Pine Tree Bread Rumor and Pure Virgin Oil Claim
An 1906 fragment discusses bread made from pine bark infusion with water and baked without flour, praising pine-based cures and a Pure Virgin Oil of Pine remedy marketed by Leach Chemical Co. It notes imitators and a fire loss report for 1906, plus a humorous anecdote about a bookkeeper and a clock.
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Kamschatka
Kennan
Mike
Food and Drug
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
DREADED TO EAT And coffee fear and relief with Postum
A reader describes enjoying relief from coffee related indigestion after trying Postum from the Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan. The letter notes years of nervousness and poor appetite improved after switching from coffee to the beverage. The sender mentions the book The Road to Wellville and endorses the product to friends.
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Postum
Fostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Tittle Book
ProWhiskers Club Formed In Harrisburg Neb
A group of young Harrisburg society women formed a pro whiskers society agreeing to discourage attentions from beardless men and to avoid marriage with those not wearing full beards. They cite a town nearby with a similar pact and argue beards are more attractive and historically proper.
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Harrisburg
Neb
Nebraska
Pewayapur
Oil soaked eel and burn fine Newton market eel lamps
A Newton New Jersey venture forms to market an electric eel substitute for water lamps. Promoters claim the eels, 6 inches to 3 feet, can be burned after soaking in petroleum and acids.Authorities cite a polluted stream and thousands of dead fish near Paulins Kill, yet promoters praise the soft bright light and odorless glow of the luminous eels.
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Newton N. J
Paulinus Kill
Newton
Heart Shaped Bridal Coach Built in Pittston Pa
A bridal coach designed to promote matrimony and replace plain backs with white ribbons is finished in Pittston Pennsylvania at a cost of 1800 dollars. The heart shaped vehicle features 20 hearts eight heart windows Cupid lamps cream velour upholstery gold trim and silks curtains lilies and concealed red white and blue lights. It took seven months to build and will be hauled by four cream colored horses.
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Pittstonl
Odd Cold Condition Hits Frank Bemis in Canton
Frank M Bemis of Canton is described as constantly cold due to a mysterious ailment doctors cannot cure. He wears heavy clothing year round and sleeps under multiple quilts and blankets despite summer heat. His household expenses rise to about 90 dollars monthly as he seeks relief from various physicians and resorts with no success.
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Canton
Frank M. Bemis
Trayan
Michigan
Doan’s Kidney Pills Cited By Minnesotan Woman
Testimonial from Mrs A Heiman of Stillwater Minnesota claims Doan’s Kidney Pills cured back pain and weakness in 1899 and left her feeling lifted from “the tomb” after years of suffering. Ads note price, Buffalo NY maker Foster Milburn Co and dealer availability. Includes items on photography transmissions, paint material adulteration in Fargo, seed and farm supply promotions, and a phonograph door device.
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Doan
A. Heiman
Stillwater Minn
Kaya
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
X. Y
Arid Land Reclaimed by Reclamation Service
The reclamation service reports 280000 acres of desert made productive in four years since its organization. This amount equals one fourth of the area mapped for irrigation under 22 projects.
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The
Reclamation Service
Harper's Weekly
Allens Foot Powder Ad Promises Pain Relief and Comfort
An old advertisement promotes Allen's foot powder as the greatest comfort discovery of the age. It claims to ease painful, nervous feet and ingrown toenails, makes new shoes feel comfortable, and cures sweating feet. The copy urges readers to accept no substitute and offers a trial package for free. A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York, is listed as the address.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Anos
Chesebrough Meg. Co
State Street
New
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INE Tree Bread
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Francisco
Rock, Ark
Blank
Harper's Maga
Tolme
Toide
Tolmes
Prowhiskers Club
Newton, N. J
Korn
Munich University
Munich
Nuremberg
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Fargo
N. 1
E. F. Ladd
la Crosse
Wis
Castorta
Infanta
Scar
Bettes
Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass.usa
California Fig Syrup Co
Senna
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Louisville, Ky
San Francisco
Cal
A. On
England
New York, N
Western Seeds
Barteldes
Defiance
Fronr Thompson
Salt Lake City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Efinkram
Lydia
Pinkham
Martha Washington Comfort Shoes
Martha Washington
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
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