Where Doctors Fail and Health Remedies Proliferate
A jumble of testimonial requests for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash accompanies ads for Omaha and Fremont racing circuits, hotels, and travel stops. The piece weaves medical claims with promotional notices, urging readers to seek cures and travel to racing events in Nebraska towns, featuring names, dates, and vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Judson
Schermerhorn Golf Club
Rooklyn
New York
Lydia Binkham
Paqaine Jupson
Hoyt Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Various Patent Remedies Mentioned
An eclectic mix of medicinal claims and testimonials appears, touting Hall's Catarrh Cure, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets among others. The piece also notes Defiance Starch value, a political hint about separating parties, and a seed vendor Henry A Salzer contributing to a local YMCA debt.
Boers Surrender Reduced Bitter Feelings In South Africa
Pretoria June 13 10226 Boers surrendering up to date include many youths and men under 30 though some septuagenarians. Frendly mood rising among Burghers despite remaining bitterness toward France and Germany. General DeWet praises young fighters while Orange River colonists report low ammunition surrender. General Eliott says King Edward and British aim to aid Burghers return home and farms. King telegraphs congratulations to the Burghers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
France
Germany
Britain
National Scouts
DeWet
Orange River Colony
Kronstadt
Eliott
Edward
King
Lord Kitchener
Senator Elkins Proposes Cuba Admission as State
Washington June 16 Senator Elkins introduced a joint resolution for annexation of Cuba and its admission as a state with a republican government. The plan sets a 1904 deadline for Cuba to submit a proposed constitution and caps debt charges on the U S. A $100 000 appropriation is provided. The senator argues admission avoids unsettled tariff disputes and compares terms to Texas admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Elkins
Senate
Cuba
Republic of
United States
Republic of Cuba
Texas
Republican Party
Millionaire and King Meet at Choate Dinner
A crowd gathered outside the American ambassador's Carlton House terrace home as King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Choate. J Pierpont Morgan joined the king for a half hour of discussion while other dignitaries observed the scene. The event was hailed as a landmark for American prestige in England. Barnum Elephant is killed in France after going mad en route to the railway station, with 200 workers trying to restrain it before the animal was shot. A note on pineapple juice as a throat treatment is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Edward
London
Joseph H. Choate
Carlton House Terrace
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Choate
Princess Victoria
Duke of Norfolk
Duke
Duchess of Portland
Lord Rosebery
Karl
Countess of Penrouse
Earl
Countess Spencer
William
Lady Vernon Harcourt
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
Miss Balfour
Earl of Derby
Alice Stanley
Aaron de Stahl
J. Pierpont Morgan
Whitelaw
Mrg
Dreid
Mrs. Choate
England
Ours
France
Barnum and Bailey
California Fig Syrup Co
Unclear Wharf and Hereafter Talk Shake Bradford Court
A Bradford judge fines a deaf mute man four shillings thirty for coarse words to his mute father. The item includes disparate notes on Siberian rivers, Lena tributary ice nine feet thick, Japanese soldiers’ gymnastic prowess, sailors hearing underwater bells, and a fog signal to be submerged fifty feet off Hee Rock England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
England
Siberia
Lena
Hee Rock
Lynn
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised By Justice Peterson
Charles P. Peterson of Breed WisconsinJustice of the Peace for Oconto County recounts relief from long running back pain after using one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills claiming it cured his ailment and Patrick Peterson endorses the product to others. Also includes advertisements for Allen's Foot Ease and other miscellaneous notices and sales pitches from various companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breed
Wis
Charles P. Peterson
Oconto County
Dodd
Mr. Peterson
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lydia
Pinkham
Pauline Udson
Omaha
Nebraska
Millard
A. A. Swearingen
Fremont
Tekamah
David City
Hastings
Friend
Seward
York
Hebron
Beatrice
Lincoln
Auburn
Hubbell
Russ
Mother Gray
LeHoy
Thompson
Mengel, JR. & Bro, Co., Inc
Louisville, KY
UT Garson Land Company
Burlington
Gola
Conricerti Bienis
Fronence
Masa
Magnetic Starch Mfg
Omaha, Neb
Hall
Price
Nic
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolia
Minn
Defiance
Defiance Btarch
Henry A. Salzer
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Ganty
Beckman Bros
Des Moines
Iowa
All Wright
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pill CO
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Eureka
Eureka Chemical CO
Millionaire
Chilly Blain
Sanborn Company
Neb
Laine
Sendsty, Lavelle Mty Co
Dent D.pargons Acoo
Des Moines, No
Corteuns
Brannyven
Real
Wrench
le Rue de la Paix
Parle
Boston
U.S.A
Rowea
Jhiglar
Burssine
Prinia Fic
San Francisco
Cal
New York, N
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