Grateful Woman Tells How Peruna Cured Her Ailments
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit district organizer for the Royal Templars of Temperance writes that after five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria she found relief with Peruna. She took fifteen bottles over six months and regained health, claiming Peruna cured the catarrh of the pelvic organs as it did catarrh of the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Armitage
Greenwood Ave
Detroit
Mich
Royal Templars of Temperance
Peruna
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pryxuan
Bright
Opa Strone
Dalton
Mass
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mans
Female Pelvic Catarrh and Chronic Weakness Remedy
The ad claims pelvic catarrh causes widespread weakness and nervous symptoms and asserts Peruna cures catarrh permanently, advising prompt use and offering free advice from Dr. Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
A Horrible Doubt About Opera and Operation
A New York literary figure famed for a city hospital and six vocal studios was consoled by a friend who plans to attend a singer’s high C notes. The scribe quips that distinguishing opera from operation would ease the distress, hinting at the blurred line between arts and medical acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maan
Hall's Catarrh Cure Forged Affidavit Claim
Frank J. Cheney and Co charge a false oath claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure cures all catarrh. An affidavit sworn in Toledo Ohio in December asserts a payment of one hundred dollars for incurable cases. The ad promotes internal use of the cure and lists pharmacists as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
RNY
Ommof FL. Cheney & Co
Toleioa
County
Yirin
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. Seid
Tac
Halls
False Hopes and Shabby Tricks Suspect in Unit Clash
Fragmentary dialogue shows friction in a unit as one member accuses another of a shabby trick and retaliation. The exchange hints at tensions over credit and a plan to even the score among colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esterlly
Str
Inter
Trials of the Rich and Quiet Reflections of Social Life
A collage of social quips and receipts from the era notes manners at home with servants and relatives, remarks on color and appearance, a pancake breakfast pitch, a Goethe quote on self improvement, a printer ad urging Eagle Linen Paper, and Transvaal trade hints including hides feathers tobacco and gold.
Destiny of Human Souls Theory in Beasts
The Portland Oregonian asks if depraved human souls inhabit animals and argues the theory explains many misdeeds. It cites cows spilling milk, trout reputations, horses deceit, and goats butting people as proof that wicked souls linger in beasts until replaced by worse tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Abuse by German Officers Reported in War Crackdown
Historical notes recount widespread convictions for cruelty by German army officers and NCOs since 1903, with 150 officer and NCO convictions, totaling over fifty years. in late June to September alone, eighty cases adding more than twenty four years, led by a harsh eight year sentence for a non commissioned officer Breidenbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breidenbach
Fourth Guards
Bavaria
Saxony
Puss in Specs in a Noted Ophthalmic Tale
A dioptric review recounts a lady and her Maltese cat whose eyesight faded. An oculist used a mock mouse to diagnose and fitted the cat with tailored glasses, in gold frames, improving vision beyond prior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Lane
Another Life Saved by Dean’s Kidney Pills
Mrs G W Fooks of Salisbury Maryland wife of G W Fooks Sheriff of Wicomico County credits three days of Dean’s Kidney Pills with relief from eight years of kidney pain fatigue shortness of breath bloating and swollen limbs. She says a doctor warned of Bright’s disease and cites rapid recovery after using the pills priced 50 cents per box sold by all druggists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Fooks
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Bright
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
General Chaffee Teaches Hygiene With Measles Tale
In a brief wartime talk General Chaffee humorously recalls a boy denying he has measles because he “gave them” to Tommy and Johnny yesterday. The anecdote illustrates a point on hygiene and contagion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Witen
Tommy
Johnny
New York Times
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Nurse Mother Gray of the Children’s Home New York promotes powders to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders move bowels and destroy worms. Over 30 000 testimonials. Sold at all druggists 25 cents sample free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
New York
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Faith in Humanity Tested in Wry Banter
A vinegar-faced pessimist declares no faith in humanity while a calm optimist counters that humanity may believe in him if he shows faith in them. The exchange plays on optimism versus cynicism in a light, humorous manner.
Bleeker and Meeker Exchange Marriage Remarks
Bleeker asks Meeker about marrying a widow since last meeting. Meeker confirms not. she married Meeker. Mrs. Austin's Pancake four is recommended and Alpaca wool is used for genuine fabric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleeker
Meeker
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Avis
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