Quack Kidney Cure And Sermon Parable Aimed At Losses
An old advertisement claims Bernard P Woods of Jackson Md regained strength after fifteen years of kidney trouble using Dean's Kidney Pills sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. It sits alongside a pastor Evangeliet Torrey anecdote about misread signals at a Chicago tent revival and a plant seed catalog pitch offering seeds and vegetables with prices and samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard P. Woods
Jackson Trent
Lonncoting
Raya
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Do You Uke Ensemble Masse At City Church Social
Nathan Hobba of Willowby blushes when asked if he enjoys many instruments together. The city girl promises a treat from Etta Willis on the organ Ed Holmes on harmonica and Badle James on triangle, described as great.
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Nevel Tris
Nathan Hobba
Wilowhy
Nathan
Thusianm
Etta Willis
Ed Holmes
Badle James
Equivocal Retainer Thele Morton in Atlanta Household
The elderly Black man Thele Morton, once not a slave, serves a Southern family as a philosopher and diplomat. Two young mulatto dance partners tease him asking who he favors, Belle or me, and he responds with indecision that it is too tedious to say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thele Morton
Waltrewes
John Mellin
Me' Brary
Tom
Mr. Mellin
Browser
Mouner
Melita
Fife
Mills Cummings
Misa Cummings
Tami
Desire
Merlin
Misses Cummings
Miss Hope
Mouser
Woman credits Pinkham’s Compound for health restored
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes that after suffering female troubles and a failed operation she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She urges other women with back pains bearing down sensations and associated symptoms to try the remedy and seek Pinkham’s advice. The letter promotes the product as a standard cure cited by numerous women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St. Denver
Col
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhet
Miss Hope and Miss Desire Love and Disclosure
John Mellin a bachelor with a modest library becomes entangled with Miss Hope and her imagined sister Miss Desire. A summer of neighborly banter leads to a confession that Miss Hope has fictionalized a sister to cope with loneliness and deaf elder brother. Mellin offers friendship and discovers the truth about Hope and Desire.
Beyond Patience Declares Errant Boy Bread and Fish Quarrel
A Tenderloin precinct policeman intervened as an old man beat a boy on Beventh Avenue. The man joked about giving a boy two quarters one for bread and one for fish, recalling past punishments. The exchange turned on which quarter should buy fish versus bread, highlighting a volatile scene from the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaelem
Tenderloin
Beventh Avenue
Knefrem
New York World
Itching Humor On Boy Healed By Cuticura 1907 Notice
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana reports a boy suffered widespread itching sores first on hands then all over body. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with lukewarm washes nightly, the rash cleared in four days. September 16 1907.
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Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Old World Charm and Modern Jokes in Juarez Tour
A tour group in Ciudad Juarez notes adobe houses and old plazas with admiration. A New Yorker comments on antique beauty and a storefront sign reading Biggest Beer in Town provokes a cold reaction from a maid. The piece ends with wary humor about scooters and witches.
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Ciudad Juarez
Rio Grate
el Paso
Texas
Ite
Neas
Partiular
Malden
United States
New York
Banished Coffee Ditches Coffee for Postum Success
A reader cites a mother plagued by seven years of nervous headaches who quits coffee after switching to Postum. The girl notes headaches fade, and her own coffee habit ends as Postum replaces it in the home. A friend admires Postum made properly and also abandons coffee. Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan advert.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
Abe Reed
Wellville
No Blessing for Her and Other Items From a Vintage Page
A collage of brief items recalls a boy Ralph praying for his sold pony not to bless the girl who took it, news of Dorothy Stanley's marriage to Henry Curtis, Bernard Shaw on pay for writing, Peruna Almanac's reach, a 105 year old smoker in Brockton, and assorted ads and quotes reflecting turn‑of‑the‑century life with dosage notes, toy jokes, and product pitches.
Trustworthy laxative claim in old advertisement
The text touts Syrup of Figs and Senna as a superior laxative for personal and family use. It emphasizes gentle cleansing, sweetening, and relief of internal discomfort without debility or dosage increases. It claims physician approval and urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Aml
Pista
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
Fragmented 19th century ad fragment with medical claims
A garbled OCR passage presents multiple product claims and quack remedies. It references Mall's Cancer Cure, Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer, Trewn’s Bronchial Treatment, and Wingow's Soothing Lotion. The text also includes a biblical verse citation and a cynical moral line about human behavior.
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Evangeliet Torrey
Chicago
Torrey
Meath
Minoix
Strawberry Muskaelow 1 PLC
Faba Aleer
Miss Hope and
Miss Desire
By Frederica Edmunds
Mr. Mollin
Miss Hope Cummings
Miss Cummings
Duncan
Destreya
Quile
Gue
New Yorker
Wheela
Ralph
Stanley
Dorothy
Henry Curts
Royal College of Surgeons
Sir Henry M. Stanley
Furze Mill
Surrey
Gellman
Bernard Shaw
Milton
Mary Ellen Barraby
Brockton
Mase
Castoria
Italy
St. Peter's
Rome
Duc Omo
Milan
St. Paul's
Froude
Garfield
Dar
Sara En Abe
Goodart
Hrewder
Lima
Mall
Kline
Tt. Head
Arch St
Philadelphia
Trewn
Aultte Wingow
Mommy
Dodds
Carters Tech Pills
Carterliver
N. K—C
Cayenne
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