Dean's Kidney Pills Proclaimed To Save Life
Mrs. E. T. Gould of Chicago testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her Bright's Disease symptoms including eye trouble backache and dizziness after 1903. She notes frequent painful kidney secretions and claims lasting health since the remedy's use. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo markets them at 50 cents per box through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Gould
W. Lake Street
Chicago
Dean
Bright
Sidney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers free trial offer
An advertisement promotes Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers claiming to cure stomach ailments without drugs. It offers two boxes for 75 cents or a free sample via coupon, asserting the product works by absorption and is harmless. It targets readers with indigestion gas heartburn and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers Free Box Coupon Offer
A coupon offer promises a free box of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers to readers who mail their name address and the druggist's name who does not sell it to Marino's Garre Toxie Co 147 Third Ave Rock Island Illinois. Sold at all druggists for 60c per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull
Mrcun's Gaare Toxie Co
Third Ave
Rock Island, Il
America
Mull’s
Mull’s Grape Tonic Co
Rock Island, Tdl
Stingy figure Hardappe-Closefist lauded in city tale
A Philadelphia Record snippet portrays a stingy character named Hardappe-Closefist who delights in denying requests, describing a curmudgeonly persona as a moral lesson about refusals.
Cure of salt rheum on hands praised in letter
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin writes that her husband suffered agony from salt rheum on his hands and kept them bandaged. After trying various remedies, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and was cured, with hands remaining smooth. She hopes the letter helps others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Man with a clean conscience praised by Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben laments the man with a clean conscience feels comfortable while contrasting him with the man who has no conscience at all, as quoted in Washington.
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Eben
Washington
Splendid Nickel Plate Passenger Service Noted for Care
The Nickel Plate Road offers attentive service with uniformed colored porters for both 1st and 2nd class passengers. Ladies traveling alone or with children receive special attention, with excellent dining and sleeping car service and no excess fares. Trains depart from La Salle Street Station, Chicago. for tickets and routes contact J. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
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la Salle Street Station
Chicago
Calahan
Adams St
Water wagon and brewery truck won’t work says Tribune
The New York Tribune opinion notes that a mix of a water wagon and a brewery truck fails to solve a problem. It argues for a different approach to supply or distribution, highlighting limitations of the combined method.
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N. Y
Local Notices Reflect Cough Cure Praise and Dress View
An advertisement fragment quotes J W O Brien of Minneapolis praising Piso's Cure as a cough remedy. It also notes a mirror line about a pretty girl and modern man's chivalry attributed to N O Picayune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
N. O. Picayune
Schiff testifies minutes false on Equitable stock purchase
Jacob H. Schiff testified before the life insurance investigating committee that Equitable Life minutes falsely recorded a February 1962 purchase of 500000 shares of Union Pacific preferred stock for a holding account. He said no such transaction occurred and questioned James H. Hyde's participation in syndicate deals. He also cited a pool among Equitable, Mutual, and New York Life to influence state legislation.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Life Insurance Investigating Committee
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Union Pacific
Schiff
Equitable
James H. Hyde
Hyde
Mr. Schiff
Alexander
Alfred W. Maine
Equitable Life
The
Mutual Life
New York Life Companies
Postmasters Enlisted In Battle Against Obscene Cards
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock circles postmasters to bar obscene or indecent postcards from the mails. He appoints each postmaster as judge of card character, with the commissioner acting as final arbiter in doubt. The department notes widespread use of mails for pre trial cards and has extended comic valentine season year round as complaints rise.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Packers Lose Plea in Sherman Antitrust Cases
In Chicago on September 30 Judge Humphrey sustained the government’s demurrer to the packers plea in abatement. The defendants must stand trial in federal court on indictments accusing them of conspiring to injure fair competition under the Sherman act. The court ordered them to appear Thursday to plead guilty or not guilty.
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Chicago
Humphrey
United States District Court
United States District
Morrison
Eight Miles From Mainland in a Stranded Boat
The Chicago Tribune recounts a perilous journey as two girls and companions drift eight miles from shore after their boat loosens from its moorings. They face night without shelter, food, or means to call for help, and must decide how to reach safety.
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Chicago Tribune
Six Doctors Fail to Help Landeman Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
South Bend Indiana reports Mr J O Landeman cured after three years of kidney trouble and six doctors. He took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and regained health, with others citing similar results. The ad asserts Dodd's Kidney Pills cure from backache to Bright's disease and claims it is the only remedy that cures Bright's Disease.
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South Bend
Ind
J. O. Landeman
Dodd
Mr. Landeman
Esen
Bright
Railroads versus autos echo gloom in press debate
An exchange notes that autos may not replace railroads as the Chicago Tribune cites rail passenger deaths totaling about 15,000 nationwide last year. The remark frames automotive progress against established rail transport.
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Chicago Tribune
Stevens & Bros. to Send Free Catalogue by Mail
The Chicago firm Chas. A. Stevens & Bros. ranks among the largest in the nation and is an authority on ladies cloaks suits and furs. They offer to mail a free catalogue full of valuable information and urge readers to write for it now.
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Chas. A. Stevens & Bros
Chicago
United States
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Douglas
W. L. Dougias
L. Giataee Brey
Ha . L.douge
W.L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Man May Be Hopeless Idiot After Pros Marriage
A humorous quip notes a man may seem foolish but a woman will not admit it after his pros marriage to her, reflecting lighthearted social banter in Chicago Daily News style.
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Chicago Daily Sawews
Relief for painful periods via Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Thousands of American women report relief from menstrual pain and irregularities using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad cites Irene Crosby of Savannah Georgia praising the remedy and urges others to write for free advice.
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Irene Crosby
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkh
Charlton Street
Savannah
Quip Reflects Courtship Motives in Philadelphia Acclaim
A witty remark from the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that many young men seek a girl's hand while aiming for her father's wealth, highlighting social attitudes on marriage and money in the era.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Millionaire William R. Travers Dies by Suicide in New York
William R. Travers, heir to a Wall Street fortune and son of the noted wit William R. Travers, shot himself in his Madison Avenue apartment. The prime of life man, married to Lily Harriman sister of Mrs. W K Vanderbilt Jr, had separated three years earlier with Mrs Travers in Paris.
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New York
William R. Travers
Wall Street
Madison Avenue
Travers
Lily Harriman
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Naval Officer James R Selfridge Dies in Boston
Capt. James Russell Selfridge ordnance officer at Charlestown navy yard died of apoplexy Friday. He hailed from a famed navy family. father was Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge and his brother is Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge retired in Washington.
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Boston
James Russell Selfridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Selfridge
United States Navy
Thomas O. Selfridge
Washington
Cholera Outbreak Reported in Poland in September
St. Petersburg Sept 30 official report states 50 cholera cases occurred in Poland between Sept 20 and Sept 27 with 28 fatalities. The data covers the period across major towns and reflects a sharp rise in the disease.
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Poland
St. Petersburg
Morgan elected lord mayor of London for ensuing year
Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan was elected lord mayor of London for the ensuing year. He is a septuagenarian banker and bachelor, educated at the Bluecoat school and a prominent Free Mason.
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London
Walter Vaughan Morgan Friday
Morgan
Bluecoat School
Will Fight Rise of Rates In Royal Arcanum Meet
Detroit September 30. A committee of Michigan members of the Royal Arcanum voted to raise 75000 dollars to contest in court the society's newly adopted sliding scale of rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Royal Arcanum
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Valentine’s Telegraph School
Janenville
al Druggists
Hardappe
Closefist
Philadelphia Record
Cuticura
Nickel Plate Road
Ras. A. Stevens & Bros
Sutts
Furs
Chicago, Ill
Post Office Department
Gentaur
Des Dept. FR
Dearborn St
Kemp
Balsam
Doucclas
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S
Poole Brothers Railway
Gunto
Xe UL Lois
Mull’s Grape Tonic
Tue de Laval Separator Co
Randolph & Canal Sts
Cortlandt Street
Carters
Ohio
We McCorbiuk & Some
Walaui Mt
Cencinnall, O
Price
Diemer
Springer, Ho
Hare Et Hones
4Th
7Th Street
J. Peterson & Co
Moline
Illinois
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