner
Galway
N. Y
Gov
W. Turner
Hoop’s
Rapwars
HW. Wohrr
Upper Marlboro, Md
Pegifis
Paca W. KingpatTrick
Johnson City
Tenn
Swift Specific Co
Avlanta, Go
Chicago Newspaper Union
Jefferson St
Chicago
Seltiq
Lyon & Healy
Monrose Bt
Chicas
Unifornia
California
Hralph Rogers
West First Street
Los Angeles
Arfield
Orfbasi
Ros Orestas
York Ci
Pino
T. Harceliing
Warren
K. Wilber
Western Pass
A. J. Smeth
Gen. Pass & T. Agly Cleveland
Bell Telephone
W. W. Dudley & CO
Solicitors of Patents
Pacific Bldg
I St. N. W
Washington, D.C
TEXA
P.O
Graham
Graham, Texas
C. H. Dear
Washington House
Washington, Va
BR. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayer
Gouraud
Ask
U. S
Canada
Europe
Read
T. Hopkins
Graat Jones Street
Penna. Saltieg CO
Gen. Acts
Lau
Neal
Tupans Cifemical CO
Spruce St
Alice Maple
Oregon
A.w.e.snyder
McVicker’s Theatre
UNO
Ad*vertisers
Jine Company
Jersey City
N. Je
Peave
Adve
Piatrons
American Publishing Company
Qu-e-Vic
Wilo
Minneapolis
TIS
CTW
James G. Claine
Jonn L
Sullivan
Corbett
Slavin
DIG
Nam
J. F. Kelly
Treas
C. P. Smith
American Publishing Co
Gaeet
Jersey City, N. J
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