Disfigured with eczema and cures noted
A reader recounts severe infant eczema on Gilbert, described as disfiguring his face. After failed treatments by Chicago doctors, Cuticura Soap and Ointment improved his skin in four weeks. The letter endorses Cuticura remedies and credits Mrs. H. Albrecht of West Point Nebraska.
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Gilbert
Chicago
H. Albrecht
West Point
Neb
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Local Port Amusing Intrigue Heats Up in Rosemary Holbrook Tale
Patricia Holbrook and her aunt flee Henry Holbrook to Port Annandale where Donovan, a writer, becomes entangled with Miss Helen Holbrook. The plot thickens with disguises, love pacts, and a confrontational night on St. Agatha's shore as alliances shift and danger lingers.
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Mien
Patricia Holbrook
Helen Holbrook
Jurance Donovan
Port
Annandal Oy
Patricia
Donovan
Henry
Mina Patricia
Port Annandale
Mins Helen
Gillespie
Holrock
Pat
Helen
Misa Pat
Henry Halbrook
Deckise
Garden
Nisg Pat
Henry Holbrook
Mr. Donovan
Annandale
Glenarm
Sre
Rosalind
Sttle Creek
Miss Holbrook
Ely
Nish
Rea
Orlando
Celia
Viola
Ariel
Hamlet
Shylock
Romeo
St. Agatha’s
St. Agatha's
St. Agatha’s Pier
Glenarm House
Diana
Miss Pat
Abe
Cairo
Moscow
Tehe
Mice in the Mails Sparked a Rail Car Delivery Plan
A veteran Chicago railway mail clerk recalls how a mouse in a mall sack helped spur the use of postal cars. The tale links George Armstrong and Postmaster General Bish to a 1864 trial of mail distribution aboard trains from Chicago to Clinton Iowa. The photo features Charles Guthrie with his pet cat Billikins, now retired in Austin.
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Chicago
George B. Armstrong
Montgomery Bish
Lincoln
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Armstrong
Green Bay
Abe
Hancock
Clinton
Iowa
Burlington
Omaha
Charles Guthrie
Dilkins
Guthrie
Free Advice to Women by Lydia E Pinkham Co
Women suffering from illness are urged to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Messages are read and answered by women, with confidentiality guaranteed. The firm highlights extensive experience and offers a free 80 page Text Book by mail.
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Walnut Street Savings Fund
Gretchen Schmidt
Gretchen Smith
Hell
Curran
Ares
Rosalind AT
Red Gate
Meredith Nicholson
Pay Walters
Dobbs Terrill
Vinla
Perdita
Virginia
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