The Troubles of the Sincere and Pinkham’s Advertisement
A quip about congratulating Brown on marriage contrasts with frank remarks. The page then promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with a letter from Tenat Henry of Norristown Ga praising relief from female troubles and a general claims section urging sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Tenat Henry
Norristown
Lydia E Pinkham
Stolen Orchard Near St Joseph Leaves Ground Empty
St Joseph Observer reports that John Haberle, five miles south of St Joseph, planted forty fruit trees last week. On Thursday night thieves dug up and carried away every tree, leaving the ground and fence intact. Presumably they replanted elsewhere.
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Missourian
John Haberle
St. Joseph
Haberle
Cure Claimed for Severe Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
A patient described as Owen endured years of painful eczema until Cuticura remedies allegedly cured him after four hospital visits. The testimonial, dated 1907, was signed by Mrs. Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green. The ad copy also touts Hicks Capuchine for nervousness and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy.
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Owen
Ody
Hostigle
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
Investigations Target Immigration Officials and Smuggling Ring
Federal probes may implicate immigration officials at Pacific coast ports and along the Mexican border amid reports of a Chinese and Japanese smuggling ring. Stanford University Professor Fernando Stanford, part of the investigating panel, cites possible cook smuggling links and suggests a ring including Chinatown merchants. Officials claim an organized scheme, aided by lawyers and bond forfeitures, hindering government work. President Roosevelt has created a 160 foot wide Mexican border zone to deter smuggling.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Washington
Stanford
Chinatown
Texas
Alma Gordo
Mexico
Sanderson
Baird
Toyah
Roosevelt
Riot at Vigneux Threatens Public Order
Paris reports say the government may arrest leaders of the general federation of labor and possibly suppress the organization after violent riots at Vigneux. Agitators allegedly provoked bloodshed while troops endured insults before firing. Conservative papers urge suppression as a revolutionary threat.
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Paris
Vigneux
General Federation of Labor
Steals Wife from Hospital Across Mexican Border
Brig. Gen. David K. Wardwell, a retired veteran, removed his leper wife from Los Angeles County Hospital and crossed into Mexico with her. He plans to live with her until death, claiming neither will endure separation. Officials say they will not pursue return as both threatened suicide if separated.
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Los Angeles
Cal
David K. Wardwell
Work for 75 000 women crusade to secure employment
In New York thirteen women form a committee of the Women's League of the State of New York to secure jobs for 75,000 unemployed women by August 15. They appeal to business leaders statewide urging many unemployed be rehired by prosperity day on August 16. Over a dozen firms have committed to employing women on that date.
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New York
Women’s League of
Leaguers
Graves Replies After Watson Attacks Independence Party
John Temple Graves, candidate of the Independence party for the vice presidency, issues a signed statement to the Associated Press defending the Independence party against Thomas E. Watson who had accused it of being organized and controlled by Hearst.
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John Temple Graves
Thomas E. Watson
New York
Associated Press
Independence Party
Vics
Makea
People’s Party
H. R. Hearst
Seattle Grip Man Kills Family Then Takes Own Life
Jesse Fifer, a Seattle grip man, killed his eight year old daughter Hazel and Mrs. Dennis Nikoul, fatally wounded his wife and sister-in-law at a private maternity hospital. He then shot himself, dying by his own hand. Fifer and his wife were separated and she lived at the hospital. He began shooting after finding his wife in a front room as lights failed and he lit matches to see his victims.
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Seattle
Wash
Jesse Fifer
Hazel
Dennis Nikoul
Fifer
Nonpartisan Celebration Planned in Lincoln Neb
A Lincoln committee of citizens announces a nonpartisan notification for the presidency in Fairview area. There will be no parade of marching clubs and invitations go to state and city officers of Nebraska and neighboring states along with the general public to attend.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Xfls
Oenis
Anananan
Nebraska
Delaware race riot disrupts Rehoboth with militia clash
State militiamen encamped near Rehoboth, Delaware, as a crowd of local African Americans rioted injuring one man with a fractured skull and more than twenty others. A brick was hurled at a private, prompting soldiers to pursue the bystanders.
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Rehoboth
Del
Alleged Gould Divorce Plot Figures Held in Bail
Mrs. Ben Teal wife of a stage manager and Harry Mousley a private detective are each held in 5000 bail to await grand jury action on charges of attempted subornation of perjury in a divorce case brought by Mrs. Frank G. Gould. Miss Julia Fleming waived examination and is held on bail.
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Gould
New York
Ben Teal
Harry Mousley
Grand
Frank G. Gould
Julia Fleming
Cotton crop holds steady above ten year average
Washington reports cotton conditions on July 25 at 83 percent, higher than 81.2 a month earlier and 75 a year ago. The department of agriculture notes prior years’ July 25 conditions at 82.9 in 1906 and 74.9 in 1905, with 81.4 for the past decade.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Reward Sors CuiLis Man Writes the Republican Platform
Wade H. Ellis Ohio attorney general has been offered the position of first assistant attorney general of the United States. Ellis, rising after Taft nomination work, asked for time to consider the appointment.
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Incinnati
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
The
United States
Ellis
Taft
Town Wrecked By Explosion In Stanford West Virginia
In Stanford Raleigh county a powder house blast wrecked nearly every building in the mining town. About one hundred kegs of powder exploded injuring several people, the worst being Postmaster Frank S. Munroe. Several residents were blown from their homes. Damages total about 26000 dollars.
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Hunting
W. Va
Stanford
Raleigh County
Frank Si. Munroe
Wholesale jail delivery to Collins mis
An orderly jail transfer in Hattiesburg Mississippi moved the Forrest county jail population to a train bound for Collins Mississippi for four months while a new county jail is built. Deputy sheriffs conducted the removal and custody. The move aims to house inmates during construction.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Forrest County
Collins
Tobacco Growers Plan Snuff Factory in Guthrie Ky
The Dark Tobacco Planters Protective Association contemplates a large snuff factory to be run under its auspices but not financially tied to it. General Manager Ewing says the association, a major supplier to the American Snuff Company, is the only rival able to endure alongside it.
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Guthrie, Ky
Dark Tobacco Planters’ Protective Association
Ewing
Milk Automats Sweeten German Schools With Free Milk
A novel feature installed in several German schools lets students buy hot or cold milk from automat dispensers placed in courtyards. For a small coin a waterproof paper cup is filled to a chosen temperature, with automatic heating, cleansing, and rinsing of tubes. The system is praised as successful and to be expanded across the empire.
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German Empire
Syrup of Figs and Senna Proclaimed Best Laxative
A health notice extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative choice. It emphasizes cleansing, sweetening internal organs, pleasant action, and lack of debilitating after effects, claiming the formula is physician approved and best when purchased from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Brookhaven Ege
Whitworth College
Cuticura Spa
Cuticura
John R. Dickey
Drake
Arthur Drake
West 84Th St
NY City
Tulane
New Orleans
Newcomb College For Women Teachers College
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Richard EK. Sruff
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Abby
Federeral
UNFON
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Tenn
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Chicago
Prohibtion National Committee
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Arkansas
John
Little
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Peruta
Richmond
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Wis
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Sherman Ave
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Peruna
Juthwesterr Presbyterian University
Clarksville, Tenn
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Quaker City
Harrisburg
Bite CO
Marietta St
Atlanta
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Boston
Mass
Paxtine
American Cotton College
Cote
Richardson & Co
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Scio
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Ipisienapeh
Yay
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