Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Cure
An alcohol esoteric advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It quotes Miss Hannah E Mershon praising the product after use, touting recovered strength and regular menstruation. The text promises a $5000 reward for an original certificate proving genuineness and asserts cures for womb, ovarian, and kidney issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah E. Mershon
Collingswood, Nut
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rose Peterson
Secrestary Parkdale Tennis Club
Chicago
Lydia B. Pinkham
African lake dries inspiring speculation on vanished Shirwa
Scientists discuss the drying of Lake Shirwa in Africa south of Lake Nyassa. The bed is exposed across a wide area, prompting theories of permanent loss though the lake could refill. Settlers are advised caution about building on the dried bed and not to assume permanence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Po Uullar
Lake
Shirwa
Nyassa
Africa
Tanganyika
The Coldest Liquid Known Liquid Hydrogen
Scientists state that liquid hydrogen is the coldest liquid and the lightest substance known. At atmospheric pressure it boils at -422 degrees Fahrenheit and can solidify around -432 degrees with reduced pressure, forming a foamy solid. Professor Dewar, who liquefied hydrogen in 1898, notes its colorless, transparent nature and density far below water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewar
Cassler
Cure for Seasickness Found by Homeopathists
Homeopathists report a remedy for seasickness using apomorphia in very small hourly doses dissolved in water. The treatment is said to remove the qualm and restore comfort at sea.
The Wisdom of Hanno and Public Notices
Patchwork antique ad style item with quotes from Hanno Carthaginian and a Roman senator on oath. Includes a notary public signature, mention of Tuli’s Catarrh Cure and Cheney & Co Toledo ads. Also notes a school district seeking a teacher and Allen's Foot-Ease testimonial from Mrs. Matilda Holtert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fyce Custer
J. Chiesey
A.W. Gleason
Tuli
STN
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Allen
Cat
Matilda Holtert
Providen
Moro Music Described By Its Critics
A 19th century critique portrays Moro music as rhythmically odd to European ears. The instrument uses a wooden sled shaped frame with kettle cords and sticks, while women drum the sound and two men accompany from large kettle drums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody’s
First Kidney Pill Made The Original Discovery
An ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for numerous kidney ailments including dropsy, bladder inflammation, and neuralgia with testimonials from Foster Burns Co. and several individuals. It claims 10,000+ testimonials, priced at 50 cents a box, mailed on receipt of money by Buffalo, New York firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gright
Dean
Foster Burn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Geonox Wallace, Jr
Blair, N
George Wallace
West Water Street
Baldwin Street
Anya
Rebsure
Maiko
Peblie Eniesa
Sania Cammies
Geneine
Cheserrolgh Mfg. Co
State Street
New York
Rare Honor for Boy Receives Medal of Honor Bravery
Branley M. Cera 12, son of Arthur M. Cos of Brooklyn, earns a Yale style medal from the Humane Society of Massachusetts for saving eight year old Frank Devenu in East Gloucester Mass. on Aug. 13. Cox dived from a sailboat, fought current to keep Devenu afloat until help arrived. Both boys were unconscious. Devenu later died hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branley M. Cera
Arthur M. Cos
Brooklyn
Humane Society of
Massachusetts
Cox
Frank Devenu
East Gloucester
Mass
Deveny
Varied Freaks of Nature in 1903 Record at Stafford Springs
A 1903 season note cites diverse natural oddities at Stafford Springs Conn including unusual early snow followed by ripe market strawberries and second crop beans as well as tender sweet corn. It also records African grosbenks nests on apartment buildings and bushman grass umbrellas with interlinked yet private entrances. Plus relic fire buckets from Augusta Mo and a Whitman Mass savings bank account unused since 1875 with $500 originally deposited and only 20 dollars withdrawn leaving 1,049.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford Springs
Conn
Whitman, Mass
East Bridgewater
His Measure in the Eyes of A Neighbor
In a clipped exchange a neighbor questions a man’s character asking what kind of man he is. The response avoids direct insults, noting the fellow “never carries on” in a way one would deem noteworthy, joking about umbrella stealing as a quiet measure of conduct.
Grateful Women Speak of Peruna Cure in Testimony
A woman named Murielle of Greenwood describes five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria ending after taking Peruna. She asserts the tonic relieved catarrh and related symptoms, claiming noticeable improvement soon after starting the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Murielle
Greenwood
Peruna
Miss Muriel Anmitags
Perena
Peruoa
Female Weakness and Pelvic Catarrh Cure Claims
A vintage advertisement asserts pelvic catarrh causes nervousness and exhaustion in women and promotes Persia and Peruna by Dr. Hartman as permanent cures. It urges readers to send a case description for gratis medical advice from Dr. Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ghia
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Murray
Frank H Beer
Barth Block
Denver
Hanno
Somminnknee
Vaid
K. B. McCanver
Portland
Oreon
Doan
Don
Taxton CO
Boston
Columbea Ave
Iy Eantern
Ceater
Utah Bedding & M’f'g Co
West
Bal Lake Iy
Fergus Coalter
Fergus Coalter Music Co
Salt Lake City
Mehely
Utah
Richard E. Evans
Immortal Works
Balt Lake City
Ebster
Pietlon
Hilda
Paterts
Nts
Tven
Doo
Walt
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Patent Lawyarss
Washington, D. C
Geta, Toad
Gina
Ogden Assay Co
Stanley M. Cox
Deveau Lad
Birds
Joseph Williamson
Augusta
Mr. Williamson
Iselfast
Place
Warren W. Wilkinson
Plymouth
N. H
Miss Muriel Armitage
Erie Wurtng
Office & ‘Works
Larimer
Champa St
United Angel
F. M. Davis Iron Works CO
Col
U.S.A
Bever
Nelden-Judson Drug Co
General Agents
Astiara
Haadder
Beteay
Shores & Shores
and Gore
Atv Eh
Rees
Beea
Fisuia
Ywerin
Byllevsy
Tieinia
Urgauie Wonkas
Spernlorenien
Vastrole
Dianeres
Preventa Wind
Waeastirel Frase
Coutrecind
Ivoraers
Orme Ours
Samara
Capsicum
Howe
Kalle Ce Cane
Bit Hasina
M.D. Gancet
Welia Urd
Harding's Cell Cancer Cure Co
Ogden, Utah
J.W. Currie
SiMe
Third South St
Box
Atryiesen
LaPavie Howe
Adiren
Mi Garei
Third North
The
Keeley Institute
Emartiss
Salt Lake Costuming House
Elite Matrimonial Journal
Ieneeaeneen
UH MA
Amasta
Ugmcien
Thompson's Eye Water
W.N. U
Salt Lake
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