Wonder of Plant Memory From a Desert Gourd
The Dundee Advertiser reports a squash family plant taken from Sonora to New York still remembers its six week rainy season. In drought the plant dries to a water filled gourd with a hard shell and survives without watering. Each year it wakes, grows, and then dries again, preserving memory across climates.
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Dundee Advertiser
New York
Sonora
Mexico
Home remedy for rheumatism and kidney relief
An advertisement style note promotes a home made mixture claimed to relieve rheumatism by aiding kidney filtration. It lists Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Syrup of Sarsaparilla with instructions to take a teaspoon after meals and at night. The piece also quotes a poetic reflection on temper as a precious heritage and spiritual uplift.
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Beulah
No Relief From Eczema Until Cuticura Succeeds
A lifelong eczema sufferer reports two years of painful itching and failure with medicines and quack cures. After trying many remedies, including patent medicines, he finds immediate relief and full recovery using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, credited to C V Beltz Tippecanoe Ind November 15 1906.
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Cuticura
C. V. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
Relics Unearthed at Pergamos Graves Display Gold Items
Jerusalem papers report opening graves at Pergamos yielded rare relics including a golden rosary a wolf head and gold leaf wreaths. Found objects included farming utensils swords and weapons. Antiquities were sent to the Museum of Constantinople.
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Jerusalem
Pergamos
Museum of
Constantinople
Hall’s Cure Promises Relief for Catarrh Dreaded Disease
The readers learn a $100 reward note on a remedy called Hall’s Cure claimed to cure catarrh. The ad asserts the medicine is taken internally and works on the mucous surfaces, referencing testimonials and a Toledo Ohio company J Cheney Co. Also mentions Take Cheney’s Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
J. Cheney
Toledo
Take
Record dogfish catch at Plymouth port in England
A record dogfish landing was declared at Plymouth, England, where 110 tons of the fish were brought in. The item also includes an unrelated advertisement line about Defiance Starch and a moral quote from Rev. J. L. Spalding.
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England
Plymouth
Works in the Garden Dean's Kidney Pills Adverts
Robert Scollan of 55 Garden St Seneca Falls N Y 87 praises Dean's Kidney Pills for back and kidney relief after a kidney trouble and lumbago attack His daughter Mrs Goethious reports he was cured and that the family keeps them on hand The pills cost 50 cents a box Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Robert Scollan
Garden St
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Henry Clay and Lew Wallace Mouth Description
Autobiography excerpt describes Henry Clay as tall and graceful with a regal air. The observer notes Clay’s changing facial expression, focusing on a widening mouth that becomes a striking, elastic link between ears as the speech progresses.
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Henry Clay
Lew Wallace
Mr. Clay
Brandreth's Pills Promised to Restore Women’s Health
The piece urges women to use Brandreth's Pills nightly to relieve headaches backache and fatigue. It claims the pills regulate the feminine system, with a century of use and wide sale in plain or sugar-coated forms.
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Brandreth
Expensive City to Live In In Daw son City
Article describes a wealthy Daw son City with 8000 plus residents, multiple warehouses churches banks and two newspapers priced at 25 cents each. It notes restaurant egg orders at 1.50 and caribou steak at 1.00, beer at 1.00 per bottle and champagne at 10.50 per quart.
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Dawson’ City
Land SeekerOpportunity in Big Horn Basin Wyoming
Promoter touts irrigated land in the Big Horn Basin for little more than water costs. Claims a new country with reliable crops and strong home demand, inviting homeseekers via excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays each month. D CLEM DEAVER Genl Agt Land Seekers Information Bureau Omaha Nebraska.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
D. Clem Deaver
Gen’l. Agt
Land Seekers’ Information Bureau
Farnam St
Omaha, Neb
Credit to Morgan's Daughter in New York Opera Row
Report says New York opposition to extending Salome at the opera house stemmed from influence of one of J. P. Morgan's daughters. An unrelated ad notes Defiance Starch promises fair trial results and money-back guarantee. Lord Clarendon. cures in six to fourteen days for certain ailments.
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Morgan
New York
Opera ‘House
Fragmentary verse note on appetite and value
A brief, unclear line about desire and satisfaction references smokers and value. It appears as damaged OCR text with names or places that are not clearly identifiable.
Vague Snippet Notes on Graft and Remedies
Fragments discuss disguise of graft as business, mentions soothing syrup and cures, plus a vague remark about a lazy man being a dead loss. No clear events people, organizations, places, or dates are readable.
Putnam Face less Dyes and Fur Prices Featured
Vintage ad copy extols Putnam faceless dyes brighter and faster per package, names McMillan Fur & Wool Co. of Minnesota and a Fur trade, claims a cure or refund on cold remedies, touts Laxative Bromine Quinine Tablets and Garfield Tea, and offers tips on manners and business etiquette with product pitches.
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Putnam
Grove
Presents from Princess for Essex Guild Girls
Two pink woolen petticoats with crochet work, made by the Princess of Wales, were given as presents to two young girls at Haver ing atte Bower in Essex, reflecting royal support for the Essex Needlework guild.
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Princess of Wales
Essex Needlework Guild
Havering-atte-Bower
Essex
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Promises Pain Relief
A. S. Qimsted promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for painful smarting feet and ungrowing nails. Claims it makes new shoes easy and cures sweating feet. Sold by druggists 25 cents with a free trial package offer from Le Roy New York.
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Allen
A. S. Qimsted
le Roy
N. Y
A Man of High Principle Weekend Scotsman
A Scotsman, invited by a friend to a music hall for the weekend, refuses to attend on Saturdays for fear of laughing in church on the Sawbath, as noted by the London Opinion.
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London
Three EPOCHS IN A WOMAN LIFE
Three stages mark a woman's life womanhood motherhood and change of life. The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as remedy across these stages claiming many cures and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
George Walters
Woodlawn
Elva Barber Edwards
Cathlamet
Wash
Ham
Kham
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