Nervous Women Debate a Known Fact and a Cure
A period commentary questions the idea that American women are inherently nervous and argues that many conditions arise from bodily derangements. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven remedy, citing a Brooklyn woman's letter about relief from nervous prostration and fatigue.
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Lydia
Pinkham
M. E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hayela E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tam
Lydia SK. Pinkham
War on Consumption and Municipal Tuberculosis Fight
An editorial urges citywide action against tuberculosis, arguing that public wakefulness and municipal systems are essential. It cites New York City’s progress through notification laws, map-based tracking of deaths, and fumigation efforts as models for Chicago and others to adopt in the ongoing fight against the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
New York City
Health Department
Department of Health
First Chinese Special Correspondent Reports North China Maneuvers
Two Shanghai published Chinese newspapers sent special correspondents to witness the army maneuvers in North China. It marks the first appearance of the Chinese special correspondent in such coverage.
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Shanghai
China
Fits Permanently Cured by Dr Kline Nerve Restorer
The advertisement claims FITS are permanently cured with Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and offers a free trial bottle. It lists Dr R H Kuixe Ltd in Philadelphia and asserts rapid relief after the first day of use. It also notes Formosa's Japanese population at 50 000.
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Kline
R.H. Kuixe, Ltd
Areh St
Phila
Formosa
Value of wool grease and waste in streams
A government expert notes wool grease is highly valuable and much fat and potash are wasted when fleece is washed before shearing. He estimates that in the United States between two and three million dollars worth of wool fat and potash are lost annually through wash water.
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United States
Jalls Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Blood Action
An 1800s advertisement touts Jall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy addressing the disease from within. It highlights doctors' endorsement, non quack status, and a 75 cent price, with testimonials offered free from F J Coenry & Co Toledo Ohio and mentions Lake Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Jiall
Jiail
F. J. Coenry & Co
Props
Toledo
Lake Hall
Preserving Cut Flowers With Simple Chemical Solutions
A historic note describes preserving cut flowers by dissolving small amounts of ammonium chloride, potassium nitrate, sodium carbonate, or camphor in the vase water. These additives keep flowers fresh by stimulating cell action and hindering germ growth, while wilted stems may revive in weak camphor water.
Cure by Kidney Pills Ends Years of Illness
E E Pitts of Skowhegan Maine recalls severe back pain night sweats fainting spells and weight loss before using Deans Kidney Pills. He credits them with a complete recovery after years of illness and says he has been well for three years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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E. E. Pitts
Wathaway
Skowhegan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Wise Words From Quotes on Life and Virtue
A collection of aphorisms from Goulburn Bronte Fuller Lavater Sheridan Strode Leupp and Adler. The quotes span hard work love propriety sincerity and ambition offering varied moral reflections and social observations.
Dickens Real Life Inspirations Behind Cheeryble Brothers
The Manchester Grant Brothers warehouse, the real life model for Dickens’s Cheeryble Brothers, is to be altered removing some interior historic features. It marks fifty years since Daniel Cheeryble’s death and notes Dickens met the Grants in Manchester a year before writing Nicholas Nickleby.
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Cheeryble
Dickens
Manchester
Grant Brothers
Daniel
Grant
Nicholas Nickleby
Linkinwater
Pal
Obituary Note Reveals Modest Eighth-Nineties Life
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls an elderly woman who, though fond of being eighty nine, never claimed wealth or fame. Her life stood out not for riches but for quiet dignity and restraint, contrasting bold celebrity narratives. Her understated pride in longevity defines the piece.
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Muriel Strode
Leupp
Ielix Adler
Prince of Wales
Detroit
Free Prese
What New England Needs Cheaper Raw Materials and Open Markets
The piece argues Massachusetts requires cheaper raw materials and open markets to sustain its shoe and textile industries. It cites Governor William H. Douglas and Governor-elect Curtis Guild as advocates for freer trade with Canada to allow use of Dominion hides, lumber, and coal, and calls for strong congressional fighters for Massachusetts interests. Senator Lodge is noted as less proactive. National Magazine.
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New England
William IL Douglas
Massachusetts
Eled Curtis Guild
Massachusettts
United States Senate
Canada
Dominion
Senator Lodge
Congress
National Magazine
Postum Ad Claims Coffee Dangers and Wellness Benefit
A Northwest state chapter leader of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union promotes Postum Food Coffee as a safer drink. She recounts quitting coffee, reducing nerve tonic use, and persuading her husband to switch after reading The Road to Wellville. She says Postum strengthens health and avoids grip, headaches, and poison from coffee. Battle Creek Michigan company. There’s a reason.
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Pres
Northwest
Postum
Wellyile
Postum Co
Battle Creek Mich
Origin of the Grain Weight and its Wheat Basis
An English law of 1266 defined a sterling silver penny as equal to 32 well dried wheat grains from the ear center, showing the grain of wheat as the prototype for the standard grain.
Cuticura Remedies Cure Long-Running Skin Eruption
Claude N. Johnson from Walnut, Jan 1905 reports severe itching and spots all over the body. After trying a doctor, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills following the Cuticura book, then saw relief from the first applications and was fully cured after two years of suffering.
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Claude N. Johnson
Maple Grove Farm
Walnut
Government Run Insurance For German Workers
Everybody's magazine reports a compulsory Working Man's Insurance in Germany with wage-earners and low-salaried officers covered. Workers pay a weekly 4 percent cap shared two thirds by insured and one third by employer. Fund holds premiums, funds funeral costs, sickness benefits at 23 percent of annual earnings, and supports 354 industrial courts handling about 90,000 cases annually to curb strikes.
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Everybody’s Magazine
He that has no shame has no conscience
A concise aphorism notes that lacking shame equates to lacking conscience, implying moral recklessness and disregard for social norms. It emphasizes character as a measure of integrity and accountability.
Prospector Killed in Boulder County Ore Claim Blast
George Spratley, a veteran prospector, uncovered the richest Gingsten ore vein in the country before an explosion in his Boulder county Colorado claim killed him.
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George Spratley
Boulder County
Colorado
Patent remedy and odd claims headline
A garbled snippet mentions Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets advertised to cure a cold in one day with a refund promise by Druge gists and K. W. Grove’s signature on each box. It also quips about Senator Jia Follette being a vegetarian per a gossip journal and ends with a misfired sentence about usefulness.
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K. W. Grove
Jia Follette
Journal of Gossip
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Charlotte Bronte
New York Times
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Lavater
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California
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Price
F. W. Diemer
M.D
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Cuticurn
Atlas
Corliss
Norfolk
Anderson
C. Augusta
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Iowa
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Neb
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Greensboro
Memphis
Tenn
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Leavenworth
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Juplin
Lite Rock
Atlas Encine
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Standard Heating and Radiator CO
Pittsburg
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Conte
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Buffalo
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Gregory
Sam
Marblehead
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Thompson's Eye Water
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