Indigestion Remedy Promoted By Dr Caldwell
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for indigestion, stomach and liver troubles. It cites testimonials from Carson City Michigan and Grand Junction Tennessee, notes easy dosing, and offers a free test bottle by writing to Dr. W B Caldwell at Caldwell Building Monticello Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
C. Fowler
Carson City
Mich
Ida A. Fortune
Grand Junction
Tenn
B. F. Thompson
Shenandoah
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Tll
Starch Spotlight Promises Safe Finish for Fine Fabrics
An 1900s style advert praises Defiance Starch as free from chemicals safe for fine fabrics. It touts strong stiffening power requiring less product and delivering a finish as good as new. The copy uses sensational language and likens the starch to a trusted daily essential.
Child Renounces Prayer Over Shared Blessings
A St Louis girl, mid prayer, declares she will no longer pray. She reasons that since her mother is older and asks for blessings, it is unnecessary for two people to request the same favors. The child insists prayers should be asked by her mother instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Marian
Hoss
That Little Girl and Diphtheria Case Exchange
A pharmacist recalls giving tincture of benzoin to a girl and a doctor notes a diphtheria patient asking about antitoxin with an epidemic syringe in a sharp exchange. The exchange highlights simple medical misunderstandings in a clinical setting.
Turning Defects Into Incentives for Success
An Exchange aphorism notes that physical defects can become spur to reach goals if faced with the right mindset. It argues we shape our own happiness and carve our own success by using challenges as motivation.
Frightful Panic at the Fuller Theatre Last Night
A chaotic scene unfolded at the Fuller Theatre as performers faced unexpected stage fright and disarray during the night’s program. Patrons reported confusion as delays affected the lineup and immediate crowd reactions varied.
Coffee to Postum: A Texas neighbor’s remedy tale
An elderly Baird resident recounts quitting coffee after a neighbor urged Postum as a cure. He reports rapid health improvements, regular bowels, and no distress while eating. His son also improves after adopting Postum. The letters tout Postum as a coffee alternative with a health claim.
At the Beginning of Life Advice for a New Society Woman
A Boston Herald inspired column urges girls finishing school to continue learning after graduation. It counsels balancing outdoor interests with needlework, using inner charm over looks, and overcoming reserve by being pleasant and engaging. It stresses ongoing self-education and personal effort as keys to becoming well educated and attractive in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
The Marrying Age Opinion Piece
A writer argues there is little harm in a young girl marrying a financially stable man who has the moral and physical qualities of a good husband. If ages differ, a wait may test lasting love. youth fades, responsibilities loom. The ideal marriage age suggested is about 25 for the girl, with the man slightly older.
Plain cloth skirts and matching bodices in fashion notes
Plain cloth skirts cut with riding habit snugness and trailing on the floor appear with fine bodices. A variety of nets and laces in tone to the skirt fabric create countless fancy waists. Elegant odd bodices echo the skirt, with many women pairing ready made waists to complete the look.
Summer cottage rugs in blue white and more
Effective rugs for the summer cot tage or bungalow for porch use come in blue and white old rose and white green and white with landscape border in Japanese style. The border features gnarled trees or wave effects in contrasting color woven into a white background. The rugs are very inexpensive.
Home remedies for clammy hands and perspiration
A practical guide suggests a cheesecloth bag with one part borax and three parts starch kept on a dressing table to dust palms when moisture rises. It also recommends a bottle of alcohol for frequent hand wiping and offers a lotion mixing rose water, tincture of benzoine, and tannic acid, followed by rubbing and dusting with a drying powder.
Butterfly themed party table plan with cake center
At each plate place a gaily colored paper butterfly attached with a pin or hairpin. Create a centerpiece using a branch with budding leaves and about a dozen butterflies. Serve ices shaped as butterflies for a festive, springtime gathering.
Really Useful Hat Holder For Busy Wardrobes
A practical tip describes a spiral wire hat holder, the bottom wider than the crown and the top narrow, which keeps hats accessible. It notes girls can buy and prettify these holders by wrapping the wire with matching ribbons, finishing ends with bows, and installing one per hat in use in the closet.
Fashionable corselet skirt ensemble with silk trim
A detailed description of a useful style featuring a corselet skirt wrapped to the left with scalloped braid edges and buttons, a plain bodice with a yoke, silk cuffs, and a soft hat draped over straw with a rose wreath. It lists required materials and sewing tips for silk stitching to avoid puckering.
Rainy Day Luncheon Decoration Idea
This old newspaper note suggests a rainy day luncheon theme using a vertical umbrella frame within a fernery. Smilax twists around the frame with a circular bed of violets beneath, and a small lump of ice hidden in the smilax melts to drip onto the violets at serving time.
Doan's Kidney Pills Helped Lewiston Man
Samuel D. Ingraham of Lewiston Idaho says two years of sciatic rheumatism left him crippled and using crutches. Kidney secretions were irregular and painful. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills he improved quickly and was eventually free from suffering, praising the remedy that saved his life. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Samuel D. Ingraham
E. Mainet
Lewiston
Idaho
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
American minister’s London misstep entertains court tale
Judge Lawton recalls a sabbatical clergy story from Boston Record about an American minister who walked into the House of Lords seeking access. The doorkeeper asked which lord he served and, after a quip about “the lord Jehovah,” admitted him, joking he might mean a Scottish laird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Lawton
Middlesex Probate Court
London
House of Lords
Lord Jehovah
Boston Record
Cured by Cuticura After Severe Itching Skin Eruption
A Chicago man describes a painful skin eruption that began with small pustules spreading to other areas, causing intense itching and sleepless nights. After trying various doctors and ointments, he used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and within three weeks the eruption vanished with no recurrence. Excerpt cites dates November 18 and 28, 1907.
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H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Bolo Props
Boston
Tender Tales and Odd Snippets From Daily Life
A collage of brief vignettes and quips from newspaper humor and ads. Jests about food tenderness, chafing dish use, microbes in kisses, and romance mix with consumer pitches for Starch, eye remedies, and a mule powered coal firm. Diverse snippets reflect period light entertainment and product promotion.
Odd Limburger Solve On Train With Dead Brother Box
A Lomburger cheese maker faced a shipment delay and loaded two hundred pounds into a rough oblong box. He bought a train ticket and rode to the baggage car to oversee the consignment. The baggage man asked if the box was a relative. The man replied yes his brother. The clerk answered that the brother was indeed dead.
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San Francisco
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad Ad Copy
The California Fig Syrup Co. promotes its laxative product with claims of purity and uniformity. It asserts the remedy uses California figs for taste while medicinal principles come from beneficial plant sources and urges purchase only from its own manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
California
Theater Fire Scare As Villain Flings Cigarette in Snow
A near disaster at the theater followed when a villain lit a cigarette and tossed the lit match into the snow. Fire crews responded quickly, preventing injury or major damage. No arrests reported.
A Justifiable Expression Weston Walker Advocates Walking Away Troubles
Weston Walker voices a remedy for despair and fatigue advising to walk off bad thoughts. The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder as a cure for discomfort and foot problems, claiming 30,000 testimonials and offering free trials via mail order.
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Weston
Allen
Allen 5
Olmsted
le Oy, S
Continual Doubt and Laundry Advice from a Newspaper Fragment
A traveler asks a woman how many children she has, and she jokes she cannot tell until supper. The piece shifts to a note on laundry, praising white goods and starch, promoting Defiance Starch for stiffer, better looking fabric.
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Willie
Tommy
Georgie
Esmeralda Ann
A Plea for Bachelors in Society Tone
A collection of brief opinions and ad copy from a 19th or early 20th century paper. It praises bachelors as generous and self-denying yet questions taxation, comments on starch for home laundering, and includes a humorous quip about a blue kitchen and dining out versus cooking at home.
National Tuberculosis Campaign Mobilizes Women Nationwide
One million women across cities towns and rural areas join a crusade against tuberculosis under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The effort spans legislatures congress churches clubs and community groups with campaigns in Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico and the canal zone.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Congress
Washington
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Canal Zone
Public school quip and satirical exchanges
A collaged set of brief quips and ad blurbs from a past issue. A teacher asks Mary where Hottentots live, Mary replies she is not allowed to visit neighbors. Mrs Kelly jokes about children and marriage. An observation on thrift and envy follows, ending with a cigar ad line about low quality.
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Mary
Flat Failure of Smith’s Apartment House Venture
In a round sum remark a critic notes Smith’s recent apartment project underperformed. The exchange ends with a quip about praise and abuse: a man is praised too much when dead and abused too much while alive.
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Smith
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Doorkeeper
Mr. Sirius Barker
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Vancouver Mining Exchange
Druggista
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London Daily Graphic
Milwaukee Journal
God
Justice O'Halloran
Lewis
Dodds
Kidne Aleci
He ‘Abet
Guar
Dr.d.jayne
Lydia E.pinkham
Adrian
Ruydia
Lenxa V. Henry
Western
Canada
Cuttieme
Gration
Ottawa
Hwford
Minth Ranson
Broughton
Illinois
Eaken
Toletone
Linwood Life
Bock
Defiance
Wohler Grand Restaurant Co
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Pris Price
Atent Experts Small &, & Small
Hew Hank of Commerce
Bidg,ht
Loula, Mim
Marnest
N. Principe J
Tonia
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