Confidence in Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A long endorsement highlights Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and her vegetable compound as a trusted remedy for female illnesses. It touts twenty years of case history with over a hundred thousand health letters, claims patient privacy, and urges women to write for free confidential advice from a experienced woman. It cites a Philadelphia reader’s success story of infertility and a healthy baby as proof.
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Pink
cTsry Vest
Mrs. Seydel
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinicham
Dinadate
Chicago
Til
Alexander
Mintia
Cleveland
Ohio
Omaha
A. McClellan
Buffalo
J. W. Arlen
St. Louis
C._H. Glidden
St. Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boorman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
Howard James
New York City
Farmer Flirts and Patent Medicines In A Rural Note
A light anecdote on a farmer’s wife and his town outings contrasts with several health ads. Included are claims for Pusheck’s Kuro as a cure for rheumatism nerves and stomach trouble, Dr Mowrey’s Stomach Tablets offer, and various quotation snippets from newspapers and periodicals.
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Pusheck
Chicago
Bool
Virtues of the King of Foods in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt valued wheat as the king of foods and bread as the staff of life. The Egg-O-See cereal presents whole wheat with refined diastase to boost digestibility, offering a healthful, delicious form without premiums or gifts in the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Robins Build Nests in Boxes and On Trains
A bluebird nest in a mailbox near Woodstock, Indiana, fledgling care and two broods last season, rebuilt this spring and laid five eggs. In Evanston, a couple’s dinner party featured toast to “the auto.” Peru train inspectors found a robin's nest with eggs on a train drawbar, carried from Buffalo to Peru, now shown at the trainmaster's office.
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Woodstock
Peru
Ind
Bulalo
Ihatefty
Long in Service Peer Esti Nelson Reflects Victoria Era
Long in service octogenarian Esti Nelson remains the sole living peer from Queen Victoria’s accession era. He is not a direct Nelson descendant but a grandson through his sister Mrs Bolton, linking him to the famed sea lord.
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Esti Nelson
House of Lords
Queen Victoria
Lord Nelson
Mrs. Bolton
Up from the Ranks: Watt Named Director at Institute
William Watt, appointed director of the Dusseldorf Science and Art Institute, is the second son of a Port Glasgow blacksmith in Scotland. He rose without privilege and largely self-educated to a 32 year old career milestone.
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William Watt
Dusseldorf Science and Art Institute
Port Glasgow
Scotland
Snow Falls on Mars May 18 as Weather Topic Rises
Astronomers report the first Martian snow of the season on May 18. Scientists note Mars weather as a leading topic of discussion for space science and planetary study.
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Mars
Ike
Earth
Not Nourishing and Oddities in 19th Century Humour
A clipped collage of quips and gags from 19th century papers. It parodies mercenary marriage plots and comic misreadings of characters like Desdemona and Othello. The fragments also lampoon social pretensions and telephone etiquette.
The Cheerful Idiot and The Tired Citizen Exchange
A humorous exchange on a farm memory unfolds with the Cheerful Idiot recounting old times and a donkey named Max Welton. The Tired Citizen responds with sharp heat as the tale transitions to banter about rural life in a Baltimore setting.
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Annie Laurie
Max Welton
Hal
Baltimore American
Opinion and Advert From Oddities and Pills
A fragmentary column references a quip about an hourglass figure from the Louisville Courier Journal, then cites a June Wis confession praising Dodd's Kidney Pills by Justice Peterson of Oconto County, recounting back pain curing and warning of kidney disease consequences. the piece closes with a quote about herd dangers from a Puck mockery.
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Breed
Wis
Chas
Peterson
Oconto Co
United States
Ann Peterson
Dodd
Bright
Self-made man’s friends face overproduction issue often
It is not infrequently that the friends of the self-made man suffer from over-production, a remark attributed to a Puck observation on the pressures and excess output that can accompany entrepreneurial success.
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Puck
Cuticura Soap and Related Remedies Advertised
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin care, scalp cleansing, and relief of rashes, with mothers as a target audience. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safer bowel remedy, and advertises Allen's Foot-Ease for foot pain, offering samples and dealer locations. The piece ends with a random quip about dead figures coming to life.
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Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Erie and
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Seogl
New York
Detroit Free Press
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Weill
Othello
N. Y. Mail
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Bueter—Creamery
New Orleans
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Louisville Courier- Journal
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Cox
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Rock Island
Fil
Prairie States
Southwest
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Egeorge Morton
ST. Lows
A. Paxton Company
Boston, Bases
Cuticura
Allen
Olmsted
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N.Y
Asia
Just Corp
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