Female Trouble Not Recognized as Catarrh
A Milwaukee reader recounts severe headaches back pains and dizziness improving after Peruna. The ad asserts female catarrh is commonly misdiagnosed and claims Peruna cures catarrh by addressing the underlying condition. Dr. Hartman offers free advice to readers writing from Columbus Ohio.
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Eleventh Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Land sale offers on improved and unimproved farms in state
A broker advertises a large list of improved and unimproved farm lands available for sale with small down payments and long balance terms. The notice invites interested buyers to specify location preferences and when to view listings.
Fables For The Flip Ends In Drug Store Ambition
A sister hides a scented gift to influence her brother who seeks work after college. The aroma follows him as he interviews in offices that spirit him toward a drug store or barber shop. A humorous moral warns of deceptive flattery in business.
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New Orleans Picayune
Duke Sergius Assassination Stokes Russian Police
A Moscow bomb killed Grand Duke Sergius on February 17. Police cannot identify the killer, who claimed to act for Russia and belonged to the Terrorists committee. The assassin, unnamed, told the Grand Duke’s widow he did the deed in service to Russia and showed no personal rancor. The Grand Duchess may seek clemency.
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Sergius
Moscow
Committee of Combat
Russia
Warner New Commissioner of Pensions Seizes Duty
Congressmen Vespasian Warner is introduced as the new pension commissioner. Born in Illinois, Harvard Law graduate, Civil War veteran, and former Illinois representative. The profile emphasizes his independent judgment, legal practice, and business interests as assets for managing veterans welfare. The piece contrasts his role with regional pride, noting Kentucky’s colonels in a brief humorous aside.
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Vespasian Warner
Illinois
Warner
Harvard
Thirteenth
Congress
Nineteenth
Yale study links student physique to chosen field of study
Dr. William G. Anderson of Yale gymnasium tests 875 students from Sheffield Scientific School and the academic department to test a theory that physique dictates academic fit. He reports early results showing scientific students among the strongest physically and plans to extend the data through athletic records.
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Yale
William G. Anderson
Yale Gymnasium
Anderson
Sheffield Scientific School
Dr. Anderson
New York Sun
Peace at Last and the Fathers and Mothers
A dialogue notes reconciliation after divorce. Whalebone is identified as the whale’s mouth substitute for teeth. The piece presents a light, factual tone about family relations and a factual zoological observation.
Townsend rate bill blocks rate reductions for railroads
In Washington the Townsend rate bill fixes commissions rates and forbids lowering them by railroads even during emergencies. Shippers must again appeal to the Commission with no latitude allowed. The piece notes the shift from a maximum rate rule to a rigid structure. A French scientist predicts the future man will be legless, adding a sharp aside on the French scientist’s prospects.
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Washington
Commission
Portland
Oregon
Atland
To Break in New Shoes with Allens Foot-Ease
An old advertisement promotes Allens Foot-Ease powder to cure chilblains damp sweating and aching feet while easing new shoes. It claims to cure corns and bunions and sells through druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample by mail to S. Olmstead LeRoy New York.
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S. Olmstead
LeRoy, N
Baron's Putting Recipe Ad With Nerve Cure Claim
Baron's Putting recipe uses bread crumbs milk suet raisins eggs and corn starch boiled in mould after first day’s use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free trial tablet and treatise offered from Dr R H Kline Ltd 931 Arch St Philadelphia Pa claiming permanent cure with no fits or nervousness.
Where the Fun of It Lies
A playful exchange shows a teacher scolding Tommy for breaking rules with a joke about fun. The piece reflects a light domestic tone typical of a newspaper humor snippet.
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Tommy
Philadelphia
War Casualties Grow Across Conflicts in 1904 Analysis
Leslie's Weekly estimates total global losses around 400000 for 1904, with the Russo Japanese war near 370000. Armenia Tibet Philippines and other regions show varied counts. Historic battles like Leipzig Sadowa Borodino Wilderness and Pittsburg Landing illustrate high casualty rates in major engagements.
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Leslie
Japan
Russia
Armenia
Tibet
Philippines
Sumatra
Africa
Uruguay
Macedonia
Santo Domingo
Bulgaria
Morocco
Arabia
Wellington
Leipsic
Sadowa
Borodino
la Belle Alliance
Wilderness
Pittsburg Landing
Grant
Langauge Lessons and Odd Railroads in Old Column
A Scotsman recounts Gaelic lessons using Genesis and a Bible read aloud in Gaelic. He notes the Bible in English proves the same text. The piece also highlights fictional railways in West Mexico with mahogany sleepers and ebony tracks and a claim about gardening workers becoming fashionable. An artificial kiss is defined as a woman's kiss.
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Scotland
Sinclair
Mexico
Red Flags in Russia Reflect Public Safety Tone
The remark notes that Russia’s safety is aided by the display of red flags and suggests that unrest or danger is mitigated by this symbolic action. The narrator implies a link between visible symbols and public order within the country.
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Russia
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