Doans Kidney Pills Help a Roosevelt Ave Veteran
A Roosevelt Avenue Indianapolis veteran describes severe kidney illness in 1897 with dropsy weight loss and pain. After using Doans Kidney Pills the swelling and pain subsided and he has remained well for nine years. Also notes about a marriage prize in England and starch advertising tips.
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B. Frank Mdoremus
Roosevelt Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pink Pills Promised To Tone Nerves And Blood
Overwork and nervous breakdown cited as cause of weight loss and loss of spirits. Testimonial from W W Munro of Everett Massachusetts describes recovery after two weeks of Dr Williams Pink Pills. Pills claimed to rebuild blood and cure rheumatism debility neuralgia and partial paralysis. Sold by druggists or direct by mail at 60 cents a box six for $2 50 from Schenectady NY.
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Williams
W. W. Munros
Hazel Park
Everett
Mass
Boston
Phils
Dr. Williams
Old Fashioned Arrowroot Desserts For Convalescents
A Pittsburgh Dispatch recipe guide outlines Arrowroot Water Jelly Arrowroot Custard Old Fashioned Panada and Chicken Jelly. The items are designed as nourishing, easily digestible foods for convalescents with step by step preparation and serving tips.
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Bermuda
Boston
Pittsburg Dispatch
Household Tips for Desserts and Kitchen Organization
The guide suggests a cheese cloth dish cloth, warm gingerbread with whipped cream as a luncheon dessert, and serving fruit in banana skins. It also lists kitchen items to keep handy such as a clock scissors a needle book white cotton yarn a stringball a stringbag and a pin cushion for easy access.
Fragrant Moth Prevention Mixture for Stored Clothes
A simple blend uses one ounce each of cloves caraway seed nutmeg cinnamon and Tonquin beans ground to powder. Place the mixture in small bags and store among woolens for summer to prevent moth damage.
Lunatic Food Fixation Tale Tells of Self-Shipped Cure
Yale professor William Lyon Phelps shared a tale at a New Haven chamber banquet about a hard drinker who was cured by eating whenever he felt the urge. The habit of asking for food became so strong that he mistook a hotel commotion for a suicide and cried out to the clerk about ham and egg sandwiches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
New Haven
Chamber of Commerce
Lippincott’ S
Splendid April Tonic Blood-Cleansing Recipe
An old time reader share claims a blood cleansing tonic unnamed in a recipe using Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce Compound Karyon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces combined and taken as a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime to improve skin and health. It targets rheumatism catarrh kidney and bladder issues and promises skin clarity after a week.
Had Nerve But No Money At New Orleans Races
Comedian Raymond Hitchcock, after cashing wins in New Orleans races, was solicited by a stranger claiming hard luck and asking for car fare. Hitchcock pretended not to recognize the man, then asked his home, Vancouver, as the stranger pressed for funds before hitching a ride back to his hotel.
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Raymond Hitchcock
New Orleans
Hitchcock
Witchcock
Vancouver
Harper's Weekly
Romantic Devonshire and Postum Coffee Alternative
A Rock House writer from North Devon shares a testimonial about Postum Food Coffee as a coffee substitute. He describes digestive relief, better sleep, and family use after quitting traditional coffee, noting proper boiling is essential to extract flavor. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philpotts
Devonshire
Rock House
Orchard Hill
Bideford
North Devon
Postum’ Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Farm Record Shows Manitoba Profit From 186 Acre Farm
A 26 year old Canadian farmer from Swan River Manitoba details 1906 operations. He reports 122 1 2 acres cropped with 80 wheat 30 oats 12 1 2 barley and lists costs and receipts. He declares total assets 7 747 50 and liabilities 8 347 50 with net loss and notes forthcoming homestead railway offers.
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Swan Iter
Manitoba
Canada
First Meridian
Swan River
Hay
Toms
Western
Henpeck Death Rumor and Odd Advertisements
An Eskridge area note mentions a man near death from blood poisoning attributed to henpecking, a quirky claim amid local chatter. The piece also carries scattered quotes on courage and honor, plus several old advertisements for herbal remedies and tobacco, including Gardfield Tea and Lewis' Single Binder cigars.
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Henpeck
Ohio
Eskridge
Wabaunsee Tribune
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Springside Wesleyan Chapel
Rawtenstall
England
J. Bennetts
Adam Clarke
Alabastice Co
Grandville Avs
Grandverde
Weir
Kouk City
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GEC
Ode Baalvan
BBC
Eee
SOG x Cyetes Tiber Ned Ag
Ieee A Dleenige Ce Waesie
Peta Hee
James Allen
Nature
Bruyere
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Mrs. Winslow
Cupid
Atlas
Castoria
Bears
ST. Jacobs Oil
Defiance
Paris
California
California Fig Syrup Company
California Fig Syrup Co
California Syrup Company
United States
Secretary ‘of Agriculture
Washington
D. C
Louisville, Ky
San Francisco
Cal
London
New York, N. Y
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