Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Letter from Mrs. Lucía Adams of Seattle credits Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing a tumor and avoiding surgery. The ad urges women with abdominal pain, nervous exhaustion, or pelvic disorders to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham, describing the product as a remedy for female troubles and kidney issues, with free guidance offered from Lynn Mass.
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Ling
Luciia Adams
Seattle
Wash
New England States
Lydia
Pinkham
Miss Adams
Lydia B. Pinkham
Too Late on the Last Day Frye Story About Howard
A anecdotal tale recalls ex Senator Howard of Lewiston Maine known for sleeping late and arriving late to business. He once woke in an undertaker’s shop after a prank involving grape juice, exclaiming it was too late for the resurrection as dawn broke.
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Frye
Howard
Lewiston
Mr. Howard
Artist Not Fond of Labor and the Cut Vase
Edward Moran studied Turner's London painting Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and claimed a vase on the right was pasted on. After wagering a dinner, the picture was removed to reveal the vase painted on, cut from another print by Turner, hidden at the seam.
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Turner
Edward Moran
London
Childe Harold
Mr. Moran
Woman Overcomes Kidney Trouble After Eight Boxes
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey suffered severe kidney pain back ache and frequent burning urination with dizziness and weakness. She tried doctors without relief and found relief after using eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills restoring strength and health. Foister-Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the remedy.
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A. Taylor
Wharton
N. J
Dean
Milburn Co
Buffalo
John Hopkins Displays Costly Thermometer
A thermometer at Johns Hopkins University in the United States is valued at $10,000. It is described as an absolutely perfect instrument with gradations so fine that a microscope is needed to read them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Dioms Of The Mountaineers In West Virginia Lore
A short sketch from West Virginia recalls old English phrases used by mountain folk and a Northern visitor. On a cabin porch a girl offers a “poke of snapples” and is misunderstood before receiving a bag of string beans as a linguistic relic from early English settlers.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Ulesy
Irritating Skin Found Relief With Cuticura Remedies
D. E Blankenship of Indianapolis reports severe itching all over from late July with hair loss and constant discomfort. After trying baths and various treatments, four boxes of Cuticura Ointment and regular hot baths eased symptoms and led to a full recovery, though some hair regrowth followed.
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D. E Blankenship
Del
Indianapolis
Ind
Mistaken Belief in Exercise for Mental Recovery
The London hospital says many schoolmasters wrongly claim bodily exertion restores mental vigor after study. It condemns paper chases compulsory running and severe exertion as extreme physiological ignorance and unwisdom, likening it to overindulgence at the tower end.
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London Hospital
Tower
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children in New York
A historic advertisement notes Mother Gray a nurse at a children’s home in New York offering remedies for feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worm destruction. It promotes free samples by mail from Alien S Olmsted Le Roy NY and ends with a proverb about hitching a wagon to a star and doing your share of the pulling.
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Mother
Alarming Blunder In Paris Death Mistake
A Parisian girl, thought dead after a hospital letter, returned home alive. Earlier a misposted name led to a different patient’s death, causing family grief and hospital error blame.
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Paris
Bichat Hospital
Amoce Aer
Evenng
Race and festival tones mix in transit and tall tales
A coasting steamer carries passengers of many nationalities with a German man left alone at table as dining calls in various languages spark gentle humor. The page also features a New York Times quote about a lady, a St. Louis election witness tale, a prison warden pun, and a comic hero who saved a life by refusing marriage.
Gen Gordon Carries Only a Cane in China War
In reminiscences of Sir Frederick St John a diplomatist, Gordon led imperial troops in the Talplog struggle unarmed aside from a cane. After rebels offered submission for guarantees, he witnessed decapitations, drew a revolver to punish perceived treachery, then renounced weaponry for life.
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Gordon
China
Frederick St. John
England
San-kolin-ath
Nankla
Foozhow
Gorton
San-kelin-sin
Sach
Seathing aes ooenetree and historic curiosities
A fragmentary 19th century column notes Mrs Winslow's Seathing aes ooenetree Sem and a quip about trusting women. It then offers a Spring cleaning tip to remove ink stains using oxalic acid in warm water. A stray line mentions Salt Lake Rowe and a note on King Philip IV receiving curiosities on birthdays.
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Salt Lake
French jinricksha vinai erette used in Beacvais
In Beacvais France a small two wheeled vehicle drawn by a man or boy is common called a vinai erette. The item describes its use and local naming in the city.
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Beacvais
Domestic Service in Olden Days and the Notion of Mental
A historical note traces how the term mental applied to domestic servants who lived within walls. It explains coercive service rules for various ages and statuses, and how servants were tied to family relations, affecting usage in literature and plays.
Great Desire of Humankind and Modern Electric Light
A fragmentary historical clipping references Lord Bacon on human inclinations toward love and notes Montreal and Raunce testing a 10,000,000 candlepower electric searchlight projecting fifty miles. A quoted response from Uncle Allen Sparks mocks reliance on firing machines and the idea that men create angels by tech.
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Lord Bacon
Montreaus
Uncle Allen Sparks
Scotty’s Record Breaking Ride on Santa Fe Express
Walter Scott, a Death Valley gold miner, rode a Santa Fe special train from Los Angeles to Chicago in under 45 hours. The journey cost over $6,000 and set the fastest log distance record on any American railway. The feat showcases Santa Fe track, equipment, and staff, and advertises three trains from Utah and Colorado to Pecos, with ticket rates available.
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Walter Scott
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Chicago
Santa Fe
Utah
Colorado
Pecos
Chinese and Japanese Buttons Delicately Worn in Costumes
Today the buttons worn by Chinese and Japanese on their wonderful costumes are the most highly ornamented and valuable from an artistic standpoint of any in use throughout the world.
Tricks of Autograph Hunters and a Temperance Incident
The Connoisseur exposes autograph hunter ruses including a caller posing as a secretary to lure figures such as Ruskin into responding. A temperance worker, Grin Jones of Rumney New Hampshire, was forced to halt liquor sales amid town pressure as drinkers continued at his home. The World Has Excess of Men notes men outnumbering women in America while Western Europe shows more women due to work opportunities.
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George Eliot
Ruskin
Grin” Jones
Rumney
N. H
World
America
Europe
Western
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Mathan Bickford
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Sloan
Albany St
Boston
Mass
Price
Diemer
Springfield
Emerson
Garfield
Natere
Tomacht
Reves
Garfield Tea Co
United
Putnam Faceless
Himmel
Harper's Weekly
Manhattan
New York Times
Mose” Porter
St. Louis
Bil” Zevelly
Indian Territory
Chairman Olmsted
Porter
Mr. Olmsted
Lanedry
Somerville Journal
Dwarts
Philip IV of
Speln
Bia
Tseee Son Mace Het Goova Fiat Eine. Company, Scwthiene and
Scotty
Dooly Binck
Salt Lake ‘City
Lumbago and Sciatica
St. Jacobs W Il
Dodds
Lay
W.L. Doucas
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Grockiva
Snes Lamnde
Ieee Na Ea
Rowe Ganaiee Weithour
Pete
Tminetrat
Cakade
W. L Douglas
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