One Swallow Does Not Make a Spring
An era of spring promise described through birds and cleansing the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as America's greatest spring medicine to renew health. The ad cites Mrs Norris of Marion Ohio and J H Stileman of Cheltenham Pa praising cure or relief from rheumatism and fever-related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
America
Trood
Sterna Norris
Marion
Ohio
Nalaria
J.h.stileman
Cheltenham, Pa
Golf swing drills and gear tweaks stir the season
A New York Herald inspired list of golf novelties includes a swing drill with a ball held under the right armpit to improve posture and drive, wider caddie bag mouths to reduce wear, and an iron cup for hole cups that avoids ball jams in frosty ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Allen's Foot Ease and Cold Cure Advertisements
A historical ad round includes Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising relief for tight shoes and foot ailments with a 25 cent price and free sample from Allen S. Olmsted. Also promotes Dee's Cough Balsam as a quick cold remedy and cites a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption. The passage ends with a proverb about safety in fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Crescent Hotel Opens in Eureka Springs Arkansas in February
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 23 in the Ozark Mountains with a delightful climate and scenic beauty. It offers unequaled medicinal waters and cheap excursion rates, with through sleepers via the Frisco Line. Actress J O Plank listed as manager and rooms available at the Arcade Century Building or Frisco Ticket Office in St Louis. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething is advertised at 25 cents a bottle. There is a line about true love never dying.
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Fureka Springs
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Frisco
J. O. Plank
Century Building
N. Broadwavy
St.Louis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised for 100 Dollar Reward
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 dollar reward for uncured catarrh. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as the maker and cites testimonials from local druggists J West & Truax Walding Kinnan & Marvin. The copy promotes internal use and 75 cent pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
J . West & Truax
Cumeis
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
TO CURE A COLP IN ONE DAY
Patent remedy ad promises a cure for a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Text urges purchase from druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure and notes the genuine tablets bear L B Q on each tablet.
The Babyroussa of Malacca and the Straits
An illustrated note describes the Babyroussa, a fierce pig family inhabitant of Malacca and the Straits. It features tusks on both sides of the lower jaw and through the snout, swims well, travels in herds, and roams marshy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malacca
Straits
India
Sorrows of Sterility and Lydia Pinkham's Remedy
A 19th or early 20th century ad style item extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for infertility and related womb ailments. It cites testimonials from Mrs Ep Wocrorp of Lone Tree Iowa and Mrs Frora Coorrr of Doyle South Dakota praising improved health and successful pregnancies after using the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ep. Wocrorp
Lone Tree
Iowa
Frora Coorrr
Doyle, S. Dak
Dra
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Nattre
Lowell
Dee
John A. Miller
Au Sable, Michigan
Crescent Hotel
Seth Arnold
Barwon, Boyd, Wis
Money
Babyroussa
Columbia
Hartford Bicycles
Vedette Bicycles
Akeny Colsrchs
Tne
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford. Conn
Gutter & Self Feeder
Parsons Band Cutter & Self Feeder CO
Newton, Iowa
Kay
Mobels
Ripans Chemical Co
New York
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