The Surgeon's Knife and Ovarian Remedies
A Salt Lake City woman shares her cure for ovarian trouble without surgery using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of pain. The piece also notes other health prompts and a belief in avoiding invasive operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckis Stevenson
Salt Lake City
Bers. Eckil Gtevenson
Cienos
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lee Streenon
State St
All Lake City
Utah
Mixed crop and trade outlook notes 1902 week
The report notes encouraging crop prospects despite heavy rains in New York and Texas. Industry shows strong activity in iron, steel, and machinery, with rail shipments steady and wholesale prices volatile. Grain and cotton markets ease as favorable crop conditions and ample supply dampen demand, while railroads expect record earnings from Western shipments and wheat prices fall on good spring reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas
Navy
Dun & Co
To Re View
Mentet
Chicago, J
Western
Northwest
World Markets Summary of Grain and Livestock Prices
Chicago markets show cattle common to prime at 6.40 to 8.10, hogs 4.25 to 7.95, sheep 4.00 to 9.0. wheat No 2 red 60 to 76, corn No 2 mixed 60 to 70, oats No 2 40 to 50. Indianapolis notes hogs 4.00 to, St Louis cattle 4.50 to 6.20, Detroit hogs 3.00 to 7.60, Milwaukee wheat No 2 90 to 92, Buffalo cattle 4.00 to 8.15, hogs 4.00 to 7.95, eggs 18 to 21, butter 17 to 18.5, clover seed prime 5.17. New York cattle 4.00 to 8.15, wheat No 2 red 74 to 76, butter 18 to 18 1/2, eggs western 18.0 to 18.0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ste
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Indiana News Involving Mob Action and Aerial Rescue
A Charlottesville mob and Hancock County posse halted six Indianapolis and Eastern Traction cars over smallpox quarantine fears. Aeronaut Calloway escaped a burning balloon near Burr Oak, using a parachute after freeing himself as flames rose. A Terre Haute collision saw a Vandalia train strike a streetcar on North Thirteenth Street, causing multiple injuries. The Cook ditch, Indiana’s greatest drainage project, neared completion on the Kankakee river, reclaiming hundreds of thousands of acres for farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Hancock County
Indianapolis and
Eastern Traction
Knightstown
Tract Company
Hanes
Natioon
Calloway
Burr Oak
Callooway
North Thirteenth
Terre Haute
Eft
Beechers Carpet a Century Ago in Parlor Marvel
A brief reminiscence recounts Mrs Lymon Beecher and her husband restoring a unique hand painted carpet in their parlor. The tale follows the wife painting the garret floor and border while a septuagenarian deacon marvels at the scene, asking if it could be saved with heaven. The piece blends domestic lore with a vignette of old village life.
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Kokomo
Bernice Murden
Owcastle
Mountaon
Isaac Gardner
Bloomington
Robert Irvin
Little Blue River
Henderson
Adam Fuler
Nappanee
Muncie Gas Company
Muncie
Charles Pigg
Sullivan
Peru
Charles Grinppold
Gen. Meredith
Cambridge City
Richmond
George W. Brann
Rushville
161St
Indiana Infantry
Cuba
Leelox
Incennes
A. Jones
Indianapolis Sentinel
Indiana
Indianapolis
Chesterfield
Big Four Railway
Willian Walls
Dixon
John Wanamaker
Toledo, St.Louis
Westint
Marlon
St. F
Mrs. Beecher
New York
Dragonflies as a Summer Sport Among Japanese Children
The article describes a playful Japanese pastime hunting dragonflies, noting methods like nets and bamboo rods, and an unusual bolas using hair and pebbles. It mentions beliefs about spirits and warns against cruel or unlucky devices. Yankee boys are praised for cleverness, but Japanese youths show remarkable delicacy in weapon making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Jae
Lafcadio Hearn
Archbishop Ryan Humor and Foot Powder Ad Blues
A wry Chicago Orion clipping notes Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia enjoying genial humor yet disapproving vulgar language. The piece pivots to an Allen’s Foot-Ease ad touting a foot powder for new shoes and various foot ailments with samples offered by mail.
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Ryan
Philadelphia
Chicago
Orion
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Quoted Boxer Criticizes Garbled Reporting
A champion boxer complains that the press misquoted him amid a contest. His secretary echoes the sentiment, calling the coverage awful and noting repeated misquotations across rounds.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other odds and ends
A jumble of ad style lines and vintage quotes including Hall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents and a Niagara Falls excursion by Nickel Plate Road advertised with Fort Wayne Indiana contacts. Mentions of self sticking dating stamps, a horse wary of automobiles, a Niagara excursion route, and a note on the origin of hats in England.
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Niagara
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Cure for 50000 Interviewees
Fifty thousand people interviewed at their homes say Doan's Kidney Pills cured them. Thousands used the free offer after hearing of cures. The pills allegedly relieve back pain, sleeplessness, heart palpitations, and nervousness, improve urine, reduce swelling, and dissolve stones. Free samples offered via coupon mail-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Peruna Cure Promoted by Catarrh Claims and Endorsements
A historical ad copy extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh affecting any organ and claims relief for female disease. The text features testimonials from Mrs X Schneider and Congressman J B Crowley praising Peruna, urging readers to write for a free catarrh book and seek Dr Hartman’s advice at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chneider
Cage
Perona
Peruna
Perumna
LE A
Joseph B. Crowley
Ainois
Babioson
Crowley
Petna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
I the Hartman Sanitarium
Columbua Io
A Useful Servant in Post Office Pranks and Notices
A collage of short items notes a valet story from Figaro about a maid stamping with her tongue in a Paris post office, a consumer testimonial for Piso’s Cure, a Philadelphia humor line, a $100 prize for an El Paso California train name, a Quaker buffalo robe joke, printer ink advice, a Bible translation quip, Sunday excursions to Chicago, and assorted station notices with stamps and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Figaro
Paris
Post-Office
California
Rock Island System
Southern Pacific Company
el Paso
Jyo
Sebastian
Chicago
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Dean Mus. Porenat
Bondon Daily News
Plateau
Wheeler
Guy Marshall
Mashonaland
Mini
Gison
Normandy
Port. Wayne, Ind
Kankakee River
Grand Junction
Kankakee
Beechers
Wahlberg
Peoria St
Minneapolis
Dodd
Minnesota
Tie Brother
Mr. Wahlberg
Ant
Manhattan
Peter the Great
Hall
Misa Manhattan
Wayback
Puck
Fort Weyne
Johnson
England
Poanz
Xia Urn CO
Schneider
Piso
L. A. Deaver
Willing Street
Brooklsa
Philadelphia Press
Nickel Plats Road
Fort Wayne
Koo
C. A. Asterits
Ee P. ‘Antoni
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Ben. Eouen
A. d. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Hamlin
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