Get Rid of the Gas Stomach Tonic Claim
An advertisement describes stomach distress from weak digestion and gas, arguing a tonic can restore digestion. It cites Miss Minerva C. Ladd of Ipswich Massachusetts as a testimonial, claiming improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The piece urges readers to request a free copy of the doctor’s pamphlet from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva C. Ladd
Ipswich
Mass
der. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Sehenectady
N.Y
Inventive Ingenuity Sparks Industrial Advances
A wi t eed steel with new hardening by air cooling enters tool markets. Electro magnet separation boosts Wisconsin zinc yields. A Munich professor unveils a sick room clock that casts oversized hour shadows on ceilings for bedbound patients. Jests lampoon court wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
W. Munster
Wisconsin
Munich
Railroad man praises Grape-Nuts in coping with indigestion
A railroad worker describes years of indigestion from greasy meals and irregular hours. After trying Grape-Nuts, he reports resolution of burning pains and brain fog, saying he can digest anything while eating Grape-Nuts and his nervous troubles vanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Mich
Welville
Miner Fatal Boiler Explosion at High Prairie Coal Mine
Louis Grossman owner of the Grossman coal mine at High Prairie nine miles south of Belleville and fireman avid Miller were fatally injured when a boiler exploded in the boiler room. The blast partially wrecked the top works and both men were found over 10 feet from the scene by fellow workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Louis Grossman
Grossman
High Prairie
Avid Miller
Infant's recovery shocks grief and exposes tragedy
A Marietta-Johnson Heck case sees one man dead and another barely living after mistaken phone notice misleads a father about his child’s condition. Across Peoria and towns like Galesburg and Quincy, multiple brief items report crimes, deaths, grand jury actions, and local incidents from embezzlement to fireworks bans and a fatal choking at a Peoria breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Johnson Heck
Macomb
Weck
Combined lawn mower snow shovel prototype advertised
An inventor touts a dual use device that fans snow to each side by twisting a knob turning a lawn mower into a snow plow. The piece humorously notes users tire of both tools and imagines further conversions while highlighting the device’s space and strength savings.
Cure for eczema inspires Camden reader’s testimonial
Mrs Mina White of 641 Cherry Place Camden New Jersey writes that six months of eczema persisted despite three doctors before using Cuticura. She reports the disease covered her body including face and eyebrows, but details a hopeful recovery with Cuticura. She urges others to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina White
Cherrier Place
Camden
N. J
Stray Stories about fashionable mothers and nurses
A fragmented note on fashionable mothers recognizing babies by nurses. It references ten clever instances and the habit of changing nurses, centering on carriage and perception. The text appears as a playful gossip snippet from Stray Stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savacelyi
No Joke on Him Stray Story Teases Matrimony
In a humorous exchange Mrs Strange teases her husband about their son George considering marriage. He responds with guarded hope, insisting he would not push any boy of his to treat courting lightly. The vignette captures domestic banter over serious life choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
HINA
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
W.j.douglas
Allen's Foot-Fase Cure for hot sore feet
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Fase as a cure for hot sweating calloused swollen and aching feet sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package and address in Le Roy New York. It warns against substitutes and mentions Olmsted and Garfield Tea as health aids while noting phonograph as a deterrent to call ers and a cigar brand Lewis' Single Binder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botanic
Atlanta
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Gray
A. S&. Olmsted
N.ve
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Ilulnois
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Peoria
Maren Grand Jury
Toon. Grern
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Congresemian Graff
Dapige Curan
Reo
Nelly
EL Louis Kelly
Grand
Defumet Bank
George Simmons
Ma Lev. Kelly
iyfTore
Simmons
Byerrs
Cacheonville
Joseph R. Harker
Timets Women's College
Andrew Carnegie
Hales
Galesburg
Pooria
Mont Devreys
Harry Hearn
Devreys
Haaren
Phoenixville
Phoenix Powder Co
Edward Higeinbotham
James Nash
Quincy
William H. White
Hurlington
Winchester
George Sykes Baron
Plunithouser
Frison
Fairfield
Benjamin Tfuankhouser
Arlon Sager
Las
Pireworks
Galeburg
Retai Merchants’ Association
P. J. Emerich
Sylvester S. Bates
Cutiura
Dudge
Lumbago and Sciatica
St. Jacobs Oi
Edna Rutherford
Tex
Thedford’s
Thedford
The
California Fig Syrup Co
Chicago Daily News
Lewis’ Factory
Ely
Catarr On
Spalding’s Encycli
Opedia
Spalding
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Nagsan St
New Yorks
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Bigginsville
Eart
Louis, Ill
W.l.douglas
Dougl Shoes
Sabker’s
New York City
Price
Sane
W. Diemer
HM. D
Springfield
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