Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by women
Covington Missouri and Brownsville Indiana users report strong relief from monthly hemorrhages and weakness. Testimonials claim the medicine restores energy, aids recovery, and avoids surgical treatment, with praise directed at Lydia E Pinkham's product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jennie Green
Covington, Mo
Brownsville
Ind
Ydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. O. M. Curve
Main St
Brownsville, Ind
Noodle Making Techniques and Dough Handling
A collection of noodle making tips from several cooks detailing how to prepare Noodle Soup Boila Bread Noodles and Noodies. Includes egg and flour ratios rolling drying methods and boiling times with notes on salt and drying during preparation.
Scribbler and Ruyter Duel Over Poetic Mastery
A terse exchange contrasts an ideal of greatness in poetry with a cautionary reply. The scribbler asks for a path to mastery while the other dismisses value, suggesting that writing incomprehensible junk undermines genuine skill.
A Beautiful Decline in a Kentucky Congressman’s Tale
Ollie James, the large friendly Kentucky congressman and future senator, chats with a Washingtonian about a mutual friend. The question about Col Prescott’s later years prompts James to describe him as living well with a fine farm, a string of trotters, a barrel of whisky aged sixteen years, and a wife of the same age.
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Ollie James
Kentucky
Col. Prescott
James
Cheerfulness Brightens the Soul with Steady Serenity
A short aphorism notes that cheerfulness sustains a sun like light in the soul, bringing enduring calm and inner peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison
Garfield Tea Keeps System In Perfect Condition
Garfield Tea is claimed to maintain the entire system in optimal condition, with emphasis on stability and reliability across components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Two Heads Are Better Than One In a Cabbage Patch
A playful reflection on love and perception contrasts. The riddle-like piece muses that love, though blind, finds its path through a whimsical patch of cabbages.
Care Tips From A Historic Household Guide
The guide advises gilt china should not be washed in strong soap or soap with water, noting hot water clarifies and brightens pieces. Leather furniture can be cleaned with sweet milk applied with soft flannel, rubbed gently until dry. Dish cloths require thorough soap and water washing, hung to dry. An ordinary brick makes an excellent iron stand, heating it extends iron life.
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China
Cakes of perfume become portable luxury for women
The article describes small cakes of perfume that can be placed with lingerie or laces without sewing sachets. The cakes release a faint sweetness and reveal a new surface when the perfume fades. They are pricey, with small sizes near a dollar, but offer refined scent by occasional scraping to renew the surface.
Baked Mackerel Method with Tomato and Butter Sauce
After filleting the fish cut each piece in two and season with pepper and salt. Layer in a buttered dish with tomato slices and repeat until all portions are used. Bake covered for 20 minutes, then mix the fish stock with brown sauce, boil, and stir in butter. Serve with the sauce poured over the fish.
Pickled Cucumbers in Vinegar and Oil Mix
Slice unpared cucumbers and layer with salt brown sugar and mustard seed. Drizzle olive oil gradually, then fill a gallon jar with vinegar. Let stand two weeks before packing into glass jars.
Blend for Potted Beef
A recipe note describes pounding one pound of meat to a paste and mixing with a level teaspoon of aus ae sage and melted butter enough to knead into a pliable paste. The fragment suggests a method for preparing a potted beef blend.
Poor Inheritance Quip Sparks Tears in Tooke Trial
At Horne Tooke's trial Lord Eldon spoke of his small inheritance to leave his children and vowed to improve it. Mitford, the attorney general, wept aloud, while Tooke commented that Mitford cried for the small legacy Eldon’s children would receive.
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Horne Tooke
Lord Eldon
Mitford
Tooke
Eldon
Hands Healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs Mary E Breig of Philadelphia 2522 Brown Street reports severe hand sores with cracking and bleeding improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She credits the products with full healing and no recurrence. A free sample offer and 32 page book are available from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Mary E. Breig
Brown Street
Philadelphia
Dept. L
Boston
Wheat Declines Amid Market Turbulence
A broker explains a drop in wheat prices as flour prices ease. The market scales back on wheat as traders note a sharp fall and discuss potential futures, with limited clarity on the broader economic impact.
Quotations on income and restraint from Wedmore and Singleton
A fragment cites Wedmore debating living on half income before marriage and Singleton noting half was too much, suggesting one eighth. The exchange touches on desires and fears, with a Miltonic flavor implied by the closing line.
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Singleton
Not Mrs Naggitt and the missing home story
The exchange mocks a wife named Naggitt for questioning a man Jonah about a three day and night absence. The husband asserts she would not accept his excuse if she were his wife.
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Mr. Naggitt
Jonah
Mrs. Naggitt
Bagby credits knowledge in music mornings and matrimony
Albert Morris Bagby, praised at the Waldorf Astoria for his musical mornings, stresses knowing talent he hires and the primacy of knowledge in entertainment and marriage. He notes a quip about the Chinese revolution where a younger woman says a wife cannot know her husband until marriage, and a divorcee adds similar sentiment about knowing a partner after marriage.
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Albert Morris Bagby
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Mr Bagby
China
St Louis
Baltimore matron returns to find damaged youngster scene
A Baltimore mother discovers her son Bobby with a large bump on his forehead after a nurse explains he slid on a planner and toppled, while insisting nothing serious happened. The exchange captures a lighthearted domestic mishap with a wary guardian.
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Baltimore
Bobby
The Road to Arcady Verses and a Constipation Remedy
A fragment lists poems titled The Road to Arcady and remarks that many poets know Arcady but few reach it. It then mentions a remedy described as eld Tea a herb combination claimed to relieve constipation. The text contrasts a man and a woman with obesity and a referenced ankle issue.
Poet Ships Through Bitter Seas Blindly in Self View
A poet notes his own life as a blind voyager across bitter seas. He reflects that perhaps an overindulgence in a fancy food has given him an acute sense of mal de mer.
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Claims Safe Quick Relief
An advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy claiming that it brings relief without smarting and is used in physicians practice. It touts an illustrated book in each pack and positions the product as dedicated to the public and sold at retail outlets.
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Fio
The Keynote in Gown Fashion Renown
Knicker argues for simplicity as the keynote of gowns while Mrs Knicker insists she must have them. The exchange hints at fashion priorities and personal taste influencing attire decisions.
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Knicker
Mrs. Knicker
Mire Winslow's Teething Syrup Ends Teething Troubles
An old advertisement touts Mire Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething. It claims to soften the gums reduce inflammation ease pain curb wind colic and promises a bottle for relief.
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Winslow
Burton quote on virtue and payoff
A concise quotation attributed to Burton notes that moral conduct yields benefits with no need for ulterior strategies. It emphasizes ethical behavior as the primary path to positive outcomes and personal satisfaction.
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Ruyter
Cruggista
Munya
Jefferson Sts
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MED. CO
Haverstock
Hampstead
Loxdon
Eng
Salt Lake City
Bright
Dean
Mary J. Remington
Gilroy, Cal
Sheldon Smith
Arlington House, Woodland, Cal
Doan
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo, N. Y
Milton
Arcady
Burton
United Shoe Machinery CO
Mass
Defiance
Superior
Pierce
St Buffalo
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