Menominee Leads Upper Peninsula Manufacturing Survey
Bulletin No 15 quotes department figures showing Menominee as the top city in the Upper Peninsula for manufacturing. It lists 45 institutions with $3 340 328 capital, 1 489 workers and yearly wages of $705 013. Manistique and Sault Ste Marie follow in the ranking.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Menominee
Upper Peninsula
Department
Manistique
Sault Ste. Marie
For Sale. Twelve full blooded Bared Rocks and Cocherel
For sale a seller offers twelve full blooded Bared Rocks and Cocherel horses from 9 Enqpire of FL B Jones in the city.
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Rocks
Cocherel
B. Jones
City
Digestive Cure Promises Relief for Indigestion
A patent medicine ad argues only proper digestion can cure indigestion and rest the stomach. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a perfect digestant that digests food regardless of stomach condition and lists symptoms like belching and sour stomach. Sold by D MacFarlane.
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D. MacFarlane
Rodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Quick Stomach Relief
The advertisement touts Rodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming it digests belching sour stomach and heartburn. It promises rest for an overworked stomach and relief from various stomach ailments. Sold by D. MacFarlane.
Hapkister's Rocky Mountain Tea Offers Health Boost
A touted remedy claims to stimulate every part of the body with new blood strength and vigor. The product promises wellness and renewed energy for 35 cents, sold by D Mae Fariane.
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Stat
Young Kenedy Co
Detroit
Mich
Hapkister
Rocky Mountain
D. Mae Fariane
Pineules promise night relief for backache and neuralgia
An old advertisement touts Pineules as a remedy to strengthen kidneys and bladder, cleanse the blood, and ease neuralgia and rheumatism. It warns against female troubles and urges readers to heed the warnings before it is too late. Also promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and gradually mentions other remedies sold by local merchants.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
VR. Jones
Insect Appetite Destroys Hong Kong Telegraph Cable
Engineers report seven miles of underground cable damaged by holes drilled into the copper wire. Specimens and museum notes suggest white ants caused the damage, eating tarred rope lead twisted rope tape hemp fiber and india rubber pieces.
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Hongkong
India
Natural History Museum
Patrick Gleason Pays Bet After Poor Work
In Brockton shoe magnate Patrick Gleason discovers a laster making shoddy work. He bets ten dollars the factory cannot produce a worse shoe, the laster accepts and presents a subpar pair, leading Gleason to fire him for the failure.
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Patrick Gleason
Brockton
Mr. Gleason
Uncle Joe Cannon Tells Tales To Quaker Guest
In a luncheon with a stern Quaker friend, Speaker Joseph Cannon regaled with the collapse of a life insurance firm he lost money on. He hurled fiery phrases before the guest broke in with advice urging safer language or purchasing a posthumous fire insurance policy.
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Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Joe
Joseph
Uncle Joe
Success Magazine
Schoolboys as Leaders of Israel Mischief Tale
A Baptist minister in Washington Connecticut once clashed with local boys over stolen strawberries. The sexton opened the church as usual and the pupils had placed pits in the pulpit. The minister began his sermon with a question about who led Israel out of Egypt and then exclaimed, Those damn schoolboys did that, highlighting the prank’s punch line.
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Israel
Washington, Conn
Egypt
Shipbuilding in Britain under construction totals rise in 1905
Returns compiled by Lloyds Register of Shipping show 474 vessels totaling 1,251,348 tons gross under construction in the United Kingdom at March 1 1905 excluding warships. This marks an increase of about 202,000 tons since December and compares with 398 vessels of 988,664 tons at end of March last year.
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Britain
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
United Kingdom
Japan's Merchant Marine grows after war losses
In 1893 Japan owned 167000 tons of merchant steamships but by end of 1904 the mercantile steamship fleet reached 1224 vessels totaling 791033 tons. This followed a wartime loss of 71000 tons.
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Japan
Forty Three in Ghah's Butter Visit
The Shah of Persia will visit Europe soon with forty three people in his party. Four are doctors.
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Persia
Europe
Automatic whipping device used in Russian army shocks readers
A report describes a mechanized whipping device adopted by the Russian army. The machine auto engages a victim strapped in place, with a dial setting the number of strokes and a screw controlled lash that renews after each hit, ensuring uniform severity.
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Veo
Which He Took and the Shoes Button Box
A Birmingham Herald amusing anecdote features a schoolboy quip about pins saving lives and a couple's pill box mix up. Mr. Finnicky complains of pills not helping, only to learn he has been taking none for three weeks, using his wife’s shoe button box.
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Birmingham Herald
Energetic marsh wren builds multiple nests
The marsh wren is described as one of the most energetic nest builders, constructing four or five woven reed nests with small round holes. In urban marshes and cat tails, the male uses others as roosts and his mate incubates seven or eight eggs, while the surplus nests stay empty.
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C. Wm. Beebe
Magistrate Rebukes Trio in Newark Court
Police Judge Sweeney of Newark scolds three New Yorkers Edward Howard Clarence Payne and Alfred Reed arrested at circus grounds last week on suspicion. Payne says he came to see a young woman and the others accompanied him. The magistrate calls Payne a cheap crook and urges him to choose between being a man or a devil.
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Sweeney
Newark
N. J
Edward Howard
Clarence Payne
Alfred Reed
Circus
Payne
Conductor Haywood Marks 21 Years on Slow Train Ride
Fred L. Haywood of Greenfield recently completed twenty-one years as conductor of the Greenfield to Springfield accommodation. He recalls a fretful passenger who asked if the train always moves slowly, and he replies that the passenger has ridden a half hour while he has served twenty-one years. The passenger then asks what station he boarded at, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Haywood
Fred L. Haywood
Greenfield
Springfield
Boston Herald
Con Ductor Haywood
Stavien
Loubet Musical in Boyheed
President Loubet's mother favored a musical path over a classical education for him. From early childhood he showed musical talent, composing a march and hymn accompaniments at age eleven. Valence Cathedral provided lessons as his mother pressed for training, while his father opposed it.
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Loubet
Boyheed
Organiat
Valance Cathedral
Des Moines church leader Leslie Shaw long served Sunday schools
Ghawle Churchman notes Secretary Leslie M. Shaw led Sunday schools for over twenty years before moving to Washington and represented the Des Moines Conference three times at the General Conference of the church.
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Ghawle
Leslie M. Shaw
Washington
Des Moines
Pure Clase in Good Humor
Mrs. Rover, a New York cooking teacher, begins each Clase lesson with a story though dated phrasing hints at a bygone era.
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Mrs. Rover
New York
Graved Sentence At Night In Arkansas Told As Anecdote
A former Arkansas circuit judge recalls sentencing a man to three months for larceny and, days later, finding him at work sawing wood. The sheriff explains no prisoners were jailed, so the jail key was given to the man to guard his own confinement. News source: New York Times.
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Arkansas
Congress
State of
Jedge
Kime
New York Times
Pigeons Show Distinct Sense in Navigation
Experiments in France reinforce the belief that pigeons have a special sense humans lack for finding home. Researchers note carrier pigeons released at Cerenes navigated thirty kilometers to reach home on a pitch dark night, despite poor night vision.
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France
Cerenes
Enterprising Yankee Offers Dandelion Washing Deal
A Kittery Maine woman cites a twentieth century example: a boy digs dandelions, washes them at a pump, then asks to sell them at 20 cents a week. The scene illustrates young initiative and a quirky sales pitch from a local lawn.
Bee's Laxative Honey and Lar Promoted for Coughs
An advertisement urges readers to use Bee's Laxative Honey and Lar as a health aid for coughs colds and lung relief. It claims the remedy does not constipate and acts as a pleasant laxative expelling cold from the system. Sold by F B Jones.
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F. B. Jones
A Fearful Fate and Piles Cure Endorsed
An Indiana man from Masonville testifies Bucklen's Arnica as the best cure for Blind Bleeding Itching and Protruding Piles. The advertisement claims the salve also heals cuts burns and injuries and is sold for 25 cents at all druggists.
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Harry Colson
Masonville
Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar for Croup and Cough
An advertisement promotes Bee's Laxative Honey with Tar as a remedy for croup whooping cough and lung bronchial affections. It claims to expel cold through a cathartic action on the bowels and notes sale by F. B. Jones.
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F. B. Jones
Excursion Tickets Offered at Low Rates by North-Western Line
Excursion tickets will be sold at reduced rates upon presentation of proper certificates from the educational institution. For full details on sale dates and limits, contact Chicago and North-Western Railway agents.
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North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R'y
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Offers Skin Relief
Rough skin and cracked hands soften with occasional use. Best for eczema cuts burns boils. The genuine salve gives immediate relief to blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. Sold by D.
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D. MacFarlane
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Pusburg
Shenango Furnace Company
Henry W. Olver
James B. Oliver
W. P. Snyder
George ‘Wt. Quiver
Henry R. Rea
Union Trust Company
Henry W Oliver
Oliver
Mesaba Ane Marquette Ranges
Connellsville
Ligonier
Shenang Steamship Company
Sharpeville
Scott
Danita
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New Yok
Rodol
Kennedy
Wlocold
Anto
Puck
Machingay
Tima
S. E. Perlberg & Co
Jensen & Lintelmann
Dra. Kennedy & Kergan
G. B. Wear
Pate
Eve Peesee
Dammann
Gov. Michigan Ave
Shelby St
Dewol
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