Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted to Women
Advert for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims cure for female ailments and invites women to write for advice. Includes multiple mock testimonials from women in Holton Kansas and Anna Illinois praising the product and its effects on menstrual irregularities and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Maaas
J. I
Holton
Kans
Dean Mua. Prsenam
Maej
F. Brown
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound For Falling Womb
Readers share testimonials claiming long term relief from falling of the womb after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Messages describe wearing a bandage, headaches, backaches, and fatigue improving after several bottles, with each woman reporting significant recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Deak Mas Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Muna
J.P. Teourman
Hox
Hamilton
Ohio
Deak Mas
Lydia KE
Pickdinm
Mass
Axe
Confluence
Ohio Labor Bill Aims Equal Pay For Men And Women
The Ohio legislative committee of the Ohio Federation of Labor introduces a bill to establish equal wages for men and women. The measure, if enacted, would affect about 600 workers in the Nonantum and Newton Orsted Companies with a 10 percent pay increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee
The
Ohio Federation of Labor
Ohio
Nonantum
Newton Orsted
Washington
Alaska Agriculture Probe Shows Untapped Farming Potential
A Congress printed report by Agriculture Secretary outlines Alaska’s agricultural capabilities from Sitka to Kenai. Findings include diverse grain trials, hardy vegetables, wintering clover, and large livestock trials on Kodiak and surrounding islands indicating potential for a sustained population and future development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Alaska
Finland
Sweden
Russia
C. C.georgeson
Washington
Sitka
Kenai
Kenai Peninsula
Alaska Commercial Company
Kodiak
Kadiak
Cook Inlet
Spring Trade Retarded and Markets See Mixed Signals
Weather delays slow spring trade across markets while cotton and cotton goods show price strength. Railways stay steady though transport gains compare to last year. Food products weaken. wool and hides quote lower. February failures fall to a minimum with liabilities up slightly and assets smaller than a year ago. Wheat shipments for the week total 8,863,987 bushels, far above last week and well above figures from 1899 to 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradetreet's
United States
Seattle Market Prices Read Across Produce and Provisions
A listing from Seattle market sources shows onions at 2.25 to 2.50 per sack, lettuce 40c per day, potatoes 18 to 20 dollars per sack, various fresh vegetables and fruits with prices, dairy and butter rates, cheese and poultry quotes, grains and flour costs, hay timothy at 9 to 12 dollars per ton, and meat values including beef veal and mutton, reflecting a broad wholesale price sheet. The dense catalog notes multiple vendors and item descriptions, mirroring a late 19th or early 20th century market bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Walla Walla
Shorts
Oregon
Nyvs
Wool—Valley
Market Prices Read Across Wool and Farm Commodities
OCR list shows varied prices for wool, hops, millstuffs, hay, grains, vegetables, fruits, and bananas. Entries include regional notes such as Eastern Oregon and Nevada, with per pound, per ton, or per sack figures and several vendor names like Fancy Creamery and Egge Store. ranges indicate typical swings in late period markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Fungus Inoculation Dies Locust Pests
Dr Alexander Edington a Grahamstown bacteriological Institute director has grown a liquid fungus that kills locusts. Three vast swarms ravaging fields were completely destroyed within a week using this method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Edington
Edinburgh University
Bacteriological Institute
Grahamstown
South Africa
Bridge Burned With Electricity Novel Destruction Method
A new technique to destroy wooden bridges uses weighted wires heated by electricity to burn through the wood as weights assist the collapse. The report notes this method has been tried with complete success.
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort for Swollen Feet
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen nervous feet and tight shoes. It claims relief from blistering callouses and chilblains with over thirty thousand testimonials and a free trial. Also mentions a labor arbitration settlement at American Hide and Leather Company tannery workers in Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Wil
Olmstied
le Roy
N.Y
American Hide and Leather Company
Lowell
Mass
Catarrh Cure Promotion and Hemp Trade Report
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming deep blood action and mucous surface healing. It also notes Kobbe's expedition in Luzon Leyte and Samar with two regiments occupying nine towns and placing 150 000 bales of hemp on the market. Testimonials praise Piso's Cure for Consumption from J H Palmer in Seattle dated November 25 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genneral Kobbe
Luzon
Leyte
Samar
Piso
J. H. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
Dining car praise and novel inventions reported in 1900 letter
A Feb 15 1900 letter from New York praises Rio Grande Western and Denver Rio Grande dining car service as unsurpassed. It also discusses through trains San Francisco to Chicago, pneumaticorpher life saving gear, and a London Answers joke about a man planning to marry next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Carlton
San Francisco
J. Addison Baker
Salt Lake Tribune
Rio Grande Western Railway
Chicago
Salt Lake City
J. D. Mansfield
Washington Street
Portland
Ore
Geo. W. Heintz
London
Oregon Short Line
Portland-Chicago
Granger
Union Pacific
Ogden
Rio Grande
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
W. N. Hurlburt
Noted Judge Saved by Peruna In Cold Cure Claim
A persuasive advertisement proclaims catarrh as nearly universal and credits Peruna with curing and preventing catarrh. It features a judge saved by the remedy after nine years of catarrh and urges purchase for family use. The ad offers a free book Winter Catarrh by Dr. Hartman from Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
George Kersten
Home remedy for cleaning hot water boilers with oxalic acid
Instructions suggest buying three cents worth of oxalic acid, placing it in a pint bottle with cold water, and applying it to a hot boiler. Rub briskly with a cloth and polish with a dry flannel, then mark the bottle poison.
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Dean Mus
Canwr
Anna
Pinknam
Zee
Sarah
Lil
Dean Mra. Poonnam
Mas
Cane Pauittirs
EK. W. Girove
Piso's
Agr
Anion Ioc
Uae
Te Gadel
Northwest Notes
Albany, Or
Jane Rees
Lebanon, Or
Bawden, Or
Fairhaven, Wash
A.C. Pettys
Morrow County
Lone
Godlin
Pendleton, Or
Ming Chong
Aay
Spokane
Walla Walla County
Daniels Creek
North Pbomd Mill Company
Pacific Coast Trade
Seattle Marketa
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
Oregon Harbanks
River Barbanks
Salinas Burbanke
Valencia
Building Contractors’ Council
Allens
Dineas
Hall
Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Propra
Toledo
Price Thy
Halle Family
Peruna
Dally
Lake
Denver
Fasth
Ostowe
Ae. i. Y
Walle Walla
Lewis- Spokane
Neapolis
Soma
Duluth
Milwaukee
Uchic
Columbia River
Astoria
Way
Willamette River
Oregon City
Newbergen & Way
Bill
Mun
Beeton
Willamatte
Corval
Piperie
Snake River
Lew Latom
Iaudtea
Oliver & Colcord
Newberg
W.H. Hurlburt
Portland, Or
Swanson
L. R. Smith
el Dorado Springs
Marian Bowers
Caraghar
Thade
Smite
Hox Caraghar
Ill
Overland Express
Salem
Roseburg
Asland
Sacramento
San
Independence Pass
Ines
Hawaii
Japan
China
Milsippines
Australia
H. BR. Satchwell
Agt
Newberg Station
H. Markham
G. F
Pass
Kruger
Mrs. Winslow
Berlin
Lida
Thia
Salzer
Balzer Gred CO
California Fig Syrup Co
M. J. Shields 2 CO
Moscow
Gunn
Bosankoco
Druggista
Moore
Worthington
Tatum & Howen
First Street
Bevin, Vincent & Co
St. San Precedas
Sue
Potwoneas
Ei Press
Portland Directory
Portland Wire & Iron Works
Cawston 2 .O
John Poole
Porrtain
Onraox
Monetain
Ida
Orthern Pacific RY
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Foot
6Th St
Fastmall
Kalama
Kelso
Castle Rock
Winlock
Chebalis
Centralia
South Bend
Montesano
Aberdeen
Oconta
Iolym Fo
Tacoma
Semittle
Victoria
Pt. Townsend
Ellensburgh
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Paul
Philadelphia
New York
Koston
En Oer
A. D. Charlton
Morricon
E H. Woodward
Loral
New Lery
Acaabl
Antone
Marna & Co
Scientific American
Harwest
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