Evolution of Household Remedies and Peruna's Rise
The modern patent medicine business grew from old household remedies once common in homes across the United States. Home prepared tonics and laxatives evolved as doctors and apothecaries helped scale and advertise them. Peruna originated with Mennonite practitioners in Pennsylvania and expanded to a national remedy used for coughs colds sore throats bronchitis and catarrhal diseases. Seventeen in a hundred New York residents live past seventy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ian
New York
Missouri Woman Recalls Suffering and Relief by Pills
Mrs J D Johnson of Columbia Missouri describes post operative dropsy swelling and heart pain before taking Dean's Kidney Pills. After two boxes her condition improved with less water retention and fewer urinary issues. Bold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Miles Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Johnson
West Eee
Columbia
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Oldest House in New York State Revealed in Tottenville
A Philadelphia Ledger clipping notes a Sunday school scene in West Philadelphia and then highlights Staten Island's Billopp house as New York State’s oldest, built in 1668 by Captain Christopher Billopp. The stone mansion, gifted by the Duke of York, overlooks the Raritan waters and hosted notable gatherings including a Revolutionary War peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hite
West Philadelphia
Israel
Canaan
Ohio
Philadelphia Ledger
New York
New York State
Staten Taland
Tottenville
Billopp
Mystery Legends of Queretaro and Church Tales
Queretaro’s legend says Otomite chief Fernando de Tapia challenged the city to a fair fight to Christianize it. A dark cloud over the battlefield revealed a fiery cross of Saint James, leading to baptism and a stone cross on today’s Santa Cruz site. Nearby notes mention Mrs Winslow's soothing remedy and humorous exchanges about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queretaro
Fernando de Tapia
Tula
Santiago
Santa Crus
Mexico
Wolf Drive In Kansas Ends With Four Hundred Wolves Killed
Wichita Herald reports a historic wolf drive in Sumner County near the Oklahoma line. English and Canadian participants joined local farmers in a two day roundup where dogs did most shooting as wolves were driven into a kill zone. Four hundred wolves were counted after the hunt concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ortemen
England
West
Prairies
New York Herald
Sumner County
Oklahoma
Canada
Givsjen
A Voice From China Rebukes Christian Nations
A follower of Contactus cites Chinese staples and trade self sufficiency to refute missionary force. He predicts Europe will rue arms as he claims China will learn power and respond in the name of Confucius. He warns of a 400 million strong nation arming and challenging Christendom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contactus
John Chinaman
Mohammed Barakatullah
Christendom
Europe
Christ
Confucius
What the Tree Would Say Story
Bishop Seymour of Minnesota walks with a young lady admiring trees. She marvels at nature and asks what a talking oak would say. He wittily replies the oak would apologize, claiming to be a beech.
No Secrets From Wife Obscured By Birthday Surprises
A Baltimore American quote debates honesty in marriage as a man should reveal all to his wife except for birthday surprise parties, suggesting secrecy for celebrations while critiquing misstatements about truth. The playful line compares truthfulness to a bee's earnest work, labeling deceptive terms as misleading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Iis
Cattle in Argentina Totals 25 Million
Argentina reports approximately 25 million cattle while in Japan 98 percent of the 50 thousand blind support themselves through massage practice, indicating diverse social and economic adjustments in both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Japan
Compensation of Health by Golf Champion in Boston
Miss Harriet Curtis, the golf champion, praises golf's health benefits at a Boston dinner. She notes many people, especially women, suffer real illness from lack of exercise and nervous complaints that work could cure. She cites a doctor’s joking remark about a patient with many ailments. Then a humorous aside about a broken engagement and mutual disregard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Curtis
Boston
The
Washington Star
The Flace to Learn Expert Witness on Mental Disturbances
The Washington Star notes a dialogue where an expert claims knowledge of mental disturbances from personal experience on the witness stand. The exchange highlights how expertise can be framed through firsthand testimony in court settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Flace
Washington Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missouri
Kiine
Ee Kline
Phila
Houston Post
Lulea
Sweden
Douglas
Enone
W.L. Douglas
Ted Thoemak
Se Eee
Ves
Bern Pod Po Il Dong
Rm Weree Waks
Big
Wolf Drive
Kansas
China
ST. Jacobs Oil
Oregon Trust & Sas Bank
Portland, Oregon
Washington Sts
California
Louisville, KY
New York,ny
Putnam
Air Line News
PLC
Southwestern Securities CO
Portland
Oregon
Hicks-Chatten Portland
Prentistry
Rexppy Co
Pac Mo
Wiley Om
Permanerteau
Hawthorne Ave
Coast Borax CO
Oakland
Cal
Lee
Tes Moon Oe
Austin
P.M. U
Portland Seed Co
S Atktor Book
Spokane
Wash
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!