Pinkham Remedies Advised for Female Ailments and Health Claims
Readers encounter testimonials praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for womb and nervous disorders, with letters from Mrs. Cas. F. Brown and Mrs. Anna Porras. Includes unrelated items on Dean's Kidney Pills and various health quips, plus ad-style notes and brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deas Mus
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Porras
Park Ave
Hot Springs
Ark
Lighting and Water and Constitutional Ads
News brief collection notes electrical spark limits on water surfaces and rare lightning strikes. Includes old advertisements for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and pricing. Ends with a Missouri man praying for Japan during wartime.
Island Dwellers of Lake Chad Attract French Explorer
French officer Col. Destenave reports Lake Chad’s island world with about eighty inhabited isles and a population near fifty thousand. The lake features narrow wooded isles, shallow depths, and a shifting canal-like layout influenced by the Shari river currents and prevailing winds. Cattle exceed seventy thousand and many natives navigate by reed canoes or even swimming between islets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Africa
Lake Chad
Col. Destenave
Mrs. Lawton Accuses of Monopolizing Woes in Town
Euphemia Boggs explains Mrs. Lawton is a self styled monopolist of misfortune. She catalogs diseases accidents and hardships to top every tale with dramatic anecdote. Neighbors say her constant tales irritate and overwhelm the town’s few points of pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Boggs
Ohio
California
Euphemia
The Japanese at Home in May Delineator Pictures
The May Delineator features Around the World in Eighty Pictures with photographs of Japanese home life and occupations. The images show a mix of modern and traditional life, highlighting Seoul, Corea, as a notable view in the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Seoul
Corea
The Original Buccaneers History and Origins
The buccaneers began as peaceful English French and Dutch settlers in the Spanish West Indies. They earned the name from drying meat on a buccan. Spaniards resisted their intrusion and wars broke out. Harried by Spaniards some turned to piracy. soon their deeds made the Caribbean passage dangerous for merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish West Indies
Caribbean Sea
May Delineator Offers Dinner Help and May Day Refreshments
The May issue provides practical tips for serving meals without a maid, plus illustrated pages on dainty May Day refreshments. It includes luncheon dishes from leftovers, rice variations, sponge cake recipes, and ways to ease kitchen labor. In Greenland New Hampshire ten percent are over 70 with strong health and long lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Greenland
N. H
Torrington Baker Claims Connecticut Flapjack Record
John N. Brooks of Torrington says he baked 1500 flapjacks at ten per minute to set a state mark. The report questions the method and disqualifications if the flips occurred outside the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Brooks
Torrington
Connecticut
Mayor Nelson Rice Praises Peruna Medicine Co
The Hon Nelson Rice mayor of St Joseph Michigan writes praising Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio. He commends Peruna as a reliable tonic for a worn out system and a specific for catarrhal difficulties. He notes many grateful patients across the country have used Peruna and been cured and praises the medicine highly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Rice
St. Joseph, Mich
St. Joseph
Michigan
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Tax Hartman Sanitarium
Chicago
Southern Foundry CO
Owensboro
Kentucl
Spring Health Advice From The Sun’s Return
A cordial note praises a medicine’s trust with the public as spring begins. The author describes seasonal ailments tied to the sun crossing the equator and shifting toward the north, noting nerves digestion blood and spirits affected, urging remedies.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Prixham
Cas. F. Brown
Cedar Terrace
Mothers’ Club
Mrs. Potts
Dean
Sadie Mettles
4Th Ave
Chicago Union Stockyards
Joan ¥.Boysx
Trinity Springs
Ind
Hall
F. J. Cuentry & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ana Tapas
Waupine
Krxxan & Marvin
Missouri
John Sobieski
Richmond
Poland
Chad
Southern Railway
RB. L. Vernon
J. H. Wook
Charlotte
N. C
Asheville
Cascarets
Cascarete
Fuld
McGurfereer
Jersey City
N.J
James McGur
Candy Cathartic
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Boston
Salem Iron Works
Winston-Salem
N.C
Seer
John W. Atkinson
Richmond, VA
Irwilson
Geriman Kali Works
New York
Nassau Street
Atlanta
Bread St
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Brockton
Hanta
B. Paxton
Mung
Winship
EAGLE
Continental Gin Co
Birmingham
Isd Thompson
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