Nervous Prostration and Relief via Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
A persuasive ad style piece discusses nervous prostration in women and links it to reproductive health. It presents Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure, citing a Brooklyn woman’s testimony of sleep loss, backache, and fatigue improving after use. It asks readers to consider the product through numerous testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Tam
Lydia KE
War on Consumption The Great White Plague in Cities
The article argues tuberculosis causes one seventh of city deaths worldwide and urges municipal action. It highlights New York’s progress, notes a drop in city TB deaths from 6089 to ? with population growth, and praises notification, maps, and fumigation as core public health measures led by the health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
New York City
Health Department
Department of Health
Chinese Special Correspondent Reports North China Exercises
Two Shanghai published Chinese newspapers sent special correspondents to observe recent army maneuvers in North China marking the first appearance of a Chinese special correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer Promise Cures
An advertisement touts FITS permanent cure after first day use from Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free trial offer includes two treatments and booklet by Dr RW Kurxe at 931 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. The copy also notes Formosa population at 50 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline
Value of Wool Grease Loss to U S Wool Industry
A government expert notes the grease in sheep fleece is highly valuable and much is wasted when fleece is washed before shearing. He estimates that between two and three million dollars of wool fat and potash run into streams annually in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Internal Remedy
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. it is a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. The product, touted by F.C. Cuenny & Co of Toledo, is described as a regular prescription and contains tonics and blood purifiers. Priced at 75 cents, with testimonials available on request. Lake Hall's Family Pills for constipation are also advertised.
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Hiall
Chan
F.cd. Cuenny & Co
Props
Toledo
Price
Lake Hall
How to Preserve Cut Flowers for Freshness
The usual method uses dilute ammonium chloride potassium nitrate sodium carbonate or camphor in the water to keep stems turgid and inhibit germ growth. Wilted flowers may quickly revive when placed in a weak camphor solution.
Cure After Seven-Year Back Ailment Promised by Dean's Pills
A man from Skowhegan Maine reports a six decade long illness ending after seven years with back pain night sweats fainting spells and severe weight loss. He credits Dean's Widney Pill prescribed by doctors and obtained via local dealers, claiming a complete recovery lasting three years.
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E. E. Pitts
Wathaway St
Skowhezan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffaly, N
Wise Words and Maxims From Notable Figures
A compilation of quotes on life effort love propriety and ambition from Bronte Fuller Lavater Sheridan Strode Leupp Adler and others. The sayings span hard work resilience and moral shortcuts reflecting regal and practical wisdom.
Dickens Characters Inspired by Manchester Grant Brothers
The Pall Mall Gazette notes that the Grant Brothers in Manchester inspired the Cheeryble pair in Dickens The warehouse of Grant Brothers in Manchester will lose some interior historic features as part of alterations. Dickens met the brothers a year before Nicholas Nickleby was written, and the real life figures influenced many attributes including the apoplectic butler from the Linkin Water dinner.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Obituary Note on an Eighty Nine Year Old Woman
A Detroit Tree Press anecdote recalls a long life of modest means. The reporter, sent to write an obituary, learns from the city editor that despite living to ninety, the woman never claimed wealth or to have danced with the Prince of Wales.
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Prince of Wales
Detroit Tree Presse
New England Needs Cheaper Materials and Open Markets
The article argues Massachusetts requires cheap raw materials and freer trade to sustain its shoe and cotton industries. It cites Governor William L Douglas and Governor-elect Curtis Guild as recognizing the danger of restrictive trade. It urges Congress members to fight for Massachusetts interests to secure materials like hides, lumber, and coal from Canada and prevent factory decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
William L Douglas
Massachusetts
Eled Curtis Guild
Wither
Massachusettts
United States Senate
Canada
Dominion
Senator Lodge
Congress
National Magazine
Postum Freeing a Family From Coffee Dependence
The presiding officer of the Western Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in a Northwest state describes how she quit coffee after years of nerve tonic dependence. She promoted Postum Food Coffee, shared the book The Road to Wellville, and claims her husband converted, healthier winters and fewer headaches. She notes the slogan that stronger Postum means more food while stronger coffee means more poison. Battle Creek Michigan company is cited as the source.
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Northwest
Wellville
Postum
Battle Creek Mich
Origin of the Grain Weight
An English law of 1266 established a sterling silver penny weighing 32 dried wheat grains from the center of the ear. This links the grain of wheat as the prototype of the standard grain.
Cure for two years of skin eruption with Cuticura remedies
Claude N. Johnson of Maple Grove farm reports a two year skin eruption cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills after using the Cuticura book and purchasing the three products. He notes relief from the first application and full cure after an extended course. The testimonial dates to June 1905 and includes the Walnut, Iowa location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude N. Johnson
Maple Grove Farm
Walnut
Ixan
German Workmen Insurance and Industrial Courts
A government run compulsory insurance for wage earners and lower paid officers covers incapacity sickness and accidents with premiums up to 4 percent weekly. The fund also pays funeral expenses and sickness benefits, and finances 354 industrial courts handling about 90,000 cases yearly to prevent larger disputes.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Prospector Killed in Boulder County Dynamite Blast
George Spratley, veteran prospector, was killed in an explosion at his mining claim in Boulder county Colorado just after discovering the richest Gingsten ore vein in the country. The scene involves a fatal accident linked to dynamite at a mining site.
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George Spratley
Boulder County
Colorado
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Formosa
Re Pitts
Ilias Deen
Goulburn
Charlotte Bronte
New York Times
Margaret Fuller
Lavater
Phil. Sheridan
Muriel Strode
Leupp
Ifelix Adler
The
California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville, Ky
N.Y
F. W. Diemer
M.D
Springsfield
Ks. W. Grover
Jia Follette
Journal of Gossip
Ile
Atlas
Corliss
Norfolk, Va
Anderson, S. C
Augusta
Montgomery
Ala
Desa Moines
Iowa
Shreveport
Ft. Smith, Ark
New Bern
N.C
Jacksonville
Fla
Athens
Minneapolis, Minn
Omaha
Neb
New Orleans
Greensboro
N. C
Memphis, Tenn
Birmingham
Leavenworth
Kas
Joplin
Live Rock
Ark
Atlas Encine
Jhoianapoli
Standard Heating and Radiator CO
Pittsburg
Hoxaie
Ur Math
A. P
Hoxsie
Battale
Regory
St. Gregory & Son
Marblehead, Mans
Socwarty
Ooineeiak
Frey
Bolgiana
Baltimore
Fitgerald &Co
Washington D.G
Thompson
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