Monthly trial of Dr Williams Pink Pills for women
A testimonial from Mrs. C. H. Davis of Carmel Maine describes severe headaches dizziness and fainting in youth. She reports rapid improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills and says she regained strength and vitality. The ad promotes the pills for women’s health and irregularities. It ends with an agricultural tip about planting fruit trees requiring a woman to hold the tree while a man sets it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williama
C. H. Davis
Carmel
Maine
Tea business pledge with refunds sparking reader trust
A brief notice asserts a shop promises to serve all customers and offers refunds if not. It mentions a pronoun misprint and hints at a distant coal discovery in Spitzbergen, within covered mountains, suggesting bold advertising and a rush of details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitzbergen
Fee Covered
Spitabermen
Thirteenth Illinois
Missionary Ridge
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Corps
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Lookout Rock
Thirteenth Fleet
Chickamauga Creek
Chickamauga
Springfield
Joselyn
Alabama
Partridge
Bushnell
Blanchard
Sherman
Hooker
Santa Pa
Olty
Police seize Correggio painting in Germany raid
A police operation in Germany confiscated a copy of Correggio's celebrated The Repentant Magdalene. The seizure comes amid broader claims of forgeries and art market disputes. Report notes extensive development work and large sums spent by companies exploring for the field in Amaka and Kyak without results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Correggio
Magdal
Germany
Alaska
Kyak
Catella
Amaka
Pennsylvania
Schilling's Best Tea Packaged, Not Sold Loose
A rural youngster writes to a friend in Atlanta about his father and a mule hitched to a wagon, noting the mule remains with them and referencing Atlanta Constite. The fragmentary note suggests a reflection on local life and tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schilling
Atlanta
Auanta Constite. UN
Roosters Do Not Crow Amid Odd Local Complaint
A fragmented notice reports roosters failing to crow as neighbors protest noisy poultry in a small town. The article notes residents attempted to quiet the flock, with authorities advised to review zoning and nuisance rules.
Duties of the Citizen Dr Knept on Tuberculosis Prevention
Dr Knept urges citizens to educate consumptives on prevention, seek medical care, and use health department resources. Emphasizes kindness to the ill, personal influence to curb alcohol use, and duties of teachers, clergy, press, employers, and philanthropists. Advocates radical life changes for addicts and workers to pursue healthy nutrition and abandon harmful habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Knept
Health Department
Disinfection of Clothing and Rooms Prior to Reopening
The article outlines thorough disinfection methods for clothing and living spaces. Boiling clothes for thirty minutes, burning items that cannot be boiled, and disinfecting rooms with formalin or sulfur fumigation are advised. It stresses removing old wallpaper, washing walls, ventilating, and using chlorine solutions, with detailed fumigation steps and timing for a room to be considered thoroughly disinfected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermes
The Modern Slave in Business Life
A critique argues modern civilization bred new slavery for businessmen. It claims half of so called ailleganry merchants face physical bankruptcy due to poor management and unhealthy coping with stress, with some using stimulants to prop up dwindling nerve supply.
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Lfe
Jennt
Gainet
Mabus
Bome
Food for the Sick Excerpt Highlights Dietetics for Invalids
The article argues that sickroom meals must be nutritious, easily digestible, and palatable, tailored to illness and recovery. It condemns rich dainties and hot buttered toast for invalids, urging careful preparation, clean presentation, and anticipatory service to aid recovery.
Old Fashioned Home Breads And Rice Preparations
Instructions describe steamed rice with apple marmalade sauce, graham bread with a yeast starter and flour, cream crisps from cream and graham flour, and ribbon sandwiches built from layered buttered bread with dark filling. Each item outlines mixing, rising, kneading, shaping, and baking steps for homemaking.
Memorial to Mother Bickerdyke Prominent Civil War Nurse
A detailed account describes Mary A. Bickerdyke, famed Civil War nurse known for tending wounded, organizing supply missions, and aiding hospitals from Belmont to Savannah. The article celebrates her plain but noble character and her lifelong care for veterans, with biographical highlights and notes on her impact and memorialization.
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Mother Bickerdyke
Hial
Mary A. Bickerdyke
Galesburg
Ill
Cairo
Belmont
Fort Donelson
Adams Block
Memphis
Tenn
Gayoso Hospital
Sherman
Battle of
Arkansas Post
Vicksburg
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Chattanooga
Resaca
Kingston
New Hope
Carsville
Altoona
Dallas
Kenesaw Mountai
Savannah
Wilmington
Beaufort
Averysboro
Bentonville
Logan
Fifteenth Army Corps
Alexander
Washington
Prof
Bickerdyke
Rissell
Kan
War and Peace and the Civil War Death Toll
The record estimates Union battlefield deaths at 44 938 and deaths from wounds at 49 205, with Confederate losses not greater than Union. War losses plus disease imply a yearly toll around 46 722, while disease deaths average 105 200 yearly. The author argues war is not more deadly than peacetime life and challenges antiwar claims.
Diary of 1854 Vermont volunteer found in Plorite
Rutland based H Wood reports receipt of a diary belonging to Quartermaster George B Jones of the Seven Vermont volunteers. A. H. Stafford of Jamestown announces possession of the diary, dated 1854, found in Plorite after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
H. Wood
Rutland
A. H. Stafford
Jamestown
George B Jones
Vermont Volunteers
Plorite
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Relief for Kidney Pain
1A J. W. Walla of Lebanon Kentucky reports severe pain in the back and kidneys due to irregular kidney action. After trying various doctors, he found quick and lasting relief with Doan's Kidney Pills. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sells them for 60 cents per box at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Walla
Atreche
Labanon
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
True Way to Rest
A brief piece advises that true rest comes from relaxing in a dark room with eyes closed and thinking of nothing. Even five minutes of this rest can soften facial muscles and prevent the hard look that adds years to a person’s appearance.
Profits of the Packers in the United States
The Garfield report shows packing industry profits near two percent of business volume. Census data from 1900 indicate mills in Illinois earned around seven percent gross margin, while wholesale slaughter and meat packing firms in Illinois earned just over two percent. The article notes mill margins exceed packers and compares market dynamics to a sheepish proverb from the American Homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tlinois
Ulinois
Bemg
United States
A Cheap Job In Paterson Stabbing Incident
A Paterson man stabbed his friend for fifteen cents, deemed “odd friendship” by the Newark Advertiser which asks what he would have done for a five dollar note. The quoted remark reflects the newspaper humor about rushed typewriter work and bad English.
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Paterson
Newark
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Huell
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Inn
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