German Syrup trusted by mothers for children's croup
Letters from parents praise German Syrup as a safe, effective remedy for croup and whooping cough in children. They credit it for relief during emergencies, noting it lacks harmful drugs and can be administered confidently to young patients. Many customers are mothers who rely on Boschee's German Syrup.
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California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Waisville
New York
I. Witurrs
Jas
Mma
Marrodsburg
Croup
Boschee
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Douglan
Brockton
Mass
Saloon issue sparks Democratic row in Iowa
A Keokuk businessman laments Democratic loyalty to the saloon as the defining issue, urging party members to resist temperance politics and defend broader principles. The letter condemns saloon influence in Ottumwa and warns that free drink will steer policy and crime, calling for unified action by the honest reformers across parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Keokuk
Hell
Politico
Jns
Ottumwa
Acrobatic Kitten Smashes Window Blind and Sees Gutters
A kitten traipses through a house as its mistress works, jumps at a closed blind in an attic, and vanishes. It reappears, turning in midair to grab the gutter edge with its forepaws, a quick display of agility after being startled into space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hil
Conn
W. I. Stevens
Wright
Stevens
Portland
Dream of Happiness Follows with Grippe and Bitters Claim
A mixed note on health miseries and remedies. It warns that bed coverings and drafts from a hotel window can spread illness, advocates Westbrook’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive and treatment for malaria dyspepsia and kidney trouble, and extols soda water springs in the Colorado desert. It also mentions a catarrh cure from West Toledo and fashion trends in thumb rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terribie
Swift
Westotter
Colorado Desert
Washington Star
How to Make Money and Plating Machines
Doorway to earning: circulars from HK Dunno & Co of Columbus offer a tin plating machine claiming versatile plating on metals with gold silver or nickel. A schoolmate can earn 5 to 15 dollars daily selling. Also notes on foot measuring machines and shorthands, plus various oddities and ads from the era.
Castoria ad and assorted misprints from a period paper
An assortment of ad copy and fragmented phrases including Castoria mentions for babies and children, a curious epilepsy cure tease, stray product mentions, and assorted quips with irregular typography and garbled text. The piece reads like a rough OCR of a late nineteenth or early twentieth century page with numerous typos and nonsensical lines.
Advertising Art Shines in Ivory Soap Campaign
The Ivory Soap campaign uses full page Century drawings by top book and magazine artists. The article notes high costs and predicts future ads may feature George Wharton Edwards and BE W. Kemble, praising trained imagination and artistic conception in advertising.
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George Wharton Edwards
BE. W. Kemble
Toast Cutting Rule Sparks Marital Fate Claim
A 19th century clipping claims toast cutting determines marriage fate, warning that if slices aren’t cleanly severed the woman will be an old maid. It mixes ads and quips about products, religious reflections, and a round trip rail excursion offer, reflecting a fragmentary newspaper page.
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Ad Claims Cures
An advertisement details catarrh symptoms including ear ringing headaches nasal obstruction and foul breath. It touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a mild cleansing remedy that supposedly cures chronic cases permanently and offers a $500 cash payment if not cured.
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Dr. Sage
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Avery
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CTS
Dunce Jbuys & Package
Durham
Tobacco
TEY XI
Pompson
Lenox
J. M. Walters
Blaine
Chicago
Republican Party
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hunter
Democratic State Central Committee
Lcense
Iowa City
Republican
Dey
State Bankers Association
Sioux City
Peter A. Dey
Democratic Party of Jews
France
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Brance
Lous Alv
Nire Pones
Europe
William of Orange
Uae
Esperance
Senate
Ifat
Ila
Sac Sun
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Aibflt
Toledo
Ohio
Baltimore
Hatters
New York Journal
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Mall
Chaffee's College
Oawe
Gu.ny
Castoria
Misa
Epider
Timal Batiles
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Con Aman
Epplicant
Trousseau
New York Advertiser
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
Tits House
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Bendtu DriCilne
Arch St. Phila Pa
Chicago & Eastern Imnels Railroad Company
EWIS
Penna. Salt M’f’g CO. Gen. Agts
Phila
Carter Medic
Jose
Gatalogua
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Carda
BK. Kelsey & CO
Meriden, Co
T N. Crowley
Terre Haute
Ind
Iturdacs
Mevicker’s Theatre
Windsor Hotel
New 10Th Bt. Vinduet
U S
Canada
Harold Heyes
M.D
Bofalo
Washington Street
Ee Adiana Rinemad Springs
W.S. Lich
Xmithvilie
N.Y
St. Jacobs
F. B. Adams
Perry, Mo
ST Jacobs Oil
Kk Szeuring
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JLIG
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Gor Bove
Itrio Insoles
Addresa Ric Belt and Appliance CO
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Truss & Taoe
Owen
Tig P
Binghamton
Binghamton, NK. Y
International Press Association
Dearborn
J.J. Thomas & CO
Curtin Street
Denver
Colorado
Dr. le Duc
England
United States
Goodman Drug
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Woal
WX. U
Omaha
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