Ancient cures mixed with ads and proverbs in a scanned paper
A collage of patent medicine pitches and ads. Highlights include Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters claimed to cure digestive and rheumatic ailments, Recycle Presidential Puzzle from Miami Cycle and Mfg. Co., a testimonial for Piso’s Cure, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, a teething remedy for infants, and various quips about gallantry and talkativeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Cycle and Mfg. Co
Middletown
Ohio
Austrian Prince Loses Bid as Pullman Heir Chooses Frank Lowden
The Chicago story notes a sudden wedding delay as Mrs Geo M Pullman misses a health trip returning to Chicago. Florence Pullman, 28, heiress to the Pullman fortune, has chosen Frank O Lowden of Iowa over earlier suitors including a Austrian prince. Lowden, a Chicago lawyer, won her hand after years of courtship and is now accepted by the Pullman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Geo. M. Pullman
Sanger Pullman
Marshall Field & Co
Miss McMurray
Sheriff McMurray
New York
George M. Pullman, Jr
Cornell
Felicity Oglesby
Florence Pullman
Pullman Palace Car Company
Mise Pullman
Miss Pullman
Wildwood
Franko, Lowden
Arthur Brisbane
Brisbane
Prince von Isenberg Bierstein
Austria
Rudolph
George M. Pullman
Mr. Pullman
Joseph
Frank O. Lowden
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Frank
Iowa State University
Wirt Dexter
West
Dexter
Lowden
Swinging Mat City Quakes Highlight San Salvador
The city of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, is dubbed the swinging mat due to its frequent earthquakes. The nickname reflects the area's seismic activity and frequent tremors affecting daily life and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Central American Republic
Indigestion cure reshapes Brooklyn woman's life story
Mrs. Anna L. Smith of 311 Pulaski Avenue recounts years of invalidism from indigestion. After trying various remedies, Pink Pills improved her health and routine, and she endorses them for others. She buys them from John Duryea’s drug store at DeKalb and Sumner Avenues and continues taking one pill daily after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna L. Smith
Pulaski Avenue
Brooklyn
John Duryea
DeKalb and
Sumner Avenues
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D. C. Albright
Mifflinburg
Pia
Hell
Eman
C. C.G. Clark Co
New Haven
California Fig Syrup Co
Columbia Bicycles
Columbia
Cocveress
Hartford
Department of Statistics
Pope Mfg. CO
Kartford, Conn
Frank Lowden
Florence M. Pullman
John A. Logan
Pullman
Standard Union
Kansas
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Eleuart Carriage & Har Spss Bpg. CO
Eleuart
Ind
Washington, D
NSIO
Morris
Washington, D.C
Bure
Wen Exchange
Bo. Woolley
Fe Ei
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