Skin and Blood Humours Cure Advocat Crocktura Remedy
An 19th century advertisement extols Cuticura products as a universal remedy for skin and scalp disorders and humours. It promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent for local relief, soothing inflammation, cleansing blood, and claims rapid, permanent cures backed by strong evidence. It lists prices and distributor addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aint Gent
See
Linpotay Lendon
Charterhouse Bay
Pare
Rue Dal
Second Touch Experiment Shows Sly Sense Test
In a jokey scene from the New York Tribune, George and his architect friend stage a tactile trick. The friend taps the architect’s eyelids with a compass, asking how many points he can feel, insisting the sense of touch is stronger than George thought, then reveals two pins were used.
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George
Tommy Rot
Bay
Coorg
Ude
New York Tribune
Expert Testimony on Coffee vs Postum Health Effects
An expert testifies that coffee damages nerves and heart while Postum Cereal Beverages restore health. Former heavy coffee drinker rewrote his experience, stating Postum solves coffee caused ailments and improves well being. The testimony is attributed to Postum Co., Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Poston
Alanis
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
The Southbound Governess Tale of Loss and Hope
A narrator recounts Herbert Bangleyr’s decline into addiction and violence, the murder of a maiden, and a family’s collapse. After bereavement, the narrator seeks work as a governess in the South, travels from Boston to Charleston then Chester, and arrives at Mrs. Lansing’s Cedar Grove seeking a new start.
Governess Arrives at Georgia Household with Lina Lansing
A young governess named Miss Lee travels to a Georgia home to meet Miss Lina Lansing and her children. Jessica, Ada, and Halbert greet her as Mrs. Lansing evaluates the newcomer's appearance and status while discussing a letter from Uncle Dick in New York. The scene reveals class, race, and family dynamics in a Southern household.
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Grandma
Mother
Boston
Miss Lee
Alan
Mors
Lansing
New York
Charleston
Cheater
Hones
Doc
Mia
Thun
Bist
Eden
Lina Lansing
Cressy
Missus
Jessica
Lina
Hal
Uncle Dick
Jessie
Eve
Halbert
Tessie
Georginy
Nike
Tore
Travedins
Jeanine Ney
Miss Leg
Mel
Ada
Thom
Ada Montrosa
Feather
Ube
Beckers and Lina's Tangled Tale Stirs Reed Town
Fragmented dialogue shows Lina joking about Ada Wain as Beckers teases and Thal scoffs. The pair argue over Ada and Lina notes a stubborn cousinly rift. The scene ends with an unclear sense of ongoing tension in Lansing.
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Beckers
Lina
Ada Wain
Mies Lansing
Thal
Birdlike fare joke reveals a clever con on streetcar ride
A New York Times excerpt describes a carnival of manners on a Fifth Avenue stage where a would be helper lights up with change, only to be mocked as "the bird has flown" when the passenger exits. The scene shifts to notes on Siam and Bangkok’s mix of tradition and modern life, then to a Brooklyn schoolroom quip and a fleeting joke about a college man’s exploits.
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Tla Long Avenue
Nana
West Lael
Charlotte
Thaing Ouny Lind
Joan
Oain
Leos
Calcutta
Magnoh
Pagange
Liverpool
London
New York
Mr. Laingley
Sunny Buck
Charlie
Bef
New York Times
France
Maris
Bangkok
Siam
Tokyo
Kyoto
Shanghai
Hongkong
Singapore
Hritons
Brooklyn
Northwestern Visitor Praises Town and Prospective Growth
The Northwest observer extolls the town presenting the new Episcopal Church main street paving and First National Bank. He shares hopeful visions of desert and hillside becoming populated as he urges deeds for corner lots in the residential district.
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Episcopal Church
Main Street
First National Bank
Discovery of Kidney Cure by Minnesota Man
Adrian Minnesota June 1 Philip Doyle of Adrian reports finding a kidney remedy that cured his long standing trouble using Dodd's Kidney Pills after about ten boxes He says he is entirely well now and recommends the pills to others who suffer kidney troubles citing personal experience and multiple friends helped
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Minnesota
Adrian, Minn
Philip Doyle
Mr. Doyle
Dodd
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Cutleura
Floyd Livingston
Herbert
Anna
Mr. Watean
Sammer
Herbert Bangleyr
Hia Orather
Tham
Tor
Hasan
Watts
Willl
Rosa
William
Nair
Casin
Walt
Yepe
Fenny Wien
Hana
E. B. Bradshaw
Guthrie
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Canada
Arep
Weastern Canads
Sas
Ian
Robins
Moleera
Fae
Saha Thompaue
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