Wonder Berry Promises Fruit From Any Climate
Article extols Luther Burbank’s Wonderberry a hardy plant yielding berries in any soil and season. Seed grown in three months to bearing, suitable for garden or pots. Introducer John Lewis Childs, a noted seedsman, promoting seed sales and agent opportunities worldwide. Also a vignette about a boy arguing with a man over money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
California
Burbank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
Childs
America
N. Y
Amd
Ted Quarts
Hall's Catarrh Cure and a mixture of notes
A garbled ad and anecdotes detail Hall's Catarrh Cure claims with assertions it cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It promises a reward for proof of failure and includes testimonial style endorsements from Andrew J. Chenney Co. Toledo. The page also offers a humorous quip about sharing cake and arranging a plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ie Naluse
Uncle By Goes Skating
A humorous reminiscence of an uncle attempting skating with rusty blades and comic mishaps. He narrates tumbles, nicked hat, broken glasses, and a wry resolve to let his wife handle skating henceforth as he jokes about the ice beyond 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamefield
Waterino
Wing
Honey Bon
Flaily
Talay
Yale
Patent medicine and household quackery mix ups
A chaotic collage of medical cure chatter and advertisements. A recipe touts Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparina as a near infallible rheumatism cure mixed in whiskey. Other items praise Cuticura remedies for skin eruptions. The page also includes humorous vignettes and editor notes reflecting early 20th century newspaper styles.
Joy Work And the Other Kind
A nostalgic note urges readers to find joy in daily labor and links health to proper nourishment. It extols Grape-Nuts as a daily food supporting energy and well being, citing testimonials and the slogan There’s a Reason in every package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch of Health
Wellville
Home Cure for Eczema
A wash made from wintergreen thymol glycerine and related ingredients is claimed to cure eczema. The notice asserts old cases may take time but immediate relief and soothing sensation occur, naming D D D Company of Chicago as producer and urging no experimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. BD. Co
Chicago
Home Cough Cure and Incomplete Medical Ad Copy
An excerpted page item shows a home remedy for cough using Concentrated pine, glycerine, and whiskey with dosing every four hours. It notes the pine product is sold in half ounce bottles and must be labeled Concentrated. The text also includes assorted public notices and literary fragments without cohesive context.
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Ayshe Ban
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Mr. Tyten
Bickel
Robby
Helen
Dodds Cct
Guar
Mara
Node
Troy
William Barker CO
Troy, N.Y
Salzer Seed CO
LaCrosse
Wis
Proton m
Dani Phote
Borkealt
Anueiaa
Brookfield
Indiana
Myron Villian
Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Mr. Dude
Sly
R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Potter Brag & Chem. Gurp
Boston
Helen Bentley
Los Angeles
Jones Har Grandia
Grandma
Seattle
Mrs
Johnnie
Ike
Jane
Chicago Tribune
Vic
Liliatu
Ani
Frye
Padle Ag
Spohn
Carttagious Divine
Goshen
Ind
Tam
Shakespeare
New York Herald
Drors
Samuel
Rome
Bears
Simle
Cextaur Company
York
USA
Fred
Stella
California Art
Antrama
Hy Een
Caliseh
Addresea
John Lewis Chi
Gnieay
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