Brigham H. Roberts Ousted From Utah Seat in Sixty-First Congress
The House voted 802 to 30 to not permit Brigham H. Roberts to take the oath and sit as a member of the Sixty-First Congress. A nine member committee will investigate the charges leading to the ouster bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
House
Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Henderson
Oreer
Mwe
Capitol
Oldest Man in America 111 Years Credits Peruna
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas at 111 years recalls remedies for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhoea and endorses Dr. Hartman Peruna as best or only remedy. The piece also includes a language usage list and an ad for Grain-O cereal coffee substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Peruna
Hartman
Currency Bill Settles Gold Standard and Bank Provisions
The Republican currency measure details a gold standard continuing the dollar at 25.8 grains of gold nine-tenths, with redemption of greenbacks in gold and a S170,000,000 reserve fund for redemption. It also expands national bank note issues against bonds and shifts taxes on bank circulation. The House bill imposes tax changes and converts coin bonds to gold obligations, while the Senate bill delays that move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Senate Finance Committee
United States
Senate
Treasury
Peruna Credited By Elderly User For Health Longevity
Isaac Brock of Catarrh praises Peruna as a long standing standby driving his good health and longevity. He claims it meets his needs for everyday medicine and is especially valuable to old people. The Peruna Medicine Co offers a free book on catarrh from Columbus, Ohio.
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Isaac Brock
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Billowe
Annles
Cascareis
Sterling Ramey Co
Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
CCC
Ratic Cure CO
E. Lake
John M. Smyth Co. Warns of Impostor Agents
The John M. Smyth Co of Chicago warns that no agents travel the country for the firm and that impostors are posing as its representatives to sell goods and take cash or notes. The company denounces the fraud and urges the public to beware of such impostors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Smyth Co
Chicago
Grain-O and a Glued Lamp Tale in Everyday Life
A clipped collage of 1910s style vignettes features a lamp shattered and glued, Grain-O as a coffee substitute, long haired inventor Thinkman, a railroad book offer, Korean mourning customs, Kemp's Balsam cough remedy, and a note on crooked streets in Chinese cities amid a miscellany of ads and curiosities. The items reference Grain-O per package by grocers, a 2-cent stamp for a railroad book, and brief health and cultural notes.
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Mie
Zoe
Lane's Family Medicine and Cure Advertisement
An old newspaper ad promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel health benefits and liver and kidney support, touts headache relief, and a cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It offers refunds if ineffective and features W. Grove's signature on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Charting Ocean Beds and Maritime Vessels Noted
Fragmentary item references John Bull charting ocean beds with eleven vessels, mentions low vitality and exhaustion, cites Dr Rune Justiute at 92 Arch Street Philadelphia, and includes old testimonial lines about Piso's Cure and a Bacon quote.
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John Bull
Nilee
Rune Justiute
Arch
Philadelphia
Ledger Clash Over Business Totals
A grocer insists his ledger shows a $50 000 business last year while a prospective buyer challenges with his own pocketbook tally in a brisk exchange.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Reward Note
A historical advertisement offers 100 dollars reward for a cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts F J Cheney and associates are trustworthy and lists Toledo druggists TRUAX KINNAN and Marviss. The remedy is described as internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces with price per bottle and testimonials free.
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F. J. Eney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wear & Truax
Toleto
Watding, Kinnan & Manrvis
Hall
Convicts Highlight Time as Gift or Craft of Freedom
A terse remark notes that time is earned by some and given to others, contrasting the labor of convicts with the luck of freedom. The line implies differing paths to opportunity and the value of time.
Rocky Mountains Explorers Find New Pass In Stumbling Tale
A fragmentary report mentions a party of explorers in the Rocky Mountains discovering a new pass after hairbreadth escapes. Also notes a medical claim for Hoe tetter n Stomach Bitters improving digestion and regularity. An ad promotes T M Roberts Supply House catalog for bargains on household goods.
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Rocky Mountains
Bnd
T. M. Roberta’ Supply House
What in your theory of life
Fragmentary dialogue expresses a philosophy of personal autonomy as the speaker insists that everyone should have their own way about everything. The line highlights individual liberty and the belief that choices should reflect personal preference.
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Piura
Peru
W. H. Watson
Houston
Texas
McKinley
Rosetta Horton
Nashville
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Edgar Hill
Louisville
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Auburn
N. Y
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Japan
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Minneapolis
Mrs. A
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Thinkman
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Korea
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Urernia
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I. O. Currie
Stevens Point
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Detroit
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Reed City
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Des Moines
Iowa
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