Dodd's Kidney Pills Linked to Broadland Man's Recovery
G W Gray of Broadland declares he nearly died from kidney trouble and Bright's disease before taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports rapid improvement after one box, continuing treatment until he regained health. The tale stirs Broadland and underscores the remedy's perceived miracle status.
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Broadland
Sc. Dak
Baadle County
G. W. Gray
Mr. Gray
Bright
Dodd
Giving 'Em Stones in Connecticut Coal Sale Scheme
A man allegedly sold tarred stones as coal to Connecticut residents. Local readers were warned by the Philadelphia Record that a tale about wooden nutmegs is unlikely to be true.
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Connecticut
Philadelphia
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children ad
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by nurses at a New York Children's Home. It claims to break up colds cure feverishness relieve constipation destroy worms and is sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free sample address Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York. The Chicago Daily News quotes a note about old colleges retaining their faculties.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Lane
N.Y
Advertisements and quotes from early 1900s papers
A collage of ad phrases and sayings includes medical tonics like Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents, consumer dyes, and various pithy quotes. Notes on Chicago rail lines advertise three solid through trains daily to California, with references to Union Pacific and North-Western Line. Comedic lines on blacksmiths and character, plus a weathered endorsement for Piso's Cure for Consumption and Putnam Fadeless Dye.
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Chicago
California
Oregon
Washington
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Dain Things
Chicago Daily News
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed Nationwide
Mrs Josie Irwin of Nashville Tenn hails Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal female remedy The text claims unprecedented demand across the nation and states women may write to Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free medical advice without charge.
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Josie Irwin
College St
Nashville, Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Atlantic
Pacific
Farm Winter Chores From Orange Judd Farmer
An old farm verse urges winter work on cattle care and equipment. It emphasizes daily brushing, cleaning, and upkeep of harrows and plows to prepare for spring planting and market readiness, noting careful winter chores yield higher spring returns.
Cage for Jailbirds Opens on Public Highways
A steel prison cage, twenty by eight and a half feet and eight feet high, carries twelve prisoner bunks and two guard bunks in two compartments. Drawn by six horses, it travels to distant road crews for road work, turning the jail into a mobile confinement unit, as described by W. W. Gould in Strand Magazine.
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W. W. Gould
Strand Magazine
Manure Advice And Poem Snippets From 19th Century Papers
Discussion favors various fertilizers for potatoes noting barnyard manure risks scab disease and laments lime promoting the fungus. An anecdote links lime mortar and scab absence near an old house chimney. The section also presents a Weather Song of Hope and poems on wisdom and marksmanship.
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N. Y
Care of Horses in Spring Advice to Prevent Shoulder Galls
The Midland Farmer stresses spring care for horses to prevent galling of shoulder areas. Properly fitting collars and harnesses are essential, kept clean and oiled. Wash shoulders with soft water after removing harness, and loosen collars during rest to prevent injuries.
Eterket and the Calm of an Old Home
A humorous verse recalls an aging man longing for simpler times as a new etiquette book or "eterket" reshapes daily life. He mocks modern care routines and social polish while clinging to memories of poverty and a familiar home. The piece uses dialect to lampoon contemporary manners.
Stand Fast Poem Excerpt From Atlanta Constitution
A quoted poem fragment urges steadfastness amid strife and sorrow. It speaks of turning grief into song, loving the world with all one’s heart, and enduring despite wounds, attributed to F. L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
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F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Wind swept field turns white as May flowers fade
The poem reflects on green fields becoming snow covered and how weeds and flowers alike rise and fall with the seasons. It suggests the unnoticed youth who may yet become tall and bright when current favorites fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
When Daylight Wanes Poem Note from Chambers Journal
A compact verse describes twilight as daylight waning bringing calm and shadows along country lanes. It envisions a stern divine forecast for the faithful who seek guidance, as mist rises from plains and the poet presents a prayerful scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Ludolf
Chambers’ Journal
To-day and Tomorrow in Verse and Hope
A collage of brief verse fragments urges embracing the present and hopeful growth. Quotations by Spofford and references to a Washington Star poem contemplate time, luck, transformation, and small daily acts that lift others.
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Harriet Prescott Spofford
St. Nicholas
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Cage For
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London Spectator
the Hunter
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Leslie’s Monthly
Vada
Congress
Mandy
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Salzer
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NEW York Evening News
Joseph Howard, Jr
America
Howard
Walter Scott
Broadway
Father Tiue
Miamierg Union
Erie
Drocyanol
Drocyanol Company
South Bend
Eslair
Hfenrir
8Th
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Bridgeport
Conn
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Canada
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