Owe You My Life praised by Mills Nebraska reader
A Mills Nebraska resident Mrs E Woornisrr writes of acne relief and improved health after using a pound peg compound. The letter claims remarkable improvement and gratitude for the product cited.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
7
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Restored Health
Mrs Gro Leacs of 1609 Belle Street Alton Illinois writes that after suffering severe womb trouble with frequent menses she found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says sleep appetite and strength returned and she would not trade the medicine for any doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gro
Belle St
Alton
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Main Thing Sunk Your Fleet Query
A fragmented quip from the Philadelphia North American questions who sank the fleet, debating Sampson or Schley and urging persistence amid naval doubt. The line evokes historical naval debate and wartime tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson
Schley
Philadelphia
Grain-O Coffee Substitute Promotes Gentle Grains Drink
Try Grain O for a coffee replacement praised for all ages. It imitates mochas depth with grain base and gentleness on delicate stomachs. Prices run 15 and 25 cents per package as grocers sell the new product from A T Stewart endorsement.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure And General Remedies Advertising Snippet
An old clipping highlights Hall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents and extols St Jacobs Oil as a quick remedy for sports sprains and bruises. It blends quotations from Thomas Scott and Longfellow to accompany the ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Gentle Health Aid
An antique ad touts Lane's Family Medicine as aiding digestion and liver and kidney function, soothes headaches, and promotes health with a daily regimen. It lists price points at 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Man of integrity refuses all pleas against conscience
A succinct quote attributed to Home notes that true integrity withstands external appeals to compromise conscience. It frames conscience as an absolute guide, suggesting steadfast personal uprightness over pragmatic accommodation.
Washington Tales of Clerks and Soldiers Across Time
An old report notes clerks in Washington abusing furloughs to visit soldiers, while regiments with relatives in the Tenth Cavalry colored face the limits of access. It covers war commissions funding, furlough politics, postal gains in major cities, and naval officer promotions including Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sar
War Department
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
1St
Louis
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Rochester
Newark
N. J
Denver
Providence
Queen Regent Emma Checks Wilhelmina's Pride Tale
An anecdote from the era portrays young Wilhelmina demanding access to her mother the Queen-Regent. Emma responds with a gentle rebuke and a caressing invitation after the princess declares herself queen. The sketch highlights royal authority and courtly behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma
Nurmur
Emma
Wilhelmina
Wheat Holders Expect High Prices To $2 A Bushel
Farmers delay selling wheat hoping prices rise to two dollars a bushel while risks of price drops loom. The note warns delays are dangerous, then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for biliousness dyspepsia indigestion and constipation.
Mice on Island in Missouri River Attract Curious Specimens
Report from near Plattsmouth Nebraska describes an island in the Missouri River overrun by mice with a golden brown upper body and white lower body, pink legs and jet black eyes. The unusual appearance draws attention from local observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Major Bishop Endorses Pink Pills for Strength in 1898
The article profiles Major A. C. Bishop of Detroit a deep water route advocate and civil engineer. It recounts his 1850 Hudson River Railroad work his Detroit career since 1815 and his recovery after hospital treatment aided by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a sworn statement from Notary Public Hull dated January 8 1898. It adds a note on Curzon as the new Indian viceroy lacks a fixed English residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Great Lakes
Major A. ©. Bishop
Third Avenue
Detroit
Hudson River
Major Bishop
Piso's Cure for Consumption Praised by Newark Widow
Mrs N F Speedling of 628 Summer Ave Newark writes to The Piso Company Warren Pa praising Piso's Cure for Consumption. She reports her mother suffered a thirty year cough that vanished after two days of use, with better sleep and wellbeing. She adds the question why a man's love cools when his wife keeps him in hot water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Ave
Newark
N. J
Piso Company
Warren
Piso
Fragmented ad list and quotes on travel and cures
The passage mixes promotional notices and aphorisms. It mentions homeseekers excursion rates via the Nickel Plate Road with several November and December dates, a cough remedy Kemp's Balsam, and various scattered bits about hats, head content, and a few unrelated quips. The readable text reads as an assortment of ads and sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate
Regulars in War and Civil War Losses Highlight Army Regiments
The piece notes the regulars of the United States army fought in Santiago and Civil War battles. It cites 2 205 officers and men killed or mortally wounded and over 3 000 deaths from disease. Gettysburg saw near half of two regular brigades killed or wounded. The Fifteenth Infantry suffered 97 killed and 420 wounded with 61 dying of wounds and 50 in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
United States Army
Gettysburg
Fifteenth Infantry
A Short Fight with Autumn Pain and St Jacobs Oil
A damp autumn night stirs sciatica then a tug of pain. The man uses St Jacobs Oil and finds relief, calling it a short fight with a sure cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs
What Noah Did
A Sunday school anecdote recounts a girl’s witty answer to what Noah was doing as animals boarded the ark. The teacher and class exchanged light humor about taking tickets and rails in a playful moment from Tid Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Soliciters sought for American Woolen Mills Co
Citizens alerted to solicit ors in cities to contact American Woolen Mills Co Chicago for potential good positions. Word of mouth offers to insert this notice and mail it back to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Woolen Mills CO
Chicago
Ant Nests Robbed for Grain in Scarce Times
In times of scarcity South African natives reportedly raid ants nests and take as much as five bushels of grain from a single nest. The practice highlights severe food shortages and local survival strategies.
Grain-O the grain coffee substitute for children
An advertisement promotes Grain-O a grain based drink as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee and costs about a quarter, with packaging in 15c and 25c sizes available from grocers. It closes with a quote from De Quincey contrasting faith and intellect.
Lung and chest cures touted by Windsor reader
A Windsor Ontario reader endorses Piso’s Cure as the best medicine for lung and chest diseases. The fragment also mentions infant speech sounds and a reference to teething relief with Winslow’s soothing products, noting a price of 325 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Northcott
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Winslow
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. Woornisrr
Mills, Neb
A. T. Stewart
Hall
Thomas Scott
Paris
Brannagan
State Department
United States
Congress
George Dewey
Asiatic
Long
Dewey
Hayr
Mr. Simon
Oregon
Senate
Judah P. Benjamin
Louisiana
Mr. Moses
Dawes
Lafayette Monument
Ryan
Scuss
Mr. Curzon
India
America
England
Hood
Walcottille
Ind
O' Farrell
Rudyard Kipling
W. D. Howells
Lillian Nordica
Sarah Sands
Companion
S .Ee
Columbus Avenue
Mass
John
Herschel
Glenn
Hill
the Plate Road
Quincey
Adam and Eve
Pou
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