Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for cures across ailments
Advertised testimonials claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cured scrofula and erysipelas in a boy, eased nausea and neuralgia for a mother, and treated eczema in a two year old. The letters praise weight gain and renewed strength, listing addresses in Ottawa Kas Washington Paterson and Paterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Mel
Davin Lamp
Ottawa
M. A Waters
Sud Strect
Washington, D. C
Ecremaon
A. van Wrex
Montgomery St
Paterson, N. J
Invented Musical Scale Claims and Patent Remedies
Fragmented items include a historical claim about a monk in Arezzo circa 1025 and a modern patent medicine pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also notes on a 17th century English chimney tax, a Pekin pawn shop, and Dr. Goldbaum’s remarks on Chinese commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Aretino
Arezzo
Pekin
Open Letters Endorsing Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Letters from Jennie B Green and Mrs. Haney of Iowa praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for numerous female ailments. Green reports relief from long monthly problems and general wellness after use. Haney describes severe ovarian inflammation and heart trouble improving after two bottles, enabling daily tasks and walking. The Indianapolis Journal excerpt ends with a joke about grocery sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie E Grrex
Denmark
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Haney I Haney
Riverside
I Keep Their Watch Over The Sea
A poem from Leslie's Weekly honors fallen sailors and soldiers, describing flowers laid on grassy mounds and emblems given to the dead beneath the sea. It recalls ships and the bones of men under the keel and ends with the speaker keeping a fatherly vigil until the day they are returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiahea
Tim
Leslie
Actor Recounts Cheering Yet Dangerous Theater Life
A stock company actor recalls starting as a low comedian in New Orleans in 1860 amid war rumors. He details rivalries between a leading man and a jealous heavy, a forbidden romance with the leading lady, and a plan to murder the young star. The narrator hides and witnesses the plot before it unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Romeo
Manger
Gregory
Dane
New Orleans
Ilal Montague
Ile
The Leading Man Faces a Duel on Stage
A witness recounts blocking an onstage gun duel and saving the hero from a staged fatal shot. The villain flees, leaping from a window to his death, as the leading lady and young lover wed after the drama. The speaker receives a flawless diamond ring for playing the lead once.
Curious Fact Fragments From Global Notes
A collage of trivia covers muscles in a cat tail compared to human arms and wrists, dogs in London wearing chamois to guard floors, washing in Japan by boats, a bee language debate, Russian rail stations distant from towns, straw-thatched houses, a gold empress name initial given to privileged students, governess salary implications, telegram routes from British Columbia to New Zealand spanning twenty thousand miles and crossing multiple continents.
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London
Japan
Russia
British Columbia
New Zealand
North America
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Italia
Germany
China
Java
Australia
Globe
Irishman’s car scene and theatre notes from Chicago
A passenger recalls an intoxicated Irishman on an Indiana avenue car singing about being an Irishman and detesting seats for ladies, then disembarking with the conductor’s help. The column shifts to Chicago theatre gossip about Forbes Robertson and student sketches, noting a young model who later attracted a peer’s attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4Th Street
Chicago
Ocean
Forbes Robertson Pot
Academy
Electrocution of Bed Bugs and Other Oddities
A collage of brief notes covers electric bed bug extermination methods, dogskin fashion in northern China with dog raising for pelts, and a San Juan naval station touted as vital to U S security. Also mentions Jetter's Stomach Bitters and Allen's Foot-Ease ads, a giant yellow milk spider of Ceylon, and medical ads for chronic diseases and a note on bamboo writing pens in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
United States
Porto Rico
Nicaragua Canal
Jetter
Foote
Adams &T
Chicago
New York
Vigorala
Teething Syrup and Paris Toad Prices Mentioned
A short passage notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as an aid during teething, mentions air and water shortages harming a man, and lists Paris market prices with gardeners using toads as insect destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Winslow
Paris
Unrealistic Cure Ads and Comic Snippets of Social Whit
An assortment of 19th century miscellany opens with a dubious advertising claim by Dr. Darrin offering quick cures for deafness eczema and other ailments at Portland and Morrison streets. The page also pokes at marriage woes with satirical quips and includes brief humor notes about a congress candidate with three wives and aging royalty.
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London
Darrin
Morrison Street
V. Fowler
Yakima
Wash
Samuel Jackson
Highland
Susie Tompkins
Milwaukie
Charles Hand
Taylor Street
Portlana
Whitehous
Monmouth
Tam
Baker Street
Portland
Amos Sweinehart
The Runaway Boy and Other Snippets
A police chief searches for a runaway boy described by his father who notes only marks will reveal him. The father vows to recapture the boy who fled to Minnesota to fight Indiana. Dream highlights include a hobo nightmare about subway and drunken keg memories. A scholar claims 100,000,000 people lived and died in America before Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Indiana
Cincinnati Enquirer
Proctor
Amerie
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Jacobs Oil
Leeds
Lila
Ehond
Hall
F.j.chesey &Co
Toledo
Halls Family
England
Jennie BE. Green
Harry Hardy
Indianapolis Journal
Spokane
Piso
Sexton OF
Dogekin
The
Philippines
Allen
Roy, N. Y
Ceylon
E. M. Ratcliffe
Pacific Coast
KE. M Ratcliffe
Morrison St
Portland, Or
India
Paris Academy of Medicine
Islands
Utes
Vrescenana
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Dearborn St. Chicago
British Isles
Jesse Moore
San Francisco
Brooklyn St
Bush Street
Chas, Montgomery
St. Jacobs
Mt. Everest
Thibet
John Poole
Pontramn
Orgoon
Tims
Kilee
Merve
Rothe
Trenton
Deae
Mra
Mr. Meekton
Congress
Washington Star
Washington
Joe’’ Wheeler
St Jacobs
British Museum
Dixie
Ark
Perry County
Steen
IL. Tarype
Trundle
Upor
California Fie Syrup Co
Cathonyia Fie Syrup Co
Canr- Fossia Fic Synvur Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Ban Francisc
Cal Louisville
Romap
Alt Lake
Denver
Ft.Worth
Omaha
Mail
Kansas City
Louis
East
Valle Walla
Minnewlis
St. Paul
Du’luth
Milwaukee
Columbia River
Astoria
Way Landings
Willamette River
Oregon City
Newberg
Salem & Way
Willamette and Yam- Tues
Thor
Hill Rivera
Ont Tee
Daregon O Ton
Riparia
Aayg Ex
Satandey
Corvallie & Way
Snake River
Lewiston
Thur
A. m. Dally
Detroit Free
TATUN
First Street
Fremont Street
Moore
the National Inventors’ Association
Incorporated
Cuammper of Commerce
Oregon
Oliver & Colcord
W. H. Hurlburt
Hunt Is
Overland Express
Salem
Roseburg
Asland
Sacramento
Ogden
Mojave
Los Angeles
Paso
Kosuburg Hanenger
Woodburn
Mount Angel
Silverton
West Scio
Brownaville
Natron
Corvallis
Independence Pass
Potland
Sac
Fament
Europe
Nonolubu
J. B. Kirkland
Third Street
DR. Martel
Pearl St
T.H H. White
Poortland
C. H. Woodard & CO
Second Street
Alweye
Draggista
Boesanko
Phileda
Pratier
Kesolas
Atenieh
Rivers
Bestsea
Popes Ee
Chiteags
S. Pln
Prese
Mestion
Orthern
Pacific RY
Yellowstone Park Line
Yellowstone National Park
Foot
Kalama
Kelso
Castle Rock
Winlock
Chehalis
Centra- Na
Routh Bend
Montsano
Aberdeen
Ovosta
Olympia
Tacoma
Seatte
Victoria
Pt. Townsend
Ellensburgh
Roslyn
Sore Chime
Sprague
Eney
Pullman
Garfield
Eec
Moscow
Uniontown
Gen
Jesee
Rossland
Ci Trail
B. C
Nelson
Siensapetta
Philadelphia
Boston
A. D. Charlton
Morrison
E. H. Woodward
Loral
Newberg, Or
Scientific American
Amy Scientific Journal
Bald
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