Lost 72 Pounds by Kidney Pills From Dean's
Dr. Melvin M. Page of Erie recounts severe kidney trouble after excessive iced drinks in 1895. He describes acute congestion, back pain, headaches, dizziness, eye fatigue, and weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds before using Dean's Kidney Pills. After starting the treatment he recovered and has weighed 188 pounds since 1896. Sold by druggists for 60 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A Few of the Best Comic Snippets
A collection of quick witticisms and banter including lines about dining, drinking water, loans, romance, sailing, and a joke about debt and gratitude. Several jokes feature named themes like Mr Pinkey, Senator Sorghum, and a three year old with baking powder.
Everyday Life Adages and Household Wisdom
A collection of maxims on marriage finances habit health and honesty. It contrasts paying for wedding attire before divorce attire with the value of practical action over preaching and warns that poor habits harm health. It advocates trusted trades like grocers bakers and butchers and notes the goal of being devoted to one person rather than spreading oneself thin.
Not Dollars, A Thousand A Week Cleaned Up
Binksnap runs a laundry and cleans up a thousand dollars per week in a Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet. Collars and duty themes appear as the piece notes his work pace and business efficiency.
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Binksnap
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grape-Nuts Help Bed-Found Woman Regain Health
A Welden Illinois woman describes severe stomach trouble and headaches that left her unable to keep food down. After her husband gave her Grape-Nuts she improved quickly, gained weight, and recovered mobility and energy. She credits the cereal with saving her life and notes her two sons thrived on it. The Postum Company promotes Grape-Nuts and the book The Road to Wellville in each package.
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Welden
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
New Cream Test Bottle Aims for Accurate Fat Readings
A mixer of cream testing notes that cream fat content is harder to measure than milk. Wisconsin expert Prof. F W Woll discusses why larger necks on cream test bottles allow reading to one fourth percent fat, while older designs misread due to dense graduations.
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F. W. Woll
Wisconsin
Farrington
P. C
The Sick Cow and Proper Farm Care
A Farmers' Review guidance urges isolating a sick cow from the herd to prevent contagion. Do not use milk from the ill animal, give air and sun, withhold food if appropriate, and seek a veterinarian for serious cases to protect livestock health.
On a Diversified Farm and Its Demands
The piece argues that a diversified farm with multiple crops requires greater knowledge and planning from the farmer but offers steadier labor use and better land utilization. It notes mixed planting, extended labor demand, and the advantage to small farms from diversification.
Rope Fire Ladder Shown To Reach Roofs Safely
Farm Journal describes a rope ladder with hooks and cross bar kept light for single person use. A weighted cord raises the ladder over the ridge to reach eaves, then hooks bite into saddle boards to secure the ladder for access across a roof.
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Farm Journal
The Packing Shed Sanitation and Fruit Cleanliness
The Midland Farmer urges strict cleanliness around the packing shed. Unwholesome fruit with decay stains should be removed and carted away to prevent disease and pests.
Pigs Hunger for Tart Apples Not Too Many At Once
A Farm Journal note warns that pigs crave tart apples but should be fed in small, cautious amounts to prevent overeating and hogging behavior.
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Farm Journal
New Orleans Mosquito Fight Shows Declining Cases
Official Sunday report shows 45 new cases raising total to 1 385 and 4 deaths. Efforts to eradicate mosquito fever appear successful with reduced deaths and widespread fumigation. Rev Dr Warner led sulfur burnings as preachers urged community action.
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New Orleans
Warner
India selects Earl of Minto as new viceroy
London announces the resignation of Lord Curzon of Kedleston as viceroy of India and the appointment of the Earl of Minto to succeed him. Curzon’s resignation was received August 12 and stems from tensions with the India office and Lord Kitchener over army administration plan.
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London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
India
Earl of Minto
India Office
Lord Curzon
Lord Kitchener
Edmund Barrow
Grain Rate War Slashes Eastern Freight Prices
Great Northern announces sweeping grain rate cuts across eastern territory to Montana boundary. The move prompts expected rate reductions by Chicago Great Western Burlington and Northern Pacific, saving farmers at least one cent and possibly 1 ½ cents per bushel on shipments over 200 million bushels, leaving an estimated 2.03 to 3.0 million dollars with farmers.
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St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern
Eastern Territory
Montana
Chicago Great Western
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Train Strikes Street Car in Butte Killing Ten
At a grade crossing in Butte on Sunday night a Great Northern freight train collided with a crowded suburban street car. Ten people were killed and 25 to 30 injured, with two bodies recovered unident. Maggie Harrington of Butte among the dead. Miss Shaw of the Florence hotel is dying. Japanese Advance in Korea Reports from Tokyo say heavy rains did not stop Japan from advancing in northern Korea as Russians retreat.
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Butte
Mont
Great Northern
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Maggie Harrington
Miss Shaw
Florence Hotel
Slugged and Robbed Pay Roll at Chicago Firm
Harold E. Beard assistant treasurer of the Cross Press and Sign company 53 Dayton street was slugged and robbed of a valise containing 31 025 payroll for 150 employees. The robbery occurred within 75 feet of the plant on Dayton street and was witnessed by several employees near the windows.
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Chicago
Harold E. Beard
The
Cross Press and Sign Company
Dayton Street
John Returns to Work After Interborough Standoff
In a tense scene near Interborough Railway offices three hundred workers pressed to reclaim jobs. A determined wife pushes her platform man John back to duty despite strikers blocking stairs, and officials confirm he will resume his post after formal review.
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Interborough Railway Company
New York World
Mr. Norris
John
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised In Bayfield County
In Drummond Wisconsin on August 21 special report details how families in Bayfield County credit Dodd's Kidney Pills with relieving backache and kidney trouble. Mr. T T Wold recalls severe back pain eased after one box and his wife also found relief, endorsing the remedy as a cure for backache and related kidney issues. The note warns backache as an early sign of kidney disease and claims Dodd's Pills prevent progression to rheumatism dropsy diabetes or Bright's disease.
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Dodd
Bright
Waleringold's Status In The West Described By A Stranger
A Chicago Tribune remark claims Waleringold is the richest and most successful, the lone prominent figure in the state, as a traveler questions where he lives and the local judgment of his standing.
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Waleringold
Chicago Tribune
Excursion Fares From Chicago to Philadelphia
Philadelphia and return fare listed at nineteen dollars with going dates September fifteenth to seventeenth. Liberal limits and stopovers offered. Full particulars at city ticket office corner Clark Street and Jackson Boulevard Chicago. Telephone Harrison 1757.
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Philadelphia
Return
Clark St
Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Harrison
Portland
Oregon
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Ogden
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Kansas City
Southwest Limited
June Bride Reveals Frugal Groom Refuses Financial Help
A Detroit Free Press column portrays a marriage discussion where the groom is depicted as thoroughly abstemious and notably reluctant to provide financial support to his bride. The piece mirrors early 20th century social norms and humorous domestic strain.
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Charles
June Bride
Detroit
Allen's Foot-Base advertised cure and sampler note
An advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Base cures painful feet and makes new shoes easy with a sampler from A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. The note appears among several 1908 era snippets about baseball excitement and cures for coughs.
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Allen’s
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Woman’s Ordeal and Lydia Pinkham’s Healing Aid
A letter describes a woman saved from a prolonged illness by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after failed treatments. The piece argues many women seek Pinkham’s advice for female health problems and credits her experience with restoring health. Mountains of testimonial proof are cited for the remedy’s effectiveness.
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Pinkham
Lyon
Mass
Ydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
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Fst
Benners
Jenners
Tommy
Senator Sorghum
Isaster
the Daily
Telegraph
Tokio
Korea
Tumen
Oyama
Grand Trunk Railway System
Nebraska
Troy Times
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Piskham, Lyne, Maes
Sirs T. Cwilladsen G
Lelaty
Pera
Tuc RB
Paxton Company
Boston
Maca
America
Morse School OF
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Arune
SS Ometion
F. A. Miller
J. M. Auld
Dept
Dearborn St
Ill
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