Various 1901 U.S. News Highlights and Personalities
The item covers 1901 crime and crisis figures, a Wisconsin father naming his daughter Alice Virginia leading to taunting, Rochester Theological Seminary raising 100000 with Rockefeller matching, an Ohio reporter querying William Jennings Bryan on Tom Johnson, Roosevelt on citizenship in Liberal Review, Berlin probate seeking Berlin heirs for Anna Maria Albrecht, $10000 owed to unknown heirs, U.S. noninvolvement in the Boer War with American donations totaling over $50000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
New York
Probate Department
City of
Berlin
Anna Maria Albrecht
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Promoting Easy Action
An advertiser touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as easing constipation and bowel distress. A Depauw Indiana user claims nine years of castiveness improved. A New York reporter notes short skirt fashion among shoppers, asserting reform by women’s good sense beyond legislation.
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DeWitt
J. O. Greene
Depauw
Ind
G. A. Baas
New York
Child Worth Millions in Safe Cough Cure Claim
Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg credits One Minute Cough Cure with saving her child from croup and urges families to keep a bottle handy. The ad extols the medicine as a safe, fast-acting remedy for coughs and throat or lung troubles. It also notes wireless telegraphy may protect ships from collisions, citing the Umbria’s voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bird
Harrisburg
G. A. Baas
Profitable Investment in Digestive Aid Claim
E Demick of Somerville recounts seven years of stomach trouble and $1000 spent without relief until using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He reports being "entirely well" after taking a few bottles. The ad promises digestion of food without dieting.
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E. Demick, Somerville, Inc
G. A. Baas
E. C. Dewitt &Co
Chicago
Intelligent Dog Displays Notable Army Aptitude
A McClure's Magazine excerpt portrays a cavalry dog with striking individuality and apparent humanlike intelligence. The animal proselytizes waking duties, tugging and shoving soldiers until each is alert, even retrieving a drunken trooper's hat to prove a missing rider.
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McClure’s
United States Army
President signs eighteen hundred army commissions
On January 6 the President signed about eighteen hundred army commissions. Senator Pratt says he has no plan to marry again while noting gossip about Senator Depew. A cablegram claims sixty percent of Baden-Powell police enlistments are rejected for bad teeth, and England faces recruitment of the lame and aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Depew
Baden-Powell
England
Perfect Success Stomach Remedy Testimony
Cayuga Indiana June 1 1900 letter from 8s K Todd Miller praising Dr F L Shinkle stomach remedy after three bottles he and his wife claim it cured them and note it is a perfect success. for sale by G A Raas.
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Cayuga, Ind
F. L. Shinkle
K. Todd, Miller
G. A. Raas
English Millionaires Urged to Emulate Mr Carnepie
The British press contrasts American and English millionaires, accusing the English of stinginess while hoping to spur emulation of the munificent example set by Mr Carnepie.
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Mr. Carnepie
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed For Sores And Eczema
Promote DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a universal remedy with claims of drawing out fire stopping pain and aiding wound healing. Includes testimonial from James Mack of N Webster Indiana about baby eczema after two doctors gave up. Also notes subscription policy for Tribune and Cincinnati Weekly Gazette.
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DeWitt
James Mack
N. Webster
G. A. Baas
Remarkable Cure of Croup Saver for Child
A mother credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving her son's life. She reports rapid improvement after administering the medicine every ten minutes until he vomited and could breathe again. The note cites purchase at A Fe Steere in Goodwin and distribution by G A Baas in Batesville and Bigney Co in Sunman.
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Chamberlain
A. FE. Steere
Goodwin
8. D
Joel Demont
Inwood
Igwa
G. A. Baas
Batesville
Bigney & Co
Sunman
Tribune and Cincinnati Weekly Gazette offer two papers for price
The Batesville Tribune and Cincinnati Weekly Gazette announce a joint offer. New subscribers and those prepaying one year get both papers for $1.25 and the Weekly Gazette free for one year. The Cincinnati Weekly Gazette dates back to 1815, with the Tribune touting bold but fair political stance.
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Tribune
Cincinnati Weekly Gazette
Gazette
The
Batesville Tribune
Weekly Gazette
New South Wales Enacts Compulsory Labor Arbitration
New South Wales passes a law making arbitration in labor disputes compulsory following New Zealand’s five year precedent. The measure is praised as satisfactory to both employers and workers. Also noted, President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt, after a New Year reception for about nine thousand guests, attended a theatre performance in the evening.
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New South Wales
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Regular Medical Checks Urged After Disease Find in Schools
Out of 77 000 school children examined by physicians 4 500 had contagious diseases. The result suggests regular medical inspection of school children, at least in large cities.
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Lage
Lang Bros. praise Shinkle's Cure for Dyspepsia
Paducah Kentucky October fifth eighteen hundred remailing notice from Lang Bros Druggists announces high satisfaction with Shinkle's Cure for Dyspepsia noting remarkable cures from sales and listing G A Baas as seller.
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Paducah
Lang Bros
Jas. Lang
G. A. Baas
I Can Frankly Say Dyspepsia Cure Works
I can frankly say after taking two bottles I derived much benefit from your Dyspepsia Cure and have used about five bottles total. I am satisfied by the improvement and believe it will entirely cure me. John T. Bishop in Muncie Indiana dated January 10 1898.
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Muncie
Ind
F. L. Shinkle
John T. Bishop
G. A. Baas
Offer to combine Tribune and Cincinnati Weekly Gazette
The Tribune offers a joint subscription with the Cincinnati Weekly Gazette for 1.25, requiring prepayment for a year. The Gazette is promoted as a long established West weekly. Free to all cash subscribers of the Tribune.
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Batesville Tribune
Rescue by Frankfurt crew amid gale sparks press page motion
Report says the German steamship Frankfurt rescued the crew of the American vessel W H Card in a full gale at sea. Observers note some papers will feature the tale on the last page in a small space while a rumored German violation of the Monroe Doctrine may occupy a front page column.
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Frankfurt
W. H. Card
Germany
How It Is Done and Green's August Flower
The ad promises wealth as the first object of life and health as the second. It asserts August Flower eases dyspepsia liver problems and indigestion with two doses giving instant relief. It directs readers to Baas' drug store for a sample bottle free and notes a regular size of 75 cents with Green's Special Almanac available.
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Baas’ Drug Store
Green’s
Chambrlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Promote Demand
J Hi Weber of Cascade Iowa touts Chambrain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best medicine when you feel dull bilious or constipated. The ad urges readers to try them for prompt relief and lists G A Baas Batesville and Bigrey Co Sunman as retailers.
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Chambrlain
J. Hi. Weber
Cascade
Iowa
G. A. Baas
Batesville
Bigrey & Co
Sunman
The Kentucky Method and a Goebel Jury Wheel
The piece analyzes a Scott county jury wheel set by Judge Cantrill in 1900 for Caleb Powers cases. It argues the wheel favored Goebel Democrats, leaving Powers at the mercy of twelve partisan Goebel jurors despite legal protections and peremptory challenges. The article labels this a mathematical demonstration of partisanship under forms of law.
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Caleb Powers
Cantrill
Goebel
Caleb Power
Scott County
Kentucky
The Proposal of Marriage in Nervous Test
A suitor's carefully rehearsed marriage proposal to Mr Wealthyman collapses when he nervously stumbles near the end. He mutters through the consent request, stuttering and repeating phrases as he admits love and a plan to marry, while acknowledging their youth and shared efforts in life.
Kansas City men tout a drink to sober drinkers in minutes
W G Vincent and Thomas Foley of Hutchinson Kansas arrange to market a liquid claimed to cure the effects of a jag in about fifteen minutes. They say inhaling the preparation will make a man absolutely sober quickly and seek to prove its formation before selling.
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W. G. Vincent
Thomas Foley
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Mr. Vincent
The
Journal
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Wisconsin
Creeper
Alice Virginia
A. Virginia Creeper
Rochester Theological Seminary
Rockefeller
Ohio
Bryan
Tom Johnson
Liberal Review
Brockhuysen
Umbria
Gazettee
West
Cincinnati
Touneson
Austen
Commercial Tribune Company
the Commercial Tribune Company, Publishers
Foley
Board of Commissioners
Ripley County
Indiana
Laughery Township
Joan H, Goyert
Lexington
Tribune and Gazette
Mr. Wealthyman
Ande
Papa Wealthyman
Lot Noa
Morris
Thomas Livingston
Wallace Campbell, D.D. S
Greemann
Wilker & CO
Johno Cravens
Versailles
Om S. Cravens
Batesville, Ind
Cravens & Cravens
Kansas City
General Merchandise
F. Wessels Store
John Vonderheide
Portland
Akceptle Bros
Fifteenth St
Cincinnati, O
Oldenburg, Ind
Jos. A. Luesse’s Grain and Feed Elevator
John Dittus
Henry Buschmann
Third Street
Central Avenue
Grand Central Depot
S Telephone
Herman H. Wessel
Huntersville, Ind
Lieber’s
Indianapolis Brewing Comp’y
John Pfalsgraff
Agt
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