Blood curing elixir urged by Dr. Pierce in colonial ad
The ad touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing elixir curing skin ailments and scrofula. It recommends All-Healing Salve for open ulcers and notes pellets for digestion. It urges purchasing via mail with stamps from Buffalo New York and claims explicit ingredient disclosure. The piece ends with a brief mention of a morning stocking exhibit in the Columbia State.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Kidney pills relieve dropsy and heart distress claim
Mrs Elizabeth Maxwell of 415 West Fourth Street Olympic Wasi says after three years of swelling backache and breath shortage, four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills reduced bloating and distress. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn and Co Buffalo NY. It is a hard world to those who try to butt through it St Louis Globe Democrat.
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Dean
Elizabeth Maxwel
West Fourth St
Olympic
Wasi
Foster-Milburn &Co
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Cure for lifelong skin disease with Cuticura remedies
A Burlington North Carolina woman reports her cousin born with a severe skin disease was cured after about two months of using Cuticura remedies. She recalls the child’s skin becoming soft and scarless and notes she has not seen the girl in 17 years, last heard she remained well. June 16, 1905.
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Rockingham Co
W.D. Ingle
Burlington
N. C
Allcock's Plasters Promoted as Safe and Effective
A historical advertisement extols Allcock's Plasters as safe non drug remedies manufactured on scientific principles. It claims purity of ingredients, suitability for their intended purpose, and rapid relief of pain while restoring muscle, nerve, and skin function. The copy warns against imitators and urges buyers to seek the genuine product.
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Allcock
Mercury Free Catarrh Cure and Other Remedies
A noisy collage of patent medicine ads touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, with no mercury and internal action. other elixirs promise cures for colds, rheumatism, piles, teething syrup, and a nerve restorer. Also quotes Emerson Hough and a joke about a barber.
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Jeware
Emel
Hall
J. Chenes & Co
Voledo
Never Tires Of the Food That Restored Her Health
A Cole young lady credits Grape-Nuts with curing indigestion and inflammatory rheumatism after two years of sickness. She gained 10 pounds in five weeks, reports improved digestion, and says she still eats Grape-Nuts daily. The ad notes its unique flavor and health benefits, urging reading The Road to Wellville.
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Cole
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Bank Bomb Tragedy Shocks Philadelphia Bank officials killed in blast after demand for loan
A man unidentified demanded a $5,000 loan at the Fourth Street National Bank and dropped a bomb after being refused. Cashier W. Z. McLear was instantly killed and several others injured including a Negro messenger with gruesome injuries. A clue found on clothing read R. Steele Garner Iowa. The bomber perished, leaving little beyond the suspect’s appearance and a brief encounter with President Richard H. Rushton. The bank, in the Butler building on Fourth between Chesnut and Walnut, faced a terrifying explosion that rattled the city.
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Philadelphia
Fourth Street National Bank
W. Z. McLear
R. Steele
Garner
Iowa
Butlitt
Fourth Street
Chesnut and
Walnut Streets
Financial District
E. F. Shawbacker
Richard H. Rushton
G. E. Williams
William Cramp
Rushton
Cashier McLear
McLear
Honduran Revolution Suppressed. Salvadoran President Seeks Peace
Honduran upheaval, sparked by residents of Nicaragua and El Salvador, was halted by Nicaragua and El Salvador. President Escalon of Salvador urges peaceful means to preserve stability in the region. Ex-President Policarpo Honilla of Honduras has been imprisoned amid the turmoil.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Nicaragua
Salvador
Honduras
Cetra
Escalon
Policarpo Honilla
Train Robber Arrested Near Richmond
Huntington West Virginia police report the arrest of Special-Per cy Martin of Atlanta Georgia for participating in a Seaboard Air Line train robbery eight miles south of Richmond on New Year’s Eve. He confessed his guilt and surrendered a $500 diamond ring taken from a passenger and indicated where most of the stolen money is hidden.
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Huntington
W. Va
Percy Martin
Atlanta
Richmond
Peruna a tonic and catarrh remedy
Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. It combines HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS with CUBEBS and COPAIBA and supports tonics COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED, forming a powerful compound for catarrh in all its stages. Extensive testimonials bolster this claim.
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Peruna
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