Complaint on paint bids and white lead safety
An advertisement urges homeowners to require bids based on National Lead Company pure White Lead and pure Linseed Oil to avoid adulterated materials and faulty work. It promises a blowpipe testing outfit upon request and cites Mrs. John Kirk's kidney health testimonial with Dean's Kidney Pills. The piece ends with a quip about women liking church for social talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
John Kirk
Detroit
Mich
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Burden Enough Now Government Ownership Question
A fragmented debate on government ownership of railways features Farmer Countes sel and a Washington stance. The exchange questions if the government should own rails, with assertions about government sinfulness and current busy duties. The text is incomplete and presents a partial snapshot of a public policy discourse.
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Countessel
Washangton Ste
Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Child Tonic Ad
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Child Tonic for quinine and iron, claiming it to be highly effective for adults and children. It also mentions Capuchine as a remedy for nervousness and fatigue. The piece shifts to a proposal for a harbor lighting system using submerged lamp cables to illuminate waterways.
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Grove
Bride of Some Monthg War World Anew Echo
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a wartime betrothal note amid a disrupted scene. A character disputes sorrow and delay, signaling personal strain during a broader conflict era. The text hints at emotional tension and postponed vows within a disrupted domestic moment.
Beaten to Death Mystery Stuns Texas Family Attackers Unseen
In Graham Texas unknown assailants beat C C Mills of Throckmorton and his son Arthur near Belknap Young county. Mills aged over sixty suffered skull fractures and facial contusions while Arthur, about twenty five, was bruised and cut. The attack occurred before daylight Monday as the pair slept at a ranch. The assailants fled unseen and authorities have yet to identify suspects.
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Graham
Tex
C. C. Mills
Throckmorton
Arthur Mills
Mr. Mills
Mills
Belknap
Young County
Train Robbers at Work in Castle Rock Denver
Denver police report訥 train No. 4 robbed near Castle Rock by gunmen who killed Express Messenger Charles H. Wright, 60, of Globe Express Company. Robbers looted a small safe in the baggage car worth under a hundred dollars and tampered with a large city safes but could not open it. Wright’s body was found when the train reached Denver.
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Denver, Col
Denver
Break in Levee Halts Traffic in Bougere LA Area
Natchez Mississippi reports a break in the Texas and Pacific embankment at Bougere Louisiana Sunday night. All traffic south of Shaw Louisiana suspended. About a mile of track flooded. A thousand acres in Concordia parish expected to flood. The break lowered river height on the Mississippi side by two tenths of a foot in twenty four hours. Government levee behind the embankment not finished but holding.
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Natchez, Miss
Texas and Pacific
Bougere
Shaw
Concordia Parish
Mississippi
Chinese Boycott of Japanese Goods Seen Dying Out
In Shanghai reports suggest the Chinese boycott born from national humiliation over the Tatsu Maru case settlement is likely to fade naturally. The movement, tied to public anger at Japan, appears to be losing momentum as attention shifts.
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Shanghai
Bomb Kills Pedestrian in Voronezh Carriage Attack
A bomb under the carriage of Gen Bibikoff, governor of the department, exploded as he rode with his wife to church in Voronezh Russia. The governor and his wife escaped unharmed while a passing woman was killed.
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Voronezh
Russia
Bibikoff
Monster in Human Form Assaults Child in Langtry
Augusta Georgia reports Lulu May Leopard nine year old daughter of Dol liver Leopard Langtry DC was assaulted by an unknown white man late and is in critical condition. The assailant escaped.
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Augusta
Lulu May Leopard
Dolliver Leopard
Langtry
D. C
Houston Police Officers Charged With Burglary
Houston patrolmen Eail MacFarlan and Keely Dougherty were arrested on burglary charges. They allegedly entered a wholesale confectionery on their beat in the early hours and took cigars. A neighbor reports seeing two officers enter at 2 AM and leave with packages.
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Houston
Tex
Eail MacFarlan
Keely Dougherty
Houston Police Force
T Spears
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsement Adverts
An advertising copy extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative. It touts cleansing, pleasant action without debility or dosage increase, claims physician approval, and urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists. It ends with a tangential remark about men imagining brides at 50.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Foot Ease and Quack Remedies Advertisements
A collage of old 19th century ads touts Allen's Foot-Ease for foot comfort and claims of cures for smarting feet. Garfield Tea promises rheumatism relief, Capuchine cures indigestion, and Hall's Catarrh Cure is pitched with a money-back challenge. Multiple advertised products urge readers to seek authentic articles and beware imitators.
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Allen
Dallying with Leap Year Opinion Quip from Washington Star
A Washington Star quip on leap year jokes about marriage and Bliggins as a would be husband. The conscientious youth asks why the question and the girl reacts with surprise.
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Bliggins
Washington Star
Eczema Cured by Cuticura Remedies in Newark Case
A Newark mother reports a seven year eczema ordeal in her six week old son ending after trying Cuticura Remedies. She says specialists failed but relief began at first use and full cure followed. The note dated October 1907 credits progress to Cuticura without detailing other treatments. The closing remark contrasts reforming vices with politics.
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John G. &Jumpp
Niagara St
Newark, N. J
Pets in wills reflect care for animals across society
A Salford brewer A T Newbold leaves his greyhound Wildfire an annuity of 25 pounds. In France a farmer near Toulouse bequeaths his entire estate to his red horse. Chicagoan John Spooner leaves 400 pounds to his fog in gratitude for nursing. Other bequests name a monkey a dog a cat and even a tortoise. Westminster Gazette recalls a royal parrot gift with a peculiarly public-natured condition.
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A. T. Newbold
Salford
Wildfire
Toulouse
John Spooner
Chicago
Garland
Jacko
Westminster Gazette
Peruna described as tonic and catarrh remedy
The text asserts Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. It cites Hydra stis Canadensis with Copaiba and allied tonics like Collinsia Canadensis Corydalis Formosa and Cedron seed as the ideal compound for catarrh. Testimonials from worldwide use support the claim, with Columbus Ohio listed as the manufacturer.
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Peruna
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
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Toledo
Wills
Parroy
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St. Denver
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Amater Shoes
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W.L. Douglas
ORION
LAS
Earl S. Sloan
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Moss USA
SU Balbb
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Unite States
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Little J
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Thompson
Cardui
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