Hospital Secrets and Peruna Ads Promote Tonic Claims
A fragment from a hospitality page features testimonials touting Peruna as the finest tonic for recovery from serious illness and convalescence. It cites Mrs. Kate Taylor praising Peruna’s vitality boost and mentions Dr. Hartman offering to treat female catarrhal diseases at no charge during the summer. An advertisement for beauty products and toilet specialties at Milwaukee references taunting claims and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe St
Kate Taylor
Hartman
Poruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Fragmented Tales and Advertisements from a Historic Page
A mosaic of era items: snippets about Russian literature, deafness cures, fashion quips, shoe powder ads, Native American population notes, Cross Belt ads, cook's reference queries, and Garibaldi’s mother described as a formidable liberty figure, all reflecting a collage of late 19th century newspaper fare.
Big Coal Strike Faces 3,500 Police Guarding Mines
The anthracite region braces as mine owners deploy 3,500 police to guard properties and nonunion workers while pumps keep mines from flooding. Miners foresee attrition, possible mass quits, and rising tensions as operators reject arbitration and cling to control.
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Columbia
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Carbon
Lackawanon
Tzerne
Minera
Bossey
Green Hands
Hese
Corruption in Two Cities Across Major Investigations
Civics corruption unfolds in St Louis and Philadelphia as grand juries indict four public men in St Louis and reveal embezzlement and forged contracts. In Philadelphia, school directors allegedly extort payments for promotions and election support while teachers describe blackmail and ward-level pressures in securing positions.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Municipal Combine
House of Delegates
Publc
Acc
Immigrant Arrivals Break New York Records
About 25 000 immigrants arrived in New York last week, pushing monthly totals above 85 000 and surpassing May 1888’s previous record of 78 000. Roughly four percent are deported, often due to concerns they may become public charges, while disease and contagion rules bar many from entry.
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New York
Fraterville miner survivor amid blasts reaches mine mouth
W. 3. Morgan the sole survivor of the Fraterville mine explosion in Carl Greek Tenn was blown 1400 feet to the mine mouth where he was found He had a shattered leg a sprained back and head injuries and had survived two prior mine disasters with one other survivor in each incident
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W. 3. Morgan
Fraterville
Carl Greek
Tenn
Fle
Urges Return to the Farm at Manufactures' Banquet
James J. Hill urged a return to farming as a livelihood at the annual banquet of the Manufactures' Association held in the Chicago Auditorium. He warned that land without population becomes a wilderness and a population without lands a mob, calling irrigation key to a self sustaining economic system and comparing railroads to schools and religion as educators.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Norther Securities Company
Canadian Northwest
United States
First Lady of Cuba Embraces Simple Life in New York Suburbs
Mrs Tomas Estrada Palma wife of Cuba s first president leads a modest life in Central Valley New York. She shuns public attention and continues to help raise six children with her schoolmaster husband who supported Cuban independence. The Palms stayed in the village a nineteen year span while he taught locally before exile from Spain.
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Cuba
Tomas Estrada Palms
Palma
Central Valley
New York
Barana
Spain
Fragmented musings mix on coal, politics and Martinique
A collage of recalled headlines and observations touches on coal price quietness, the Philippine Senate, Kansas drought memories, Martinique woes, and a Michigan heir’s odd will. The piece fuses distant events with satire and social commentary, leaving readers with fragmented reflections.
Congress Debates Anti-Anarchy and Canal Bills in Senate and House
The Senate passed the Philippine bill and began action on the anti anarchist measure while the House clarified a substitute for the Senate anti law. Debates over presidential assassination penalties and canal questions filled the day, with votes on military pay and pensions, and routine business in both chambers.
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Senate
Uhurshey
Military Academy
West Point
House
M Sibley
de <Armonit
Alo
Stars
Miss. Wooten
McDermott
Bond
Gal
Deampreker
Pyrdey
Frank ©. Darling
Minnesota
Brouset
Rielwhuson
Ardington
Lincoln
Grant
Mer
Littlefield
Howe
Strick
Gen. Ward
Cuba
Depew
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alavama
Tennessee
Cannon
Washington Notes and U S News Fragments
President Roosevelt dispatches copies of all his literary works to Lope Leo while a House resolution bans liquor sales in the capital. Carriers express unease over delay in reporting the reorganization bill. Roosevelt’s potential fall trip includes Chicago Detroit and Mississippi. Public debt figures and postal card plans are noted amid archival disclosures on Spain and a Supreme Court opinion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Capital
House
Couarry
Prashlent Troosevelt
Chicago
Springfield
Detroit
Hunt
Mississippi
Weatery
Mrs Anna McKay Endorses Lydia Pinkham Compound
A letter from Mrs Anna McKay of Toronto praises Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing severe female troubles after seven months of use. The testimonial claims restored health and strength and urges others to seek the medicine, with a $5000 forfeit if the letter is not genuine and an invitation to write for advice.
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Annie McKay
Sons of Temperance
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinxham
Lydia Ei
Pinkham
Anna McKay
Chaplain Sons of Temperance
Tillman Beats Warren In Farmer Rivalry Roasts
Washington Post recounts a humorous exchange between Senators Tillman of South Carolina and Warren of Wyoming. They compare farming backgrounds, with Tillman noting early farm leadership at 17 and Warren admitting long hours milking cows and shopping for six days a week, highlighting their different paths to public life.
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Tillmian
Warren
Llliana
South Carolina
Wyoming
Tillman
South
Seuator Warren
Washington Post
After Twenty Years Lusks Springs Ind Dodd's Kidney Pills Work?
In Lusks Springs Indiana William Catterson speaks of twenty years of his wife’s invalid state from neuralgia rheumatism and a broken constitution. After trying many remedies she improved from Dodd's Kidney Pills and is nearly well now. He praises the pills for the good work they have done for them.
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Lusks Springs
Ind
Juna Sti
William Catterson
Catterson
Cale
Mr. Catterson
Dodd
American on the Train Smirks at Dry Paint Trick
An amusing exchange aboard a Petersburg to Moscow train features a man in a brown hat greeting another American. The American confirms his identity by tapping a freshly painted station to test if the paint is dry, prompting a wry comparison of national presence on the journey.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Chicago News
One Fare for the Round Trip on Grand Trunk Railways
One fare plus one dollar for a round trip from Chicago to Koston Massachusetts and related routes. Selling dates June 12 and 13 for Chicago to Portland Maine and July 5 to 9 for Chicago to Providence Rhode Island. For limits and information contact Geo. W. Vaux A G P and T A 135 Adams Street Chicago IL.
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Grand ‘Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Koston
Mass
Portland
Providence
R. L
Geo. W. Vaux
T. A
Adams Street
Olicago
Vague Household Notes and Farm Fact From Histon
A fragmentary 1901 letter from Markersburg West Virginia mentions Miss Hightintte Mary and Mrs Callahan asking about handling a child and a dismissal plan. It also notes an English jam and jelly factory at Histon near Cambridge employing hundreds at times.
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Histon
Cambridge
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Black Sea
Marie
Peter the Great
Liss
Tin Inc
Tisul
E. J. Cheney & CO
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Halls Family
Hardappe
Chumm
Philadelphia Press
Allen
Olmsted
Leltoy
N.Y
Malone
Cook
Clikras
Garibaldi
Fina
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Avery
Uddy
Gremen
Lave Heer
BE. Morgan
First Lady OF
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Martinique
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Michigan
Congress
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Secretary of State
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N. Y
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Lexis
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State of
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Jenking
Wis Ain
Parker
My Powerk
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Wood
Cabu
Llate Iy
Miss Hightintte
Mary
Wilte Clothis
Maude
Jack Dashing
Hthel
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Dr. Kaue
GENO
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Morris
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