To Young Ladies Drag Mas and Medicine Promise
A testimonial from Miss Evizavetta Care of Fond du Lac Wisconsin praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from eight months of suppressed menstruation and systemic weakness. The letter urges other young women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham and notes a stanza about risks of non genuine testimonials.
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Porxnau
Lydia I. Pinkham
Elizabeth Caine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evizavetta Care
W. Division Bt
Fond du Lac
Wis
Boutelle and Sulzer Exchange Barbed Retort in House
The Washington Post notes a House exchange where Boutelle of Illinois ridiculed Sulzer of New York for hair over brains after Sulzer taunted Boutelle about parting his hair. Boutelle replied that his strength lies in brains, not hair, and Sulzer had no further remarks.
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Boutelle
Imnois
Sulzer
New York
Sutherland Sisters
Which had moved the offender in Chicago Tribune tone
The exchange contrasts two wives wonders about moving and fatigue. One wife, spouse of a Methodist preacher, says constant moving would tire a person. The other, wife of a book agent, retorts that frequent moves would not bother them. The line frames a humorous reflection on mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Mother and son clash over singing choice
A brief dialogue shows a mother urging silence as a son prepares to sing, while the other pleads for quiet. The exchange hints at family tension and expectations around performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Red Cross Ball Blue ad and early 20th century notes
A historical fragment advertises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes with a large box price. It includes a biographical aside about the mother of Thiers and a testimonial for Piso’s Cure for Consumption, dated Sept 8 1901 from Wood of Farmersburg, and a stain-prevention tip about throwing Balt on a carpet stain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Farmersburg
How Sleep May Be Wooed
A bygone editorial observes that sleep is governed by a nightly instinct. The piece notes most people unknowingly adopt repetitive body positions and limbs each night and warns that attempting new positions disrupts slumber, forcing return to familiar arrangements.
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Land of Nod
A Foolish Lift
Stratford Wisconsin July 28 William Junemann recounts lifting grain with a farmer last summer that caused back pain. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he recovered quickly and credits the remedy with curing his backache, praising its rapid effect.
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Stratford
Wis
William Junemann
Junemann
Dodd
Advice to Wives from Max O'Rell in Her Royal Highness
A 19th century excerpt offers counsel to wives on ruling husbands by seeming to yield. It urges feigned deference, constant care for beauty, and sweetness as rewards for a husband's approval. The passage mocks independence as a mistaken ploy and likens it to a comic Irishman joke about a return ticket.
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Max O'Rell
Womna
Lndy
Enchanted Distance and a War Ledger
A short comic line contrasts a boy warning a young lady about Colonel Bunkey with a quip about golf. A separate note lists historic American war costs, stating the Revolution and the War of 1812 as costing the country $135,103,703 and $107,159,003 respectively.
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Bunkey
Great Britain
Mine Workers Leaders Sentenced to Jail for Contempt
Judge Jackson in Parkersburg Va bars strike agitation. Seven United Mine Workers organizers receive 60 to 90 days for contempt of June injunction. He denounces Mother Jones and professional agitators, suspends Jones’s sentence, and vows harsher action if violated. Mitchell plans appeal to Supreme Court and Roosevelt.
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Jones
Fairmont
Jackson
Mother” Jones
Clarksburg
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
United States
Telegraphic Brevities on sugar pact and city refuse plan
President Loubet signs the pill approving the Brussels sugar convention. Cholera spreads in the Philippine Islands. Ma nila ration maintained. Mayor Low calls New York refuse burning a relic of barbarism and a potential income source. Berlin dispatch notes American Chins Development Co bonds for Hankow Canton railroad. Lockyer links West Indian volcano activity to sunspot cycles and notes eruptions align with sunspot maxima and minima.
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Loubet
Philippine Islands
Manila
Low
New York
Frankfurter Zeitung
Berlin
Pekin
American Chins Development Company
Hankow
Canton
Bir
Norman Lockyer
Wrecks on Railroads Cause Multiple Deaths
Several deadly crashes hit Pennsylvania and the B&O lines, with two Ohio wrecks and one Nebraska incident. The Keystone Limited from St. Louis to New York collided with a coal car near Xenia, Ohio, exploding gas tanks, burning six passengers, and injuring many others as fire engulfed the cars. A rear car toppled from a trestle near Zanesville killed two and mortally injured four more, while a Rock Island train west of South Omaha derailed, killing the fireman and injuring the conductor and two messengers.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Nebraska
Panhandle
Xenia
Keystone Limited
St. Louis
New York
Dayton
Zanesville
Ohio and Little Kanawha
Baltimore and Ohio
Rock Island
South Omaha
Neb
Losses in the Philippines First Casualty Compilation
Major James Parker releases the first compiled tally of American forces in the Philippines from Feb 4, 1899, to April 30 1902. It tallies 189 officers and 4,016 enlisted deaths from all causes, 2,807 killed or wounded, plus 4,188 wounded and other losses, with 2,561 engagements recorded and about 40,000 average strength.
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Philippines
James Parker
Adjutant General’s Office
Parker
Peruna touted by doctors and society women nationwide
Medical Examiner notes endorsements from Miss Blanch Grey of Memphis and Mrs X Schneider of Chicago praising Peruna for nervous fatigue and catarrh. Ads claim Peruna cures catarrh systemically, offers a free medical book, and invites inquiries to Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio with assurances of prompt results.
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Miss Blanch Grey
Alabama Street
Memphis
Tenn
Mra. X. Schneider
Chicago
Peruna
Eruna
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Luck and a Hammer Turned Failure Into Fortune
Richard Laverson, once a low grade Pittsburg worker, crafted a hand made brooch pin idea into a machine to mass produce pins. After repeated failures and a rage driven hammer fling, a bent part produced a working design for a safe pin that sold millions nationwide, making him a factory owner and wealthy.
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Richard Laverson
Pittsburg
Laverson
United States
London
Losing Venture
A Chicago Post quote notes that experience as a business commodity has no demand as a second-hand article. It suggests buyers seek fresh experience and pay full price, while sellers may have stock but cannot unload it.
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Chicago Post
Allen's Foot Ease powder advert
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent free Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N, Y
The King of Siam’s 500 Elephants Army
In Yonkers Statesman style banter, Bacon-Jace is described as owning an army corps of 500 elephants trained for military use. Egbert questions how such elephants could be trained to hide behind a tree at the right moment.
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Bacon
Jace
King of Siam
Egbert
Yonkers
Hall's Catarrh Cure advert and assorted notes
An odd OCR mix lists Hall's Catarrh Cure with internal use and price of 75 cents, followed by scattered phrases about Austria’s annual army spending, a spring sale item, a creek and white clothes product, a Red' noss Ball item, and a Venice cafe claim. The fragmentary text includes stray names and garbled phrases, offering no coherent event or date.
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Elisabeth Aine
Thiers
Fac Sime
BN. U
Thompson
Bears
Seares
Dagens
Nina
Ras
Northwestern
Portland
Southern Railway Company
Savannah
Jesup
Jacksonville
Fla
Burlington
Cody
Wyo
Yellowstone Park
Southern Pacific
Burlington Road
Missouri River
Omaha
United States Treasury
R. Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia_ College
West Point
Lerelf
Llewellyn Jordan
Hall
Austria
Venice
Mir G
Sephic
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Eaters
Boc Aeatics
H. Jeursallam
Jf Sciemee
Pharmacy
Lew
Hechanicalens
Rodarate Cole Ee Caenten
Hoek Forks
Hell
Morrissey
Pea Reel
Fueesengma SE
Eee
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Sere Siectrae Io Comapesionte
Razuate Ducing
Chicago Newspaper Union
South Jofersen St
Chisge
Olds
Ralph Temple & Austrian Co
Wabsakar
Benes
Hamlin
Mygiacia
Agatha
Pigrtes Meroe
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