One Kidney Gone and Danes Offer Rat Rewards
Milford resident Sylvanus Verrill recalls a severe kidney injury five years ago and credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with restoring function after months on crutches. The ad notes a 50 cent price and Foster-Milburn Co. availability. A Paris column reports Denmark’s reward plan for rats where heads are counted to prevent double claims.
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Sylvanus
Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Denmark
Paris
Copenhagen
New York Tribune
Breaks a Cold Promptly Remedy Claims 24 Hour Cure
An advertisement outlines a home remedy for colds claiming a cure in 24 hours. It prescribes one ounce Compound Syrup of Sarasaparilla, one ounce Toris Compound and a half pint of whisky mixed and shaken. Doses of a tablespoonful every four hours are advised, with ingredients available at any drug store.
Origin of the sundae in New Orleans tale
A soda fountain worker lacking carbonated water created a frozen mix of ice cream fruit syrups. The drink pleased customers and inspired adding it to the menu. An editor later averted, or altered, spelling turning Sunday recipe into sundae, a tale recounted by a veteran soda salesman.
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New Orleans
Public telescope at Zurich draws 25000 visitors
Zurich hosts the world’s only public observatory. Open every evening, it attracted at least 25 000 visitors in six months. The 17 foot 6 inch long telescope weighs fourteen tons and uses a twelve inch diameter objective. A projecting screen displays celestial objects for observers.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Tenn. Woman Credits Postum With Restored Health
A Tennessee woman recalls severe stomach and nerve troubles from coffee starting in youth. After switching to Postum she reports digestion improved, strength returned, and nerves steadied, now relying on Postum instead of coffee. The letter is presented by Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Vlachs and Ali's Road Usher Yanina's Sunset Mystery
The London Spectator piece follows Vlachs nomads in Mount Pindus guiding flocks between Greece and Albania. It recalls their antiphonal songs, serene faces, and the Turkish Greek border politics around Yanina. The traveler sails the Alpheus to a reed-bordered lake where mosques mirror on water as a sunset hush signals Asia in Europe.
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Mount
Pindus
Meteora
Yanina
Elepht
Arnaut
Alpheus
Turkish Epirus
Acheron
Ali
Albania
Himelf
Danton
Napoleon
Pitt
Jess
Bere
Asia
Europe
London Spectator
New York Directory Lists 3 100 Smiths in 1908 Volume
The 1908 Trow General Directory of Manhattan and Bronx catalogues 16 09 pages with over 100 names per column. It records 3100 Smiths and hundreds of Schmidt and Smyth spellings, notes first names like A Smith at 60 New Street, Jacques Aa at 747 Melrose Avenue, and Louis Zyss at 350 Bowery. The work, edited with a brisk style, includes public institutions and a useful back-section.
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Trow
Manhattan
Bronx
New York
Smiths
Schmidts
Schmitts
Smyths
Schmids
Schmitzes
Smythes
Smithes
Smitherses
Smit
Smits
Smitt
Smitzes
Smitania
Smithlapp
Smithlein
Smithlen
Smithley
Smithline
Smithner
Smithson
Smithwick
Smitley
Schmidh
Schmickl
Schmideberg
Schmidgall
Schmidheim
Schmidhlapp
Schmidlein
Schmidling
Schmidter
Schmidtke
Schmidtlein
Schmidtt
Schmidtz
Schmied
Schmiedekamp
Schmieder
Schmiedeskamp
Schmieg
Schmielewski
Schmittberger
Schmittenberg
Schmitter
Schmittger
Schmitt
Schmith
Schmitka
Schmitthenner
Schnittmeyer
Schmittner
Schmitzberger
Schmitzer
A. Smith
Jacques Aa
Melrose Avenue
Louis Zyss
Bowery
New York Press
The Rush of Many Waters at Lahore Poem Scene
A poet describing waters cascading at Lahore links the scene to a flat above leaking. He explains the idea came from that leak and then he went to seek the janitor, reflecting a grim comic mood in the exchange.
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Lahore
New York
Pun
Cure for Piles Treatment Offered Free by Red Cross Aid
Free dissemination of pile treatment described as a cure and relief for fistula and piles. Framed as a health aid from a Red Cross tile initiative with contact directed to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Red Cross
REA CO. Dent. BA
Minneapolis
Minn
Emperor William’s Appetite at a Formal Event
Excerpt from Lady Rendolph Churchill’s Reminiscences describes Emperor William at a social gathering. The aged ruler displayed gaiety, indulging in poached eggs, potted meats, Stronz tea, and strawberries with tepid champagne. The narrator notes his curious endurance and banal conversation.
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William
Rendolph Churchill
Hog Cholera Treatment Promoted by Sloan's Liniment
An early 20th century ad describes hog cholera as highly contagious and prescribes isolation, fumigation, and a Sloan's Liniment mixture with milk for three days. Endorsed by A J McCarthy of Idaville and G W Balsbaugh of Peru, the letter urges sending Sloan's booklet from Dr Earl Sloan of Boston.
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Sloan
A. J. McCarthy
Idaville
Ind
G. W. Balsbaugh
Peru
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Cheaper to Move Offers Night Removals in London Suburb
An public notice in a London suburb pitches low cost moving by hiring a horse and a man for sixpence per hour. It promises night removals without disturbing neighbors as a specialty note.
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London
Cutbur n’s Efficacy Admitted By Old Patient
An eighty year old man recounts relief from severe hemorrhoids eczema and itching after using Cuticura products. He credits the treatment with restoring health over months and notes prior doctor advised surgery. He mentions costs and long trial of remedies before success.
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Cutburn
Soreg
J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton, N. Y
Mule Finds Gold Mine in Idaho Donkey Delivers Fortune
In Coeur d Alene's famed mining district a donkey named Bill is credited by courts with uncovering a rich ore ledge that helped spawn the region's millionaires. The district’s top producer earned about 2.28 million in profit, fueling tales of fortune and romance in mining history.
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Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
Milionaires
Stanger
Bill
Butter Gains Popularity in China Amid European Style Dinners
Butter has become a rare luxury in China a few years ago but is now being served in Chinese restaurants as part of European style dinners. The better classes are increasingly consuming butter and other European luxuries.
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China
Catarrh Cure Ads and Lumber News From 1907 Paper
An old newspaper fragment discusses Hall's Catarrh Cure as a claimed remedy and notes on wood cutting in 1907. It mentions lumber production rankings in Texas and general price trends, plus a brief item on Abyssinian school attendance and state education efforts.
Surgical Operation Described as Common and Unnecessary
A reflective column argues that many operations performed on women in hospitals are unnecessary. The writer contends countless procedures could be avoided, highlighting a widespread fear and the burden of surgical interventions on women.
Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Letters from Barbara Base of Kingman Kansas and Mrs Arthur R Touse Moorestown New Jersey praise Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for curing severe female troubles and avoiding surgery. The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities and related pains with a call to write for advice from Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Pinkham
Pin’ Em
Lydia E. Pink
Arthur R. Touse
CL Ch Road
Moorestown
N. Joy
Peple
Lydia
Pinkhaim
Pinkkham
Lydia Feo Pinkham
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Nalt
Schimitts
Alifornia Fic Syrup Co
India
Island
Woolford
Druggista
Putnam
Lee
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Wood ST
Pittsburg
Sydenham
Sydenham Tablet Co
Fast Goth &T
New York City
Davis
Broadway
Oakland
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AMON
Fielp
Pendier
Br. Mawles
Cuich
Owen
Comwiasion
F. Land Company
Dr. i
Bosch
Atlants
Hall
Fr. Chenry & Co
Toledo
Lake Hall
Uncle Sam
Texas
New York Times
Strout
EF. A. Strout CO
Werla
Philadelphia
Farquhar
Farquhar Co.,Ltd
York, Pa
Lydia E. Pinkharts
Asangno
Ajay
W. Y. Douglas
Woot Dougis
Mit
Cnatnlovur Lrep
Lb. Douglas
Spark St
Hrackinn
Moe Ells
York
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