Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Featured With Cure Claims
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It lists common symptoms such as back pain dizziness and urinary issues and notes sales in fifty cent and one dollar sizes plus a free sample bottle and pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co Boston Daily Post readers urged to request information by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Hugh Duffy Among The Missing
In Topeka relief work continues after the flood with trains from Chicago for track repair and Santa Fe crews aiding rescue. Officials report 250 people rescued by river and street diversions while refugees are sheltered, fed, and guarded. Armourdale and packing plants are surveyed for safety as rescue efforts persist.
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Topeka
Chicago
W. A. Keith
A. M. Baird
Santa Fe
North Side
Kansas River
Heh. VU. Mudge
Armourdale
Twelfth Street
Citi
Flood Overwhelms Kansas City as 20,000 Lose Homes
The Kansas City area endures major flooding with the water works out, gas and electric lights off, and rail service unreliable. An estimated 20,000 people in Kansas City Kansas are homeless. drownings reported and heavy property losses feared. Rain continues, river holds, and authorities warn of possible further rises.
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Kansas City
Connor
Weather Bureau
Expert Testimony Praises Postum Coffee Alternative
An expert testifies to coffee as a strong drug and Postum cereal coffee as a healthful substitute. The witness, formerly a heavy coffee drinker, claims Postum cured nerves and heart issues and restored health when used steadily in place of coffee. Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich., is cited.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Kansas City Flood Leaves Dozens Dead and Whole District Submerged
Reports from Kansas City describe extensive flooding in the east and west bottoms with many residents evacuated by boats. The death toll is uncertain but likely near 50, with bodies and wreckage seen in the swift current. Rescue crews use boats, wagons, and improvised craft to reach stranded families as Argentine and Armourdale suffer severe inundation and thousands are left homeless.
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Twelfth Street
Marchin School
O'Brien
Kansas City
Armourdale
Union Station
Kan
Floods Disrupt Mail Service Across Southern Iowa and Nebraska
Official dispatches report severe floods crippling mail delivery in southern Iowa Nebraska and near Kansas City Missouri Telegram from Superintendent Taft notes Union station and transfer clerks’ room under eight feet of water Missouri Pacific trains between Kansas City and St. Louis running Santa Fe service west delayed or uncertain Milwaukee depot only point of entry and exit for trains Frisco and Ikaty lines moved from Rosedale to south along with Argentire and Armourgate wiped off the map with no communication to Kansas City Kansas Two carloads of second class mail likely stranded.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas City
Taft
Union Station
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Santa Fe Railroad
West
Flood Halts Mail and Trains Across Iowa and Nebraska
Telegraphed report from Superintendent West details severe flooding delaying third and fourth class mail as cars flood. Water 3 to 5 feet over floors. storm continues. Western routes disrupted between Omaha and McFerland Red Oak Lincoln St Joseph Oxford Lincoln Concordia and Lincoln Kansas City. Burlington main line interrupted at Ottumwa with through trains via Quincy St Joe Creston. Santa Fe runs Chicago to Kansas City except trains three and four. Northwestern on time Omaha site uninterrupted with good conditions on St Paul lines to Omaha.
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West
Chicago
Town
Nebraska
Omaha
McFerland
Red Oak
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Oxford
Concordia
Kansas City
Burlington Road
Ottumwa
Quincy
St. Joe
Two Baseball Teams Missing in North Topeka Flood
Milwaukee and Peoria fear two 14-man teams vanished in the North Topeka flood near Kansas City. Local managers sent telegraph alerts to accessible Kansas points with no word. Prayers were said for the Milwaukee players, and manager Hugh Duffy of the Milwaukee club rode the train with his men as hope waned.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Peoria
North Topeka
Kansas
Khaw River
Manhattan
Kansas City
Colorado
Topeka
Hugh Duffy
Milwaukees
Bostons
Final curtain on the Boston Museum stage recalls sixty years
The Boston Museum closes its doors with a valedictory from Mr. William Seymour and a tribute by Mr. Charles Frohman. The address honors Moses Kimball and Isaac B. Rich, recalls generations of stock company actors, and salutes Mrs. Vincent and William Warren. Hamlet’s final line is urged as last words.
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Mr. Seymour
Moses Kimball
Charles Frohman
Boston Museum
Moses
Davenport
Shakspere
Goldsmith
Sheridan
London
Yorke
Milliken
Backus
Osborne
Thurgate
William Harris
Boston
Isaac B. Rich
R. M. Field
Charles Barron
Annie Clarke
J. A. Smith
Shewell
Hardenbergh
Ring
McClannin
LeMoyne
Nolan
Haworth
Burrows
Mason
George Wilson
William Warren
Museum
Mr. Field
Roosevelt offers federal aid after Topeka calamity
President Roosevelt telegraphed from Cheyenne to Governor Bailey offering federal assistance if needed after reports of a dreadful calamity in Topeka. He expressed being inexpressibly shocked and urged Bailey to inform him of any needed help.
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Topeka
Kan
Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Bailey
Theodore Roosevelt
Munyon Talks to Women Witch Hazel Soap Ad
Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap touted as a skin vitalizer with witch hazel content. The ad claims rapid relief for prickly heat, rashes, and dandruff, and promotes scalp and facial use, shaving comfort, and antiseptic benefits. Sold everywhere.
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Munyon
Ita
Koch Lung Cure Home Treatment Ad
Sufferers from throat and lung diseases can obtain Koch Tuberculine Inhalation Home Treatment with a pre pared apparatus. The system uses the same therapy that has cured patients in Boston and major U S cities. Indorsed by specialists worldwide, it delivers tuberculine vapors to the diseased lungs. Descriptive booklet with symptom blank available. Free consultation, examination and trial treatment at 361 Boylston Street, Boston.
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Koch Lung Cure
Boston
United States
Koch
Boylston Street
Physician Advertisement for Medical Consultation in Boston
A physician with twenty years of experience offers treatment for inherited conditions alcoholism depleting factors kidney disease and other illnesses for patients young or old. Written address PHYSICIAN 1762 P. O. Box Boston.
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Box
Boston
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