Laura Howard testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's remedy
Miss Laura Howard of Chicago declares she suffered constant pains and swelling for years. After eight months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she says she regained perfect health and urges other women to seek the remedy, offering $5000 if the testimonial is not genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Howard
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Loren Howamp
Newberry Ave
Garuine
Polaris Confirmed A Triple Star At Lick Observatory
The Lick Observatory at Mount Hamilton Cal confirms Polaris is a triple star. The bright North Star orbits the center of mass of itself and a dark companion every 3 days 23 hours and 14 minutes. The pair also moves slowly around a distant dark star in a long period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Cal
Polaris
Ack Your Dealer For Alien Foot Powder
An old advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease relieves foot pain, bunions, and sweating. It promotes easy shoe fitting and lists 25 cents price, with sample mailing and the supplier Allen 5. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. Also notes other cures and testimonials for various products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alien
Apowder
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Sprained Knee Recovery From St Jacobs Oil Testimonial
Arthur Harrison of Wilford Crescent East Nottingham reports a severe sprained knee lasting years. After doctors and various oils failed, two small bottles of St Jacobs Oil eased the pain and restored knee strength with no further twinges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Arthur Harrison
Wilford Crescent
Nottingham
St. Jacobs Oi
St. Jacobs
Vogeler's Curative Compound Promises Blood Purification
An advertisement claims Vogeler's Curative Compound purifies and vitalizes the blood, improving weariness, loss of appetite, insomnia, and nerves. It markets as the only true blood purifier from an English physician's formula, inviting readers to request a free sample bottle from St Jacobs Oil Ltd in Baltimore, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogeler
St Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Bill the Quiet Plodder Remains Remembered for Steady Life
A tribute sketches Bill as a dependable, unassuming worker who rose with the sun and faced every task without complaint. He kept to simple duties, never sought praise, and faced life’s trials with a steady whistle, leaving a quiet legacy of diligent service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Witty Quotations From Old Newspapers
A compact collage of humorous lines and quips from various papers. Entries include misheard phrases on bacteriology and self defense, a wedding hitch joke, and a humorous misnaming of pets, with notes from Life Baltimore Herald Chicago News and others. Strong named sources and light social puns.
Mysterious Dark Lantern and Its Many Uses
The dark lantern, a stock trade item, is sold in tinware shops and by Hz foods manufacturers. In three sizes it has changed little, aside from minor operation details and meter lens tweaks. It casts bright light up to twenty feet, with a four to six foot radius. Used for country carriage lamps and lighting rural paths, it also finds partial use on small yachts with red and green lenses. yet sales of the historic bull's eye are declining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hz Foods
Rare auk egg worth 175 in 1853 and rising value
A bequest to the Natural History Museum of London includes a rare auk egg valued at 175 in 1853. Auk eggs now fetch about 1575 according to reports. The piece covers other colonial science notes on malaria cures and aviation experiments by Wright and Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural History Museum of London
Philip Crowley
Amundsen plans polar expedition to locate magnetic pole
Captain R Amundsen confers a new voyage to locate the magnetic North Pole. He will start in spring 1903 aboard the Gjoa, a strong Norwegian Arctic vessel, with seven crew, fitted with a petroleum engine. The party may split at Matty Island or King William Land and proceed by sled to Ross’s Booshia site after winter ends.
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R. Amundsen
Bel Sica
Antartic
James Clark Ross
Amurdsen
Matty Island
King William Land
Booshia
Ross
Floating Button Factory Goes to Mussel Beds on River
A 42 by 12 foot boat houses a button factory with a three horsepower engine that uses mussel shells as the main material. It travels along the Mississippi to beds, anchors, processes shells onboard, and relocates seasonally, reducing shell transport costs and freeing workers from land rent and tax collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Louisana
Richmond Muskrat Tail Premium Sparks Water Committee
In Richmond Virginia a standing offer pays qr cents for each muskrat tail delivered to authorities. A Water Committee meeting approved paying $2 for this purpose. The superintendent noted musk rat hunters have done good business lately and described the pest as a "pesky yarmine" that digs holes in river banks and canals, causing damage to dams and waterworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Water Committee
Water Department
Ambassador Receives Yellow Jacket in Berlin Court
General Yin, the first Chinese ambassador to a foreign court to wear the yellow jacket, is accredited to the Berlin court. The article notes Yin will present himself in the new frock with peacock feathers and glass buttons once the Kaiser returns to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yin
Berlin
Germany
Hospital Secrets Reveal Nurse Kate Taylor Opinion
Mrs Kate Taylor a graduated nurse of prominence shares her experience with Pertina in an open letter. Her social standing and professional reputation lend special weight to her statements.
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Kate Taylor
Pertina
Peruna advertised as tonic for weakness in 1890s notice
An advertisement from Chicago lists Peruna as the finest tonic for wasting illness effects, claiming quick relief and renewed vitality. It features Mrs Kate Taylor endorsing Peruna and notes Dr. Hartman offering free treatment guidance for female catarrhal diseases at the Peruna Medicine Co in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe St
Kate Taylor
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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F. J. Gheney & Co
Toledo
Thomas Row
Ellis
Maple St
Norwich
Old Perkins
Bil
Death
Gladys
Harold
Evelyn
Edith
Philadelphia
Puck
Baltimore Herald
Johnny
Jabez
Washington Star
News
Goops
Pittsburg Chronicle-Tregeraph
Chicago Tribune
Science and Industry
F. W. Hutchison
Cugtish
London
M. Armand Gautier
Compte Rendus
Africa
Gautier
Thochet
Messrs. Wright
Western Society of Engineers
Alt. Chanute
Lilienthal
Ayer
J. C. Williams
Attica, N.Y
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Muss
Ripans
Capsicum
O. EB. Collum Dropey Med. Co
Atlanta, Ga
Chanethone
Loiten- Fouze Devesso Coa
Guar
Sole Prope
Boson
U.S
Camelier Arms Co
Kansas City
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