Peruna Ads and Testimonials Highlight Cough Cure
Scattered 1909 era advertisements tout Peruna as an effective cough remedy with patient testimonials from Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase and others. Mentions The Peruna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus Ohio and free almanac offers. Also references Garfield Tea Co laxatives and a Dean's Kidney Pills testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drug Co
Columbus
Ohio
Perna
Joseph Hall Chase
Tenth St
Washington, D. C
L. Wetzel
Ohio St
Terre
Isea
Peruna Drug
Miz. Co
Columbia
Fragmented Life Advice Snippets in Obscure Prose
A garbled text fragment offers scattered maxims about retirement, offense, and personal behavior. It muses on knowing more about oneself than others, mistakes in management, and the costs of trouble without clear narrative or identifiable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigel Mae
Douglas
Catalsg
W. L. Douglas
Sperk St
Brocktoe
Mass
Worrisome Chickweed Weed and Alfalfa Lime Solution
The article discusses chickweed Stellaria media as a hardy annual weed in the South and recommends fall plowing, crop rotation, and iron sulfate spraying. It then presents alfalfa culture in the South, emphasizing heavy lime application, lime types, and fertilization to achieve success and high yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton
Southland
Fragmented Snap Shots on Success and History
The text reflects on the relationship between parenthood, success, and industry. It weighs how mistakes by great men shape history and notes that ego ruins public perception. The tone critiques egotism and urges restraint to avoid exposing poor taste.
Soil and fence recommendations for outbuilding site
The guide advises using well drained, gravelly soil and avoiding soft mud. It suggests outside runs be separated by a concrete wall 18 inches to 3 feet high with posts for fencing, and a similar concrete wall up to the building bottom of windows.
Public Taste Shapes Profitable Breeding Choices
The text argues breeders should follow market demand rather than personal preference to avoid financial hardship. It stresses that educating the public to like a chosen breed is costly and unlikely to succeed if consumer demand favors another type of animal.
Roundup of Quoted Thoughts on Humor and Character
A fragmented excerpt surveys humor philosophy and social behavior. It references mistletoe, kissing, counsel, gender roles, and the idea of judging a man by his companions, framing a broader discussion on perception and personality.
Mistletoe Versus Honesty and Belief in Angels
The piece makes playful quips about kissing under mistletoe and moral behavior. It contrasts honesty with people who have no policy and notes it is easier to believe angels love sinners than saints.
Concrete Poles Tested on Pennsylvania Railroad Line
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports experimental use of reinforced concrete telegraph poles along the line west of Pittsburgh to counter timber scarcity. Fifty three concrete poles were installed near Maples Indiana on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line and have shown no decay after a year.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
New Brighton
The
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Maples
Ind
Ship Shavr Razor Promises Quality at Low Price
The article praises inventor and manufacturer ingenuity to cut production costs and raise quality, noting the Ship Shavr razor sold postpaid for twenty five cents by the Book Publishing House. It claims superior performance and suggests using two or three razors alternately to maximize results and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
New York
Pellagra a new and dangerous disease in the South
Washington dispatch notes the marine hospital service will combat pellagra, a new illness spreading in the South. It resembles leprosy aspects and may be caused by meat from smutty corn. In 1907 Mount Vernon Insane Asylum recorded 88 cases with 37 deaths. Congress may be urged to fund a vigorous campaign to stamp out the disease before it spreads further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
Marine Hospital Service
South
Italy
Lavinder
South Carolina
Mount Vernon Insane Asylum
Congress
Marine Service
Roumania
Quotations on Conduct and Social Grace From Varied Sources
A compact collection of maxims on sin temperance and social behavior. The notes contrast old world wisdom with contemporary maxims about drunkenness propriety and courtesy in crowded settings. Each aphorism offers a direct moral takeaway.
Then and Now Complete Recovery From Coffee
A Louisville woman recounts nine years of coffee and tea avoidance with Postum and Grape-Nuts. She credits her recovery from near nervous prostration to Postum, now healthy and active with five children and roles in three charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Postum
Grape-Nuia
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Impligs
Rheumacide Offered as Internal Cure for Rheumatism
Advertises Rheumacide as an internal remedy addressing the excess uric acid causing rheumatism. Claims liniments provide only temporary relief and promotes a pill form and tablet version priced at 25 to 50 cents and 50 cents to one dollar. Offers a free booklet from Bobbitt Chemical Co. in Baltimore Maryland.
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Bobbitt Chemical Co
Baltimore
Indiana farmers seek codless corn from pod like grains
Two Indiana farmers plan to obtain cornless corn described as grains inside a pod unlike ears. The text mentions hollow stalks with many joints and shells of corn inside but does not state removal of husking or shelling.
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Indiana
Cure for Catarrh Proclaimed by Toledo Firm
There is more catarrh in this region than other diseases and it was once deemed incurable. Science now treats it as constitutional, requiring a constitutional remedy. F J Cheney Co of Toledo, Ohio markets a constitutional catarrh cure, taken internally, with a $100 reward for failure. Hall’s Family Pills advised for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cuensy & Co
Hall
Persuasion vs Litigation Urges in Modern Reform
An eminent New York minister argues persuasion outpaces litigation. Advertisements tout Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and Tetterine products, claiming rapid cures for skin conditions and teething remedies. Spurious testimonials and generic medical claims fill the page alongside pithy proverbs and price notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maxior and Philosophy Note on Sincerity and Taste
A fragment discusses self knowledge and sincerity, noting that people show good taste by preferring themselves yet honesty is hard to obtain. The passage observes that even well meaning individuals often harbor bad habits.
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Erythin
Eye Salve Ad Promises Quick Relief for Sore Eyes
An Eye Opener Dr Mitchells Eye Salve described as white and odorless offers a cure for sore inflamed swollen eyes and granulated lids. Apply to eyelids and rub in. Sold at all stores for 25 cents a bottle. A cautionary line warns against easy deception by unscrupulous agents.
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Hall Chase
Washington, D
Mai Whliatiowse
REACO
Minneapolis
Mini
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
E. W. Grove
William White
R. R
Constantine St
Three Rivers
Dean
Rites
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Davie Record
Odds and
Auburn
Ala
Joseph Wing
Mr. Jones
Lime Rock
Golddale
Knoxville Tribune
Alsine Media
Humor and Philosophy
Woolford
Louis
J. T. Shuptrine
Elton
Ecterra
Tetterine
He Shuptrins Co
Savannah
Walter H. Cox
Somersedt St
Boston
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticurs
Xanthine
Richmond
Lynchburg
Mae
Xanthine Company
Mall
Sabel & Sons
E. Market St
Ape
Atlanta Utility Works
Ast Point
Egrer
Atall
Goose Grease Company
Anc
Ba Trench Drug
John White & CO
Furseae Commisalon
SOL Rominion Hide & Fur CO
Cary St
W.l.douglas
Nolas
Bell
Thompson
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