Vermont woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A Vermont woman from Moretown reports sixteen years of pains weakness and nervous symptoms improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and using the Sanative Wash. A Gifford Iowa resident also credits the product for relief from female weakness displacement headaches back pain and exhaustion.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Moretown
Vermont
Hart
Mia
W. F. Lawren
River View Farm
Meretown
Gifford
Iowa
Lydia E Pinkham
Ma Mae Slagle
Gilord
Lowa
Cruel Insinuation and Odd Comments Spark Debate
Fragmentary quotes from a social page show witty jests about cannibalism lobsters and marriage proposals. The remarks touch on gender roles with a sharp line about men working and women weeping, implying unequal burdens and irony.
Six-Sixty-Six and Oddities of the Pullman Car
Notebook snippets satirize maladies and daily life with quips about malaria cures and fever remedies. Jokes question social status of a Pullman porter and poke fun at domestic work and bread making, framed as a humorous feature.
Leans Toward Hosiery Trade Secrets and Markets
The text notes a hosiery business and hints at market dynamics with Southern Italy and Sicily dominating lemon markets, California as a rival, and a remark on secret learning and money being the root of all evil with family lines implied.
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Italy
Sicily
California
Doctor’s Gift Grape Nuts Proves Health Breakthrough
A patient recounts relief from chronic indigestion after switching to Grape Nuts, praising its color and value. The testimonial claims rapid improvement within weeks and a renewed sense of vitality, credited to the Inventor of Grape Nuts.
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Penn
Saoirse
What Is Conversion and the Path to Faith
The text defines conversion as a radical turning to God, not mere life improvement. It explains that true conversion comes from surrendering the will to Jesus Christ, changing the heart, and living under divine guidance, with ongoing effort toward perfection. It also discusses differing views on regeneration and the role of prayer as a gift available to all believers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
God
Jesus
Ezek
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Mone
Zion
Elijah
Notion of Melissa as a Harvest Hand in Matrimonial Talks
Aunt Jane and Mrs Merriwid discuss Melissa and Mr Uisterbee as a marriage possibility. They debate reputation and reform, noting notions of the reformed rake making the best husband and the idea that Melissa would not accept such a role.
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Melissa
Angela
Melinen
Mes Merriwid
Jane
Mrs. Merriwid
Uisterbee
Aunt Jane
Shady pasts and reform hopes in a wary engagement
Mrs Merriwid evaluates Mr Ulsterbee as a reformed rake with shaky habits and a bilious complexion. Aunt Jane and the auntie debate duty to help a man toward temperance as the pair mock wild oats and gossip about marriage prospects. A dry-toned commentary follows on a rising taste for poetry amid modern life.
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Ulderbee
Aunt Jane
Henry Merriwich
Henry
Mr Merriwid
Jake
Mrs. Merriwid
Utsterbes
Balzac Printing Office House Faces Demolition in Paris
The rue Visconti house where Balzac set up his printing office is reportedly doomed as the rue de Rennes project extends on the left bank of the Seine. Some say the printing venture faltered due to the massive corrections Balzac made in manuscripts.
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Balzac
Prohibition Leaders In Accident Prompt Public Apology
A Toronto paper reported an accident involving two prominent prohibition leaders on their way home from a temperance event. The notice prompted the men to demand an apology for claiming they were sober, and the paper retracted the remark saying they were sober at the time.
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Toronto
J. B
Woman's Impeiling Ides
Accidents on British streets reported daily with about 100 incidents across Great Britain. The note cites widespread risk and urges caution, reflecting the era's concern with public safety and pedestrian hazards.
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Great Britain
Balzac Manuscripts and Recomposition Feats Noted
A critic notes Balzac's manuscripts and quotes Champffeury on a compositor’s hour and a convict’s imprisonment. The piece highlights that Cesar Biroteau was recomposed fifteen times in twenty days, as reported by London Standard in fault finding.
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Balzac
Champffeury
Cesar Birotteau
London Standard
Watch for the Wrinkles Character Told by Nature on Faces
A writer explains facial wrinkles reveal character from forehead lines to crow feet. Deep forehead indents signal deep thought while nose to mouth lines suggest sarcasm. Eye corner creases imply jovial, easygoing nature with self interest.
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Marke
Cardui praised by Elkwood woman after long illness
Mrs. Mattie Largen of Elkwood Alabama reports years of womanly trouble and blind spells improved after taking Cardui the woman’s tonic. She credits Cardui with restoring strength and allowing her to resume housework and recommends it to others.
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Elkwood
Mattie Largen
Cardui
Cardus
Baby's eczema cured by Cuticura in two months
G A Dye of Reedy West Virginia describes his three week old baby developing eczema on the head and face with pimples and yellow discharge. After eight months of worsening symptoms and glove use to prevent scratching the family used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the child was fully cured in two months.
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Reedy
W. Va
G. A. Dye
Worth That Anyway At Exhibition Picture Worth Admission
A playful exchange quotes Mrs Exe and Mr Dauber over an absurd exhibition photo. The frame is said to exceed 50 cents in value, prompting quips about the picture being worth the admission. A Boston Transcript voice notes women’s unexamined minds.
To Preserve One's Health and ward off influenza
Advice on preventing influenza outlines nine points: eat nitrogenous foods, ventilate rooms, keep warm, strain milk and cream, sleep eight hours or seven with daytime rest, rest after meals if digestion is weak, wear loose clothing, exercise daily outdoors, and if possible take long holidays or hobbies outdoors during good weather.
A Curious Mix of Field Sports and Farce in One Page
A fragmentary newspaper page blends oddities from animal sport in Russia with comic vignettes. It notes a cock fight in an open arena observed by travelers and the old bird’s fatal turn. It also references suffragette policing and a joke about a whiny dog and house papers.
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Russia
Chicago
Maud and Beatriz Discuss a Hesitant Suitor
Maud wonders why the longtime caller has not proposed. Beatriz explains he acts on impulse, not planning. The exchange occurs in a courtroom setting with a judge present.
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Maud
Beatriz
Fragmented Humorous Snippets From a 19th Century Page
A garbled collage of quoted quips and jokes appears with stray ads for Wright’s Vegetable Pills and Frey’s Vermifuge. The text weaves theatrical lines about engagements and diamonds with sentiment and brisk ad blurbs, ending on a light pun about an elephant in bazaar work.
Grove's Tasteless Chol Tonique Historical Ad Phrase
An old drug advertisement extols Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria chills weakness and general debility. It claims to restore vitality, aid nursing mothers and pale children, improve appetite, and purify the liver with a true tonic effect. Guaranteed by your druggist and widely promoted as a complete strengthener.
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Grove
Bride and Groom Carry Bride From Home in Silent Chinese Wedding
A solemn Chinese wedding unfolds with no laughter as presents are exchanged. The bride, dressed with care, sits at a silent feast while her mother and bridesmaids weep. The groom and his attendants then lift the bridal throne and lead a procession to take her away.
Old-Fashioned Bargains Meet Modern Retail Humor
A spoof ad promises cures for rheumatism and various pains at 25 cents. A humor vignette follows about a farmer haggling in a department store over rubbers and a country girl debating dentistry costs, highlighting rural wit versus city prices.
Forgotten naming of child cited by judge in Alibi
A judge laments an omitted naming in a case cited from The Alibi. The lifelike exchange references infant naming and alibi proof tied to a prayer meeting versus a craps game. A Life snippet notes a ministerial sermon followed by a religious awakening. The piece also mentions twenty five million tons of shipping rounds Cape Cod annually.
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Cape Cod
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Cholly
Wores
Statua
Kingdom of Heaven
Mr. Uisterbee
Law of Reaction
Prac Henliam
la Rochefop Cald
Dean
Amy
Buffalo, TY
Mrs
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Eczema
London Saturday Review
Eliair Babek
J. Middleton
Vn Elite Bebek
Octewski & Co
Washington
George
Gladys
Wright
Pearl St
New York
Fido
Detroit Free Press
Frey
All Desiers
Maude
Bill—tIt
Atlantic Ocean
Jill
Fletcher
Rastus
Feley
Europe
Americas
Med
HaraasToce
J. D. Kellogg
Northrop & Lyman Co., Ltd
Buffalo, SY
Detective Orsay
Arcade
Nashville
Tend
Memphis
Deeg
W. A. Gage & Co
N. Y
the Mercantile Bank
Tenn
J. M. Fowlkes
W. M. Basnag
Eaves
C. H
W. G. Reet
Heese
Joe
Turkey
E E. Wright
Kent
Renovine
Mage
Manefield Drug Co
Memphis, Tenn
Price Olu
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