Peruna Lauded By Congressman White In Family Medicine Appeal
A 1899 testimonial letter from Congressman George Henry White of Tarboro North Carolina endorses Peruna as a universal family remedy for catarrh and related ailments. It claims Peruna cures coughs colds and stomach and kidney issues and urges readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free guidance.
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Louis J. Scherrinsky
Locust Street
Atlantic
Iowa
Peruna
L. J. Scherrineky
Nannie Wallace
Tulare
Cal
Western Baptist Missionary Society
Peruana
George Henry White
Tarboro
N. C
Hartman
House of Representatives
Washington
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
George R. White
Pe Hartman Sanitarium
Medical elevators fail as New York skyscraper crowds Disperse
A New York City skyscraper sent thousands home after elevators failed. Some climbed down thirty one stories, fueling complaints. The same issue of wills and marital property draws attention as a test of law.
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New York
Boiling Trout Tale Exaggerates Yellowstone Stream Catch
The Washington Post quashes a yarn about catching trout in cold Yellowstone water and boiling them in a nearby hot spring without removing the fish. It notes the tale relies on impossible steps and would require a scoop net to lift a boiled trout from the water.
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West
Yellowstone Park
The
Washington Post
Yellowstone Is Only Place to Catch and Cook a Fish
A note asserts Yellowstone National Park as the sole location on Earth where a visitor can fish for and cook the catch in the same area. It frames the activity as unique to the park.
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Yellowstone
Earth
Fable in Real Life Shows Ade Chooses Slang Over Study
A New York Tribune piece cites George Ade as a man who shunned formal study for slang and street life, while peers pursued culture. James O'Donnell Bennett notes Ade rose to fame with a $500 weekly salary and a Waldorf appointment, leaving colleagues with a moral about choosing paths between learning and life.
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Liang
Solomon Solomon
David Copperfield
Dickens
George Ade
James O’donnell Bennett
Miss Marlowe
Bennett
Ade
Chicago
Johnson
George
Waldorf
New York Tribune
Ozocerite Deposits and Cremation Trends
Ozocerite wax, found with rock salt and coal, is mined mainly in Boryslav district and a Caspian Sea island area, used for ceresin production and wax candles. Cremation progress is advancing. 2007 cremations at Woking, 273 in 1901, withGrowing numbers in Manchester Liverpool Glasgow Hull Darlington and Paris.
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Austria
Russia
Roumania
Egypt
Algeria
Canada
Mexico
Boryslav
Austrian
Galicia
Caspian Sea
Brooklyn
Sir Henry Thompson
Lancet
Woking
Manchester
Liverpool
Glasgow
Hull
Darlington
Leicester
London
United States
Fresh Pond
N. Y
San Francisco
Odd Fellows
Chicago
Paris
San Francisco Chronicle
Taking Her Down. May Yes I Accepted Him As Prize
A compact Philadelphia Bulletin item notes a boastful remark about accepting a suitor who calls the speaker a prize and jokes about consolation prizes amid social chatter.
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Fay
Philadelphia Bulletin
Hardest Patients to Cure and a Pondering Piano Girl
A quip on difficult patients and a jab at effort in mastering piano. The dialogue contrasts a young doctor and an old physician about what makes treatment hard and notes a girl who tirelessly learns piano. The tone is pithy and reflective.
History and oddities from a bygone era in brief items
A collage of notes covers railway history, farming trusts, fate and fault, aging women, realism vs daily life, autos versus horses, patent remedies, Sweden electricity in agriculture, teething syrups, Texas death rates, Richard Harding Davis on autobiography, and a New York police court quip about mothers.
Alien 8 Foot-Ease Powder Promises Instant Foot Relief
Shake Into Your Sheen, Alien's Foot-Ease powder cures painful awoken feet and bunions. Instantly eases sting from coins and bunions. Sold at druggists for 25 cents with no substitute. Trial package free. Address Alien 8 Olmsted LeRuy N Y.
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Alien 8
Olmsted
LeRuy
N. Y
Distinction Tied to Glasses and Hair Brush in Public Image
The piece notes that a man’s distinguished appearance hinges on eyeglasses or hair brushing, while many of the country’s 4,000 millionaires rarely appear in print with regularity.
Woman learns mind changes with desire not yet met
Fragmentary OCR yields a phrasal quote about a woman never knowing her own mind until she wants something she cannot obtain. Mentions Dr. R.H Raise and Philadelphia in garbled form. The text contains profanity and inconsistent fragments.
Satirical quips on professional suits and dream castles
The passage contrasts a doctor suing a dentist with public amusement at distant United States affairs. It notes the editor of the London Saturday Review keeps a biting file for US themes. It comments that dream castles appear beautiful to poor builders nowhere near resources, sleeping in boxes.
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London Saturday Review
United States
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Congressman White
North Carolina
George H. White
Deerfield
Mass
Maine
Mark Twaim
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
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Pussia
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Prussian Remedy Co
St. Paul
Ming
Portland Seed CO
Portland, Ore
Williams
Rhode Island
Three Forks
Molly
Kansas
Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Hamlin
Sweden
Prof
Leinstrom
Helsingfors
Finland
Mrs. Winslow
Texas
Richard Harding Davis
R.H
Philadelphia
L. Douglas
Douglas
Iospeed
Heyl
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
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Mitchell
Mitchell Mitchell
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Portland
Seattle
WEW
Nathan Bickrorn
Washington, D.C
Axels
Chas. H. Fletcher
New York City
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