Backache Relief Told In New York Woman's Letter
Miss Kate Bollman shares her experience with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helping backache linked to kidney and womb troubles. She reports renewed strength and reduced fatigue after using the remedy, urging others to write to Mrs Pinkham for guidance. Her testimonial underscores the product as a reputed cure and invites inquiries.
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Kate Ollman
Wales Ave
New York City
Asaborg
Lydia E. Pinklam
Windmill irrigation device showcased in Chicago patent
An 19th century note describes a wind driven water pump mounted on a swiveling platform to lift irrigation water from driven wells. Invented by Albert Gran of Chicago, the system uses rear wind vanes and front pivoted wings to drive vertical pumps, with simple shutoff to prevent wheel rotation. Also snippets: a clergyman's marriage tale, ostrich plume trade in California, and light humor items from various papers.
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Albert Gran
Chicago
Louisville Courier-Journal
California
Los Angeles
Paris
Osd
Fallbrook
Coronado
Anaheim
Pasadena
Pomona
Santa Fronica
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Tomato's History Across Continents and Cultivation
The tomato, native to Peru and the Andean region, was cultivated for food in South America long before Europeans arrived. Spaniards brought it to Spain in the 16th century and it reached England by 1596, then spreading across southern Europe and North America.
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South America
Peru
Andean
Spain
England
Europe
North America
Germanys Kutter Trade in Butter Markets
Germany faces a shifting butter trade as domestic demand raises prices, reducing exports and leaving it a growing importer. The piece notes Canada and Australia outcompete German butter in England, while local pigeon housing neglect and grime are mentioned as aside concerns.
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Germany
Saved a Life Gratitude Publicity and a Kidney Cure
A testimonial from Walter McTaughlin of 3022 Jacob street Wheel ing West Virginia credits Deans Kidney Pills with saving his life after a severe back and kidney ailment. He describes prior doctors and medicines failing, a drastic improvement after using the pills, and the availability of a free trial mailed to any US address. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo is named, with price listed as 60 cents per box.
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Bright
Walter McTaughlin
Jacob Street
Wheeling
W. Va
J. A. Holiday & Son
Dean
Daan
Logan Drug Co
McLaughlin
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Puzzled the Expert and the Office Body
A mixture of quips and ads from a 1900 column includes a joke about a strange lump in an office, notes on Frankness, relief claims for Dean's Ointment and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil, and lines praising Putnam Fadeless Dyes and a quip about dress and marriage. The fragmentary text bundles misc lines and advertisements.
Not So Very Craery. An Emporia Man
A Gazette item recounts an Emporia man being questioned by a resident at the poor farm. The man explains his hunting gear, noting he paid sixty dollars for a meadow jar and two doves, while the outfit’s value is twenty five, highlighting the absurdity of his treatment and confinement as madness.
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Emporia
Gazette
Te Emporia
Frisco System Introduces Observation Cafe Cars on Key Routes
Frisco System operates through chair car and Pullman Sleeper service with via trains from Saint Louis and Kansas City. The handsome Observation Cafe Cars, run under Fred Harvey management, feature a large library observation room, easy chairs, writing materials, newspapers, and electric lights and fans for passenger comfort. Trains depart daily from Saint Louis and Kansas City.
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Trisco
Frisco
Saint Louis
Kansas City
Fred Harvey
Self Acting Fame Drummer and Cold Cure Mystery
A Philadelphia man wakes famous after a morning remark about a New York drummer. A Chicago drummer mocks the idea of instant fame. Yonkers Statesman notes the phrase. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is advertised as curing colds and preventing consumption.
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New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Yonkers Statesman
Difference in Degree and Health Pitches
A collection of quotes and ad lines from various papers. It includes a humorous misquote about monologue and dialogue from Town Topics, a testimonial about Dr August Koenig's Hamburrg Breast Tea by F Batsch of Horicon Wis, and several aphorisms from the Indianapolis News. It also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a health aid and jokes about industry.
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August Koenig
Mr. F. Batsch
Horicon
Wis
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