Tumor of Years Growth Prompts Patient Testimony
Mrs Willie Epwakba of Holly Springs Mississippi reports dramatic relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a tumor. She describes prior surgery and renewed health, urging others with painful symptoms to seek the remedy and send a confidential letter to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Holly Springs
Deetort
Willie Epwakba
Onc
Jonah and the whale tale in a modern flab story
A playful retelling humorously contrasts famous whale tale with modern fat shaming themes. It uses cheeky phrasing to pose a question about sensational stories and body image without detailed events or graphic content.
No More Than He Deserved Conscience Interrupter of Suffrage Meeting
A satirical piece recounts a suffragette meeting where cheers rise for speaker Horn and a jokey heckler claims a uniformed man under her bed. The scene depicts gender bravado, a dubious lord of humor, and a musing on women’s resolve amid social mockery.
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Slater
Sister Horn
Better Than Soap for Washing Blankets and More
This piece promotes ammonia as a superior old time cleaner. It advises washing winter blankets with ammonia in the wash tub, detailing proportions, rinsing, drying, and pressing. It also notes soap and ammonia combined for household tasks from whitening fabrics to polishing silver and cleaning irons.
Beouf Ham and Egg Pie and Related Dishes
Recipes for Beef and Ham Pie Chicken Tamales Strawberry Rolls Rhubarb Syrup and Sour Milk Corn Cake described with steps on slicing layering seasoning and baking methods for both meat pies and desserts. Includes ingredients such as beef steak ham eggs parsley stock pie crust tamales with peppers onions olives and corn meal and methods to steam bake and serve.
English method uses homemade cloth balls for grease removal
The article describes a cleaning technique using cloth balls made from moistened dry fuller’s earth, lemon juice, and pearl ash. Roll into balls, dry in sun or near a fire, then use by rubbing with warm water moistened balls. Air dry and brush off residue.
Memories of Childhood and Rural Stage Misunderstandings
A string of comic vignettes showcases a New England farm drama prank setting with a milkmaid, farm boy, and stage misdirections. A transportation protest line hints at freight rate debate, while a remark on a woman’s endurance adds social texture.
Wine and Wages in a Cautionary Sermon on Drink
A sermon discusses wine, women, and wages as enduring social problems, condemns drunkenness as a crime against God and society, and proposes severe penalties including public whipping for deliberate drunkenness. It argues for reform through personal responsibility and religious salvation, urging protection of families and future generations.
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Garden of Eden
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Lfe
Degrees of Misery Engagement Joke
Two young ladies discuss a third who has become engaged to a widower with four children. The banter compares four children and a cornet unfavorably to six children and a trombone, in a light humorous exchange.
Cuticura credited for curing a boy's eczema
A Philadelphia mother credits Cuticura remedies with curing her six year old son’s widespread eczema after two years of itching and treatment. She claims two boxes of ointment pills and soap finished the cure and notes no recurrence into adulthood. The ad also promotes Castoria for infants and children and includes a joke about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Cochran
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Lightning rods for the White House to shield President
The White House will receive lightning rods this summer covering the building except the law offices. Col. Spencer Colby urged Taft to approve the plan, with an estimated cost of 500 to 600 dollars. Philadelphia North American reports the safety upgrade.
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White House
Col
Spencer. Colby
United States
Taft
Philadelphia
Senator Depews Birthday Health Comment
In Washington on his seventy sixth birthday Senator Depew tells a reporter his health is perfect. He quips about self contradictions and shares a light exchange about a census taker at a Hillier place. An advertisement for roofing materials appears among the dialogue.
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Depew
Washington
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