Mrs Root dismayed by Washington life and cabinet shock
The wife of Secretary of State Elihu Root expresses disdain for Washington while her husband accepts John Hay's cabinet seat. She jokes her husband would take any offer in the capital, highlighting the surprise of Root's nomination as the nation considers a New York return. The note appears amid broader seeds catalog promotions from Salzer Seed Co offering 12 cent postpaid seeds and free catalogs.
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Elihu Root
Washington
Root
New York
Mr. Root
John Hay
Armel
Oho A
Salzer Seed Co
Bor C
la Crosse
Wis
Couldn't Gatch Him From The Cleveland Leader
Farmer Woddershucks explains his misadventure in Washington where a senator blocked him at a hotel saying register, but he insists he already registered back home. Mrs Foddershucks reacts with astonishment as the farmer recalls the encounter and quips about being accused of repetition.
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Cleveland
Farmer Woddershucks
Deafness Cure Claim and Allcock Plaster Ad Feature
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure for ear inflammation and deafness caused by catarrh, promising 100 dollars for curable cases and detailing Eustachian Tube inflammation. It also touts Allcock's porous plasters as a sixty year old trusted remedy for pain relief, urging safe use and global reach. The piece mentions a South African mining magnate's wealth and daily income estimates.
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Hall
Tree
Chensy & CO
Toledo
Depew Mocked by President Over Perpetual Youth Joke
From the New York World, Senator Depew visits the president this morning and is praised yet teased for his resemblance to the old blithe Depew. The exchange includes a jab about a perpetual youth spring and a quip about stock in an exploiting company.
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New York World
Depew
Debonair Depew
Peekshill
Dr Williams Pink Pills Help After Grip
In a West Bay City anecdote Mrs Jennie Cowan details severe grip related decline. She recovers after using Dr Williams Pink Pills which rebuilt her blood, eased heart flutter and neuralgia, and she continues to use them to stay well. The testimonial notes cures for rheumatic pain and fevers as well as general vitality.
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Dy. Williams
The Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Pierce’s Remedies
An advertisement extols the Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver disorders. It lists native roots used and claims strong health benefits, offering a free medical booklet from Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York and selling All-Healing Salve and Pleasant Pellets for digestion and bowel function.
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Doutor Plateo
Rt. V. Piorea
Buffalo
N. Y
Bartholom
King
Scuddey
Coe
Ellingwood
Mm.s
Meri
Pierce
Cindy
Ready Reply at Union Station Ends With Icebox Comment
Passengers board two passenger coaches and a baggage car at Providence Union station for a timed departure. A brakeman confirms the smoking car while a fat woman criticizes the train as looking like a cattle car and feeling like an icebox, prompting a sharp retort about cold storage and impudence.
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Providence Journal
Terrible to recall five weeks in bed with kidney trouble
Mrs Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut describes severe kidney disease with constant pain backache and headaches. She credits Donn's Kidney Pills for dramatic early improvement and final cure after five boxes. Also notes topaz in Rome and a claim that PAZO OINTMENT cures piles in 6 to 14 days with money back guarantee.
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Mary Wagner
Kassuth Ave
Bridgeport
Conn
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Yorkshire Wildfowler at Four Score Still a Strong Shot
From the London Daily Graphic, the last Yorkshire wildfowler, Snowden Slights, is an active, expert hunter near York. At nearly eighty, he stalks ducks on the Derwent flood plain using a punt and long poles, targeting gaallard, widgeon and teal with skill and patience.
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London Daily Graphic
Snowden
Brehts
Derwent
York
Punt
Widgeon
Satirical nut comparison and Shaw Telegram dispute
From the St Paul Dispatch a satirical note likens a diminutive nut to a politician with ambitious pretensions, calling him a Sehinquipha and contrasting with the “peanut politician.” The piece discusses Secretary Shaw’s Iowa telegram about Roosevelt’s stance on Governor Cummins, urging Shaw’s removal and the Cummins nomination, and ends with a 1900s trap book offer from a Minnesota firm.
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St. Paul
Aiza
Iowa
Shaw
Cummins
Roosevelt
Republican Central Committee
Towa
Iowan
Ship Without a Country Alta Sailorless Barkentine
The barkentine Alta formerly sailed under Chilean colors faces an uncertain status as a ship without a country. Despite American ownership and financing, the four mast steel vessel lacks American register or home port, hindering crew signing and customs clearance. Built in 1890 at Port Glasgow, the 2032 net ton ship now seeks a Philippine register amid political shifts.
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Barkentine Alta
Tacoma Ledger
Tacoma
Callan
United States
Alta
Port Townsend
Thenagel
Manila
Altn
Marth
Hawaii
Br, Duncan & Co
Port Glasgow
A. F P. Lorentzian
Lloyds Register
White Bread Causes Illness, Woman Says Grape Nuts Helped
A Wisconsin woman recalls years of illness from Cerebro spinal congestion female trouble and stomach problems. After avoiding white bread for two years under a doctor and using Grape Nuts with a glycerin treatment she recovered. She reports improved digestion strength and ability to work and says she has eaten Grape Nuts daily since. She invites publication of her letter.
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Wis
Peruna a household friend across English speaking world
Peruna is described as a household word in over a million homes and growing daily, an old ready remedy for catarrhal diseases of head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs. The ad urges asking druggists for the 1907 Peruna Almanac and notes identity claims. A line toward a joke about verses and pseudonyms appears, then a “to cure a cold in one day” claim for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets with a money back guarantee and Groves signature on each box.
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B. W. Groves
Verdict Sought in Impure Whisky Trial Evidence Case
A San Francisco case on selling impure whisky moved through trial with whisky offered as evidence and the jury retiring to weigh it. The foreman asked for more evidence, signaling a need for further clarification before verdict.
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San Francisco News-Letter
Cuticura Remedies Cited In Child Eczema Trial
A Detroit Free Press reader recounts a year eight month old daughter’s worsening eczema. After multiple doctors and costly treatments failed, the family used Cuticura Remedies with apparent skin improvement in three days and complete healing of sores in a week, though eye damage remained.
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Savere
le Eops
Dovtor No. 3
Per
Ler
Oswego
Aod
Frank Abbott
P. D
Ne Bolte
Osweep
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