Preventing Paint Troubles and Purity Guidance
A guide explains paint troubles signal adulteration and the cure is repainting. It promotes basic paint knowledge and a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 from National Lead Co and highlights the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a purity guarantee.
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National Lead Co
Trinity Bldg
New York
Pension guidance for soldiers and heirs on disability and widow rights
Readers share pension questions from veterans and widows across Tindall Missouri Jamestown Rhode Island Dayton Ohio and Dayton while veterans seek increases restoration of widowhood pensions and dependent mother allowances. Answers explain filing dates eligibility acts of 1901 1907 and 1907 age-based provisions.
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Tindall
Pension Office
John McD
Pension Bureau
Dayton
Commissioner of Pensions
James D
How He Was Bounded Dialogue in Guard Duty
An Irish officer questions a sentry about his orders and compass, prompting the reply that facing the rising sun places the left hand toward the north and the right toward the south with the knapsack behind. The St. Louis Republic records the exchange as a brief vignette of military drill and humor.
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St. Louis Republic
Sor
Bank Balance and Independence for Business Women
Business women redefine saving, embracing thrifty incentives that foster independence. The movement centers on building credit of 300 to 400 dollars, inspiring continued growth in personal reserves and financial self reliance.
Hives Vanish After Cuticura Treatment
Mrs. George L. Fridhoff of Warren Michigan reports two months of dreadful hive itching and sores. A hot bath with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment relieved the itching and the disease disappeared after treatment. June 30 and July 13 1908. Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston props.
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George L. Fridhoff
Warren, Mich
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Kidney Pills Backed By Nurse In Parsons Ad
Thompson Watkins, a professional nurse from Parsons Kansas, testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her backache and irregular kidney secretions after a period of pain. The ad notes the product costs 50 cents a box and is sold by all dealers. A separate exchange quotes a humorous note about a cyclone damage inquiry.
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Thompson Watkins
N. 238d
Parsons, Kans
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Patent Medicine Fragments and Advertisements
A collage of 19th century remedy pitches and slogans. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children claims cures for constipation feverishness teething and worms with 30 000 testimonials. Brown’s Bronchial Troches promise relief for bronchial and lung troubles. Garfield Tea touted as a liver regulator laxative to improve health. BromO Quinine ad identifies SARIN brand. Mrs. Window’s soothing syrup pleases teething pain. Allen’s Foot-Base offers foot relief with trial packages. Olmsted of Le Roy New York promotes multiple products. It is what it is cracked up to be if it is ice.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
California Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Little Oliver Queries Hallelujah Meaning in Song
Six year old Oliver learns the refrain glory glory hallelujah and asks what hallelujah means. His mother explains it as praise the Lord and he questions why corn and jack lanterns appear on a hallelujah night, offering a witty Childs insight into the custom.
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Oliver
Less Meat Advice by Family Physician
A New York man credits a doctor and Grape Nuts with curing years of dyspepsia and nervousness by eating less meat and greasy foods. He says two years of Grape-Nuts as part of meals vastly improved health and that his family is happier and healthier. The letter is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and ends with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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