Heavy Fine Under Elkins Law For Rebates
The Elkins law prohibits railroad companies and shippers from paying or accepting rebates. Conviction can lead to a fine from $1000 to $6000 and possible freight rate violations. The Interstate Commerce Commission is empowered to detect and prosecute violators. President Knapp notes rebates have become rare since passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Apany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Empow
Knapp
Commission
Dyspepsia of Women and Uterine-Tonic Claims
A source describes a form of dyspepsia affecting women attributed to a "kind of dyspepsia" linked to the female anatomy. It asserts relief requires a medicine acting as a stomach tonic with specific uterine-tonic effects, as claimed by Birs. Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birs. Pinkham
Maggie Wright
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E. Pink- Sham
Lydia
Pimkham
Fruit benefits in daily diet noted by Massachusetts Ploughman
The article lists fruits and their health roles, noting how fruit supports appetite digestion thirst and hydration. It classifies items by laxatives astringents diuretics refrigerants and highlights apples for stomach soothing and relief from nausea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Candlesticks and Chairs Reflect Design Tastes Across Time
The piece contrasts gas era candlesticks with electric fittings and notes brass and silver candelabra. It criticizes uncomfortable chairs highlighting wrong backs, seats, and arm heights, praising colonial furniture for proportion and comfort while warning against poor reproductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Globe
Ivanhoe Cakes and Macaroons and Eggless Layer Cake
Recipes describe Ivanhoe Cakes with butter sugar almonds lemon peel eggs and slow baking. Macaroons use almonds sugar egg whites formed on wafer paper baked until set. Eggless Layer Cake uses milk butter sugar flour baking powder and optional raisins citron spices for variants. A note mentions Korea currency with nickel copper coins and silver dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Doan’s Kidney Pills Claim Backache Cure
Joseph McCauley of Chicago praises Doan’s Kidney Pills claiming they cured his two year health decline including backache loss of appetite and insomnia after four boxes. He urges suffering people to use the remedy sold by dealers at 50 cents each from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes upcoming French Printing Trade Exhibition in Paris 1906 with displays of paper and wood pulp making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McCauley
Sholto Street
Chicago
Tecumseh Lodge
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Paris
Cure for Itching Eczema Credited to Cuticura Treatment
A testimonial from Mrs. A. Elson of Bellevue Michigan recounts five years of painful itching and bleeding eczema cured after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The ad also promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money back offer and endorsements from local wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Elson
Bellevue, Mich
Innocent Man Sent to Prison A Lawyer Rebuts
A Boston criminal lawyer recalls defending about 400 cases with roughly fifty resulting in conviction. He argues juries can err even after appeals and emotional appeals, implying some innocent men may be found guilty due to ignorance or stupidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sailor’s Secret Plan to Marry Widow in Derelict Tow
Admiral Evans recalls two sailors in talk aboard a derelict. One mate boasts of plans to quit seafaring at retirement and marry a wealthy widow described as the butcher’s derelict, prompting amusement from the admiral.
Honest Confession and Doctor's Talk on Food
A Texas doctor recounts his biased stance against advertised foods and credits Grape-Nuts with improved health. He details relief from eructations fullness and stomach distress, plus increased strength after regular use. The testimonial promotes Postum Co. products and the Road to Wellville book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Corpus Christi
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Quips and maxims on money life and manners
A collection of wry one liners and aphorisms on debt money marriage family and society. It skewers greed vanity and human foibles with witty lines and pointed observations.
Fits cured by Dr Kline Great Nerve Restorer
An advertisement notes that FITS are permanently cured after one day’s use of Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer with a $2 trial bottle and treatise free. The promotion is followed by various product pitches for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and Longman Martinez paint and a note on Bulgaria placing large war material orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline
R. H. Kave, Ltd
Phila
Longman & Martinez
Man Martines L. & M
James S. Barron
Manchester Cotton. Mills
Rock Hill
S. C
New York
Bulgaria
Europe
Dangerous Yearly Child Ills Cited With Remedies
The piece notes child deaths tied to seasonal changes and dietary shifts. It promotes Dr Biggers Hucklebberry Cordial for bowel troubles and teething, praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and advertises Woolford's Sanitary Lotion as a quick cure for coughs and colds. Other quips critique debt.
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Pinkham
M.wright
Ghest
Tower Canadian Go Company
Toroots
Canada
Elin
fBickens
Sterling Remedy Co
GERI
Atlanta
Catarra
Hail
Heaven
Servia
N. W
Ocean Grove
N. J
Woolford
E. Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
Julia Marne
Julia Marlow
Peruna
Cine Co
Julia Marlowe
Newnerves
York City
8. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Lion
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ene Thompson
Eye
Pene
Ig Rey Ee
American N Horticultural Distribt'g CO
Martinsburg
Wufacturers of
Agricultural Ches
Southern Mf&. Co
Richmond
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