Cry for Help Letters Promote Pinkham Remedy
A 1899 letter from Mrs. S. J. Watson of Hampton Virginia describes chronic female illness and relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The correspondence urges others to seek Pinkham's advice and medicine, noting improved health and walking distance after four months of use.
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King
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. Watson
Hampton
Pixxham
National City Bank of
Lynn
The New Sovereign Assumes Edward VII Title
At a privy council meeting the king adopted the title Edward VII king of Great Britain Ireland and emperor of India. He wore a military uniform at the accession ceremony and spoke briefly with earnestness. Proclamation signed by princes and city officials in London.
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Edward VII
London
Privy Council
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
India
Edward
Albert
Albert the
McKinley
Washington
Osborne
White House
Washington, D. C
Winter stock judging school closes at Iowa college Ames
The winter stock judging program at Iowa Agricultural College Ames exceeded expectations with over 300 applications. About 250 accommodated in stock judging and 50 in the creamery course. The project stems from liberal state funds for a new stock pavilion and $10,000 worth of pure bred stock.
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Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
C. F. Curtiss
Government Experiment Station
Agricultural Department
America
Curtiss
Visitor’s Stopover Sparks Cordial Greeting
A visitor says he is merely stopping between trains and the host responds with unusual warmth, making the encounter notably friendly as reported by the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison Globe
Low Rate Winter Tours to the Sunny South
The Mobile & Ohio offers Special Low Rate Excursions valid until June 1 to Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Cuba and Central and South America with stops at top hotels. Also provides Low Rate Homeseeker’s tours monthly and One Way Settler’s trips at very low rates. Agents listed in Mobile Chicago and Detroit.
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Mobile & Ohio
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Cuba
South America
J. T. Poe
Mobile
C. M. Shepard
Ala
H. Bohreer
Marquette Bldg
Chicago, Ill
West Fort Street
Detroit, Mich
Quote on Truth Sparks Debate from Atchison Globe
A terse editorial perspective from the Atchison Globe questions the constancy of truth in public discourse and suggests that disagreement persists despite confidence in one viewpoint. The piece frames the issue as a universal condition rather than a conclusion.
German alliance eyed in British editorial on Russian policy
The Daily Chronicle editorial discusses a possible appointment of Emperor William as a British field marshal and urges that a German alliance should not be discarded. It argues the alliance’s prestige and potential active cooperation may be needed if tensions rise in China amid Russian policy.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
China
William
Young Arnold Sentenced to Ten Years at Old Bailey
London Jan 26 Julian T. B. Arnold son of Sir Edwin Arnold was extradited from San Francisco in October last charged with misappropriating trust funds and was sentenced to ten years penal servitude at the Old Bailey on Friday.
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Edward
Parliament
London
Lord Halsbury
William Court Gully
Edward Rex
House of Commons
British Empire
Young Arnold
Old Bailey
Julian T. B. Arnold
Sir Edwin Arnold
San Francisco
Oldest Yale Graduate Dead
Benjamin D. Sillman, Yale College’s oldest graduate and a Brooklyn lawyer, died Thursday in his Brooklyn home at age ninety six from bronchial pneumonia after a brief illness beginning the prior Wednesday.
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Yale
New York
Benjamin D. Sillman
Yale College
Brooklyn
Devoe Estate Ruling Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld a marriage contract that barred A B Devoe’s fourth wife from dower rights. The widow, 27 when she married the 73 year old, claimed fraud but the court found the contract valid and fair. Devoe left about 160000 with seven children surviving.
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A. B. Devoe
Creston
Devoe
Supreme Court
IOWA SCHOOLS DISCUSS UNIFORM TEXTBOOK LISTS
A clipped Iowa page notes counties adopting uniform texts in schools. It also recounts a spoof graveyard incident in Iowa City where students staged a freshman initiation at a churchyard monument. The piece expands into ads for Peruna with testimonies on la grippe and catarrh remedies.
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Iowa City
C. D. Powell
Epworth League
Loyal Temperance Legion
Chehalis
Wash
M. A. Sharick
G. A. R. Woman's Relief Corps
Fremont
Peruna
T. W. Collins
Independent
Order of Good Templars
Everett, Wash
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Lincoln elopes from Winnebago reservation to Sioux City
Abraham Lincoln a Winnebago Indian about 50 years old left his wife and large family on the Winnebago reservation and ran off with a young squaw to Sioux City. He departed January 10 with three young squaws bound for Pipestone Minnesota and sang "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" in Sioux City before continuing to Pipestone.
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Abraham Lincoln
Sioux City
Pipestone
Minn
Abraham
Iowa saloonkeepers warned on mulet law violations
The Iowa supreme court warned saloonkeepers they must not run a lunch room with the saloon or store beer in a cellar without a street entrance. Both acts violate the mulet law and punishments may follow.
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Iowa
Supreme Court
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Winneshiek
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Worth
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Canada
Immigration Department of Interior
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Immi
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Atlanta, Ga
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