Peruna Endorsements and Rail Rate Debate Headlines
Prominent Assemblyman John Tighe praises Peruna as a restorative tonic, urging brain workers to read his letter. The text also covers railroad rate legislation and includes quotes from Inter-State Commerce Commissioner Prouty about railways setting fair, reasonable rates and constitutional protections.
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John Tighe
Assemblyman Tighe
Remsen St
Cohoes
N. Y
Albany County
Peruna
J. Tighe
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Senate
Washington
Inter-State Commerce
Prouty
Circuit Court of the
United States
Australian Leaf herb remedy promoted for women's ills
The notice touts Australian Leaf as a pleasant herb remedy for female weaknesses back ache kidney bladder and urinary troubles advertised by The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York with free sample offers via druggists. Also mentions Lewis Single Binder cigars from Peoria Illinois and a quip about a politician who strikes the key note.
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Mother Gray
New York
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Parson Honest Conductor Skips Sermon On Bus Ride
In a packed Sixth Avenue car in New York City a conductor refuses to preach, citing busy duties. A boy with a large bundle offers a six hour old transfer, prompting the conductor to rebuke and later advise the lad to attend Sunday school, refusing further sermon.
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Sixth Avenue
New York Times
Why She Preferred Virginia by William Waugh Smith
Chancellor William Waugh Smith recalls a humorous incident from his surveying days when an engineering party crossed from Virginia into South Carolina. They dined at a widow’s farm where borders sparked debate over which state owned the house. Smith noted the home lay mostly in Virginia, prompting the widow to joyfully exclaim that she had heard Carolina was unhealthy.
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Virginia
William Waugh Smith
Randolph-Macon
South Carolina
Httle
Necheon
Dr. Smith
Carolina
Hale old man fascinates doctors with rare ailments
A New York physician notes a hale elderly man with a baffling mix of diseases. The patient recalls a famed doctor once predicting he would not live thirty days, yet the man remains cheerful and seeks a cure, a curious medical tale.
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New York
A Govereign Remedy Versus Ailments
A Louisville Courier-Journal humorous verse extols a suburbanite who relies on quinine pills to ward off fevers aches and pains. The mock advertisement-like piece praises self treatment with pills for gout chills back or ankle sprains and even a surgeon’s role as unnecessary.
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Sing Ho
Amd
Louisville Courier
Fritz and the County Buried Wife Mystery
Fritz, a meek office clerk for a lawyer, talks with a drunken husband who boasts of burying three wives. The man threatens violence, claiming two wives are buried in this county, prompting Fritz to ask which county buried the other as tension rises in the office.
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Logan County
Ofr
Tereet Sant
Southern
Abedolin
HORTH
Dakota
Choss
Poroby
Bivek Uromers Bank
Napoleon
Fritz
Frits
Gabrielton
Puck
Mrs. Mudge
Successor to Louise Michel in Limoges revolt
A striking new figure emerges in Limoges France as Le Cheyenne Sorgius a dark eyed 26 year old woman claims the mantle of the Red Virgin successor to Louise Michel Her eloquence and grand voice propel her in the great strike movement urging reprisals and vengeance against targets linked to the rebellion
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Louise Michel
Limoges
France
le Cheyenne Sorgius
Red Virgin
Preches
Galgulns Vengoas Co
Trains to speed up to eighteen hours New York to Chicago
At a June 6 conference of New York Central Lines managers, schedules are set to cut the New York to Chicago trip to eighteen hours starting June 18 using the Twentieth Century Limited. The Empire State Express and Lake Shore Limited also see speed increases. Southwestern Limited gains an hour or more.
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New York Central Lines
New York
Chicago
Chicaago
New York Central
Buffalo
Grand Central Station
Lake Shore
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Postum Stirs Health and Digestive Benefits for Young Women
A reader testimonial links Postum Food Coffee to relief from coffee related headaches stomach pains and nervousness. The speaker credits Postum with improved energy alertness and overall health and notes the product is from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wealthy Iowan Repays Fire Insurer Praise
Mr. E. A. Hunt of Lyon County near Rock Rapids Iowa recently lost two barns a granary grain hay and harness in a fire. He held a policy with Des Moines Fire Insurance Co. and days after the fire received a draft for 2456.20. He states he is pleased with the company's treatment and can recommend it.
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E. A. Hunt
Lyon County
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Tin Peddler Seeks Tin Collectors And Berlin Beer Sign
A peculiar note describes a tin peddler seeking customers with tin, and a Berlin beer saloon displaying a sign offering free escort home by an attendant for any patron who becomes intoxicated. The passage closes with a proverb about the ease of giving advice versus making a living.
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Berlin
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