Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Claim
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the sole genuine product made with pure plant extracts. A Brooklyn hospital report notes Jacob Ritz’s remarkable brain surgery recovery after a gunshot, with restored sight and taste and successful tumor drainage.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Ita
Senna
California
Firadne
Jacob’ Ritz
S T. Mary’s Hospital
Brooklyn
Gava
New York
Tiwan
Ritz
Cure for Terrible Eczema Glowed From Cuticura
A testimonial describes near death agony from eczema covering the body with bleeding sores and hair loss. After using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent, the sores heal, itching stops, sleep returns, and hair regrows, claiming complete recovery. Mrs. Wain Hunt Newark addresses the cure and dates the testimony September 28 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Co. sole agents.
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Cutiura
Right Foot Foremost Phrase in Ancient Entry Ritual
An old Roman ordination regulated entry to buildings by requiring the right foot foremost while a boy guarded the door to prevent left foot first. The phrase is discussed as an antique test likely tied to luck and superstition.
Rich wife deemed near as good as failure in marriage
A child asks if marriage is a failure and the father responds that marrying a rich wife is almost as good as a failure, implying wealth as a mitigating factor in marital prospects.
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Ikey
Tionincott's
Congress Debates District Appropriation and Bankruptcy Reform
Senate and House actions center on the District of Columbia appropriation of about eleven and a half million dollars, with a conference report on the urgent deficiency bill. Key items include $12,000 for President’s automobile purchases, $150,000 to fund foot and mouth disease combat, and a broad discussion of army administration and political controversy. The bankruptcy bill moves forward, revising court procedures, while the Senate and House touch on the Domination of William and canal funding debates. The session also notes tributes to Senator William B. Allison and public notices on ongoing legislative matters.
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Senate Prioiy
District of Columbia
Secretary of Agriculture
Galmants
Manna
S Tepburn
Town
Billa
Macon Ark
Goines
Tema
Phe
Wiliam RB. Allison
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Clayton
Ala
William, Crom
Charleston
S.C
District of
Columbit
Thesday
Paani
Kittredge
Setiiters
Peller
Kattredge
Burr
Beerise
Mitasan
Munyon Almanac Offered Free By Philadelphia Firm
An advertisement celebrates a generous gift almanac from the Munyon Remedy Company Philadelphia offering scientific moon phase data and varied topics such as phrenology optometry dream interpretation and beauty culture It promises reader amusements and practical advice for families and rural readers and notes free mailing to any applicant. The piece includes a conversational jab from the Cleveland Leader.
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Munyon
Alemanac
Munyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
The Latest Fad Beauty Puzzle by Frantage
Anna D Adams promotes a theatrical puzzle with 10 000 prizes for solvers. Readers are invited to send 25 cents to Room 212 80 State street Chicago. The piece includes a sarcastic line about Kit and his marriage, referencing a family tree.
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Anna D. Adams
State Street
Chicago
Money Made In Live Stock to Central Canada
W J Henderson visiting Seattle writes to a Spokane Canadian Government agent about neighbors growing wheat oats barley and vegetables for fifteen years. He notes yields of about 20 bushels per acre wheat and 35 bushels per acre oats, high live stock prices, and that farmers can raise hay cattle horses and sheep with little cost. He speaks of personal success and plans after three years for west end patent, asking where else one could do better.
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Canada
W. J. Henderson
Seattle
Spokane
Wash
Indy
Westend
Down in Little Italy and the coin shower at the venue
A Cincinnati Times Star dispatch from New York describes lively Italian floor shows where appreciative crowds shower performers with coins after songs. The performers pursue the tips, while owners and patrons clash. Magistrate Finn later releases all involved. Also noted: Garson’s absent mindedness and a Paris Pasteur Institute notice for Danoysz Virus aimed at rodent control.
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Italy
New York
Cincinnati Times Star
Handa
Hia
Finn
Danysz
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Europe
United States
It Wrangling and The Apple Graft Debate
A fragment shows The Doctor praising the apple as a bene faction to mankind while The Professor calls it graft and questions its innocence. The dialogue hints at a satire on science and virtue in a moral debate.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted in Baltimore Ad
A Baltimore reader endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after four years of misery from female ailments. The testimonial claims it cured irregularities and related symptoms and invites others to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Haltimore
Lydia
Pinkham
W. 8
Ford
Lansdowne St
Baltimore
Mad
Lydia BE
Lyla Bem
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Jackson St. Paul
Minn
J. M MacLallan
Watertown
Dakota
Boc
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Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
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Fereheron
Hive
Elelan
Frank L. Stream
Greston
Gove
Thompson
OBILL
Elk Point
Eczema
Work OF Congress
Pearl Street
Vie Eavivst Lyser
Secretary of the Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Diane
Grimshaw
Mr. Grimshaw
J. W. Wiley
Agriculturial Department
Calumet Baking Powder Company
Ft PeaRe
Wiley
Nan
Chicago Tribune
John
Amma
Bobby
Nowheres
Cleveland
Frantage
Kit
Little
Garson
Lippincott’s
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cota
America
Salzer Seed CO
Bor
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Martha Washington
Kk. Mayer Boot & Shoe CO
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Spohn Medical Company
Chemisis
Goshen
Ind
Bai
Wisconsin
Earth
Stondo Agricul
Ara Gilver
William
Salzer
India
United Hiaice
Timothy Seid Bulzor
Aia One
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Renee Mucarht
Ugar
Sagia Adaliap
Putnam
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