Precautionary Cure: Mrs Sullivan’s Kidney Pill Relief
Mrs Laura Sullivan of Bluff and Third Streets in Marquette Michigan describes chronic back ache bearing down pain and swelling of limbs. She began using Deans Kidney Pills and found relief before half a box was used and was cured thereafter. Bloating subsided and she regained health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Sullivan
Bluff
Third Sts
Marquette
Mich
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Man’s Occupation Revealed by Physical Clues
A magistrate cites distinctive physical traits tied to professions. Violinists tilt heads, painters show a palette imprint, pianists have huge hands, gas workers show greenish skin, flutists bear thick cheeks, and floor scrubbers display swollen knees from housemaid’s knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Cuticura Remedies Cure Longstanding Skin Eruption
A 60 year old veteran reports a 35 year battle with widespread eczema that resisted government medical exams and numerous medicines. After two months using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he is fully cured, praising Cuticura with thanks from Richmondale Ohio dated July 17 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Reach
Richmondale, Ross Co
Ohio
Ferguson Disheartened By Altered Safety Razor
Mr Ferguson storms at Aura over his new safety razor ruined by Mrs Ferguson and Norah, who mistook it for a tool to slice potatoes after half an hour of trying. The Chicago Tribune reports the mishap and Mrs Ferguson insisting the razor is of no account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ferguson
George
Mrs. Ferguson
Norah
Chicago Tribune
New Los Angeles Limited Train Line Opens Direct Route
A new daily train named the Los Angeles Limited offers direct service from Salt Lake City to Southern California via the Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Salt Lake Route. It features dining cars a la carte observation cars with buffet lounging rooms and library, with Fleet’se lighting throughout. For sleeping car reservations and full information contact W. G. Neimyer G. A. 329 Jackson Boulevard Chicago TH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
California
Chicago & North
Dowry Delay Shapes Young Couple's Quiet Pact
In a fragment from Meggendorter Biaetter, a father cites inability to provide a dowry at present while a suitor reassures he can marry for love in the meantime. The exchange hints at a modest romance negotiating money and affection without formal dowry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meggendorter Biaetter
Cleaning Cane-Seated Chairs With Ivory Soap
Instruction from Eleanor R. Parker explains cleaning cane seated chairs by washing the cane on both sides with warm Ivory Soap suds then drying in the sun. The method cleans, causes the cane to shrink, and improves appearance and wear resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor RK. Parker
Wine and Men Quote Sparks Debate on Aging
A Philadelphia Press quip compares men to wine, noting that age improves some when treated well but cautions that no wine matures if consumed too often. The exchange frames aging, restraint, and taste in a concise, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Chester Euto Your Choes Allen's Foct-s vas o
An old patent remedy ad promotes Allen's Foot-Salve as a cure for painful swollen feet and smarting aches. It claims to make skin new and slices easy, with distribution by druggists and a sweeping free offer. Address given as A. 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmsted
le Poy
N. Y
Phrase challenging modern joy limits understanding
An ironic remark from Puck questions the depth of comprehension of a man who claimed that certain words had no parsnips. The quote satirically condemns the speaker's narrow view of satire and linguistic scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Garfield Tea Claim as Blood Purifier Described
An archaic claim touts Garfield Tea as a superior natural remedy made from herbs that purify the blood cleanse the system and cure liver and kidney diseases constipation and sick headaches.
Fragmentary 19th Century Advert Fragments From Baltimore Herald
Readable lines note perfume praise and ball blue laundry ads. Scattered quotes discuss gossip on girls in albums, a coal father, moneyed suitors, aging men, and general social critique. Vague items show era’s moral and consumer notices with odd spellings and fragmentary guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Herald
Hancock and Grant Friendship From Cadet Days to War Leader
Adam Badeau in the Chicago Tribune recounts Hancock and Grant at West Point as close cadet friends who remained mutual admirers. Grant twice praised Hancock as a glorious soldier, noting Hancock’s bold leadership from the Wilderness through Petersburg and beyond, risking his troops to secure victory.
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Adam Badeau
Chicago Tribune
Hancock
Grant
West Point
Sam Grant
Spottsylvania
Johnson
the Wilderness
Warren
North Anna
Cold Harbor
Army of the Potomac
Petersburg
the James
Burnside
Gen. Grant
Meade
Monument to Civil War nurse Mother Bickerdyke to be unveiled in Galesburg
On May 22 at the Illinois G A M encampment in Galesburg Ill a granite monument will honor Mary A Bickerdyke renowned Civil War nurse. Known as Mother Bickerdyke she attached to Gen Sherman s forces from Atlanta to the battlefields and aided sanitary efforts. She traced supply neglect and rascally distribution as an agent for the Chicago sanitary commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ill
Bickerdyke
Mary A. Bickerdyke
Mother Bickerdyke
Sherman
Atlanta
Chicago
The
Sanitary Commission
Photographing the Enemy in War by Aerial Cameras
The latest war technique uses balloons or kites to lift cameras hundreds of feet for distant views of enemy troops fortifications and terrain. Experts assess projectile velocity and torpedo courses from photographs, recording impacts for strategic data.
Y. M. C. A. Building Gift for Fort Leavenworth
A woman will donate and withhold her name to fund a $45,000 Y M C A building at Fort Leavenworth Kansas described as the finest army YMCA structure in the world and to be erected on the largest military post in the United States.
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Army Post
Army Y. M. C. A
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
A Soldier's Experience With Guns And War Time Duty
A Comrade C E Smith recalls early Harper's Ferry musket kicks and a Springfield rifle in Civil War marching and fighting. He describes marching 109 miles in three days with scarce rations, burying Shiloh and Farmington dead, and the grim toll of war before joining the cavalry on a new duty line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Smith
American Tribune
Johnnies
Price
Shiloh
Farmington
Dishing Up Mud on April 6 1862 at Yorktown
A first person account from the American Tribune describes Union troops marching toward Yorktown on April 6 1862 as shells burst around Gen Porter and staff. A soldier in the mud hole, struck by a shell, quips about oysters while recalling the moment with humor amid battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
The
American Tribune
Porter
Griffith
Mott
John K
Old Battlefield Unearthed at St Martin de Re
Excavators in St Martin de Re France uncovered trenches with skeletons believed to be townsmen who died defending the town from English forces in 1672. Among the finds is a spherical iron bomb with a moist black powder charge about one third nitre one third carbon and one fifth sulphur with rusted iron oxide as the remainder.
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St. Martin de Re
France
Englis
In the French Army Officer Must Obtain Written Defense
In the French army an officer who reports on a junior must show the original report and secure the junior’s signature as proof of mastery. A general officer may not express any opinion without a written defense from the accused.
Historic Building Goes Begging In Georgetown Auction
Suter's tavern in Georgetown once favored by Washington and Jefferson drew no bids at a recent auction. The building remains virtually as it appeared over a century ago, though the city’s commissioners who laid out Washington met there. No bidders offered to purchase the historic property.
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Suter
Georgetown
Washington
Jefferson
City of
International notes on reforms and engineers in Europe
Items from foreign fields report the opening of Hamburg's domestic servant school under the house mistresses union. A Dun dee harbor dredger, 68 by 21 feet, seven feet six inches deep, said to house an engine by James Watt, has long served there. MPs push to abolish railway ticket time limits. A Surrey woman forms a rifle club with a miniature gun. Frederick de Martens resigns as international law professor at St Petersburg. Mile. Butticar, Swiss, earns Lausanne diploma and practices in Geneva as a pioneering woman engineer. Lieut Bilse, jailed for six months over a booklet critique, marries wealth and settles in Switzerland.
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Hamburg
Dundee
James Watt
Mile. Butticar
Lausanne University
Geneva
Lieut
Bilse
Switzerland
Michigan
America
London
Ananias
New York
Grape Nuts Defenders Target Ananias Editors
A Longletter attacks Grape-Nuts critics calling them liars from the labor press and a Texas based "Tabor Union" crew. It promises legal action and a public defense of Grape-Nuts and Postum with factory tours and a bold offer to prove the product’s purity.
Grape-Nuts and Postum Critics Attack Sanitarium Lecturers
A cooking school panel exposes teachers and demonstrators hired to praise Grape-Nuts and Postum, accusing a Sanitarium head of directing deceptive lectures and magazine content. The column recalls a prior dismissal and notes a New York student’s decisive rebuke, with $19 awarded for bravery.
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Ananias
Ile
New York
SECOND PASTURE. as grocers' papers.
A satirical notice about farm trade rivals pressuring for advertising. It likens critics to cattle in a pasture, arguing against yielding to campaigns, and suggests using legal force to restrain slanderous claims while keeping the rivals contained and quiet.
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Hancock and Grant
Hart A. Bererdies
Saovtier
Byfleet
Surrey
England
Frederick de Martens
Portsmouth
University of St. Petersburg
Tabor Union
Texas
Labor Trust
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