Night Sweats and Cough Prompt Peruna Testimony
Ness St San Antonio Texas resident W Walton describes severe catarrh in 1902 with night sweats deep cough and chest pains. After a thorough Peruna course his symptoms vanished and his health improved beyond prior levels. He notes using Peruna again for bad colds and urges readers to buy locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. W. Walton
Condr
P. Ry
Wan. Ness St
San Antonio
Tex
Peruna
Ricks Capuchine Promises Nervousness Relief
An advertisement touts Ricks Capuchine as a remedy for nervousness and fatigue claiming it quiets and refreshes brain and nerves in liquid form. Trial bottle offered at 10 cents with regular sizes 50 and 250 cents at druggists.
Dissatisfied Subscriber Criticizes Local Paper
A reader complains the paper lists no news or editorials on live topics and mocks missing notices from obituaries to local items. The letter laments ignored items like a calf accident a sled purchase and a missed family death obituary while urging better reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashun
Simpkin
Grandpa Henry
Darter
Pallen By the Wayside Quip Roundup
Brief quips from the Indianapolis News note social bites and whimsy. Jokes touch quarrels weather bets and fashion with a tongue in cheek tone.
Pale Girl Finds Coffee Harmful Then Discovers Postum Cure
A North Dakota woman known as the "pale girl" recounts years of coffee use in cold weather causing headaches indigestion and fatigue. After switching to Postum her complexion improves headaches vanish and she gains energy, with her family also thriving on Postum and Grape-Nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Dak
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Why the Rich Help the Poor
Excerpted dialogue questions the motives behind charitable giving and asks whether compassion serves the poor or the giver. It argues motives mix pity for others with self interest, noting rich people use brokers to limit aid to the deserving and to avoid too broad benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Howells
Harper’s Magazine
Wise Words From a Bachelor Girl on Love and Marriage
A collection of wry observations on husbands wives and romance from the New York World. It comments on gender roles desire income status and social expectations with humorous aphorisms about courting marriage and domestic life.
Missouri City's Flood Shift Brings River Back
The Missouri River has altered its course through Clay County near Kansas City, placing Missouri City on the main channel after years of isolation. In rapid high water an old channel deepened, allowing steamer service to reach the town again as the Chester docked at the old landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Missouri City
Kansas City
Clay County
Chester
Steel Lighthouse Shipped to Cape Campbell
A large steel lighthouse built in Thames New Zealand was assembled to sixty five feet before being dismantled for shipment to Cape Campbell. In Scotland David Gill died after falling one hundred feet while egg gathering in Aberdeenshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Campbell
New Zealand
Thames
David Gill
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Eye trouble from eczema cured by Outiura
A Minnesota mother describes her two month old daughter suffering a severe eczema outbreak on face and chest that worsened for months. After trying various remedies, she used Outiura and says the baby recovered completely within two months with no further eczema signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outiura
H. F. Budke
LeSueur
Minn
Election rhetoric exchange in The Catholic Standard and Times
A British tourist discusses voting with a native, noting the winner is the one with the most votes. The native replies the party that puts in the most votes wins, reflecting a quip on turnout and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Catholic Standard and Times
Hall's Family Pills Admitted in Catarrh Cure Sale
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio asserts firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrah case curable only if Halt's Catarrh Cure fails. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, promising blood and mucous surface action and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crtx
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F.j.chenty & Co
Toe County
J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Cueney & Co
the. Hall
Gibson Girl Boosts The Millionaire Image Over Five Years
The Onlooker notes the Gibson Girl has markedly improved The Millionaire’s public image over the past five years and has helped restore its reputation after earlier criticism.
Quack Medicine Ads Sparsely Mask Ailing Claims
A fragmentary advertorial page claims cures for ringworm malaria indigestion and piles with products like Terrizarme Tetterine and Grova’s Tasim Leaf Court Tonic. It includes testimonials from Mrs H F Jones of Pittsburg and references to mail orders and price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Jones
Tannehill
Pittsburg
Terrizarme
J.T. Shupteine
Pt A
Savannah
Borax in the Dairy Promises Cleanliness and Profit
An article urges dairy farmers and dairymen to use borax as a natural cleaner and antiseptic for utensils and udders. It explains proper dilution for washing cows and equipment, warns against hot water and soap residues, and promotes 20 Mule Team Borax as the reliable product with a free color booklet offer for mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Borax Co
New York
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsed by Physicians
A 19th century style health note touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a superior laxative. It claims the product cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage increases, endorses natural action and physician approval, and urges purchase of genuine California Fig Syrup Co. manufacture through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Grass widow not to be wink led at in Knoxville
A scrambled and fragmented clipping mentions Mrs. Thomas Thompson of Clarksville seeking eczema relief with doctors' help, a Tennessee editor noting rainbow stockings as a new style, and a Los Angeles Times reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Sentinel
Thomas Thompson
Clarksville
Eesema
Eures
Wannah
The
Nashville American
Tennessee
Los Angeles Times
Thousands of Women Suffer in the Same Way
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of Columbus Ohio recounts long lasting back ache and exhaustion until Dean's Kidney Pills provided quick relief and a permanent cure. She praises the pill sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and warns that one foolish act can undo a man or make his fortune, an Irish proverb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Dunn
Vine St
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Safe way to buy paint and avoid adulteration
Property owners are urged to choose proven white lead from Dutch Boy Painter marks by National Lead Co. A simple testing outfit and free paint book are offered to readers who request them, with the company based in New York City. The note ends with a satirical remark about a mosquito and a jab at Indianapolis News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Woodbridge Ridge, New York City
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A promotion touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. Testimonials from Mrs. A Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs. Alvina page of Chicago claim operations were avoided and health restored in months. The notice urges sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Alvina
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Lydia EE. Pink
Lyham
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Niagara Falls
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Grova
Putnam
Indianapolis News
J.R. Watkins Med.co, NA
Minneso Ienie
Wanweee Thompson's Eye
American Cotton College
Ege
Georgia
OTASH
Seepa Tasmeen and
Ferelisek
Kali Works
Candler
Atlanta
Neesaw St
Monadnock
Cardus
F.S. Mills
Marietta
Calif
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