Velvet and crepe fashions amid Southern wear trend
The article notes velvet trimming with a green tint and informal bow hats with buckles, ready to wear hats for Southern wear resembling dish shapes from last summer. It highlights fashion items like white crepe waists with surplice designs and ornate lace waists, plus a yellow waist with Valencennes edging. It also mentions a rise in U.S. steel and iron trade and comments on Mark Twain’s message versus the President’s, per Engineering and Boston Globe.
Peruna touted as cure for catarrh of lungs
Reader testimonials from Addie Harding of Syracuse New York and Virginia Caviana of Portland Maine praise Peruna for preventing colds and treating chronic throat and lung catarrh. Harding reports relief from upcoming bronchitis after using Peruna, Caviana credits rapid improvement and weight gain after starting the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Harding
W. Brighton Re
Syracuse, N. Y
Peruna
Toyeina
Virginia Caviana
Ira
Cambridge Block
Portland
Gre
Deepest gold mine and a grimy legislative journal entry
The item mixes claims from Harper's Weekly about a Gulf State earthquake incident and a humorous legislative journal note. It also recounts a veterans tale of kidney trouble from Civil War times told by Capt. John L. Ely and endorses Dean's Kidney Pills with the Buffalo advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States
State House
Journal of the Legislature
Harper’s Weekly
John L. Ely
Co. E
17Th Ohio
Last Second Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Paradoxical Wisdom and Promised Cures from 1905 Ads
A collage of aphorisms and medical ads notes that thinking keeps loneliness away, followed by a lengthy psoriasis testimonial praising Cuticura and a $100 reward offer for catarrh cure. Endorsements from local druggists claim Hall's Catarrh Cure and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets efficacious, with brief sales pitches and signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Curter & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walpixe
Kisxan & Marvrs
Hall
Hal
Eure
E. W. Grove
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers Advertised Cure
An advertisement touts Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers as a remedy for belching gas bloating and stomach trouble. It claims quick relief by absorbing gases disinfecting the stomach and aiding digestion while promoting stronger regular heart action and fresh breath, urging readers to discard drugs and try this nature based remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull
Dropsy Specialist Ad Cites Atlanta Firm and Nerve Restorer
An Atlanta firm H B Greex's Sons is touted as the world’s only successful dropsy specialists with a liberal advertisement. The piece notes the Chinese soldiers’ pay at eighteen cents weekly and promotes Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with free trial offers. It also markets Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen as Nature's remedy for coughs colds croup and consumption with bottle prices 25c 50c and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinkham
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. B. Greex
Kline
B.H. Kure, Ltd
Phila
Taylor
Botanic
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
H. H. Green
Sonspocialists
Merca
P.ogetts
S.C
Meegetts
United States
N. H. Blinch Company
Marggetts, S&s
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Hes
Winchester
Bendigo
Australia
Woolford
Douggi
Etchon
Crawfordville
Ind
China
Heritage OF Civil War
W. M. Chichester
Hutchinson
Kan
Yakutsk
Tern Siberig
MoLt’s Grape Llonic Co
Sd Ave
Rock Island
Lil
Europe
Principality of
Monaco
Patent Office
Poy
Southern Meg. CO
Richmond
Gower
Boston
Mass
Kame Eotive
Wall Lors
BR. Meyerpounsl
Chois
Mano Seed Diors
Baltimore
W.L. Douc
W. L. Douglas
Ego Lim
Capita
W. L. Douglas Manes
Brockton
Douglas
W.l.douglas
Price
F. W. Diemer
M.D
Springfield. Ie
Kali Works
Nasseu Street
Tlanta
Tive
Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers
Virginia - Carolina Chemical
Gurh
Baltir
Ala
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Short
Florence
Cardus
John
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