After seven years of female troubles in Oklahoma
In Waurika Mrs. Sallie Stevens reports insomnia and weakness finally improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and sending for advice. Huntington resident Mrs. Mar ijette Bates credits the remedy with saving her life after years of nervous, run down health. The ad claims the product cures inflammation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, bearing down, and nervous prostration.
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Waurika
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mari Janette Bates
Huntington
Mass
Referee improvises whistle substitute after choking incident
A burly forward fouls the referee centering a blow that jams the whistle. He regains breath and uses a latch key as a makeshift whistle to finish the game while a wife’s sharp rebuke from the stands echoes Ferdinand’s misstep. A Kansas farmer circulates grasshopper lessons in a humorous anecdote. Euripides quotes close the page.
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Ferdinand
Light warm woolen wrap pattern in Solomon knots
The article provides explicit directions to crochet a light warm wrap using Andalusian wool with a bone hook. It explains foundation chain length, turning chains, stitch sequence with back loops, repeating rows, and finishing with a tassel. It also notes the wrap can be made to any size with simple rules.
Crochet Row Instructions for Double Stitch Pattern
Work a double into the back thread, pass over 3 stitches of foundation chain, work 1 double into next, repeat to end of row. Second row: chain three, draw up a long loop, draw through, 1 double into back loop, draw up another long loop, draw through, 1 double into the next.
Extreme Picture Order Prompts Paris Gown Craze
A new summer gown arriving from Paris wows for its picture order. It features a plain narrow skirting belt back bustled by a huge embroidered muslin fichu that covers the bodice and sleeves. The style imitates in simple evening gowns for young girls using soft silks chiffons or nets.
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Paris
Batiste
Literary Fragments and Advertisements Span The Page
The brief excerpt mixes fiction lines with promotional blurbs for a spring tonic and tobacco products. It references Joshua and Willie Jones in a playful exchange, a Nature's laxative tea claim, a Basile quote on kindness, and Lewis' Single Binder cigar promotion.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Household Remedy Ad
Ralph Rust of Willis Michigan praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a longstanding household remedy for cleansing the blood and expelling humors from winter. He notes its efficacy for spring use and as a farmer exposed to bad weather. The ad touts liquid and Sarsatabs forms and mentions Defiance Starch price and quality.
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Ralph Rust
Willis
Mich
Hood
Words To Women Free Medical Advice
Women with disorders unique to their sex are urged to write to Dr. Pierce for free expert advice from a physician with over 40 years of experience in women’s diseases. Letters are treated confidentially and many women share sensitive details they would not tell their local doctors.
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Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Fix-Letter, Ten Letters, and White Goods Advert
A fragment outlines a breach of promise case and notes a ten letter cost of $1,000. It discusses home laundering of fine wash goods, praising Defiance Starch for its strength to stiffen without thickening and improves the appearance of laundered textiles.
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Dix
New Wedding Place Cards Show Modern Keepsakes
Fashionable stationers offer fresh wedding place cards with Cupid in airship and aeroplane, a matron and husband pairing, sailor Cupid on a life-preserver, and traditional motifs like bells rings and hearts.
New Pouch Bags with Velvet and Satin Finishes
The article describes pouch bags cut with oval bottoms, one side covered in black velvet and the other in bright satin. Tops join to bottoms without fullness, finished with black satin ribbon, and tied with satin. Drawstrings run through a long casing to hang over the arm, with mining options in coral green burnt orange or royal purple.
Measuring Drops With a Bone Needle in Cork
A sketch hints at using a bone knitting needle threaded through a cork to measure liquids by drops. This device would aid dosing medicines and photographing materials by drop quantity, with the needle acting as the central guide.
We Are Coming To
Jack questions landlord rules about children as Henry hushes and refers to Fido in a brief Harpers Bazaar style exchange.
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Jack
Henry
Harper’s Bazar
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Base Advertisement
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder for tired aching feet. It claims to bring rest and comfort and makes talking a delight. It lists a price of two cents and includes a seller address in Olmsted, Ohio.
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Allen
Lo Roy
Baby's Spring Bonnet Design Notes
Spring bonnets for very little babies are made of white liberty satin with close fitting crowns and plain face bands. Embroidered side pieces feature tiny forget me not wreaths and rosebud rosettes at ribbon ties. Other bonnets use full crowns with satin draped fronts trimmed in narrow pink or blue velvet ribbon. Embroidered batiste caps showcase tiny pink and blue flower bouquets on the front left.
Measuring Drops with a Needle and Cork Technique
The text describes immersing the head and part of a needle in liquid and withdrawing the cork so moisture on the needle drips off. Drops are counted accurately by allowing the moisture to fall from the needle after repeated insertion into the liquid until the desired number of drops is reached.
Not Possible Parting Scene in Play Cited
Excerpt discusses a playful exchange about a good parting scene and the hero's bald head. It mentions a pin scratch risking blood poison and hawks Hamline Wizard Oil as a cure applied to draw out infection and prevent poison. The passage also references a loud cry for universal independence attributed to Mrs. H R Haweis.
Drugging Will Tell You Marine Eye Remedy Claim
An odd historical ad promotes a marine eye remedy promising to treat sore, weak eyes and soothe eye pain in babies for conditions like scaly eyelids and granulation. The note juxtaposes social vices and fashion, citing Mrs. Humphrey.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Adverts Free Sample Cure
A nostalgic medical remedy claim touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a guaranteed cure for indigestion and stomach troubles. Testimonials from Forsythe Georgia and Moline Illinois backers are cited, with a free sample offer and address for Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello.
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Caldweall
T W Worthy
Forsythe
Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Building
Monticello, NL
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas
Anthony Bulletin
Euripides
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Joshua
Willie Jones
Basile
Lewis
Dr. Pierce
Saskatchewan
Canada
Lloydminster
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett Bee
Omaha
Neb
H R. Haweis
Mrs. Humphrey
Naeosy
Retroit Heating & Lighting
Wight Street
Detroit
Altrasthra
New York City
Hudson River
Ww. N. Y
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