Dean’s Kidney Pills Promised Cure For Kidney Troubles
An old advertisement touts Dean’s Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney pain and urinary troubles. Mrs W M Dau seher of Bradford Pennsylvania claims relief from edema and back pain after using the product, with a free trial offered by Foster Auerbaum Co Buffalo NY. Sold by dealers at 50 cents per box. The ad ends with a proverb about crossing bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
W.M . Dauseher
Water St
Bradford
Dan- Beher
United States
Foster-Aulburn Co
Buffalo
Cures and remedies and travels in early 1900s ads
A collage of patent medicine claims for Catarrh cures and a physician prescribed formula. Ads promote Wall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with testimonials and price prompts. Also features travel promos to Colorado, Utah, California via the Colorado Midland Railway and Erie Railroad excursions. Mentions recognition of Prof Barrois by the Paris Academy of Sciences and Piso's Cure with a customer testimonial from J O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Charney & CO
Propa
Toledo
Jiall
Colorado
Utah
California
Colorado Midland Railway
Northwest
C. H. Speers
Denver
Colo
Academy of Sciences of
Paris
Barrois
Lille
Fouque
Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer Ad Promises Cure
An old advertisement claims fits and nerve troubles are permanently cured after ten days using Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free trial bottle and treatment from B R H Kline Ltd of Philadelphia with a mistaken reference to Grecian and Roman wrestling oil practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kline
Hester
R. H. Kline, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Immensity of Alaska and a quip on Defiance Starch
The note extols Alaska's vast 677,390 square miles surpassing Texas California and Montana. It then pivots to a Defiance Starch ad boasting 16 ounces for 10 cents and a money back guarantee. It closes with a rhetorical line about love and accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Union
Texas
California
Montana
Be frugal but not grasping in shopkeeper tale
Levita Leiter recalls a store anecdote from Leitersburg about a deaf customer who tries to bargain. The tale emphasizes avoiding overreaching in deals and the lasting damage to reputation from such acts. The customer offers 15 cents while the price is one dollar, echoing the cautionary parable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levita Leiter
Leitersburg
Leiter
Leitersburs
Hidden flower under an ark tree in a woodland mythic reverie
The passage muses on a flower that reveals mythic visions of Daphne, Hyacinthus, Narcissus and Pan. It links the bloom to Apollo and Echo, the forest spirits, and a timeless beauty that embodies truth, holiness, and art as the soul's immortal part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana
Mandy Mion
Echo
Hyacinthus
Apollo
Diphne
Pan
Earth
Biblical injunction reversed on snakes as farm friends
Easton Maryland Gazette urges kindness to snakes arguing blacksnakes under houses aid in rodent control, deter hostility to snakes, and can be tame pets. It notes farmers and boys often kill snakes on sight but praises their helpful role and harmless nature toward infants.
Two Lives Side by Side In Unequal Fortunes
A twenty three year old girl contrasts her static life with Mildred S who has experienced engagements, marriage, divorce and upheavals since leaving school at eighteen. The mother questions if Mildred’s turmoil is enviable, while the daughter muses living versus merely existing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred S
Forced Contribution Sermon Sparks City Collection Incident
In New York a church fund drive led to a special sermon and plate collection. Mr H urged a large turnout. A friend gave $5 for his wife but Mr H insisted on the remaining $2, refusing to pass the plate until the sum was completed. The episode drew astonishment and tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Defiance Starch Promotes 16 Ounce Pack and Exposition Tickets
A cluttered ad touts Defiance Starch offering 16 ounce packages at the same price as 12 ounce rivals, with a distribution offer for 25 ladies across Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. It also advertises tickets to a St Louis exposition and lists animal show attractions in St Louis while urging customers to mail remainders of trade marks by September 1 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance Starch Co
St. Loms
Ilinois
Ioowa
Nebraska
Natsas
Mussouri
Wall
Defiance Stareh Co
Omatia Neb
Grain Eating Songsters and Voices Across Nations
An essay-like note claims fine singing emerges where diet centers on grain rather than fish or meat. It contrasts Naples and Genoa with Irish rural women and Sweden, suggesting Norway’s fish-heavy diet suppresses singing while Sweden’s grain culture fosters it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Genoa
Norway
Sweden
Where Most Wheels Go Around at Newchwang Port
The article notes Newchwang handles massive wagon traffic in winter with at least 2000 carts daily, each carrying two tons. Carts are pulled by four to seven animals, and some journeys take thirty to forty days to reach the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newchwang
Longest Convention in American Political History
The Democratic National Convention met in Charleston, South Carolina in 1860 and after ten days adjourned without result to Baltimore. When delegates reconvened there four more days were needed to nominate Stephen A. Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Baltimore
Stephen A. Douglas
Settled Case With Her Leads to Health via Postum Drink
A Missouri woman recounts thirty years of stomach agony until coffee caused spells ceased after switching to Postum. She reports improved health and complexion, with the change benefiting her family as well. A ten day Postum trial is recommended, and readers are urged to look for The Road to Wellville book in each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
St. Louis
Erie Railroad Company
555 Railway Exchange
Boston
Pittsburgh
Niagara Falls
Cambridge Springs
Chautauqua Lake
Piso
J W O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Harold Somers
Peale Avenue
Brooklyn
LEWIS
Peoria
Tos
Lippincott's
St. Lewis
Defiance
Fegpe
Samuel Pitcher Pankin Seca
Ali
Stina
Rockette Salle
Seek - Thintergreen
Tehin
Bears
THE
Centain Cous
Mew
York
Crrv
Omama, Neb
Phoenix
Phoenix Chair CO
Sheboygan, Wis
Rosshud
South Dakota
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Nes
Chisago
Gamesteel
Conyor
W. B. Kniskern
Wario
Toronto
Montreal
Portland
St.louis
H. E. Moores
Farnam Street
Omaha
Neb
Vt) Gass S Ses
Price
Tois
Paxton CO
Pope Bldg
Mase
Western Supply CO
W Street
Lincoln
Ptio
Dominion
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Carars
Bagsage
Fale Grounds
Starry E. Moores
Gen
Omaka
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!