Woman Recounts Severe Ailments Cured by Pinkham Remedy
A Bay City Michigan woman describes extreme weakness back pain and illness before claiming improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She urges others with female health issues to request Pinkham's Private Text for women ailments from The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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High Street
Bay City
Michigan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,assachusetts
Lydia E. Ham
Why "He" Didn't Like It
A Tulsa physician once helped three ragged children by outfitting them in new clothes. The smallest child cried throughout, and when asked his name the elder boy explained with a grin that the child’s name was Alice.
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Tulsa
Okla
Alice
Foxes Saved by House Cat on Railway Farm
Three young foxes valued at hundreds of dollars were starving on a Port Arthur and Duluth railway farm at Mile Post 80. A common house cat nearly restored their health after a newspaper advertisement drew offers from locals. The mother fox, worth about $300, was killed in a fight.
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Gat
Mile Post
Port Arthur & Duluth
The Difference In Taste Across A Century
A compact note on changing preferences with a witty exchange about sailing and travel. It hints that over a century many beliefs were overturned as bright minds recognized truth earlier than the majority.
Juvenile knitted frocks premiere schoolgirl fashion
A detailed feature touts autumn knitted dresses for schoolgirls and younger children. It highlights practical, wrinkle resistant frocks with plain lines, decorative ribbing, sailor collars, side ties, belts, and color ideas including sistine blue mauve and white accents for twelve year olds and younger.
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Mother
Big Sister
Deacon’s Car Rift Ends in Marriage and Rescue
In a provincial feud over city cars, Jane Witherspoon declares independence from her father, a stubborn farmer. A staged crisis with his wife pleads for Vaughn Norwood’s car, leading to revived patient Nancy and the Deacon’s quiet reversal as he buys Norwood’s road wreckers, sealing Jane’s engagement to Vaughn.
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McClure
Vaughn Norwood
Jane Witherspoon
Roxy
Jane
Vaughn
Nancy Witherspoon
Rush
Pye
Nancy
Witherspoon
Norwood
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promoted in Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as the supreme cure for kidney liver and related ailments. It claims thousands of successful treatments and offers sample bottles via Coe Co of Binghamton New York with a note to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Coe
Benefits in Fox Farming in Alaska
The biological survey of the USDA notes Alaska fox farming uses salmon cannery byproducts. Heads and tails from canned salmon are fed to blue foxes, often salted or smoked, with some farmers claiming a preference for raw fish after desalting. The fox farming industry is growing along the coast under survey support.
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Alaska
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes Advertised
Advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes with hot baths using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and a dusting of Cuticura Talcum. Claims of purity and fragrance and prices listed at 25 cents each.
Where He Shone
In a sagebrush town two residents trade casual chatter on a cracker box. They discuss hot cakes from the Forlorn Hope restaurant and assess the cook’s skill, concluding the maker is a better juggler than a cook.
Boat Proposal Sparks Caution on Serene Seas
In a calm sea scene a woman asks for a practical test before marriage. She declines the proposal, asks to row to shore, and to be asked again when safer. The exchange notes a witty, cautious approach to romance. The item cites New York Sun as a source for dramatic lines about love and prudence.
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George
Science Note Moon Tides Riddle by Gargoyle
A comic science note from Michigan Gargoyle questions lunar tide effects. The reader replies that only the untied matter matters, delivering a playful exchange about science and everyday mischief.
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Michigan
Deer Invasions On Rocky Island In British Columbia
A settler on a small rocky island in British Columbia feeds an arriving deer, then a second, and by year end thirty deer swim from the mainland to visit regularly around his dwelling, losing fear and gathering at the door.
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British Columbia
Yorkshire
England
Earn
Visitor underestimates scale of Atlantic in Cornwall
A visitor arrives in Newquay after dark and, guided by friends to a country home, walks into a garden awakening to the Atlantic. She remarks that the water appears smaller than expected and is told by the hostess that the blue expanse is the Atlantic Ocean.
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Newquay
Cornwall
Atlantic Ocean
Two friends plan a quiet game when they meet
Two friends with little conversational leaning intend to play a game together when they meet. The note highlights their reserved traits and the simple social plan without emphasis on dialogue or activity details.
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New York Sun
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Columbus
Ohio
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Drug- Guild CO
Gists
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RMONT
Cincinnati
China
Superior
Sedan
Flint, Mich
F. O. B. Flint
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