Working Girls Invited for Free Medical Advice
Miss Paine of New York City thanks Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from painful menstruation and fatigue after she kept working during illness. The ad urges all working girls to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and claims the remedy cures, while offering a $6000 forfeit for faking genuineness.
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Miss Paine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jaxer Paine
West
New York City
Condition of the Crops in Maryland Report
The weekly report notes soil ready for plowing, cool weather slowing corn and garden growth, wheat yielding light and inferior in Garrett, Allegany counties, and late crops delayed. Pasture and hay yields vary, with good timothy in central regions and poor lowland crops. Apple and grape prospects are mixed, potatoes show blight, vegetables struggle with wetness, and counties prepare for cannery work as autumn approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver DL. Bavalg
Afaryland Ecotion
United States Department of Agriculture
Garrett
Allegany
Cate
Howard County
Gar‘ret
Delaware
B&O awards $600000 rolling stock order for World’s Fair needs
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad awarded Barner & Smith of Dayton a contract totaling about $900000 for 40 passenger cars and 40 baggage and postal cars, delivering from December to April 1 1904. The move expands passenger services as the system grows, with 100 new coaches in two years and 20 Atlantic type engines planned, ten already in service and ten more due in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis
Barner & Smith Company
Dayton
Ohio
eSeabom
Timers and Ohio Railroad
Baltimora
D. B. Martin
Inventions and Discoveries in a Curio Packed Page
A long survey of inventions from recording thermometers to peat coke outlines a British coin impurity flaw, ancient seeds in Egyptian tombs, and the Theban papyrus use. It notes Kew Herbarium's vast collection, road test rigs, snail biology, fossil beasts, and early acoustic telephony experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.K. Rose
Abkachea
Hele Snow
Walter E. Collinge
Allaloga
Egypt
B. Ray Lankester
BH. Jansen
Ava
Mason
Berlin
Russia
Bolland
Hungary
Switzerland
Germany
Martin Ziegler
Redkivo
Glasgow
Not Over- Wine and a Grasshopper Allegory
An old allegorical scene describes a shirt seared at a grasshopper while treading on a swake. A frugal man spends scarce sums on a bottle of Chamberlin's Cone Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to safeguard his family. The remedy is marketed as prompt and reliable for bowel complaints and is sold in Penrre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlin
Penrre
D.D
Providence
Henry Walters
St. Louis
Walters
D, D 1D. Co
Chicago
A Pleasant Land to Dwell In in Mt Pleasant Maryland
A reader memoirs a scenic drive through Mt Pleasant Maryland in August 1903. The writer describes farms, roads, mills, and churches, praising local families and gardens. He notes a pleasant community with colonial style homes, busy creameries, and prominent florals while contrasting city life and railroads. The piece ends with portrays of two bachelors and speculation on marriage.
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News
Ifone
Catoctic
Lingsnore
Bob Cramer
Aft
Pleasant
Walkersville
Pasa
Maryland
Woodsboro
Liberty
Frederick
Derra
Steiners
Zimmermans
Colonial Dames Society of Distinguished
Mt. Pleasant
Barker
Breighner
O. A. Thomas
Alto
Mr. Thomas
Principal Conventions to be Held Across United States
Baltimore & Ohio offers special low rate excursions to Atlantic City New Jersey on June 25 July 9 23 August 6 20 and September 3. Seventy Ninth Annual Session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge I O F in Baltimore Maryland September 21 26 tickets on sale September 19 20 21 with return until September 28. Grand Army of the Republic San Francisco California August 17 22 tickets on sale August 14 13 with return by October 15. Its business is worth running and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlantic City
N. J
Baltimore
Soversige Grand Lodge
San Francisco
Osl
Velvet days of the new banknote process foretell change
The article describes a government funded effort to replace the current banknote printing with a velvet, non shrinking paper through a chemical treatment. The Fowler Hoover process promises faster production, less waste, and cost savings, with interest from U S and foreign governments including Japan, while the Treasury weighs patent options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tostead
Beiug Ortep
Government Bureau
Hugraring Sud Peiotiog
Xort
Valvety
Treasury
Wade
United States
Procras
B.A Fowler
Coast and Geodetic Survey
D. N. Hoover
Fowler
Hoover
Aho
Japan
Two physicians battle a foe and drug cure tale
A DuPont Georgia man writes of a near fatal lung battle. He cites Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as a life saver after a desperate struggle. The testimonial claims rapid recovery from coughs, colds, and throat issues, with trial bottles offered free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hughes
DuPont
Ersbody
Dr. King
A. L. Pearce
The Death Penalty and Arnica Salvester Advertisement
An early 20th century advertisement touts the death penalty as an idle threat while promoting Bockien's Arnica Salvester as a preventive remedy. It claims the product cures sores ulcers and boils and prevents fatalities, offering it for 25 cents at a local drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bockien
AG Peasle
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Douglas Shoes
A. R. Yeakle
City Hall
Kintetic
Goes
Central Hardware CO
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Frederick, Md
Shactive
Sciuntikig
Itiux News
Memphis
T.pinner
Drummond
Tenn
Chamberlain
A. Ia Pearre
St Louis
Wellington
Hull & Reich
Market St
Lonle Titte
Pennvicvas
Finus
W. C. Boteleer
Ennestranis College
Gsupearet
University of Md
Johns Bapides University
Balmore Jefferson Medical College
Uadeinbis
U.S. Indian Service
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Rapeac Citz
Boteler
Martes
Adi Noobs
Sinarest
Clinton E. Main
Tresfael Noles
H&avy
Feelerice
Nawapar
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