Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad Endorsed by Canton Reader
Canton Ohio reader recounts suffering from a female illness and credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief before surgery. The letter urges other women to try the remedy, noting doctors once advised operation and offering guidance from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts. Also a stray comic line about a loud voice appears.
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Canton
Ohio
Eeeaasr EM Sr
Lydiak
Pinkham
Marie Born
Lydia
Ang
Lydia ‘Wy
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Cure
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is curable by Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally and acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It touts tonics and blood purifiers, with testimonials and Ed. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as proprietors.
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Hall
TVS
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Fringe On Veils Dictate Fall Millinery Trends
Fringe dominates hats and veils this season with slip over or draped yells held by elastic bands. Shetland veilings gain heavy wool embroidery and net or chiffon harems trend. Navy taupe brown and purple veil shades appear, with brownish red henna emerging as a popular hat trim color.
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Snr
Knitting Accessories Highlight Tiny Brush and Tape Measures
An old advertisement promotes a small brick-handled brush to sweep stray worsted from a knitter’s lap. It also showcases compact self winding tape measures that fit in a knitting bag, arguing they avoid bulk and spool tangles for quick plain knitting tasks.
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Milady
Care of Silver Gray Hair and Coiffure Tricks
A correspondent notes gray hair dominates and that styling, not color, matters. Hairdressers can beautify with undulation and coiffure while tonics with glycerin may discolor the silver sheen. Elaborate ornaments can detract rather than add to the appearance.
Plaits And Panels Model Sparks Simple Hair Ideals
A Regency era style note rejects elaborate grooming and social showiness. It lauds plain hair and minimal fuss, arguing beauty suffices without costly accessories. The tone mocks previous trends of waste and display.
Hats Must Be Practical For Modern Women
The piece argues fashion hats should balance chic style with practicality and serviceability. Velvet remains versatile for day and night, while fit and posture define how a hat appears, not just its beauty or cost.
Sapphire Supplants Ruby as Fashion Stone Says London Jewelers
London jewelers predict a shift in taste as sapphire rises in popularity while ruby prices remain strong but vulnerable to imitations. Diamonds and pearls retain top status with diamonds at record highs, and prices may climb further.
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London
Prine
Fashions Shifts to Embroidery and Frills This Season
Hints of the fashions show blouses trimmed with embroidery and yards of netting. Exquisite hats feature crowns of seal fur and metal brocade ribbons. Winter trends favor stocks and jabotery with frills, while velvet chiffons and plain velvet round turbans appear slimmer. A serge dress reappears with switch embroidery in green tan and navy hues, accented by blue buttons and black soutache banding.
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Jabotere
Hair Fade Tout: Doubles Beauty of Your Hair in Moments
An advertising snippet promotes a hair product claiming rapid results and dramatic improvement in hair appearance. It urges readers to try the item and suggests quick, noticeable effects for a dames look.
Danderine Promise of Hair Growth and Beauty
A promotional notice extols Danderine claiming ten minutes after application no dandruff or itch remains and weeks of use yield new fine hair all over the scalp. It asserts immediate fullness and gloss and urges readers to try the product from local drug stores. It also mentions Tapaa’s glycerin plant capacity about 800 tons monthly.
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Knownlton
Tapaa
Pape's Diapepsin Offers Instant Digestion Relief
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as an instant cure for dyspepsia indigestion and sour stomachs. The copy claims quick relief with one or two tablets, notes affordability at drug stores, and markets the product as harmless and effective for stomach distress.
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Adv
Not Quite as Expected in a Classroom Exchange
A little girl asks if Lado was present this afternoon and recalls a teacher testing pupils on poetry. The girl describes the lesson about the boy on the burning deck and the punishment of standing in the corner, reflecting a child’s memory of classroom dialogue.
Haarlem Oil Capsules Claim 200 Years of Kidney Relief
An old time remedy from Holland, GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, promises relief from back pain, rheumatism, kidney and bladder issues. Three sizes available with money back if ineffective, imported from Holland laboratories and sold in drug stores.
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Haarlem
Iy of
Holland
Holland Laboratories
Natural Proving in Grave Expression
A terse exchange ponders honesty about self perception. The speaker warns against trusting flattering words about oneself, suggesting judgment should come from a grave expression and measured truth.
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