Peruna boasts cures for fatigue and catarrh in women
A fragmented testimonial page touts Peruna as a cure for “catarrhal discharges from pelvic organs” and fatigue in housewives. Women describe relief from backache, weakness, dizziness, and irregularities after two weeks of use. Several named applicants speak of renewed health, work vigor, and gratitude, urging others to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Mann
Bath
Ite USA
Peruna
Mia
Americans in London reelects Mrs Reed Griffin president
Mrs Hugh Reed Griffin was reelected president of the Society of American Women in London. The society aims to create a social center for Americans living in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hugh Reed Griffin
Society of American Women In
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and assorted testimonials in 1900 era ads
A collage of old advertisements and notices shows Hall’s Catarrh Cure promising internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials from merchants like P. J. and firms West & Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin. Also features Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders, a Laxative Tablets claim, and other period health quackery alongside naval training notes and a Boston Latin School anniversary portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarch
Hall Catarch
P. J
West & Truax
Toledo
Ohio
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Whelesale Drugesses
Hall
Reforming gambler not displeased by sermon tale
A New York Times item recalls a reformer who once took a gambler to a service where the preacher harshly critiqued the man. The escort thought he must apologize, but the preacher insisted most sermons hit someone somewhere. The tale reflects on public rebuke and humor in religious discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Roesch
New York Times
Japan Times
Ichizuya
Matsuharo Sobtome
Himeek
Port of Many Ships and Odd Finds in Nearby Waters
A vintage seaworthy vignette describes a sunny anchorage with sailors singing and dreaming of distant ports. It recalls wrecked wooden hookers, bright tide, and the restless longing of seafarers. Also featured is a Greek bronze lamp recovered by sponge divers with a living sponge encrusted on it, dating to about 300 years before Christ. Whistling language of Malabar islanders and a Ugandan canoe described, noting long-distance calls and the boat’s construction with a hollowed tree trunk, red-painted hull, and wickerwork joints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aegean Sea
Connecion
Malabar Islands
Sound in the Clouds and a Curious Sign at Barley England
A balloon experiment with electrically fired gum cotton at 2 000 feet produces a cannonlike report that sounds like a pistol shot due to air rarity, followed by absolute silence until the echo returns reflected thunder from below lasting over 30 seconds. At Bly England a fox and hounds event near Barley yields a curious sign.
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Earth
Fox and Hounds
Barley
Bly
England
No More Cross Eyed Than He Anecdote About Seeing Defects
Miss Clara Barton met Prince Troubetskoy at the international Red Cross convention in St Petersburg. He told of painting a cross eyed portrait of an American, prompting a flirtation with the idea that the subject looked back. The anecdote underscores self awareness of flaws with humor. A separate note recalls a child's science fascination as a corkscrew of curiosity about physiology. Also noted is the long telegram distance between British Columbia and New Zealand, spanning over 20,000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Society
St Petersburg
Prince Troubetskoy
Pittsburg
Britieh Columbia
New Zealand
Globe
Doan's Kidney Pills Endure for Aged Readers
Fragmented letters praise Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney pain backache and urinary weakness. Notes claim relief from congestion pressure in lungs and chest and a life saved by the remedy. Mentions samples and testimonials from various locations with tragic and humorous anecdotes interwoven.
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Doan
Oro
Tloan
Geo W. Surin
P.O. Box 4
Mt. Pressant
Obie
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Barbara Alberty
Peru
Lou
Louise Mahon
Glen Balle Street
Arene
Ont
Jeng
Jeet
Mes, Eva Bartho
Sam
Seventh
Nere
Wmee Aerma
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Eve Barthe
East 12Th Street
City
Bam
Eva Bartho
Mahon
Mns, Kate Mann
Vers
MES
Anna Martin
Salner
Ore Gardens
Acerica
Joh
Rushie Wand
Teaston
Vogeler
Hewlett Bros
ORTH
West Materials Shill Works
Thompson's
New York
Ark
Mother Gray
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Construction Corps
Greenwich
Annapolis
Boston Institute of Technology
Baltimore
Nellie
Papa
Jomm P. Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
Charles J. Capen
Boston Latin School
Mr. Capen
Harriet Caryl
Paderewski
Moritz Rosenthalle
Rosenthal
Winslow
Geist
Nemes
America
Geneva
N. Y
Kingdom Come
Merry
Sonny
Uganda
Georgie
Little Chronicle
F. Wright
Oclwein
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adelaide Prat
St. Ann's Ave
New Yorks City
Orr
Nick” Longworth
Cincinnati
Congress
Washington
Longworth
Dean
Aclee
Tateee Ralenli
Lara
Western
Canada
Ela
Ogden Assay Co
Trent Paiimoe
Bel
Carer
Menyon
Stiaere
O. Fitwin
Salt Lake
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