Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promotes Recovery
An advertisement notes many women suffer female organ issues leading to hospital operations. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a preventive and curative remedy, citing letters from women praising relief and urging others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham.
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Yale
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice Berryhill
Boyce Street
Chattanooga
Tenn
E. Finkham
Leonate
Lydia BE
Shy Kubus of Sumatra and Other Odd Notes
A curious column notes the Kubus of Sumatra as a shy, reclusive people who trade with Malays through a ritual exchange and subsist on forest fare and game. It also recalls Disraeli’s vivid wordplay, a lagoon of colonial caricature, and hints at home remedies for mosquito bites and rising Prussian savings deposits.
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Sumatra
Yii
Wonders of the Human Mind Travel by Dream and Speed
The Providence Journal notes a dreamer who can travel from New York to Port Said in three minutes while asleep, visiting Paris and London and Nile shores, contrasting with a real chauffeur who cannot dawdle. The piece extols the human mind as a marvelous vehicle beyond full understanding.
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New York
Port Said
St. Petersburg
Paris
London
Nile
Providence Journal
Lawyer pays price for contempt in Vermont turkey case
In a Vermont country court an appeal over a neighbor’s turkey depredation led Chief Justice Chase to strike the case from the docket. The lawyer accused for appealing faced a sharp rebuke and a fine of 50 dollars, with the quip about not involving honest neighbors.
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Chase
Vermont
Mispronunciations Highlight Language Gaps Across Tongues
A Kansas City Journal item laments mispronunciations by native speakers and foreigners alike, noting terms like regime and chagrin misheard as rigamee and chargin, and the strain of rendering words such as negre and insomneia. The piece argues the mother tongue is hard to fully vocalize even for its own children.
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Kansas City
No Holiday at Home Says Mrs Pettis
A battered snippet recalls Mrs Pettis rejecting traditional holidays as mere outside celebrations. She argues a household can refute the notion of a holiday when men work and women stay home, stressing that outward greetings do not define real rest or celebration. The quote challenges conventional views on Thanksgiving Christmas and other dates.
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Mre Pettis
Waebinguen
Exry
Jim
Bop
Company Manners at Lunch with Hidden Guests
A Yonkers Statesman item describes a household mix up during lunch, where a hostess and Kate misidentify visitors. The guests, Mr and Mr Nifeeter, were recognized only after two weeks apart, highlighting how home settings alter perception.
A Mother’s Tale on Simple Happiness and Real Destiny
In a Chicago Journal reflection a mother recalls marriage humble beginnings with $12 a week, no nest egg, and helping children value economy over status. She speaks of poverty, shared duties, and the belief that money isn’t essential to happiness, only love and a peaceful home.
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Slater
Chicago Journal
Germs in Dust Claim on Dust Pin Point colonies
An English scientist lecturing in London asserted that a pin point of dust can harbor at least 3,000 living germ colonies, most of them disease related, underscoring the importance of house cleaning.
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London
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South America
Hicu Class
Druccists
California Fig Syrup Co
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