Catarrh of Stowagh Cured by Peruna
Miss Genevive May of Indianapolis writes that Peruna cured her chronic catarrh of the stomach after a neglected case. She describes nausea, heartburn and headaches, with food distress, noting improvement in two weeks and full stomach clearance in three months. She invites free medical advice from Dr. Hartman and assures confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevive May
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Cuticura Heals Severe Hand Burns in Roxbury Woman
Mrs Minnie Drew of 18 Dana Street Roxbury Massachusetts recounts extreme hand cracking and peeling caused by water and heat. She found two doctors prescriptions useless until using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, which fully healed her hands and restored ability to do housework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Drew
Dana St
Roxbury, Mass
Pointed Paragraphs on Home Missions and Marriage
A widow who is young and rich is rarely lonesome. Home Missions is popular on Foreign Mission Sunday. A married man says the easiest way to manage a wife is to let her have her own way. If wives smiled more at home husbands would spend less at saloons.
Leading Children On Softly The Reverend Collyer Sermon
The Rev Robert Collyer preached at Second Unitarian Church Brooklyn detailing gentle guidance for children. He linked the idea to Genesis and Nasmyth hammer craft and warned against harshness, urging patient training, soft words, and loving restraint in education and faith. He recalled maternal gentleness and cautioned against violent theology shaping young souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Robert Collyer
Greater
New York
Second Unitarian
Clinton
Congress Streets
John White Chadwick
Solomon
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Thou Art My Light Proclaimed In A Bible Verse
Dr R F Horton narrates a touching moment after his return from German eye treatment. Waiting in the oculist’s room he finds a Bible verse that speaks to his situation. He feels the text grants strength whether sight returns or not and vows to proclaim the Book’s words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Horton
Duty Above Life and The Cost of Living for Duty
The passage extols duty over life, arguing life is small next to duty. It cites Pompey’s resolve to advance and die, condemns lying to live, and asserts a well lived life costs less than clinging to life at the expense of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompey
Egypt
Italy
H. C. Trumbull
Short Meter Sermons on Kindness and Faith
A Presbyterian Record excerpt argues kindness strengthens kinship and faith grounds life. It contrasts buoyant, hopeful living with selfish, unsanctified attitudes and warns that true salvation requires more than logic. The piece also cautions against passive fatalism and notes science as deeper remedy for doubt.
Grand Union Saratoga Adds Acetylene Light to Guests
The Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga announces a new acetylene gas system to illuminate the premises, connecting over six thousand burners to provide brighter evenings. Acetylene lighting is presented as cooler, healthier, and more economical than city gas, with simple operation accessible to guests and staff.
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Grand Union of
Saratoga
Grand Union
United States
Beekeeper's Honey Scheme Quoted in Wall Street Cartoon
In a satirical exchange from the Atlanta Constitution, bees labor to make honey while a man loafs. The punchline predicts the man will rob the bees once the honey is produced, reflecting the era's social commentary.
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Wall Street
Atlanta Constitution
How to Make Good Coffee With Lion CorrEe
A period advice piece promotes Lion CorrEe coffee as the best, detailing two methods to brew. It urges grinding fine, using a tablespoon per cup plus one for the pot, and explains settling with either an egg white or cold water. It warns not to boil long, and not to let the coffee stand too long before serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Better the Hands That Ache From Toil Than Troubled Heart
A reflective saying contrasts enduring physical labor with emotional distress, suggesting toil steadies the spirit more than unresolved heartache. The line frames resilience as a virtue for those bearing burdens silently.
Botanic Blood Balm Ad Promises Wide Cure
Readers are urged to try Botanic Blood Balm for ulcers eczema scrofula blood poisoning cancer eating sores itching skin pimples boils bone pains rheumatism and catarrh. Claims old deep seated cures where others fail with rich blood and healthy skin. Druggists price details and free sample offer from Blood Balm Co Atlanta.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Odds and Ends
A satirical jumble notes how a man with a new baby faces indifference from satanic majesty and how a woman’s desire for happiness can deter marriage. It observes that a man advertising a new automobile draws speculation about friends’ finances and that two women’ s views of each other remain hidden when they are together.
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Harry Stuckley
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted as cure all
This ad proclaims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female complaints ovarian troubles inflammation and ulceration and supports relief of backache bearing down pain and headaches. It claims effectiveness for kidney complaints and backache in both sexes and invites readers to write to Lydia E Pinkham Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Catarah
Peruna
Miss Genevive
Risth Werke
Ming’s Business College
Ral
EIGH
Charlotte
N. C
Weing
Mass
Georgia
S. E. Kennedy
Kline
Dr. R. H. Kine, Ltd
Phila
California
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
France
N. W. Sauvel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Wisconsin
Woolford
E. Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
Norway
Heaven
Hell
Odds and
Eine Co
Salem
Ziewess Thompson
Soter Dra Drugener. Corp. Sole Prope
Boston
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Aia
Tire Et
Ugh Sy
Baltimore
Blue Ridge
St. Joseph’s Academy
Emmitsburg
Maryland
Lion Coffee
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Witten Oy
Zev
Leonard St
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