Dean's Kidney Pills touted for relief of female kidney troubles
A vintage advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache, hip pain, dizziness, headaches, and other kidney related ailments in women. It quotes Mrs. C R Foresman of Colorado and claims the product has helped thousands, selling for 50 cents a box.
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Dean
C. R. Foresman
Wighth
Cahon City
Colo
Relef
Doan
Poster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A Proud Pair In Town Feuds Rooster and Hat
In a humorous tale Fregende Blastter notes a peasant showing off the biggest rooster and, humorously, his wife wearing the biggest hat. The scene centers on pride and local boasting sparked by rural fashions and trophies.
Won't Mix Bad Food and Good Health
A Denver woman recalls health decline after meals and recovery after trying Grape Nuts. She credits the food with restoring appetite, removing stomach and brain discomfort, and aiding a weight gain of 12 pounds through a demanding summer. The ad-like narrative urges reading the booklet for proof.
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Denver
Long trial ends an unusual court record
San Francisco June 21 concluding the greatest issue in the city graft scandal the case of Patrick Calhoun millionaire president of the United railroads charged with bribery was given to the jury after a trial that began Jan 12 1909 Heney spoke fifteen hours ending Friday night charging witness fixing perjury against United railroads officers and employees He warned of threats in his bed and said defenses could be prepared The judge reminded him the moments were few Heney closed to a verdict and the jurors were escorted out as the room was watched The jury ended in disagreement with ten acquittals and two convictions leaving Calhoun case unresolved
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick Calhoun
Millonaire
United Railroads
Heney
James L. Gallagher
Oakland
A. A. Moore
Lawler
Coffey
Negro Shoots Two Brakemen Near Vallonia Iowa
A black man shot and killed brakeman Lee C. Warner and fatally wounded brakeman Alva Brechtel on an all car freight train one mile east of Vallonia Iowa. Conductor McCartney reported the incident and found the wounded men aboard the oil car. Brechtel, badly wounded, identified the shooter as a negro before dying.
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Lee CG. Warner
Alva
Brechtel
McCartney
West Side
Bechtel
It's My Daughter Elsie Siegel Case Identified
Paul Siegel identifies the body of Elsie Siegel found in a trunk in his New York room. The father confirms the girl is his daughter, while investigators pursue the mystery of her disappearance and the suspect Ling who may never be found.
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Siegel
New York
Leon Ling
Potter’s Field
Paul Siegel
Elsie
Denounce Salvation Army in Pan-Presbyterial talk
At a grand council session, Rev A F Forrest of Glasgow labeled the Salvation Army as losing its mission to save souls while Judge Forbes of St Johns described the Army as a tremendously rich oligarchy.
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Salvation Army
New York
Junge
Grand Counsel
Pan- Presbyterial Alliance
A. F. Forrest
Glasgow
Forbes
St. Johns
N. B
Heat Prostrations Claim Two In Kansas City
Jacob B. Crayne 62 a street car conductor died from heat after collapse on his way home Abraham Johnson a musician fainted while performing at an amusement park in Kansas City on June 21 indicating the severity of the heat wave.
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Kansas City
Kas
Jacob B. Crayne
Abraham Johnson
Pioneer Methodist Minister Dead in Guthrie
June 21 Guthrie Oklahoma reports the death of Hevy D. W. Baker aged 87 after seventy years of service as a Methodist minister. Early life and career details are scarce but note his long tenure and local church leadership.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Hevy D. W. Baker
Iowa Health Conserved At State Capitol Center
The old double residence near the Iowa capitol houses the pur a food dairy and veterinary departments under H R Wriecht and P O Koto. They have reached a high state of efficiency and plan new work including home dairying promotion and a serum laboratory to treat common swine ailments.
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State
Pura Food Department
Dairy Department
State Veterinary Department
H. R. Wriecht
P. O. Koto
Veterinary Department
Iowa
Church Converted Into Hosiery Mill On Grand Avenue
An old Swedish church on Grand avenue in Des Moines has been abandoned for worship and repurposed as a hosiery factory. About a hundred women and girls work daily operating knitting machines in the converted building.
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Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Big Money in Iowa Onions From Scott County Roots to State Wealth
A 19th century onion farming story details H Schutter and son F F Schutter in Scott County Iowa. From 1875 to 1894 they raised 10 to 14 acres yearly with average net profit of 3135 per acre. The piece argues vast untapped potential, estimating half the state under onion-like cultivation could yield over two billion in net agricultural profit.
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H. Schutter
Scott County
Iowa
United States
Schutter
F. F. Schutter
Memorials Shipped to West Stanley from Sunderland Makers
A bulk consignment of memorials including granite and freestone headstones and marble crosses, was sent from Messrs. McMann, sculptors of St. Mark's Sunderland, to West Stanley following the recount colliery disaster.
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Messrs. McMann
St. Mark's
Sunderland
West Stanley
Dinner Crumb on Nose Sparks Silent Comedy
A society woman narrates a dinner incident where a stray bread crumb sat on a guest's nose, causing unspoken laughter among onlookers. The vivacious woman remained unaware as companions refrained from revealing the mishap, until her husband discreetly removed the enclosing fragment with his napkin, ending the moment.
Quaint Inscriptions on Bells
The article notes bells often bear Latin inscriptions, usually terse and vigorous. Examples include a 12 o'clock bell with a phrase from the French Revolution and the Holy Ghost bell at Strasburg rung only when two fires are seen. It ends with a garbled line of Latin text as a final fragment.
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Strasburg
Old School Editor A B F Hildreth Remembered
A B F Hildreth of Charles City, aged 93, recalls his long career shaping news. Born February 29, 1816, he learned printing in Chelsea, ran papers in Lowell Boston Bradford Holyoke, and founded the Iowa Intelli gencer in Charles City in 1856 after moving west in 1855. His first printed panel sold for $20 and now rests in the Iowa historical department.
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A. B. F. Hildreth
Charles City
Hildreth
Horace Greeley
Family
Christian Intelligencer
New York City
The
New Yorker
Greeley
Mr. Hildreth
Chelsea
Lowell
Mass
Boston
Bradford
Holyoke
Mirror
Iowa
Galena
Ox Team
Historical Department of
Lawa
Sea Monster Sighted Beside British Ship Mereddio
On a voyage from Penarth to Santos the Mereddio reported a sea monster sighting. Chief Officer Murray and a Greek quartermaster described a massive lizard like creature with a whale sized body, green scales, a crest along its back, and movements that caused the sea to foam. The incident entered the scrap log and a permanent record aboard the Boston Herald noted crew confirmation.
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Mereddio
Clark
Penarth
Santos
Nell. Murray
Mereddic
East
Boston
Murray
Boston Herald
Florida Keys Conchs Dive and Fish With Glass Bottom Nets
The Florida keys dwellers known as Conchs are skilled in diving and spear fishing using a glass bottom bucket as a water glass. They hunt lobsters crayfish and fish at depth, cast nets for turtles, and sponge grounds lie near some legs.
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Florida Key
Florida Keys
Keys
Octopus Defined as Eight-Sided Cat by Teacher Now Jimmy Green
In a curious exchange a teacher asks Jimmy Green to define an octopus. Jimmy replies with a playful misdefinition calling it an eight-sided cat, reflecting a classroom moment of humorous misunderstanding.
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Jimmy Green
Sores Eyes Cured by Cutleura Ointment, 1908 Ad Tale
A patient recounts severe eye inflammation lasting two years, failing prior doctors, with eye drops and home remedies. After one week of Cutleura Ointment, eyes improved notably and remained healthy. The ad then diverts into a string of era advertisements and quips from various sources about products and sayings.
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Tam
Cutiura
Halsey
Mouth
Wilson
Potter Drag & Cham, Corp
Hole Propa
Boston
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Told By Patient
An 80-year-old Chicago woman faced a third operation for chronic inflammation and a small tumor. After two doctors warned she would die without surgery, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound reportedly restored her health after use. The testimonial urges women to strengthen their systems without unnecessary procedures.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frien
Lydia A EE
Pink Hm
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Lydia
Pinkham
Thousen Éynen
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