Discoveries of American medicinal roots and Dr Pierce tonics
An article extols American forests for valuable medicinal roots and credits Dr. R W Pierce with a heart tonic and regulator aiding digestion liver and heart ailments. It claims both medicines use native plant extracts, are alcohol free, and include ingredient lists on bottle wrappers. It ends with a moral exhortation about charity and Christian spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. W. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Cuticura credited for eczema cure and job regain
An 1905 testimonial outlines a severe eczema case cured by Cuticura Ointment and Soap after hospital failure, claiming renewed employability. The piece includes other ads notes on Hall’s Catarrh Cure, earnings for the Earl of Minto, and winter fowl feeding tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
East Orange
N.as
Endorsed Kidney Pills from Chicago Woman
Miss Frances Gardner of 369 Jackson Boulevard Chicago endorses Deans Kidney Pills after five years of kidney trouble and $100 spent on remedies. She reports quick cure in weeks with improved health appetite digestion and sleep. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Grove’s cure text and other ad fragments follow.
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Frances Gardner
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Preventive Medicine and Sanitation Growth
A discussion on the rise of preventive medicines and home sanitation to reduce disease. Encourages public boards of health to educate citizens and apply measures in time, noting it as a duty to prevent illness. Also cites Philadelphia music publishing trends, highlighting shifts toward vocal pieces and the impact of musical comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Boards of Health
America
Philadelphia
United States
Europe
Varied Attainments of a Noted Columbia Man
Col. J. S. Dorsey recalls Sam Young a lawyer who served Columbia before the war. Young excelled as an actor shoemaker cigarmaker violinist temperance speaker and prayer meeting leader while also winning poker games and rivaling the best in his era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Col. J. S. Dorsey
Sam Young
Kansas City
Indian Bankruptcy Rituals Then and Now
The report contrasts Marawa practices in India with later colonial methods. It describes insolvents summoning creditors to a room where the Thakur is veiled, the debtor lying in mourning, and creditors beating him with shoes until wrath is spent, the act deemed satisfaction of honor before the scene ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Honor T
New York
The Small Boy Errand Riff Sparks Family Role Reversal
Annie Hamilton Donnell in Harper's Bazaar suggests a topsy turvy day where the family must run the Small Boy's errands. She whimsically questions why the boy is not labeled Errand-goes to the Family and imagines parents shouting for caps bats and geography from Harriet Molly and Irish Kate in a playful social satire.
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Harriet
Molly
Polly
Kate
Annie Hamilton Donnell
Harper‘s Bazar
My German Dog And The Pretzel Tail Joke
A fragment from a January Delineator humorous note about a pug described as a German dog with a pretzel shaped tail. The piece references quirky poetry and market-style lines mixed with health ads and moral quotes.
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Pug
R. K. Munkittbieck
Congress Rejects Higher Salaries for Senators in House Vote
The House votes 106 to 188 against raising Senators and delegates salaries from 5000 to 7500. It then approves 12000 for Vice President Speaker and cabinet members. Littauer pushes and wins raises for executive heads to 12000 and later 7500 for lawmakers with start date March 4, 1909. Senate debates Reed Smoot and Rayner on Japanese policy and Utah seat legitimacy.
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House of Representatives
House
Littaner
New York
Littauer
Underwood
Alabama
Congress
Porto Rico
Lumber Trust
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of the Interior
Dubois
Smoot
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
Idaho
Roosevilt
Rayner
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Christ
Lord Meutenant
Ireland
Earl of Minto
Hall
F. J. Carnry & Co
Toledo
F. J. ‘Cheney
West & Truax
O.walpine, Kinnan & Marvin
Grove
St. Vitus
C. Arinston
C. B
Mergetta
United States Agricultural Department
N. BH. Blitch Company
Mragetti, Ae
Review OF
Work OF Congress
Supreme Court
California
Weil
California Fig Syrup Co
vFernia Fia Syrup
Putnam
Monroe Debug CO
Unionville
Missouri
Jersey
Wakefield
Charleston Wakefield
Sen
Fiat
Aes
Ee Akefield
Omnia
Young’s Island, S. C
M. Cibso
Winchester
Hicks
Brandreth
Jandreth
Perfection
Nickel
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Us.gove
John White & Co
Louisville, KY
Ursee
Ary Lombard
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