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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
12
A collage of historical health claims and products including Lane's Family Medicine, Garfield Tea, Putnam Dyes, Carter's Ink, and Bromo Quinine tablets. It cites cures for skin diseases, headaches, colds, and nervous conditions, with testimonials and price hints, plus promotional lines about dyes, mining stock, and political quotes.
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas, aged 111 born in 1788, touts Peruna as the key to his health and longevity. He praises Dr. Hartman’s views on catarrh and says Peruna has been his dependable remedy for coughs, colds, and related ailments for many years.
The fiancée of the Duke of Württemberg bears a grand title, Archduchess Maria Immaculata Raiiera Josephine Ferdinanda Theresa Leopoldina Antoinetta Henrietta Frances Caroline Aloise Januaria Christina Philomena Rosalie, reflecting the multiple noble lineages of her late Duke Charles of Tuscany’s nine children.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh and a constitutional remedy. It states the product works through the blood and mucous surfaces, offering one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills are also recommended.
Denton’s New York the first book on that locality sold in London for 2000 dollars. The small quarto volume published in 1670 was purchased by Dodd, Mead & Co of New York. The work came from Lord Ashburn’s collection after his father’s death.
An advertisement touts Cascar ets Candy Cathartic as a cure for diverse ailments by restoring bowel movement. It promises natural relief without gripe or pain and urges starting at ten cents. It warns to beware of imitations and notes the metal boxed product has C C C stamped on each tablet.
In Central Park two trees mark the Prince of Wales 1860 visit. An American elm and an English oak stand between the footpath and the drive near the Mall center on the western side.
A family question prompts a quick dessert idea Jell-O prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking add boiling water and set to cool flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents
Western city fire department ordered destruction of numerous billboards labeled as disease incubators and nuisances. Officials cited health risks from constant exposure to advertising panels.
The British bark Inverurie arrived at San Francisco from Swansea with its flag at half mast after three deaths occurred during the voyage.
A vintage advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a instant cough remedy. It urges readers to visit their druggist for a free sample bottle and notes bottles are sold at 25 and 50 cents with warnings that delays are dangerous.
A reflective line notes that greater practical wisdom in religious leaders would boost public trust in their sanctity. The statement suggests faith hinges on sensible conduct within sacred duties.
An exhausted Londoner seeking health in a seaside village becomes enamored of a deaf and dumb young woman in a daily promenade routine. He records longing, pity, and a chance encounter in a forest where another voice reveals the aunt is the mute one, ending with his return home fulfilled.
Excavations near the Burlington county house uncovered coins dating to the late precolonial era. Two bronze pieces from I W Putnam include an English halfpenny of George I and a rare Irish harp coin dated 1745. The latter shows a table with money and an armed figure, linked to Charles Edward's 1745 rebellion. likely brought by French refugees connected to the pretender.
The Dowager Empress Tzehsi or Tsehai is described by a witty journalist as the only man in the Celestial Empire. Her full name is long and clumsy, so she is called Tzehsi. Her father Li-Teun was a Manchu noble who held an important government post at Pekin before her birth.
Endorsements claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the best cure rate for female troubles with thousands of letters of success. Advertises a single remedy as superior to all others and urges readers to mail for advice to Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An excerpt lists contacts for Florida travel and freight via the Dixie Flyer route and battlefield access via Lookout Mountain, with offers to write to Briard F. Hill in Chicago or W J Danley in Nashville. It includes a quotation about audience cheer in war and a claim that Garfield Tea purifies rheumatic and gouty affections. It also notes in France a woman may wear masculine attire for a $10 annual license.
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