Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s ailments
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for weak women and “female complaints.” It claims to strengthen digestion, enrich the blood, ease aches, promote sleep, and restore health, offering a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen. Special agent H. C. Rigby touts Salvation Oil cured an insevere lumbago attack.
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Lumpacc
H. C. Rigby
Baltimore
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
Salvation Oil
Dr. Pierce
The School Girl and Burns Lore in Lively Narrative
A narrator recalls a crossing guard tale and a Miss Toppum mishap with a downhill sled, then shifts to Burns and Mary Campbell, praising Mary’s beauty and influence. It contrasts rural scenes with reflections on Burns and the power of beauty in shaping a culture, closing with a Crawford quote on schoolgirls and theater influence.
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Dan'l Webster
Lord Chesterfield
Briggs
Rbriges
Ile
Mary Campbell
Jeh J
Mary
Shipminter
Burns
Tarbolton
George Douglas
Sterne
F. Marion Crawford
The Farmer and the Grocer and Odd Encounters
A satire compares prices of a seven pound turkey to a ten pound one and 27 percent stronger Royal Baking Powder. Explorer O Donovan lands in lodging, tries air gun practice, and winds up with a humorous landlady remark about a private madhouse.
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Central Asia
O’ Donovan
G O’ Donovan
Curious Isubus of Sumatra and World’s Fair Tips
A fragmented news sketch reviews an isolated Sumatra tribe the isubus noted for extreme timidity and barter style trading with Malays. It then outlines World’s Fair travel help via W. D. Boyce’s bureau and Chicago address, followed by assorted notes on petty gadgets and remedies.
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Sumatra
Agong
Heaven
Hell
Birth rates fall across England France Belgium and Germany
European birth rates show a steady decline in England Belgium France and Germany with England dropping from 34.7 to 30.2 per thousand Belgium 31.5 to 23.7 Germany 38.9 to 5.7 and France 25 to 21.8 per thousand over the last decade.
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England
France
Germany
Belgium
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J. Gibson Brown
Jersey City
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Garfield Tea CO
W.asth St
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W. D. Boyce
Monsieur
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Paris
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ELY Brothers
Warren
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Dr. Kline
Br. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Lane
Woodward
LeRoy
Adyarticars
J C. Jones
Fulton
Arkansas
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Swirt Specific Co
Atlanta
John W.tiorris
D.C
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R.L& Plr
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W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
J. Stephen Lebanon
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Peter Zinville
Grorey W. Dye
Sardis
Mason Co
Soper Music
World Building
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Lucas County
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
H. P. Carson
Scotland
Bays
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LE. B. Walthall & CO
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Modine
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Detroit
Mich
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