Honest endorsements push Peruna as patient aid
An anonymous Denver style advert shows doctors and a patient praising Peruna for catarrh and bronchial improvement. It includes Dr A W Perrin of Brooklyn stating he uses Peruna with patients and finds it more than advertised. The piece also notes German pension rules for domestic workers and weekly stamps for old age insurance.
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Sylvester E. Smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
Peruna
A. W. Perrin
M. D
Halsey
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hope Abandoned Before Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Woman
Bed bound for four months Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington recalls three doctors declaring no cure yet after using Dean's Kidney Pills she recovered, left bed and returned to health. Sold by all dealers fifty cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. English towns’ lamp post strikes can incur fines if seen by police.
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Enos Shearer
Washington
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Truth and Quality Appeal in Laxative Claim
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trustworthy laxative. It emphasizes natural, gentle cleansing of internal organs, no debilitating after effects, and physician approval. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Old Parties Score At Dry Convention On Lincoln Prohibition
At the Prohibition party national convention in Columbus temporary chairman Robert H. Patton of Springfield declared Republicans and Democrats allied with liquor. He cited 1872 platform, Lincoln as a Prohibitionist, and praised Wade Ellis. Taft and Bryan were labeled friends of liquor. Patton entertained with calls to action as delegates cheered and songs were sung while preparations for a possible Patton presidential boom began.
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Taft
Bryan
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Springfield
Herman Raster
Illinois
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Ohio
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Indiana
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Detroit
Massachusetts
Memorial Hall
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E. L. Eaton
Ilinois
Peary's Fifth Dash to Pole Sails From New York
Commander Robert E Peary leads his Roosevelt expedition from New York after a pause at Oyster Bay where President Roosevelt bid him Godspeed. Peary plans to join in Sydney with Mrs Peary and expects to reach the pole or go farther north within a year. The party includes Prof Ross Marvin and Prof D D McMillan with Yale's George Borup.
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Bowdoin
George Borup
Yale
Vacation Policy For Horses At Post Office
The Post Office Department in Washington begins a policy of giving horses in its service a thirty days outing in country pastures, mirroring the vacation afforded to human employees.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Helen Keller Opens First Handicraft Shop in Manchester
Helen Keller launches a Manchester Massachusetts shop selling handicrafts made by blind workers. The display features loom goods and various house furnishings as the initial offering in what she expects to be a chain.
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Helen Keller
Manchester
Mass
Postmaster crackdown on radical papers sparks legal fight
A new law allows postmasters to block mails deemed to incite arson murder or assassination and to hold foreign language papers pending translation. The Appeal to Reason New York Call and other socialist papers vow to challenge the order as a dangerous broad discretionary power.
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Reason
Chicago Socialist
New York Call
Washington
Try It on the Piano. Des Moines Sirloin Scramble
A playful verse about a young man in Des Moines who orders a T bone sirloin. The waiter humorously challenges him to pay with a sufficient amount of des coins before serving the steak.
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Des Moines
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease offered by mail
Read today to Allen 8. Olmsted Le Roy N Y for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into shoes. It cures tired sweating hot swollen aching feet makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Premature, Husband Discovers Long Alkali Dust Journey
John tells Maria he will drink spirits to ease throat discomfort from alkali dust encountered on the overland train. Maria replies that they won't reach the alkali region today, noting they still have 500 miles to go before striking dusty lands.
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Maria
John
Found a Bargain in a Curious Exchange
A brief humorous dialogue notes a Missouri barter for a corncob pipe. Uncle Job asks for a meer echaum, receives confirmation that it is a pipe, and mentions sending 50 cents after seeing an advertisement. The exchange highlights playful consumer chatter.
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Job
Nelson Beats Gans In Seventeen Rounds For Lightweight Title
In San Francisco, Joe Gans the longtime lightweight champion loses to Battling Nelson after a seventeen round bout. The match upsets the title holder as Nelson dominates the later rounds.
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San Francisco
Joe Gans
Nelson
Working His Patient
Ambassador Wu Ting Fang is recalled as saying a Shanghai doctor told a selfish politician he needed exercise. The doctor offered to have him polish the physician’s floors, four times a week, noting the physician’s floors were larger. The tale implies self serving motives in politics.
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Wu Ting Fang
Shanghai
Itching humor on boy cured in four days by Cuticura
A Kokomo mother recounts her toddler’s severe itching eruption starting on the hands spreading over the body. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment daily and reports complete cure in four nights. The note cites Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo, Indiana, and a September 16, 1907 date.
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Frank Donahue
Fremont St
Kokomo
Ind
Brazilian rail mileage and expansion reported
The Philadelphia Press notes at the start of last year Brazilian railroads totaled 10,776 miles in operation with 1,902 miles under construction and 4,177 miles surveyed or approved, bringing total mileage to about 16,855 miles. The piece mixes light anecdote with the rail data about growth and activity.
Smokers Say Lewis' Single Binder Matches Top 10¢ Cigar Quality
The judgment of many smokers is that Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar equals in quality the best 10¢ cigars. This opinion reflects high regard among buyers for the value and craftsmanship of the Single Binder offering.
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Lewis
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