Doan's Kidney Pills Help Soldier After Spanish American War
In a letter from H N Camp of Denver Colorado the veteran describes kidney trouble after the Spanish American War and credits Doan's Kidney Pills with rapid relief. The ad urges purchase at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and ends with a quip about quoting poetry in speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Camp
Delaware
Denver
Colo
Doan
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers $100 Reward
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh with a money back offer of one hundred dollars if not cured. It quotes testimonials from Wapping, Kinnan & Marvin and mentions J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the source and a price of 75 cents. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F J.heney
Wapping, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
It Made No Difference and Old Men In Responsibility
Congressman Ransdale recalls Alec Trimble the valet who bought a shirt like his master’s and told his mistress it would not matter since both shirts are the same size and price. An English view on the age of leaders notes elderly men in Britain as more reliable in business roles. Dyke & Sons in Somerset employs 66 men with long service records including decades of tenure and a 70 year employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Ransdale
Louisiana
Alec Trimble
New Orleans
Alec
Missus
Messrs. Dyke & Sons
Somerset
England
Public Library Opens Roof Garden in Hamilton Fish Park
New York's first roof garden of the season debuts atop the Hamilton Fish park branch library. Miss Eva Wheelock reads Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling to 25 children on bamboo stools as lilac and dogwood bloom on green tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
New York
Hamilton Fish Park
Hans Christian Andersen
Eva Wheelock
Peter Pan
Miss Wheelock
New York World
Young New York Boy Debates Wireless Regulation Before Senate
William E D Stokes Jr a 13 year old from New York testifies before the Senate commerce committee on wireless telegraphy arguing for a nominal effective license and revocation for malpractice He envisions future land to distant wireless communication and notes U S lag behind competitors while highlighting a receiving box he helped devise in 1908 at his father's Ansonia hotel roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States Senate Committee On Commerce
Knickerbockers
William E D. Stokes, Jr
New York
Wireless Club of America, Ltd
Stokes
United States
Ansonia
Care of Food in the Home cautions on ptomaine poisoning
A National Department of Agriculture bulletin by Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel warns that pests and pets contaminate kitchen foods and that food can become dangerous before spoilage is visible. It urges careful practice in hot weather and when serving many people to prevent poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Office of Experiment Stations
Mary Hinman Abel
Taft Quandary Over Swedish Cook Amid White House Hardships
President Taft faces a cooking staff shake up as Martha Peterson quits to marry an Irish policeman. She suggests her Swedish cousin as White House chef raising questions of foreign labor protection. Labor officials, led by AFL Secretary Frank Morrison, oppose importing a Swedish cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Executive Mansion
Martha Peterson
Martha
Policeman Mulvey
Sweden
Washington
United States
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Rammer mishap yields odd pledge to pay
A British gunner, defending a rammer at Abu Klea in Nubian desert, struck down a dervish. The rammer head split on the skull. The next day the gunner explained he would pay for the rammer to avoid government property charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batte
Abu Klea
Nature's Remedy free 10 day treatment offer
An advertisement urges readers to mail to the A. H. Lewis Medicine Co. in St. Louis for a free 10 day course of NR tablets labeled Nature's Remedy. It claims relief for rheumatism constipation sick headache liver kidney and blood diseases and notes the product is sold by all druggists. The offer promises the remedy is better than pills and is free to the reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
Elastic currency venture seeks rubber industry fix
A witty remark notes the rubber industry must address a financial challenge. The implied problem is elastic currency, a playful critique of monetary flexibility tied to rubber profits and market cycles.
Pettit's Eye Salve and Houseboarders Advice
An advertisement notes Pettit's Eye Salve sold by druggists or Howard Bros in Buffalo and suggests common sore eyes and styes can be treated. It also offers a tongue in cheek rule for women hosting boarders, warning against boarding a moving train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Nees
Perry Davis Painkiller and other ad copy feature
An advertisement fragment promotes Perry Davis Painkiller for chills and stomach ailments. It also touts We bottles, a Phillips Brooks quote, Lewis' Single Binder cigar, Pieron's Pellets, candy vitamins, and a line about farmers and washladies earning livelihoods from the soil.
Tobacco Debate Divides Physicians On Heart Harm
National heart specialists meeting in Washington debated whether prolonged tobacco use causes sudden death. Dr H L Elsner cited possible harm to those with hereditary heart disease while Dr Judson Daland described families with angina linked to heavy smoking. Dr R G Curtin argued tobacco may aggravate but not cause the disease, recalling cases from Japan and anecdotes of unrelated triggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
Washington
H. L. Elsner
Syracuse
N. Y
Judson Daland
Philadelphia
R. G. Curtin
Japan
Ther Patiant
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Senator Sorghum
Post
Postum Cereal CO. Ltd
Battle Creek, M
Tie Centaur Company, New
Bears
Castoria
SLA
Taft
Perry Davis
Phillips Brooks
Lewis
Paxtine
Daxtine
Paxton Tonet CO
Boston
Mass
Ates
Louis Dejongs & Co
W. L. Douglas
WW. L
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