Peruna cures distressing female ailments say Montreal publisher
A Montreal woman Maria Ducharme credits Peruna with saving her life after years of pain and invalid status. The ad claims dramatic improvements and urges readers to seek free medical advice from Dr Hartman. Other notices promote Dr Kline’s nerve restorer and Allen’s Foot-Ease as cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Ducharme
St. Elizabeth Street
Montreal
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Ifree
Botanic Blood Balm Ad Promises Cure for Blood Skin Diseases
An aged advertisement offers Botanic Blood Balm B B B for ulcers eczema scrotum blood poison cancer and other blood or skin diseases. It claims deep seated cures were achieved when others failed and markets 1 large bottle 1.00, 3 bottles 2.50, 6 bottles 5.00 with prepaid express and free samples and medical advice by mail from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Fearless D. A. Francis I Henry in Oregon Indictment Case
Francis I Henry United States district attorney, known for integrity, once faced a lethal threat after securing a divorce for a woman in Arizona. He shot and killed her abusive husband when he drew a pistol in the street, illustrating a record of decisive action and danger in his early career. The piece also notes a broader view on ethical vacations by city folk in country settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis I. Henry
United States
Mitchell
Oregon
Arizona
Henry
British MP backs private divorce bill shielding cases
A British lawmaker plans to introduce a bill to overhaul divorce proceedings by keeping them private. He argues public disclosure adds little public benefit while harming public morality, proposing that divorce cases no longer be held in public.
Sun Parlor for Baby Sunning Trend in Homes
A new baby care fad is the sun parlor a wooden glass covered cradle-like platform built by a carpenter to fit outside a window. It features carpeted floor strips, a pillow, and careful dressing for daily naps, with mothers praising weight gain and health improvements as proof of being up to date.
Systematic battalions proposed to organize scientific work
Prof. Pearson and Prof. Newcomb discuss systematizing research by forming battalions of investigators. Pearson argues that half of data and observations are worthless and cannot yield results, calling for disposal of excess data and brains to interpret the remaining information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
Simon Newcomb
Prof
Put His Will In Rhyme In Harriburg
Deputy Register Stroup of Harrie burg, Pa, presents a queer will that states when his wife becomes a widow she shall inherit all he left and upon her death the estate passes to his daughter. The document, attested and received for probate, came from the county’s lower end and will guide settlement of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register Stroup
Harrieburg
New York Herald
Lacing Device Aids Fat Footwear Inventor Mrs Falconer
Mrs Elizabeth Falconer of Louisville Kentucky has perfected a shoe lacing device aimed at easier use by fat people and the aged. The system keeps one lace fixed while a top pull tightens the shoe and a bottom pull loosens it, promising a revolution in daily wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Falconer
Louisville
Positon
London smoke consumer proves effective with brick screen
A London trial reports an effective smoke consumer using a screen of tubular fire bricks built into the furnace. The special material causes the screen to incandescently flash the combustion gases as they pass, preventing carbon formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Curios Worth Owning in Franklin NH
George H. Rollins of Franklin acquires items dating back two centuries including a rawhide trunk from the Civil War era, a horsehair rope, blue china over a century old, an old lantern, and a 150 year old chair sharpened with a jackknife. A reflective note on a woman’s first love and a witty remark on marriage follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curios
George H. Rollins
Franklin
N. H
Grape-Nuts Promises Health and Prosperity Ad Claim
A testimonial proclaims Grape-Nuts improves stomach and kidney ailments from heavy meat diets. The narrator credits the cereal with better digestion, steadier nerves, sharper brain function, and sustained work energy from breakfast onward, ending with a promotion of Postum Co. and its booklets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Government Lighting at Chickamauga Park Sets Noted Example
The U S Government operates one of the world’s largest acetylene lighting plants at Chickamauga Park Georgia May 31. Six and a half miles of mains light sixty five street lamps across the post with one hundred buildings illuminated. The plant, first tested at Fort Meade in 1903, proves acetylene safe economical and easily produced for farms towns and churches. A separate note recounts a Cheyenne snowbound coyotes run down by a fast freight engine near Cheyenne ending their chase after six miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Military Post
Chickamauga Park
United States
Chickamauga
War Department
Fort Meier
Virginia
Cheyenne & Northern Railroad
Cheyenne
Iron Horse
Denver Republican
ULCERS AND CATICURA CURE CLAIM BY GAINSVILLE MAN
A Gainesville Texas man testifies after thirty years of ulcers and an eruption that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cured in six months. He notes relief began with the first use and urges others to try the regimen. The item also mentions various ads and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Moss
Gainesville
Texas
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Woman's Back Pain
Mrs P Brunzel of Everett Washington describes fifteen years of severe back pain and sleepless nights. After using one box she felt markedly better and continued until five boxes were used. The pills relieved aching pains and other kidney related difficulties. Sold by all druggists 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Brunzel
Grand Ave
Everett
Wash
Doan
A.j
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Notable Woman Sends Gratitude for Lifesaving Remedy Letter
A Denver woman associated with the Woman's Relief Corps writes to praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recounts severe illness and a tumor that eventually disappeared after using the remedy, urging other women to seek Pinkham's treatment and avoid unproven medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irs
Harsh Kelloge
Denver
Oder
Woman's Relief Corps
Antion
Lydia E. Pinkham
Railroad Rate Legislation Debate Echoes Court Protections
Testimony before the Senate Committee in Washington features Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty opposing rate control by courts and arguing railways should set their own fair, reasonable rates. He warns that fixed rates can deprive railways of property and cites the fourteenth amendment’s protections. A closing line notes a loafer lacks a bank account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Circuit Court of the United States
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RK. H. Kure, Ltd
Arch St
Phila
Oklahoma
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
H. H. Green
America
Dr. Adler
New York Mail
City &Ils
Mountain Grocery
Government Light
Rome
Representi
SENS
J. W. O’bates
Laird Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
American Academy of Fine Arts
Insurance Monitor
Business College
Macon
Adam
Crab Orchard Water Co
Aetna Business and shortHata
Capital
Bee
H. H. Green's Sons Specialists
Rox
Kentucky
Nathick Ford
Washington, D. Co
Secret Service
Cass
the Ass'n
Indianapolis
Ind
Draughon
Practical Business
Raleigh
Columbia
Knox.ville
FT. Worth
Cd. B B. C
Pratt
Eagle
Smith Winship
Munger
Tfe Long
Continental Gin Core
N. C
Gairmingham
Ala
Memphis
Drucz Bt
Guble
Candy Cathartig
Sterling
Lion Coffee
Lson Spice CO
Toledo
Ferhe
Pena
Checkers
Austria
Icine Co
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