Kerosene Drank As Odd Stimulant By Immigrants
A New York World report notes Russian immigrants in the United States drinking kerosene as a stimulant. The habit starts in their homeland and persists despite available liquor, causing drowsiness and sleep after saturation. Barons and employers recount cases from California to Newark, highlighting elusive confessions and reliance on grocers for supplies.
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New York World
Baron Schroeder
California
Germany
L. Menier
Newark
N. J
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
A short notice promotes One Minute Cough Cure with claims of rapid relief from coughs. Dr. W A Wricur endorses the product in a medical style advert.
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W. A. Wricur
Reed and Morton Managers Stand Firm in Race
Reed and Morton managers say their candidates will remain in the race regardless of States backing McKinly. They note no hardships for the candidates and indicate they won’t have to stay in the contest long.
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Reed and
Morton
McKinly
The Animal Kingdom Project by Friedlander and Sons
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a planned monumental work by Friedlander and Sons to catalog the animal kingdom. About 100 volumes of 750 pages apiece will classify five animals per page, covering some 386 000 known species and inviting readers to ponder the vast unseen diversity.
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Philadelphia
Page Woven Wire Fence CO
Adrian, Mich
Two Lives Saved By Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City was told she had consumption but two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her and saved her life. Mr Shor Eggers of 129 Florida St San Francisco suffered a severe cold near consumption, tried others without result and was cured in two weeks. Free trial bottles at S B Bury Jr’s Drug Store Regulator size 50c and 1.00.
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Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
Dr. King
Shor. Eggers
Florida St
San Francisco
S. B. Bury Jr
Clemens Fame Grows as Press Clipping Bureau Gathers
A press clipping bureau has begun collecting references to Mark Twain and his works, noting the volume already requires a week of reading for the author’s perusal. The message suggests Twain’s enduring fame will take time to catch up with him.
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Mark
Castoria and Ottoman chill stories in era columns
A fragment recounts Castoria advertisements and a joke about royal cold feet. The Constantinople papers hint that the Shah of Persia died of cold feet, noting that assassinations are taboo in Turkey and that such claims cannot prove Turks lie.
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Constantinople
Persia
Turkey
That Bright Smile Was His Last Laugh
Prison officials escort an inmate to the electric chair as he smiles and jokes about his old schoolteacher predicting his death. The warden pauses, asks the reason, and the condemned man answers I was just thinkin I was slated for hanged. The chair is activated.
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Cleveland Post
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills Ad
Sufferers with weak nerves urged to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and nourish nerves. Hood's pills offered as the best after dinner aid for digestion and constipation, priced 25 cents.
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Hood
Cotton Mills Needed In South To Utilize Growers Output
R A Kimonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, says the South would need more than 1 billion dollars in capital to build mills to consume all local cotton. He adds domestic processing could raise the value of the cotton crop to about 1.2 billion dollars yearly, versus the current roughly 300 million.
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South
R A. Kimonds
The
Manufacturers’ Record
DeWitts Little Early Risers Pledge Quick Constipation Relief
An advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers pills as a remedy for obstinate constipation and allegedly improving health and vitality. It cites Dr. W. A. Wuiner and claims the pills cleanse the blood by easing digestive sluggishness.
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DeWitt
W. A. Wuiner
Elephant rescues girl from bear at Tattersall's
Bessie Rooney, 10, nearly mauled by a bear named Growler when Ringling Brothers elephant Babylon charged, stunning the bear and saving the child. Babyon, a spectator, used its trunk to strike Growler’s head, but it was Babylon that carried the girl to safety while attendants arrived.
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Bessie Rooney
Michael Rooney
Tattersall’s
Baby]n
Ringling Brother
Growlar
Growler
Bibylon
Bessie
Babyon
Chicago Tribune
DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure Ad
A 19th century ad urging young mothers to use DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure to prevent summer mortality in children. It promises perfect safety if administered promptly for cramps bilious colic dysentery and diarrhoea with instant relief and notes Dr W A Warrant.
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Perry Davis
W. A. Warrant
Relics Found Near Ephesus Side of Virgin's Home
Three miles from Ephesus archaeologists report a newly discovered ruin identified as the house where the blessed Virgin and St. John lived after Christ's ascension. The find was disclosed by Father Hilrase of Rome and Father Paulinus of Smyrna. Locals call the site Perraghia Capouli or the Place of the Virgin.
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Ephesus
Virgin
John
Father Hilrase
Rome
Paulinus
Smyrna
Anne Catherine of Emmerich
Perraghia Capouli
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