1898 Paine’s Celery Compound vs. Greene’s Newcure

by Louise Smith Posted on March 2, 2012

Addie Thompson, N.Y.C.,to Mary Ann Austin
November 24, 1898
Dear Aunt Mary,

…I have had a fearful cold on my lungs and a gathering in my head; have not got over it yet, although I am better, but the weather is so changeable every one seems to have colds. It is very cold tonight and looks very much like another snowstorm.

Do you want me to send you Paine’s Celery Compound? Our doc says that Greene’s Newcure is much better than the compound and shall I send Marie some Fellow’s Syrup? Or if there is anything else you want to have?

Tell Maria if there is anything else she wants for the dress or anything to write and I will send it to her.

How is Aida and Lon getting along? I hear that Walter has been up to the “Austin house.” How are the various members of the “Royal family” getting along? They have none of them called on dear Aunt Addie as yet…

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Ever your affec. Addie

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1896 Cures

by Louise Smith Posted on March 1, 2012

The following are ads for Paine’s Celery Compound and Fellow’s Syrup in an 1896 newspaper which are mentioned in the letter which will be in the next post.

Paine’s Celery Compound
It is not that rheumatism, neuralgia, insomnia, and kidney troubles are hard to cure. Paine’s Celery Compound has made a host of sufferers well.

Thousands of lives that are now fast wearing out would be prolonged if Paine’s Celery Compound were in each instance used to stop those ominous pains over the kidneys, to build up the rundown nervous strength, and cure permanently those more and more frequently occurring attacks of headache and indigestion.

Here is a recent testimonial from the wife of U.S. Senator E. F. Warren:

    I was persuaded to try your “Paine’s Celery Compound” in the early spring, when in a very run-down condition. The duties devolving upon the wife of an official in public life are naturally very exhausting, and I was tired out and nervous when I commenced using the remedy. I take pleasure in testifying to the great benefit I received from its use, and can truthfully say that I am in almost perfect health again.

Fellow’s Syrup
When the system is run down through overwork, loss of sleep or from poor food assimilation, the nervous system is affected.

To help overcome nervous upsets try Fellows’ Syrup of Hypophosphires. Fellows contains iron and other essential minerals needed to correct a run down condition.

By stimulating appetite and aiding digestion, Fellows helps you derive full benefit from your daily meals. Ask your druggist for a bottle of Fellows’ Syrup today. Discover for yourself the help it may bring you.

Don’t be a Nagger!
Let Fellow’s Syrup help you
—Birmingham State Herald, September 19, 1896

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Eldred, NY around 1910

by Louise Smith Posted on February 22, 2012
1910 postcard looking east towards Eldred.

As I have time, I am archiving and organizing all the files, information, and photos on my computer, and ran across this postcard.

The first buildings across the road in the middle of the card are the Methodist church and their wagon shed.

On the right of the card, on Eldred’s NW corner is the building I think may have originally been owned by Charles Wilson.

On the NE corner was William H. Wilson’s store (later Dunlap’s Restaurant); then Straub’s Hotel, originally built and owned by James Y. Parker.

The house in the distance on the far right could be Mountain Grove, if the Austin Mountain Grove home had a red roof.

A short ways from the southeast corner was the Parker Hotel, the second one James Y. Parker built. It often housed the post office.

The road in the foreground continued northwest and went by the Leavenworth’s Echo Hill Farm House.

Does anyone have memories of Eldred Boarding Houses, Hotels, or stores from the 30s to the 50s?

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