A Surgical Operation and Lydia E Pinkham Claims
A historical plea arguing many female surgeries are unnecessary with testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad asserts the remedy heals female troubles and invites women to write for advice from Lynn Mass, noting decades of claimed cures and medical warnings about operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Church Road
Moorestown
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Ingenious Johnnie and the generous apple lesson
From the Delineator a mother teaches generosity using a bright red apple. Johnnie, fond of apples, initially resists but then suggests telling sister to be generous. The tale unfolds as a gentle moral about sharing and thoughtful action. The piece also mentions humorous mishearings in dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie
Mamma
Mamima
Sister
Bear Hand Fight Becomes Local Legend On Visit
A visitor, Mr Abernethy, asked for his view on a coastal political question but refused, saying he pays it no mind. He contrasted Tam with it, noting a backwoodsman’s wife who recalled a bear fight where she cared not who won.
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Abernethy
Washington
Tam
Indy
WIDOW Suunner and a Mock Law Pensions Tale
A fragment from a London Tatler piece notes Justice Maule’s wit as he jokes about a witness’s credibility and a child sworn on truth. It also mentions a poultry ad claiming 20 Mule Team Borax cleans white birds and a New York dinner anecdote about Pedro Alvarado donating to the poor.
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Witsens
Mutte
England
London Tatler
Maule
Justice Maule
Poultry Man
J. A. Dinwiddie
New Market
Tenn
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Chicago
Til
New York Sun
New York
Pedro Alvarado
Parral
Mexico
Nes Tim
Kidney Pills Promise Relief in Lake City Ad Claim
A Lake City Minnesota testimonial asserts severe kidney trouble with back pain dizziness and blurred vision improved after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad states the remedy cured the conditions, with sales at 50 cents a box via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Hirem Center
South
Oak Street
Lake City
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Beechers Round of Calls and a Washing Lady
A Beecher anecdote recalls the preacher visiting parishioners during a round of house calls. At Mrs B s home a door slammed in his face and he waited, then rang again. The sudsy reply opened and he quipped that kindness may mend future encounters. The piece ends with James Whitcomb Riley verses urging readers to say something good.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Fragmentary tale of a mother's worry and a missing child
A distressed mother seeks medical help after her child disappears briefly. The child asks if she is very ill while the doctor assesses a high fever. In a parallel moment, a brokered promise hints at a reward if a task yields a neat score.
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Marjorie
Emiles
Jenn
Papa
Dreamer and the world reshaped by a dream
A poem section recounts the dreamer who seeks world rewards while others move by, and how the dreamer’s vision inspires a powerful man to transform the world though the dreamer dies. The piece notes forgotten dreams shaping destinies and references the Oregon Willamette valley land company and Salem Oregon. It also includes brief essay fragments on city smells, St. Petersburg, and Illinois being called Egypt due to historical famine parallels.
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Oregon
Willamette Valley
Olmsted Land Co
Salem
Ore
The Sole Proviso from Puck
The Worshipper questions the chatter at a musicale while The Great Person dismisses it as unbothering if it concerns him. A motor vehicle bought by Tynemouth, England, serves as a prisoners van ambulance or fire engine.
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Puck
Tynemouth
Health and Income Linked to Nutritious Diets
A Chicago clerk recalls nerve illness from overwork and poor boarding house meals. She credits Grape-Nuts with restoring brain function and energy, enabling her to keep her job and income. The letter promotes Postum Co. products and invites readers to send in their own health success stories.
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Chicago
Battle Creek
Mich
Weillville
Impligs
Simple methods to improve complexion described
A garbled early 20th century advice piece promotes oranges and water as skin care. It touts face washes, pure oils, and beauty preparations. It mentions high priestess, Sultan of Turkey, and cosmetic potions, while warning against impurities from skin cleansers and urging pure water and sachets for toner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Scauliee
Fountain of Youth
Turkey
Paria Todan
When the Tide Is Low I Sail to Mystic Isles
A reflective verse of leaving familiar harbor as the tide turns and night falls. The speaker longs for voyage to unknown seas and speaks of friends, kinship, and peaceful mooring beyond storms, promising to greet those who sailed before.
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Tdea
Mystic Isles
Reading in Bed Improves Wakeful Minds Says Family Doctor
Reading in bed can calm overactive thoughts at night and help tired minds, if light is steady and not flickering. Also notes a cheap homemade barometer using a string and weight to indicate wet or dry conditions. A dialogue snippet shows a man ill with rheumatism and his wife reacting to his woes.
Mules of Old Mexico Outsmart Thunderstorm Ride
In Sonora a rider recalls a stubborn mule that halted at a perilous storm, refusing to move toward shelter. An electric crash toppled a pine, pinning the road, while the mule stood firm, later proving the beast knew better about survival than the rider in a fierce desert encounter.
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Sones
Juance
Elan
Sonor
Uridie Reing
Elferry
Our Barbarous Fourth and National Holiday Costs
Mrs. Isaac G. Rice argues in Century against the abuse of the national birthday celebrations. She cites 1903 to 197 inclusive five holidays causing 1,163 deaths and 21,500 injuries, with 359 blindnesses, 808 arm or hand losses, and 1,067 finger losses, highlighting the physical and economic toll on families and communities.
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Isaac G. Rice
Nome
Fragmented Tale and Advertisements From A Dated Page
A garbled OCR page fragment includes a 1907 Tennessee testimonial for Cuticura remedies, a rural fishing reminiscence, and scattered notices about bets, horse backs, store cash register sounds, and a Massachusetts church incident. Names and places appear in fits amid disjointed dialogue and product pitches.
Parld trees, urban greening and a traveler's view
A jumble of unrelated snippets covers a first grade spelling moment blamed on a teacher, muskrat skin uses for coat grades, a free product offer for a foot product, and travel reflections on Paris streets. The traveler notes boulevards with tree lanes cooling pedestrians, and urban trees needing vigorous upkeep through nurseries and plantings managed by ambulances and tranqplanters shuttling fresh and faded trees along sunny streets.
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Rom
Tress
Parld
Paris
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Suunner
NEW Law Pensions
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James Whitcomb Riley
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Florence
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Albion Journal
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Joseph
Health and Income
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Old Mexico
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Caronia
Mr. Behiff
New England
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Sexton
Feller
Tom P. Morgan
Yassah
Bunkum
Bar of Justice
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Slam
Tse
Goursud
Rt Joes
Tin Marck
Chee
California
M ‘Soy Brace
Patersborough
Peterporeiae
Mary
Biship
Mm Lillie Wibber
Eleventh &T
Eleventh &T., Cacttamooga, Tenn
Doran
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Alien
Olmabed
N.Y
Infante
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