Nude painting draws Paris crowds at exhibitions
A young painter explains his aim to attract attention with works like The Bather. Pratt notes crowds form around convincing portraits and a striking figure. The Paris scene relies on allure and reputation as a key magnet for observers and critics.
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Ike
Paris
Modi
Minister’s Constipation Prompts Candid Medical Ad
A satirical note on the minister’s constipation links the broader health issue to National d isorders. The text promotes Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure and cites church communities as users in a 19th century advertising tone.
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Ir. Caldwell
Aventy Hew
Careful with remedies avoid irritants says a health ad
A health note warns against elixirs and cathartics that irritate the bowels. It promotes Cascarets as a safe laxative that strengthens bowels and tones muscles for proper function.
Free 10 day treatment NR tablets offer from A HT Lewis Co
Advertisement directs readers to mail cut out to A HT Lewis Medicine Co in St. Louis Missouri for a free 10 dayNR tablets treatment claimed to cure rheumatism constipation sick headache liver kidney and blood diseases. The notice promises the sample is better than life insurance pills and asks readers to write today.
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A. HT. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
Fashion shifts and wartime thrift in early 20th century humor
The piece jokes that small waists are no longer fashionable for women while quipping about long-armed fellows. It promotes Pettit’s Eye Salve for sore eyes and mentions Howard Bros. of Buffalo, inviting readers to compare living costs with a nod to baseball’s absence a century ago.
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Hewitt—iIt
Jewett
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Gently Promotes Laundry Powder
A vintage advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for home use with a large two ounce package priced at three vents. It frames a trickster as someone who outwits another, reflecting a humorous marketing tone.
Proof of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cures Women
Letters from Fitchville Ohio and Irasburg Vermont praise Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous prostration kidney and bladder troubles and general health. The ad pledges rewards for refuting the letters and invites women to write Mrs Pinkham for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fitchville
Ohio
Mrs. C. Cole
Irasburg
Vermont
A. H. Sanborn
Linsburg
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