Peruna praised for curing female catarrh claims
A testimonial from Mrs. M. Brickner describes severe headaches back pains and dizzy spells improving after using Peruna within two months. The advertisement asserts female catarrh causes relate to head catarrh and promises free medical advice from Dr. Hartman, president of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh Street
Milwaukee
Wis
M. Brickner
Peruna
Hartman
Pullman Conductor and Traveler Exchange Over Baggage Checks
A Pullman conductor questions the traveler about giving the porter checks for baggage while the traveler asserts that another man named T gave the porter all the money he had. The scene hints at a dispute over payments aboard a train and references a tobacco brand promotion by Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Cost of the Chicago Strike Engulfs City and Garment Trade
The Chicago strike by Teamsters and garment workers crippled business, driving losses to retailers and wholesalers, inflating police costs, and provoking riots and injuries. By April 27 the strike spread to numerous firms. by May, 3,500 teamsters walked out, with nine injunctions issued and indictments for conspiracy. Police and deputies topped 3,000, cost city and county tens of thousands, while wages and strike fund payments drained workers and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Chicago
Wholesale Tailors’ Association
Montgomery Ward & Co
Olivey
Lis
Expres
P. Shea
Employers’ Teaming Company
West Virginia
Garment Workers
Shea
Montgomery Wardn& Co
Employers’ Association
Cook County Grand Jury
Schuettler
Deneen
Barrett
Roosevelt
Race Across the Ocean Opens With 11 Yachts
Eleven yachts from the United States England and Germany sail from Sandy Hook toward England in a 3000 mile ocean race for a $5000 Kaiser's cup. The event tests boat design seamanship and sailing skill more than prior contests and could boost national pride for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
England
United States
Sandy Hook
New Jersey
William
Atlantic
Europe
America
Boers Trek to German East Africa in Mass Migration
More than 1,000 Boers plan to move from the Transvaal to German East Africa in May to farm along the Tanga railway. The migration reflects strong anti British sentiment and a desire to build new lives, with 74 people already departing early. The party aims to establish farms in the high plains inland from the Indian Ocean.
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Transvaal
South African Republic
Volksraad
German East Africa
Indian Ocean
Tanga
Great High Plain
Alexandria store safe blown for cash and merch
Telegraphic brief reports robbers blew the safe at Todd & Boesch in Alexandria Kentucky securing 1300 dollars in cash and about 2000 dollars in merchandise. The safe was shattered by blasting powder and the thief's motive remains unclear across the short item.
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Todd & Boesch
Alexandria
Hyde
James W. Alexander
House of Commons
Ottawa
Ont
Thomas M. Fields
Washington, D. C
Washington Beneficial Endowment Association
American Bankers’ Association
New York
Washington
Association
George W. Lyon
Harrison
Philippines
Saybrook
Conn
Sympathetic warning about a graveyard cough
A cautious friend warns another with a cold that colds grippe and pneumonia can be deadly at this dangerous time. He recalls a friend who died in three days and urges not to worry or overthink the illness.
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain For Farmer Boyce
A. A. Boyce of near Trenton Missouri suffered severe cold caused kidney ache and back pain that left him unable to walk. He tried various medicines with no relief until Doan's Kidney Pills were taken, after which the backache gradually disappeared and did not return. Sold by all dealers or directly from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York for 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Boyce
Trenton
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
No Recovery Also For Tam In 115 Year Plan
A visitor visits a lawyer in 1893 seeking fortune after a panic. The lawyer explains no recovery yet and hints a possible future raise around year 115 if the client can spare a ten cent note. The doomed exchange ends with a cordial farewell about the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
One Thing Needful in Cook Book Held Back by Plates
Dialogue at bookshop as Lady Customer complains an illustrated cook book is useless without pictures. Bookseller retorts that cook books seldom have illustrations, and she asks how to serve a dinner without plates. The quip highlights the practical gap in a humorous exchange.
A Female Virtue Quip Sparks Hallroom Debate
An orator praises a "good woman" as pure gold while a married man in the back retorts that money talks, provoking a sharp exchange in the hall. The brief interruption underscores tensions between idealized virtue and pragmatic cynicism in a social setting.
The Road to Wellville Promises Coffee’s Health Cure
An Oakland woman recounts illness from coffee and fatigue, credits quitting coffee and drinking Postum Food Coffee. She notes rapid improvement in nerves and digestion, and lasting strength during San Francisco events. The ad favors Postum, from Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. The little book The Road to Wellville is included in every package.
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Wellville
San Francisco
P’ostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Are the Packers Receiving Fair Play
The Garfield report on packers business methods faced sharp criticism yet after months of publicity the figures remain uncontested by detractors. The public grows skeptical of sensational claims from the Beef Investigation, with officials debunking a magazine assertion that forty Iowa banks failed in 1908-4 due to Beef Trust manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Beef Trust
Cox
Banking Department
Iowa State
Hypnosis Claim Sparks Bizarre Exchange in Bouttown
In a clipped exchange, Prof. Steviere declares a five minute gaze can hypnotize and compel, while Bouttown retorts that a waiter can be made a slave in under three quarters of a second by a bright object. The dialogue pits two outlandish methods against each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Steviere
Bouttown
New Woman Club Meets In Brief Session
An Off Day. Miss New Wage reports a brief meeting of the New Woman International Progressive Club. Bachelor Girl notes Mrs. Sweetie arrived with her baby and, after ad journ, the group dispersed as they exchanged affectionate farewells with the cherub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wage
New Woman International Progressive Club
Sweetie
Cure for bad breath by Dr Caldwell's Gaxative Syrup
A vintage health ad explains that foul breath stems from various forms of dyspepsia and asserts the sole reliable cure is Dr Caldwell's Gaxative Syrup Pepsin. It promises to clear impurities and sweeten breath, with prices 50 cents and one dollar and a money back guarantee.
Doctor and Patient Exchange on Women as Physicians
A humorous exchange features a medical student asking about women physicians and the doctor replying that they are “all right.” The punchline notes that women contribute two thirds of the income to the profession, highlighting gender economics in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.D
Allen's Foot-MaSe Powder Ad Cures Corns and Burns
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Mase, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy, Cures Corns Lun fon s Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 250. Sample sent via Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
True Politeness and a Clever Quip
A humorous dialogue on politeness and interruption followed by a remark on using Piso's Cure for Consumption. The short note is dated May 25 1901 and lists Mrs 8S BE Borden of Washington DC. Genus is dismissed as mere labor and diligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden
P Street
Washington, D. C
Irregularities and Female Derange Mente Result-Oured by Lydia Pinkham
In a period piece urging women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the ad links hurried living to female disorders and home misery. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Chester Curry of East Boston describing eight years of irregularities and nervousness improved by the remedy. It hawks starting treatment at first signs of menstrual pain, headaches, or nervousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Bb. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester Curry
Saratoga Street
Boston
Mass
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Great Northern Railway
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Asia
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Albany
L. M. Child
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Inslow
Chicago and Alton
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Decatur
California
Itreet Workers Investegate
Schultz German Compound CO
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