Local Patent Medicine Ads Appear Amid Trade Notices
A Toledo area notice warns of Frank J. Cheney as mior partner of F. J. Cheney Co promising payment for uncurable catarrh. Other items tout Jell O desserts and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Remedy with claims of no cure no pay. Various quips and ads fill the page including poultry grists and dye warnings.
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Crry
Toleno
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. D. Isse
A. W. Gleason
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Promoted by Woman’s Letter
A Chelsea Wisconsin reader, Mrs Ella Rice, details two years of bearable womb pain and fatigue then relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims unparalleled cures for women and invites letters to Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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Grey Cays
Ella Rice
Chelsea
Wis
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Mrs. Rice
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lynn
Masa
Hall of Fame elects thirty immortals in New York
The New York University senate completed the first Hall of Fame election. Among those chosen for tablets are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses Grant, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry W. Longfellow, Washington Irving, Jonathan Edwards, David Farragut, Samuel Morse, Henry Clay, George Peabody, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert E. Lee, Peter Cooper, Horace Mann, Henry Ward Beecher, Eli Whitney, James Kent, Joseph Story, John Adams, William Ellery Channing, James Audubon, Elias Howe, William Morris Hunt, Gilbert Stuart, and Asa Gray.
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New York
Senate
New York University
Hall of Fame
George Washington
Abraham Lincolyn
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Joseph Storey
John Adams
William Ellery Channing
James Audubon
Elias Howe
William Morris Hunt
Gilbert Stuart
Asa Gray
American diplomacy hailed as sole success in Chinese crisis
Ambassador Andrew D. White, arriving from Ithaca, predicts leaving for Europe next Tuesday. He cites U S diplomacy as the only power achieving a distinguished engagement in the Chinese affair, noting other governments faced violence and severed ties while U S ministers remained safe and foreign troops clashed.
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United States
New York
Andrew D. White
Germany
Ithaca
Europe
Berlin
Tien ‘Tsin
Mersey River Shipping Crash Immense Damage in London
A series of accidents on the Mersey seen when the Norwegian steamer Veritas collided with the Layland line steamship Devonia and later struck irons booms at St George's landing. The Veritas sank, the Earl of Powys suffered damage, and both vessels drifted causing extensive damage and loss of boats and equipment.
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Liverpool
Mersey
Layland Line
Devonia
Boston
Cheshire
St. George’s Landing Stage
Earl of Powys
Trade With South Africa Resumes Shipments From Chicago
Chicago reports the resumption of mining machinery shipments to South Africa after delays caused by the Boer War. An iron firm member says orders are flowing in and the Transvaal is entering a prosperity era, with plants running at full capacity.
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Chicago
South Africa
Transvaal
Temple Iron Co President Warns Miners Over Union Actions
T H Watkins president of Temple Iron Co criticizes United Mine Workers tactics and argues no single operator guides the anthracite trade. He urges return to work, notes many companies and individuals control tonnage, and says miners must see the errors of union influence. A conference of operators is planned to discuss the miners counter proposal. FE L Fuller supports waiting policy and notes no fresh wage offers from operators.
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Scranton
United Mine Workers
T. H. Watkins
Temple Iron Co
Mitchell
Morgan
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Maereeing
Watkins
Lathrope
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Wilkesbarre
FE. L. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Worth a King’s Ransom Peruna Endorsement Letter
Mrs Col E J Gresham treasurer Daughters of the Confederacy and president Hernden Village Improvement Society writes from Hernden Virginia praising Peruna. She credits it with curing catarrh of the head and lungs after doctors gave up and says six bottles were a king's ransom but worth it. She urges women to try Peruna and notes extensive testimonials and a free book for women from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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Col. E. J. Gresham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Hernden Village
Hernden
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Union
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Carrie
Fred
Hattie
Boston Transcript
Atchison Globe
Putnam Fareness
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville
Mrs, Evia Rice
the Hall of Fame
The
Veritas
Pennsylvania
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Perdana
W. L. Douglas
Wwe
W. L. Dough Pan Sr
Saxcene
Makea Becaus
L. Douglas Shoe Co
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Illiams Mfg
Oklahoma
Dick T. Morgan
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