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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
7
A sketch traces Anna E Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound from its birth to the Panic of 73 leading to its public sale in drug stores. The narrative notes how the remedy gained prominence and then faced market exposure.
The story traces Lydia E. Pinkham born January 6 1810 and her family’s work from a Quaker upbringing to creating a vegetable remedy. It details early kitchen experiments, pamphlet distribution, newspaper advertising starting in 1877, and how Pinkham built a global legacy with records of women’s cases guiding ongoing advice free of charge through her daughter in law, the present Mrs Pinkham.
George Gilbert, planning a quiet morning visit, declares his love to Isabel Sleaford at Mr. Raymond's and then marries her at Graybridge vestry. Isabel envisions a simple domestic life, while the modest Gilbert home reveals a stark, unglamorous setting that unsettles her.
The fragmentary text mixed quotes on happiness and commerce with mentions of shorthand instruction and a claim that Pto’s Core for Consumption cured someone. It references a person’s illness, a street address in New York, and a date of March 25, 1901, suggesting a contemporary advertisement or testimonial within a period newspaper.
In Labruck Ireland a funeral ritual involves a box of short clay pipes brought with the coffin. After burial four pipes with tobacco are shared by male mourners and smoked in silence. The ashes are knocked onto the grave and the pipes are broken and left behind, a solemn local custom.
Isabel Sleaford accepts a modest future as a country surgeon's wife, longing for romance she believes unattainable. She stays with George Gilbert, accepting a plain life while considering the cost of true passion and fearing a future as a nursery governess if the match fails. The wedding occurs on a bleak January morning as Convent ford’s town life continues.
A Pilgrim writer describes a tiny ivy-clad house in Surrey where George Eliot wrote Middlemarch. The fairy yard features diamond windows, an ancient cider mill, a 200-year-old desk, and a couch on which Eliot wrote, taking a weekly rest only at sunset.
A poem extols the modern farmer's fortune from rising egg prices. It praises hens as wealth sources while warning against flashy roosters. The speaker notes daily egg output and market gains, urging diligence to prosper in farming life.
In a remark cited by the Cleveland Plain Dealer Henry Watterson is said to have written a novel in his younger days. The paper suggests an anonymous publication could yield strong sales given his notoriety.
A Cleveland Leader fragment quotes a deadbeat addressing a doctor and a curt reply from the physician about insomnia and not imposing a fee. The remark highlights a tense exchange as the patient seeks relief and the doctor offers simple advice.
The flag for Hawaii was made in San Francisco and is 80 feet long, using 700 yards of bunting. It floats from a 150 foot pole.
CAPITOL BUILDING SALEM OREGON reports letters of commendation for Peruna as a catarrh remedy from all social classes. Dr Hartman receives hundreds daily and ex governor of Oregon endorses Peruna, noting use for colds. The 1906 Peruna Almanac is cited.
A Parkersburg merchant recounts twenty years of kidney pain and urinary trouble due to bad weather. After doctors failed, he used Dean's Kidney Pills and regained normal urine flow and pain relief, remaining active at 70. Also notes a salt poultice for neuralgia and a London auction of a Shakespeare linked Bible.
A testimonial from Harry J. Spalding of New York City describes two years of neck sores and hair loss due to a violent itching condition cured after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. He praises the remedies and recommends them.
An 1800s paper snippet markets Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $100 reward for failures and a testimonial request. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and ends with a regional humor exchange about copyright in life stories.
The G and Merriam Company is praised for its conservative approach in compiling the Webster International Dictionary. Esteemed editor chief William T Harris and education leaders influence the work, making it a standard in courts, colleges, and schools.
A travel anecdote notes how the Shah of Persia shopped in Europe, pointing at desired items and buying regardless of price. The piece then praises education, contrasts naval ships Constellation and Constitution, and ends with light-quipped maxims about habits and farming life.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as nourishing blood to calm nerves and restore vitality. It argues against alcohol-based tonics and claims universal medical endorsement for its ingredients, including Golden Seal and Black Cherrybark, plus offers free medical advice booklet and pellets for constipation.
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