Defiance Starch and Other Notes Stir Readership
An OCR fragment markets Defiance Starch in 16 ounce packages for 10 cents, claiming no sticking iron finishes and chemical safety. It mentions Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children and a caution about restaurant scrambled eggs. The text ends with remarks on dealers choosing Deference Starch over rivals and a critique of overworking people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Simontais
A'S
Olmsted
Leroy,n
Deer with strange neck lace and other odd notes
A collage of curiosities from a scrapbook: a deer trapped by a tin pail, a spectral pair of university friends who die in sequence, a Holland benzine label mishap on a railway parcel, a Geneva baby snatched by an eagle, and a Springfield Mass gold washer model gifted to Belchertown society. The items mix folklore, accidents, and oddities from various places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caithness
Geneva
Switzerland
Enoch Burnette
Springfield
Mass
Belchertown
Menhawks Good Eating and a Court Case
Herbert J. Corey of Bolton Massachusetts faced a court over shooting a pheasant claiming the quarry was a henhawk. He admitted eating the bird and testified henhawks are rootesting. He notes the risk and mentions frozhawks in a dated reference. A fragment from 1821 and Mrs. C. E. Smith of Goffstown NH hold a yellowed copy of the Farmer's Cabinet printed at amhorst in 19m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Corey
Bolton
Masa
C. E. Smith
Goffstown
NW. H
Farmer’s Cabinet
Amhorst
Hypocrisy, Humor, and Holiday Tidbits From 1900s Post
A collage of garbled verse and clipped quotes from the Houston Post and Denver Republican. satirical lines on hypocrisy, stage realism, and Christmas souvenirs mix with advertisements and light quips. Contains product pitches for Defiance Starch and foot care, plus personal testimonials and misc. blurbs.
Dr Pierce Medicine Promises Broad Health Benefits
An OCR fragment touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and herbal ingredients like glycerine, Stone root, Queen's root, and Black Cherry bark as cures for coughs, bronchial and throat ailments, and general digestive strengthening. It claims nutritive effects in wasting conditions and urges readers to consult the little book of extracts for other applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
EK. V. Battal
Lydia E Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound Story
A portrait of Lydia E Pinkham born in 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts and her transformation from teacher to founder of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It details family hardships after 1873, the kitchen laboratory origins, early pamphlets and ads, and the lasting legacy of her work helping sick women with roots and herbs.
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Estes
Lynn
Mass
Isaac Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Sons
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Alck
Lydia
Ars
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