Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Denver Woman
A Denver resident Mrs A Gregory recounts a six year struggle with female troubles, an operation, and lasting backache before Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. The ad promotes the product and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EK. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Lydia E. Pinkham
War on the Fly and Typhoid in History Texts
A spirited note rails against pests and disease, citing science’s win over fleas and flies. It recalls Dr. Radelive on nuisances and highlights Collier’s claim that typhoid deaths in Spanish American War camps showed excreta spread via contaminated food and footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's
South
Comparative Expense and a Jersey Cow Quip
A witty exchange contrasts the cost of a traded car with a Jersey cow. One speaker notes the cow’s feed cost while the other counters that the animal incurs no repair costs, framing a humorous view of material value.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal remedy
An 19th century ad claims catarrh is a blood disease cured only by internal medicines. Hall's Catarrh Cure supposedly works by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered. Also references German glass bathtubs, guns and traps, N. W. Hide and Fur Co. Minneapolis, and a cryptic Raynor Shyne exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
B. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
N. W. Hide and Fur CO
Minneapolis
Souvenir Post Cards From Washington Park Zoo Series
The Evening Wisconsin company of Milwaukee offers eight souvenir post cards in five colors depicting animals at Washington Park zoo. A set can be mailed for 12 cents. Send to The Evening Wisconsin Company Post Card Dept Milwaukee Wis. Italy produces strong tobacco and uses the crop domestically. One DRHOMO QUININE LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE cures a cold in one day. Signature H W Grove. 2½¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Wisconsin Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington Park Zoo
Post Card Dept
H. W. Grove
Feeding and farming tips in a rural primer
A column offers pragmatic advice on livestock care and field work. It warns against unsafe handling of hogs and dynamite, extols proper manure use, and notes the tale of cows wearing glasses for snow blindness. It traces the potato bug’s origin from Central America to the Colorado beetle and discusses pig feeding experiments by Professor William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Potsto
Central America
Caribbean Sea
Mexico
Colorado
Auit- Wi States
Canada
Feeding tests and mushroom plant nutrition experiments
The report covers Prof. Deltrich’s fifth feeding test with Alsnol pigs at the Alnols Experiment Station. Sixty five herd animals were tested. forty nine used in the feeding trial sold at six dollars and twenty five cents. Trials compare shelled corn versus corn meal with middlings and tankage, noting gains of eighty to ninety pounds when shelled corn is used and digestive issues arise. Additional studies from Cornell explore the edible fungi as plant food, showing stronger fermented mushroom matter yields taller plants and richer color across wheat, buckwheat, corn, sunflower, and radishes. Bacon curing methods by William Schulmerich described, detailing steps from trimming and salting to smoking and storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detrich
Alnols
Chicago
Deltrich
Déitrich
Ile
New York
Cornell
Farmers’ Congress
Hillsboro
Ore
William Schulmerich
Peruna touted by pastors in testimonials from Missouri to Wisconsin
A series of 19th century letters praise Peruna as a cure for catarrh throat spasms and chronic diarrhea. Rev Geo A Troutman of Mt. Washington Missouri says two doses ended his throat spasm episodes and restored speech in the pulpit. Pastor I B Swanstrom of Grattsburg Wisconsin claims full recovery from diarrhea. The notes announce Peruna in tablet form, claiming each tablet equals one dose after years of work by Dr Hartman and assistants.
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Walnut Fills
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rey
I. KB
Swanstrom
Grattsburg
Wis
Hartman
Remarkably odd old seed and patent remedy notices
A garbled mix of seed catalog pitches and patent medicine claims. It touts vegetable seed packs with prices and promises, mentions John A Salter Seed Co at La Crosse Wisconsin, then shifts to medical ads for kidney and bladder remedies and a London theater seating note. Numerous stray figures and partial phrases muddy the context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket
An old style medical advert explains Cascarets as a pocket health aid. The enamel box contains six candy tablets claimed to stimulate bowel muscles like a massage, avoid harsh laxatives, and prevent illness by promoting digestive vigor.
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Neeaula
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. JD. Scott
Ottawa
He Jreruse
Mischire
Germany
Pir
Raynor
Shyne
Italy
Mines
Philadelphia
Jong Nose
Jacobs Oil
ST. Jacobs
W.l.douglas Shoes
Siloren
Nand
William
PDE
Troutman
Beon
George A. E. Troutman
Mt. Washington, Mo
H.W. Tate
Lincoln Avenue
Peruna Almanac
Fev
George AE Troutman
State St
Chesebrough Mfg
New York City
Jjhuols
Transvaal
London
Europe
Sterling Remedy Company
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