Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed For Women
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It cites headaches, tumors, nervous exhaustion, and pelvic symptoms, claiming many hospital cases improved without surgery. Miss Luella Adams of Seattle recounts relief and urges others to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham, daughter-in-law, in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hangerone Oparsticot
Max Wis
Luella Adams
Seattle
Wash
Pinkham
Miss Adams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kissing the Blarney Stone Audacious Travelers Debate
A New York Press quote notes many travelers claim to kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland but few succeed. It details the perilous steps to reach the stone, including a 125 foot climb and an inverted hang from a tower wall, suggesting most travelers avoid the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York Press
How Pineapples Grow
The fluiterer says pineapples grow on the ground rather than on palm trees. A pineapple field resembles a cactus stand with fruit tied to the earth and a tuft of short leaves rising above. Swordlike leaves shoot from the base, some up to six feet long, making the fruit highly profitable to raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fluiterer
No Rest Night or Day From Irritating Skin Disease
Patient recounts severe nightly itching starting in July with progressive scalp itch and hair loss. After trying baths and remedies, stopping is achieved after four boxes of Cuticura Ointment, with full recovery and halted hair loss by late October, Indianapolis resident Lankenship reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Slankenship
M. del, St
Indianapolis
Ind
Not a Single Arcane Tomb's Whispered Bedchamber Tale
An American doctor recalls in England a vaulted London tomb door inscription calling it Dr John Gardner's Last and Best Bedroom. The ad then pushes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease sicknesses teething headaches stomach troubles colds worms, with free sample offer from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York and a teaser about Emerson's improved hitch quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
John Gardner
Mother Gray
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Boston's Fondness for Beans Sparks Big Spending
Boston spends more annually on baked beans than would purchase the largest battleship. The Great Eastern railway touts punctuality on its London and suburb line with 9935 percent on-time departures and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States Navy
Great Eastern Railway
Making Milk in Winter for Wisconsin Cows
F. H. Scribner of Fond du Lac County Wis outlines winter dairy feeding to sustain milk flow. He recommends freshening cows late September to early October, relying on ensilage, bran, and gluten feed, with structured daily rations and a water tank heater to keep troughs warm. He argues fresh air and exercised cattle improve health and profitability, while avoiding turnips and cabbages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeao Ot
Feeding Turkeys Confined Rearing Notes
J Eppley of Wapak County shares practical notes on rearing turkeys in confinement. He advises keeping the mother hen away until poults are strong, feeding poults dry chick food or bread crumbs with clean water, and not feeding while they roam the farm. He notes poults forage naturally once large enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
J. Eppley
Waask County
Salt Lake Route and Cold Storage Trust Promoted
The piece cites low rates for the Salt Lake Route and promotes Utah's Cold Storage Trust as a key development. It mentions South Africa’s planned amalgamation of ice and cold storage plants and urges readiness for Spring Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
South Africa
Subcontinent
Tricks of Autograph Hunters Exposed in The Connoisseur
Autograph seekers employ various ruses as revealed in The Connoisseur. A woman feigned sympathy in fictitious social work to trap George Eliot, while another wrote to Ruskin with a plea that garnered no response. A third impersonated a secretary for a bogus provincial art club and invited Ruskin to speak, prompting a courteous but firm reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Ruskin
Mr. Ruskin
Bark
Real Temperance Worker Grin Jones Ends Rumney Liquor Sales
A temperance worker known as Grin Jones was forced by Rumney officials to quit selling liquor and close his operation. He boasted to temperance colleagues that his efforts helped the cause, noting locals drank water at his place while he claimed opposition would be worse if he continued another year as drinkers would switch to water instead of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grin” Jones
Rumney
N. H
World has excess of men in the world
A fragmented OCR note discusses gender balance noting America has more men while Europe shows a growing share of women in commercial centers due to better work prospects. The text is garbled but centers on population sex ratio differences between regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World
America
Europe
Western
Also Mentioned on This Page
Salt Lake City
W.L. Doucas
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Mali
W.N. U
Fort Dodge
Nathan Ickford
Washington, D. C
Thompson
ACANO
Hewlett’s
Earl S. Sloan
Albany St
Price
Gearan
A. Diemer
M. D
Springfeld
Wever
Anass Omnes Neldsn-Judson
General Agents
Qur
Emerson
Putnam Faceless
WUE CO
Unionville
F. HB Scribner
Fond du Lac Co
Wis
Nothing
Uke
Lumbago and Sciatica
Nol
Orang
St. Jacobs Oil
Atchison Globe
Temperance
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!