Cardus touted as best medicine for women in Loveland ad
A Loveland Kentucky reader reports dramatic improvement after using Cardus the woman’s tonic claiming relief from left side pain and other womanly troubles. The letter urges other tired nervous sufferers to try Cardus and mail for instructions and a Home Treatment for Women booklet. Also mentions a Norway hydroelectric plant project and unrelated medical claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland, Ky
Anna Bowling
Cardus
N. B
Irute
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chas. H. Fletcher
B. Halstead Scott
Chicago
Ills
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
N. Y
R. J. Hamlen
Detroit
Mich
Fletcher
Wm. J MccCrann
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Clausen
Philadelphia
R. M. Ward
Kansas City
SIX-SIXTY-SIX Prescription and quips across pages
A mixed OCR list covers a malaria tonic price and jokes about photography and remarriage, followed by a Georgia cattle article urging farmers to stop selling calves to build stock, with rail and dairy policy notes and a delayed Italian murder trial involving Porter Charlton. The items span health remedies, humor, agriculture, railway law, and a long delayed trial update.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Co. M. Morgan
Southern Railway
South
Dr. Morgan
Dairy Division
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Two Governments Sign Arbitration Pact Over Haiti Claims
Paris reports France and Haiti have signed an agreement to submit to arbitration the 1910 claims against Haiti by France with the United States Great Britain Germany and Italy. The accord also covers claims of Syrians and Ottomans.
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Paris
France
Haiti
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
English Builder Wins Navy Turbine Drum Contract
Washington reports an English builder secured the contract to manufacture turbine drums for battleship No. 39 at about one third the price of the lowest American bid. The accepted bid was 57436 dollars from New York agents of Cyclops Steel and Iron Works of Sheffield, England. Acting Secretary Roosevelt said the foreign award was justified by price differences.
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Washington
New York
Cyclops Steel and Iron Works
Sheffield
England
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Twentieth Century Menace Debate At Health Association
Dr J H Landis of Cincinnati told the American Health Association that social evil diseases deserve the same public health handling as plague and urged isolation. He also blamed women’s dress for influencing social ills and undermining the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Cal
J. H. Landis
Cincinnati
American Health Association
Landis
Curious Old Advert and Painter's Witty Exchange
An urchin of misprints promises relief for rheumatism and aches with RUB MY TISM at 25 cents in Quaint Critic. George B. Luks riffs to a critic in New York studio, likening a colored laundress at the Uffizi to Correggio and the saints in a sharp, humorous retort.
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George B. Luks
New York
Uffizi
Correggio
Hannah
Remarkable voyage tale cools overheated travelers
A group of commercial travelers traded sea and land adventures in high spirits when a lone listener, having traveled the world seven times, recalled a striking episode from his last voyage. He describes an extreme heat that forced crew to rotate trips to the stoke hold for relief, ending the gathering's storytelling.
Elixir Babek marketed as malaria cure with testimonials
A vintage advertisement touts Elixir Babek as a cure for malaria and related headaches with a Fairfax Court House Virginia testimonial from Jacob Eberly. It lists price 50 cents and availability through Kloczewski & Co in Washington DC, and promotes Hicks Capucine for summer headaches with 25 or 50 cent bottles. It ends with a brief obituary joke about Mrs Gadders.
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Jacob Eberly
Fairfax Court House
Kloczewski & Co
Washington, D. C
Mass injury care advertised with balsam cure claim
An old advertorial fragment touts Hanford’s Balsam as a remedy for external wounds and injuries. It promises germ cleansing and fast healing. It also alludes to social pressures on girls regarding romantic advances.
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Hanford
Special scalp treatment with Cuticura products
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for itching scalps, dandruff, and hair loss. It instructs 28 scalp partings, rubbing ointment into the skin, covering the hair, then a morning wash with Cuticura Soap. Shampoos may be used monthly. samples offered by mail from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Fragmented 19th Century Advertisements and Slogans
A collage of short ad statements and quips from a bygone era. Notable lines tout Tyree’s Antiseptic Powder for sunburn and skin inflammations, Hanford’s Balsam for back pain, Dr Peery’s Vermifuge for worms, and a grim line on undertakers.
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Tyree
J. S. Tyree
Washington, D. C
Its Adornments. What’s the Plant in Wall Street
A brief quip notes a plant in Wall Street as mostly Breen suckers, reflecting humor or satire without detailed context. The line suggests a playful jab at corporate or financial appearances.
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Wall Street
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Norway
W. L. Park
Illinois Central Railroad
Europe
Chariton
Como
Porter Charlton
Signor Vitale
Bognoni
Milan
Charlton
Post
Netherlands
Dr. Peery
Lydia E. Pinkham
Haywax
Lowxns
Gary
Cary
Maine
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia E.pinke
M Medicine CO
Lynn
Charlotte
M. C
Hemitings Analeyanienkien
Hemorra
Rosa Sims
Wyona St
Charlotte, N.C
Castoria
Astoria
Bateman
Godfrey
Hall
Journal of Health
POPC
OTA Ay
Tae Cexraun Company
Omakes
American Typewriter Exchange, Inc
Kodaks & Supplies
S. Galeski Optical Co
Richmond, Va
National
Remedy 60. Co
York City
Orphine
Courteen
Courtees
Grono
Kobak Fini Upetialtr
Ter
Charlotte Directory
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