Peruna The Hartman remedy praised by Ottawa woman
A Ottawa woman Miss Florence E Kenah writes how Peruna cured a severe lung cold and digestive upset within three weeks claiming renewed health and strong faith in the remedy. Miss Rose Gerbing of Crown Point Ind reports rapid relief after two bottles and offers Peruna to friends in need. Dr Hartman invites inquiries for free advice from Columbus Ohio headquarters.
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Florence E. Kenah
Maria Street
Ottawa
Ont
Wvomen
Rose Gerbing
Crown Point
Ind
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Mirror prompts a cure for pimples and dull complexion
The notice urges readers to pay 50 cents for a remedy to eliminate pimples and a sallow complexion. It promises improvement in overall health by addressing constipation liver troubles indigestion and dyspepsia, likening results to an April day after a shower.
Money Back Promises From Pepsin Syrup Co Monticello
The Monticello Illinois firm Pepsin Syrup Co offers a money back guarantee to customers who are not benefited by their product. The notice emphasizes customer satisfaction and refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello, Ili
Bargain pulls a door name into a sly vow
A Cleveland Leader quip recalls a wife who boasts of cheap purchases. She shows a brass door plaque inscribed Wilkins. Her husband questions the value while she imagines future uses noting she paid a quarter yet predicts it could prove costly if she dies and he remarries the Wilkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Cleveland Leader
Local Man Praised for Kidney Pill Healing
Ulric Levasseur of 658 First St New Bedford Mass reports a dramatic recovery from general weakness and back pain after two months on Dodd's Kidney Pills. He calls the remedy a God sent cure and says he is as strong as ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Mar
First St
Ulric Levasseur
Dodd
Notable exchange on stage plans sparks debate
Blohardt reflects on a past idea to pursue magic, recalling friends who urged him away. Knocker questions whether this was a move supported by friends of the theater, as reported by the Baltimore American.
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Blohardt
Knocker
Baltimore
The Overland Limited Train Service
The Overland Limited runs daily from Chicago to the Coast on the Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. A solid train option linking Chicago with western destinations, showcasing premier rail travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Limited
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Life lessons as a 30 day note reminds reader
A brief line from the Chicago Daily News notes how a 30 day note serves as a sharp reminder of life’s persistent demands and daily trials.
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Chicago Daily Ews
Chicago and North Western Railway Doubles Track Link
The Chicago and North Western completes a double track connection between Chicago and the Missouri River, expanding rail capacity and improving service reliability across the corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago
Missouri River
Quote on love and justice by R. L. Stevenson
A brief reflection contrasts personal justice with outward love, attributed to author R. L. Stevenson. The statement frames justice as self-directed and love as aimed at others.
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R. L. Stevenson
Iowa Woman Granted Divorce From Zion Leader’s Father
Mrs Elizabeth J North Dowie won a divorce from John Murray Dowie, father of the Zion movement founder in Chicago. After a Chicago visit she married him, lived in Clarinda, then separated claiming Cruelty. A $5000 gold settlement was paid. she valued around 100000 at marriage and will keep his Essex home.
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Elizabeth J. North-Dowie
John Murray Dowie
Zion
Chicago
Colorado
Page County
North
Dowie
Essex
Methodist minister sentenced to twenty years for assault
Rev. C. B. McKay of Onawa was sentenced to 20 years in Anamosa state penitentiary by Judge Wakefield after conviction at the December term for assault on a parishioner’s daughter and leading astray an older sister. The younger girl he married testified. the case will be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. McKay
Onawa
Anamosa
Wakefield
Supreme Court
Five Die, Forty-Two Injured In Clifton Hotel Fire
A Cedar Rapids blaze destroyed the Clifton hotel at two o'clock in the morning. Five persons burned to death and 42 were injured, some fatally, as flames spread from the basement possibly from an electric wire. A bellboy spotted the fire and alarm began after the night clerk was informed, trapping many on the ground floor.
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Clifton
Cedar Rapids
Scaffold Fall Kills One at Davenport Orphans Home
A scaffold collapse at the soldiers' orphans' home in Davenport killed John C. Davis and injured four other men. Davis, married twice, left 20 children of whom 18 survive, many relying on his second wife for support.
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Davenport
John C. Davis
Davis
Tragic Express Collision Kills Local Pedestrian
The day express train going west on the Rock Island railway struck and killed Reuben Rucker near his farm between Monroe and Fairmount. A single fatality noted as an elderly man.
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Rock Island Railway
Reuben Rucker
Rucker
Monroe
Fairmount
Bridge Contractor R F Baker Dies After Fall in Sioux City
R F Baker, a well known bridge contractor, fell from a 20 foot roof in Sioux City striking his head. He never regained consciousness and died a few hours later in hospital.
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R. F. Baker
Sioux City
Doan’s Kidney Pills Cited By Sterling Man As Cure
Mr A W Lutz of 109 17th Ave Sterling Illinois testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured backache and kidney related ailments after starting in November 1897. He states the three years since have not contradicted his claim and endorses the medicine. A free trial offer and nationwide mailing are described. Price is 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY handles sales with druggists carrying the product.
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Bright
Doan
A. W. Lutz
17Th Ave
Sterling, IL
Dean
Mr. Lutz
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
State Health Board classifies chickenpox and reimposes smallpox quarantine
The state board of health issued an order labeling chickenpox contagious and enforcing regular smallpox quarantine amid concerns doctors misdiagnose mild smallpox as chickenpox. In other news, Herbert Livix and Mrs. Barney McDaniels were arrested in Mace donia for murdering McDaniels's husband. he was found with throat wounds. Additional incidents include a fatal arson in Sioux City, a bank plan by Sumner and Fredericksburg residents, and various local damages and crimes.
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State Board of Health
Herbert Livix
Barney McDaniels
Macedonia
McDaniels
Andrew Anderson
Sioux City
Anderson
Calmar
Grant Township Creamery
Ruthven
Sumner
Fredericksburg
State Bank of
Western Elevator Company
Winona
Davenport
Harold Peterson
M. H. Loomer
Waterloo
M. Henry
Johnson & Tomek
Chicago
Knipe
University of Iowa
Evanston
T. J. Crippen
Mr. Crippen
Mount Vernon
Untitled dialogue clip from Chicago Daily News
Short exchange notes Miss Winters's decline in looks over six weeks as her father moves to erase Wall Street from public view. The snippet hints at a personal or social subplot in a Chicago paper's column.
Will Interest Mothers Mother Gray's Powder for Children
Nurse Mother Gray in New York’s Children's Home offers a powder for feverish ness stomach troubles and worm destruction. All druggists 25 cents sample free address A.8. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Greatest and Sublimest Power Is Patience
A concise quote praising patience as a supreme force, attributed to Bushnell, highlighting quiet endurance over force or haste.
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Bushnell
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Pitch
Ad copy touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for colds with a money back guarantee. Mentions Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as speedy remedies. Includes old slogan about promptness in business and a quoted protest line.
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Hale
Pike
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Best Family Laxative
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. as the best universal laxative for families. It praises its plant-based formula, purity, and manufacturing quality, claiming physicians endorse it and urging buyers to purchase only genuine, labeled with the full company name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Western Canada Arousing Great Interest
The article notes growing U S interest in Canadian settlement north of the 49th parallel. Immigrants are invited to take 160 acre free homesteads, with agencies listed in multiple midwestern and northern states to provide farming, dairy, and freight details and rates.
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Minnesota
Dakota
United States
Canada
St. Paul
Calm man Calms Tempers in Quarrel
A calm man reproaches his irascible friend for losing temper. The friend retorts he keeps more temper in a day than the other has in a year, as quoted from Youth's Companion.
Mrs Robbins Credits Piso Cure for Saving Life
Mrs Thos Robbins of Norwich New York writes that Piso's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years ago expressing gratitude in a February 17 1900 note. The testimonial highlights the remedy's life changing effect cited by a private reader.
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Thos. Robbins
Norwich, N. Y
American Roots Of Friendship Recalled
A fragment notes that yy served as the root of much friendship among Americans, highlighting a community memory of shared bonds and informal ties.
Dyeing Made Easy with Put Nam Fadeless Dyes
A brief note touts using Put nam Fadeless Dyes to simplify fabric coloring by treating dyeing as simply washing.
Girl Who Cannot Cook Faces Suppression Claim
A Chicago Daily News item reports a girl unable to cook may be compelled to learn or be suppressed as a social role issue. The note reflects era views on feminine domestic labor and potential enforcement of cooking expectations.
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Chicago Daily News
Woman Credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound For Relief
Mrs Laura L Bremer of Crown Point Indiana reports two years of severe spinal pain and sickness eased after using Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. She says three bottles brought new life and advises friends to try the remedy while noting the authenticity of the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura L. Bremer
Crown Point
Indiana
Pinkha Lyn Mass
Steamboat Fog Tries Route by Stars Over Island Sound
In dense fog near Lo Island Sound a steamboat nears the landing. A traveler asks the wheelman why he does not proceed, and the pilot replies that only after his compass or star guidance can they find the way. Passengers remain aboard as the voyage continues with uncertainty.
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Lo Island Sound
Biler
Philadelphia
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F. BE. Kenah
Florence Kenah
VOSC
Vose Piano Company
VOSE
Boylston Street
Boston
Wabash Ave
Ill
Mary O. Hahn
Michigan Ave
Dr. Caldwell
Miles
Iowa State News
Financially Speaking
Chesterfield
Western Canada
America
New Yorker
Salzer
Wisconsin
Mammoth
John A. Salzer Seed CO
la Crosse
Atifsrnia Fignyrup
San Francisco
Cal
Lewisville, Ky
New York, N. Y
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