Despondency in Women Promoted as Female Ill Remedy
An old newspaper feature touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illnesses and despondency. It includes two reader letters praising relief from backache, tears, and catarrh after using the product, and notes the remedy’s claimed 30 years of use and expert endorsement. Also mentions political hair color myths about Michigan and Oregon men and comments on boxing figures Jim Jeffries, Billy Delaney, and Tommy Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jim Jeffries
Billy Delaney
Tommy Ryan
Ryan
Delaney
UL. Ching WO
W. Rose St
Walla Walla, Wn
The Use of Fertilizers in Orchards
An article on soil depletion from orchard cultivation. It stresses continuous drainage, humus loss, and the need for cover crops and manure. Nitrogen fixing plants and potassium rich crops improve soil. commercial fertilizers are a last resort in weak soils.
Best Spring Tonic S.S.S. and Blood Purifier
Spring health advice urges a tonic to cleanse weak anaemic blood. S.S.S. is promoted as a first class blood purifier made from roots herbs and barks. It claims to build up depleted systems, purify the blood, improve appetite and energy, and restore vigor this season. The Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta GA is noted as the supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S. S
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Venerable astronomer scoffs at Dr Oslers age
London Sir William Huggins, the eighty six year old astronomer, rejects the idea that men are useless after sixty. He remains active in research daily in the lab and library, notes his abstinence from tobacco, and says he enjoys wine or whiskey with meals. He founded a major observatory at Tulse Hill and helped define astro physics and the nature of heavenly bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Huggins
William
Tulse Hill
Ladies Soles Sewed by New Machine
An advertisement by A Eklund offering to sew soles on shoes with a new machine for 85 cents per pair promising a neater finish and longer lasting results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Eklund
Pretty Good Evidence for 5.5.5 as a Health Tonic
A reader reports using 5.5.5 as a purifier and tonic after severe weight loss and poor appetite. They claim blood health improved, weight rose from 179 to 145 pounds, appetite returned, and general health built up, crediting SSS. IL, MARTIN, 50 Second St, Warren.
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SSS
Martin
Second St
Warren
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DR. Osler
Max Baer
Lewis Bros. & Co
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