Kidney Pills Restore Milford Man After Injury
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine recounts paralysis from a prior injury and kidney disorder. He credits Doctor’s Kidney Pills with strengthening his body, reducing pain, and restoring kidney function within three months, enabling him to discard crutches. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Milburn Company Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Dean
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Weather Change Promised by Doctor and Weatherman
She-John discusses a climate change recommended by a doctor. Her Husband notes the weather man predicts colder conditions tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Lost leather-strap mystery in a boy's confession
A man keeps a leather-strap for punishments in a closet. It disappears and a search finds no clue. He offers five cents as a reward. Four year old Ben claims he stowed the nickel down the air shaft, revealing a child’s sly mischief.
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Ben
Blighted Faith and a Child's Lost Beau
Seven year old Gladys recalls a childhood romance as Edith's six birthday party unfolds. She shares that her beau once promised to wait, but married someone else, leaving her wary of men. The scene captures a light family moment and a child's earnest vow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widith
Prince Charming
Gladys
Edith
Right Food Restores Health Says Grape-Nuts Help
A Battle Creek reader credits Grape-Nuts with curing months of sour stomach and acid dyspepsia in herself and her young son. After trying a stomach specialist, they switched to Grape-Nuts and improved quickly, regaining weight and energy. They continue to eat it for both meals and feel well and happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Eyver
Tracy
Temperance Lesson Reflects on Isaiah Vision and Warning
The lesson, set in 725 B C, reviews Isaiah’s warning to Jerusalem amid Assyrian invasion. It contrasts the crown of pride in Samaria with looming judgment, citing luxury and intoxication as sins that blind judgment, and notes qualified quotes on alcohol’s harm by Victor Horsley and Adolf Fick.
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Isaiah
Jerusalem
Judah
Hezekiah
Tom
Samaria
Niagara
Gibraltar
Judea
Ephraim
Amos
Rawlinson
Victor Horsley
M. D
Adolf Fick
University of Wurzburg
Arkansas Planter and Uncle Reuben Seek Pension Swearing
In Arkansas a white Republican planter named Mr. Allen employs Uncle Reuben, a former enslaved man who seeks a government pension for his wartime service. Reuben declares he has earned the pension and must swear before a magistrate, but references Laurie McCabe, a Democrat, as the one to swear him in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Allen
Arkansas
Uncle Reuben
Marie
Reuben
Squire McCabe
Laurie McCabe
Democrat
New York, Times
Introduction of Fife Wheat Origin Story
Nearly a century ago David Fife a Scottish settler from Otonabee Ontario sent to Glasgow for seed wheat. The seed arrived from Dantzic but was a fall wheat sown in spring and three heads survived without rust marking a new spring wheat variety.
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David Fife
Otonabee, Ont
Glasgow
Dantzic
Fife
America
Russia
Dr. Saunders
Ottawa
Shoes Won Over Transfer In Russian Army Bribe Tale
A Russian lieutenant sought a transfer to another regiment and was told it was nearly impossible. The officer was advised to buy new shoes by a general staff officer. He paid part, received the shoes, and discovered the supposed obstacle to his transfer had been removed.
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Meschischerski
Russia
Wheat Adapts To Northwest Climate For Long Summer Days
Outing notes that wheat varieties excel in the cold climate and extended daylight of the northwest, highlighting resilience and productive yields under northern growing conditions.
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Northwest
New Meat Debuts In Boston Menu Bluff
A Boston chef touts a new meat described as a cross between beef and puffalo from Scotland. He claims it tastes rich with beef and nutty with game, calling it bibeefbison beef see. He notes a Sterling area herd crossbred with Highland cattle and prices a portion at two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Scotland
Sterling
No Skin Left on Body for Six Months Healed
A Virginia parent reports a baby with severe eczema covering the body. After two doctors failed and one gave up, Cuticura Remedies were used, including Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and the child recovered with no subsequent symptoms. The note dates to October 1906 from Durmid, Virginia.
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James J. Smith
Durmid
Pettit's Eye Salve Ad Claims Quick Eye Comfort
Pettit's Eye Salve offered at 25c promises quick relief for tired congested inflamed and sore eyes. Howard Bros of Buffalo N Y distribute the remedy through all druggists in the region.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Man Known for Broken Promises Falls to Pieces
A man famed for breaking promises finally collapses under the strain of unreliability, with those around him noting his steady unraveling as his defenses crack and he loses his composure.
Fewer Bachelors and Comfort Overlooked
A Ladies' Pictorial opinion notes the oddity of pressuring bachelors to marry. It argues comfort should be cheaper and promotes loud advocacy for bachelors to pursue happier living rather than forced changes.
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Women Relief
An advertisement recounts a woman’s escape from female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It touts the product as a standard remedy for displacement, inflammation, ulcers, and related symptoms and invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Norristown, Ga
Mrs. Pinkham
Westtable
Lydia Pinkham
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Derby
England
Society of Friends
Aix
Seana Rochelle
the Centaur Company
New York
Bears
The
Castoria
Lindsay Company
F.st
N.W
Washington, D.C
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