Remedy that makes new blood banishes weakness
A testimonial extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for women claiming they repaired chronic digestion headaches and nervous weakness. Mrs Ella Stone of Lakewood Rhode Island describes years of debility improved after taking multiple boxes and regaining weight color and vitality. The ad notes the pills are sold by druggists and offers a free booklet titled Plain Talks to Women from the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella F. Stone
Dr. Williams
Statues in Statuary Hall Showcase National Figures
Statuary hall in the capital grows into a national gallery with effigies from many states. Illinois prepares Frances Willard the first female statue, Wisconsin honors Pere Marquette, while debates over Catholic representation persist as more states wait to select dead sons to represent them. Maj. Alexander McDowell, Pennsylvanian clerk of the house, entertains with stories and Civil War reminiscences.
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Ashington
Statuary Hall
John J. Ingalls
House of Representatives
Illinois
Frances B. Willard
Temperance
Capitol
Miss Willard
Pere Marquette
Wisconsin
Father Marquette
John Adams
Maj
Alexander McDowell
Pennsylvania
Maj. McDowell
Fredericksburg
Long List of Statues in Capitol Statuary Hall
Superintendent Elliott Woods lists the statues in Statuary Hall including a plaster George Washington from Virginia and works from Connecticut Illinois Indiana Kansas Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin. The hall draws visitors as a whispering gallery with acoustics and guides narrate the sculptures history and echoes. The Robert Fulton statue from Pennsylvania depicts the inventor seated with a model steamboat.
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Capitol
Elliott Woods
George Washington
Virginia
Roger Sherman
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
James Shields
Illinois
O. P. Morton
Indiana
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
John Winthrop
Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
John Hanson
Charles Carroll
Maryland
William King
Maine
Lewis Cass
Michigan
Thomas H. Benton
F. P. Blair
Missouri
John Starke
Daniel Webster
New Hampshire
Richard Stockton
Phil Kearney
New Jersey
R. D. Livingston
George Clinton
New York
James A. Garfield
William Allen
Ohio
Robert Fulton
Peter J. Muhlenberg
Pennsylvania
Daniel Greene
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Samuel Houston
Stephen Austin
Texas
J. Collamer
Ethan Allen
Vermont
John &. Kenna
F. H. Pierpont
West Virginia
Pere Marquette
Wisconsin
Grosvenor Presses Tariff Revisions and Basic Slag Duty
General Grosvenor of Ohio, nicknamed Santa Claus and Old Figgers, pushes tariff revision ideas and met with President Roosevelt to urge a bill of particulars. He finds only one duty potentially removable, a one dollar per ton tax on basic slag used as fertilizer, while noting no other duties offer countrywide benefit.
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Eneral Grosvenor
Ohio
Santa Claus
White House
Roosevelt
Gen. Grosvenor
McKinley
Seasonable Dates Joke From Cincinnati Enquirer
A customer asks for fresh dates and the druggist replies he has none having given away the last calendar this morning. The quip appears as a light anecdote attributed to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Utopian Apartment Promotes Immigrant Arrival Fantasy
A satirical New York Sun piece describes a luxurious new apartment building where tenants surrender liberties and income, boasting modern comforts while a mock roof of glass and nails deters storks. A philosopher-tenant observes an immigrant ship arriving at a tropical harbor.
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New York Sun
Tropics
Ber Father's Name. Officer Cant You Remember Your Papa
Lost child debate over a father’s name in a light quip from the New York Sun. The exchange highlights memory and family terms in a newspaper humor item.
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Oficer
N. Y. Sun
Dodd’s Kidney Pills Help Duffeys Regain Health
Nora Indiana February special reports Joseph and Mrs Duffey of Nora faced weakness and despair until using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Both affirm renewed strength and wellbeing with Mrs Duffey noting regained ability to run and jump fences. The ad promotes kidney health as the path to overall vitality.
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Nora
Ind
Joseph L. Duffey
Dodd
A Simple Home Treatment for Skin Troubles
A Louisville Herald note touts Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for pimples blackheads red rough oily skin and other humors. It claims quick soothing effects daily use morning and night and shampooing benefits plus a warning that the inventor of the gold brick is dead but counterfeits remain.
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Louisville Herald
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Ointment Ad Claims Refund
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms with a money back guarantee if Pazo Ointment fails in 6 to 14 days. Price listed as 50 cents. The note references praise from the New York Times about social graces and fame.
An Ohio Fruit Raiser Praises Kidney Pills Cure
Sidney Justus a 78 year old fruit dealer from Mentor Ohio says he was cured of a ten year kidney trouble after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. He suffered backache and pains around the kidneys with rheumatic swelling and discolored urine but reports relief after a half box and permanent cure after three boxes. He offers a trial free and urges purchase from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with price 50 cents.
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Sidney Justus
Mentor
Ohio
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Offered With Free Sample
A 1904 advertisement claims Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer treats kidney liver and bladder troubles and offers free samples by mail. It cites a testimonial from I C Richardson and urges readers with symptoms to try the vegetable medicine sold in two bottle sizes nationwide.
Swamp Root sample offer ad from Kilmer and Co
Editorial notes urge readers to request a free sample bottle and book of testimonials for Swamp Root. Readers are told to send their address to Dr. Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York and to mention the newspaper notice.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp Root Free Sample Coupon from Dr Kilmer & Co
Reader is invited to fill a coupon offering a free sample bottle of Swamp Root the Great Kidney Remedy. The form asks for name address city state and pledges to send the sample after submission.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
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