Unnecessary operations urged for female health cure
Letters tout Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a life saving alternative to surgery for female troubles. Patient testimonials from Kansas and New Jersey claim it cured or improved conditions once deemed operation necessary. The article promotes the product as a standard remedy for female ills.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Pinkham
Moorestown
N. J
Lydia E
Corn yields and production in a major [state] crop report
The Department of Agriculture released preliminary corn data showing an average yield of 26.2 bushels per acre and total production of 2,642,678,000 bushels. Comparisons are made with 1907 and ten-year averages, with state figures listed for Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, and more, detailing yields per acre and production in bushels. The report notes quality at 86.9 percent and notes farmer holdings at Nov. 1 about 71,124,000 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Michigan
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
North Carolina
Minnesota
Arkansas
North Dakota battleship launched at Quincy yards
A crowd of over 10 000 witnesses the launch of the North Dakota at Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy Massachusetts. The vessel is the first of the dreadnought headnaught class and exceeds 510 feet in length with a 53 foot beam, 20 000 tons displacement and expected speed over 21 knots. General John Burke and Miss Mary Benton attended the christening.
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
America
North Dakota
United States Navy
Jolbn Burke
Mary Benton
Annual Wisconsin Central meeting reports strong earnings
The Wisconsin Central Railway Company held its annual meeting in Milwaukee. The gross earnings reached 7 307 311.35 dollars with operating expenses of 5 130 643.00 dollars leaving net earnings of 2 176 68.26 dollars and a surplus of 2 258 040.16 dollars to be carried over to next year. The Kansas board demanded track improvements under president George Gould and E H Harriman and plans to publish weekly track bulletins and regulate speeds. Sioux City area lines attract stock pledges while Sioux City itself must fund its share. A new union station in Leipsic Germany nears completion, with 31 000 000 dollar expenditure and 26 parallel tracks to serve 13 lines, surpassing Washington DC’s Union Terminal in size.
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Wisconsin Central Railway Company
Milwaukee
Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners
George Gould
E. H. Harriman
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Kansas
Spirit Lake
Hartley
Paullina
Primghar
Germantown
le Mars
Sioux City
Leipsic
Germany
Union Terminal
Washington, D. C
Depew and a Danish Tourist Exchange Cheers
In a playful exchange, Chauncey Depew is approached by a tourist from the Kanka kee Association who insists she must be introduced to the president. Depew questions recognition, recalling a 46 year old Amsterdam speech and noting the improbability of her birth then.
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Depew
Mr. Depew
Kankakee
Amsterdam
N. Y
Amsterdam-m-m
Chauncey
Kidney Pills Claim Cured Man After Doctors Said Hope Lost
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine says a bad injury left him nearly kidney dead and unable to walk. After taking Dean a Kidney Pills he gained strength, used crutches briefly, and soon was fully cured. The ad notes 50 cents a box from Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Deafness and catarrh cure claims and medical ads
A collage of medical elixirs and tips airs claims that deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and can be cured only by constitutional remedies, plus ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure, PAZO Ointment for piles, wine-dregs cow feed benefits, a mining stock pitch, and various consumer remedies including infant teething aid and cold cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Prugetats
Mall
Syrup of Figs and Senna Promoted as Ethical Laxative
The General Demand for a simple pleasant laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co. with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Physicians sanction it for family use due to known wholesome parts and gentle, prompt action. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product only. price fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Piles and eczema eased by Cuticura remedies
An 80 year old man describes severe hemorrhoids bleeding and protrusion followed by itching eczema. After trying many remedies he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with injections, achieving health in a month and continuing maintenance. Also a light joke about Miss Tartan ends with a pun on punctuation.
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J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton, N. Y
His Marital Trouble Ends In Domestic Dispute
A lawyer questions a husband about grounds for divorce as he reveals the strain comes from income versus wife’s comfort expectations. The exchange highlights incompatibility as the core issue in their marital trouble.
Giving Them Their Choice for Winter Trip
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows Maria and her children choosing between a Bermudas vacation and a Fox River farm. The husband notes funds will not cover the Bermudas trip, so the family must decide which option to pursue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Bermudas
John
Fox River
Chicago Tribune
One Breezy Ad Snippet Contains Bromo Quinine Note
An ad fragment promotes Bromo Quinine laxative with a signature by E W Grove claiming worldwide use to cure a cold in one day. The piece also echoes medieval etiquette advice attributed to Erasmus about table manners and guest grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BP. W.grove
E. W. Grove
Campaign Exchange Between Langley and Mumley
Langley asks what the other has done for the party in the campaign. Mumley replies he has contributed money and given no campaign speeches.
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Langley
Party
Mumley
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