Lydia E Pinkham's Compound Endorsed for Women's Ailments
An advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for backache and female troubles. It cites testimonials from Mrs Holmes and Mrs Cottely, urges readers to write for advice, and claims broad cures for irregular periods, weakness, and nervous symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E
Pinkham
Emma Cottely
East 12Th Street
New York City
Nickel Plate Road Promotes Eastbound Through Trains
The Nickel Plate Road advertises daily through trains from Chicago La Salle Street to New York City and Boston with modern coaches and Pullman sleeping cars. Rates are described as the lowest with no excess fares, and dining service offers club meals from 35 cents to 1.00. For full details contact J Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York
City
Boston
New York City
Nickel Plate Road
la Salle St
Calahan
Adams St
Two Faced Quip Attributed In Cleveland Leader
A brief exchange from the Cleveland Leader notes Bess-Jess accusing someone of being two faced and Tess retorting that even with two faces she would wear the other. The banter captures a light gossip moment in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Jess
Tess
Cleveland
Lewis' Single Binder 5¢ Cigar
Advertisement notes Lewis' Factory Peoria selling a straight 5 cent cigar made from fancy selected tobacco through their dealer network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria, TU
Lewis’ ‘Factory
Peoria, Til
Comrox Father Seeks Upright Daughters With Tea Promises
In a clipped dialogue the old friend tells Mr Comrox his daughters have had every advantage. Comrox vows to persist until they become cultured and refined enough not to laugh at his errors. Garfield Tea is advertised as blood purifying and headache cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ School & Wes SE
W.l.doug
Peant
Illustrated Catal
W. L. Douglas
Maas
Highlander dress quips and witty replies cited in papers
The snippets show Thompson and Billings at a fancy dress ball with Highlander jokes, a nudge from Indianapolis Star about repairs and cars, DPuck noting cautious policy for friends, and a New York Herald remark on persistence in advertising as essential to business growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Kitty
Billings
Cleveland Plain Dealer
N. Y
Woman Feeds Breakfast in Five Dollar Kimono
The Atchison Globe notes that a woman may casually eat breakfast in a five dollar kimono yet fear arises if a husband wears 75 cent pajamas. The piece adds that forgetting can involve perjury under certain circumstances.
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Atchison Globe
Eminent Doctors Praise Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Editorial cites Dr John Fyfe and others praising Unicorn root and Golden Seal as key ingredients in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. They emphasize use for uterine health, back pain, leucorrhea, menorrhagia, amenorrhea, and general vitality, urging the remedy for women's diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
John Fyfe
Megpial Review
Helenias
Fyfe
Dr. Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Medical College
Chicago
John M. Scudder
Cincinnati
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Mrs Gagner Recovers Full Health With Pink Pills
A Holyoke, Massachusetts resident recounts severe dizziness and weakness that forced quitting mill work and household duties. After taking six boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she fully recovered and has stayed well for two years. The company notes the medicine builds new blood and offers 50 cents per box, six for $2.50, by mail from Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gagner
South Summer
Holyoke
Mass
Dr. Williams
Mule Kicks Undaunted Man After Firmly Placed Kick
A Southwest man provokes his mule with a firm kick to the abdomen. The mule dispatches the man, who ends up in hospital with multiple stitches. Observers say the mule excels in the art of kicking and the man learns a hard lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Remarkable Cure with Cuticura Remedies in Severe Blood Poisoning
An elderly patient describes suffering from blood poisoning and extensive leg wounds. After hospital stay and failed recovery, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent following a friend’s advice. Within two weeks his foot healed completely, prompting astonished onlookers in Newburgh, New York.
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Cuthura
Robert Schoenhauer
Newburgh
Philosophical tramp tale and medical ad mix
A sociology student chats with a tramp about happiness while noting persistent poverty and shifting seasons. The text shifts to an 19th century medical pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a constitutional remedy and offering testimonials and a money back promise.
Lobster in a Breach of Promise Suit
A young man recalls learning about love through a correspondence course and jokes that he turned into a lobster after the girl kept the letters and sued him for breach of promise. The Detroit Tribune excerpt captures a humorous misadventure on love and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Tribune
Foot Ease and Laxative Remedies Advertised in 19th Century Scan
A collage of medicinal product pitches and quips from old ads. Mentions Allen's Foot-Ease, Garfield Tea laxative, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and various testimonials. Includes mock dialogue and stray quotes about money and worldliness.
Nationalities notes and cultural snippets from diverse regions
Extracts cover Eskimo medical customs, New Year salmon gifts in Japan with price drops after the holiday, Swiss debris control near Gruquay and Champson, Hindu laws restricting women in the absence of husbands, and divorce rights tied to sons and property in Hindu texts.
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Japan
Gruquay
Champson
Valais
Costliest records span world, art, and items
The Milan cathedral tops costs for buildings. A St Bernard named Prinlimmon sold for 21250. Meissonier's 1814 fetched 175000. Vuelta Abajos cigars retail about four dollars each. The French government is described as the costliest, with salaries totaling 3750000. The Imperial diamond cost 2150000, bought by the nizam of Hyderabad.
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Milan
Prinlimmon
Meissonier
Hyderabad
This Man Lived Four Years and Died at 104
Swed ish physician Dr Vernest promoted a root and herb remedy claimed to extend life and cure fevers, digestion issues, rheumatism, and other ailments. He died from a horse accident at age 104 while his product, Swedish Essence of Life, was advertised with free trial mailings from M R Zaegel & Co in Sheboygan Wisconsin.
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Vernest
Malaria
M. R. Zaegel & Co
Main Street
Sheboygan
Wis
Philadelphia Trust Company
I. L. and D. Co
Drerel Building
Philadelphia
Doans Kidney Pills Praised By Ansonia Woman
Mrs Selina Jones of 200 Main St Ansonia Conn credits Doans Kidney Pills with saving her life after seven years of back pain weakness and bed rest. She says symptoms faded within a week and headaches dizziness and languor disappeared. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
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J.G. Holmes
Emma Cotrely
Capsicum
Camphort Ice
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
Gohn
Hainois
Iowa
Brown Manufacturing Company
Zanesville, Ohio
Jessups
Spencerian Pen CO
Broadway
Central Texas
Immigration Association
Grand Central Station
Houston
Texas
Indianapolis Star
Canapa
Otawa
Canada
C.J. Brovertos
Traction-Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. Garrle
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
J.S. Crawford
West 9Th St
Kansas City
V. McInnes
Ave
Detroit
Mich
Atlack
W.L. Douglas
Dougl
Estar UC Ued ‘Suly
Capriat
Williama
Cuticura
Philadelphia Ledger
Hall
F.J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney & CO
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Uncle Eben
Washington Jar
Puck
Winsie
Dodds
Traege
Carters
Milo B.stevens & CO
Washington
B.C
Kemp
Balsam
HKEMP
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D
And
Bauer
Julius Bauer & CO
Wabash Avenue
Rother Gray
Chilldren
Miother Gray
A.S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.ye
ALN K A
Sapolio
M.D
Brown
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