External Remedy for Eczema Claims and Cure Testimonials
A fragmentary advert claims eczema is a skin germ disease, not blood related, and promotes a solution called D. D. D. Prescription mixed from oil of wintergreen glycerine and healing agents. It includes patient testimonials from Charles T. Bauer and mentions Potier Drag & Chem as sole proprietor, with other unrelated lines about Murine eye remedy and prohibition state jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Potter Drag & Chem, Corp. Sole Prope
Boman
Peruna Endorsements From Mr C Happy and Others
Cold and La Grippe letters praise Peruna as a remedy for catarrhal troubles and colds. Mr C Happy of Hardin County Missouri says three bottles cured throat issues and grippe after February illness. Mr L Clifford Figg Jr of Richmond Virginia notes relief from cold and eye irritation, urging readers to request a free booklet from The Peruna Company of Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Happy
Hardin, Ray Co
Peruna
L. Clifford Figg, Jr
Marshall St
Richmond
Perapa Co
Columbus
Ohio
SAVES MUCH LABOR Dishwashers touted as time saver and breakage protector
The piece argues dishwashing machines relieve labor and prevent breakage from hurried cooks. It details a galvanized iron dishwasher with a boiling water bath, a tray for plates and cups, and a crank system. Emphasizes hand protection, pre-cleaning, and using sand soap plus a pan brush to cut dishwashing aversion.
Christmag Cake Recipe With Fruit and Spices
A traditional Christmas cake method details creaming butter and sugar with eggs separated, combining molasses spices and orange rind, folding in flour and fruit, kneading for hours, and baking into three large loaves. The batter, aged in a cool jar, keeps for about a year.
Cheap Doughnut Recipe Crullers from a Tested Guide
A compact 19th century style doughnut recipe outlines crullers with sugar, egg, butter the size of a butternut, milk, flour, and baking powder. Mix, cream, add flour as needed, roll and fry in hot lard, then roll in sugar for a sweet finish.
Baked Apple Pudding Recipe From Simple Ingredients
Simple baked apple pudding uses flour egg milk sugar butter and baking powder. Beat butter and sugar then add egg and milk alternately with flour to form batter. Fold in vanilla, pour over sliced apples in dish and bake about 20 minutes.
Vinegar Biscuits Recipe
Recipe directions for vinegar biscuits use two quarts flour one large tablespoon fat one and a half tablespoons vinegar one teaspoon soda beaten eggs warm water roll and cut one inch thick bake in a quick oven
Ventilating the hen house with muslin on sash windows
A Farm and Home plan describes venting the hen house by tilting the sash 12 inches and covering gaps with muslin. The bottom hinges allow closing to prevent drafts while preserving light. A frame with hinged bot toms can be added to work the sash, with an optional double sash for normal operation.
Poultryman's Alphabet Advice for Breeders and Advertisers
A historical ad style piece offers rules and maxims for successful poultry raising. It urges choosing robust varieties, avoiding weak birds, maintaining clean roosts with approved disinfectants, fair feeding like dry bran, moderate stocking to prevent disease, and blending common sense with advertising. It emphasizes profit from vigor, quality, and informed practice.
Labor Saving Picking Barrel Feathers In Bag
Describes a labor saving device for duck and goose feather collection. Previously feathers were picked into a boiler or tub and lips or cricks filled by hand. Now nails are driven into the top of a nail keg and feathers are picked directly into the barrel, saving time.
Hen Talk On Poultry Health And Ventilation
Advice notes poultry health and egg production stressing ample ventilation, outdoor exercise when warm, and avoiding damp, moldy feed or litter to prevent canker in the flock. Recommends scratching in hay or straw to exercise caged fowls.
Dean's Kidney Pills Credited With Cure For Gravel
Gallatin resident F A Rippy reports fifteen years of kidney disease with back pain and gravel attacks, costing him work and strength. After fourteen months of suffering he used four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills and says he recovered fully with no relapse. Bold by all dealers, 50 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Rippy
Depot Ave. Gallatin
Tent
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
A Needed Change and Other Notices
Navy department seeks changes in enlisted sailors uniform shirts with comments from officers on endorsed slips. Dr Mitchell's Eye Salve touted as a safe remedy sold everywhere at 25 cents. Dialogue about dropping final g sounds in speech. A tonic mixture to relieve colds uses whiskey and syrups available from druggists. Jamaica ginger exports rise with Jamaica producing up to 4000 pounds per acre and 1.4 million pounds exported last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Lippincott
Dr. Mitchell
Jamaica
Castoria safety note from old advertisement
A vintage ad urges careful examination of every bottle of Castoria for infants and children. It touts the product as a safe remedy in use for over 30 years and bears the familiar signature “The Kind You Have Always Bought.” It ends with a caution about money and trouble.
Peruna Almanac 1909 and assorted odds and ends
An assortment of notes including the Peruna Almanac for 1909 with astrology and lucky days, remarks on uplift in kitchens, a tale of a beggar asking for a bed, and various health ads. Mentions of a Christian Endeavor HQ project in Boston and Mr Buckley on East Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pertina Co
Columbus
James J. Buckley
East Sixth Street
Buckley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Healthful living and timely medicine in daily life
The passage argues for right living to achieve good health and notes that knowledge of recreation, experience, contemplation, and effort contributes to vitality. It promotes timely, simple remedies under proper conditions and endorses California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as beneficial laxatives sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beckwear
Jet
Cuthura
Demosthenes
Hye Hennedy
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Catarre
Obeph Hall Chage
Peruna Drug Co
Sonnel Ti. Chase
Washington, D
Sach
Poultryman’s
Pius
Robert Rustler
Gwendolin
Father
Gwenny
Pettit
Howard Bros
THE
Peruna Almanac
aDeecs
Soren
Hie Bras
Wain Kowam & Manvin
Whotemle Dragaists
Tolada
C.recy
Reid
Haily Family
William Y. Chapman
Newark
N. J
International Christian Bondeavor
Boston
Brown
Rample
John I. Brown & Son
Mass
Pasigas
Dodds Gn
Eas A
Arters
A.n.kellogg Newspaper CO
W. Adams Be
McInfosh
Ener Ee Huai
Colt Distemper
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