Woman with consumptive cough cured by Pink Pills
Mrs. Bowen of 1849 Meighan St Philadelphia told a reporter how she was diagnosed as an incurable consumptive in July and given little hope. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she experienced warmth in limbs, relief of cough, weight gain, and now appears healthy. The article promotes Pink Pills price 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Med Co Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Episcopal Hospital
Wm. Gren
Meighan St
Dr. Williams
Dene Bowen
Williams
Med. Co
Schenecady
N. Y
They Will Build in the Bottoms Amid River Floods
The Mississippi and other great rivers flood vast bottom lands, enriching soils with sediment but forcing property loss and homelessness. Levees fail and builders on or below high-water marks face ongoing danger, as reckless river work and erosion heighten risk. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Mississippi
Missouri
Oho
United States
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bis marck Portrait: Freedom From Fallacies and Bold Diplomacy
A vivid portrait of Otto von Bismarck highlighting his freedom from preconceived notions and ruthless frankness. The piece portrays his early clashes with pedantry, his disdain for pomp, and his iron will shaping European diplomacy through wit and decisive action. It recounts an episode in Frankfort where a missing bell leads to a pistol signal and a quick correction by a loyal servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolle Bismarck
Bismarck
Mephistopheles
Dragon
Prince Bismarck
Moritz Busch
Frankfort
Free City
Puckered Lips and a Kiss Near the Cap
A recollection of a close seating moment where a kiss occurred after an invitation, followed by a blush and near tears. The speaker notes it was not intended and hints at a misread in intent, ending with a playful phrase about whistling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap
Congressman's past to partner at New York Press
Congressman George West from Ballston recalls starting as a paper maker earning seven dollars a week. He aided an old Ballston manufacturer who later invited him to partner in forming a New York paper venture, reflecting on forty years of progress and chance meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George West
Ballston
Fifth Avenue
Wfe
Balls d
New York Press
Narrow escape from morphine fiend at San Francisco clinic
Dr W O Wilcox a California Medical College anatomy demonstrator faced a deranged morphine addict who seized a six inch blade and threatened to kill him. The doctor used chloroform to subdue the man then administered morphine as the assailant collapsed and later denied the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Wilcox
California Medical College
San Francisco Dispatch
Wilcox
Ten Largest Cities by Population in Historical List
The list ranks London as 4,231,431 and Paris 2,447,957, followed by Chicago 1,850,420 New York 1,801,739 Canton 1,600,000 Berlin 1,579,244 Tokio 684 Vienna 1,364,548 Philadelphia 42 658 Brooklyn 957,103.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Chicago
New York
Canton
Berlin
Tokio
Japan
Vienna
Philad
Brooklyn
Birds as Prophets Foretelling Weather in Rural Lore
Birds serve as omens and augury for fishermen and shepherds. They heed patterns of flight and cries to predict weather shifts, with crowing and frenzied dancing signaling rain as rocks and hills witness rural superstition in action.
Paste making tip from old kitchen note
A brief kitchen tip suggests adding two or three cloves to the paste pot while it is eaten to keep paste from molding.
Women in Banks Talkative Tellerrs
The Snake Editor notes that openings for women in banks invite talkative women to become tellers. The Horse Editor questions which positions. the exchange suggests tellers suit talkative women in banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Physicians Endorse Hot Springs Dakota as Health Resort
A delegation of fifty Illinois physicians at Hot Springs South Dakota praises the town as a health resort. They note its dry temperate climate high above sea level and easy access. They recommend the springs for rheumatic, digestive and liver disorders and urge further promotion through a committee report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Dakota
Black Hills
Henry M. Lyman
Chicago
RE. P. Cook
Mendoza
J. W
Powel
Peoria
William A. Elder
Bloomington
Stillman Bailey
Burlington
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
New Dining Car Service on Nickel Plate Route Expanded
Nickel Plate Road announces new dining car service on trains 6 2 and 5. Train 6 leaves Chicago at 2 p m daily with dinner onboard and trains 2 leaving at 9 20 p m offer breakfast and dinner with connections to New York and Boston. Train 5 arrives Chicago at 9 35 p m from New York and Boston. Inquiries go to ticket agents or J Y Calahan Chicago. England imports 3 000 000 dollars worth of potatoes annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
New Y
Boston
New York
J. Y. Calahan
Burlington Route Half Tariff Sale May 21
The Burlington Route announces a May 21 sale with round trip tickets to Nebraska Kansas Colorado Wyoming South Dakota and Utah at half the regular tariff. Apply to nearest ticket agent or write J Francis Genl Passr Agent Omaha Neb for timetable and full rate details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
South
Dakota
Utah
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
Men Wanted to Go West and Grow with the Country
Advertisement calling for bright industrious men with progressive ideas and clever wives to move west, establish homes, raise livestock and crops, mine coal and metals, saw timber, fish, and pursue manufacturing ventures. Address Moss Fosom, St. Paul, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Moss Fosom
St. Paul
Minn
Dining car service on Nickel Plate Chicago to Buffalo
A new dining car service on the Nickel Plate Road connects Chicago, Buffalo and through trains to New York and Boston, offering all meals on trains. For sleeping car reservations contact J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago. Germany toy sales in England are estimated at £2,000,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
New York
Boston
J. Y. Calahan
Black Hills Express Promises Fast Westbound Burlington Route
Burlington Route advertises Black Hills Montana and Puget Sound Express leaving Omaha daily at 4 35 p m detailing service to the Black Hills northern Wyoming Yellowstone Helena Butte Spokane Seattle and Tacoma. Wabash offers Home Seekers Excursions on April 30 May 21 and June 11 with round trips at one fare returning within thirty days. Sulphate of zinc used to color molasses amber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Black Hills
Montana
Puget Sound
Omaha
Black Fills
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
A J. Francis
Neb
Wabash
Horace Sexy
Fourth Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Crank
G.P
T. A. Wabash R. R
One Fare Round Trip Tickets Sold By Railroad
On June 11 the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway Co will offer tickets at one fare for round trips to Texas Lake Charles Louisiana and Eddy and Roswell New Mexico. Tickets are valid for return within twenty days from sale date. For more information contact H A Cherrier at 26 Marquette Building Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co
Texas
Lake Charles
Eddy and
Roswell
N. M
H. A. Cherrier
Marquette
Chicago
Lll
Removal of Nickel Plate Ticket Office Moves to Adams St
The New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad nickel plate line moves its Chicago city ticket office from the old location to 11 Adams street opposite the post office on May 1. J Y Calahan serves as General Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Chicago City
New York, Chicago & St. Lows R. R
Nickel Plate Road
Adams Street
J. Y. Calahan
Wit and whim from newspapers on social quirks
A collage of quips and satirical lines from various papers. The items lampoon politics, drinking, immigration, gender roles, and social pretenses with pithy zingers and wry observations about everyday life and public figures.
A Stem Winder and a Window Watch
A man named Stiggins pauses before a watchmaker shop and eyes a pretty girl at the counter. He enters seeking a key for his stem-winder watch and is served by the watchmaker’s son. The watch is identified as a stem-winder, causing Stiggins to escape in mixed embarrassment as the girl smiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiggins
Hal
Huly
Wanted An Occupation For A Young Bookkeeper
Very much depends on early training and tastes. If you know the business, poultry farming pays if properly conducted. Almost anything managed carefully ought to yield a living to a single man with a prospects of increase in the future. At twenty three there is plenty of time to start in business with a fair hope of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Times
Philadelphia Times
Memphis Avalanche
Louisville
New York
Gen. Sherman
Baltimore American
Puck
Kansas City
St. Albans
Chicago Times
Kapiolani
Washington
Chicago
Indianapolis Journal
Martha’ S Vineyard
Martin
Kansas
Georgia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Denver
Denver News
Savannah
Minden Gazette
Bismarck
Hash
France
Cincinnati
Savannah News
Frank Leslie
Russia
Boston Globe
Binghamton
Jake Sharp
Boss ‘Tweed
No-To-Bac praised by St Louis Journal of Agriculture
An editorial endorses No-To-Bac as a tobacco habit cure. It cites a prominent St Louis architect who quit after using two boxes and notes the product is sold by druggists with a no cure no pay guarantee. Free book offer from Sterling Remedy Co. in New York or Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
St. Louis
Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Homeopathic Broth Recipe for Light Humor
A satirical verse describes making a dubious broth from a robin’s leg boiled in water with a touch of salt and rice, served as a cure and judged by patient outcomes. The piece mockingly notes differing strength for men and women and ends with a cautionary line about blame for death or recovery.
MultipleAdvertisements and Historical Mentions From an 1894 Page
An auction of medicine claims Hail's Catarrh Cure and Mrs Winslow's Teething Syrup. Parisian clergy gowns noted from 1534. Louisa Limpaman reports lung hemorrhage cure. Cairo to get a trolley system and the first transatlantic steamer in 1819 noted. Herodotus cited Croesus as originator of gold coins. Hanson’s Magic Coin Salve offered with 15 cent price and money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson
Woman's Maize Exhibit of 1000 Married Women Ages
European statistician Mr Finlayson presents a tabulated exhibit from 1,000 registered married women. The data show counts by age at marriage with groups ranging from 14–15 up to 38–39, including 32 in 14–15 and 219 in 18–19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finlayson
Defense Lawyer Seeks Insanity Plea in Arrest Case
Lawyer asks for insanity plea as judge questions grounds after the prisoner reportedly challenged the arresting policeman. The exchange centers on the defendant's mental state during the incident and subsequent proceedings.
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the Episcopal Hospital
San Francisco
Women In Banks
Prof. Boys
England
Madagascar
Detroit Free Press
Minneapolis Journal
New York Main
Cutting
Alta California
Buffalo Courier
U.S
Homeopathic Journal
M. L. Thompson & Co
Its
Coudersport
Louisa Linpaman
Bethany
Parker
Italy
Herodotus
Croesus
Nanking
Hattam
Cairo
Johan Carle & Sons
Ely
Marcus Gee
Shantz, Rahway
N. J
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Sonkdgenar
Davis & Bankin
MPG. CO
W. Lake Bt
Hamblin Publishing Co
W.N.U
D.M
ST. Jacobs Oil
May Manton
Coupon Pattern Company
New York, N
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