Warning on kidney pain and a cure claim for Dean's Kidney Pills
The advertisement warns that backache and urinary problems signal kidney illness and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure. It features a testimonial from Frank D. Overburr? who says Bright's Disease was cured after ten years of worsening symptoms. A free trial offer and mail-order details from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY are included, with a 50 cent price at dealers.
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Dean
Frank D. Overbourd
Catskill
N. Y
Bright
Mr. Overbaugh
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
For the Housekeeper: Advice on Tea, Diet, Sleep, and Footwear
Practical briefer on child nutrition preferring cocoa to tea, pork fat as wholesome, and climate and clothing for croup. Warns against perspiration, promotes woolen underclothes, head elevated for sleep, and avoiding excess heat or chill. Emphasizes lin en garments, foot care, and dangers of damp feet for children.
Infant Recovers Using Grape-Nuts Food Says Mother
A mother recounts a severe carbolic acid poisoning in an 18 month old child. Two doctors treated the boy, but he refused food. After trying various remedies, he improved only after starting Grape-Nuts, with the child craving it even in travels. Doctors Eddy and Geo Gale are named. Postum Co. promotes the product.
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Matamoras
Dr. Eddy
Geo. Gale
Newport
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Crown tapestry canopy decorates spring bedrooms
The Washington Star notes crown tapestry canopies as an economical update for beds and dressers. Readily adapted from existing suites, the setup features tapestry-draped dressers, background mirrors with bevel glass, and white accents with puffed lace and pillows.
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Washington Star
Washstead
Bits for the Housewife: Practical Kitchen Tips in Brief
Household hints cover changing boiling water for cabbage flavor, countertop stove cleaning with vinegar, gentle oven door closing to avoid risen dough, and capturing onion juice with a spoon. Also notes shelving vegetables while cooking to save gas and a table setting with gold thread, fern centerpiece, blue china dish, and iridescent glass candlesticks as decorative touches.
Buttermilk Soup and Stuck Up Advertisement Noted
Buttermilk soup recipe alternate is given with flour butter salt and optional sugar and cinnamon. A Philadelphia Bulletin note mentions a glue firm using a photo in an advertisement.
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Utica Observer
Grayce
Edythe
Philadelphia _Bulletin
Foreign Notables Feature In Memory and Ventures Across Worlds
The obituary and brief notices honor F C Penrose with a Greek architecture library in Athens, note conjurer Jerr Dobbler’s Aberdeen death after 40 years on stage, and list artist Conder’s Louvre purchase while Gen Viljoen turns to military novels. Also cited are Capt Doxrud's St Olaf honor, S F Cody’s kite mishap, and Younghusband’s Asia travels.
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F. C. Penrose
Athens
Jerr Dobbler
Aberdeen
Davenport Brothers
Conder
Watteau
Paris
Musuim
Luxembourg
Ben J. Viljoen
South Africa
Hans Didtrich Doxrud
Kroonland
Norway
Sweden
S. F. Cody
Crystal Palace
Lyndenham
Col
F. E Younghusband
Thibet
Asia
Manchuria
Pekin
India
Chinese Turkestan
Pamirs
Funniest Bits and Quips Cross Generations
A column of light humor and quick one liners quotes comic exchanges about fame fools households and cultural contrasts. The snippets include witty remarks about theater fire alarms autos maple sugar housekeeping and global perspectives.
Derby Triumph Sparks Prayer Ending
A Kentucky preacher asked his parish to pray for Lucy Grey who had been ill. After three Sundays the preacher was told to stop praying. The parishioner revealed Lucy Grey had not died but won the Derby, ending the requests.
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Kentucky
Lucy Grey
Washington Post
Cuticura Trio Promises Full Skin Healing
Local and constitutional cure advertised for skin conditions using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. Claims cleanse crusts and scales, soothe itching, heal inflammation, and purify blood to restore health. Chicago Tribune quote highlights widespread cures and a jab at gratitude.
Spring Fever Cure Promoted in Local Ad Copy
An old ad explains spring fever as tiredness from sluggish blood and recommends Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pleasant laxative to clean the liver and bowels. It notes bilious symptoms like yellow skin and foul breath improve with the remedy, sold by druggists nationwide.
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Dr. Caldwell
Cleaning delicate laces with sun and soap steps
Instructions advise using a large glass jar, cover with old cotton, lay lace inside, set in warm ivory soap suds for an hour, and place in the sun for stubborn stains. Rinse by dipping the bottle in clear water. ELEANOR R. PARKER. A note mentions 155 women commercial travelers now on the road in Great Britain.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Great Britain
Allen's Foot Ease advert and assorted quotes
An OCR fragment shows ad copy for Allen's Foot-Ease claiming to cure hot sweaty calloused feet with a 25 cent price and free trial, plus unrelated testimonials from Chicago Daily News and Minneapolis and New York Times quotes about cures and with notes on Hoxsie's Croup Cure and a gag line about life value from the Houston Post.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Agricultural Atoms and Farm Management Principles
The article warns that loss comes from inferior soil and moldy hay, and urges dampening such fodder. It notes crops exhaust soil with value, small tilled farms build wealth, dairy cows dislike harsh handling, and stock should be grown rather than sold off. Shelters aid sheep, and grass feeding is cheaper than grain.
Mrs. Kane Praises Peruna For Family Health
Mrs. K Kane of 172 Sebor Street Chicago testifies Peruna kept her children healthy through croup colds and ailments. She also used it for a catarrhal condition and says it cured her quickly, praising the remedy.
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Peruna
K. Kane
Peruna Promises Cold Defense Across Households
An older advertisement extols Peruna as guarding the entire household from catarrhal diseases amid changing climates. It asserts colds are inevitable and claims Peruna cures catarrh wherever located, with thousands of U S families protected after trial and never letting go of Peruna.
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Pernna
United States
Peruna
Self-made men reflect pride in work, says Times note
A short New York Times remark discusses how self made men often display pride in their labor. The quote suggests a view of personal achievement linked to professional effort.
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N. Y
Peruna praised by Lansing mother for child health
Mrs. Hobson of 225 Washington St Lansing Michigan endorses Peruna claiming it cured her son’s la grippe and catarrh. She says after three weeks the boy recovered fully and she uses Peruna for colds cramps and indigestion, rating it superior to doctors and other medicines.
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Peruna
la Grippe
A. Hobson
Dr Hartman for Peruna Receives Vast Endorsements
A medical letter praised Dr Hartman for Peruna calling it unmatched by any other physician. The note says the author received numerous unsolicited endorsements and grateful thanks, illustrating a remarkable volume of support.
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Hartman
Peruna
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