Social Leader Credits Peruna for Health Recovery
A Kansas City social leader, Mrs W H Simmons of 1119 E 8th St, credits Peruna with restoring her health after a year of overwork, lack of rest, and late meals. She says the tonic cured her severe stomach issues and nervous strain, restoring her social role and vigor. The piece notes many society women face nervous and pelvic ailments and credit Peru na as a shield.
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W. H. Simmons
E. 8Th St
Kansas City
National Annuity Association
Peru
Popular Approval of Theft and Private Property
A London News writer argues private property has never gained mass consent and cites popular songs and ballads that celebrate robber figures from Robin Hood to Turpin and Sheppard. He notes modern literature that reaches common readers often portrays robbers as noble, not villains, challenging wealth inequality.
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London News
Turpin
Sheppard
Cuticura Remedies Cured Child’s Severe Sores
Mrs Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut recalls her one and a half year old son’s severe face and body sores. After months of suffering he wore cloths to stop scratching and nearly became a skeleton. Two months with Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Ointment healed all sores.
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Egbert Sheldon
Woodville, Conn
Town Belle Criticised on Homecoming Train Stop
Ed Howe reports a town belle alighted from a train near Atchison Topeka and grinned locals upon arrival. She wore loud clothing and a large hat, and joked about her mouth, while lingering social chatter framed the moment with humor and local color. Priests at Humble Labor note the Paris Gaulois account of clergy relying on savings or mending watches and knitting jerseys.
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Samal Town
Atchison
Topeka
Saya Ed. Howe
Kansas City
Journal
Digne
Paris Gaulois
New Lamp Shades Glisten In Ornate Silk Designs
The article describes a ballet girl lamp shade in octagonal dull silk, eight painted panels, and a gold band with ruby bead fringe. It notes detailed decoration including chiffon skirt, and a pale pink shade with pink and gold embroidery and fringe. A sample shade features flowered chintz and crystal bead fringe.
Mignonette Parfait Mint Centred Ice Mold
A historical recipe instructs steeping mint in hot water, boiling sugar to soft ball, streaming into stiffly beaten egg whites, cooling in ice water, folding in rose and orange waters with cream, tinting with spinach juice, and forming a mint garnish filled with tinted cream in a melon mold then chilling four hours.
Foot Bath Soothes Tired Feet and Chilblains
A nightly hot foot-bath with salt bay rum or ammonia eases tired feet. A strong mix of carbolic acid camphor and ammonia offers greater relief. stir one large spoonful into two quarts of hot water. For chilblains and itching, apply equal parts turpentine and kerosene.
Drying Clothes Instructions From a 19th Century Guide
The guidance warns to reshape woolens before drying and hang them in the air away from direct sun. Indoors avoid heat sources and near flames. If steam rises from woolens they should not be stretched. Shaw garments should be pinned on a sheet or blanket and spread over the line, ensuring corners do not droop.
Home Care Tips for Dress Cleaning and Boots Polish
Instructions include mud stain treatment for dry versus wet mud, alcohol sponging for stubborn marks on fabrics, bone boiling for gravy stock, and a homemade polish combining neat's-foot oil, vaseline, and lampblack to protect fine kid boots and skirt areas subject to wear.
How To Froth Eggs And Remove Tar
When eggs will not froth rinse plate with cold water before breaking eggs on it. Add a pinch of salt and stand where there is a current of air to beat them to a froth. Tar may be removed from cloth by saturating the spot with turpentine and rubbing well.
True to the Sex Amazon War Scene Ends In Powder Jest
A wartime tableau shows female warriors halting before battle as the commander quips about powder. The scene moves to a humorous moment with powder on noses and mirrors, highlighting gender expectations amid combat imagery.
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Ronically
Swiss Women Demand Suffrage Movement in Geneva
Swiss women from all classes form an association in Geneva to secure suffrage in all public life and parliamentary elections. The vice president and secretary serve in the chamber of deputies, with several university professors taking minor offices. Many public men support the movement.
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Geneva
Chamber of Deputies
London Tribune
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Medicine
Advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes F J Cheney Co Toledo as trustworthy. Waning Kinnan Mannin Toledo wholesalers vouch for Cheney. YelI's Catarrh Cure claimed to work internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. price 75 cents per bottle. sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ttn
Waning
Kinnan & Manin
Ylell
Isc
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Peculiar Brazilian Ants Sold as Curiosities
In Brazil a large ant is considered a delicacy when roasted and eaten. Natives enjoy the flavor as a novelty similar to French snails. Tourists are sometimes shown the ants dressed as dolls and sold in boxes as a Brazilian curiosity.
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Brazil
Allen's Foot-Ease advertises foot comfort powder
The pitch promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful smarting feet and ingrown nails, claiming it makes new shoes comfortable and relieves sweating feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free trial offer, address A S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Cockney Cabby Complains Of Oil Box Spoiling Lunch
A cockney cabby, tidying a horse’s nosebag, shouts at a nearby motor bug to move on, claiming the oil smell spoils his horse’s lunch. The passage appears in Tit-Bits praising Defiance Starch for offering more starch per package at the same price.
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Orse
Energy Drives All Talent and Opportunity in Life
A succinct aphorism asserts that energy enables every possible action and achievement, regardless of talent, circumstance, or opportunity, echoing a belief in relentless personal drive as the key to success.
Digest of odd clippings on drugs and autos in old ads
A jumble of vintage ad copy mentions Pay Food and Drugs Act compliant remedies for constipation and indigestion, a Peoria drug seller, and a London automobile Tattersalls project. It cites Defiance Starch as a new, economical cleaning product and promotes various consumer goods with brief notes and quirks.
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Tattergalls
London
Tattersalls
Peking firm asked for pies in unusual letter
A trading firm in Peking received a letter from the London Daily Mail praising the Chinese calendar as impressive and gigantic while requesting pies with the writer claiming great interest in the calendar.
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Peking
London Daily Mail
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Dali
Defiance
Goetie
Guirire
Camm
Putnam G
Lews
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Dodds
Carters
Lena Nagel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Morgan St
Buffalo
Lydia Pinkham
Lydian E. Pinkham
W. L. Douglas
Douklas
Brockton
Mass
W. J. Douglas Uisenewn
Saehas
Mernckian
Mmag
Butterick Publishing Company
Butterick Building
New York
Canadian West
Ottawa
Canada
W. Bennett
New York Life Beilding
Omaha
Kebraski
Thompson
Cardul
Annie Hutton
Goltry, Okla
Cardus
Ideia
Pirite
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