Too Much Competition In Newsboy Trade
The piece sketches a Broadway encounter with a newsboy amid war extras. He explains earnings varying from forty to fifty cents daily, with a top two dollars on good days. He notes 16 years old but claims ten years selling papers, says competition has exploded, and mentions a boy robbed of his money. The editorial comment reflects on character growth and regaining steadiness in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Bose
Jimmy
Waxtry
New York Press
Boy Mines Fort With Powder In Patriotism Rampage
Batson, a practical coal mine contractor, stored blasting powder at home. His son, inspired by war fervor, lit a fuse near the Spanish fort of the yard. An explosion killed the fort’s protection, damaged the barn, and left the boy sleeping on his face.
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Batson
Lower Peninsula
The Coming Woman and Electric Bitters Advert
The ad targets women juggling home life and caregiving, claiming Electric Bitters cures loss of appetite headaches sleeplessness faintness and nervous troubles. It promotes use by delicate women to build up the system and urges purchase through W A Wright at five cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wright
The Nigger and the Mule in War Talk
A Georgia man recalls reading Dewey’s Manila exploits to an elderly former slave. The old man narrates and quips about white casualties and black workers, judging the Spanish as poor fighters while expressing racist assumptions about niggers and mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
A. E. Bingham
Georgia
Washington
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Sold By Drugist To Boy
A boy asked for a bottle named for getting up quickly and the druggist offered DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. The pills are famed for relief from constipation sick headache liver and stomach troubles. Dr. W. A. Wiictut.
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DeWitt
W. A. Wright
Hall's Hair Renewer Offers Dandruff Cure
A remedy claim states Hall's Hair Renewer fixes dandruff by correcting scalp gland function, addressing itching associated with the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Edward Belloney Passes Away Noted Novelist Dies
Noted author Edward Belloney best known for Looking Backward has died. Authorities confirmed his death this week, leaving a lasting influence on science fiction and social critique through his work.
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Edward Belloney
Browns’ Iron Bitters Heralded as Great Medical Remedy
A 25 year retrospective lauds Browns’ Iron Bitters as humanity’s greatest household medicine. The piece claims it benefits men women and children and is sold by all dealers. The text includes a stray humorous dialogue about Alice and Elia unrelated to the advert.
Nation enters a new era as war unfolds
Richard H. Edmonds of the Manufacturers' Record argues war is inevitable and necessary for the nation. He says the United States is entering a period of expanded duties and global responsibilities, with greater naval strength and mercantile power shaping future trade and civilization.
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Richard H. Edmonds
Manufacturers’ Record of
Baltimore
Record
United States
Quiet confidence in American global rise after Dewey
A patriotic wartime reflection extols strategic gains from the Nicaraguan canal and Pacific stations. It argues the Cuba crisis will be resolved by sanitary progress and promotes American control of key routes and trade. The speech envisions a united nation pursuing peace, prosperity, and civilization.
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Cuba
Pacific
Dewey
Doctor’s exams and local treatment harsh on modest women
The piece argues medical examinations and local applications are abhorrent and often useless for female diseases. It asserts nine out of ten cases need not involve such procedures and claims general practitioners lack competence in this field. It promotes Dr. R V Pierce and his Favorite Prescription as a long used remedy for female disorders.
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Swift
B. P. McAllister
Harrodsburg
Kyatarrh
S.S.S R
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Georgia
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N.Y
Pierce
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cited For Piles Cure
Cameron resident M L Yocum says ten years of pile remedies failed until DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve brought a permanent cure after one box. Dr W A Wright endorses the salve as an unequaled solution for piles.
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M L. Yocum
Cameron, Pa
DeWitt
W. A. Wright
The Atlanta Journal Wealth of War News and Subscriptions
The Atlanta Journal is a leading Southern daily with multiple AP wires and special correspondents covering war news from Sampson’s fleet to Cuban land forces. Weekly print includes war updates. daily rates are 5 dollars yearly, 2.50 six months, 1.25 three months. weekly price 50 cents. Also advertises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for digestive issues.
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Journal
J. S. Cohen
Sampson
Gulf of Mexico
Morton Smith
Cuba
A. W. Butt
Washington
W. A. MacDougald
Georgia
Southern Daily
None of Us Are Identified by Creed But Spirit of Christ
The statement emphasizes that true identification with Christ rests not on creeds but on the in dwelling spirit of compassion. It warns that lacking the spirit of Christ means one is not of Him.
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Christ
Local remedy touted for consumption in girls
A miscropped feature extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a household cure after a Detroit mother describes a sixteen year old daughter wasting away from consumption. The letter claims rapid recovery and urges mothers to keep the remedy on hand, noting vegetable ingredients restore strength and tissues in growing girls and adults. The pills are advertised at 50 cents a box.
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John Tansey
Baker Street
Detroit
Waamy
Dr. Williams
Younl
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Lowell
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Marster
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Elia
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Bristol
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Boston
Nassau
New York
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South
Europe
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New York Herald, World and Journal
Miles
J.W. Hightower
Barnesville, GA
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Barnestil
Jaceson
Smita
Earth
J. G. Smith & Sons
America
L. D. Bass
D. D
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Toronto
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N.Y
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United and
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