Public Health Talk Tackles War Against Disease
In a January issue discussion on The War Against Disease cites vaccination and anti-toxin progress, urges cleaner living, and highlights typhoid transmission. Dr. Budd stresses contamination of food and water as key factors and notes a Springfield milk-linked outbreak as a warning.
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Atlantic Monthly
Disraeli
Germany
England
America
Behring
Roux
William Budd
United Kingdom
Budd
Dr. Pierce Tonic Promises Relief for Weak Women
A historical advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for weak nervous women and local diseases. It cites a Roanoke customer letter praising eight bottles of Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with Pleasant Pellets, claiming improved appetite and sleep. The ad invites free, private consultations.
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Annie E. Moring
7Th Avenue
S. W
Roanoke
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Preventable Plague Typhoid Fever Warns Of Urban Dangers
An unsigned editorial condemns typhoid as a preventable scourge tied to urban moisture and soil disturbance. It notes water epidemics, sanitation lapses, and mentions Italian laborers and Scandinavian gangs in street digging as related factors, urging readers to keep premises clean and report risks.
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Springfield
Italy
Marriage in Auditor's Office by Justice Taggard
Two Native American partners Jim Peter and Mollie Kuhn from the Yakima Indian Reservation wed in Kelso’s auditor office last Saturday morning. The ceremony was witnessed by the court house staff with Ada Friend and Lizzie Osborne as witnesses.
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J. A. Taggard
Kelso
Jim Peter
Mollie Kuhn
Yakima
Ada Friend
Lizzie Osborne
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Promoted by Local User
H A Tisdale of Summerton 8 C endorses DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve claiming twenty years of piles relief after trying many doctors and medicines. The ad touts witch hazel with antiseptics and emollients as a cure for piles sores cuts bruises eczema salt rheum and skin diseases.
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H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
8. C
DeWitt
Electric Bitters credited with miraculous weight gain
Mrs H. New som of Decatur Alabama credits Electric Bitters with ending three years of indigestion dyspepsia and enabling her to eat heartily and gain 35 pounds. The ad promises cure for digestion loss appetite stomach liver and kidney trouble with a 50 cent price at Yakima drug stores. The column notes a two line filler about Cyrus Townsend Brady nearing completion of a new book.
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8. H. Newsom
Decatur
Ala
Yakima
the Country Weekly
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Kodol Aids Stomach Digestion And Rest for Healing
A description touts Kodol as supplying natural digestive juices and doing the stomachs work to relax nerves and rest inflamed muscles. It claims digestion converts food to rich red blood, helping the digestive organs transform meals. Also includes a humorous aside about Johnny and a family secret.
Ballard's Herehound Syrup Endorsed by Wisconsin Druggist
Henry C. Stearns of Shrulleburg Wisconsin reports high satisfaction after two years of selling Ballard's Herehound Syrup. He notes customers return for more and recommends the remedy for hoarse croupy oppressed and difficult breathing. Available in 25c 50c and 1 at Fred L Janeck's.
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Henry C. Stearns
Shrulleburg
Wisconsin
Ballard
Fred L. Janeck
Theatrical Managers Debate Public Taste
The first manager complains the play is too risqué for the public. The second suggests delaying the production for a year to retry it later.
Yabsley Swears By Trains Amid Skirtband Mockery
In the dining room Yabsley insists the train never missed a trip, while a sarcastic woman heckles him and checks how many breadths have torn from her skirtband, highlighting a tense, domestic moment.
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Yabsley
Coughing Spell Causes Death of Harry Duckwell
Harry Duckwell aged 25 died at home from suffocation after a coughing fit following a slight cold. His wife and child witnessed the event as a physician arrived too late. An advertisement for Ballard's Horehound Syrup followed in the notice.
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Harry Duckwell
Duckwell
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ballard
Fred L Janeck
Untitled Dialogue Exchange Between Bridget and Mother
A short dialogue shows Bridget and her mother discussing a bell at the door. Bridget doubts visitors, while the mother hints someone may be there to see her in a domestic, everyday scene.
He Finds Cure for Dyspepsia in Herbine
R H Foster of 318 South Second Street Salt Lake City reports 21 years of indigestion relief after using Herbine He recommends it to friends and notes it is curing them as well Sold for 50 cents at Fred JL.
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R. H. Foster
South Second Street
Salt Lake City
Fred JL. Janeck
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Greene Mercantile Co
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Coughi
Yakima Avenue
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Yakima County
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