Prominent Nashville Woman Praises Pinkham's Benefit
Mrs Blanchard of Nashville Tennessee credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing backache dizziness and painful irregular periods after four years of suffering Six bottles reportedly restored health and happiness claiming the remedy outperformed doctors Arthritis and menstrual troubles are noted as conditions addressed by the product with a testimonial and a price is cited for authenticity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Blanchard
Nashville, Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
B. A. Banemanp
Broad St
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E.m
Court Visits Chinese Tomb for Royal Household Journey
The Chinese court recently visited the western tomb of the royal house of China amid extensive ceremonies. Observers noted a vast mobilization as 400 railway cars were requisitioned to transport the royal pair, their courtiers, and baggage on their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roya
China
Travel details for a rail line agent in Salt Lake City
To Boston, Baltimore, Minneapolis Detroit, Atlanta and other points. Per particulars, address C. F. Warren General Agent, A. T. & 8. F. Ry., 41) Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Detroit
Atlanta
C. F. Warren
A. T
F. Ry
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bounty of a Barren Shore in Newfoundland Lore
McClure's describes coastal practice of claim and law on shipwreck spoils in bygone Newfoundland. It notes unwritten rule of half for wreck gain, strict punishment for others, and the temptation of champagne liquor cabin stores and silverware in poor cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
McClure's
Felt Hat Travels Across Northern Europe
A felt hat blown from a railway train window in Sweden last year has wandered through Sweden Norway and Germany. An employee tried to locate the owner by tagging and moving the hat from station to station, with no claimant found. The hat has become a famous monument to northern honesty and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Europe
Meha
Low
Norway
Upsala
Trondhjem
Christiania
Goteborg
Malmo
Zealand
Finland
Germany
Greeley Refuses Subscription For Hell Prevention
Chauncey M Depew recalls visiting Horace Greeley's editorial room where a caller begged for a subscription to stop a thousand others from going to hell Greeley refused shouting there don't half enough go there now His Universalist faith partly softens the sting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Chauncey M. Depew
Greeley
GrapeNuts Save Ill Baby in Heat Wave
In a July August heat story a mother recalls her two year old's severe stomach illness. After feeding GrapeNuts the child improves rapidly with normal bowels in three days. The family credits GrapeNuts and Postum with improving health and avoiding coffee ailments. The ad cites pre digested starch and requests mail for contest details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Mall of
Flag of Historic Interest Flown Over Navy Island Flag
A tattered canvas flag once sailed aboard the improvised lake fleet that captured the Caroline and sailed to Niagara Falls. Capt. Drew, after burning the Caroline, kept the flag and it faded from view for decades before entering the Toronto public library collection from London’s Whitehall museum via Gen. Robinson’s help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Bath
Public Library of
Toronto
Can
Navy Island
Upper Canada
Drew
Niagara Falls
England
Hoya United Service Institution
Whitehall
London
Thihd
Robinson
Chelsea Hospital
Board of Management
Toronto Public Library
Self-Playing Violin From Massachusetts Inventor
A Massachusetts inventor introduces a self playing violin that imitates a real musician. The device uses strings a belt bow a frame and self acting levers to sweep the bow and produce tunes. By a system of levers the machine can be made to play in any time the operator wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Bedouins and Water Refusal Amid Scarce Rations
The Bedouins avoid drinking water, even when offered at camps, saying I drank only yesterday. Their marches across dry lands follow water skins timed to outlast journeys. They view water as precious, know many hidden springs, and limit intake to every forty eight hours, enabling survival where invaders perish.
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promotes Relief from Urinary Ailments
An old advertisement-style coupon testifies to kidney and urinary cure claims. It touts Dean's Pills with testimonials from users, promising trial offers and relief from back and foot pain attributed to kidney issues, urging readers to try the remedy.
Rich in Beauty Baron Seeks Bride in New York Match
In New York, Baron George Augustus de Focke seeks a bride, choosing a Lexington Avenue dressmaker’s daughter over Newport society. The match reverses typical international patterns with wealth on the groom’s side and beauty as the bride’s dower, per the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Augustus de Focke
New York
Lexington Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Cuticura Ointment Emollient and Skin Cure Claim
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment as the purest emollient and greatest skin cure, praising it as the most wonderful curative of all time for various skin troubles.
Cuticura Purposely Advertised For Skin Humours Relief
Promotional claims exalt Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap as cures for skin humours scalp hair and infant eczema. It touts instant relief for babies and adults with itching burning and scaly conditions and links to Hesolvent and various test phrases as proof of effectiveness. The text asserts global availability and urges use after athletics and daily hygiene.
A Town Doubly Incorporated In Oregon
A peculiar issue arises over town incorporation in Uma tila county Oregon as Senate and House bills creating Adame town were signed by the governor. The two acts were intended identical but boundary descriptions differ with the later law not encircling the town completely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Senate
Adame
Umatila County
Narrowest Street in the World in Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth England claims the narrowest street in the world known as Kitty Witches at fifty five inches wide. Residents can lean from windows to greet neighbors across the street. In Lafayette County Missouri farmers grow pipe cob corn claiming high grain yields and revenue from cobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Yarmouth
England
Lafayette County
Missouri
Has Risen to High Station and Other Fragments
A collection of brief notices cites Sir Frederick Holder as a former schoolmaster in South Australia, mentions an authenticated diary by novelist Charles Lover from his German student days now at the Royal Irish Academy, and records a joke about a dog named Blacksmith from Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Holder
Australian Commonwealth House of Representatives
South Austra
Levers
Charles Lover
Germany
Royal Irish Academy
Kanakas to be Repatriated from Queensland
The article notes that further importation of Kanakas into Queensland will be prohibited after March next year and that all current workers on sugar plantations are to be deported and repatriated to the New Hebrides Islands by the end of 1906. Estimates put the cost between 50 000 and 65 000 pounds for placing Kanakas on safer islands away from hostile compatriots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Australia
New Hebrides
Pigskin Preferred for Auto Ties Says Dating Era Note
A fragment notes opinion that pigskin is superior to rubber for automobile ties. It suggests a belief in fitting use by motorists who value a fuller, more substantial approach, referencing the era’s taste for robust materials and practical choices.
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