Evolution of Household Remedies and Peruna Origin
A historical overview traces the shift from home brewed cures to the patent medicine trade, noting early home remedies by households and apothecaries, the rise of doctor driven commercial remedies, and Peruna’s Mennonite origin by Dr Harman. It highlights Peruna’s claimed usefulness for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and catarrhal diseases and public trust in Dr Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvfry
Pennsylvania
Hartman
Dust in the Cow Stable Cleanliness Affects Milk Quality
Farmers' Review emphasizes keeping stables thoroughly washed and dust free to prevent dust borne germs from contaminating milk. Milking should follow cleaning of cows and tanks. dust from manure bedding and hay can cause growths and off flavors in city milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempligg
Plan to Open All at Once From Simple Stanchion Opener
A reader describes a simple DIY stanchion opener drawing and notes it can be made by many people. The plan is shared as a potential project for writers and farmers, mentioning a song board as a free item. The text reads as a casual instructional doodle rather than a formal guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martineau
How to Build a Simple Fence Latch System
Step by step guide describes cutting a square strip from a seer trots, removing corners to form a loop, assembling two or more pieces, bending heavy wire as shown, threading through a pole, attaching twine to a stanchion and pole with staples, and using a crank to release cows.
Calf Rearing Notes on Milk, Feeding and Stable Care
A farmer writes in Farmers' Review urging skim milk after two weeks for calves, with warm milk and clean pails to avoid scours. It also covers adding oats when calves are old enough and the benefits of generous sunshine in barn design, plus humorous tidbits on training and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Review
Watches the Wind and Good Habits for Voters
A compact civic reflection notes that keeping a positive outlook on events adds lasting value beyond wealth and that a politician seeks what the people want when they decide to act.
Conscience Restores Lost Soap After Twenty Years
Ednant Hamilton once ran a small store in St Paul Minnesota. A thief sent two cakes of soap to repay a single missing cake from decades past after reading a local advertisement. The thief admitted the theft and the restitution arrived recently.
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Minnesota
Ednant Hamilton
St Paul
Hamilton
St. Paul
Biskness
Sunday Magazine
Dean's Kidney Pills Ease Chronic Backache Claim
Mrs. Marie Sipfle of Helena Montana describes long lasting kidney trouble and back pain before using Dean's Kidney Pills. She credits relief after four boxes as a complete cure and recommends them for kidney issues and weakness. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Sipfle
Miller St. Helena
Mont
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
What Is Sin
A sermon by Rev. A. C. Dixon outlines six Biblical definitions of sin. It describes sin as transgression of the law and unrighteousness, failing to do right, doubting, and thoughts of folly, with call to confess, reject sin, and choose righteousness in relation to God and others. It uses biblical citations and a parable of a Bastile prisoner to illustrate resisting liberation from sin.
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Sodom
Paul
Alexander the Great
Darius
God
Christ
James
Rimerif
Bastile
Prisser
The Real Meaning and Treatment of Neuralgia
The article defines neuralgia as nerve pain and notes its rising prevalence. It cites two main causes as blood impoverishment and nerve-deficient energy, advising pain relief with St Jacobs Oil and addressing root cause through nourishing food to strengthen muscles and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Jacobsol
Snowball Glance Through Time Sparks Dad Son Banter
A playful exchange imagines times past with George Washington. Johnny jokes about not living in his era while his father quips about a hat to throw snowballs, blending humor with history.
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Johnny
George Washington
Cure for Baby Eczema After Prolonged Other Treatments
A mother from Alton Kansas recalls three months of worsening facial eczema in her baby boy. After unsuccessful medical treatment, a combination of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent led to full recovery with no recurrence. The note is dated May 14 and June 12, 1907.
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Baby
M. L. Harris
Alton
Kan
One of the Essentials of happy homes health products
The article promotes a well known ethical remedy Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome family laxative. It urges buying only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product, sold by leading druggists worldwide.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Waste Paper in Mail Boxes Catches Collector’s Eye
A Cleveland mail collector notes frequent misplacement of waste paper in mail boxes. He recalls finding newspapers discarded in large boxes, mistaken for waste receptacles, requiring inspection to avoid mailing errors. Separately, observations on flowering plant scents note white blossoms richest in fragrance, followed by red yellow and blue varieties.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Superstitions and Trades Mentioned in Mexico and England
A historical note describes Mexican superstition with daily rituals before cooking and remedies for paralysis using beads. It also cites England and Wales fish trade values exceeding $35,000,000 and over 40,000 workers in a year.
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England
Wales
Public Notices And Snippets From The Beason Page
A collage of notices and columns covers public improvements humor and advice. Items include Alderman Dodger retirement discussion, snake caution stories, raising boys anecdotes, a resignation at a post office, and various modern era quips.
Hunt's Cure promised to cure itching skin troubles
For over fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been sold with a strict guarantee. Less than one percent of buyers request refunds because it supposedly works. The note ends with a remark about women and skeletons in closets.
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Hunt
aMiced
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maida
Lynn, Mass
Hooper
Hooper Medicine CO
Dallas
Texas
N.Y
Heinrich Franck Sohne & CO
Oricas Uruach
Heinz Freack Schae
An Interesting Chemical Experiment Demonstrated at Home
A simple home science demonstration uses white lead charcoal a candle and a blow pipe to show whether white lead is pure by forming metallic lead beads under heat. The test is pitched as a practical paint purity check with the National Lead Company offering free blow pipes and a booklet to readers requesting the test equipment.
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National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Local pride scheme sparks block clubs in western city
A Baltimore News report describes a new plan to boost civic spirit by forming neighborhood clubs that clean and light up specific blocks. Merchants on each street join to illuminate and improve their area, a approach spreading as blocks organize separately for faster cooperation and visible impact.
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Baltimore News
Darky watermelon story quoted by Washington Herald
A quotation from Representative Johnson of South Carolina recounts a tale of a negro with a melon and a police officer. The piece follows with an anti itching-skin ad for Littell's Liquid Sulphur from Rhuoma-Sulphur Company offering a sample bottle by mail.
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Johnson
South Carolina
Darky
O. K
James Elder
Littell
Mother's Modest Demands in Curl Case
A Chicago woman sues for 15000 dollars after her son was placed in a children's home and had curls cut and bathed. She claims each curl was worth 1000 dollars and cites her son's delicate condition to oppose bathing he received.
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Chicago
A Humorous Scratchings and Advertisements
A collage of light dialogue and ad copy featuring children and adults. Jokes about Bridget Whist and kitchen treats sit beside quick pitches for Hunt's Cure skin remedies and Garfield Tea. The snippets blend social chatter with early 20th century medicine ads.
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Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Midh
Lasters
Igarters
Carters
Wide Dee Bois Oo
Atlanta
W. A. Dryden
Madison St
Memphis
Tenn
Asay Baal
Craggiess
Toman
B. Woolley
Lanta
Reed
Alere
Thompson's Eve
Sunshine
A. C. Dixon
D. D
Chicago Ave. Moody's Church
George
Atchison
H. Howard
Rayville
Aspinet Mills
New York
K. M. Fisher
Hox 4
Diliebure
Sloan
Rouwll
Billy Sanders
Coods
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Daniel
Beacon Ridge
Florida
SF Ieee
F.J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Seaare
William
Schott
Rheinhold Begas
Grand Pop
Dad
Mamy
Bis
Reeder
Grump
Kansas City Times
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Sorghum
Washington Star
Washington Herald
O'Riley
O'Toole
Bridget
Lydia E Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Jol
Marie Storaman
Laurel, Ia
Poe
Gil
Lydia E. Khan
Eben M. Olmon
N. East St. Ke . Lil
Julius Bentham
Pettit
AN. K
Otton
German Kali Works
Nassau Street
Monadnock
Candler Buiding
W.l.douglas Shoes
Gio
Putnam
Quincy
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