Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promoted as Woman’s Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a world famous remedy for chronic weaknesses in American women. It claims restoration of tone and vigor with a money back guarantee and offers a 160 page book on women’s diseases sent sealed for ten cents from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Gilder Edits The Century with Noted Style and Artsy Home
The Century editor Richard Watson Gilder is portrayed as refined and modest in manner with a celebrated New York studio and a Christmas filled sanctum. His wife, kin to Mrs Grover Cleveland, shares a strong interest in art and often works from a Marion Massachusetts studio.
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Mr. and “Irs
Gilder
Richard Watson Gilder
Century
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Century Company
Der
Holland
New York
America
Epoch
Winter Ailment Remedies Promoted in Old Advertisements
An 19th century style advertisement extols cold season tonics and patent medicines. It touts Hostetters S[tomach] Bitters and various plasters for rheumatism rheumatic pains back weakness and digestive issues. The piece also mentions Brown’s Bronchial Troches and Portfield & Lee advertisements and warnings about counterfeit cures.
Electrical corps proposed for war use by Lieut Fiske
The New York Electrical Review discusses creating an electrical corps in the army and navy to handle electrical appliances in war. It notes prior ideas urging electrical men to join the New York naval militia to repay the navy debt and suggests officers and men could be detailed to such work for efficiency.
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The
New York Electrical Review
Fiske
Army
Navy
New York Naval Militia
Electrical Review
Woman spending power and cosmetic industry note
Column discusses Kate Field's remark on women spending 62 million dollars yearly on cosmetics and toiletries and questions who buys the products. It recalls a cartoonish exchange about tailoring and notes a Georgian family weight anecdote and a leopard encounter story from Serajzungle with two Englishmen, one fatally injured.
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Kate Field
Thetelas
What Causes Diseases Bacteria and Their Shrinking World
Bacteria are tiny, abundant organisms found almost everywhere with air and water. Some cause diseases like tuberculosis and anthrax, while others are harmless. growth can be rapid under ideal conditions, but cleanliness and pure surroundings help reduce risk.
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Blane
Alreamly
Baeteria
Diwase
Doston Herald
Rat catchers estimate plague of rats in the United States
A professional rat catcher estimates five rats per person nationwide. He claims twenty eight rats are born for every child and each rat’s death costs the public four cents. He contends total hunting for a month could not reduce the count below 100000. A Detroit Brief, a Boston scene, and Philadelphia vignette follow.
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United States
Detroit
Quiet Country Life Brings Household Turmoil and Scandal
A newlywed moves to her husband’s country estate but endures a year of strict retirement only six months. Reports detail thirty seven servants, fires, theft attempts, quarrels, a fatal carriage accident involving her mother in law, elopements, and visits from bridesmaids, all amid a gale and lightning strikes. The tale is framed with anecdotes about Washington and Marshall and a Virginia girl’s gallery visit with Aunt Malindy.
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Virginia
Washington, D. C
Malindy
Corcoran Art Gallery
Amd
Hall
Sculpture
Venus of Medici
Dar
Taxation quip from Chief Justice Chase cited by Argonaut
At a social gathering when Chase was secretary of war a naval officer joked about income tax and a hidden rental property. Chase replied with a wry line that every man should strive to live unspotted as long as he can. The San Francisco Argonaut records the exchange with a merry twinkle.
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Washington
Marshall
Mount Vernon
Congress
Mrs. Burton Garrison
Chase
Mr. Chase
San Francisco
Histogenetic Medicines Plague Scarlet Fever Claims
A Sacramento reader touts the Histogenetic system as the greatest treatment of the age citing a child’s rapid recovery from scarlet fever after using the medicine. An anonymous testimonial from Da. Jordan’s office notes free consultation and a single agency in town with a warning label against fraud.
Valuable Discovery for the Blind In San Francisco
Dr La Grange advertises a new eye treatment claimed to cure cataracts defective vision and eye inflammation without operation or pain The patient can apply it themselves promising instant pain relief and strengthened eye muscles and nerves Address K J La Garang M D 215 Powell St fourth door from Gear San Francisco Cal Office hours Margain text unclear for hours 10 till 4
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Gear
San Francisco
Cal
Cure for Consumption Offered by Dr Slocum
The letter from T A Slocum M C of New York claims a positive remedy cures thousands of hopeless consumption cases with timely use. He offers to send two bottles free to readers who provide their express and post office address.
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T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pear] Street
New York
August Flower Remedy The Ailment And Appetite Crises
A fragment describes August Flower and its claimed effects. It notes crankiness from dieting and changing meals. It mentions a gnawing insatiable appetite and loss of desire for food with over nicety about dishes and hours. Irregular bowels are cited along with peculiar stools.
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August Flower
Fish Brand Slicker Promises Dry Ride Amid Weather Hoaxes
An advertisement touts the Fish Brand Slicker from A J Tower of Boston Massachusetts. It claims the saddle and rider stay dry regardless of rain by using a pommel sticker and waterproof coat technology. The copy mocks competing brands and promotes free catalogues and particulars.
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A.J. Tower
Goston
Mass
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