Cure Reported for Petch Through Williams Pink Pills
A Meaford Ontario Monitor report confirms Mr Petch a lifelong paralytic who was declared incurable by doctors is cured after taking Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After a two year watch and total disability claim of 1650 dollars he recovered, praising the pills as a modern medical miracle.
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Monitor
Meaford
Ontario
Petch
Canadian Mutual Life Association
Williams
Cave
Dace
The
Mr. Petch
Aluminum Musical Instruments Reach New Heights
Aluminum extends its province of conquests into musical instruments. Mandolins guitars banjos violins and drums now use fittings of this light metal. It is claimed aluminum provides resistance to climate and a superior tone.
Summer Outing at Lake Erie Resorts and Country Homes
Artistic booklet published by Nickel Plate Road describes vacation resorts along the south shore of Lake Erie and lists country homes open to country boarders. Requests for copies should be sent to B. F. Horner, General Passenger Agent, Cleveland Ohio.
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Nickel Plate Road
Lake Erie
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
Ohio
Brabourne Yew in Kent Declared Britain’s Oldest Tree
The Brabourne yew in Kent is estimated at around three thousand years old, making it the oldest tree in the British Isles. Local historians note its enduring presence through ancient and medieval eras.
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British Isles
Brabourne Yew
Kent
Coughs Lead to Consumption Warns in Ad
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam claiming immediate cough relief and consumption prevention. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and to purchase 25 or 60 cent bottles without delay.
Home Seekers' Excursion Via Nickel Plate Road
Special excursion tickets for home seekers to Northwest West Southwest and designated southern points offered via Nickel Plate Road on June 21 at lower rates. Ask agents. Mrs Winslow's Sooraine Syrup for Children soothes gums reduces inflammation relieves wind colic 25 cents a bottle.
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Nickel Plate Road
An Interesting Summary of the More Im portant Doings of Our Neighbors
Brief notices compile weddings deaths crimes and general Indiana news notes from local neighbors. It highlights significant life events and public happenings with concise summaries.
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Indiana
Daniel Ryan Advances Indiana G A R Leadership at Columbus
Daniel Ryan of Utica now commander of the Indiana G A R announced his first general orders. R. M. Smock remains Assistant Adjutant General and Assistant Quartermaster General. Department HQ stays in room 25, Statehouse. Staff named: Department Inspector Joseph Balsley Seymour. Judge Advocate Charles M Travis Crawfordsville. Chief Mustering Officer John F Hammell Madison. Color Bearer George H Clutch Columbus. Senior Aide de Camp B H Robinson Jeffersonville.
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Daniel Ryan
Utica
Indiana
Columbus
R. M
Smock
Statehouse
Felows
Joseph Balsley
Seymour
Charles M. Travis
Crawfordsville
Various Indiana local notices and events across counties
Wool marketing and oil activity report in Indiana counties. Squirrel hunting legalized since June 1. Odd Fellows buildings planned in Mt Vernon and Danville. Obituaries for Jefferson Pavy and Mrs. Hughes. Bridges advertised in Hendricks County. A summer stock theater planned at Vincennes. Pigeon flights cover 304 miles from Lebanon to Wheeling. Multiple crime and accident notes including robberies, train collisions, and a death by poison in Tipton.
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Montpelier
Posey
Mt. Vernon Odd Fellows
Jefferson Pavy
Greensburg
Anderson
Danville Odd Fellows
Hendricks County
Vincennes
Henry County
Silver Lake
Robert Hughes
Morristown
Union Township
Vanderburg
Evansville
Crim
Danville
Lebanon
Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Griggs
Tipton
Marchless Familton
Elkhart
John Mackey
Colored Company
Princeton
John Cherry
Muncie
Cincinnati
Eastern Points
James Eversole
Jeffersonville
Klondike
Harry Lowell
Brazil
Harry Sanders
New Albany
American Express Company
Pennsylvania
Jacob Hutt
Chris Atkins
Express Company
Jacob Ertle
Fort Wayne
Oscar Romick
Logansport
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Wabash Express
Samuel Jenks
William
Wabash
Jenks
Frank Jones
Alice King
Oakhill Cemetery
King
Hartford
James Dugan
Dugan
Porrhouse
Thad Dupee
Plainfield
Charles N. Teeter
Hagerstown
Unscrupulous Health Ads Urge Bitters for Malaria
A fragment from a 19th century paper promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for biliousness and malaria. It ties the product to national temperament and claims quick liver regulation, urging readers to use the remedy.
Simple Tests for Eggs
A historical note explains freshness tests for eggs. Fresh eggs show dull shells and sink and lay flat in water. bad eggs float. The light test uses a paper tube to view the yolk and surrounding white to assess freshness.
Four American Churches in Paris Listed
The article names four American congregations in Paris. St Luke's American Episcopal Church serves Latin Quarter students and relies on the American Church of the Holy Trinity on Avenue de l Alma with Dr Morgan presiding. Dr Thurber's American Church Evangelical Alliance and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church complete the list.
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Paris
St. Luke’s
Avenue de l’Alma
Dr. Morgan
Dr. Thurber
The
Evangelical Alliance
St. Joseph’s
Grain-O replaces coffee in stores with grain base
A new grain based drink Grain-O is sold as a coffee substitute in grocery stores. It is gentle on delicate stomachs and costs about one quarter of coffee. Children can drink it safely and it is promoted with low prices and availability.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
A sequence of letters from women in Maine Indiana and Tennessee report relief from female specific ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials claim reduced back pain despondency weakness headaches and improved energy following treatment.
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Rom
Moti E. Herret
Powell Station
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Feet cures advertised in old catalog prose
An advertisement extols Shainful swollen feet relief and instant pain ease with Allen's Foot-Ease. It claims comfort for tight or new shoes, sweating, callous, hot or tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, 25c by mail, trial package free from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Crow Steals Frames as Nest Grows in Bombay
A Bombay optician reports his stock missing as a crow takes spectacle frames one by one. Local birds are blamed for the unusual thefts, with the nest allegedly built from the recovered frames found nearby.
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Bombay
Home Seekers Navigate Low Rate Nickel Plate Excursion
A rail excursion via the Nickel Plate Road offers low rates to designated Northwest West and Southwest points and to southern destinations on June 21. Interested travelers should contact agents for details and bookings.
Land Reclamation Advances in Ireland
About 60 000 acres were reclaimed in Ireland over the past year from bog and marsh lands, signaling a substantial expansion of agricultural and grazing areas.
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Ireland
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Health Benefits
An 19th century style ad extols Lane's Family Medicine claiming it moves the bowels daily and acts gently on the liver and kidneys to cure sick headaches. It lists price five and twenty five cents and urges perseverance in work and good resolutions. Also notes One Fare Sunday Excursion Tickets on Nickel Plate Road.
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Lane
Nickel Plate Road
California Fie Synar Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Canifornia Fig Syrup Co
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Ayer
United States
Lowell
Mass
Walter Baker
Dorchester
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Halifax
Home Seekers
Nickel
Arch Mily
J.chubinger
Bros.c. Keokuk
Owa
New Haven,conn
Sapolio
G. A R
Petersburg
Hall
Louis Napoleon
J. B. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
Suez Canal
England
India
A. W. Smitg
Summer St
Biddeford
McElissa Puinches
Lexington
Ind
WILHELMINA_NAGEL
Rittenhouse St
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
New York
Hood
J. F. Rich
Hampshire
America
San Franciso
Cal
Louisville
East Liberty
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Oo. H. Allerton, Jr
Sup't
Golden Mig. Co
Navy
East and West Indies
Maine
Havana
Chicago Newspaper Union
South
Jefferson St
Chicago, Nnt
Calif
Co Bunseraeiten
VW AB Ash
Union Depot
California
Kansas City
Wabash Line
Companyu
T. A
Toledo
Vrohrson
R. G. Burner
Detroit
Mich
Foren
Lafayette
Gro
D. Maxheup
D. P.A
Indianapolis
Ind. C
Crane, G
Po& T.A
St.Louus, Mo
John W. Morris
Washington, D.C
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