Thornton and Minor open St Louis rectal clinic
Important notice announces that Thornton and Minor, renowned rectal specialists from Kansas City, have opened a St Louis branch at 3069 Olive Street. They offer a no money until cured guarantee for fistula and rectal diseases and provide free books, including a 232 page treatment guide and a 108 page ladies guide, mailed to applicants.
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Drs. Thornton & Minor
Kanes City
Olive St
St. Louis
Ul Thornton & Minor
Thornton & Minor
TOLD IN CALIFORNIA PROMOTES KIDNEY PILL
A San Bernardino judge reports 18 years of kidney trouble cured by Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes backache and profuse waste with diabetes misdiagnosis, then renewed health after use. Free trial offered by Poster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. 50 cents per box.
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A.J. Felter
South E St
San Bernardino
Calif
Dean
Judge Felter
United States
Milburn Co
Buffalo
Pulmonary Tuberculosis By Robert B. Preble
A compact overview of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment stressing patient education, sputum disposal, and noninvasive care. It argues against risky antiseptics, favors work to strengthen the patient’s defenses, and promotes air and nutrition as central to recovery.
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Robert B. Preble
Northwestern University
Fad for Russian Antiques Brightens Brass and Copper
Bertha Smith notes a decade long trend of Russian copper and brass antiques gaining popularity in America. Demand has prompted Russian factories to supply the market, but mass production and altered designs risk diluting original value and beauty, similar to Turkish rugs and Chinese bronzes as they cater to American tastes.
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Bertha Smith
Russia
Brady Seeks Swift Aid For Cold Scene With Heroic Pair
Cyrus Townsend Brady, while working on a new tale, visits his physician on a bitterly cold day. He hurriedly tells the doctor to hurry, lest his hero and heroine by a babbling brook freeze while he finishes the scene. The remark is cited in Argonaut.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Argonaut
Candle Power in Mexican Trade Rooms
A ledger clerk uses a single candle for bookkeeping while petroleum is costly. A Mexican printer lights a candle fixed in a box and two tailors share a dip for light in small shops.
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Mexico
Bold Chicago Diamond Swindle Using Residence as Clearing House
A high profile diamond swindle involved one of Chicago’s nest residences used as a clearing house by a private detective agency’s operatives. The con netted jewels valued at 1100 dollars through a telephone game.
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Nest
Chicago
Miss Whittaker Praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Savannah Georgia resident Miss Whittaker recounts cure from four years of irregularities and uterine troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims restoration of health, regular and painless periods, and endorses the product over doctors. The letter warns of a forfeit if authenticity isn’t produced.
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Miss Whittaker
Savannah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Deak Mss
Misa Easy Whittaker
39Th St. W
Cambridge College Gardens Ban Lawn Tennis By Female Students
A college at Cambridge debated letting Girton College ladies use the gardens for lawn tennis. The master said statutes require the gardens be devoted to floriculture and not to husbandry or sports. An aside notes the Star-Spangled Banner as national hymn faces criticism in the Kansas City Journal.
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Cambridge
Girton College
Kansas City Journal
Soldier Suffering Rheumatism Finds Relief With Pills
Delos Hutchins of Sonoma Michigan, Union veteran, suffered years of rheumatic misery after Civil War service in Louisiana swamps. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his rheumatism after initial slow progress, noting long relief and renewed health. The advertisement cites testimonials from Chicago Tribune and J F Boyer Trinity Springs Indiana.
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Sonoma
Mich
Delos Hutchins
Dodd
Mr. Hutchins
Classified Ads Snapshot From a Local Paper
A collage of small ads lists items for sale and services. शामिल entries note piano sale, piano for sale, nurse wanted for bottled baby, furnished apartment, room for two gentlemen, lost collie with brass collar, widow seeks washing, pianoforte for sale, furrier offers gowns from own skin, boy sought to open oysters, bulldog for sale, and a boy wanted to work behind a counter.
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Brown
Syre
Job and the Doctor Joke From Chicago Journal
The Chicago Journal recounts Job waiting for a doctor. Job asks the doctor to explain the difference between him and David. The doctor responds that he is up against it, and Job quips that David is a manly boy while he is a boily man, illustrating Job’s humor.
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Job
The
Chicago Journal
Doc
David
Travel for Health Via Dieting and Postum Cure
A man recounts five years of dyspepsia in Kenosha and failed treatments from two local doctors and Chicago experts before traveling to Europe in 1899. After adopting a diet from Postum Cereal Co. and switching to Postum Wood Coffee, his condition improved, and he reports no stomach trouble and a dislike for coffee. The testimonial notes a booklet titled The Road to Weilville in every package.
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Europe
Kenosha
Chicago
Postum Cereal Co
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilville
The Door Slammers
A Detroit Free Press quote describes a family nicknamed The Door Slammers known for constant door slamming. The speaker notes the gruff temper and impatience within the household and argues gentleness in actions can calm minds.
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Detroit Free Press
Kentuckian Responds To English Dinner Table Race Talk
A Chicago lawyer recounts at a London dinner how a Kentucky woman faced a stout English guest who accused America of widespread race violence. The Kentuckian coolly deflected, joking that burning niggers is not general and only occurs where coal is too dear. The Englishwoman then fell silent for five minutes.
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London
Chicago
Louisville Post
Kentucky
America
Fashionable Fancies Fresh Bits of Finery for Dress Fans
A survey of summer style notes highlights printed cotton in Scotch tweed look for two piece outfits and durable torchon lace in lingerie. Morning wear features a black suede clipper with a bold bow, while corset covers emphasize fitted waists. Embroidery abounds in summer dresses as trimming grows showy and dark muslins rise for promenade wear.
Lemon prep and kitchen tips from historic papers
A compilation of household pointers includes washing lemons to remove insect eggs, making a veal and pea salad in lettuce cups with a French dressing, using salad oil and salt to remove white marks from polished surfaces, and a remedy for blistered feet using spirits and candle tallow.
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Chicago Daily News
Not a Mere Flirtation In Chicago Post tease
A Chicago Post quotation hints at deeper interest as a woman studies a man’s commercial rating, suggesting a probe into personal tensions beyond light flirtation. The item portrays social intrigue amid business metrics.
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Chicago Post
Catarrh Claimed as Cause of Kidney Disease
An advertisement-style piece claims catarrh of the kidneys causes most kidney disease. It promotes Peruna by Dr. Hartman as the remedy, cites testimonials, and invites readers to seek free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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James L. Dempsey
Troy
A. C. Swanson
Harrison
Council Bauffs
Tam
Peruna
Perupa
Feruna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Plodding Investigator and the strike microbe
A Chicago Tribune line frames a quirky crime of specter like science. It presents the idea that calamities stem from a microbe and notes a detective seeking to locate and classify the so called strike microbe.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Foot Ease and Nerve Restorer Advertisements
A collage of old ad lines offers Allen's Foot Ease for swollen feet and Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial and address in Philadelphia. Quips from Uncle Eben and a Boston Globe quip about a novelist's fortune appear alongside.
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Allen
Olmsted
Roy, N.Y
Pronounced Quip Traces Across Washington Star Note
A clipped quirky exchange has the Washington Star citing a foreigner asking if the name Hi Li is correct. The Korean emperor replies with a punning self-description as La Lie Low while declaring his name Hi Li. The item closes with a reflection on time and moving forward.
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Hi Li
Washington Star
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Beadle Court
Angelina
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Los Angeles
Cal
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Sician
Uris
Thurnian & mlaUd
Uncle Eben
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Piso
Indies
Piso Company
Clark and
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Libby's Sic. Food Products
Libby
McGee
Mayfield Medicine
Boston
R. Paxton CO
Pope Bildg
Mass
Fred C. Witton
Elm St
Newark
N. da
Sandy Catmartic
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Katy’s
Oklahoma
M. K. &T. R’yina & First
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Gothne
Oalahama
Katy
Gatora
Elahoma
Yma
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