Nervous Women Sufferings Due to Female Disorders Cured
A 19th century advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous disorders in women. It links nerves with reproductive health, cites testimonials from Mrs M. E. Shotwell, Brooklyn, and claims relief from irritability sleeplessness and debility, urging others to seek the remedy.
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Lydia ¥. Pinkham
M. E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
N. C
Ae Apia
F. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Tam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Trifle Powerframes Musa’s Tour Leads Europe Fate
Stray stories recount Musa’s vanity and a red beard as decisive trifles in his rise and fall. His captain’s mockery and a skipped command altered the balance of power at Tours, supposedly shaping Europe’s destiny and the fate of the human race.
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Musa
Mostema
Tours
Mostem
Christendom
The
Cross
Mars
Europe
Jelam
Antiquary Reflects That Dress Love Endures Through Ages
An antiquary chuckles at a 17th century critique of extravagant dress. He cites Miss Phraser’s gown costing 330 pounds and Mme de Montespan’s gold embroidered attire, arguing against human vanity in fashion. The column contrasts fashion excess with warning about overeating, noting surplus nourishment harms body health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Phraser
Cave Scroope
Mme. de Montespan
Public Funerals Dominant in Swiss Cantons
The article notes that in most Swiss cantons public burials are standard while private funerals are exceptions. In at least one canton, Glarna, all burials are paid by the state. relatives cover body dressing and may supply tombs and adornments and even religious services if desired, but must not see the sexton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantons
Switzerland
Glarna
Tuberculosis Care Becomes Insurer Investment Trend
German health insurance firms engage in sanatorium ventures as a profitable move for policyholders with consumptive tuberculosis, reflecting a trend where insurers fund medical facilities to treat policy holders.
Spoiled Lawyer's Fine Plea in Crocker Will Case
In the first hearing of the Crocker will case in the supreme court before Judge Lathrop and a jury, Col. Benton and Robert Morse sparred over wit. Benton argued old fool could be term of endearment citing King Lear. Lathrop quipped Lear was crazy, eliciting hearty laughter from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Benton
Crocker
Supreme Court
King Lear
Force of Habit and the Early Morning Alarm Clock
George W. Wallace of Rocky Mountain Bell tells of a Salt Lake hello girl who is habitually late. The manager offers an alarm clock to spur punctuality, but when it rings at 7 am the sleepy worker answers with a line busy, call again, revealing the daily rhythm of the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wallace
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Salt Lake
Wester
Willie Searches in Boston for His Father
Willie Simmonds of McIn does VI travels to Boston to find his father. He arrives unfamiliar with the city and, seeing a uniformed officer, asks if he has seen his father in the bustling streets. The encounter shows his naivety about urban life.
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Willie
Willie Simmonds
McIndoes
Boston
Not a Fair Division
A pair of clubmen discuss domestic division of furniture and wardrobes. The younger man asks how many items the husband or wife deserve. The other clubman retorts that any husband would fail to claim a fair share as the house would overflow with veils ribbons and petticoats and suggests the husband should pack his own clothes away.
Snow on the Sun Dial Poem Fragment in Munsey’s Bag
A fragmented poem lyric by Caroline Clark appears in Munsey’s Magazine describing memories of love and longing. The speaker recalls winter scenes with a sun dial, leaves and arbor vitae, and distant currents while the heart seeks a past beloved.
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Aga Carrieratore
Ainne
Caroline Clark
Bagaine
Birthday In Doubt
The report from Green Harbor recalls Tom Pezzl the fish market man famed for his roof sign Tom Pessi Forever. A customer asked his age and after removing his clay pipe he said he was born in 1702 or 1802 and he would not know which.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pezzl
Green Harbor
Tom Pessi
Brant Rock
Boston Herald
Poor Stomach and Blood Declares Ailments Cure Claims
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for indigestion weak stomach and related ailments. It touts non alcoholic glycerine base, extracts of Black Cherrybark Mandrake root and other ingredients as efficacious, endorsed by prominent men, claiming to restore digestion and blood health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
M. A Medi College
Indiana
Preventing metal rust with camphor lard mixture
An English publication recommends a rust prevention mix for machinery. Dissolve one ounce camphor in one pound melted lard, skim impurities, add black lead for an iron color, smear onto cleaned metal, and leave on indefinitely or wipe off after twenty four hours for temporary protection, then polish with soft cloth.
Eczema Cure Promoted By Cuticura Remedies
A testimonial details a severe skin eruption on the chest face and neck cured by Cuticura Remedies. The author reports relapse after a year or two but renewed use led to full clearance lasting five years. Emma E Wilson of Liscomb Iowa confirms faith in the treatment. The piece also notes Claude Lorraine's Book of Truth, an heirloom owned by the Duke of Devonshire, valued highly and reportedly refused at $100,000.
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Duke of Devonshire
Claude Lorraine
Europe
Washing Windows with a Soft Cloth and Ivory Soap
A short guide describes washing windows using lukewarm suds from Ivory Soap and a soft cloth. It advises wringing dry and wiping with the grain of the sashes to avoid streaks, noting the chamois leaves no haze and eases the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor KR. Pareer
Spain’s Escurial Palace Complex Described in Palace Note
A note describes Spain’s Royal Palace Escurial as containing a cathedral a monastery two colleges three chapter houses three libraries and nearly 3000 apart.
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Spain
GUARASTERD CURE FOR PILES ADO About Remedies and Aging
A clipped note discusses a claimed cure for piles and critiques self-suggestion on aging. It cites a Contemporary Review line about directed thoughts shortening life and how reaching old age invites pessimism that weakens strength and hastens decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contemporary Review
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children Sale Ad
Classic 19th century patent medicine claim: cures feverishness head ache stomach troubles teething disorders and worms for sickly children. Promotes free sample and mail order to Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York with price at 28 cents. Also notes beauty claim about the left side of the face as more attractive.
Sand Reemerges As Writing Paper In New England School
A Hampshire Country teacher recalls seeing sand used as writing paper in a New Hampshire country school. The master’s desk held a sand-filled box where children wrote with sticks, smoothing the surface after each turn, evoking old days of scarce paper and ink.
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Hampashire
New England
New Hampshire
Grant Brothers Cheerybie House In Manchester Refit
Fifty years after Daniel Cheerybie’s death, news emerges that the Manchester warehouse of the Grant Brothers, originals of the Brothers Cheerybie, will have interior historic features altered. Dickens drew on real life from Grant and Manchester, whom he met a year before Nicholas Nickleby. The link to the Linkinwater dinner and the apoplectic butler is cited as inspiration.
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Brothers Cheerybie
Dickens Jovern
Manchester
Grant Brothers
Daniel
Cheerybie
Dickens
Grant
Nicholas Nickleby
Linkinwater
Pall Mall Gazette
Noahs Ark sermon joke sparks telegraph tale
A colored Baptist preacher uses a comic twist on Noahs Ark to lampoon technology. The climax imagines Noah telephoning God and God replying by telegraph, prompting a spectator to note telephones and telegraphs did not exist in those days. Mischief and local banter follow about invented devices and biblical events.
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Noah
Brer Jones
Macaroni
Alps
Edson
Mount of
Oranges
Toes Lose Ground In Footwear Fashion Says Bootmaker
A fashion forward bootmaker declares all toes except the big toe must disappear from boots. He argues a long slim foot ends in a point and toes other than the big toe are unnecessary. To fit in shoes, smaller toes must compress together, weakening and thinning them, leaving the big toe sole remaining.
Artist Hatha way of Peak's Island
An Maine artist named Hatha way lived near the steamboat landing on Peak's Island and drew transient visitors. He told a patron that most travelers there arrive with only two dollars and a shirt and do not part with either while visiting the resort.
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Peak’s Island
Peak's Island
Hathaway
Mr. H
Plea Deserved to Be Heard on a Crowded Rainy Morning
A crowded city car on a rainy morning prompts a conductor to urge passengers to move up and make room for a weary woman. He pleads gently, calling passengers God’s last, best gift to man as he assists her aboard.
Lawyer Calls for a Lifeboat
A Boston lawyer complains about the tailor's breeches boy who delivers weekly. He reports the trousers were returned stained and drenched as if dropped in water and asks the tailor to send a lifeboat next time to keep the clothes safe.
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Boston
Salt as a remedy for epilepsy
A historic note asserts salt placed in the mouth relieves convulsive movements and that frequent salt use is the best remedy for epilepsy.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
F. A. Starkweather
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mason, Fonwick & Lawrence
Washington, D. G
Nathan Bickford
Washington, D, C
Dodds
H. S. Howland
Madison Avenue
New York City
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C. C.C
C.C.C
Thea
Diemer
M.D
Springfield
Sooteemoetgauutsat
Ahnactstuaselst
Nelden-Judson Drug Co., General Agents
Ng On
N. U
Cyats
Cross Ball
Laren
Russ Company
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Earl S. Sloan
Albany St
Mass
Atkins
Comlegar En
Toyest
Atlas Engines
Atlas Encine
DE Laval
Antenne Tom
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