Postum Health Letter and Coffee Substitution Claim
A long reader letter extols Postum as a cure after coffee caused sickness and stomach weakness. The writer credits quitting coffee and tobacco, choosing Postum, and soon regaining health and appetite. The ad invites readers to look in packages for a booklet titled The Road to Wellville and ends with There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Telegraph Service
Tinally
I &m
Wellville
Rowano
Rockefeller Gifts Push Education Funding to Record Levels
A New York World report itemizes John D. Rockefeller's philanthropy totaling about 120 million to date, with 53 million to the General Education Board and 310 million in gifts noted overall. It explains how such sums could fund tens of thousands of homes and educate millions, while noting estimates of Rockefeller's wealth vary widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Education Board
Stupendons
Frederick T. Gates
Tdea
Brooklyn
Rockefeller
Bis
United States
Ita
Thowa
New York World
Ohn D. Rocokefellor
Matrimonial diary warns diaries in divorce trials may harm marriages
A discussion notes diaries used in divorce cases can begin before conflicts and record every action in cold, prejudicial detail. It warns such practices threaten marital sanctity and laments secrecy and darkness surrounding spouses. The piece shifts to describe tong wars and criminal tongs in New York with rewards for police officers’ deaths, citing Hop Sing Tong and Suey Sing Tong as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Diary Toting and Distrust in Modern Marriages
A St Louis Globe-Democrat commentary argues against diary secrecy and concealed weapon fears in marriages. It suggests distrust between partners grows with poverty and doubt, labeling modern marriages with mental reservations as a broader dilemma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alther
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
TONGS OF CHINATOWN LIST OF ELEVEN TONG LEADERS
A San Francisco Chinatown article lists eleven tongs described as secret organisations with names Ping Kong Suey Bing Hop Sing Bo On Bo Leung Suey On Quong Tuck Hip Ying Hip Slng Buey Ying Jok Lin. The piece notes these groups are linked to crime and are in potential conflict in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cetmtual Orientals
San Francisco
Chinatown
Saya
Ping
Kong
Suey ‘Bing
Hop Sing
Bo On
Bo Leung
Suey On
Quong Tuck
Hip Ying
Hip Slng Buey Ying
Jok Lin
Missouri Meerschaum Pipe Industry Output in 1908
Missouri's corncob pipes known as Missouri Meerschaum totaled 24,671,456 in 1908 with seven factories in Franklin County producing 23,268,096. Other outputs included 415,314 wooden pipes and 1,729,350 stems. Total value reached $431,810. Franklin County contributed $401,643. Wages totaled $128,295 with 203 men and 63 women employed.
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Missouri
Missouri State Bureau of Labor
Stasftcls
Franklin County
United States
St. .Louias
Insanity Inquiry Sparks Frantic Exchange At Asylum
In a dramatic moment the chairman of the committees investigating the state institution loudly declares the scene chaotic while the superintendent emphasizes the setting as an insane asylum. The exchange highlights tension amid an official probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Tact and Talent Honor London Attias
Tact and talent are praised in the London Attias note, honoring a blend of skill and discretion. The text emphasizes that talent succeeds when paired with tact, and that tact earns respect and promotion. It frames tact as a valued, blessed quality guiding professional advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bata Vade Stimes Vacation Trip Assertion
The excerpt suggests a quotation about women taking longer to do something than men, with a comparison to six months of effort. It mentions a Detroit style phrase about needing to do a thing twice and references the Angeles Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ping
Joans
Angeles Express
Paint Durability and White Lead Trademark Use
The article discusses paint durability focusing on pure white lead as a key ingredient and explains the Dutch Boy trademark from National Lead Company as a safety indicator to avoid adulterated goods. It also includes an anecdote about farm animals and a village grocery store discussion, illustrating skepticism and caution in materials and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Iivls
Trinity Building
New York
Woman recounts relief from kidney pain with a pill
Marion Indiana resident Mrs Josephine Jeffery claims Donnys Kidney Pills eased years of kidney pain, backache and nervous distress after doctors offered little hope. She describes gradual improvement and credits the treatment with restoring health, noting the product’s price and distributor Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aenie
Josephine Jeffery
Washington Sta
Marion
Ind
Donn
Witney Pilla
Dean
All Deaters
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Cuticura Cure Said To Heal Severe Eczema
An Vermont reader credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing a severe eczema outbreak that covered the face and neck after three doctors and various remedies failed. The letter, dated December 19, 1907, from Miss Ann Pearsons of Northfield, Vermont, praises the product as a great success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Ann Pearsons
Northield
Potter Drug & Chém. Corp
Boston
Fragmented World News Digest on Debt Bread and Law
A ragged collection covers Japan debt growth from 33 million in 1878 to 1.12 billion in 1909 and the US debt drop, with notes on bread prices in Britain, olive oil production in Marseilles, Brazil wireless telegraph plans, and sanitary steel shoe straps in New York. It also reports Norwich Kan. population near 400, Mrs Hide Tnowye studying abroad, an extraordinary double egg, and a Paris court reform proposal to curb courtroom spectacle and hat etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mational Telegraph Department
Army
Navy
Brazil
Honduras
Toguelgalpa
San Lorenzo
Marseilles
Japan
United States
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York City
Norwich
Boatright
Bennett Township
Noriich
Kan.) Herald
Hide Tnowye
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
America
England
Germany
Snowye
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
William Childs
Guests of the Court Spark Paris Fashion at Trials
Paris readers learn that fashionable women pack the As siza Court to witness trials of Renard and Courtois. The London Globe correspondent notes crowds arrived hours early for admission, seeking social thrills from sensational legal proceedings, regardless of decorum or seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Assiza
Mandaine
Paris
London Globe
Renard
Courtois
Sleeping Cars on Indian Railways Promising Corridor Coach
American travelers praise a new six wheeler corridor sleeping car planned for broad gauge routes from Bombay north. The coach features end to end corridor access, two berths per compartment, individual lights and an electric fan, secure doors, a sliding partition to join compartments, an electric bell for attendants, separate men and women bathrooms, a servants compartment, and planned luggage storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bombay
Railway Board
Diversion of Energy and Household Wits Mix in Quip
A playful anecdote, Mrs Partington attempts to sweep the Atlantic with a broom while her husband consoles her, suggesting the effort distracts from house duties and showing why even the impossible has its use. A quip about young men and marriage notes that a homely girl excels at good biscuits.
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Prica
Munyon's
Romedy CO. Ord
Jeff N Ste
Phila
Almiatia
South Carotna
Peltit
JBOT
Howard Bros
Ferry Davis Prinkils
Iainoue
Frand
Abille
Sweden
Europe
Mr& Winsley
Hottie
Bobby
Sicking
Arthur
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
MR. Rockefeller
Hop Sing Tong
Dibbolotion
Tongs OF
Chowatown
State
Kansas City
Vilage
Jim Perking
Bill Abbott
Bil
Chele Bill
Uume
Cleo
Quasimode
Victor Hugo
Notre Dame
Quasimodo
Dick Crookhack
Nosey
Dwarf
Dauft
Pion Ons
Vierma
Riggker
Twirnilipollum
M. Honora
Poller
Ely
Palace of Justies
M. Honorat
Law Courts
Avotata-Genevaux
M. Hovorat
M. W Tonorat
Lydia E. Pinkham
Noah
Lydia B
Lizzin Houtann
Lydia
Pinkhoom
Pinkham
Lynn
Moss
Carters
IVER
PILLS
PILES
BEA
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