Mrs Danforth Praises Lydia E Pinkham Remedy for Prolapse
Mrs Florence Danforth of St. Joseph Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing prolapse or falling of the womb and relieving related pains after four months of daily use. The letter offers free medical advice to women from Mrs Pinkham.
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Danforth
St. Joseph
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinxeamu
Florence Danforth
Miles Ave
Pinkham
Wood as Food Among Siberian Natives
A traveler reports northern Siberians regularly eating wood as part of their evening meals. They strip bark, chop logs, mix with snow, boil in a kettle, and sometimes add fish roe milk or butter to the boiled wood mixture to attract sympathy and gifts.
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Siberia
Gracie House Once Grand Country Home By Hell Gate
A commodious frame house overlooking Hell Gate began as Archibald Gracie’s country home. Once a shipowner with global trade, he lost much fortune due to Napoleon’s decrees and died in 1829. Now a restaurant, it offers ice cream and soda in summer while preserving historic paneling and carved mantels.
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York
Archibald Gracie
Mock funeral staged by three boys in Presque Isle
Three boys in Presque Isle Maine held a mock funeral for a rooster that had died. One boy acted as the officiating clergyman, the second as mourner, and the third organized the impromptu service and tomb.
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Presque Isle
Postage Stamp Watch Fobs and Monogram Cravat Pin
A novelty in men’s jewelry presents a three-stamp fob using cancelled stamps set in heavy gold plated panels with corner links, both foreign and domestic stamps used, and a reverse resembling the obverse. Watches guards sell from fifty cents upward, with advertising limited by U S bid rules. A new monogram cravat pin features a gold shield plate with a scroll crest and the buyer’s monogram engraved.
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United States
Forgotten Bank Account From Chicken Inheritance Found
In Salem Massachusetts a man recently died leaving a bank book showing a $2 deposit thirty nine years ago for his daughter. The daughter had once received chickens from her father whose proceeds later funded the bank credit, a fortune forgotten until the book resurfaced.
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Salem
Mass
Old Printing Press from 1742 Now in New Jersey Curio
One of the oldest printing presses, built in Boston in 1742 by Thomas Draper, was the first press used in New Hampshire. It changed hands from Daniel Fowler to John Melcher, the first state printer, and is now owned by New Jersey press builders as a curiosity.
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Boston
Thomas Draper
New Hampshire
Daniel Fowler
John Melcher
New Jersey
Catnip Found in Mail Bag for Hartford Post Office Cat
A small mail bag addressed to How Tommy Postoffice Hartford Conn carried catnip. It appears meant for the Hartford office cat, suggesting a playful delivery mix up at the local post.
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Tommy Postoffice
Hartford
Conn
Sewing machine offer from Sears Roebuck Co
A Sears Roebuck advertisement seeks readers to cut out and mail back a notice to receive a free catalogue and surprise sewing machine price offers for Minnesota Singer Wheeler & Wilson White Standard and New Home brands. The notice promises attractive propositions and latest book and offers by return post from Chicago.
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Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Standard
White
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Rise in International Arbitration Cases Through Centuries
History shows 6, 15, 23, 26, 45 and 62 cases from 1840 to 1900 respectively. In the last three years there have been sixty three cases, indicating a surge in arbitration activity in recent times.
Wiggle-Stick Laundry Blue Advertisement
Bold laundry blue promises no spill break or freeze and no spot. Priced at 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other bluing. Send 10c for sample to The Laundry Blue Co. 14 Michigan Street Chicago.
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Laundry Blue Co
Michigan Street
Chicago
Defiance
Franklin MacVeagh & Co
Geta
Defiance Starch Mfg.co
Omaha, Ne
Minding Your Own Business Demands Real Subtle Skill
A reflective line argues that choosing to focus inward requires greater discipline than openly advising others to stay out of matters. It underscores poised restraint as a practiced, principled stance rather than mere passivity.
Defiance Starch and Ball Blue Promos in Odd Ad Snips
The ad roundup touts Defiance Starch promising whiter clothes with extra ounces for a small price and Ball Blue brand with a 2 oz package for five cents. It also notes a quip about a philanthropist, and a travel line on Peru and Brazil suggesting a casual newsy mix.
Senator M C Butler endorses Peruna for dyspepsia
U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina endorses Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble in a Washington letter. The ad claims Peruna cures catarrh at any site and that artificial digestion is unnecessary, urging readers to seek Dr Hartman for free advice if results are unsatisfactory.
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U. S
South Carolina
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
X. U.S
M. C. Butler
Peruna Medicine Co
Washington, D. C
Peruna
Veruna
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Dr.Caldwell
Dr. Galdwell
L. E. Covey
Savannah
Tenn
Poder Ae
Dwell
T. Jones
Osgood
Ate
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Gienic Food Co., Advertising Dept
Battle-Creek, Mich
The
Powers Esq. Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Herrick
Herrick Refrigerator CO
Sesiled Amara Reste
Fulton Gt
N.Y
Ene Br. Save
Tare Ags
New York House
Hell Gate
New
Rooster
Old Printing Press
Sir Henry Stanley
Red Cross
Peru
Brazil
Dessers
aTradenh
Fark
Eureka
Winchester
Plainfield
Wisconsin
W. W. Gillet
Wis
Arm
North
Missouri
H. J. Barnes
Avalon
Ifat
W. BP. Haines
Malden
Washington Co
E. Blaney
R.R. No
Claysville
Fronta Neuces
W. H. Graham
Cuero
Tex
Fair Lawn Farm
Eau Claire
Pop
California
San Francisco
First National Bank
Modesto
T. E. B. Rice & Sons
Modesto, Cal
Tyler
Minn
M. Lauritsen
Uba
Nuevitas Harbor
Christopher Columbus
Carlson Investment CO
Nat'l Life
Oreal
Canada
Wilifred Laurier
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Quincy Building
O. Currie
Koon
Callahan Building
Miwaukee
MV McKinnes
Avenue Center Block
Detroit
B. Paxton CO
Pope
Tran
Uae
Pepeta
London
Charters House Sy
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Columbus Ave
Potter Druga Chem. Corp
Llow
South
Southern Railway
Mobile & Onto
M.W. Richards
Lard & Industrial Agt
Washington,d
Chas. S. Chase
Agt
Chemical Bidg
St. Louis
May
T.b.thackston
Trav. Agt
Dearborn St
Colcages
Poemelons
Butts & Phillips
Washington
Washington Board of Trada
Traders National Bank
Standard Scale & Supply Co., Ltd
Market St
Thompson
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