Trials of a Housewife and Pinkham's Medicine Ad
A vintage advertisement recounts a housewife's relief using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles after childbirth. Testimonials from Mrs. Cassen Mrs. Ball and Mrs. McQuitty highlight backache nervousness and fatigue with claims of restored strength and health. The piece promotes the medicine and offers a free informational book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R
Lydia E. Pinkham
Herbert L. Cassen
Meni Cou
Providence
R. I
Ohio
Fayette
Ctar
Chester A. Ball
Illinois
Bloomington
J.a.mcquitty
Walnut St
Cassen
United States
S.S.S. Blood Remedy Promises Relief for Itch and Disorders
An advertisement claims impure blood causes itching and skin troubles and promotes the vegetable blood remedy S.S.S. as the cure. It urges readers to obtain S.S.S. from druggists and offers free expert medical advice after sending a trouble history to Chief Medical Advisor, 42 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
Comic Snippets Highlight Harsh Director and Witty Replies
A harsh director berates a leading man who smiles through the tirade recalling Uncle Tom and Simon Legree. Jokes follow about actors, managers, and cinema life with light wordplay and punning exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Tom
Simon Legree
Distribution of Voices in Old Ecclesiastical Songs and Opera
The article traces the tenor role from ancient chant where the loudest voice carried the tune to early opera where tenors rarely were the lead. It cites W. J. Henderson noting Julius Caesar and Achilles would not be baritone or bass leads and ponders voice roles in seventeenth century drama. The piece closes with aphoristic musings from Emerson on harmony and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Henderson
Julius Caesar
Achilles
Old Lady Salutes Newsstand Phrase From Willie War Talk
In a New York World item a city scene shows a Newsie and a sixty year old woman in City Hall Park exchanging a military echo. She explains Willie’s army ties as she hands over the paper and salutes with a click of heels. Other quips note time zones and a mock telegram about being shot.
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Brooklyn
City Hall Park
Willie
New York
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