Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Help Suffering Back Pain
A Glasgow Kentucky reader reports years of back and kidney trouble and says Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills brought steady improvement after three months. The ad notes pain hinders sleep and weakens health, claims relief and a money back guarantee through Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Miles
J. P. Allen
City Court
Glasgow
Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elknart, Ind
Hog Dressing Device From Derrick Frame for Hog Harvest
The article describes a three live and stock device to dress hogs using a derrick frame. Three 18 foot poles form a derrick with a center scalding barrel and a turning pole with cross arms mortised and bolted. An iron pin secures the bottom pole while a high hole accepts a turning bar. Four hogs can be killed with one left hanging on the tackle as the others are dressed and swung away.
Selecting Breeding Ewes and Stock Advice
Selecting breeding ewes requires healthy, well framed animals free of old or broken mouthed individuals. Open markets or nearby breeders provide stock, with a competent judge advised for beginners. The piece also covers horse care, disposing of old horses, hog feeding, and a testimonial for Cardui as a woman’s tonic.
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Merit in Scotland Neck Woman
Scotland Neck residents learn kidney pills ease backache headaches and dizzy spells. Mrs T F Gray reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills from E Whitehead Co drug store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Price 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Scotland Neck
Bright
Doan
T. F. Gray
E. Main Street
N. C
Dean
E. T. Whitehead Company
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Saved Her Own Life Cardui Credited by Woman in Kentucky
Mrs Minnie Lamb of Lebanon Jet Kentucky credits Cardui a female health medicine with saving her life during spells she suffered. The ad touts Cardui as a safe vegetable remedy used for over fifty years and available from all druggists. The piece ends with a humorous dialogue about temper and size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Valley
Ark
Carrie Moore
Lebanon
Jet
Minnie Lamb
Wins Fight For Life From Tuberculosis Or Lung Trouble
Newark man James B Mershon credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after eight months of weakness from hemorrhages and a dangerous illness He reports heavy blood loss and recovery after using the remedy It is promoted for weak lungs stubborn colds asthma hay fever and related ailments with trials offered Free and guaranteed by the B T Whitehead Co Chesterfield referenced for reputation and courtesy noted by New York Sun reporting on the era</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T & Co
N.Y
James B. Mershon
Newark
N. J
Dr. King
B. T. Whitehead Co
A Charming Woman Said To Be Health and Beauty
A quaint 19th century ad extols Electric Bitters as a godsend for women by improving health and beauty. It claims benefits for stomach, liver, and kidneys, purifies blood, strengthens nerves, brightens eyes, freshens breath, and yields smooth skin and a fine complexion. Available for 50c at K. T. Whitehead Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T. Whitehead Co
A Dreadful Wound Remedies and Quack Ads Appear
A jumble of old advertisements and jokes offering Bucklen s Arnica Salve for wounds and burns, Mother Gray s remedy for female ailments, airship dreams, Chamberlain s remedies, and Burdock Blood Bitters. It reflects a scatter of patent medicine pitches and humor typical of a historical classifieds page.
Boring Square Holes Tool By Carl Philgus
A German inventor Carl Philgus devised a tool to bore square holes as easily as round ones. The device, called the Grill, uses a cross sectional spherical triangle body that, when rotated, makes a rectangular path along a square outline, cutting square holes without turning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Philgus
Scientific American
Law's Delay and Courtroom Interlude in Barnes Case
A courtroom exchange reveals the defense objecting to testimony as the judge weighs admissibility. After a half hour of argument, the judges retire and return to allow the question. The plaintiff’s answer: “He weren’t at home, sir,” delivered without tremor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
The Upright Man Poem by Thomas Campion
A poem extols the upright man whose guiltless heart avoids dishonest deeds and vanity. He lives in harmless joy, fears no fate or fortune, and finds wisdom in heavenly things, treating life as a sober journey with good thoughts as friends and wealth as a well spent age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thormas Campion
Editor Promises Plain Truth in Final Burlington Post
The Burlington Junction Post editor declares a desire to remain, yet if fate demands, they would publish a plain, square-toed truth in a final edition rather than harm themselves. The statement contrasts methods of self harm with the commitment to honest reporting and peace in the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Junction
Abraham
Womanic Stomach Cure Promised for Indigestion
Vintage ad-like piece touts MI-ONA stomach tablets. Claims rapid relief from gas belching and post meal distress, with stated price of 50 cents a box. Endorses guaranteed cure or money back and urges trials, citing a testimonial from a long afflicted user.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Whitehead Company
Mi-Ona
Cardui and Chamberlain remedies featured in ad copy
An old newspaper clipping promotes Cardui for female troubles with a testimonial from Mrs Free man, touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough, and ends with a joke about going home in the dark. The notices urge using Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic pain and advertise for sale by dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promise Quick Health Boost
Promote vigor with Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming quick relief from constipation and indigestion. The ad asserts improved appetite, stomach, liver and bowel function, and renewed energy, selling at 25 cents at E. T. Whitehead.
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Dr. King
E. T. Whitehead
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E. T. Whitehead Co
Rexall Store
Undertakers
M. Hoffman & Bro
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Chesterfield
New York Sun
Pittsburg Post
T. Whitehead Co
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Company
LeRoy, N. Y
Washington Herald
Hardy Hardware Company
Thomas
Willis
Bump
Gillis
Puck
A. E. Davis
Grocer
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Mary Freeman
Cardui
Cardus
Becker
Castor
Bears
Burroughs-Pittman
VV Beet
N. B. Josey Conany
Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler Co
Scotland
W. A. Brantley
North
H. Steinmetz
Raleigh, N.C
Clark Sash & Door Corporation
Frank , Clarw, Pres
Norfolk
Virginia Urol. Virgin
Sarker's
R. Vv. Seotlar
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