Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound A Woman’s Cure Claim
A Malone New York woman testifies she suffered organic inflammation and painful spells, tore clothes in distress, and found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to trust the remedy for displacements, inflammation, ulcers, irregularities, backache, and nervous issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E
Pinkham’s V. Compound
Malone
Lydia Ee Ham
Rae Cerlot
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nothing is denied to well directed labor saying
A collection of quips and anecdotes on obedience and work culture. Includes lines about a grandmother's advice, a boy in a swimming dispute, and a New York elevator boy facing probing questions. The humor centers on everyday tension between authority and curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bout
Thomas
New York Tribune
Cleared Food Change Restores Brain Clarity Says Battle Creek Letter
A Midwestern woman credits a dietary shift away from rich greasy foods to improved health and mental clarity. She followed guidelines from The Road to Wellville with Postum and Grape Nuts, reporting restored digestion, nerves, and a perfectly clear brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Janet
Colored Rouen Ducks Desirable Market Ducks For Farms
The Colored Rouen duck is a popular profitable breed noted for hardiness and prolific laying while being quiet and attractive. It matures slower than Pekin or Aylesbury but fatten easily for market. eggs are smaller and colors vary. The bird resembles the Mallard in plumage but is longer bodied with wings that do not fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Aylesbury
G. B. Howard
Rouen
Normandy
Uncle Sam Opens New Experimental Poultry Farm at Beltsville
The United States government has started a second experimental poultry farm to determine the best breeds and management for profitability. Located 13 miles from Washington in Beltsville Maryland, the facility is supervised by the bureau of animal husbandry. Sixty acres are set aside with portable colony houses, aiming for a practical, low cost demonstration plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Maine
New York
Ohio
Beltsville
Washington
Maryland
College Park
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Culling Old Hens for Better Egg Production
The article advises removing hens over two years old unless for breeding or exhibition. It stresses that pullets outperform older stock in egg production and suggests culling in late summer or early fall to free space for young pullets, keeping only the best hens for breeding.
Guidance on Hen Housing Space and Roost Spacing
The text prescribes hen welfare standards for housing. It recommends four to six feet of floor space per hen with six feet preferred. Each hen should have about ten inches of roosting space. Roosts must be at least eighteen inches apart.
Bokhara Primitively Built Town Life Described
London reports Miss Christie recounting her Bokhara journey. She notes nightly gates shut at sundown, drums in the streets, and a direct form of justice by toppling condemned prisoners from a tower. She describes clay construction, caravanserai rooms, and emir photography near the mosque amid Friday crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Central Asia
Christie
Mendota Creek Fish Die After Brewery Shutdown
In Mendota Illinois the creek was flooded with 1081 barrels of beer after the local brewery was closed for government tax nonpayment. The resulting intoxication killed many fish and sent other wildlife into odd antics while crowds watched the scene along Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota, Ill
Mendota
Court House Without Bible In Luzerne County
The Luzerne County court house in Wilkesbarre, a $2,000,000 building, lacked an official Bible until 1914. After a Bible class from Edwardsville raised funds and presented the Bible to President Judge N. A. Fuller, the book was purchased and is being inscribed with the donors' names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Luzerne County
Edwardsville
N. A. Fuller
Portmouth Cow Driving Privilege At Navy Yard Denied
A woman from Kittery Maine previously enjoyed annual privilege to drive a cow across the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Secretary of the Navy Daniels refused the privilege this year prompting an appeal. The routine routes to her summer home and back were part of a longstanding habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Washington
Portsmouth
N. H
Kittery
Maine
Morning Pups Turn from Delight to Paper Tearers
In the morning light Mr. Knox admires two neighbor dogs playing with the paper but the following day he finds them shredding his newspaper. He jokes about getting a dog then must face the reality of their mischievous romp with the morning edition.
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Mr. Knox
Mr.Knox
Amy
Porter’s Yard
Aimy
Neighbor Jones
Young Coke Blackstone
Canard Laughs and a Malaria Tonic Advert
A comic exchange between Mrs. Snaggs and her husband revolves around the meaning of canard. The joke plays on the word canard as something one canardly believe, with playful misdirection about a malaria remedy advertisement preceding the banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Snaggs
Snaggs
Capucine headache remedy and a joke ad
Hicks Capucine is sold as a liquid headache preventative with immediate effects and a money back guarantee. The ad promotes a 10c 250 and 2c price at medicine stores. A separate ad teases a comic exchange about secrets told and not told featured in Das Echo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Das Echo
Lottie
Cure for dandruff claims permanent hair restoration
A Miss Lucy May witnesses a dramatic scalp cure using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after severe dandruff and itching. The testimonial notes hair loss ceased and dandruff disappeared in under four weeks. A separate legal humor vignette features a lawyer joking about fence ownership and a cat dispute.
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Bissell
Lucy May
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
What splendid facilities for the poor and health ads
Fragmented OCR style ad copy mentions Hanford balsam for poison ivy and Tyree antiseptic powder for feet with prices and sample offers. Includes humorous quip about girls and a caption about husbands and fiances. No clear event or person beyond product names J. S. Tyree and Washington, D. C. listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyree
J. S. Tyree
Washington, D. C
Fashionable dress makers and trousers for women
A columnist notes a stylish woman must be skilled with figures to become a fashionable dress maker. The New York Tribune is cited claiming women are headed for trousers, but the Louisville Courier-Journal argues the approach must change before any success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Louisville Courier-Journal
Elixir Babek claims cure for malaria and price 50 cents
Advert reads Elixir Babek as a malaria remedy curing fevers where quinine fails and claims safety for all ages. It lists 50 cent price and ordering from Kloczewski & Co in Washington DC plus parcels post options, followed by a joke exchange about a minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Marr
Kloczewski & Co
Washington, D. C
In the Same Game and a Balsam Ad Fragment
A fragmented Chicago Journal quote questions a thief plundering a major corporation for years while noting the corporation was preoccupied. The snippet shifts to an adv for Hanford's Balsam and a terse ad line about a girl marrying for liberty and a man staying single to preserve it.
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Chicago Journal
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American Name Supply Co
Norfolk
Hanford
Baltam
Adv
Rouen Ducks
Bokhara Mosque
Court House
Ue Jaria
The
Centaur Company
Bears
Johnson
Oak
Dean
North Carolina
W. Wilkinson
Statesville
N. C
Bedder Tebeowhe
Lesantons
Tore
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
American Typewriter Exchange, Inc
E. Main SL
Richmond, Va
Highes
Davis-Wagner Business College
Power Gribble
Bez
Lebanon
Cedarcroft Saint
KODAK
Anak Ago
Optigal
Drs. Bml Woolle Lley
Kodaks Finsma
G. L. Hall Optical Company
Norfolk Richmond
Lynchburg, Va
Charlotte
Dolen Mills
Dept
W. Jackson Bivd
Chicago
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