Lydia Pinkham s Vegetable Compound marketed to sick women
A fragment from a period piece extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female illness and infertility. Letters from Maggie Gilmer and Josephine Hall praise health restoration and motherhood, with a sales pitch inviting further inquiries. A separate note recounts a Washington Heights street scene where girls walk on stilts, contrasting past and present.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
S. C
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Pia
Broadway Wealth and Bankers Moral Crisis Explored
Expert Edward P. Moxey condemns New York’s Broadway scene as corrupting bankers and managers nationwide. He warns luxe living, lavish spending, and easy gains erode honesty, tempt embezzlement, and turn bank cash into common property, fueling defalcations and gambling.
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Gotham
Rialto
White Light
Broadway
24Th Street
Long Acre Square
Edward P. Moxey
United States Department of Justice
Moxey
New York
New England
Prohibition Cuts Arrests and a Woman's Role Debate
Archbishop Glennon discussed the role of modern women and public life, recommending women mind their homes and duties. In Atlanta, Mayor Joyner reported a dramatic drop in arrests for drunkenness and misdemeanors since prohibition, citing court and police records at a League meeting.
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Mgr
Diomede Falcone
United States
Glennon
St. Louis
League of American Municipalities
Joyner
Atlanta
Doctors Test Condemned Food After Benzoic Acid Trials
A four month New York City study on preservative toxins reports three doctors and a chemist consuming 60 grains each of benzoic acid with no significant ill effects. The researchers named are Doctors Lucas, Ringer, and Harvey, and Chemist Edward O'Brien.
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New York City
Lucas, Ringer and
Harvey
Edward O'Brien
World wisecracks and travel notes volley across papers
A compilation of quips and observations from multiple papers. The pieces mock heaven, wireless calls, boxing earnings, religious reforms, Tolstoyan birthdays, conventions, baldness myths, chemistry adulteration, election timing, temperance gains, and a European travel lull. The aggregate reflects light editorial humor and crosspaper snippets.
International Crises and Political Clashes Across Europe
News briefs report 22 pro Japanese Ilchinhoi members killed by Japanese gendarmes in Korea and quieted details. London Church Congress debates socialism with optimism for church impact. London hosts exiled Turkish agents Zia Bey and Izzet Pasha amid regime shifts. Portuguese minister Franzini's suicide attempt sparks speculation. Emanuel Lasker retains world chess title after Munich victory over Tarrasch. final score 3 wins for Tarrasch, 5 draws, 6th win by Lasker.
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Ilchinhoi
Organization of Korea
Korea
Cholado
London
Melbourne
Australia
Algernon West
Zia Bey
Secret Service
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Izzet Pasha
Constantinople
Marius Franzini
Portugal
Senor Franzini
Emanuel Lasker
New York
Munich
New Districts and New Rail Ways Proclaimed for Western Canada
The letter reports Western Canada offers improving settlement conditions with yields of twenty to fifty bushels per acre for wheat, oats, and barley. It cites 160 acres free plus 160 more at $3 an acre, aided by new homestead rules. Leslie M Shaw praises Western Canada’s likely decade of growth and rail land sales. An Iowa editor notes Americans flocking there, especially southeast of Moose Jaw and Regina, welcomed by Canada.
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Canada
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Merchants’ Loan and Trust
Chicago
T. Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
Minn
M.W. McInnes
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mich
T. QO. Currie
B. Callahan
Milwaukee
Wis
W. H. Rogers
Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
Western Canada
Western
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
United States Treasury
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
Monticello
Iowa
Ontario
Moose Jaw
Regina
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Sloan's Liniment Claims
The advertisement warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and internal. It also touts Sloan's Liniment for hog cholera with testimonials from A J McCarthy and G W Balsbaugh praising its effectiveness and offers a free Sloan's book from Dr Earl S Sloan Boston MA.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sloan
A. J. McCarthy
Idaville
Ind
G. W. Balsbaugh
Peru
Dr. Ear
Boston
Mass
THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Poor Woman Seeks Time With Great Judge
A timid young woman gathers courage to approach a renowned judge, acknowledging his busy docket. She asks how many days he needs for work, hoping to schedule a moment of introduction and conversation amid his heavy duties.
Notable Q and A on dentistry and crime ages in 1906 NYC
A cheeky dialogue asks if a dentist is one of the painless sort. The reply notes the dentist’s sympathy. The piece cites as a side fact that the average arrest age in New York City in 1906 was twenty three years.
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New York City
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Great Britain
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Switzerland
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Chicago Tribune
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Seeep
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Vas Ma Rae
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Ual
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Tara Aleve
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Grek Dnen Stren
New Mexico
Helce Valley
Peoria
Lil
Southwest Catholic Colonization Co
Box
Canyon. Tex
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Texas
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Sterling Remedy Co
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Idaho
Utah
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Montana
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American Forwarding CO
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Gallale
Reese
Oadort
Tales, Butcher Co
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Putnam
Wille Tor Tree
Biosas
Yonroe Drug CO
Donen Mine
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