Magna Mud and Lithia Water Cure at Magna Mine ral Springs
The Magna Mud Cure at Indiana Mineral Springs Indiana is praised as a picturesque health and recreation resort. Major H. L. Kramer oversees operations with affordable rates, offering rheumatism and skin disease relief, as well as leisure drives and scenic views. A postcard inquiry to Kramer yields more details and the Mudlavia Magazine.
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Eral Springs
Indiana
Magna Mud
Magna
H. L. Kramer
Nighttime Conversation Echoes From Home
A child frets about bedtime as a parent calls the hour. The exchange captures a domestic moment of routine and care within a family.
St Mary's Academy Ad Highlighted by Fine Arts Journal
The 46th year opens September 4 1900 at Notre Dame Indiana. The School offers a high standard curriculum comparable to Vassar and Bryn Mawr with devoted teachers striving to shape loyal intelligent women. Exceptional facilities and climate support in a Christian educational setting.
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St. Mary's Academy
St. Mary’s
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
The
Fine Arts Journal
Quote about Baden-Powell choosing shooting over marriage
A remark attributed to Baden-Powell is cited in Mainly About People as saying he was too devoted to shooting to marry. He allegedly claimed no woman could resist his attention until he met another as the bull’s eye on his heart.
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Baden-Powell
Smith's Sure Kidney Cure Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement claims Smith's Sure Kidney Cure cures kidney and bladder troubles including dropsy Brights disease albumen in urine and frequent urination. It guarantees a complete cure, priced at 50 cents and sold by all druggists.
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Bright
Smith
Proving Honesty as Best Policy Encourages Truthful Acts
The idea that honesty thrives when shown as the best approach. It suggests that unveiling truthful consequences motivates people to act honestly rather than risk dishonesty. Observers may respond to clear incentives aligning truthfulness with favorable outcomes.
White Man's Burden Expands in World Tensions
In a brassy push of imperial rhetoric, Boxers Turks Filipinos and Boers are cited as the latest targets of a broadened White Man's Burden policy context. The piece suggests a growing sense of racial hierarchy fueling foreign policy anxieties.
Beware of Cascarets substitutes and fake sellers
An advertisement extols the world wide reputation of Cascarets Candy Cathartic and warns buyers about retailers offering substitutes. It urges shoppers to trust genuine metal boxed Cascarets with the distinctive long tailed C and triple C stamps, noting substitutes cheat customers and harm their benefits.
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Cascarets
Eggs and Incubators Spell Trouble for Hens
If eggs grew on egg plants the incubator would do the rest and the poor old hens would have to retire from business.
Wolfe's Aromatic Schie dam Schnapps Ad Claims Malaria Cure
An old promotional notice touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schie dam Schnapps as a universal medicine for malaria fever ague liver debility and various ailments. It states doctors in Texas praise it for kidney bladder rheumatism dropsy cramps colic and female diseases and notes it strengthens the system while being sold by druggists. A Palmyra correspondent mentions mock caravan attacks for ransom.
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Texas
Co education in medical colleges provokes male objections
The article notes resistance to co education in medical colleges with boys terming female students "hen medics" and voicing disapproval of mixed classes.
Yucatan Chill Tonic Promises Gentle Tonic Effects
Ad copy praises Yucatan Chill Tonic as non sicken, easy on delicate stomachs and priced at fifty cents. A humorous dialogue follows about a sermon, ending with a wry note on personal improvement.
Bennett Medicine Company Advertises Several Remedies
The notice touts the Bennett Medicine Company established in 1841 as trusted for Army and Navy supply. It highlights Benne Plant and Cundurango products, urges consumers to seek their Diarrhea Dyson Cholera-Mor remedies and assures druggists carry Bennett goods. Also includes a glue recipe using dry glue and glycerine with optional aniline coloring.
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Bennett
Maguire Medicine Company
Hint to Housekeepers for Summer Starch Use
Toes summer skirts and dresses use Faultless Starch. All grocers sell it for 10c.
Naval and Dockyard Careers Move in Step
Like Constructor Hitchborn of the American navy, Sir William White, who has just resigned a similar position in England, rose from the ranks. Mr. Watts, who succeeds Sir William, also began on the docks.
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Constructor Hitchborn
William White
England
Mr. Watts
Sir William
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad Teething Relief
Patent medicine ad for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claims to ease teething pain for children. It promotes gum softening, reduced fever, wind colic relief, and says a bottle costs 25 cents.
Quack Tonics and Bleaching Agent Advertisements
A collage of old time drugstore pitches hawk Yucatan OChill Tonic for chills fevers and malaria with a 50 cent price, Rogers Blue Chill Cure at 25 cents, and a bag blue for laundry whitening. Includes cautions on sharpers and a note offering a free Trevaina Wash List Book from Dr. C J Moffett. Also a brief joke about bald heads and fly season.
Putnam Face Less Dye Colors More Goods Than Any Other
Putnam Face Less Dye promises superior color and coverage, claiming it dyes more fabrics with richer hues than competing brands. The ad positions the product as a best seller in the dye category.
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Putnam
Woman’s Hat Idea Described as Cyclone-Struck by Man
A humorous remark suggests a woman’s notion of a perfect hat is one that appears as if a cyclone had struck it, implying a playful clash between fashion and masculine taste.
Prof Henshaw Finds Sandalwood Growth in Olan Forests
Prof Henshaw of Hilo reports a new growth of sandalwood trees averaging ten feet in height in the Olan forests. The finding suggests the tree was thought extinct in these islands.
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Henshaw
Hilo
Olan
Ivas
Islands
Paris Haga Balsam and Hindercorn Review
An old ad-like snippet touts Paris Haga Balsam as a remedy to remove hair graying and dandruff, and promotes Hindercorn 8 for corn relief. The terse copy blends product claims with a medical tone typical of period advertisements.
Civic slogans and health ads echo early 1900s town life
A Norfolk era snippet features political rhetoric about government opposition and postal service, plus an unusual ad for Russ Bleaching Blue bagging. A testimonial claims Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved a life, attributed to Mrs THOS Robbins of Maple Street Norwich NY dated February 17, 1900.
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Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich, N. Y
Quote by William Pitt on necessity and tyranny
A compact quotation attributes to William Pitt a view that necessity drives tyrants and becomes the creed of enslaved peoples, reflecting a historical stance on power and constraint.
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William Pitt
Quail Disappear From Sight After Shell Removal
The passage notes how quail quickly become invisible after leaving the shell. Even on bare ground they seem to vanish entirely from view, as if by magic.
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Fase Cure Ad
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Fase powder to relieve swollen feet corns bunions and burning feet. It claims 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with free samples by mail from Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy New York. The fragment includes a seller note from Swift inviting a call if the reader doubts the claim.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
AREL
Winchester
T. M. Roberts Supply House
Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Yucatan Chill Tonic Improves Stomach Friendly Formula
A note proclaims Yucatan Chill Tonic improved for taste and stomach tolerance. It claims superiority over other tonics described as tasteless and suitable for delicate stomachs.
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Yucatan
Prime wisdom in daily life, Milton quote
A concise reflection on Milton's line about daily life holding the prime wisdom. The note emphasizes practical insight over grand philosophy, inviting reader contemplation of ordinary experience as a guide.
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Milton
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Price
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C. J. Moffett
St. Louis
Hall
Tacoma
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Spade
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MALL
J. & C-Maguire
PTR
Mac
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Excelsior
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Belle Portrait Ap Frame Co
New Era Building
Chicago
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