Detroit Woman Hails Lydia E Pinkham Remedy For Female Ailments
A Detroit correspondent praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after claiming it cured her from severe female troubles. The letter from Miow Gannon, 200 Junes St, Detroit, appears alongside a note about the product's national reputation and similar testimonials.
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Miow Gores
Junes St
Detroit
Amateur Act Association
Jeter
Pruntog
Gonulienias Cannet
Lydia
Pinkham
Miks Gannon
Mra Pribham
New Use for Raffia in Embroidered Decor
Women who enjoy embroidery discover raffia as a versatile material for needlework. Baskets and hats remain popular, but raffia yields a variegated texture for stitches, producing a sketchy effect. A summer porch pillow showcases olive brown and red burlap with stitched details, framed by braided raffia in yellow red and green.
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Seftia
Arund
Simple Home Remedies And Fashion Notes From A Past Era
An old column extols home remedies like teaspoon to cup molasses for several ailments, mustard as a lung aid, hot water applications for inflammation, and onions for colds. It also discusses fashion trends including sealant bows, voile, grenadine fabrics, three quarter coats, white ensembles, lace, and a Delmonico gown with black velvet and white lace accents.
Disease traced to Catia sparks TB testing in Denmark
A government commission tested 44 000 cattle with tuberculin and found one in three affected. The report notes the rapid spread and implications for import controls following the Sehleenle hoteletnn period.
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Denmark
Health ad jumbles cures and tonics for sale
An old timey ad touts Carbolic Salve to stop blood pains and sores with claims of healing. It promotes a Japanese Tooth Ache Drop for 165 cents and DeCostas Liver Pills for 25 cents as health insurance. It questions the value of health, touts Cough Balsam for a quarter, and sells Japanese Corn Cure at a quarter per dozen corns.
Frocks for Debutantes Describe Lace and Interlining
Frocks for debutantes and young women in their first season feature lace, chiffon, crepe fleece or light fabrics with a staple hem and soft satin lining. An interlining of chiffon or mousseline is added over the lining, sometimes double, to create pretty color effects such as light green over pale blue or pale rose between cream satin and gray lining.
Started at the Foot Circus Man George Sanger Show
English circus impresario George Sanger began his act with a trick pony costing $40. He is now valued at about $1,000,000, with publicity surrounding his long career and wealth.
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George Sanger
Uncurable Catarth Cure Ad Promises Reward
An early 20th century classified style notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh using Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad lists Cheney & Co as proprietors in Toledo and references other wholesale druggists and distributors in Ohio. It extols the cure as a blood acting internal remedy and promotes price and availability through druggists.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
West K Truax
Drogeists
Ohio
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Daneginia
Invention Guards Secret of Letter Envelopes Tamper Evidence
An American inventor created an envelope that records any tampering of its contents. The flap contains a chemical that reveals the intrusion with the words Attempt to open when exposed to moisture or other penetrating methods. The device aims to deter inquisitive attempts to access the letter.
Built Over Food That Rebuilt a Man's Body
A Reading Pennsylvania club treasurer credits Grape-Nuts with restoring his health after five years of chronic bowel trouble. He details gradual improvement after starting the cereal in May 1901, noting he used no medicines and now eats only Grape-Nuts for breakfast and lunch, with a varied dinner. Name supplied by Postum Co.
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Reading
Treas
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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