Dr Williams Pink Pills and a rosy complexion tale
An advertisement narrative recounts Mamie Conway's transformation from a sickly, blemished skin to radiant health after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. It links clear skin to healthy blood, cites past complaints and recovered vitality, and promotes purchase at any druggist. It also includes assorted humorous clippings and notices typical of a late 19th or early 20th century periodical.
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Mamie Conway
Nervana
Dr. Williams
Miss Conway
East Lighth Street
Danton
Ohio
Milltown of Vegetables Seed Trade Claim
A reader notes a misreader report about AY Salter Reed Co of Crosse Wisconsin, claiming their seed growers are among the most reliable and extensive in the world. The point emphasizes the seed trade and notable figures in agriculture.
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Milltown
Buiter
Datin AY Salter Reed Co
Crosse
Wis
Selzer Warranted Vegetable Seeds Offer
An old advertisement offers a seed package including Calhages lettuce onions celery and more, claiming 1 090 Calhages and 4 000 other vegetables plus a fur mous Lerliney Caulifawer package if a 20 cent postage is sent. The notice urges return of the advertisement to receive the seeds.
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Selzer
Costaan
W. N.Y
Assembly to consider popular meeting in Russia
Berlin reports a Tsarskoe Selo committee of ministers decided on March 4, the serfdom abolition anniversary, to issue a manifesto summoning a zemsky zabor with details to be drafted in Petersburg. An extraordinary council of the empire is to review the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius amid rumors of threats to the imperial family.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
St Petersburg
Tsarskoe Selo
Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Sergius
St. Petersburg
Nis
Zemsky
Grand Duke
Paul
Madama Olga Pistolkovs
Russia
Chaudoff
Romanoff
Cathedral of
St. Peter and St. Paul
Treooff
Moscow
Kremlin
Grand Duke Sergius Is Killed In Bomb Attack At Moscow
A bomb explodes under the Grand Duke Sergius's carriage in Moscow as it travels past the Nicholas Palace vicinity. The coachman and the grand duke are killed. the grand duke's head is described as severed from his body. Two men in disguise flee, later arrested, with one declaring that he has done his job.
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Moscow
Sergius
Nicholas Palate
Senare
Law Courts
Assassination of Grand Duke Sergius Stirs St Petersburg
News from Moscow of Grand Duke Sergius’s assassination creates a huge sensation in St. Petersburg where officials report the act as a direct challenge to autocracy and a revival of old nihilist clashes. The piece notes Sergius as influential, unpopular governor general of Moscow and a target amid rising revolutionary activity.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Sergius
Moscow
Siberia
Trepoff
Kremlin
Alexander II
Paul
Kuropatkin
Koursk
Socialistic Revolutionary Party
Count Bobrikoff
Finland
MM. Sipjaguine
van Plehge
Nicholas II
Sergings
Zemsky Sobor
Russia Faces Zemsky Sobor Call Amid Mobilization Struggles
In Tsarkoe-Selo the drive to convene the zemsky sobor grows as mobilization woes threaten reserves for the front. A patriotism wave may help or, if sobor backs peace, shift responsibility to representatives. Witte’s resignation rumors circulate amid a cautious, influential campaign against him.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarkoe-Selo
Sky Sobor
Semsky Sobor
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Factories Resolve to Telegraph Finance Minister
Lodz February 17 manufacturers at a meeting last evening resolved to telegraph full details of the situation to the minister of finance. Twenty five factories, among the largest in Lodz, paid off their men today and closed indefinitely. The men dismissed number forty thousand. Some mills that had refused to pay the strikers claimed money was due them. At one mill the strikers spent the entire night around the pullees. The city remains quiet.
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Lodz
Pulees
Grippenberg Key to Kuropatkin Clash Claims Victory Fumbled
Reports from St Petersburg describe General Grippenberg detailing a battle where he says he could have won but Kuropatkin refused aid. Grippenberg alleges Kuropatkin’s orders limited advances to Heikotai and Sande pas, while officers and supporters debate whether Grippenberg pressed too far.
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Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Grippenberg
Oyama
Hher
Heikotai
Sandepas
Lew Wallace Dies at 73 in Crawfordsville Ind
General Lew Wallace author of Ben Hur and former minister to Turkey died at his Crawfordsville home aged 73 after a prolonged illness. Known for his Civil and Mexican War service, his health had waned for years yet his final words to his wife were I am ready to meet my Maker. The death followed a worsening condition at 7 30 pm yesterday.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Lew Wallace
Ben Hour
Turkey
Roosevelt orders oil investigation into Standard Oil
President Roosevelt directs James R. Garfield to begin an immediate, broad inquiry by the Commerce and Labor Department into Standard Oil operations. The probe, requested by the House and approved unanimously, will be rapid yet thorough, with scope and duration to be announced later. Rep Campbell seeks focus on Kansas field but anticipates expansion to Beaumont Texas and possibly other fields.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jas. R. Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
House of Representatives
Garfield
Representative Campbell
Kansas
House
Campbell
Kansas Field
Standard Oi Company
Beaumont
Texas
Peace prospects after assassination and war news
In diplomatic circles Friday's tragedy is seen as possibly guiding the government toward peace. The emperor and ministers discussed the matter February 16 amid warnings from Witte and others. Separately, Japanese and Chinese bands threaten Manchurian lines, raising alarm over supply routes and prompting reinforced railroad guards. A bribery claim about a Russian NCO and a flood of cold weather impact Texas cattle and the nation.
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Sergius
St. Petersburg
Seb
Associated Press
Bia
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Gripenberg
War Office
Mongolia
Harbin
Foreign Office
Knui
Kidney Pills Relieve Terrible Pain Say Nor mal Dealer
A.C. Sprague of Normal HL reports two years of kidney pain and sleepless nights. After using three boxes of Deans Kidney Pills he claims improved sleep, no discomfort, and renewed ability to work. Milburn Co. Buffalo distributes at 50 cents. Also promotes Lewis Single Binder cigars with praise of quality and aroma.
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Dean
A. C. Sprague
A.C. Spraaur
Milburn Co
Buffalo
Deafness Remedies and Humorous Quips in 19th Century Ads
A compact, fragmentary window shows old medical claims on deafness and ear cure methods, including hall’s catarrh remedy and a tumbling mix of ads. It mixes price notes, product pitches, and quips from newspapers like the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Detroit Free Press, reflecting period humor and health lore.
Skeleton in Kissmore’s Closet Remark Sparks Dinner Memory
A guest recalls an uneasy dinner with Kissmore, joking about a hidden skeleton in the house. The memory hints at odd sounds from the kitchen as if objects were being thrown, suggesting a tense, unseen tension surrounding the family.
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Kissmore
Judge Delivers Witty Exchange in Domestic Abuse Case
A courtroom scene features a judge asking a defendant about alleged daily abuse of his wife. The prisoner quips that mornings are his best time because he must rush for a car after breakfast, highlighting conflicting tones in a domestic violence context.
Food and Grape-Nuts Bring Relief at Hot Springs
A visitor reports dramatic improvement from stomach and bowel issues after using Grape-Nuts and cream at Hot Springs. He notes better digestion, sounder sleep, weight gain, and sharper mental clarity after following the simple directions from The Road to Wellville booklet, despite baths that tend to deplete flesh.
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Wellville
Hot Springs
Ark
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