Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Maternity Hope
A maternal appeal cites lonely women longing for a child and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. Letters from Mrs. Maggie Gilmer and Mrs. Josephine Hall endorse restored health and motherhood, while the ad touts a 30 year history aiding women with uterine issues and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
D. C
Mrs. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Dropsy Specialists Advertise Superior Expertise in Atlanta
An Atlanta firm A. H. Green's Sons markets itself as the world’s only successful Dropsy specialists and invites readers to view their liberal offer in another column. A testimonial claims Shuptrine's TETTERINE cures eczema after several remedies failed. Advertising copy notes druggists or mail availability with small soap option and a local Savannah endorsement.
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A. H. Green
Atlanta
J. BR. Maxwell
J. T. SuHupraixg
Dept. A
Savannah
Thomas Thompson
Clarksville
J. T. Suurrzins
White Lead and How to Test It for Purity
An explanation of pure White Lead production from corroded metal, the difference from adulterated blends, and a simple blow pipe test to verify purity. The National Lead Company offers a free blow-pipe test kit and a booklet, with mail-in instructions from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Ancient Recipe Clippings From a Page of Home Cookery
A mixed pantry of old time recipes and advertisements appears, including Vanilla Sugar Cookies Molasses Hermits Custard Cake English Cream and Fruit Cake with measurements and oven notes. The column also relays opinion on Supreme Court flag law respect for national pride and market notes on Turkish car trade and a seed company catalog offer.
Royal coronation gowns and court dress trends in Harper's Bazaar
A fashion notes piece surveys the Russian Empress coronation gown in cloth of silver and pearls with a veiled dove ornament, plus other European royal styles. Carmen Sylva, Elena, Wilhelmina, and the Dowager Queen of Spain are profiled in attire highlights and color preferences.
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Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Elena
Italy
Wilhelmina
Holland
Spain
Harper’s Bazar
Children’s Favorite Toys in Paris School Poll
A Paris poll of 132 boys and 72 girls reveals preferences: boys favor rail ways, tin soldiers, steam engines, bricks, toy typewriters, and mechanical horses. girls overwhelmingly choose dolls as the top toy. The Pall Mall Gazette notes this reflects a strong childhood trend toward imaginative play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pall Mall Gazette
How to Clean Lace in Milk for Restoration
Instructions from the Boston Post suggest restoring lace by soaking in milk for 12 to 18 hours until the milk turns acid. Then wash the lace gently in the milk, rinse in lukewarm water, and lay flat on a pillow to dry in the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Remarkable 98-Year-Old Man Credits Kidney Pills Success
A Red Bank New Jersey resident, Shepard Kollock, 98, recounts decades of kidney trouble and nightly awakenings. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with complete relief, noting improvement in back pain and reduced kidney secretions. Werbung for Foster-Milburn Co. and 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard Kollock
Wallace St
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Grape-Nuts Promoted as Ideal Food for Old Age
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as the suitable nourishment for aging bodies, noting easy digestion and brain nourishment from wheat and barley, with testimonials from an Iowa man and a 92 year old. It links Grape-Nuts with Postum and cites benefits like regularity and clearer thinking, ending with the slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Cuticura Ointment Heals Seven Year Eczema Claim
An 1907 Newark Delaware notice touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap as curing a seven year hand eczema after using various remedies. The ad includes a patient named W. H. Dean and promises full recovery after two ointment boxes and one soap cake. The piece also mentions Garfield Tea and Brown's Bronchial Traches for cough and cites a Canadian murder-suicide in Tenino Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caticura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
The Well-Informed Favor Syrup of Figs and Senna
The General Demand for a simple pleasant laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. This remedy is praised for known wholesome components, gentle yet prompt action, and ethical production. Price fifty cents per bottle and available at leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Steel replaces wood in railroad construction
Steel is gradually supplanting wood in constructive work with railroads avoiding wooden bridges and permanent trestles. Some roads are already building their cars of steel and will inevitably adopt steel ties in time.
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Richmond Times Dispatch
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America
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Saintain
Victoria
John A. Salter Seed Co
Black Care
Horace
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
State
Omo
ToLedo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
W.j.cheney & Co
Sai Frm
Hall
A. W. Gleason Pate
J. Cheney & Co
Cape-to-Cairo
Bulawayo
Brown
Tenino, Wash
Putnam
W.l.douglas
Dougouglas
Douglas
W. L. Las
Brockton
Moon Deless
Pimationn
Rhea
Blood Balm
Mother Gray
Nunes
Sweet Powp
Jersey
B. L. Cox
Ethel
S.C. Box
Minard
Emma. M. Woods
Enfield
Mass
Minard’s Liniment Mtg
South Framingham
Virginia-Carolina
J. V. C. Love
Tinkling
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