Why the Paper Collapsed and The Need for Officers
A Pittsburgh Dispatch Manila excerpt laments a faltering young newspaper run at a loss of 80 dollars weekly due to frugal cost control and cigars. It also notes Captain Parker urging more cadets and three academies to supply 2,200 officers for a 400,000 man army, plus a physician’s retiring honesty about medicine cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stussell Saga
Mr. Sage
Daniel Drew
New York Letter
Pittsburg Dispatch
West Point
Parker
West Point Academy
Galen
Pyek
Gold Rush Tales and a Rheumatism Cure
An 1897 Bluffs Iowa recollection recounts the Klondike gold rush hardships and warns seekers to heed past dangers. A man named Adan Vangundy credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his rheumatism after extensive trials, swearing to testify to the pills’ efficacy. The sworn statement, dated September 29, 1897, is presented as proof of the pills’ merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffs
Esekera
Klondike
Adan Vangundy
Bluffs, Tb
Anil
Iat
Board of
Frusteca
Terview
A. D
Frasxuis
Truth and Freedom in the Face of War and Inquiry
A collage of quotes and ad blurbs on truth, freedom, cures, patent ads, and early 20th century commerce. It references Rev J Lloyd Jones, Dr Kline, Cascarets, Piso’s Cure, patent law firm Vowles Byrne, and Thibet geography with historical commentary from the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lloyd Jones
Unitarian
Chicago
Vowles & Byrne
Broadway
N. Y
Fragmented Ad Copy on Health and Habits
A string of 19th century style advertisements extols tonics and patent medicines. Mentions Dr C J Moffett, No-To-Bac and Casearets, with claims of cures for digestion, skin, catarrh and tobacco habit. Includes promotional lines and pricing, typical of era.
No Woman Is Exempt From Health Advice Ad
An appeal promotes regular female health and treats painful menstruation and leucorrhea with Lydia E Pinkham remedies. Miss TruDe Sixes of Eldred Pa vouches for the product and Sanative Wash, noting improved nerves and vitality. Mrs Pinkham invites women to write from Lynn Mass for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hood
America
Galatta
Ills
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
Molemen
Ebhour
Peter Puch
Hpai Ft Benedit
Ripans Chemical Ark
United States
Boston Courier
Lyond& Co
Kline
RL. Kiang
Phila
Atis
Piso
Mra. B,c
Mouton
Needham
Mass
Thivet
Thibet
Pamir
India
Bokhara
Turkestan
Torm
Genghis Khan
Asia
Pekin
Moscow
Kashghar
Afghanistan
Boaton
Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Lestotter
Anamnan
Sit
Pooringha
Yolee
Ph. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Obin
Fi, Creative Co
Draegisie
Toe
Hall
Tlrong
AML
Bierling Remedy Co
New York
Moffett
C. J. Moffett
baerHywa
Aloney
Aulmir L
Hunt
Russell St
Detroit
Mich
CANDY
Mark Weoghntered
Ody Company
Chinrve
Semtvasl
Bow Tork
Stier & Gable
Cleinendl
Gerstle
St. Joseph’s
Gerstie
Mace
Jamestown
Tenn
L. Gerstle & CO
Chattanooga
Agnisul Euray Mechanical and Stock Exposition
Wut Natchez, Miss
Natches
Youn Howard College
East Lake
Ala
F. M. Roof
Business College
South
Birmingham Business College
Birmingham
Lindsay & Richardson
Waco
Texas
Ted Noe
Winston
Agenta
Bliss GO
Washington,d.c
San Francisco
Spain
National Publishing Company
Lakeside Building
Chisago
A.M Green
Atlanta
Tena
van Vleet-Mansfield Drug CO
Memphis, Tenn
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