Woman Escapes Operation with Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Elwood Indiana resident Mrs Sadie Mullen reports avoiding surgery after using six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three months of pain and leg trouble. The ad touts the remedy as a thirty year standard for female ills including displacements ulcers irregularities and backache and invites confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Mullen
N. B. St
Elwood
Ind
Lydia I
A Shaded Story From The Delineator
A tale features Joseph Alexander presenting wild claims of killing snakes, then confesses a more plausible tale of a single large worm. The second piece reports sixteen years of skin disease, detailing failed cures until Cuticura Remedies brought relief, with testimonial by Leonard A. Hawter of Brooklyn, dated 1909.
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Joseph Alexander
Miss Minnie
Joseph
Leonard A. Hawter
Nostrand Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Oh No Dady They Won't Come Off Nails In Em
A Delineator anecdote recounts three year old Loren pulling a baby's pink toes for amusement. The father cautions him about injury but the child insists toes cannot come off because they have nails.
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Loren
Baby
Papa
Maize Not Cause of Pellagra Says European Committee
London May 14 Dr Sambon of the Field committee reports from Rome that Pellagra is not caused by maize or Indian corn. The parasitic conveyor is a biting gnat species named smulium repans. The note includes a verse excerpt by Henry Van Dyke.
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Europe
London
Sambon
Rome
Harold Learns Obedience At Dinner Party
In a Woman's Home Companion vignette Little Harold is told to refuse a second helping at supper. He eagerly tries mar malade and, when asked again, insists he cannot accept a second time but would consider a third invitation.
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Harold
Marine Eye Remedy Trial Size Salva Assoc Co Chicago
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Salva in aseptic trial tubes. Readers are urged to ask a Druggist or write Marine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago for the product. The copy targets eye care for itching eyelids and lashes.
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Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Pettit's Eye Salve Ad Claims Quick Eye Restoration
An advertisement touts Pettit's Eye Salve promising restoration of normal eye conditions despite disease or injury. It notes Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo, New York as distributors. A separate blurb suggests Dr Pierce's Pellets as a small, sugar coated remedy to regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Munron
Munyon
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Lovers and Rings The Tale of Patience and Jealousy
A fragmentary verse and prose piece explores love’s pursuit and jealousy with tales of rings and partnerships. It shifts to a New York World essay weighing pipes, cigarettes, and cigars, arguing form matters more than nicotine amount for harm. The discussion weighs combustion, condensation products, and health implications of each smoking form.
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New York
New Aunt Arrives As Jack Learns A Family Signatures
From Lippencott's a scene shows Little Jack's mother presenting a letter from a new aunt who gained relation by marrying his favorite uncle. Jack, spelling slowly, quips about the awkward pronunciation of the aunt's front name Belle Paine and wonders why it takes two syllables.
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Lippencott
Jack
Mammua
Belle Paine
Wanty
Doan's Kidney Pills End Bright's Disease Claim
Sick kidneys show signs such as frequent or scanty urine backache headaches and dizziness. Mrs H R Peebles of Akron testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her back pain swelling feet and irregular kidney action after doctors failed. Sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N C. The line about flatterers adds a quip unrelated to health.
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Dean
H. R. Peebles
N. Walnut St
Akron
Bright
Doan
The Ramrodders review by Holman Day promises political satire
A Harper edition reviews Holman Day's new novel The Ramrodders, profiling Thelismer Thornton as a vivid political figure. The piece cites wit and bite in Day's portrayal of reform talk, halos, and the game of politics with pithy excerpts and sharp observations.
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Holman Day
Harpers
Thelismer Thornton
Brooklyn Eating Goats as Cheap Meat in City Markets
The New York Press reports 20000 pounds of goat meat are consumed weekly in Brooklyn to beat high prices for beef lamb and pork. Poorer residents prefer it for cost and nourishment, with goats mainly from western meat centers sent dressed for wholesale. If prices stay high, consumption could spread to Manhattan and the Bronx amid fears the meat trust will corner supply and raise prices.
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New York Press
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx
Meat Trust
An Experienced Walter from Lippincott's on a voyage
An Experienced Walter recounts a dining moment aboard an ocean liner as Smythe, urged by friends to taste long voyages, struggles with a cutlet that fails to please. The waiter warns that the length of the voyage will temper the experience, a humorous exchange unfolds at the first meal.
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Smythe
Walter
In the Blood. Kuicker Jones Demands More Money
From the New York Sun a fragment notes Kuicker Jones repeatedly seeks higher funds, mentioning his father as a college president and his mother described as a woman, reflecting a family backdrop in a brief, unsettled passage.
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The
New York Sun
Kuicker—Jones
Bocker
New Maid Please Visitor From Harper's Bazaar Time
A light hearted note from Harper's Bazaar hints at a domestic scene where a maid asks a visiting man to confirm what item is being collected, listing possibilities such as an encyclopedia phonograph brass bed piano and sewing machine, in a playful domestic context.
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Harper's Bazar
Imino
Allen's Foot Ease Advertised Powder For Feet
Promotion extols Allen's Foot-Ease as a pageant of foot care trusted by millions. It claims cures while you walk with 30,000 testimonials, notes anti friction benefits and stocking savings, and warns buyers to demand the genuine article over imitations.
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Allen
Pretty Mean from Tit Bits Widow Demands Payout
A new-made widow visits an insurance office to claim her husband’s policy. The manager offers condolence, but she retorts that men are always sorry when a poor woman gets a chance to make a little money.
Dr Martel's Female Pills Seventeen Years Standard
A historic ad touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as a long established remedy for women's ailments. It claims rapid and permanent results and notes availability at all drug stores. The wording reflects period advertising style and emphasis on scientific backing.
Mushingham Adds Culture to Theater Purchase
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Mushingham gained wealth quickly yet preserved culture by commissioning a theater bought recently. He had the word exeunt painted over every door instead of exit, signaling a theatrical flourish.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Mushingham
This Will Interest Mothers Mother Gray’s Powder Benefits
A dated advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children as a cure for feverishness headache and teething disorders. It claims bowel regulation worm destruction and cold remedies with a 24 hour effect and harmless milk flavor. It notes 26 cents and free samples by Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. A separate line mentions a man serving for bigamy and a claim about dual masters.
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Gray
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
N, Y
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