Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Compound With Saving Her Life
Manning Iowa woman Mrs T C Willadsen writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured years of female ailments and saved her life after following the company advice. The letter promotes the remedy for displacements inflammation fibroid tumors and other disorders and invites other sick women to write Lynn Mass. No Escappe. The young couple joke about Bertillon measurements in a Chicago Tribune snippet.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Clarence
Chicago Tribune
Question on horse power of new automobile and repair haul
A humorous exchange asks what horsepower a new car has and how much horsepower was needed to pull it to the repair shop after breaking down on a country road. The banter contrasts expected engine power with the reality of roadside trouble.
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Ruggles
Ramage
Qua-Pie Preparation Chocolate Pies Ad
Try Qua-Pie Preparation to make delicious chocolate pies at home. Three varieties Lemon Chocolate and Custard sold by grocers at 10 cents a package. Put up by D-Zerta Food Co Rochester.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
Baby Carriage Sparks Witty Family Moment
A brief comic exchange shows a young mother demonstrating a collapsible baby carriage to her bachelor brother. The brother quips the baby should be collapsible, highlighting playful family banter.
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George
Alvira
Pettit's Eye Salve Promises Vision Restoration
Pettit's Eye Salve claims to restore normal conditions regardless of eye disease or injury. Advertises at Stoward Bros. in Buffalo New York. Also mentions that conscience money received yearly by the English chancellor of the exchequer in default of unpaid taxes averages thirty thousand dollars.
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England
Truth and Quality Syrup Laxative Endorsed by Physicians
A promotional claim extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe pleasant laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debilitating after effects. It stresses that the genuine product is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Vast cattle herd grazes at Victoria River Station NT
An enormous herd of 60,000 cattle is said to roam the Victoria River Station in the Northern Territory, about 320 miles south of Port Darwin, a figure noted amid manifold global statistics of the era.
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Australia
Victoria River
Northern Territory
Port Darwin
United Kingdom
Paris
le Journal
London Financial Times
Abolish Village Hitching Posts and Build Sheds
Clarke M. Drake of W Prattsburg N Y argues hitching posts cause horses to become freezing in gales soaking rain and wind. He advocates removing posts replacing with sheds providing wind rain protection feed mangers and dry comfort for horses and owners.
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Clarke M. Drake
Prattsburg
N. Y
Farm Journal
Queen of Actresses Endorses Peruna Remedy
Julia Marlowe writes a hearty endorsement for Peruna praising its digestion benefits and nerve support. She states any remedy aiding digestion strengthens nerves and notes impaired digestion leads to nervous debility.
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Julia Marlowe
Peruna Claimed To Benefit Nerves And Digestion
Mrs J C Jamison of Wallace California reports six years of stomach trouble and nervous dyspepsia. After doctors and a liquid diet failed, she started Peruna and says she is entirely cured after taking several bottles. The ad asserts Peruna relieves catarrhal stomach congestion and underlying disorders.
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Veruna
J. CC. Jamison
Wallace
Cal
Peruna
His Money's Worth Cartoon A Laundryman Laughs
A Harper's Weekly joke features a gentleman and a laundryman in a dispute over a lost shirt. The laundryman quips that they laundered it before they lost it, highlighting the humor in the exchange and the value of the customer’s twelve cents.
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Harper’s Weekly
Grape-Nuts Claim Boosts Strength and Brain Power
A testimonial from a North Sea area reader touts Grape-Nuts as a source of strength and nerve energy after night work fatigue. The narrator reports immediate improvement, increased weight of 20 pounds, and lasting vigor while traveling, with the product endorsed by Postum Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
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N. S
Postum Co
Battle
Creeks
Mich
The Favorite Room Its Alluring Popularity
The favorite room grows into its charm apart from design or budget. It often starts humble like a nursery and becomes a cherished space where fashion, study, and luck seem to converge. It never remains gloomy and invites use for social events and study alike.
Cure for Severe Eczema Promised by Cuticura Remedies
A Piermont New York mother describes her two decade long battle with eczema in her son beginning at four months old. After tried medicines failed she used Cuticura Remedies and reports marked improvement within two months and full recovery in six months.
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R. L
Tisley
Piermont
N. 11
Vest's Circumstantial Evidence Tale From Public Ledger
The Philadelphia Public Ledger recounts Senator Vest of Missouri defending a young man in a larceny case. He argued against convicting on circumstantial evidence alone and shared a parable about a boy who hid custard traces by coating a cat and shooting it, joking that another victim of circumstantial evidence had appeared.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Senator Vest
Missouri
Vest
Five Months in Hospital Healed by Dean's Kidney Pills
Levi P. Brockway of AnokaMinn. reports five months in hospital and an incurable diagnosis. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills his health improved, with relief from heart trouble smothering spells and weakness. He praises the product and notes it is sold for 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Levi*p. Brockway
S. Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Luminous Plant Eyed for Nighttime Baby Care
A Philadelphia Record note quotes a young father praising a glowing plant that could brighten a room. He suggests using it to light a baby’s face for feeding without turning on full light, prompting a friend’s surprised question.
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Philadelphia Record
Oldest Wall Street Assay Office Built in 1823
The government assay office, the oldest building on Wall Street, stands just east of the subtreasury and was erected in 1823. Smokers judge Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar better than many 10c cigars. The British shipyards contribute about 20 to 25 percent of the total product.
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Westminster Gazette
Hook and Ladder
West Sixty-third Street
Truck Company
New York Sun
Wall Street
New York
Government
Lewis
Selfish Etiquette in an Old Etiquette Book
An old etiquette note warns against grabbing the best cake with a glance and urges trying unfamiliar dishes to avoid lost tastes and future regret. It contrasts personal gain with lasting remorse as others benefit from abstaining.
Proud Papa's Observation Sparked by a Baby
In a brief quip the tiresome talker notes that some people forget to look a gift horse in the mouth. Popley counters that teaching a baby not to mouth a gift horse is even harder. Philadelphia Press reports this light exchange as a humorous aside.
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Popley
Philadelphia Press
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