Bed-Bound for Months Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington says years of weakness sleeplessness swollen limbs and painful secretions left her bedridden for four months. After doctors gave no hope she used Deans Kidney Pills and soon recovered enough to be about the house and soon well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Enos Shearer
Yew
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Red Blood and Blue Blood Tales From a Child
A Philadelphia Ledger item recalls three year old Allan who shows his bloodied finger after a fall. His aristocratic grandma warns him against mixing with “low degree” friends while he insists he is not crying from pain but because the blood is red not blue.
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Allan
Philadelphia Ledger
Doctor's tale of Evans and Heaven misfit ordeal
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook recounts a man named Evans who dies and arrives at heaven. St. Peter checks the book, denies him entry, then finds his name years later, noting he belonged but wasn’t expected for 20 years, prompting a comic twist about the doctor.
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Arthur T. Holbrook
Evans
St. Peter
John Evans
Guardian of the Gate
Milwaukee Free Press
Postum Gains 20 Pounds via Coffee Alternative
A Washington physician credits Postum with ending chronic headaches and blood sugar fluctuations after switching from coffee. He describes improved health, sleep, and cognition, noting a 20 pound weight gain and sustained energy following full boiling and proper preparation. The letter endorses Postum’s nourishment and phosphates.
Abandon Old Road A Chronicle Of Past Crashes In Cammal
A Williamsport correspondent outlines a request by Mc Henry township to abandon an aging public road. The piece traces a history of fires, depopulation, and fatal accidents linked to Pine Creek timber trade, the Texas and Oregon tramway, and the decline of Cammal.
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Judge Start
McHenry
Williamsport
Pine Creek
Alleghenies
Carnmal and
Black Forest
Big Wood & Childs
Cammal
Jersey Shore
Wellsboro
Pennsylvania
Wood & Childs
Lttle
Texas
Oregon
Cap
Fall Brook
Texas and
Tioga County
Debate Interrupted Over Conductor Aboard Dispute
A reader recounts a tense exchange with a train conductor drawn from a delayed journey. The signer states the argument halted travel as the conductor refused to allow further onboard time, ending the encounter without a clear resolution.
Engineering Triumph Tames Hudson River Tunnel Bricks Clay
An article notes the Hudson river tunnel project as a quiet engineering triumph. It details a baffling problem where reef clay became fluid near the Manhattan shore, hindering shield work. Engineers used hot blowouts and kerosene flames to bake clay into brick, stabilizing the face while water streams cooled the shield.
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Hudson River
Scientific American
Manhattan
Reof
Beautifying Railroad Rights of Way With Parks and Turf
The Pennsylvania Railroad system enhances its right of way with station parks featuring terraces and curving paths. Maintenance crews plant flowers and shrubbery, while Long Island stations add hundreds of trees and perennials. In rural areas, slopes are terraced and sodded with bluegrass to prevent erosion and aid drainage.
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Pennsylvania
Moody's Magazine
Long Island Railroad
The
Long Island
Capturing an Engine on the Stockton and Dartington Line
A dramatic pursuit of a runaway locomotive on the Stockton and Dartington line ends in Darlington. a powerful engine blocks the speed, a chain is dropped to the tender, brakes are applied, and the engine is brought to a standstill near the crowded Darlington station.
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Stockton and
Dartington
Darlington
Darlington Station
London Standard
Engineer Who Makes Time
An engineer, recalling England, says engineers there must be skilled machinists before running trains. He notes British practice limits speed by deeper knowledge of engines and faults, arguing the best engineers know just enough to locate a pounding or unhook a broken part, not every detail.
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England
Bishop Potter Anes He Had Been Ill for Weeks in NY Diocese
Bishop Henry Godman Potter, 74, prominent leader of the Protestant Episcopal Church and head of the New York diocese since 1887, died after a long illness. Born in Schenectady, he was known as a speaker and author, advocated municipal reform, and supported better relations between employers and workers. He married Elizabeth Scriven Clark, his second wife, whose summer home is in Cooperstown.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Godman Potter
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
Potter
New York
Schenectady
New ‘York
Horatio Potter
New York City
East Side
St. Pauls Church
Tammany
Seth Low
Columbia College
Bishop Potter
Bleecker Street
Elizabeth Scriven Clark
Rock Island Cuts Rates for Merchant Meetings
Rock Island lines announce reduced passenger rates for merchant meetings, dropping from 2 cents to 1 1/2 cents round trip to Chicago and other cities. Western Passenger association had resisted cuts. Chicago Association of Commerce urged restraint. A committee previously set to discuss maintaining the 2 cent minimum meeting was postponed, leaving the future unclear.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Rock Island Lines
Western Territory
New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Western
Davenport saloonkeepers fined for contempt of injunction
Eight Davenport saloonkeepers including Gavin Dilling Lemm Galvin Lorenzen Traeger Martens and McMann pleaded guilty to contempt of court for violating a civil federation injunction. Judge Bollinger fined them 200 dollars and costs each.
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Davenport
C. L. Gavin
August Dilling
Herman Lemm
Tom Galvin
Henry Lorenzen
Joe Traeger
Frank Martens
Robert McMann
Civb Federation
Bollinger
Rumor of Plot Against Leopold Alarms Brussels
The Journal reports Belgium authorities are greatly alarmed by a rumor of a plot to assassinate King Leopold. Several anarchists have been arrested, heightening security concerns in Brussels on July 22.
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Leopold
Brussels
Belgium
Prisoners Beg for Work at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln Neb July 22 Prisoners in the Nebraska penitentiary idle for over a month are begging for tasks. The state board of public lands and buildings met but provided no work. The prison labor contract expired and the contractor refused a 25 cent daily pay increase demanded by the state. Prisoners have become sulky and quarrelsome.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Washington Statue Replaces Plaster in National Capitol
A bronze Washington statue will replace the plaster cast in the National Capitol’s statuary hall. Other notes report a push by Minneapolis Civil Federation against wine rooms. Thomas Lally’s case continued. U S production of precious stones more than doubled to 471 300 dollars. Capt Hebbinghaus to command York with Netamann to succeed in October. Over 1 300 laborers sent to country districts by New York Bowery Mission. France builds a stronger wireless station on the Eiffel Tower to reach New York. Baron Ferenczy, famed varnish advocate, dies at Far Rockaway. Minnesota governor asked to share capitol plans for Tokyo government buildings.
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National Capital
Civil Federation of
Minneapolis
Thomas Lally
America
Douglas B. Sterrett
Geological Survey
Hebbinghaus
Berlin
York
Netamann
Free Labor Bureau
New York Bowery
France
Eiffel Tower
New York
Baron Karoly Tomasowsky de Ferenczy
Europe
Far Rockaway
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Tokyo
Van Rensselaer Held On Threat Charge After Letter
New York July 22 John A Van Rensselaer son of Mrs John King Van Rensselaer was brought before Magistrate Corrigan on a charge of threatening to harm his mother unless she paid 5000 dollars. He admitted writing the letter and was committed to Bellevue hospital psychopathic ward for observation. In Jamestown Mrs Leroy Noble died after prophesying her death on June 28. Coroner reports stomach contained strychnine. death fulfilled the prophecy.
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New York
John A. van Rensselaer
John King van Rensselaer
Corrigan
van Rensselaer
Bellevue Hospital
Jamestown
N. Y
Leroy Noble
New York Firm Cameron Currie & Co Suspended
Cameron Currie & Co. of New York and Detroit was suspended and placed in receivership in Detroit. On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange the action was announced, with liabilities shortly after estimated a little over $1,000,000.
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New York
Cameron, Currie & Co
Detroit
New York Stock Exchange
Markets Report Shows Mixed Grain and Dairy Quotes
Chicago July markets list firm flour prices for spring wheat and patent grades, with ranges for Minnesota hard patent jute and export bags. Corn and oats trade firm or dull on September futures, while butter cheese eggs and live poultry show varied retail and wholesale quotes across New York July 21.
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Chicago
Minnesota
NYG Ke
Dsiac
Bae
Dairies
EHGGS
New York
Liverpool
Commission House
Live Stock Prices at Chicago and Nebraska Markets
Live Stock reports from Chicago and Nebraska dated July 21 show cattle prices for various classes from good to prime steers to calves, with hogs and sheep values also listed. Chicago entries include many cutoffs and mixed weights with prices, while Nebraska notes market activity and higher native steers, with hogs and lambs also priced.
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Chicago
Maha
Neb
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Faish
Hudson River Tunnel
Phlox
Potter Anes
Rock Island
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
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Iowa
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Sulte
Gillespie Building
Musson
C, G. Clark
Interne
State University of Iowa
Atlantia
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical Physician
Opera House Block
Towa
T. B, Swan
DR. C. L, Campbell
Ben U. Woon
W. Savery
OA. U. S. Mullins
DRS. Finley & Finley
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy
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Nels Brown
Butler
CG. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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