Port land citizen praises Plant Juice remedy
George Cully of 774 Albina avenue testifies after forty one years in Portland that Plant Juice eased his liver trouble and headaches. He bought a second bottle at Owl Drug Store and reports better mornings and appetite. The note recommends Plant Juice for indigestion and related symptoms and mentions Eaton and Swaney Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
George Cully
Albina Avenue
Owl Drug Store
Eaton & Swaney Drug Store
Wilson's Mexico plan aims at lasting peace with U S mediation
The article reports the Wilson administration seeking a permanent constitutional government in Mexico through mediation and possible American supervisory elections. It describes a “moral invasion” using troops to back a provisional regime in Mexico City, with a view to agrarian reforms and lasting peace, while fearing political fragmentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
New York Tribune
Washington
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Cuba
Tribune
Wilson
Niagara Falls
Constitutionalists
Raising Old Glory In Vera Cruz at U S government HQ
Photo shows the raising of the stars and stripes over the Hotel Terminal in Vera Cruz, the U S government headquarters. The event is marked by cheers and military band music as the flag is hoisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Vera Cruz
United States
Vera Cru
President Wilson Directly Leads Niagara Falls Negotiations
Report indicates President Wilson assumed direct control of talks in Niagara Falls as a telegraph line connected the mediators’ quarters to the White House. The move suggests personal involvement in shaping the diplomacy at this stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Niagara Falls
White House
Burroughs on Longevity and Daily Rest
Naturalist John Burroughs, age seventy seven, advocates diet, exercise, and rest. He says daily one hour of horizontal rest conserves heart energy and may extend life, urges abstinence from stimulants, coffee, tea, and tobacco with caveats on its disinfecting effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
Notable oddities from the year across the nation
A series of brief items reports a $10,000 cow treated in Ithaca at Cornell Veterinary College, Judge Carpenter allowing Frank Hellmiller to drop the first syllable of his surname, a Chicago block census counting 1200 school children, Ed Covall’s wedding clothes honeymoon train derailment from Dover Oklahoma to Wichita Kansas, and Milwaukee’s claim of the world’s youngest motorcycle rider in Walter W Baldwin age five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell Veterinary College
Ithaca, N. Y
United States
Carpenter
Chicago
Frank Hellmiller
Frank Miller
Ed Covall
Dover
Okla
Wichita
Kan
Milwaukee
Wis
Walter W. Baldwin
Vaterland Sets Sail as Largest Vessel to Date
The $10,000,000 steamship Vaterland arrived in New York on her first trip. She is the largest vessel ever built with about 4,000 passenger capacity and a crew of 1,134. The ship includes 100 cooks, 400 stewards, and 500 engineers and stokers, with a unique funnel design ending in two branches above the hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaterland
New York
Waterland
Vaterland's Vast Power and Wireless Range Described
A comparative look at the Vaterland liner shows four propellers driven by turbine engines and nineteen foot seven inch diameter blades. The ship's wireless system includes three separate transmitters and a reserve battery unit, enabling land contact throughout the crossing and telephone capability up to 100 miles at sea on the next voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaterland
Hamburg
Epigrams by a Former Railroad President
Testimony of Charles S. Mellen former New Haven president before the interstate commerce commission includes sharp lines on bosses government control and pay. He complains of many bosses during his rise to 100000 a year and notes stockholders resemble sheep while dividends drive behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Morgan
MacGregor
The
New Haven
Quarantine Station Chronicles US Efforts at Port of Vera Cruz
The article highlights the New Orleans Mississippi River quarantine station as a global hub for preventing the spread of cholera smallpox leprosy plague typhus and yellow fever. It notes $200000 plant value and shows officers using a world map with disease pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Wingrove Bathon
Washington Star
G. M. Corput
United States Public Health Service
Corpus
Public Health Service
Aguascalientes
South
Central America
Cuba
Mississippi Oiver
Movement backs humane instant trap invention fund
A bulletin from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals endorses creating traps that kill instantly and humanely. It also proposes a fund to reward inventors and promote adoption of humane traps in the trapping industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socity
The Eternal Marathon quotation in Chicago Record-Herald
An old fashioned preacher proclaims man a worm while a three times married man in a small pew adds woman is the early bird in a witty Chicago Record-Herald quotation style item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Electrician’s Jape at House Leaves Couple Laughing
In a querulous moment the electrician’s wife asked about the “wire you insulate” joke when he showed up at 34. M He explained he was thirsty and had to make a short circuit, a quip noted by Sap tn Pe in the New Mexican.
Heavy Feeling and Sixteen-Year Suffering Relief via Peruna
Mrs. Effie Hill of Blanchester Ohio describes twelve years of heavy brain pressure nervousness and weakness. After four bottles of Peruna she reports restored strength and health and urges others to try Peruna or Peruna Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hill
United States
Aerial Train Declared Marvel of the Age
London dispatch to the Washington Post reports Emile Bachelet's air train. Electric propulsion levitates a cigar shaped car using aluminium and magnetic repulsion. The craft, propelled by an alternating current, rises from the track and travels at about 300 miles per hour without visible support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Washington Post
Stephenson
Bachelot
Emile Bachelet
Bachelet
Oakland graduates craft their own graduation gowns
A school at Oakland California will provide graduates with their diplomas and all materials to make their own gowns. A dressmaker acting as purchasing agent will buy the fabric and take measurements for each student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Getting Rid of Dandelions
Department of Agriculture experts recommend two methods to control dandelions. First, cut the top of each weed near the ground and apply a thimbleful of common salt to the exposed root to kill the deep taproot. Second, if the patch is large, reseed the lawn to smother and crowd out the weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Department
Melanchthon Quote Reflects Liberty and Purity
A fragment attributes a motto to Melanchthon praising liberty in doubtful matters and chastity in all things, reflecting a scholarly ethical stance from the Reformation era.
Vaudeville Curtain Riffles With Asbestos Act
In a Buffalo Express excerpt a vaudeville show is described with the curtain announcing the first piece named Asbestos. The dialogue features Miss Polly and a Villager recalling the performance in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Villager
Buffalo Express
Taking Him Down
A candid friend notes the conceited actor faced a final scene death that drew the audience to rise in unison and cheer, a moment the London Telegraph calls bad form yet understandable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Baggage storage rates listed for patrons in town
An OCR snippet shows room and baggage storage prices including 28 beds at 4.00, rooms at 75 cents, and 1.69 for two storage options. The fragment includes a phone-like number 6479 but lacks clear context or identifiable organization.
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Burroughs
Mississippi
New Orleans Quarantine Station
Effie Hill
Blanchester
Clinton Co
Ohio
Columbia Hotel
E. Heron St
L. L. Maley
Aberdeen, Wash
HAYES @ HAYES Bankers (Incorporated
Foreign & Domestic Exchange
Dream Theatre
Mary Pickford In
Famous Players
Jack London
C.E. Beltz Auto CO
West Heron Street
Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
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