Golden Medical Discovery Proposed as Forest Health Tonic
For run down and nervous people with indigestion headaches biliousness or coated tongue the era's tonic promises aid from forest root extracts. Dr. R V Pierce claims a blood purifying remedy that aids digestion and liver function while curing stomach and liver disturbances. It asserts no alcohol or habit forming drugs and warns against substitutes. Constipation is claimed to be cured by Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.V. Pierce
Invalins’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Time Savings
Advertised as 16 oz per package with the same 10 cent price as 12 oz rivals. Claims no harmful chemicals and no sticking to irons. Urges buyers to demand Defiance to avoid smaller 12 oz stock and iron jams.
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Defiance
Defiance Starch Demand Spurs 16 Oz Buyback Pitch
Advert reads that grocers avoid Defiance Starch due to stock of competing 12 oz brands. It argues 16 oz for the same price gives better value and urges customers to choose Defiance. A cheeky aside about telling a fiancée she is an angel only if you can maintain the bluff after marriage.
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Defiance
All Up-to-Date Housekeepers Favor Defiance Starch
A humorous ad line touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as better for modern housekeepers. It notes a price advantage with 4 oz extra for a small extra cost. The ad hints at the virtue of daily effort, joking that a day off is lost time.
Household staple claims top value in cold water starch
A brief note touts a specific brand of cold water starch as the best value, claiming it offers more for 10 cents than any other brand. The line also contains a reflective comment about trains of thought not always arriving on time.
More Men Than Women Across United States
Population data shows 1,840,280 more men than women in the United States with Paraguay as the sole exception where women outnumber men due to a historical conflict. The imbalance in the U S mirrors global patterns except in Paraguay where past political upheaval and war reduced male numbers.
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United States
Paraguay
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Furnace ventilation in mines favors deep shafts economics
The furnace as a venting method is said to be more economical in deep mines than shallow ones. It heats a column of air so that the weight difference between the upcast and downcast shafts increases with depth, producing greater motive power.
Africa's Sneeze-Wood Tree Noted in South Africa
A natural curiosity called the sneeze-wood tree in South Africa irritates the nose when cut with a saw due to fine rust like snuff. It repels insects, tastes bitter, and sinks in water, making it notable among regional flora.
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Africa
South Africa
New Birds Found on Apo Summit by Dr Mears
Dr E A Mears, an ornithology authority, recently discovered several new bird species on the Apo summit in Mindanao. The article also notes Quito’s volcanic peaks, including Catopaxi, as the world’s highest active volcano.
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E. A. Mears
Apo
Mindanao
Quito
Ecuador
Catopaxi
Lost 72 Pounds in Kidney Trouble Cure Claim
Dr Melvin M Page Erie Pa recounts a severe kidney illness in New York in 1895. He says after taking Deans Kidney Pills an abscess on his kidney formed but was checked and the disease cured by 1896 leaving him at 188 pounds. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Greenland whale compared to elephants bears noted
A humorous aside on a Greenland whale’s size is followed by an advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It promises relief for painful feet and ingrown nails, claims comfort for new shoes, and offers a trial package and 25 cent price from Druggists. A.S. Olmsted, Le Roy, NY is listed. An aside about a man wearing a ring on his middle finger closes the item.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Guaranteed Cure for Piles with PAZO OINTMENT
Claims a guaranteed cure for piles including itching, bleeding, and protruding types. States druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in certain claims. Mentions the anti itching and healing properties and a responsive guarantee to buyers.
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Hidaya
Sony Orge F
Diemer
Allcock's Porous Plasters Claim Originality
The statement declares Allcock's as the original and only genuine porous plasters, dismissing other so-called porous plasters as imitations.
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Allcock
Lincoln’s Humility Amid Greatness and Duty
The piece argues Abraham Lincoln rose to the presidency by deliberate choice of the people and faced era defining trials. It notes the burden of fame, emphasizes that human achievement belongs to humanity, and cites progress from rails to electric power as long arc of civilization. The author invokes Tennyson’s line that men are a small race.
Croton Iowa Man Helps Lincoln and Seeks Army Appointment
Noel Pp Aldrich of Croton Iowa visited the White House during the Civil War to seek an army commission. He, though younger, resembled Lincoln in size and features and watched hopeful applicants lined up at the reception room table, waiting for their turn.
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Lincoln
Noel Pp. Aldrich
Croton
Iowa
White House
Aldrich
Lincoln and the God of Battles in a Civil War vignette
A Los Angeles Times account recalls Lincoln’s weary endurance during the Civil War. The president seeks divine guidance in the hymn Oh Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud as generals, statesmen, and sieges surge around him. Aldrich visits, requests an army post, but Lincoln politely declines and sends him away with good luck.
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Earth
Lincoln
Lincoln's Humorous Letter Signature
An official letter to operator Jack Wintrup at Wilmington Delaware on the line from Washington to Fortress Monroe surprised Lincoln by its bold signature and flourishes. Lincoln quipped that the style reminded him of a short legged man in a long tailed overcoat whose steps erased in the snow.
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Wilmington
Del
Washington
Fortress Monroe
Jack Wintrup
Philadelphia
Wintrup
Lincoln
Peruna Promises Relief From La Grippe Pneumonia
Letters from readers in Ontario Indiana Ohio and North Carolina credit Peruna with curing or easing la grippe and follow-on pneumonia or systemic catarrh. Testimonials note quick improvement and longterm health benefits after using Peruna.
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la Grippe
T. Barnecott
West Aylmer
Ontario
Peruna
Jennie W. Gilmore
White Oak
Ind. Ter
Manalin
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Kemp
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Nchester
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Tennyson
Mr. Aldrich
Los Angeles Times
Chas. E. Wells
Delaware
Ohio
Robt. L. Madison
A. M
Cullowhee High School
Painter
N. C
Jackson County Board of Education
Madison
Jane Gift
Athens
Victor Patneaude
Madison St
Topeka
Kas
Knights and Ladies of Security
Canada
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D
M. Gregory & Bea
Marblehead, Bass
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Missouri, Kansas ,& Texas
Southwest
G. A. McNutt Blossom House
Kansas City, HO
Mull’s
Mull’s Grape Tonic CO
Third Ave
Rock Island
Conatt
Eben
H. S. Howland
Madison Avenue
New York City
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