Candid letters praise Lydia E Pinkham remedy and readers opinions
A collection of letters and humorous clips from a period newspaper feature praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female health issues. The items include testimonials from Evizaneta H. Thompson of Lillydale New York and others, plus domestic life quips and ads for Defiance Starch and Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Fish Tales From the Granddaddy of All Fish Gamers
An eyewitness recounts tales from a hotel gallery caucus featuring a legendary old man famed as the original fish gamer. He narrates two sample yarns about a catfish inside a tree and a massive Osage river fish dragged from the bank with rope and oxen, era Kansas City area memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned
Osage
Dean's Kidney Pills Touted By North Carolina Farmer
A Deppe North Carolina farmer describes relief from back pain and fatigue after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims increased strength enabling walking and riding again and says he will share the remedy with neighbors. The ad notes 60 cent price and free trial offer from Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Corton
Deppe
N. C
Corton
Dean
Milburn Co
Medical Department Washington University Program Outline
The first two years emphasize practice and lab training in anatomy histology embryology chemistry physiology pathology teleology taught by specialists. The final two years focus on clinical study of disease in laboratories hospitals and dispensaries under faculty control for bedside instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Department
Washington University
Locust Street
St. Louis
Defiance Starch Seeks 16 Oz Value For Money
Advertisements tout Defiance Starch as 16 oz for the same price while others offer 12 oz. Grocers avoid Defiance due to surplus stock and customers’ preference for larger packages. The pitch invites buyers to opt for the 16 ounce Defiance variant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Défiance
Coffee’s Elixir Postum Restores Springfield Woman Health
A Springfield woman credits stopping coffee and using Postum with ending years of nervousness and heart trouble after a four year health crisis. She says quitting coffee reversed sinking spells and improved wellbeing, urging others to consider Postum as coffee’s replacement. The claim is presented as testimonial from Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Springfield
Ill
Drs
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
German Colonists Thrive in Haifa Heights Fields
European settlements in Palestine show strong harvests and wealth. A Haifa colony of ninety German families, settled thirty four years ago, reports all members well off. They grow grapes from Affentaller and Riesling and produce a non alcoholic wine for local sale.
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Palestine
Haifa
Fragmented Verse Fragment and Landscape Notes
A jumble of fragmented lines blends poetry about nature and mood with stray phrases and a late night reflection. The piece mentions sunsets, cows, brooks, and a playful tone, ending with a name that resembles Thomas R. Ybarrd.
Why They Do Not Speak in a Photographic Morning
Cholly Sparkers meets a fair acquaintance, after she returns from the photographer with her pug Pansy. She jokes about beauty and the beast as Johnson pities the pug, then stumbles and turns away, and they part as strangers.
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Miss . Sweetleigh
Cholly Sparkers
Pug Pansy
Johnson
Pansy
Reminder of Croker visit to English castle scene
A Portland Oregonian excerpt recalls Richard Croker visiting an ancient English castle where the owner was away. The valet guides a tour revealing a symmetrical pyramid of bottles reaching the ceiling, prompting the New Yorker to ask what it means and the guide to quip that Croker’s master may realize his folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
New Yorker
Portland
Oregonian
Duchess Claim Fame with 140 Descendants Reigns
The dowager duchess of Abercorn is noted to have 140 living descendants, including 71 great grandchildren, highlighting a vast family lineage across generations.
Fragmentary Note on Promis and Time Shaver
Part readable fragment mentions a note about a promis joke and an old enough person with a whis time to take it to a note shaver. Details are unclear and names or places are not identifiable.
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Elizebeth H. Thompson
Lillydale
N.Y
W.C.T.U
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evizaneta H. Thompson
Sin
Kentucky
Jamboree
J. M. Coleman
Dodd
Blobbs
Saphedde
David Favorite
Dr. de Kesaw Renedy
the Kennedy's Sons
San Rendoats Y
J. W. O' Baran
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
ROVER
Tower CO
Boston
Mass
U.S
Owen Canadian Co., Ltd
Toronto
Canada
Jadgy Ag
Chie
Lewis
Cis
Seuanys
Cigims
Salen
Ghampion
Igg
Scribbler
van Vieck Grand Remedy Co
Kansas City, Mo
God
Mary
Brooks
Eg Joo
Hie
Eee
Ryde
New York
Bears
Castoria
W. L. Douglas
K. Dougias
Gray Knowles
Phila. Sreekten
W. 1. Douglas
Brockton
Ds Dek Kline
Geetye
van Vieck
Nebraska
van Visck Glany Lamepy Co
Ransse City
Marine Rye Memoty Co
Phoenix
Phoenix Chair CO
Sheboygan, Wis