Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
A crowded feature outlines hardships of women in daily chores and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for displacements, inflammation, and related female ailments. Testimonials from Mrs. Ellsworth and Mrs. Boyd are cited, with a call to sick women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts. The page also includes verses and a humorous note about doughnuts gifted to William J. Bryan.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N. Y
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia S. Pinkham
Uncle Sam's Way Quip on Customs Duty Expectation
A Puck cartoon caption contrasts an English liner harrying Yankee customs inspectors with an American taunt that the United States expects every man to pay his duty. The exchange underscores wartime or travel era tensions and humor about taxes.
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Sam
United States
Puck
Great Nerve Restorer ads and haunted box prank
An old advertisement touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer for fits and nervous diseases with a $2 trial bottle offer. A Baltimore incident describes a prank where a coffin box with a concealed occupant spooked African American porters at a depot, prompting a quick retreat inside.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St. Phila
Grape-Nuts Promotes Health in Babies and Adults
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as the perfect food for delicate babies and healthy adults. A mother describes saving her infant after doctors recomendado condensed milk, using strained Grape-Nuts juice with milk, salt and sugar, fed every two hours. The ad claims the product supports overall health and cites The Road to Wellville for reading.
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Baby
Rhealth
Wellville
Prohibition Group Opens Session in Louisville
The Model License League held its first annual session in Louisville Kentucky with delegates from across the United States. The aim is to promote a model liquor license law to remove saloons from politics and regulate their numbers by population. Reverend Wasson urged balanced church support for moderation and church collaboration with the liquor trade, while Senator Frank H. Farris criticized prohibition as a sham and asserted rights should be protected.
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Model License League
Louisville
United States
William J. Wasson
Riverhead
L. L
Gilmore
Wasson
Rev
Church
Frank H. Farris
Missouri
State election on booze debated by North Carolina Democrats
The Democratic caucus in Raleigh on Tuesday night debated a bill for a state wide prohibition election. Prohibition leaders pressed to win support for state prohibition by legislative enactment, but the effort failed.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
More Men Lose Jobs at Pensacola Navy Yard
Fifty skilled workmen were laid off Thursday at the Pensacola navy yard in Florida, the second reduction in ten days. About one hundred men in total were dismissed, with large salaries, in the construction and repair department affecting iron and ship workers.
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Pensacola Navy Yard
Pensacola
Fla
Department of Construction and Repair
Hancock Verdict Withheld in Major Hancock Case
Major William Hancock of the coast artillery is court martialed in Atlanta for conduct unbecoming an officer. The fate of the case rests with General J M K Davis commanding general of the department of the gulf and reviewing authority, and possibly with President Roosevelt.
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Davis
William F. Hancock
Coast Artillery Corps
Atlanta
J. M. K. Davis
Department of the Gulf
Roosevelt
Paper making boom in Japan drives new mills and growth
The Japanese paper industry has surged over the past year with new firms and expansions. Most mills rely on steam for motive power and use largely American made machinery. The text notes the Russian czar as owning five steam yachts, more extravagant than the German Emperor in sea palaces.
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Japan
Russia
Lice in Poultry Use of Borax Spray Endorsed
Mrs B R Buffham of Roswell New Mexico reports safe cheap lice control for poultry using 20 Mule Team Borax. She sprayed S C W Leghorn houses two months ago and found no lice in treated hens. She plans to continue using Bevex as spray and wash.
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S. C. W. Leghorn
B. R. Buffham
Roswell
New Mexico
Stop That Cough with Brown's Bronchial Troches
An exclamatory ad line urges readers to prevent chronic coughing by using Brown's Bronchial Troches. It presents a health remedy promo with imperative language and minimal context.
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Brown
WORN OUT WOMEN Find Encouragement in Mrs Merritt Advice
Mrs W L Merritt of Anoka Minnesota shares relief from kidney symptoms after winter back and hip pains dizziness and irregular secretions. The first box of Deans Kidney Pills provided decided relief and she believes other women will benefit too. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY It is easy for a man to have the courage of his convictions if his bank balance is large enough.
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Reece
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cwenty & Co
Druggiata
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Cuticura Cures Four In A Southern Household
A Chattanooga Tennessee reader reports severe skin troubles including a neck sore face tetter and relentless itching were resolved using Cuticura. She notes two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one set of Cuticura Remedies cured her, her uncle's baby, and another child, with Mrs. Lillie Wildher providing the address and date February 16, 1907.
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Lillie Wildher
Eleventh St
Chattanooga
Tenn
Confirming The Disappearance Of An Automobile
City Editor notes the vehicle vanished amid a rain drenched two day spell while the Cub Reporter quips about mud eruptions. The exchange captures a newsroom tone with weather and events shaping the mystery.
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Puck
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days Guarantee
Paro Ointment is guaranteed to cure piles including bleeding protruding or blind cases in six to fourteen days or your money back. The product is offered for fifty cents with a refund promise if cure is not achieved.
Heart Interest That Play Stirs Box Office Haste
A Washington Star reader quote highlights a show’s appeal as “That play” stirs strong interest. The star回应 notes the manager is taking the box office receipts to heart, signaling high audience impact and financial buzz.
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Washington Star
Criminalizing government crop news leaks sparks House clash
A heated debate in the U S House centered on an amendment to the penal code bill. It would punish officers and government employees who disclose crop statistics or trade on nonpublic information, with fines up to 10000 dollars or ten years' imprisonment. The session featured clashes over other amendments and political endorsements.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Burleson
Texas
Sherley
Kentucky
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
United States
Dalzell
Randell
Cannon
Chicago
Payne
New York
Congress
Withdrawals Close National Bank in New York
Comptroller William B. Ridgely ordered the National Bank of North America in New York closed for liquidation and named Charles Hanna as receiver. Bank failures and persistent withdrawals, driven by rumors on the bank’s condition, were cited by President Havemeyer as the result.
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William B. Ridgely
National Bank of North America
New York
Charles Hanna
National Bank Examiner
Havemeyer
Five Dagoes Under Arrest in Italian Murder Case
A confession from one of five alleged Black Hand slayers led to exhuming the body of Jos Tritico near St. Charles Louisiana on a truck farm. Four Italians are in custody charged with murder and police seek a fifth suspect.
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Black Hand
Jos Tritico
St. Charles
Prodigal Son Sermon Finishes With A Self Realization
A Southern pulpit orator described the prodigal son’s shame and remorse in a morning sermon, portraying the youth discarding his garments and pride as he comes to self awareness. The Philadelphia Ledger reports the homily’s ending image of repentance.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Minard's Liniment claims cure for chronic back pain
A historical reader note extols Minard's Liniment as a cure for a two year back ache after other remedies failed. The letter from Joseph Perry praises the product, offers to publish his name, and requests a free bottle by mail. The snippet blends ads with other 1900s marketing lines and jokes.
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Minard
Minard’s
Liniment Mfg. Co
Sing
Joseph Perry
Ingraham St
E. Providence
Lisiment Mfg. Co
Framingham
Masa
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G. A. Boyd
Harper's Weekly
Mr. Bryan
William J. Bryan
Cotter Bride
White House
Raleigh Hotel
New York World
Ers
Aere Ugene Anderson
Pres
Cheney
Reed
Delta Chemical Company
Holland
St. Louis
Theroy
Parsons
Johnson & CO
Boston
Mass
Houston Post
Baltimore & Ohio
Montgomery County
CUBS
Preacher Biffs Prohis
Hancock
Alifornia Fic Syrup Co
Cuticura
National North
Mrs. Wiggs
Mr. Wiggs
I. H. Gwenn
Sona
Taylors
Man
E. W. Grove
Oak
Mont
Ida
Colo
Salzer
Teosinte
William Oat
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
A.C. 1
Woolford
Avery & Company
Avery & McMillan
South Forsyth St
Atlanta, Ga
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