Lydia Pinkham Remedy Promises Relief for Hysterical Women
A 1900 testimonial column touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for hysterical symptoms in women. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Haven recount relief from ovarian trouble, nervousness, and severe monthly pain after using the remedy and related products, with letters praising the treatment and authoring support from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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M. H. Lewis
Valentine Ave
Tremont
New York
Emma Haven
Booth Ave
Council Bluffs
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An old woman, treated by a city physician, shows marked improvement after a quackish remedy. She returned home two days later in a camphor wrapped state, praising rain and denying further interference. Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Pree Press
Career and character of Abraham Lincoln ad by Joseph Choate
A list of historical endorsement and promotional notices about Abraham Lincoln and the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, plus ads for Allen’s Foot-Ease and remedies. The text contains fragmented references to Lincoln’s career, a Detroit Journal quote, and miscellaneous testimonials and ads from early 20th century sources.
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Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Ill
Jamaica ginger tragedy and a store keeper's guilt
A story from Me Wind district recounts Jamaica ginger made with wood alcohol causing four deaths. A Kentucky store clerk concealed the poison sale after two brothers died and the owner later learned the truth, ultimately drinking the last bottle in remorse.
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Sontheny
State University
Tie
Improve The Human Race In A Century Of Change
The article argues that Darwinian ideas place humans among animals and that crossbreeding yields stronger offspring. It traces English ancestry from Britons through Romans and Vikings to form a homogeneous English identity, then expands to the United States and other nations. It envisions a global rise of a new, stronger race with shared language, law, and industrial civilization.
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Baltimore Sun
United States
Canada
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Love and votes in a funny newspaper tease
A fragmented comic vignette describes a character buying votes for a prize contest and then being mocked for wasting money on ice cream and candy. The humor reflects the clash between gullibility and local carnival style publicity. Other snippets mention a interrupted counting scene and a joke about a silent partner in a marriage.
Peruna touted as universal catarrh cure by Hartman ads
Letters from Dr Hartman and supporters praise Peruna for catarrh relief. Congressmen, a Buffalo superintendent, and texan residents report long suffering improved after using Peruna. The ad claims rapid mucous membrane relief and offers free advice from Dr Hartman at the Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
Letter from ex marshal Matthews praises Peruna cure
Hazelhurst Mississippi reader notes that Hon S Matthews ex United States Marshal of Mississippi writes from Hazelhurst to Perrin Medicine Company Columbus Ohio saying he is cured of catarrh and needs no further attention from them Peruna has done all they claim and no more medicine is needed
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S. Matthews
United States
Mississippi
Perrin Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Hazelhurst, Miss
Peruna
Matthews
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