Dean’s Kidney Pills Public Endorsement Ad
W J Hill of 40 South Union Street Concord NC tests Dean’s Kidney Pills for backache and kidney troubles. He reports improved kidney secretions, stronger back, and overall health with no ache after last dose. Free trial mailed to US addresses. price 50 cents per box at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. ‘Hill
South Union Street
Concord
N. C
Justice of the Peace
Dean
Gibson Drug Store
Hill
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Odds and ends from a 19th century newspaper page
A collage of ads and brief notes including Defiance Starch claims and price, ribbing about happiness with the product, observations on literary errors in Don Quixote and other works, and a long wartime reminiscence about May and Arlington Camp Michigan. It concludes with Mrs May’s Civil War intelligence aiding Lincoln and Stanton before Lee's planned attack.
Doctor on Food Compels Cure with Grape-Nuts Claim
A Galion Ohio physician reports long lasting indigestion relief after using Grape-Nuts. He says the cereal is pleasant to taste, easily digested, and a superior nerve and blood-building food aiding brain workers and patients alike. The testimonial is furnished by Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Origin of Memorial Day Linked to Michigan Girls Deeds
A veteran recalls the Civil War origin of Memorial Day with two Michigan girls laying flowers on soldiers’ graves in Virginia. Mrs May and Red Cross nurse Mrs Evans joined, placing blossoms on thirteen graves both Union and Confederate, linking to Decoration Day’s national observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin May
Arlington
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Camp Michigan
Josephine
Ella
Sumter
Potomac
Fredericksburg
Old Dominion
John A. Logan
Chipman
Cincinnati
Germany
Logan
John B. Murray
Michigan
Michigan Infantry
J. B. Richardson
Army of the Potomac
Mrs. May
Hand
Watertown
Arlington Cemetery
Gen. Arthur
May
Marcia
Mountain Home
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hydroscope Aids Search for Lost Xerxes Fleet
A hydroscope is to be used to locate the ancient fleet of Xerxes buried on the sea bed for about 2300 years. The expedition also seeks a Pompey chartered ship carrying Roman art treasures wrecked in the Aegean archipelago 1950 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xerxes
Pompey
Athens
Defiance Starch Guaranteed Best Money Back
Defiance Starch promises the largest quality with a money back guarantee. The 16 ounce package sells for 10 cents and invites customers to try it now.
Rothschilds Multiply Slowly Through Centuries
The English branch, founded by Nathan Meyr Rothschild, has grown over more than a century to only thirty to forty descendants, far fewer than typical families would have produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Meyr Rothschild
Murphy’s McKinley Portrait Unveiled at White House
Murphy’s oil portrait of President McKinley has been received at the White House and placed to the right of the north vestibule door. Painted from a photograph without meeting the president, it is highly praised by McKinley’s friends as the best likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Ki Kinley
President McKinley
White House
Sargent
Roosevelt
McKinley
Morgan’s reply during a reporter’s inquiry at his Madison Ave residence
A young reporter asked Charles W. Price about Pierrepont Morgan. The butler said Morgan was out, but Morgan appeared and challenged the reporter. He advised to visit his office next morning to suggest changes in his establishment, and they later maintained cordial relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Richard I
William the Conqueror
Richard
Gideon
Walter Besant
Trollope
Andy Scott
Sancho
James Lane Allen
Hamlin Garland
Jacob Riis
Robinson Crusoe
Paris
Seine
Morgan
Lotus Club
Charles W. Price
Pierrepont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Carraige
Madison Avenue
English Attitudes Toward Peanuts Revealed in Lively Quips
A New York Press note contrasts British terms for peanuts ground nut and ground bean with American usage. It cites a British encyclopedia on peanut use in the southern United States and a Goober term for Georgians. The piece also notes a legal witness who sells peanuts and a quip about a woman marrying to please her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tip
New York
North America
South
Sensational Case in Alston Michigan
Hough ton County reports a dramatic medical case as James Culet of Alston claims to have cured twenty years of Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble using Dodd's Kidney Pills after trying many doctors and medicines. He says forty two boxes removed all rheumatism and urges others to use the remedy. Life’s burdens would be lighter if saw edged collars were discontinued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alston
Mich
Houghton County
James Culet
Culet
Dodd
Defiance Starch Promotion Promises Satisfaction
A vintage ad promotes Defiance Starch with a return policy if not pleased and a one third bonus for the same price. It claims satisfaction and non sticking, citing a testimonial from Vanburen Indiana dated February 10 1900 and mentions Piso s Cure as a top throat and lung remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piso
Bribe Acceptance Sparks Debate Among Citizens
A terse note notes that some men accept bribes, turning insult into a public controversy. The snippet highlights the moral issue of corruption and its impact on trust in leadership.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Backed By Women Of America
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York shares her testimony among hundreds of thousands praising Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and related medicines as a trusted cure for women. Skeptics once doubted the remedies but widespread cures have earned attention from scientists and physicians nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Stafford
E. 14Th St
N.Y. City
Lydia E. Pinkhaimn
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Lydia FE. Pinkham
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Bright
Lee
Washington
Mansion House Hospital
Jee
Fairfax
Stanton
Lincoln
Maine
American Ladies’ Memorial Committee
Colon Cemetery
Havana
Cuba
The
Iowa
Mulnali
Sioux City
Pinkham
Gawyers Excelsior
M. B. Sawyer & Son
Bele Mars
Rast Cambridge
Maes
Nature
Cearies E. Hires Co
Malvern
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Confer Medical Company
Orangeville
Ill
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