Governor McCord Praises Verona and Peruna Remedy
A reader letter from M. H. McCord ex governor of New Mexico praises Verona for catarrh and notes improvement after one bottle. He urges others to try Hartman’s Peruna, claiming many chronic catarrh cases were cured last winter and offers a free catarrh book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrea H. McCord
New Mexico
Hartman
Washington, D. C
Verona
M. H. McCord
Columbes
Ohio
Tear of Inaepection and the curious neighbor visiting
An unnamed neighbor with a catlike tread visits a home to hear a daughter play piano. The caller claims a desire to see the person with powers of endurance and the Bun notes on combining concentrated foods with vegetables and fruit for digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peron
Indianapolis
Devoe predicts severe cold and early winter in coming season
Andrew Jackson Devoe, famed for moon predictions, forecasts a very cold fall and severe early winter with zero weather by December. He expects a cold wave starting November 8 and a sequence of stormy days, heavy December storms, sleigh riding mid month, and January snow. Skeptics question squirrel forecasts but Devoe’s method relies on astronomical data.
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Sather
Andrew Jackam Devoe
Mr. Devoe
Devoe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Squirrel
Barefoot girl to wed Welsh lord in London
Grace Carr of Louisville, once a barefoot girl from Southern Indiana, is set to marry Lord Newborough of Wales in London this November. Her family, once in Richmond Indiana, faced poverty after the Civil War era pension ended, before Grace's beauty earned her education and a chance at high society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Carr
Louisville
Indiana
Alice Carr
New York
Samuel
American beauty captures English titles and prospects
Chauncey, wife of a Brooklyn millionaire, retires from society after caring for her invalid brother. She travels abroad with her mother and sister and meets Lord Newborough while crossing the desert. The English lord offers his title and possessions at her feet, and she accepts.
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Chauncey
Brooklyn
Grace
Desert
Lord Newborough
Great Lakes traffic praised as record year.
The article notes a booming lake trade with many firms, while industries shift resources from coal to steam on ships and mentions broader wartime and global business context including imports from Michigan, a New Jersey telegraph company, and local criminal and weather events.
Nearly Half States Vote in November Presidential House Contests
The article outlines upcoming November elections including governors in Maine Vermont Oregon and many western states. It highlights expected party fights for Congress with claims of majorities and notes key races in Illinois New York Indiana Missouri and other states. It lists presidential and vice presidential candidates from all parties and mentions state legislative contests impacting Senate seats.
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House of Representatives
West
Union
Maine
Vermont
Oregon
Peptember
New York
Benjamin B. Odell
John B. Stanchfield
Illinois
Richard Yates
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
New York State
Indiana
James A. Mount
Missouri
A.M. Dockery
Joe Flory
Colorado
Kansas
Michigan
Montana
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Utah
Washington
Massachusetts
W. Murray Crane
Pittsfield
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Boston
Connecticut
George P. McLean
New Hampshire
Chester B. Jordan
Delaware
South Carolina
West Virginia
Tennessee
United States
Berry
Arkansas
Wolcott
Kenney
Bacon
Georgia
Cullom
Haois
Deliver
Iowa
Lindsay
Kentucky
Baker
Caffery
Louisiana
Hoar
McMillan
Nelson
William McKinley
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Multiple Local Disasters and Changes Stir Coastal News
News notes report a suicide attempt in New York failing, a husband’s murder in Coffeyville and a Genoa Florida carousel shooting with injuries, coal shortages closing Hudson area brick yards, several boats sinking near Vancouver with four drownings, an Oschenfurt syndicate proposing agricultural electricity, the Marquard factory and Van Glass Co. burned causing substantial losses, Marie Corelli’s novel banned in Rome, a French elopement seeking House of Good Shepherd care, and steamers Rostoff and Georgie colliding in the Aegina Sea with the Georgie sinking and crew rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernards MicKenna
New York
Henry Looney
Coffeyville
Kan
Genoa
Fla
Will Hill
Hudson River
Vancouver
B. C
Oschenfurt
Bavaria
Marquard Sash and Door Factory
Cleveland
van Glass Company
Rome
Marie Corelli
Christian
France
House of Good Shepherd
Rostoff
Georgie
Aegina
Libby Brand Wins Grand Prix at Paris Exposition
Libby McNeill Libby of Chicago received the Grand Prix d Honneur and two gold medals from the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition for their canned foods. American press notes Libby products have长期 earned top honors at US expos over the last two decades. A Harvard Yale regatta remark recalls Yale's trainer shouting Win and the crew complied.
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Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
America
United States
Grain-O Introduced as Coffee Substitute for All Ages
Try Grain-O a new food drink to replace coffee praised as harmless for children and adults. It resembles rich brown mocha and is made from pere grains with no stomach distress, priced 15¢ to 25¢ per package at grocers. A suburban audience reports neighbors debating luncheon on the porch and a father's ailments shared with excursionists.
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Poornam
Health Resort at Excelsior Springs Featured in New Booklet
A health resort at Excelsior Springs Missouri on the Kansas City line of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway is promoted as a top year round resort. The railway issues an illustrated brochure detailing the resort and its benefits, available free by mail with a two cent stamp to Geo H Heatford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Excelsior Springs
Kansas City
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
A Fair Division of Affections
Clara worries about Sadie’s popularity with men as Maud notes Sadie rarely stays engaged to one partner beyond a month. The exchange hints at rivalries and social maneuvering in a domestic drama.
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Clara
Sadie
Maud
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets Offered Across United States
Advertises homeseekers excursion tickets selling on the first and third Tuesdays of October November and December at Chicago Great Western ticket offices. Tickets good for return within 21 days. Details from Great Western agents or F H Lord at 113 Adams Street Chicago. Also includes various ad snippets and testimonials.
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United States
Chicago Great Western Sy
Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Chicago
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Dodd
Lliere
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Miss Grace Carr
Santiago
Cuba
Chaffee
China
Germany
Throop
New Zealand
Australia
Change Telegraph Company
New Jersey
Kohlsaat
Barber’ Asphalt Paving Company
Russell Landis
Rocklin
Cal
W. J. Clydesdale
Velasco
Texas
Tom Christian
Frank Perkins
Lexington
Democratic
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Adlai E. Stevenson
Silino
Populist
Adlai E Stevenson
Silver Republicans
Middle
Prohibitionist
John G. Woolley
Illnois
Eect
Henry B. Metcalf
Rhodesland
Union Reform
Seth Ellis
Samuel T. Nicholson
Pennsylvania
United Christians
Nahia
C. Swallow
Pennsylva
Social Democrats
Eugene V. Debs
Job Harriman
California
DE Leon Socialists
Joseph F. Maloney
Valentine Remmill
Philadelphia Press
Smith
Yale
Herbert Spencer
Lane
E Grove
Cherbullez
Piso
Wm. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Emmons
Putnam
Alexis" St .Martin
Hall
Paley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizzie Anderson
Union St
Salem, N. J
Sarah Sneder
West S
la Porte
Ind
Dean Mus
Porxmann
Eas
Permissiog
Lydia
W. L. Douglas
Pat
Wonton Masa
U. S
W. L
Panelas
Wen J. Dengins Shoe Co
Breckien, Minas
Newpaper Union
South Jeff Street
Baddlen
Wise
Frankie Grove
N. Y
Libby, McMeill & Libby
West Kinney Street
Newark
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