Gravel Attack Patient Says Doan's Cured Years of Pain
An aging man from Gallatin credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending fifteen years of back pain gravel and 25 kidney stones after a long decline in health. He reports rapid improvement and lasting relief, selling by all dealers for 50 cents a box. The ad includes other medical notices and general quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Dean
Fourer Mifouri Co
Buffalo
Mitchell Gunowa
Mitchell's
Patty Eldred's Louisville Reunion Misadventure
Patty Eldred, heading to a reunion in Louisville with her colonel father, endures a chaotic hotel stay as crowded rooms, late arrivals, and mistaken assignments force her to seek shelter in a parlor. A sleeping-room scare, a frantic search by the colonel and Will Rogers, and Patty's dramatic barbershop arrival culminate in a warm reunion hug and a playful defiance of her father's warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Eldred
Louisville
Patty
Lee
Richmond
Dinsmore
Will Rogers
National Committee
Lexington
Hervets
Jock
Rocus
N. A. Eldred
Eldred Park
Dinsmore Va
Colonel
Will
Holt
Virginia
Truth and Quality as Laxative Endorsement Card
An advertisement extols syrup of figs and elixir of senna as a valued laxative. It claims the product cleanses and relieves internal organs without debilitating after effects, requires no dosage increase, and remains pleasant and natural. The note urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Had Heard Them Judge Do You Understand the Nature of an Oath
A courtroom exchange shows a judge asking if the witness understands an oath and the witness replying she is a telephone girl, highlighting a terse moment in a legal proceeding.
Cure Found For Baby Eczema After Three Months
A mother recounts a three month failure with eczema on her baby's face. After trying a physician's plan, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured the condition. The testimony is followed by unrelated anecdotes and humorous quotes from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
M. L. Harris
Alton
Kan
Hoax and Tattle: Chills and Fever Hoax Promises
A fragmented 19th century style exchange mocks marketing ploys and fake cures. It mentions Schilting's Best grocers guarantee, a British Museum owner, Cicero, Noahs Ark lead pencil, and jokes about a hot tea remedy. It ends with a punchline about chills and fever as the ultimate hoax cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Cicero
Noah
Playing Politics In A Childs Cave And Other Notions
A humorous note shows children in a playroom enacting politics with a pretend unit rule and delegation chairing as a joke about voting on apples. The piece shifts to a brief adette on white lead paint from National Lead Co. and ends with disjointed clippings about etiquette misreadings and a prize offer from a catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Nawthin
National Lead Co
Woodbridge Bldg
New York City
Thumb tells the tale of a cautious planner with keen insight
The note argues that a supple thumb signalizes an easy going, spendthrift individual careless of time and money. A firm jointed thumb indicates caution, watchfulness, diplomacy, tireless planning, confidence, and self control.
Women and business ambition described in brisk aphorism
A brief, old fashioned line asserts that every woman can manage any kind of business she chooses if she embraces the task. The sentiment frames female competency as a universal trait and calls for resourceful effort.
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Em Gage
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Grove
Althor
Howard
Harold
Tege
Neyer
Howard Bros
N.Y
Schiller
George W. Honey
U.V. A
Pourth Wisconsin Cavalry
State of
Wisconsin
Texas
N. E
Washington
Fred L. Hebard
Kansas City
12Th and
Grand Aves
Luisa
Oatach
Jacrippe
Peru
Perana
Hartman
Shortstory Pub, Co
Alabama
Hobbs
Schilting
Joax
Connecticut
Rarer
Everybody's Magazine
Brats
Leta Cousty
CALEY
Howlit
Jewitt
Winglow
Zea Butte
Te AE
Dodds Kidney Pills
Lydia E
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs
Pinkham
Lydia
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Alluress
Equet Mase
James
Reece
Aisa
Pal Uranauelat
Gowe
Janels
Pao Ferex
Parker's
Balsam Bes al
I Sinai
Ssratase
Thompson
N. U
Salt Lake City
Poe
Pee
Weither
Beck
M. Loeb Publishing Company
Boylston Building
Chicago
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