Grateful Woman Credits Peruna In Health Recovery
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit writes that after five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria she found relief with Peruna after medical treatments failed. She says six months and fifteen bottles restored her strength and health and she now feels she is cured. The ad claims Peruna cures catarrh of pelvic organs as it does nasal catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Armitage
Greenwood Ave
Detroit
Mich
Royal Templars of Temperance
Peruna
Peruna Claims Cure for Pelvic Catarrh and Nervous Weakness
An advertisement extols Peruna as a permanent cure for catarrh especially pelvic catarrh and related nervous symptoms. It urges distressed women to seek treatment, promises prompt results, and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio for free medical advice.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Ee Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Expensive Dears Prompt Curious Zoology Inquiry
A San Francisco fish commission note recalls a hill town retired merchant seeking a live animal for scientific study. Prof Vogelsang replies offering abundant deer in the area but warns against box shipments, suggesting perpetual maintenance in exchange for a live specimen and directing the inquirer to obtain permits from the county clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish Commission
San Francisco
Charles A. Vogelsang
Renae
Herr Vogeleang
Promee
Dowry Question Sparks Cautious Courtship Rumor
A Chicago Post item quotes a cautious suitor asking about his future wife’s dowry. He says he could love her without trouble if the dowry is right. The brief highlights social expectations and parental concerns in courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Life Saved Testimony From Salisbury Sheriff’s Wife
Mrs G W Fooks of Salisbury Maryland wife of county Sheriff G W Fooks describes eight years of kidney trouble including fatigue breathlessness and swelling. After three days using Doans Kidney Pills the back ache and other symptoms disappeared. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Fooks
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Bright
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Quill Points on Books and Biographies Across Europe
The note cites two thirds of France’s historic and scientific works being exported. It notes Snead Cox planning a Cardinal Vaughan biography and Vaughan’s diary. It mentions publisher classifications of juveniles, a Newark Civics club fountain memorial in Military Park, and debunks myths about W E H Lecky’s work habits and hotel bills.
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France
Snead Cox
Cardinal Vaughan
Stewart White
Kipling
Frank Stockton
Civics Club
Newark
N. J
Military Park
Thomas Dunn English
Ben Bolt
du Maurier
W. E. H. Lecky
Culinary Tips From The Chicago Journal Recipe Note
If celery is unavailable use a small amount of celery seed for flavor. Roil small potatoes in skins and rub off skins with a cloth before browning in hot fat. A pinch of gum arabic with sugar speeds whipping cream and stabilizes it. Do not salt beef tea until meat cooks. salt weakens nourishment. Rice pudding improves with almond meats folded in. Some men would be witty if they knew how to be brief.
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Chicago Journal
Miss Whittaker Praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Savannah Georgia woman recounts cure for ovarian troubles using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy restored regular, painless periods after four years of irregularity and uterine distress. The letter claims the product is superior to doctors and other medicines and endorses its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Aker
39Th St. Wvannah
DRAINS GRADE REFERENCE BY TARGETS FOR DITCHES
Grant Davis notes that water depth can guide ditch grading but warns against relying on mud and water. He advocates using level stakes, uniform targets, and a six foot offset to achieve a consistent bottom along a straight ditch, with engineers calculating cuts for each stake.
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Nowaday
Grant Davis
Royal New Yorker
Plan for a General Purpose Barn with Stock Stables and Pens
A detailed barn layout describes shelter for horses and cattle with stalls, a yard, gates, and a moveable feed box on a track. It includes cow tie ups, mangers, and hog pens with adjoining sheepfold and brood sow areas. The article also covers manure handling and thorough fall and spring soil prep for corn.
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Sheepfold
W. H. Stumpe
Isolated Huichol Tribe Found in Sierra Madre Mountains
Prof Carl Lumholtz reports discovery of the Huichol people in a sequestered Sierra Madre valley in southern Jalisco Mexico. The tribe numbering about 4000 practices matrilineal life and worships the four elements and forest deities with beadwork and woven designs.
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Carl Lumboltz
American Museum of Natural History
Europe
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mexico
New York
Lumholtz
Curiel
Jalisco
Sierra Madre
Spain
Prof
Curious baking powder schemes threaten household health
The piece warns housekeepers about cheap baking powders advertised by grocers and peddlers. It notes alum powders are unsafe, phosphate variants may hide harmful ingredients, and a New York seizure involved sharp grains and acid. It urges choosing cream of tartar brands and resisting testers at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Unclear family probate remark quoted in Tribune
A Chicago Tribune clipping quotes a friend and Uncle Silas discussing an unfortunate nephew who has been shut out by the sheriff and may seek help for a “fast thing” he does, suggesting financial or legal troubles without specifics.
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Silas
Chicago Tribune
Household Hints on Asbestos Pads and Cooking Tips
Advice outlines use of asbestos pads with canton flannel to protect dining tables and store shelves. Includes rust removing mixtures, potato frying baskets, fried fish in baskets, and several eggplant and Italian dish preparations with olive oil or butter.
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New York Post
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Endorsed By Sufferers
A long advertisement claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cures kidney, bladder, and uric acid diseases. It cites testimonials including Robert Berner praising the remedy and urges readers to request a free sample and booklet from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 120Th St
New York
Robert Berner
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Conductor Faces Color Blindness on Trolley Ride
A New York Times account recalls a trolley trip where a mixed crowd of Black riders jostles for space. Passengers joke about color and family ties as the conductor struggles to distinguish passengers and collect fares.
Dainty Dress Details and The Lesson of Accuracy
Fashion notes describe lace jabots gold button trends feather pom poms and velvet shades with broad trims and broderie Anglaise. The piece shifts to a moral on accuracy stressing its key role in success and warns against the common refrain let well enough alone attributed to St Niche Mila.
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Paris
St. Niche Mila
Clergyman Pays for Odd Coaching and Gardening
A New Jersey clergyman hired a man as coachman and gardener. He told the rider to apply horse liniment to a lame horse per bottle directions. The man used a spike to rub the leg after misreading the label asking whether it was correct, insisting the bottle advised using a large nail or tooth-brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Silas
Butler case ends with cure claimed for nervous trouble
In Friars Point Mississippi on November 30 a local father, G L Butler, recounts his son’s illness diagnosed as spinal cord disease. After two months of worsened symptoms and nights of dying visions, he credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for eight boxes used, claiming permanent recovery and relief from nervous trouble.
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Friarspoint
Miss
Butler
G. L. Butler
Doda
Dodd
Watch repair misfire leads to comic misreadings
In a country picnic scene described by the Joplin News-Emerald Arch Shade’s watch spr ing breaks after being dropped in a spring. A jeweler confirms the injury with humor as Shade explains the mishap. The piece includes quirky quotes and a miscellany of gossip and literary snippets.
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Joplin News-Emerald
Shade
Arch
Gritty George-Sleep Last Night Hoaxes and Quotes
A compilation of quips and anecdotes from various newspapers including Chicago Duty News Washington Star Cincinnati Times-Star and Boston Transcript. The snippets highlight humorous lines about sleep complaints music tastes and famous cures with brief ad mentions and a 1900 dating reference.
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George
Dusty Dennis
Depsgirt
Chicago Duty News
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