Worthless cough cures mocked by aging testimonial
A reader denounces sham cough remedies while praising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral after a long stubborn cough. The testimonial by R. N. Mann of Fall Mills Tennessee, dated February 7, 1899, claims improved sleep, restored flesh, and renewed vitality at age seventy four.
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Ayer
R. N. Mann
Fall Mills, Tenn
Farms Offered Near Marinette for War Preparedness
An appeal promotes buying farms along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line in Marinette County Wisconsin. It touts rich crops ample work favorable markets clean water and cheap long‑term land. The pitch ends with the land agent contact in Chicago. Also notes former Senator Ingalls whose 99-year-old mother in Boston knitted three slumber roses for his family.
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South Africa
Nobel
Chicago, Milwaukee
C. E. Rollins
la Salle St
Chicago
Til
Ingalls
Boston
Magnetic Starch and Cure Claims Amid Rude Advertising
A collage of 1890s ads tout Magnetic Starch and cures for consumption, catarrh, and hiccups, with various testimonials and dubious health claims. The clashing copy mentions Walter Baker Cocoa, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and gas lamps, plus quips about boasting and weathered train tracks.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Two women in Atlanta and Visalia report relief from nervous prostration and menstrual illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Adele Williamson of Atlanta describes severe nervous weakness and sleep loss improved by the remedy. Lena Garves of Visalia says menses returned after three bottles plus Blood Purifier and she gained strength.
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Lydie Wialhams Vaseelts
Dean Mus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sami
Adele Williamson
N. Boulevard
Atlanta
Lena Garves
Visalia
Tulare Co
Cal
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