Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Adverts
A Ridgway Pennsylvania reader reports recovery from seven months of female trouble after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Tennille Georgia resident also credits the product with curing long illness and enabling her to manage seven in the household while gardening. The ad invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Ridgway
Penn
Lydia E. Pinkham
O. M. Runes
Mia
W. E. Linpsey
Tennille
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Bayonet drill and health ads in a loose era column
Col John Ward recalls bayonet instruction while a sergeant in a squad at musketry. An obituary fragment notes Tess’s illness and Elixtrabek claims a cure. A Washington DC ad promotes Elixtrabek at 50 cents via Kloczewak & Co. The page also features a quip about courage and romance and a note on nerves from cold feet.
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John Ward
M. P
Dove
Tess
Swedish Drill Provokes Mild Mutiny on Training Field
In a military center squad two men differ in build as an hour of Swedish drill exhausts one. The taller man recovers while the shorter, the podgy patriot, pleads he cannot face more drill and jokes about not knowing the nation they are at war with.
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Atlantic City
Renee
Ocean Beach Development Co
N. Calvert St
Baltimore, Md
Sweden
Freckle Lotion From Lemons and Orchard White Mix
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Apply daily to face and body for cleaner, softer, whiter skin. It is claimed harmless and inexpensive with groceries supplying lemons and drug stores orchard white.
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Ady
Isaiah's Vision and Call for Public Service
A sermon overview on Isaiah 6 sets the scene in Jerusalem during Uzziah's later reign, detailing Isaiah's lofty role, the heavenly vision of holiness, and the call to prophetic service. It contrasts the temple vision with Christ's revelation, then explains the rejection and moral call to justice and righteousness in the nation.
Freezone Corn Lifter Promises Painless Removal
A Cincinnati authority urges readers that any corn or callus can be lifted out with the fingers after applying a few drops of Freezone. A small bottle is inexpensive at drug stores and dries on contact, not irritating surrounding skin. If local druggists lack Freezone, they should obtain it from their wholesale house.
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Cincinnati
Ady
Grim Gas Battles On British Front In Masked Night Clash
Andre Tudesq describes brutal gas exchanges on the British front with six hours of suffocating fumes after a day of bombardment. Night skirmishes west of Fresnoy feature masked regiments clashing amid moonlit vapors, with hand to hand fighting and few prisoners.
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Andre Tudesq
Edgar Allan Poe
Fresnoy
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands Ad Includes Free Sample Offer
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for sore hands noting quick healing with Cuticura Soap soaks and Cuticura Ointment applied before drying. Readers are invited to mail a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston for a free sample with a booklet. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
A Willing Victim and Society Snippets
A four year old girl Margaret ate part of two berry boxes her mother bought. The mother asks what she would do if she had a daughter who ate a whole box of strawberries. The girl replies she would make her eat the other box. Also notes a quip on anti trust laws and a social aside about a heartbroken man.
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Margaret
The
Christian Herald
Dodson's Liver Tone touted to replace calomel salivation
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy that prevents salivation and sickness linked to calomel. It promises morning revivication, improved bowels, and energy, with a 60 cent bottle guaranteed by druggists. The piece also cites Brazil’s rubber trade decline and yields a Willing to Be Good anecdote from Albert Chevalier.
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Dodson
Prominent Women Decline Dance With Dancing Master
In Kansas City last week three socially prominent women sat at a park pavilion table when the floor manager offered to pair them with the senor. They refused. the manager insisted he would dance with anybody. The Star notes the incident and hopes the manager is rewarded.
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Uo Park
Kansas City
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria and iron nutrition. It emphasizes Quinine to drive out malaria and iron to build up the system, priced at 50 cents, followed by a light joke about a college athlete.
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GROVE
Pilocura Cures Piles Adverts for Internal Treatment
A wartime era advertisement announces Pilocura as an internal cure for piles with 25 or 50cc per box. It invites readers to send for a free sample and notes Pilocura Co based in Washington DC.
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Pilocura
Pilocura Co
Washington, D. C
Ady
Fragmentary Quote Sparks Thought on Perception and Wealth
A distorted dialogue fragment questions whether a prisoner struck a guardian, then shifts to a quip about eyes burning and a Roman reference. An advisory line suggests relief is found in simple acts, and a proverb warns that scorning small things hinders wealth growth.
The Approach and Odd Advice from Old Got Rox
A curious dialogue suggests testing a person with small tokens before revealing a daughter’s kind. The text notes indigestion can cause alarming symptoms and promotes Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pillas to stimulate digestion. An observation about night falling gracefully closes the excerpt.
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Wright
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