Prominent Cincinnati Woman Praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Cincinnati woman testifies to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing her female troubles after nine months of suffering. She praises relief from pain nervousness and headaches and notes it made monthly periods painless. The letter urges other women with symptoms of female weakness to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Sara Wilson
East 3d Street
Ohio
E. Pinkham
Labor, unions, and women workers across the era
Secretary McKelway cites child labor in mills across America and Pennsylvania. The piece notes union burial plans, labor parades in Boston and Pittsburgh, arbitration gains for New York carpenters, and a planned union exposition to showcase globally organized labor achievements. It also reports on women entering trades and a mounting push for a nationwide union exhibit in Minneapolis.
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Free America
Germany
England
Italy
A. J. McKelway
National Child Labor Committee
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Union Burial Association
Amalgamated Wood Workers’ Association
Iron Angl Allied Industries
Great Britain
House of Lords
Boston
Carpenters of
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Carpenters
Manhattan Carpenters
Manufacturers’ Club of
Buffalo
Molders’ Union
Manufacturers’ Club
Chamber of Commerce
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Board of Examiners
Organized Labor
Pittsburg
America
August H. Kaems
Cheboygan
Mich
Santiente
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Max Morris
Chronology of wars and political milestones from 1076 to 1901
A compact timeline lists battles, conquests, political events, and disasters from 1076 through 1901. It covers sieges such as Aurique and Prague, imperial shifts in Constantinople and Scotland, key monarchic marriages, coronations, territorial changes, naval disasters, epidemics, revolts, and peace negotiations. It notes dates, places, and involved leaders or nations.
Peace treaty signed by Central American conferees aboard Marble Head
The Guatemala San Salvador and Honduras peace conferees aboard the US cruiser Marble Head signed a six article treaty. It calls for withdrawal of armies within three days disarmament in eight days prisoner exchange and general amnesty. It envisions a two month window to negotiate a friendly trade pact and submission of further disputes to arbitration by the presidents of the United States and Mexico. Roosevelt immediately cabled congratulations to the presidents of the involved republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
San Salvador
Honduras
United States
Marblehead
Mexico
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Field estate Tax Assessment Sparks Chicago Back Taxes Fight
The Chicago tax board valued the Field estate personal property at 130 million dollars and real estate at 50 million. Reviewers say Field dodged taxation on most of the estate for years, and executors face a total tax bill of 2.8 million dollars including back taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tax Board
Field
New Electric Locomotives Trial For New York Central
The operating department of the New York Central railroad tests the first of its new electric locomotives for suburban service on an experimental track. A sample train will be run regularly to train new men in preparation for system transfer in October. Steel coaches and multiple unit cars will be used, with some trailers. The locomotives can haul fifteen cars at sixty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Electric
New York Central Railroad
Sores vanish after Cutiura Soap and Ointment use
A mother recalls a year and a half of severe sores on her son, ending with dramatic recovery after using Cutiura Soap and Ointment. She praises the remedies for saving her child from death. The report also notes the Pacific and Indian Ocean deep floors containing red clay and diverse minerals including shark teeth and meteoric material per J C Van Dyke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exbert Sheldon
R. F
Woodville
Conn
Pacific
Indian
J. C. van Dyke
Se rving back pain cured by Dan's Kidney Pills
Olympia resident Tash. L. S Gorham of 16 East 4th St reports a six year backache eased after using Dan's Kidney Pills. Kidney secretions normalized within a week, passages regular, and the pain and lameness gradually vanished after six boxes. Sold by all dealers at a few cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S Gorham
East 4Th St. Olympia, Wash
Dan
Foster-Milburn Co
Baffak
N. Y
Grateful Change on the St. Joe Dock Scene
A steamer nears the St. Joe dock as a couple misreads the wedding march. The woman, called a fluffy young thing, is assured by the wilted collar man that the tune is From Greenland's Icy Mountains and it has a mighty refreshing sound.
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St. Joe Dock
Alfred
Greenland
Something Out of the Common Wedding Trip Proposal
A playful exchange jokes about an unconventional honeymoon idea. One proposes a cross Atlantic journey aboard a houseboat while the other mocks a standard car trip. The banter highlights whimsy and romance in everyday plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Notable City’s Honored Citizen Hanged by Lynchers
A Southern city editor praised Mr. Smith-Brown as an exemplary man in an obituary while later reports reveal he died by hanging after lynching for horse stealing in Texas. The piece contrasts affectionate remembrances with a grim, unresolved detail about his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Smith- Brown
Texas
Smith-Brown
Leslie
Snake Charms Feline in Brooklyn Yard
H F Buxton found his cat staring through a picket fence as a two and a half foot flat-head ladder, described as an addler rather than a serpent, allegedly charmed by the animal or vice versa. Buxton killed the reptile with a carriage whip, noting the unusual length for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Buxton
Brooklyn Eagle
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertises Comfort Shoe Powder
In a Pinch Use Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. It rests the feet cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Alien's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and stores 25c sample mailed free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Naila Alien
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Tee Explosive. Tommy-Paw and the heated term
Mr. Tucker frets over a forbidden word as he flushes and searches the thermome ter, declaring the term unsuited for children in a tense exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Paw
Mr. Tucker
Bor
Smokers Prefer Lewis Single Binder Se Cigars
Smokers find Lewis' Single Binder straight Se cigar better quality than most Se brands. Lewis' Factory Peoria Lt Winslow's Soorarve Srack for Children pales softens the geome reduces indammatea al eain cures wind couc. 5 cents a boitie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Peoria
Mra. Winslow
Modesty and fashion in early public display
The Jacksonville Times-Union reflects on past shocks at dress modesty with peeks at pantalettes and jokes about ostrich farm pants. It notes rising patronage despite such talk. It also reports Miss Archer inheriting about 600000 dollars from her late English jockey father Fred Archer.
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Times-Union
Jacksonville Times-Union
Miss Archer
Fred Archer
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R. Paxton CO
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Michael
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Philip of Spain
Mary of England
Mary
Lord Darnley
James
Westminster
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Fort Niagara
Sir William Johnson
Alleghenies
Robespierre
Paris
Peru
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Mid Ocean
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Army of the Potomac
Morgan
New Lisbon
Chambersburg
Wyoming Territory
Alaska
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Oregon
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Henry M. Stanley
Africa
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China
Japan
Song-Iwan
Korea
Ponce
Porto Rico
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Spain
McKinley
Heureaux
Santo Domingo
Maine
Newchwang
von Piechve
Russia
Central America
Catiura
the Fleet of the Pacific
Tash
Rupe
Dodds
Wit Miller Co
Division
Grand Rapids, Mi
A.M. Green
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
A.J. Waldock & CO
Oklahoma City
Okla
Erie
Moxesteads
Pellington
Meade
Hyde, Hughes, Sully
Jey Land Co
Pierre
On Seed Co
Kossuth Co
Kyler & Robertson
la Verne
Iowa
Wren
Winchester
Castoria
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