Hard for the Housewife Kidney Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as the best kidney remedy for backache weakness and fatigue. Mrs. C F Mace of Shawneetown Illinois reports rapid relief and full recovery after using the product, urging others to remember the name when kidney pain arises. The ad notes 50 cents per box and credits Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York.
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Dean
C. F. Mace
Madison St
Shawmertown
Doan
The Chief Requisite in Belasco Interview
In New York an interview with David Belasco condemns a modern society woman defined by notoriety. He recounts a lawyer offering a private divorce for 500 dollars, contrasted with the price of a public divorce.
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David Belasco
New York
Doctor Endorses Kopp's Baby's Friend Remedy
Dr D R Rothrock of New Berlin Pa says he uses Kopp's Baby's Friend with excellent results and calls it the best remedy for teething troubles wind colic and diarrhea. Available in 10 25 or 50 cent sizes at druggists or by mail from Kopp's Baby's Friend Co York Pa sample by mail on request.
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Ldr
D. R. Rothrock
New Berlin
Kopp
No Frosts There Foote Lighte It Said Southern Tip Florida Never Frosts
A remark that the southern tip of Florida is the only part of the United States never to experience frost. The note mentions Miss Sue Brette and distant traveling theatrical companies.
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Foote
Florida
United States
Sue Brette
Bashford Heir Forges Working Life After Family Downfall
Harry Bashford, son of mill owner Bashford, rejects idle privilege to earn his keep in the Bashford mills. Against his mother Maria’s pride and a cautious doctor’s plan, he starts as a two dollar a day operative, gains respect, buys back the family home, and shows a new course for the Bashford name.
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Harry Bashford
Bashford
Bashfords
Harry
David
Maria
Dr. Bell
Europe
David Bashford
Wall Street
Dr. Béll
Maria Bashford
Black Nick
Heppy
Alice Bell
Blake
Bashford Mills
Bell
Harrys
Harry ‘Bashford
Lesson on Faith and Forgiveness From Simon and the Sinful Woman
The lesson centers on Luke 7 86 50 and 1 Tim 115 as Jesus visits Simon's home and a repentant sinful woman anoints his feet with tears and perfume. The parable of the two debtors shows forgiveness breeds gratitude and love, while Simon’s self righteousness contrasts with the woman’s humble devotion and saved faith.
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Christ
Jesus
Simon
Mary Magdalene
Paul
Moments of joy cited from congressional cloak rooms and antics
The piece recalls moments of happiness from lawmakers and a funny dining table episode. Bailey recalls wearing trousers for his first time, Howland of Ohio remembers driving a pony and dog show chariot, Redfield reflects on learning long division, plus a boarding house gag with a paper wad and a shipboard mishap with beefsteak and gravy.
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Congress
Bailey
Paul
Howland
Ohio
Redfield
Brooklyn
Eczema Ddisfigured Baby Gilbert Healed by Cuticura
A Nebraska mother describes her infant son Gilbert suffering eczema from weeks old with a disfigured face. After two Chicago doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used with full adherence and within four weeks his faceClears significantly and hair returns. The family endorses Cuticura and offers samples by mail from Boston.
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Gilbert
Chicago
H. Albrecht
West Point
Neb
Dept. L
Boston
Lavish New York Rich Man Tries to Trace Ancestry
A suddenly rich man moves to New York and spends freely. He asks a genealogist to prove his lineage back to Adam. The genealogist replies that with enough money they can show through evolution that his family predates Adam.
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New York
Adam
Lippincott’s
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Offers Quick Relief
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for bed and weak eyes and granulated lids. It claims practitioners use it in medical practice, not a patent medicine, with bottles in 2c and 1c sizes sold by druggists, made by Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
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Marine Eye Ve
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Telegram Bills Ignite Discord Over Dispatch Requests
In a humorous exchange, a speaker complains about enormous telegram charges after following an instruction to use dispatch in correspondence. The other party notes they were told to wire all letters, implying overzealous efforts to speed up messages.
Paxton Toilet Co Promotes Paxtine Tablets
Advertises Paxtine tablets as cheaper and better for toilet and medicine needs. Sold by mail and at druggists for 25 cents a box. price sent postpaid on receipt to The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Pick-up Column Jokes and Ball Blue Ad Parody
A quip about where to place a joke on a pickup column appears, followed by an ad line for Red Cross Ball Blue claiming double value. A closing line urges readers that trouble roams toward those who seek it.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Story From Nebraska
Mrs Susie Trempton of Hooper Nebraska credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing five years of severe female troubles. After seven bottles her health returned and she could work again including caring for eighteen boarders. She permits use of her name to help others.
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Hooper
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
Loften
Susie Trempleton
Pinkham
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