Evolution of Household Remedies and Peruna’s Rise
The text traces home made remedies as the origin of patent medicines, noting household tonics and laxatives, and describes how remedies like picra and hop tonics evolved into commercial products. It highlights Peruna as a later, more scientific development from Mennonite founder Dr. Hartman who marketed it after initially prescribing it locally.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
How Classic Was Written
War correspondent Frederic Villiers records a talk with Jet Harte on the poem Dickens in Camp Harte recalls writing several drafts before producing a piece that pleased readers and editors. He describes sitting at his desk driven by a single idea and finally composing the final editorial.
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Frederic Villiers
Jet Harte
Dickens
States
Harte
The Dollar That Went Around The Community
A farmer marked a dollar with initials, spent it at a local merchant, and over years the bill circulated to neighbors and back to him before finally leaving the area. It will no longer fund local schools or roads, so support local merchants who pay taxes and sustain the community.
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Toyr
Great Stunt by Geronimo Persists in Memory
A writer in Outing recounts Geronimo in his prime covering 40 miles on foot and 600 miles on horseback in a single pursuit, wearing down a pursuing column until three sets of officers finished the chase. Gen Miles once praised his bold resolve and precise, dark eye.
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Geronimo
Miles
Bishop Potter’s Wry Easter Reply
A remote district clergyman asked Bishop Potter to marry him to save others a long journey. The bishop answered with one terse line: Could you bury yourself.
Pattern Department offers corset cover and petticoat patterns
The paper advertises Nos. 5517 and 5788 for silk petticoat flare and waist smoothness, with corset cover options in sheer fabrics. Sizes cover busts 32 to 42 inches and waists 22 to 32 inches. Pattern orders offered by mail for ten cents, include a coupon and size details.
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Pattern Department
Canadian West Yields Impressively For Olson's Wheat and Oats
A Saltcoats Saskatchewan letter from 1906 reports 25 bushels of wheat and 45 bushels of oats per acre on 175 acres after four and a half years in the district. Olson, who moved from Wisconsin, praises soil richness, endorses coming to Canada for hard work, and suggests contacting a Government Agent for more literature.
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District of
Saltcoats
Baldwin
St. Croix County
Wisconsin
Canada
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Law
Toledo
Ohio
Pulse ages by heart rate and a tale of gas prices
The article notes how pulse rate varies by age and sex with examples from birth to old age, including a claim about Napoleon. It also reports a Brest court-martial punishing sailors for opium use amid robberies, and compares gas prices with a Sheffield and Widnes scheme, detailing new rates.
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Brest
Pattern No 5794 A dotted challis frock for girls
This simple serviceable dress features deep front tucks diverging from the center. It offers full or short sleeves with a banded finished neckline. A gathered full skirt attaches to the waist with a simple hem. Sizes 8 9 12 and 19 years. Order via the coupon.
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Pattern Department
Notable Train Curtain Lecture Cited in Offhand Exchange
A remark on a wife’s absent mindedness is linked to a doctor by her husband. He recalls a train incident where he pulled down the sun blinds and she launched into a lecture on curtains. The exchange is quoted from Meggendorfer Blatter.
Feed the Birds Message
The note urges regular feeding of birds with crumbs, stressing consistency. It emphasizes small portions if needed, but urges at least a basic daily offering.
Grape-Nuts credited for easing chronic digestion and recovery
A narrative from an N. H. girl describes severe constipation and appendicitis linked to starch. After thirteen weeks on milk and water solid food caused distress until she tried Grape-Nuts, then gained weight and reported full recovery. The account promotes Postum Co. claims and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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N. H
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Advertisements and notices from a vintage catalog page
An OCR fragment lists products like PUTNAM FACELESS Dyn dyes for furniture, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Garfield Tea laxative, and urges about Australian repatriation of 1,000 Australians in South Africa. The tone reads like an old newspaper filler with mixed ads and public notices.
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Garfield
Australia
South Africa
Allen's Foot-Kase Promoted as Cure for Feet
Allen's Foot-Kase advertised as a cure for hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents. Trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept any substitute.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Souvenir Cork Plant Plate Heads Western Cork Co
A cork company issues a keepsake showing its plant printed on a cork sheet of one five hundredths inch. The ad promises Dr. Coffee's book on home cures for deafness head noises sore eyes and failing sight at small cost and invites letters to Dr. W O Coffee 369 Century Bldg Des Moines Ia. It closes with an Animal Lover's Ambition note from Country Life praising animal breeding as life enhancement.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Deafness Cure All
By local applications they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is one way to cure deafness by constitutional remedies. Deafness is due to inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When inflamed you hear a rumbling sound or have imperfect hearing. Nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure offers $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druegista
Jersey
Paxton .C
Boston
Mass
Bangkok to get central battery telephone system
The Siamese minister of public works with royal sanction plans a fully modern central battery telephone system for Bangkok. The system will be offered to public tender. Phya Sukhum is arranging a new cable from Koh Si-Chang to Sirachi with a connection to Bangkok.
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Siam
Bangkok
Phya Sukhum
Koh- Si-Chang
Sirachi
Change of Life Aids and Promises From Lydia Pinkham Ad
A newspaper advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as ideal for women entering the change of life. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Fred Certin of South Bend Indiana and Mrs. Henry Lee of New Haven Connecticut praising relief from hot flashes nervousness insomnia and other symptoms. It invites readers to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and to try the medicine.
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Fred Certin
Lafayette Street
Bend
Ind
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Thad
Henry Lee
Winter Street
New Haven
Conn
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Inkham
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Cuticura
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Paris
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India
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Gen. Im
Nd’l Agt
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R. R. Go
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von W. L. Douglas
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