Various Elixirs and Oddities Highlight Early 20th Century Ads
Scattered notes describe Lane's Pleasant Tablets promising quick cold relief and 25 cent pricing. Notices reference a North China Daily News clip on a prisoner, plus items about Wilbur Wright's weight gain and Black Hand concerns in New York. Additional ads tout Wizard Oil, a Multplex telegraph claim, tapioca imports, Allen's Foot Ease free sample, and a Jalostitanian elder claimed at 139 years.
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Lane
F. Woodward
le Roy
N. Y
The Wife and the Silent Choice of Truth
A tale of marriage strain and misjudgments unfolds as a wife shields her husband from scandal, confessing faithfulness and urging unity. A friend’s reactions blur as a crucial confession reveals the couple’s resilience and trust.
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Siren
Salome
Is Your Health Worth 10
An old advertisement notes CASCARETS cost ten cents for a week’s treatment, claiming bowel and liver benefits and a morning effect. It also lists miscellaneous items and fragmented notes about seeds, typewriter paper, and a burglary alarm invention in Russia with 200 shots.
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Earth
Russia
Tufiacx
Domanovsky
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A period ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including displacements fibroid tumors ulceration inflammation irregularities backache and nervous prostration. Personal testimonials claim dramatic improvements and offer free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
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Christiana
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Canada to Become Breadbasket of United States Says Granary Expert
A prominent commentator argues that Canada’s wheat regions in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will vastly expand to meet U S demand as U S farmers migrate and prices rise. He notes the dollar wheat era will persist and Canada’s grain output will outpace American production.
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Alberte
Bert
Central Canada
James J. Hill
United States
Mr. Hill
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Tim
John Bull
Winnipeg
Prairies
Unes
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Earl S. Sloan
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Mass
Marjori
Mes Aldrich
North China Daily News
India
Blair
Andaman
Winston Postens
Ures
Redeess
Wilbur Wright
Woods
New York
May McClure
New York City
Baltimore Sun
Rowland
Johns Hopkins University
Joseph Henry
Cataract Power Company
East Indies
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Olmsted
le Toy
Jose Gaadaloupe Aleud
Jalisa
Mexico
Elward
California
YRUP
Sete
AEE
DOE
Panos
Bioux City P't’g CO
Ingle Simeone
Patsy
FacSimile
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Bears
Castoria
Ena
Peitit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. X
Africa
German East Africa
Nigeria
Europe
South America
America
Itas
Margaret Emmerich
Clinton Bt
Napoleon, C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Russiar
New York Times
University of Jena
M. Thiens
M. Thiene
Baryspher
Bell Murine
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Hall Caine
D. R. McCrady
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Dept. A
Louisville Times
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Germany
Bardstown
Lydia EE. Pinksham
Joseph Haul
Dollar Werat
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London
Alexander Agassiz
Cambridge
the Society
Ernest H. Shackleton
South Pole
Anil
Rgd
Ortmees
Poland
Tie
George L. Lambert
Waar Centre St
Mahanoy City
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Cuttcura Remedies
Bangkok
Siam
Uganda
Gialt
J. H. Hine
Men
Emsilies
Mengo
St. Paul
Church of England
Roman Catholi
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
New
Congress
Furope
Montreal
Clement-Baynra
South Dakota
Brookingw
Alyx Powell
Clear Lake
Oregon
Tavern—Ment
C. O. Thomas Company
Vale
Ore
Correspondence National Editorial Association
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W. J. Scott
Ottawa
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