Woman healed by Cuticura Remedies after years of skin disease
A Philadelphia woman describes three years of widespread scales and itching resisted by doctors and patent medicines. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent her skin improves, with hands no longer disfigured and itching gone. She provides address and date September 30, 1916, for the Cure.
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Cuticura
Sara Burnett
Firewater St
Philadelphia
Powter Grag & Chem, Corp
Sole Propa
Colum ‘Dus Ave
Boston
Fragmentary notes hint at varied 19th century topics
The fragment mentions observation of wit, anatomical references, a price 6 cents, and names such as Horton Garfield and Talmnd. It references sleep without supper but debt, and hints at topics like gout and ether, with scattered phrases resembling a periodical’s bookmarks or marginal notes.
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Garfield
Soups and Shortbread From a Historic Kitchen
A cookbook style set of methods for Beef Soup Corn Soup and Font or Sea men soup plus a Scotch Shortbread recipe. Instructions cover washing beef shank and knuckle, simmering with onion carrot and fat, skimming, and chilling the stock. tomato butter soup and corn soup steps. butter, flour, and milk base. plus baking and cooling a Scotch Shortbread dough divided into two rounds and baked till golden.
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Venture
Walt
Household Tips From a Vintage Kitchen Note
A collection of domestic hints covers cooking tweaks and pantry care. It advises dusting steaks with salt and pepper before broiling, oiling and thinning tonet, drying stale bread in the oven, coring tomatoes, blanching fruit, and slicing bread with a hot knife. It also offers mold prevention in bread pans, clarifying fat for sauces, warming knives, and cleaning methods for a porcelain sink and damp environments.
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Delong
The China Closet Door Opens With Delicate Napkin Design
A fragment describes a china closet opening slowed a front with a dainty display of cone tents and shelves edged by better grade paper napkins folded square to hang over the edge in points about four inches deep. White crepe paper counted the shelves.
Sandwich Filling Variant From a Historic Menu
Fragmentary recipe notes describe assembling a filling with olives cream cheese and pimenton. The process mentions slicing and mixing the ingredients then spreading between buttered bread slices, yielding a simple snack.
Strong Butter Dyeing Tip From Old Cookbook
The text advises when butter or lard has developed a strong odor to stir in a pinch of saltpetre about the amount on the point of a penknife and work it into the fat. This recipe reflects a historical method for masking or altering odors in dairy fats.
Change in a Woman's Life Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham
A wartime style testimonial from Graniteville VI praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing the change of life. The letter claims long standing relief from irregularities and nervous prostration and urges other women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Graniteville, VI
Lydia E. Pinkham
Graniteville
Lydia B. Pinkhor
Spinster Teethed Tale From The Camden Letter
A Camden port master receives a plea from a spinster asking for help after losing the upper plates of her teeth in transit. She notes the teeth cost 36 dollars and she cannot afford replacements, urging swift action as a postmaster general assigns an inspector to address the issue.
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Fitetcock
Camden
Mali
Jia
P. A
Orjen
Quick Recovery Recipe Ad for Kidney and Bladder Ailments
An imprecise advertisement claims a home remedy recipe will cure weak kidneys and bladder pain. It promises rapid recovery and offers a free copy by mail, citing testimonials and urging readers to request the plain envelope package to prove the cure. The dubious pitch includes unrelated medical and church imagery.
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Uribe
Lee
Tolingon
Detroit
Medi
Pier
Saving Trouble in Fashionable Circle
A Union League gathering hears a husband claim no trouble dressing his wife, joking that his only cost and effort would be dieting to keep her attire in check. The quip reflects social pressures about budget and upkeep in stylish circles.
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Union League
Dentists and Epilepsy Claims in Scattered Notices
A mosaic of old newspaper snippets shows dental potions and tooth powders promising whitening and tartar removal, a Kentucky duel anecdote, and New York physicians touting epilepsy cures from the Waterman Institute. Also noted are horsehoes, a devotional temperance line, and a casual food joke.
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New York
Waterman
Waterman Inatituto
Castor Oil and Calomel Recalled in Gentle Laxative Ad
Advert describes a remedy to avoid sick bowels and grimacing after taking castor oil or calomel. It promotes CASCARETS as a gentler option that moves the bowels and tones the liver without bad feelings. Aimed at readers seeking relief from harsh laxatives.
Satirical chess book sent to famed player sparks critique
A whist enthusiast published a satirical book on the game and sent a copy to a renowned player for feedback. Within about a week the book was returned with a note saying the author read it carefully. The reviewer felt it showed some merit but was not as good as the Whist game itself.
Unclear Text Reflection on Household Roles
Fragmentary lines discuss expectations of men about wives running homes and mention bricks and straw as a metaphor. The text is garbled and insufficient to determine a coherent event,人物, or place. No identifiable names or dates are present.
Nervous Man Quips at Japangre Threat
A fragment quotes a nervous man urging action against the Japangre and a calm response suggesting they wait for guidance from a military expert, reflecting wartime tension and differing opinions on strategy.
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