Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Praised In Reader Letter
A New York City reader from 341 Water Street calls Dr Bull's Cough Syrup “the wonderful cure it is represented to be” and says it is just the remedy for a bad cough. The exchange includes a humorous line about belonging to the Physical Society and using a brother's machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Anderson
Waterstreet
New York City
N. Y
Garfeld
West 45Th Street
NEW York ‘World
Soper
Soper Music
Bullpinc
New York
Two Kinds of Women and Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for women's health. It targets girls entering womanhood, those undergoing the change of life, expectant and nursing mothers, and any woman who is run-down or overworked. The ad guarantees benefit or a full refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Ledger
Indigestion Advice And Rich Bequest At Ashford
A physician urges preventive care for dyspepsia and warns against overeating when exhausted, recommending hot milk and slow eating. Separately, a woman in Ashford receives a £150,000 bequest from a stranger she aided outside Buckingham Palace after he later died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashford
England
Buckingham Palace
Bargain Bait: Old Fisherman Demands Half of Worms
A Boston group sought bait from an old country fisherman. He delivered a ten quart pail of angle worms after digging hard. When asked for payment he offered to split the bait if the boys let him go fishing himself tomorrow, calling it square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Decidedly Shaky Nervousness and Remedies
A collection of short health notices and anecdotes on nervousness remedies including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and dietary advice. The items mention English spender Cavendish and a humorous dinner tale, a promise of a $100 reward for catarrh cures, and various advertisements and curiosities from historical sources.
Royal Baking Powder endorsement and other notices
A paste of mixed advertisements and notices discussing Royal Baking Powder’s claimed superior strength and purity, remarks on American commercial travelers influence on politics, Schleswig Holstein court notice about a drowned seaman, a New Yorker touting Garfield Tea, and claims of falling birth rates in Europe plus a Dr Kline nerve restorer offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schleswig-Holstein
Peter Lohmann
Altona
Dietrich Lohmann
Kirchmoor
Stockton
Hamburg
Lime Trees in Folk Beliefs and a Laxative Claim
The article links lime trees to protection against witches in Hungary and Germany and notes sacred ties to Venus and Lada due to heart-shaped leaves. It contrasts old transient remedies with Syrup of Figs as a permanent cure for habitual constipation, and ends with a proverbs style remark about silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Germany
Lada
Filial tragedy in Arkansas blamed on madness and manners
A Arkansas boy shoots his mother after claiming she urged him to do so and warned him against disobedience. The piece ridicules the claim, labels farmers wives as prone to craziness, and promotes a laxative gum drops advertisement from Sylvan Remedy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Sylvan Remedy Co
Peoria
Dil
Ely's Cream Balm advertised as catarrh remedy
Testimonial from Jas W Davidson describes 26 years of catarrh and throat hoarseness improving after using Ely's Cream Balm. The ad claims immediate relief and says apply into the nostrils for quick absorption. Available 50 cents from Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St New York. The Cincinnati Post quote about love at first sight appears at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Jas. W. Davidson
Monmouth
Playing Cards and Remedies Ad Card Fragments
An old advertisement row offers 15 cents for a pack of playing cards from P. & Eustis and B&Q BR. R. in Chicago. A maxims fragment notes a cat and mouse judgment analogy. Browns Bronchial Tradies claim a cough cold throat remedy at 25 cents per box. A final aphorism asserts one man cannot make a heaven for another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Burlington
P. & Eustis
Chicago
Br.h. H. Green & Sons
Atlarta
Georgia
MOODY
D.W. Moody
B&q BR. R
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The
Physical Society
Atom
ADWAY
Dain Roadway
Radway
Raadway
Scott & Bowne
Bidraggista
Chi Oman
Fomaya Ag
M. M. Bruster
Montgomery
Ala
Egulator Co
Atlanta
Express
Bradfield
Asa Co
Broadway
Mr. Cavendish
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
O. Wo
F. J. Cheney
Weer & Truax
Waxvmng
Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Catarra
Harras
Zohoppan
Treasury Department
Washington
Boston Globe
Betina Circulating Library
Washington Street
D. Jayne
France
Belgium
Linden
Hood’s
Lettie Huntley
Cortland
Miss Huntley
Hood
Ed Lane
Lane
P. Woodward
LeRoy
Garfield Teast
John Sebastian
G. T
Mentius
Edfem
Prac RE Hushcien
W. F, Snyder, M. D
Mali Steee
eVicker'’s Theater
Ness
Pino
Haseltine
Warren Pa
A. Scott
R. H. Shumway
Rockford, Rets
Scranton
C. P. Browns
Summit Ave
Drumeiste
J. Gibson Brown
Riniat
Jersey City
Cincinnati Post
Boschee
Damplo
Bell Telephone Petaps
Athick Wfarkell
Washington, DC
Il Hogla Iron
Voss Gretain
Mesolt
Salzer
John A. Salzer
la Crosse, Wis
Ektor
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Ori
Bak Santon
Dongola
L. Les
Purchasin L. Douglas
Seewii
E L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
U.S
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