Rheumatism Patient Credits Pink Pills for Recovery
A Topeka printer recalls severe rheumatism with swollen feet and crutches, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for marked improvement after a year of worsening symptoms. He asserts multiple friends also benefited. The pills claim to build red blood, improve nerves, with no narcotics, and are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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W. H. Clark
Buchanat Street
Topeka
Kans
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Meaning of leisure sparks wry reply in Brooklyn Eagle
A humorous exchange uses a pupil asking about leisure and a teacher named Willie replies that it is a place where married people repent, illustrating a Saturday humor note in the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Papa
Willie
Brooklyn Eagle
Potted plant ties happiness to long railway journey
A New York Press quotation notes that a potted plant on a thousand mile rail journey can make a woman truly happy, while such a plant is inexpensive and widely available at home.
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N. Y. Press
Medical Myths and Inventions From a Curious Era
The piece cites Dr W F Robertson calling paralysis a germ disease akin to TB and diphtheria while Dr Emil Reich notes English upper classes overindulged by Port wine. It mentions a movable seasickness chair with an electric motor, Ultraviolet light claims by Prof Kronmayer curing hair loss in many cases, and warns artificial light can dull eyes though recovery is possible with care.
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W. F. Robertson
Emil Reich
Portugal
Kronmayer
Grape-Nuts Offer a Whole Wheat Digestive Alternative
The article explains bread dyspepsia from white bread starch and how diastase in the wheat berry digests starch when processed as Grape-Nuts. It claims Grape-Nuts pre-digested form aids digestion, supports gut health, and improves physical and mental vitality after ten days to two weeks without bread.
Farcical Meat Inspection Exposes Chicago Stockyards Flaws
Dr. W K Jaques, former Chicago meat inspection head, cites extensive corruption and ineffectiveness in city oversight. He details inspectors missing reports, side dealings with quarantined beef, and dangerous lapses as he recounts undercover checks and a cholera-infected carcasses ending up in sausage.
Stick to your line the proverb says in paint and trade
The article argues the proverb shoemaker stay with your last applies to trades and crafts. It warns that cross tried work by farmers painters and others leads to costly failures while paint manufacturers using proper equipment produce true ready prepared paint. It stresses the painter and painter supplies as the proper experts in paint making.
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Octave Thanet
Painters’ Union
Mires
Pr. G
Who is Clement E Staples Sparks Cape Elizabeth Meeting
At Cape Elizabeth annual voters meeting two candidates for moderator were named Henry S. Jorden and Clement E Staples. A speaker urged Staples, asking who he was. A spectator shouted I will bite, who is he, breaking the tense silence with humor.
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Cape Elizabeth
Henrys. Jorden
Clement BE. Staples
Boston Herald
Mr. Staples
Clement E. Staples
Waal
German Colonial Policy Debates Rise in Cabinet reshuffle
The text notes Germany’s foreign affairs minister controlling empire colonies and mentions possible creation of a colonial secretary. It compares Britain with a secretary of state for foreign affairs and states the United States lacked a long term plan for foreign dependencies, with the War Secretary handling Philippines and Puerto Rico after conquest.
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Germany
United States
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Finnish editor barred entry for editorial work in U S
The Fitchburg proprietors hired editor Heli 4 from Finland to winter in their paper but immigration authorities at Ellis Island detained him and sent him back to Finland. The writer asserts U S law effectively blocks educated foreigners while allowing no non native Finns to work as editors.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Heli 4
Ellis Island
Finland
Cure for Humour on Leg by Cuticura Remedies
H J Myers of the U S Navy aboard the Newark reports a long battle with humor on a leg from knee to ankle. After doctors failed he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, bathing daily and applying six or seven boxes. Within three weeks the condition cleared and has not returned. He now uses Cuticura exclusively.
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H. J. Myers
U. S. S. Newark
New York
Disasters Bring Rush of Marriages in San Francisco
After the San Francisco disaster many women driven from their homes and left destitute appealed to their former fiancés and marriages were immediately effected. The urgent situation prompted swift unions to provide support and stability amid upheaval.
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San Francisco
First Day of the Voyage
A traveler asks for a continent or island from the steward while aboard a ship in a humorous exchange from Harper's Bazaar. The steward confirms and the traveler insists on something solid, joking about sinking the ship if unavailable.
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Harper’s Bazar
Shotgun Outperforms Be In Porch Climber Deterrence
An experiment finds shotgun use more effective than a be in deterring porch climbers by scattering pellets and reducing the climber's impact.
Then and Then. Diogenes lamp and honest man quote
A brief note from the American Spectator cites Diogenes in 300 B C with the lamp nearly out and no honest man found, and references a 1906 Subpoena Server remark about slick people.
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Diogenes
B. C
American Spectator
Garfield Tea Sample from Brooklyn Company
Garfield Tea Co of Brooklyn New York provides a sample product labeled as Garfield Tea with mild laxative effects. The label indicates a medicinal use and targets consumers seeking relief in a beverage form. The note emphasizes its laxative action as a selling point.
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Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn, N. Y
Garfield Tea
The Sun That Shines in the Fac Rises in the Heart
This fragment phrases a poetic thought about inner spark and rising light within the core self. It presents a reflective, aspirational mood without specific events or named entities.
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Fac
Des Moines Platform Collapse Hurts Presbyterian Leaders
In Des Moines a platform supporting about 500 Presbyterian ministers and laymen collapsed during a group photograph. Two men were seriously injured, including George E. Wills of Mendota and Rev. W. C. David of Monogah, with several others sustaining injuries as 4,000 spectators watched.
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Des Moines
Bush
Fourth Street
George E. Wills
Mendota
Howard Smith
W. C. David
Monogah
W. Va
Kirkwood Hotel
W. C. Buell
Taos
N. M
J. McGaughey
Chariton
Des Moines Presbytery
Fifth Street
C. Lukins
Roswell
Drowned Man Found After Fall From Locust Street Bridge
An unknown man, intoxicated, fell from the west end of the Locust street bridge into the Des Moines river Sunday around 3 pm. Police search for identity while a bystander, Harry Ells of southeast Des Moines, describes the victim as about 175 pounds with a dark hat and striped shirt as the river carried the body away.
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Des Moines
Harry Ells
Impressive Workingmen Service At Presbyterian Assembly
In Des Moines a huge crowd attended a workingmen service Sunday at the Auditor ium as part of the Presbyterian general assembly. Rev Charles Stelzle led the event with about 2000 union men present, many standing at the rear, as fraternal delegates from city ministerial associations spoke to trades assemblies.
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Des Moines
Presbyterian General Assembly
Charles Stelzle
Department of Church and Labor
The
Presbyterian Church
Trades Assemblies
Bold Thelves Are Caught In Sioux City
Amos and Leslie Ballard father and son were charged with stealing hogs calves sheep and farm machinery from neighboring farmers. They were captured at their country home by officers from the city after a brief gunfire exchange. The son hid in a secret floor closet.
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Bold Thelves
Sioux City
Amos and
Leslie Ballard
Stabbing at Button Saloon in Burlington
John B. Butler, proprietor of the Button saloon in Burlington, was stabbed in the abdomen with a pocket knife by a man named Gates. The wound measured about one and a half inches deep and two inches long. Gates, intoxicated, claimed afterward he was targeting another man.
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Burlington
John B. Butler
Button Saloon
Gates
Death Chamber for Dogs in Council Bluffs
A death chamber for canines is being erected as an airtight box large enough for twelve dogs. It will be used for an experiment in chloroforming dogs instead of shooting them.
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Council Bluffs
Helped Steal His Own Hog Mason City
Awakened by a pounding on his door late at night a farmer named John Rukke found two men claiming they had been hauling a hog that ran into his barnyard They asked him to help catch the hog and he complied Only in the morning did he realize he had helped them seize one of his own hogs He pursued the pair but they disappeared
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Chicago
W. K Jaques
Chicago Laboratory
Standard Slaughtering Company
Boone Cereal Company
Boone
Axel Jacobson
Dan Weston
Funderman
Herbert Evans
George Firmingham
Fred Sears
New York City
Mason City
John Rukke
Rukke
Wife Goes Insane in Cedar Rapids Manslaughter Trial
Mrs. Joseph Usher became violently insane after a manslaughter verdict against her husband for the death of farm laborer William Garrity. Usher had been convicted twice and sentenced to five years. he remains jailed while she was committed to Independence asylum.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Usher
William Garrity
Independence Insane Asylum
Usher
Garrity
Child Meets Horrible Death in Cesspool Accident
Sixteen month old Jacqueline Nichols daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Nichols dies after falling into a cesspool and suffocating at home in Sioux City. A search party found her body as parents mourn in grief.
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Sioux City
Jacqueline
John C. Nichols
Jack the Hugger Strikes in Rippey Town
A man dubbed Jack the Hugger terrorizes Rippey by following or riding with lone girls in evenings. Local authorities pursue the suspect as residents fear encounters and seek protection.
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Jack
Rippey
Jack the Hugger
Reward Offered for Six Jail Breakers in Marshalstown
Sheriff Hutson posts a $150 reward for the capture of the six men who cracked the jail in Marshalstown. No clues yet. Two arrests at Waterloo and two at Grinnell were incorrect.
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Marshalstown
Hutson
Waterloo
Grinnel
Wm. Nagle Held for Trial in Cabin Boat Murder
Davenport report states William Nagel is held for trial on a cabin boatman murder charge. He demanded release arguing a four month trial delay. A separate item notes a boy drowned in the Iowa River.
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Wm. Nagle
Davenport
William Nagel
Nagel
Boy
Iowa
Boy Drowns in Iowa River Near LeGrand
Arthur Sampson aged 19 drowned in the Iowa river near LeGrand while bathing. The fatal accident occurred in Marshall County as he waded into the water and disappeared beneath the current. Local authorities investigated the drowning and offered condolences to the family.
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Iowa River
Marshalltown
Arthur Sampson
LeGrand
Shimak Body Recovered Near Iowa River
The body of Frank Shimak, a Bohemian farmer missing for a week, was found floating in the Iowa River about a mile and a half south of his supposed fall point. Carl Linder and Harry Mason, who searched for him, located the body while hunting nearby.
Cynicus and Sillicus Quip on Electricity's Power
A brief exchange features Sillicus declaring electricity the greatest force in the world and Cynicus retorting with a sharp remark about flattery. The dialogue hints at witty contrast between admiration for power and skepticism.
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Sillicus
Cynicus
Twice Told Testimony Of A Woman On Kidney Pills
A Jersey City woman, Mrs. Jane rell, testifies that after using Dean's Kidney Pills she recovered from backache swelling and dizziness. She says her kidney function improved and she remains well, praising the product sold for 50 cents by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
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Jane Rell
Ave
Jersey
N. J
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Billionaire retreats to nature at grand estate
A wealthy magnate escapes to a vast country retreat described with lavish prices for each feature from a $75,000 auto to a $60,000,000 country estate. He reflects on simplicity and the value of nature before a $1,500 dinner in a $400,000 doorway and $2,000 ivory porch chair.
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Laxu
Chad
Stray Storica Notes on Patience and Patrice
A fragment reflects on two figures connected to music. One, described as long-haired with diamonds at the piano, is portrayed as having started life as a poor musician. The other, Patrice, is characterized by remaining defined as such.
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Patience
Patrice
Storica
No Pretense Work Ethic Quip Echoed in Ledger Piece
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt notes a blunt stance on labor with the line I don't want to work but I've got to. The paraphrased remark captures a tension between obligation and desire characteristic of early 20th century urban life.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Opportunities in Western Canada Draw Immigrants
The Winnie Free Press notes strong interest in Canadian West settlement with Canada government agents ready to provide rates and travel guidance. It highlights vast wheat lands offering chances for social advancement, farm-based prosperity, and municipal growth for industrious young men aiming beyond mere farming.
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Winnie
Manitoba
Western Canada
States of the Union
Great Britain
Canada
Wheat Belt
Canadian West
Prairies
Canadian
Western
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