Cure for Severe Itching Ends With Culicura
A Concord man reports a two month rash on his limbs that looked like raw beefsteak and caused intense itching and swelling. After trying multiple remedies with no relief, applying Culicura stopped the itching instantly and swelling subsided within days, restoring normal footwear and activity. George B Farley, 50 South State St, Concord, NH, May 14, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B Farley
South State St
Concord
N II
Meeting the Unusual in a Baltimore trio
In the Baltimore American a brief exchange notes three people walking together a somnambulist a kleptomaniac and a plagiarist prompting astonishment at meeting so many brainy individuals in one group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Sinic
Mrs Getup
Baltimore
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
A local health advertisement promotes F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as offering a constitutional cure for catarrh, claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a dollar refund if it fails and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials. The pitch emphasizes internal dosing and widespread cure claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F J Cheney
é¢Lo
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & CO
The Contrary Child at Home Trouble
Mrs Popley argues with Mr Popley about their son George refusing milk. He recalls a prior remark that milk was good, while she defends the imprudence of allowing him to hear it. The tension centers on parental influence and George's stubborn stance.
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Popley
George
Crosslyj
Mae C Wood
Omaha
Thomas Platt
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Omaha Railroad
K Ht Pearce
Minneapolis
Pearce
Fred J Trumper
Cleveland
Clinto
Trumper
James Coleman
British Columbia
Coleman
Castoria and an autocrat in a gulf of inequality
A fragment notes Castoria's safety claim and its long use while a dialogue mocks autocratic inequality. The piece juxtaposes a ruler of all the Russias with a doumalite, raising questions about czarist disdain and humanity's gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
Thebes Mobilizes Vast Forces and Trade Note
Ancient Thebes issues show a large mobilization with 1,060,000 soldiers and 2,000 chariots at 10,000 troops per gate. A roaster offers coffee at 10 cents per pound with freight from 3000 miles away, and a local grocer backs refunds if customers dislike Schilling’s Best.
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Thebes
Prominent Springfield woman dies after fright during storm
Mrs Alfred Orendorff, a leading Springfield resident, dies from a hemorrhage believed caused by fright during a severe wind storm. The report notes widespread storm damage and various national incidents, including labor disruptions at Santa Fe shops, bank president’s suicide, and regional floods.
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Alfred Orendorff
Springfield
Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Newton
Kaw
W G Smith
National Exchange Bank
Lexington
Regan
Kerman
New York City
Coachinia
Green Copper Company
Dolores
Chihuahut
Port Arthur
Ont
Civic
A. Crowninshield
Philadelphia
Henry Carman
Ghent
Roosevelt
Elizabeth Shaw Olliver
Francis K. Stevens
Oliver
Washington
Lowell County
Kansas
Thomas
James Wycliff
Oklahoma
Talequah
Chester
Laporte
Ind
Gunness
Chicago
Taft
Bell
United States
Cuba
Maryville
Oregon
Tarkio
Northwest
Missouri
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Lorberry
Hennessey
Guthrie
Cashion
Kentucky Case Interest All Suffering Women
Mrs Della Meanes of 328 Be Frent St Maysville Ky describes severe kidney pain and swelling with dropsy and dizziness. After using Deans Kidney Pills she improved greatly and was eventually cured with one box helping significantly. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Forster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Della Meanes
Frent
St. Maysville
Dean
Forster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Early Talk on Music Poses a Puzzling Question
A dialogue about the origin of music asks who first conceived it. The aunt replies the concept is prehistoric, prompting the child’s surprised memory of the claim. The exchange reflects a playful, historical curiosity in a domestic setting.
Satirical critique on immoderate saving by Prof Zueblin
Prof Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago warns that saving to protect family can lead to neglecting family. He cites a newspaper ad seeking an office boy with pay of one dollar a week and a clever reply by a Seminary avenue youth offering $50 premium. The exchange mocks vague terms and Sunday work rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
League of Political Education
New York
Zueblin
Seminary Avenue
Coffee and Postum Cure Nervousness in Letter Hero
A reader claims coffee caused nervous spells and insomnia until switching to Postum. The letter, from a Battle Creek company campaign, describes relief after adopting Postum, with praise for its sleep and health effects and a call to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Advert
A 19th century testimonial claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female ailments in a Allen town Pennsylvania reader. The ad asserts the remedy has long been standard for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroids irregularities menstrual pains headaches and nervous debility among women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman R Barnet
Allentown
Ehver
Lydia
Lydia E Pinkham
In the Lompton lunatic asylum
An attendant guides a visitor through padded cells, showing two inmates in distress. A man sits vacantly on a stool as they pass, while another, driven mad by unrequited love, is revealed as the “other man.” The scene closes with them leaving quietly.
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Lompton
Itis
Crief
Tatler
It Cures While You Walk Potions Ad
An early 20th century advertisement touts Allen's pot Fase as a cure for hot sweaty feet swollen aches and callouses with a bold druggist claim and a price of 2. The copy mentions Allen & Olmsted Roy N and references Chas Buxton and Dr Kiine with claims of cures for nervous disorders and a “Great Nervor bestorer” amid mixed contact details and addresses.
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Allen
Allen & Olmsted
Roy
Mel Vallinalow's Soothing Ayrup Aimed at Children
An ad style excerpt touts Mel Vinalow's soothing syrup for children. It claims pain relief and inflammation reduction with a Zeca bottle, promising comfort and cure through the product.
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Mel
Vwinalow
tarEniOe
Wise men struggle to deliver the goods
A terse proverb notes that many seemingly prudent men fail to meet obligations or provide promised results, highlighting a gap between appearance and action in reliability and performance.
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Cutiura
Schilling
Margaret Samilton
Duke of Portland
T C. Cruce
Hamilton
Kentucky
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welhville
Lydia E.pinkhart
Chas Buxton
der Kiine
Reni
Erek & Triabottie
Ro Kiine
Arch Treet
Eliladelphis
Carters
Sidows Es Pensions
John W Morris
Washington, DL. Co
W.N. U
Salt Lake City
California
Hic. Yrup Co
London
Charterhouse
Furs & Poedgla Paix
Pasine
Atus Lid
Atria Legon Fia
Cape Town
Ete Huussla
Firreto
Anteka Moscow
Otter Drup
Them Corp Bolo Tropa Ponten
Post-irce
Cutioura Lovklet
Boston
Mass
Unalack
Samsuel Edwin Twolt
Dropica
LS Lust
Los Angeles
Calfornia
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