Noises in Her Head After Pink Pills Revival
Mrs Mary Reagan of Fall River Massachusetts describes severe head noises and nerve collapse before using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports nervous relief, better sleep, strength regained, and improved appearance after treatments cost her husband over a hundred dollars previously. Pills sold by druggists or mailed by Williams Medicine Co Schenectady priced 50 cents each. six boxes 2.50.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Invention and Industry Advances and Production Leaders
A survey notes needle machines can produce 1.5 million needles weekly and butter output in Britain reaches about 90 000 tons annually. It cites U S production totals for petroleum barrels 200 million and salt output per inhabitant in New York, with state leaders Ohio and Pennsylvania. A Welsh ironmaster claims steel cost reductions of 20 percent. Peerless: Birmingham pearl button industry revival due to soft-fronted shirts. Dr Carlo Del Lungo of Genoa proposes pneumatic lubrication by air in water to reduce ship drag.
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Great Britain
America
South Wales
California
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Birmingham
England
Carlo del Lungo
Genoa
Couldn't Be Both Story Telling Refusal
In a Philadelphia Press snippet Mrs Hiram Offen questions Bridget about a reference. Bridget defends herself saying the reference insisted she not be truthful while claiming she was told the lady was not at home.
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Bridget
Honest Physician Promotes Postum Over Coffee
A California physician writes that avoiding coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee cured his nervous symptoms and heart pains. He describes trials with cafe au lait cafe noir tea and milk before discovering Postum, claiming life improved and blues faded. Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan is named as the source.
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Calif
Europe
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Dish Washing Rules From a Chicago Tribune Lesson
Practical guidance on how to wash dishes efficiently and neatly in a well run home. It covers sequence from glassware to pots, water temperature, soap use, drying, and avoiding crowding or leaving items in water, attributed to the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Mistress and Servant Demands for Respect in Households
A Chicago Tribune commentary urges American women to demand respect from servants. It advises calm, dignified leadership, firm obedience to orders, and limited interference, allowing conscientious workers some autonomy after initial discipline.
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Europe
America
Chicago Tribune
Damaging Storm Hits Omaha and surrounding towns
A severe wind and storm battered Western Iowa and eastern Nebraska on Friday night. Omaha and Council Bluffs saw extensive damage including flooded basements and shattered storefronts. In Burwell a tornado like storm killed one person, injured six, and caused about 50 000 dollars in damage.
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Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Burwell
Daily News
Dodge Hotel
Thirteenth
Dodge Streets
Household Tips For Cleaning And Dress Care
Practical hints for homemakers include making chocolate drink with four tablespoons of cocoa in a pint of water and a pint of milk, inspecting rugs for loose threads, refreshing a shabby black hat with velvet dipped in black ink and gum water, using white wax to prevent yellowing of white fabrics, using sheep stral to remove rust stains, and whitening with molasses or alcohol. A solution of Epsom salts and vinegar can frost bathroom windows, then coated with white varnish when dry.
Fruit for Breakfast and Seasonal Produce Advice
The piece promotes fresh fruit for breakfast and describes baked or stewed apples as easy to digest. It notes half-ripe apples, stewed with sugar, as a summer dish, recommends raw apples over liver pills, and calls oranges and tomatoes very wholesome while cautioning not to eat tomato skins. It advises less bacon and more fruit in hot weather and cites the old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away as sensible.
Perkins Testimony Recounts Insurance Campaign Contributions
George W. Perkins of J. P. Morgan & Co and New York Life testified about large campaign contributions by the firm to the Republican committee. He described an entry of 48702 paid to Morgan & Co as a contribution to Bliss for the Republican campaign, made after deliberation to protect policy holders. He noted prior contributions in 1890 and 1896 and McCall’s support for McKinley.
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New York
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Life Insurance Company
Mr. Perkins
Perkins
National Republican Campaign Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
McCall
McKinley
Big Factory Burns in Avon Connecticut Fire Traps Seven Dead
Explosion of a fuse and fast spreading blaze at Climax Fuse company injures eleven and kills seven. Panic ensues among twenty workers as flames engulf the building. victims include William Burke James Joyce Robert McCarthy James Wallace Mollie McCarthy Mrs M B Tucker and others.
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Avon, Conn
Climax Fuse Company
William Burke
James Joyce
Robert McCarthy
James Wallace
Mollie McCarthy
J. Sullivan
M. B. Tucker
Iowa population shows census loss since 1900
Des Moines report shows Iowa total population 2,201,372 on January 1, 1905, down 30,481 from 1900. Of 99 counties 22 rise while the rest fall. most gains in cities, declines in rural areas due to farm enlargement and emigration for cheaper land.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Pavison
Executive Council
Fire at Avon fuse plant kills several workers
The Climax Fuse company factory in Avon Connecticut caught fire on Friday followed by an explosion. Reports say several employees were killed and others injured in the blast and resulting wreckage.
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Avon, Conn
Climax Fuse Company
Roosevelt Honored in Bel lum Public Square Naming
The public square of Ninove Canton in Bel lum has been named Place Roosevelt by order of the Canton's legislature to honor Mr. Roosevelts role in concluding the peace treaty between Russia and Japan.
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New York
Canton of
Ninove
Bellum
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Lightning Sparks Devastating Fire In Furniture Warehouse
Lightning struck the Hax Smith Furniture Company's wholesale house in St. Joseph Missouri during an early Friday storm and the building was totally destroyed. Loss estimated at 200 000 dollars, with one third of the structure uninsured.
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St. Joseph
Hax-Smith Furniture Company
Disfiguring Humor and Lord Kelvin Epigram
An extract shows a woman describing eczema treatment with Cuticura products and relief from facial scales. The second part quotes Lord Kelvin on education serving both earning a living and enriching life.
Chicago rail line orders vast Overland Limited equipment
Chicago dated September 2 1905 reports the Chicago and North Western Railway has ordered Russia to complete a large equipment order for the Overland Limited between Chicago and San Francisco. The move follows portsmouth talks and a Russia Japan treaty in expectation of rising Pacific traffic.
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Chicago
Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
Chicago & North Western
Theiere
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Nashville education and job ad targets students in 1910s
An OCR fragment advertises a Nashville Tennessee education program for women and a “Book of Information” about a high salary and profits. It mentions Ward Seminary and implies opportunities to earn money beyond normal wages. The text is garbled but centers on education for women and quick financial prospects.
The Mule and the Barnyard Profits Puzzle
A garbled line hints at misread profits totaling thirty one million eight thousand eight dollars in a year. The text also mentions a helper herith and a mule in a uri barnyard, but the core fact remains unclear.
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Herith
Sheeb
Uri
Impertinent Poet and Engagement Breakoff Tale
A Chicago Herald note recounts Mrs Oldcastle questioning why her daughter ended an engagement with a handsome poet. The hostess quips the man soured them, while she flippantly handles pages of a 3500 dollar item. The piece hints at rumors of wealth in the meat business and reputational pressure.
Valley land prospect offers fertile Southeast Missouri plots
St Francis Valley lands in Missouri promise extremely fertile soil with strong yields including corn 50 to 80 bushels wheat 20 to 35 oats 40 to 60 clover and timothy 2 to 3 tons alfalfa 4 to 6 cuttings of a ton cotton bale and abundant fruit vegetables. Improved land priced 25 to 30 unimproved 18 to 20 dollars per acre. 10 year sale option at 100 dollars. Send for booklet and homeseeker rates via K W LeBaume Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo.
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St. Francis
Resourceful Woman in Detroit Free Press Snippet
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press shows a dialogue where a woman defends herself concerning tainted money from her uncle. The short exchange highlights wit and social tension in a period piece context.
The Splendid Nickel Plate Passenger Service
The Splendid Passenger Service of the Nickel Plate Road has become pennier because of the care and attention shown patrons of this line. Colored Porters in uniform are in attendance on both 1st and 2nd class. Ladies traveling alone or with children are given special attention. Dining and sleeping cars are excellent and fares are fair. All trains depart from La Sail Street Station, Chicago. For rates and sleeping car space contact the General Agent at 111 Adan St., Chicago.
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la Sail Street
Chicago
Creepi'h Jehan
Adan St
Pioneering Aviator Eyes More Flights
A Kansas City Journal line notes the joy of a successful flight and questions how many additional flights the aviator will complete with his experimental aircraft.
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Kansas City Journal
Woman credits Dean's Kidney Pills for cure
Mrs EB Wright of 172 Main St Mass reports four years of severe back pain irregular urinary flow and distressing monthly periods. She says after starting Dean's Kidney Pills she improved immediately and three boxes cured her permanently. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells them 50 cents a box.
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EB. W. Wright
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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