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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1906
Page
4
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a positive cure for various female complaints including inflammation ulceration and spinal weakness. It asserts effectiveness across conditions from menstrual disorders to the change of life and promises a reliable remedy.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as curing female weakness and dissolving tumors. It claims relief for bearing-down pain, irregular or painful periods, stomach and digestion issues, nervousness, insomnia, irritability, backache, and general debility. The notice invites readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in strict confidence.
A New England college professor of mathematics punishes students for missing textbooks. He marks zero for all, with no excuses. His own son is the first offender, admitting his father borrowed the book and failed to return it.
A testimonial from Mrs. Arthur Conklin of Battle Creek Michigan claims Dr Williams Pink Pills regulate blood flow and cure leucorrhea and headaches after doctors failed. The notice promotes the pills as a spring remedy sold by druggists and by the Dyclnms Medicine Company.
A Minneapolis hotel fire on a Wednesday morning killed eight people by suffocation or jumping, with many more injured. Victims included residents from New York and Chicago, while the fire was blamed on crossed electric wires and the smoke caused mass panic. The blaze confined to the elevator shaft and a corner floor, with total loss around $30,000.
Washington note reveals a secret Republican conference of the House Interstate Commerce Committee members on January 11 adopting and preparing to submit the administration measure for railroad rate regulation. The Dolliver measure, amended by Col Hepburn, aims to harmonize member views before full committee and House consideration.
Ben Harria the Black man who aided Ezra Polk at Ber ings Mill on Monday night was seized from officers by a posse at La Salle and lynched in Moscow at about 1 am Wednesday. The incident followed a Santa Fe train hold up and occurred despite police efforts to detain him.
Dr William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago since its inception, died Wednesday of intestinal cancer in Chicago. Born July 1856 in New Concord Ohio, he shaped the university with Rockefeller support. He previously taught Hebrew and Semitic languages at Yale and Morgan Park.
Rumor circulated on Wednesday night that Marshall Field, the Chicago financier, suffered a grave change in condition while convalescing at the Holland House New York. Physicians Dr James, Dr Jane way, and Dr Riggs attended a long consultation after an extended examination.
Savannah Ga Jan 11 The Greene and Gaynor case involving conspiracy to defraud the government and embezzlement tied up over the defendants special plea. Prosecutors oppose the plea as court slows, and jury selection may not begin until next week.
Detectives report the forgery case on Norfolk & Western railroad certificates has been solved. The plate used to print the certificates and related correspondence tied to a man under arrest elsewhere have been turned over to the district attorney for action.
In Xenia Ohio on January 11 1930 grand jurors indicted George W Snypp former cashier and owner of the Riverial Bank Spring Valley for obtaining money under false pretenses He allegedly accepted deposits after knowing the bank was insolvent and his Eastern stock losses exceeded 15000 during a hearing before the referee
The Peoria school board released the Everett auditing committee report detailing a seven year defalcation totaling 541 408 with about 15000 in unauthorized expenses. officers and board members are held liable for shortages. Other items note dormant corporations, a large fire in Herrin with stolen hose nozzles, Col Vespasian Warner’s substantial estate, notable deaths in White Hall and Bloomington, a stage accident in Robinson, Wright named rail safety inspector, a murder trial in Decatur, a deadly storm in Taylorville, and several fatal accidents and suicides across the state.
A Chicago Daily News ad-style appeal touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a guaranteed cure for constipation and related stomach and bowel troubles. It condemns laxatives and minerals, claims 40 percent Concord grape juice strengthens intestines, and offers a free bottle to first-time users through druggists.
An item notes a church robbery indignation over coughing during services and promotes Anti-Gripine by W. Diemer M D of Springfield Missouri. It also mentions N W Ay er Son Philadelphia distributing a 1906 calendar and a poetic line urging Fortune to turn its wheel with a flippant ad tone.
An assortment of 1900 era health ads tout remedies for colds and coughs. Laxative Bromo Quinine promises a cure with money back if it fails, E W Grove’s name on each box, Piso’s Cure for Consumption promoted as an infallible cough and cold remedy, and Samuel of Ocean Grove N J endorses the products. Additional slogans urge simple living and consumer loyalty with Lewis’ Single Binder cigars and gout-related notes.
A clipped quote from the New York News portrays a violent exchange about borrowing a pistol and self harm. The remark indicates intent and a provocative metaphor, reflecting a sensational tone within a fragment of a larger dialogue.
An advertisement promises a cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding types with a refund if the ointment fails within 14 days. It also notes a joke about how a preferred creditor waits calmly to settle when you are ready.
John C. Coleman a Swainsboro Georgia merchant reports kidney troubles and backache improved by Dean's Kidney Pills with lasting relief. The ad claims curing back pain by curing the kidneys and notes sale by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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