Woman Escapes Operation with Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Elwood Indiana resident Mrs Sapre Mullen credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after three months of illness and six bottles. She avoided surgery, noting pain in her side and leg subsiding after one bottle and improving with continued use. The advertisement extols the remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation and nervous prostration and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Elwood
Ind
Mrg
Sapre Mullen
N. B. St
Pinkham
Poor Myra Kelley and the graft critique in New York magazine circles
An editorial quip from a magazine editor at the Authors' club laments graft and crookedness. A dinner anecdote recalls a writer accusing the community of worshiping wealth, culminating in the idea that wealth and honor are seen as synonymous in America today.
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Myra
Kelley
Authors’ Club
New York
Carnegie
America
Progress Goes On The Beet Possible Locomotives Of 1907
A 1907 scientific sweep highlights engines touted as world beaters. The largest locomotive built then weighed 180 tons with 404 boiler tubes and midway combustion chambers, a Mallet articulated design for banking service. The era’s biggest passenger engine weighed 128 tons, carrying up to 500 tons trains on heavy rails, illustrating the rapid superseding of “best yet” designs by 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Baltimore & Ohio Road
America
United States
Time Freight and the Tracking of Rail Cars
A feature explains time freight as the modern need to know a freight car’s location every few hours. Telegraph boards at division points show car progress from origin to destination, turning freight cars from wild to tame. It notes the thorough tracing of cars from Chicago to Omaha and likens the system to stock boards, with occasional force used to recover strays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Spokane
Wash
Phoenix
Ariz
Augusta
United States
Chicago
Omaha
Railways in Canada Grow by 1138 Miles in 1909
The actual operated railway mileage in Canada increased by 1138 miles in 1909 compared with 614 miles in 1908, excluding 675 miles of the transcontinental line still under construction. By June 30 last, about 1300 miles were in construction, bringing total railway mileage to 80,330. One mile of railway per 300 inhabitants and six tenths per 100 square miles. Distribution: Saskatchewan 550, Ontario 298, Manitoba 94, Quebec 89, British Columbia 63, New Brunswick 87, Nova Scotia 6. Alberta not officially reported.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Manitoba
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Faulty Roiler Causes Lethal Monterey Locomotive Explosion
An antiquated locomotive exploded in Monterey Mex railroad yards killing 11 workers and injuring two others. The blast followed the safety valve being screwed down after the engine left the roundhouse. The engineer reported a faulty steam gauge and a mechanic checked the boiler deck before the explosion. Fragments and twisted wreckage flew along the track.
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Monterey
Mex
Twice Mourned as Dead A York Man Survives Death Scare
Conrad Reinhardt a York Pa railroader aged 81 celebrated his birthday after twice being mourned as dead. Years ago a Baltimore death notice for a fellow Northern Central Railway worker with the same name sparked a family mourning, then a mistaken sea death report followed by his return. The two false alarms, including a German voyage rumor, ended with Reinhardt still alive and in good health.
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Conrad Reinhardt
York
Northern Central Railway Company
Reinhardt
Northern Central
Baltimore
Conrad
Balmore
Germany
Man Dashes to Death From Dundee Bridge Train
An unknown elderly man leapt from a Dundee bridge onto an express train roof causing a loud crash and smashed ventilators. The express sped on as passengers heard the impact and the mangled body was found beside the track after a station report and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Scotland
Boom for New England expansion boosts rail electrification
The New Haven railroad plans 125 million dollars for electrification and four tracking, mainly in Massachusetts, with benefits across New England. Other firms are enlarging facilities, signaling strong regional growth as even former farms are repurposed for summer homes.
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New Haven
Massachusetts
New England
Farma
New Jersey Leads Railroads Pay Large Corporate Taxes
Washington reports a bureau digest showing New Jersey derives 92 percent of state tax revenue from corporations, with Pennsylvania 72 and Delaware 62. The report notes trends toward separate tax sources, centralized administration, and avoidance of double taxation. It highlights capital stock taxes, gross receipts taxes, and varied incentives affecting railroads and manufacturing across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Bureau
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
Maryland
District of Columbia
Railroada
Tune May Cost His Foot
In Florence Colorado June 7 a cowboy named J I Luny was shot in the right foot by fellow cowboy Al Johnson after Luny whistled a popular air. Johnson fired when angered by the impression of mockery. the wound is severe and may require amputation.
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Florence
Col
J. I. Luny
Luny
al Johnson
Johnson
Steamship Schwatka Arrives with Yukon Gold Shipment
The Schwatka reached Juneau from Fairbanks with $900,000 in Tanana gold for Beattie, marking the first Yukon season boat. Gold will be shipped by express this year. The next steamer is expected to bring $1,000,000 in Fairbanks gold.
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Dawson, Y. T
Schwatka
Fairbanks
Yukon
Beattie
Express
Rose Carnival in Portland Draws 100000 Visitors
Portland Oregon hosts its annual rose carnival with about 100000 attendees from across the country. The event, centered in Portland, begins June 7 and will run through the week showcasing roses and related festivities.
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Portland
Ore
Maize not cause of pellagra study says Rome
Dr. Sambon reports from Rome that maize is not the cause of pellagra. The Field committee finds the simulium repans a biting goat species transmits the disease. The note includes odd lines about clothing and jokes, then an ad for Pettit's Eye Salve and Winston's Syrup.
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London
Sambon
Rome
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Perry Davis
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
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National Association
Post
Postum Cereal Co.,Ltd
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Smith
Middle Atlantic States
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Dawson
Committee On Disease In
Europe
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
W. L. Douglas
W. LE. Douglas
W L. Douglas
Boya
W. L. Dourlay
W.l.douglay
Jockton
National Live Stock Com. Co
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Neb
Defiance
Stetchet
N. Y
Des Moines
Aids
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Nature
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
Innding P
Sant
Resinol Chemical Company
J. H. Kidall
Mt. Washington
Ohio
Segerstrom
Aolling
Unite States
Ideal
bin Ang
Segerstrom Piano Meg. CO
Farnum Street
Nebraska
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