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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
5
An 19th century advertisement asserts Dr Williams Pink Pills cure rheumatism by purifying blood. It cites Mrs Thomas Brekanhan of Watertown and a cold illness preceding severe back pain, claiming relief after six weeks and endorsing purchase of pills from Schenectady company.
The item blends ads for Brandreth's Pilla with humorous clippings: a postmaster plea about mail delivery before a holiday, a Canton etiquette note from the New York Tribune, and a quip about cannibal jokes in a rural journal. Names include Atlanta Constitution and Cleveland Main Dealer.
A reader emphasizes skepticism toward caffeine's harms in coffee and tea and promotes Postum as a healthier beverage. It cites alleged heart and nerve issues from coffee, touts Postum as a remedy, and urges following directions for preparation. The note lists Postum Georgia and Battle Creek Michigan, and refers to a promotional book.
Doilies feature wild rose carnations forget me nots and butternaps with button oil wedges. Flowers are shaded from pale pink toward centers with dark greens outlines. Forget me nots use blue petals and small yellow centers. Violets daisies and carnations shown in Kingston stitches and neat stitches using yellow pink or white accents.
Embroidery on silk and taffeta improves appearance and durability, with brown tones dominating. Describes patterns, fabrics, and trimming trends, including brown silk figures on brown ground, plaided skirts, suspender waistlines, and tailored street frocks with cape sleeves and pierrot collars. Emphasis on patience, eye for detail, and skilled needlework.
The passage lists broadcloths and silks including plain and plaid broadcloths cherlots serges fancy worsteds silk and wool poplina with tas tans kerseya Scotch tweeda plaids checks blocks and stripes. It notes prefere nces shift toward plate clothes for future garments.
A promotional piece discusses Quaker Oats family packages offering a premium presented as imported china. It references the Zulu war cry and notes confusion over translations and etiquette, with commentary on newspaper naming and advertising language.
A 60 year old veteran reports fifty five years of severe eczema gone after two Cuticura Soap cakes two boxes of Ointment and two bottles of Resolvent with two treatments. He credits the Cuticura Remedies with a complete cure and thanks the company. Also a note on sleep habits and clock noise affecting sleepers.
Thousands suffer daily backache nervousness and other symptoms blamed on kidney trouble. Mrs Anthony Cadrette of Leominster Massachusetts reports improvements after using Dom’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Prof Taichiro Honjo plans to copy American school systems and set up a large educational institution at home after visiting New York.
An unsigned puff piece urges mothers to discuss women’s health with daughters using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites letters from young users praising relief from menstrual irregularities and related symptoms, claiming the remedy strengthens and stabilizes the body during adolescence.
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