Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed in Letters
A collection of testimonial letters touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven cure for female ailments. Letters from Canvey New Jersey and Camden New Jersey praise relief from nervous complaints, backache, and other issues after using the remedy. The ad urges readers to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass and notes a long standing 80 year history. A brief Arkansas Jurisprudence joke concludes the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Canvey, N.J
Haddock
Mary Pock
Utica
Oklahoma
Lydia E.pinkham
Cold Day Decision by Father Tommie on Leisure and Work
A humorous exchange between a father and son about choosing between going to a show or splitting wood. The boy prefers staying by the fire and joking about differences, then remarks on widows versus widowers. A brief aside notes quails and partridges deserting French lands after airplanes appeared.
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Tommie
Resinol Skin Remedy Promises Quick Relief and Healing
Resinol ointment and resinol soap claim to clear skin pores remove impurities and stop itching fast. The ad notes eczema rashes ringworm disfiguring pimples and black heads improve with nineteen years of doctor usage. Sold by druggists ointment 50c and 1 soap 25c. Try them today.
Prescription patent cures and advice from old ads
An OCR style clump of 19th century advertisements includes malaria cures with five to six doses, Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and social quips about fashion and marriage. The item mixes medicinal claims with light editorial quips and adv notices.
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Wright
Wm. Wright
Handy crafts for children to make in the bathtub toy figures
A DIY guide by A Neely Hall and Dorothy Perkins describes making ducks swans turtles and boats from corks cardboard and paper. It covers constructing a colorscope using a shoe box a disk with colored tissue and a simple viewing window to view colored cards and pictures.
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A. Neely Hall
Dorothy Perkins
No Need
Smith and Jones converse about clothing and tenure of marriage with humor about worn styles and new trouser skirt adoption. The exchange highlights differing attitudes toward fashion and practicality within a long marriage.
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Smith
Jones
Pathetic Health Ads and Quips From a bygone Page
A jumble of 19th or early 20th century ads and quips appears with patent medicines RUB-MY-TISM and Dr Peery’s Vermifage Dead Shot claims. Other items tout Roman Eye Balm and Putnam Fadeless Dyes while lines poke at apparel and social wit.
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Arkansas
Silas
Jonas
France
Hanford
Fsnscamia
Howard Nichols
Ree
Clark Av
St. Louis
Princeton Tiger
Pierce
Grove
Leely Hall
Qoo
THE
Centaur Company
New York
Bears
Castoria
Gotham
Dr. Peery
Putnam
Carter
Ood
al Croggis
PRG
Courtney Drug Company
Baltimore, Md
Brooklyn
Harold Somers
N. Y
Pierce Sie
Atlanta
Savannah
Empire Building
Savannah Bank & Trust
Moon Shine
Bailey Brothers, Inc
Winston-Salem, M
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