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An 1890s style advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as nourishing blood and toning nerves. It claims no alcohol, boosts vitality, and aids stomach and bowel troubles with ingredients like Golden Seal and Bloodroot. It also promotes The Common Sense Medical Adviser and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Orcacular Observations Reflect Harsh Pottery Morals
Fragmentary lines present a whimsical meditation on pottery, time, dogs, perseverance, and love. The aphoristic prose suggests a period voice with vivid, sometimes odd metaphors about urnings, dens, undertakers, and a bottomless pit of love.
Personal particulars from an early 1900s social column
Rev Edward Everett Hale of Boston credits his health at age 84 to a serene life and long sleep. John D Rockefeller plans two months yearly in Pasadena and owns Carmelita, the Ramona author Helen Hunt Jackson's residence. Virginia E Bland of Lebanon Missouri thrives as a top agriculturist and horticulturist. Theodore A Cook, brother of Dr Frederick Cook, builds three cars in Callicoon New York for a south pole expedition. Esther Whitman weds Herman Hyams, an Harlem real estate man, after rescuing him from drowning. Dr Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic explorer and Norwegian ambassador designate to Great Britain, advocates women’s rights and writes on science. he and his wife share athletic pursuits.
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Edward Everett Hale
Boston
John D. Rockefeller
Pasadena
Cal
Carmelita
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Virginia E. Bland
Lebanon
Theodore A. Cook
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Callicoon
N. Y
Esther Whitman
New York
Herman Hyams
Harlem
Fridjot Nansen
Great Britain
Nanser
Repairing Brain A Certain Way by Food
An article argues brain work depletes potash phosphate and requires daily replacement through food. It promotes Grape-Nuts as a natural source of elemental minerals for brain tissue and recommends a ten to fourteen day trial, noting it’s sold by grocers and manufactured by Postum Co.
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Nature
Postum Co
Butetle Creek
Mice
Woman cuts banker throught in Illinois front page
Rich banker Robinson Samuel Bennett, ex postmaster and bank partner, says a domestic Dora Plunkett entered his room and cut his throat with a razor. Plunkett claims Bennett wronged her and regrets the unfinished work. She is released on bond. Bennett expected to recover.
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Robinson
Samuel L. Bennett
Ciy
First National Bank
Dora Plunkett
Mr. Bennett
Senator from South Carolina praises Peruna
United States senator from South Carolina commends Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach catarrh relief in a Washington letter. He reports using the medicine briefly and feeling relief, and notes a revised formula adding a mild laxative quality to enhance its beneficial character.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
M. C Mutler
U. 8
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Friends of
S. B. Wartuan, M. D
Returners at the Junction Spark Curious Local Moniker
Travelers hear a station agent explain that returning young men after Easter are locally dubbed "returner eusplice" as they create noise at the junction, highlighting a humorous regional label.
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Eusplice
Worst Case of Eczema Recovers With Cuticura
A mother recalls her twenty two year old son who at four months old developed severe facial eczema. Doctors found it the worst case they had seen and the boy’s body was nearly covered. After trying all three Cuticura Remedies, his condition improved in two months and he was well within months.
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Gome
R. L. Risley
Piermont, N. H
The Boston Way and Other Quips Beaming From Papers
A jumble of quotes from old papers including lines about Boston origins, nautical notes, a stray dinner joke about a stowaway, a remark on a woman buying a piano, and a quip about Garfield Yea purifying the blood. The musings capture humorous newspaper asides and brief witticisms.
Oysters, Hampers, and Havana Limited Travel Notes
A curious mix of oyster industry concerns from Captain William Eflinger warning of scarcity and need for government action, a Banbury anecdote about grammar and humor, and details of the Havana Limited rail passage from St. Louis to Mobile to Havana. The notice highlights travel dates, ship sails, and six month excursion tickets via Ja M Beall, General Passenger Agent in St. Louis.
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William Eflinger
Chesapeake Bay
Recone
Bate
Genterhagen
Cubs
Havana Limited
St. Louis
Mobile
Ohio R. R
Havana G Limited
Havana
Jeason
Ja. M. Beall
Young Sweetheart Lays Plans In Three Weeks
Martha contemplates marriage to a young suitor after three weeks of knowing him. The exchange reveals cautious optimism and social norms about courtship. A separate note cites Mrs Isaac W Austill of Chestnut Ridge NC sharing a tale of suffering and relief with Wine of Cardui, urging others to try the remedy, priced at $1.00.
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Isaac W. Austill
Chestnut Ridge
N. C
Effect of Speech Grows Questions Says Sorghum
In remarks noted by the Washington Star, Benalor Sorghum says the speaker’s question has already sparked additional inquiries, multiplying two or more questions from a single one.
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Benalor
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Various Advertisements
A collage of 19th century ads including Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a $100 reward for cure failures, testimonials, and an offer to send certificates. Also features cheap products like Red Cross blue, Garfield Tea Co. remedies, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and a quip about a Chicago kitchen joke.
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Hall
Catarra
Chenmy d& CO
Toledo
Hal
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. C
Foot-Hase powder and Allen's Foot-Base remedy ad
A jumble of old ads promoting foot powder Allen's Foot-Base, Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and various quips. Items include trial offers, free samples, university references, and miscellaneous product pitches with names and places like Olmsted Le Roy N Y Peoria Ill Indianapolis News and Cornell.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
St. Vitus
Kline
Bry
Cornell
Ivetory
Peoria
Ill
Deans Kidney Pill anecdote from Abilene Kansas user
J C Lightner of 703 South Cedar Street Abilene Kansas describes long standing kidney trouble caused by daily work He says the dull back pain frequent trips to the urinals and limited ability to work improved after using Deans Kidney Pills with all traces of trouble disappearing He notes the medicine is sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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J. C. Lightner
South Cedar St
Abilene
Kansas
Mr. Lightner
Déan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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