Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Mrs Maggie Gilmer reports restored health and motherhood after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female weakness. Mrs Josephine Hall claims relief from severe female troubles and now is a mother. The ad promotes the compound as the standard remedy for female ills for thirty years and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
S. C
Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Stilted Girls on Washington Heights Streets
A stranger in Washington Heights, New York, observes girls walking on stilts and notes the shift from boys dominating stilts in his youth. The local resident, less versed in stilt history, cannot explain the change as the scene prompts reflection on changing gender roles.
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Washington Heights
New York
Broadway Life of Wealth Turns Bankers Crooked
Edward P. Moxey, former federal bank examiner, describes how New York nightlife fuels corruption. He cites lavish spending, hotel life, and a flood of money as eroding honesty from bankers and spreading defalcations. He warns small town bankers are drawn to temptations seen in Broadway's casinos, hotels, and apparel.
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Gotham
Rinlto
White Light
Broadway
24Th Street
Long Acre Square
Edward P. Moxey
United States Department of Justice
Myr. Moxey
Moxey
New York
New England
Woman a Cook Not a Voter Debate at St Louis
Archbishop Glennon hosts a discussion featuring Mgr Diomede Falcone apostolic delegate who argues women should mind their own business. He contends modern women would be happier if they focus on home duties and family rather than political life or public affairs.
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Mgr
Diomede Falcone
United States
Glennon
St. Louis
Prohibition Cuts Arrests Reported by Atlanta Mayor
Mayor Joyner presented Atlanta figures from court and police records showing arrests for drunkenness and misdemeanors tied to drink have fallen more than 50 percent since Prohibition began.
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League of American Municipalities
Joyner
Atlanta
Doctora Testing Condemned Food
A four month New York City study on preserving canned foods uses three doctors and one chemist who ingest benzine avid at 60 genius each to test effects. They report minimal immediate reactions but the research remains unpublished and controversial.
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Doctora
New York City
Lucas, Ringer
Harvey
Edward O'Brien
Witty World Bullets From Several Papers
A collage of brief newspaper quips from New York World Boston Globe Philadelphia Ledger Cleveland Plain Dealer Washington Star Washington Herald London Times Washington Post The Independent and Boston Herald note humorous takes on culture technology religion politics and travel trends. The items contrast views on heaven pianos wireless phones political conventions and tourism with dry witticisms on aging and economy.
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Iowa
New York World
Boston Globe
Nelson
Philadelphia Ledger
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Western Canada offers growth and rich grain yields for settlers
Readers learn Western Canada promises thriving farming, with wheat yields between twenty and fifty bushels per acre, strong oats and barley, and high profits. The piece cites a Pincher Creek farmer earning nearly $20 per acre, notes grasses support cattle and dairying, and highlights 1908 homestead incentives, rail rates, and broad American settlement.
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Western Canada
Western
Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
United States Treasury
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
Monticello
Iowa
Ontario
Moose Jaw
Regina
World News and Political Notes From Across the Globe
In Korea twenty two members of the pro Japanese Ilchinhoi were killed by Japanese gendarmes at Cholado Korea, a hush fell over the incident. In London during the Church Congress socialism drew favorable discussion. Melbourne’s archbishop praised collectivist legislation in Australia while Al gernon West warned of socialism without church leadership. Zia Bey, famed for suppressing Abdul Hamid’s regime, has escaped and boasts of officials executed by his orders, while Tazet Pasha is safe in London. Most old regime officials remain imprisoned in Constantinople. Portugal’s Marius Franzini, once minister of war, attempted suicide, fueling political speculation. Emanuel Lasker, the New York chess champion, retains his world title after a rapid Munich victory over Tarraseh of Nuremberg. Lasker won 16 games to 3 with five draws.
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Ilchinhoi
Organization of Korea
Korea
Cholado
London
Melbourne
Australia
Algernon West
Zia Bey
Abdul Hamid
Tazet Pasha
Constantinople
Marius Franzini
Portugal
Senor Franzini
Ymanuel Lasker
New York
Munich
de ‘Tarraseh
Nuremburg
Larraseh
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warned
Health warning against using catarrh ointments containing mercury. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo as safe and mercury free, taken internally. Mentions price 75 cents and availability from druggists. Includes a nondescript testimonial offer and a reminder to buy genuine Toledo manufactured product.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Alifornia Fic Syrup Co
Reassuring Him Madam Says Smoking Car Is Fine
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a guard on the South Side elevated informing a self-possessed matron that the car is a smoking car. She responds that one cannot expect a smoking car to be a front parlor, insisting no apology is needed.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Hog Cholera cure claim from Sloan's Liniment
Advertised remedy for hog cholera recommends isolating sick hogs and fumigating pens. Mix Sloan's ointment with milk and feed to sick hogs for three days. Endorsements from A J McCarthy of Idaville and G W Balsbaugh of Peru praise quick improvement. Sloan offers a book and directs to Dr Earl S Sloan in Boston for free copies.
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Sloan
A. J. McCarthy
Idaville
Ind
Gaya
G. W. Balsbaugh
Peru
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Timid visitor asks judge about work week days
A shy young woman, after letters of introduction to the famed judge, finally calls and asks, You are so busy judge that I hesitated about disturbing you. How many days in the work week?
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement with sold details
In a Pinch Use Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or sent shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 23c Semple mailed free Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N.
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Allen
Semple
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
Quite the Contrary Dentist Talk Sparks Sympathy
A fragment suggests a humorous exchange about a dentist described as "painless" yet sympathetic. The garbled text references the average arrest age in New York City in 1906 as twenty-three, with unreadable remnants following.
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New York City
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