Dickens Death Anniversary and Miscellaneous World Facts
On the thirtieth anniversary of Charles Dickens death the tomb in Westminster Abbey was adorned with flowers. Cirrus clouds travel about eighty nine miles per hour on average and up to two hundred thirty in winter. Millbank Prison in Westminster London opened in 1812 and is called the English Bastile. Pekin police use drums to signal burglars while watchmen patrol all night. Australia lists military forces totaling thirty six thousand six hundred forty five personnel across five states.
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Charles Dickens
Westminster Abbey
Westminister
London
Millbank
England
Pekin
State taxes for schools rise from three to four million
Twenty years ago New York state taxes for school purposes were 3 million dollars a year, now 4 million. General state expenses, not counting canals education or care of the insane, have more than doubled in the same period.
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New York
Burns Named President of Holy Cross College in Washington
Rev. James A. Burns moves from Notre Dame community house leadership to the presidency of Holy Cross College in Washington. A professor of chemistry at Notre Dame with earlier work at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, he is noted as one of the nation’s young and capable Catholic educators and will direct the postgraduate program affiliated with the Catholic University of America.
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Congregation of the Holy Cross
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
James A. Burns
Community House
Holy Cross College
Washington
Catholic University of America
Father Burns
Notre Dame
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Catholic Educators of America
Ovarian Troubles Promised Relief From Pinkham Compound
Two women share letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian issues and abdominal swelling. Mrs Mary Suita of Arlington Iowa reports swelling subsiding after one bottle and recovery after five weeks. Mrs Evie Kyan of Ctisville Mich says six bottles cured falling of the womb and inflammation with restored mobility.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Mary Suita
Arlington, Iowa
Piinkham
Mus
Evsie Kyan
Ctisville, Mich
Child cured of St Vitus' Dance praised remedy
Arkansas City couple recount their daughter's three years of suffering from St Vitus Dance and the miraculous improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. They report weight gain and near full recovery after about a dozen boxes, touting the medicine as a cure for nervous disorders tied to impure blood.
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Traveler
Arkansas City
Kan
St. Vitus
Christopher Armstrong
Kun
Mary Armstrong
Kansas
W. D. Kramer
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Notre Dame University Advertised as Premier Western College
Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Indiana invites readers to request a free catalog and learn about terms courses and preparation. The ad notes a preparatory school a commercial course and St Edward's Hall for younger boys with emphasis on thorough classes exact student care and devotion to education. Fifty six years of active work in education underscores its reputation.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Notre Dame University
West
St. Edward's Hall
Supreme Court Upholds Foot-Ease Trademark Infringement Case
The Supreme Court in Buffalo issues a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting of sales against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, ruled an imitation of Foot-Ease. Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy, N Y, owns the Foot-Ease trademark and will mail free samples. Further suits planned against other infringers to protect the trademark and common law rights.
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Justice Laughlin
Supreme Court
Buffalo
Paul B. Hudson
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Grove's Tasteless Chill Cure Claim Adverts Iron Quinine
A vintage advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Cure for malaria with iron and quinine. It claims superior formula, tonic effect, and broad U S distribution. The copy asserts imitation rivals and guarantees No Cure No Pay at 50 cents.
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Yucatan
Grove
Grove’s
United States
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New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Sawyer’s
Nova Scotia
Continents
Mia
Winslow
Parker
Baccamm
Joan F Bork
Trinity Springs
Hall
Price
America
Wolfe
Putnam
Pocahontas Tobacco Works
Bedford City
Virginia
C.J. Moffett
St. Louis
Reme Court
M. DD
Hoxden
Southington Conn
Ethina
Finlay, Dicks & Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Rt & C
Cotte
Chyler
Lee
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