Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Brings Health
A Poplar Bluff Missouri woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health, enabling her to bear a healthy baby and perform household work. The letter claims the product makes women normal strong and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Bamnon
Poplar Bluff
Lydia Aes
Lydia E. Pinkham
Allia B. Timmons
Almond St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
High Cost of Living Prompts Spaghetti Cook Book Offer
The note urges housekeepers to combat rising prices with spaghetti as the cheapest, most nutritious food and invites readers to request a free Skinner Mfg. Co. cookbook from Omaha Nebraska. Ady. The Old Year Died joke section ends with a humorous marriage quip about silence and consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Ady
Henpeck
Goos e Grease Company Advertises Health Remedies
Mother's Joy Salve for Colds and Croup and Pneumonia and Asthma. Goose Grease Liniment for Neuralgia Rheumatism and Sprains. For sale by all Druggists. Greensboro North Carolina advertisement from Goose Grease Company manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Grease Company
Mfr's
Greensboro
N. C
Ten Years Of Material In The New Show
The local manager asks for news from the visiting agent who replies that the show brings the biggest supply of new songs faces and jokes. He notes they have spent ten years collecting all that material to present the latest production in captivity.
Danderine Promises Hair Regrowth and Shine
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming within ten minutes dandruff stops and hair stops falling. It promises new fine hair in weeks, instant beautifying effects, easy use with a cloth, and a 25 cent bottle from stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Adv
Definition of luxury and patent medicine claim
A playful exchange defines luxury as whatever one cannot afford. An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening weak women and curing the sick without alcohol, available in tablets or liquid. The copy notes that the average girl prefers love to happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Laws for Fire Prevention Demand Enforcement in NYC
New York City fire commissioner, with the law department, sues property owners for neglecting fire prevention orders to install fire checking appliances. The suit seeks reimbursement of municipal costs in extinguishing a large four alarm fire that occurred after owners were notified to comply. Fire crews worked long hours. estimated extinguishing cost about $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Commissioner
New York City
Law Department
Bureau of Penalties
Corporation Counsel's
Fire Department
Poles and Wires Hurting Los Angeles Neighborhoods
Los Angeles residents urge city purchase of privately owned lighting lines to end the pole and wire clutter in Garvanza and Highland Park. The piece criticizes vandalism and private rights violations, hoping city acquisition will reduce the visual and property harm. It also notes Niagara Falls managers and city efficiency themes, praising a businesslike city management approach.
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Los Angeles
Garvanza
Highland Park
Los Angeles Times
Father of Tanks and Logarithms John Napier
The essay speculates that John Napier of Merchiston, famed for logarithms, may have invented early war machines resembling tanks. It notes Napier's varied intellects and Protestant zeal, plus secret weapons designs described to Bacon's elder brother.
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Scoffien
John Napier
Merchiston
Bacon
Napier
Right Type of Patriotism in an Exchange remark
An Exchange letter argues that true patriotism requires loving one’s country as the finest land and people, and finding beauty in one’s own state and town as part of a sacred heritage shaped by memories. It claims universal pride differs from cosmopolitan sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Actress Promotes Gray Hair Remedy Recipe
A well known actress shares a home friendly gray hair recipe using half a pint of water one ounce of Bay Rum a box of Barbo Compound and a half ounce of glycerine. The ad claims it darkens gray hair softens it and does not color the scalp or rub off.
Yam Nuts Advertise Unforgettable Southern Flavor
Up-to-date grocers stock Yam Nuts made from Southern yams. The Williams Co of Greenville South Carolina promotes the new snack claiming the flavor will be unforgettable. An ad in The Toiler contrasts farmer labor with consumer effort in buying farm produce. The note adds a Chilean church count from thirty years ago rising to seventy.
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Williams Co
Greenville
8. C
Adv
Otic and Wood Uses Highlight 19th Century Ads
An advertisement extols Cuticura soap and ointment for skin cleansing and healing with a free sample offer by mail. It also notes wood based products like charcoal for formaldehyde and viscose for artificial sausage skins, silk fabrics, and paper from Madison Wisconsin experiments turning pine mill waste into brown paper and woven goods.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wis
American Forestry Association
Cascarets Promise Quick Relief for Digestive ills
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for headaches biliousness indigestion sour stomach and foul gases. It claims a 10 cent box cleanses the stomach removes sour foods and excess bile, improves liver and bowels, and works overnight with no griping, suitable for children.
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Ady
Dentists Praised as Appealing Orators in Rhetoric Quip
A wry remark notes dentists can move emotions and draw tears by appealing to patients. The line contrasts professional skill with dramatic speech. It hints at public speaking impact rather than medical practice.
Why Rheumatism Comes With Cold Weather Ad
An old medical ad cites Prof. Alex Haig of London linking cold weather to rheumatism through excess uric acid. It notes brick dust in water, mentions low water intake, meat consumption, and poor uric acid excretion, and promotes Anuric tablets to dissolve uric acid and prevent rheumatic symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inert
Banker
Alex. Haig
London
Clockmaker and apprentice forge time piecework
A customer asks what the clockmaker’s assistant is doing and the master replies that he is simply making time. The scene highlights careful craft in clockmaking and the subtle humor of the punchline.
The Inducement and Orange Peel Dialogue Sketch
A humorous skit features Willis asking why a man gives a diamond to a lady and Gillis answering the lady. A short exchange introduces Mr. Firefly as a leading light in the community amid a prompt with the prompt Orange Peel.
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Willis
Gillis
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