Advice From Mrs Pinkham Cited In Women’s Hospital Plight
A 19th century appeal notes hospitals crowd with female patients due to neglect and uterine troubles. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is promoted as a cure and free medical advice is offered from Lynn Massachusetts by Mrs Pinkham, daughter of Lydia E Pinkham, with twenty five years of experience.
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Ealing
Luella Adams
Seattle
Wash
Pinkham
Miss Adams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fine Aztec mummy found in Arizona gifted to Smithsonian
A five year old girl's well preserved mummy from Arizona’s Gila region, likely of ancient nobility, was unearthed by two gold prospectors. The child’s elaborate burial and rare preservation attracted scientists while the mummy was donated to the Smithsonian Institution for study.
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Arizona
Smithsonian Institution
Egypt
New Mexico
California
American
Memphis
Gila River
Smithsonian. Institution
Business Proposition Turns Sour in Chicago Brief
A quarrel erupts between Mr Spoonall and Miss Billiwink over gifts. She presents a bundle of items he sent, then he demands the diamond ring. She mocks him, and the exchange ends with a sharp retort about refunds in Chicago.
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Spoonall
Reduced to Sporting Parlance on Senator Culbersons Rate Bill
Senator Pettus asks about Culbersons railroad rate bill in Sporting Parlance. Senator Dubois explains the bill ignores fictitious stock valuations and focuses on actual valuation. Pettus concedes they can only collect on the money in the pot.
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Culberson
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Dubois
Idaho
Senator Dubois
Scrub Games and Intercollegiate Athletics Critique
Collier's argues intercollegiate sports weaken overall athletic participation. It questions the cult of big university matchups, noting injuries in football but finding no exceptional hazard compared to other activities. The piece warns that focus on marquee games reduces universal athletic work among youths.
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Collier's
Jimmy's Explanation in Oyster Soup Pearl Story
Sunday school tale unfolds with a teacher asking Jimmy how Cleopatra swallowed pearls. Jimmy replies that Cleopatra was eating oyster soup at the time, and Mickey asks for the answer.
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Jimmy
Cleopatra
Mickey
Woman in New Jersey credits Dean's Kidney Pills with cure
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey suffers severe kidney trouble with back pain frequent burning secretions and fatigue. After eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills her symptoms disappear and her strength and health return. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. A quip about a man blaming his wife for bad coffee follows.
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A.taylor
Wharton
N. J
Dean
Foster- Milburn,Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Garfield Tea Ad Claims Health Benefits
An old advertisement promotes Garfield Tea as a natural laxative aiding liver kidney stomach and bowels. It invites readers to send for a sample from the Garfield Tea Co. Brooklyn NY.
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Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lincoln’s Mental Powers and a Self Made Scholar
The article notes Lincolns strong jury skills and direct approach to issues. After returning from Congress he studied logic and mathematics to improve reasoning, memorized six Euclid propositions, and pursued broad reading. In 1849 he patented a boat lifting device, whose model survives but which did not alter steamboat design.
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Lincoln
Congress
Patent Office
St. Nicholas
Magnificent Hagerman Pass Engraving by Colorado Midland
Colorado Midland Railway issues a 26 by 40 inch steel engraving of Hagerman Pass, Colorado. Sent to any address for 15 cents in stamps, payable to C. H. Speers G P A Denver Cole. A humorous line about expenses follows.
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Hagerman Pass
Mountain Pass
Colorado
Colorado Midland Railway
C. H. Speers
G. P. A. Denver
Cole
Lewis' Tea Binder Offer Encourages Loyal Smokers
A brief promotional note highlights value in Lewis' tobacco products and urges smokers to visit their dealer for the Binder r offer. The message emphasizes quality and dealer accessibility for loyal customers.
Man Finds Pride In Lacking Pride As Others Do
A speaker reflects that true dignity comes from not matching others prideful displays and taking comfort in humility. The remark contrasts public vanity with inner restraint.
The Timid One
A cautious speaker weighs daring moves to succeed by getting inside access while fearing closed doors or exposure. The dialogue explores risk and strategy in pursuing ambitions within a guarded system.
A Man Who Stays Unmarried Smarter Than He Thinks
A quirky ad note discusses bachelor wisdom and marriage, then shifts to a medicinal pitch for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children from a New York nurse at a Children's Home. It claims to cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders break up colds and destroy worms with 25c powder and free sample by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Guzzler Quarrel and O'Soague Feud Over Hoghead Rumor
A terse quip notes De Tangue dismissing drownings in the flowing bowl while O'Soague insists on a hogshead as a remedy. The exchange likens temper losses to repeats for the next occasion.
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de Tangue
Guzzler
O’soague
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Brockton
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W. N. U. Lincoln
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Recersea
Price
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. ‘Cheney
Wapina, Kinnan & Marvin
Free Homestead Lands
Western
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Ottawa
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New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
Defiance
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