Oldest doctor Dr Gallus Ritter von Hochberg noted
Aged 97 physician from Carlsbad is likely the world’s oldest practicing doctor. He serves the poor, attends theater regularly, and holds a position as an Austrian imperial court councillor. Other items mention Finland's cattle losses, vast unoccupied Montana lands, Georgian language words, Chinese miners in Mexico, and local language notes.
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Finland
Montana
Caspian
Black Seas
Dada
Mama
Zataecas
Mexico
Gallus Ritter von Hochberg
Carlsbad
Ayers Defies Death with Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Minneapolis man A E Ayers long believed dead from Bright's Disease and Diabetes credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with saving his life. After doctors gave days to live, he recovered following a course of the remedy and praises its effect, urging others to consider the treatment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. E. Ayers
Bright
Bath
N. Y
Ayers
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Dodd
Englishmen Aroused By Boer War News In London
A London bulletin reports outrage over the fate of three peace commission members sent to Gen De Wet. Papers label the incident murder and call for intensified reinforcements. Details cite small Boer garrisons at Kaalfontein and Zuurfontein, British trenches, a captured patrol freed, and lines to be restored. Milner denies widespread lies.
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London
Peace Commission
de Wet
Lore Kitchener
War Office
Daily Mail
Pretoria
Pretorius
South African Republic
Kaalfontein
Zuurfontein
Khaki
Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
England
Peace Agents Flogged by De Wet Orders in Boer War
London reports from Lord Kitchener describe a Boer raid of about fourteen hundred at Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein stations repulsed by a cavalry brigade. Three peace commissioners agents were captured near Lindley on January 10. one British subject was flogged and shot, the other two burghers were flogged under De Wet's orders.
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de Wet
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Zuurfontein
Kaalfontein
Peace Commissioners
Laager
Lindley
Gratifying Testimonial for Solace Voyage
Secretary Long received a letter from missionaries thanking Commander Winslow of the hospital ship Solace for the voyage from San Francisco to Yokohama. The letter praises the ship's management and the admirable qualities of the American bluejackets, and Long notes the value of more abroad goodwill toward U S naval vessels.
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Solace
Washington
Long
Winslow
San Francisco
Yokohama
Blockaded by Ice Floes Threaten St Johns Harbor
Northern ice floes drift along the Atlantic coast approaching St Johns N F and may blockade the port. The coast steamer Virginia was forced to abandon its northbound voyage. Floes push toward Transatlantic steamship routes and Cape Race latitude next week. Also Secretary Hay reports Chinese plenipotentiaries ordered to sign the joint note from the powers.
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St. Johns
N. F
Atlantic
Virginia
Cape Race
Washington
Hay
Conger
Pekin
Philippine outlaws in court and prison sentences abroad
General orders from the Philippines report a surge of executions and long terms for murder and other crimes. A Guardia de Honor band murdered peaceful victims. native Prado led an outlaw camp near Rosario, executing prisoners including two Americans and two Igorrote suspects. Presidente of Rosario and his son were killed. 103 houses burned. Prado and his aides were condemned to hang.
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Washington
Philippines
Guardia de Honor
Gen. MacArthur
Willig
Vincente Prado
Rosario
Union
Prado
San Jacinto
Presidente
Pedro Lachica
Grant Declares Pampanga District Ready for Civil Government
Jan 14 Manila report says Gen Grant’s scouts faced bands south of Buloc mountain, driving them from strong positions. About 100 insurgents resisted. four bodies found. Casualties: one sergeant and one Private, Philippine Cavalry, wounded. Grant calls Pampanga fairly pacified and ready for provincial government with Baldwin destroying an insurgent arsenal in Patung.
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Troop A
Philippine Cavalry
Grant
Buloe Mountain
Pampanga
Frank D. Baldwin
Fourth
United States Infantry
Patung
Sisterly bond amid healing promises from pinkham remedy
A vintage note extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a sovereign cure for female ailments. It claims to restore health in young women suffering irregularities and menstrual difficulties, alleviating bearing-down, back pain, womb issues, and nervous exhaustion.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Towne Newman Race Result Report
The article notes Towne Newman’s participation in a recent automobile race and indicates he finished on crutches about a month later. It reads like a brief sports update from the Philadelphia Press.
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Towne—Newman
Brown
Philadelphia Press
Quips and Patter From Dailies and Mock Ads
A collage of brief newspaper quips and ads: lines about why new women are not often very young, a Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic pitch, a grim joke about death and four to five days for a turkey, a dropsy treatment ad by H H Green’s Sons, a Beeman’s Pepsin Gum endorsement, and a slogan urging payment of debts.
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Indianapolis
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MR. Ayers
Koers
Lancer
Guardians of Honor
Province OF
Bass Fraser
Birmingham
Ala
N. H. Fraser
Union Springs
Albion Hixon
Atlanta
Atlanta Technological School
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank of
Mrs. Pinkham
Grace Stansbury
Grace
Stanse
Iry
City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lypra E
Pineham Medicine Co
Java
Dickerman
Grove
H. H. Green
Washington (Ia
Beeman
Atchison Globe
Carter
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