Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription and Remedies
A historical ad style blurb touts Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a safe women’s remedy. It cites root ingredients Blue Cohosh Black Cohosh Lady’s Slipper Unicorn Golden Seal and claims famous success in private practice led to liberal manufacturing. Personal testimonial from Miss May Rohrback praises improved sleep after use. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and a festive nursery poem about Christmas stockings.
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Pierce
May Rohrback
Amsterdam ‘Avenue
New York City
Woman's Progressive Union
Dr. Pierce
Plotee
Retirement Fears Rebutted By Des Moines Pastor Frisbie
Des Moines letter from Rev. D Frisbie of Plymouth Congregational church celebrates aging, rebukes Osler theory of retirement at sixty, and warns against quitting work too soon. He cites Maj Hoyt Sherman’s failed retirement, arguing labor sustains health and purpose for men under one hundred. The piece also lists a health ad for High's Catarrh Cure.
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D. Frisbie
Plymouth
Des Moines
Osler
Easy Street
Dr. Frisbie
Haly Street
Maj
Hoyt Sherman
Weather
Businrness
Associated ‘Charities of
City
Sherman
Iowa‘ Health Bulletin
High
Hall
Nature
W.G.C.U. Officers Call for Temperance Unity
W G C U announces officers including Mrs Geo Van der Zyl as president and Mrs A E Hart as vice president with Mrs Ezra Temple as treasurer and Miss Hattie armsen as secretary The group aims to unite women in temperance work to reform intemperance and educate public sentiment toward total abstinence United in Christ to protect children and homes from alcohol invites cooperation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. van der Zyl
A. E. Hart
Ezra ‘Temple
Henry Rhynsburger
Hattiearmsen
Carmack Attacks Saloon Power in Tennessee Campaign
Senator Carmack of Tennessee launches reelection bid with a defiant speech condemning saloon influence in politics. He backs the Hepburn Doliver bill to impose state liquor controls and argues that public office should not be secured by lawbreaking. He vows to oppose saloon-backed violence and corruption while seeking to defend state rights and local sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
BE. W. Carmack
Tennessee
Nashville
Senator Carmack
Senate
Tennesse
Temperance Legislation Path Mentioned in Wepburn Dolliver Bill
A brief note references advancing effective legislation on temperance by aiding passage of the Wepburn Dolliver bill. The fragment suggests congressional action aimed at national temperance measures through this proposed act.
Jim's Christmas Awakening for a Newsboy
A nine year old newsboy named Jim, cold and hungry, enters a church on Christmas Day by chance. There he receives a candy bag and hears the story of Christ from the Sunday school superintendent, a moment that reshapes his life. He is invited to stay, later given a home with the physician who mentors him and helps him join a Sabbath school. He returns to tell his old friends of his new life and invites them to join.
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Jim
Hhis
God
Tha’ Glit
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W.G.C.U. Department
Tolfer
South Pella
Bernard H. van Spanckeren
Hand County
South Dakota
Ree Heights
Witty Acres
W. R. Howerton
Smoke Advertiser
Prophet Cigars
Popma’s
L. Popma
Eugene Thwing
Dodd, Mead & Con Publishers
Fifth Avenue
Pella
E. R. Roorda
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