Peruna touted as grip remedy with testimonials
Letters from Hartwell Georgia to Minneapolis and Washington praise Peruna for curing la grippe and catarrh with rapid strength gains. Recipients include judge Horatio J. Goss and Miss Alice Bielke, noting no narcotics and lasting relief. Addresses cite Hartman Sanitarium and Crescent Comedy Co. connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio J. Goss
Hartwell, Ga
Edgar L. Benn
San Antonio
Tex
Crescent Comedy Co
Alice Bielke
Young Women's Society of the Lutheran Church
Menasha, Wis
Peruna
Cites
Mra
M. Woodruff
Central Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Making the Farm Pay and Honest Living
A rustic voice muses on farming success beyond money. The piece argues true prosperity comes from doing right by family and neighbors, keeping a clean life, sharing burdens, and meeting communal duties, with faith God will provide. It contrasts poor riches with genuine farm pay.
Poultry Farmer Clears Sixty Dollars From Ducks
Clarence Mo March 6 Mrs F W Bergfeld a farmer's wife living near here raises poultry and has cleared 60 in the last year from six Pekin ducks She keeps the original six and sells only the increased stock and the ducklings This short item notes her success in duck farming and the Pekin breed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence, Mo
F. W. Bergfeld
Eecen Oe
Prairie Fire spreads on Fort Riley lands in Kansas
A large prairie fire swept across the Smoky Hill region near Fort Riley on March 4 night, burning about 2000 acres of grassland and threatening adjacent farms. The Kaw River and north broken ground limited the blaze, and high south winds prevented containment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kas
Smoky Hill
Fort Riley
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Offered by Druggists
A guaranteed remedy titled Pazointment promises to cure piles itching bleeding and prolapsed piles within 6 to 14 days. Druggists authorize refunds if it fails. The product is priced at 50 cents.
To Raise President's Salary Bill Introduced in Senate
Washington March 5 Senator Gallinger has introduced a bill to adjust general officer salaries to take effect March 4 1909 The President would earn 75000 dollars the Vice President 15000 dollars the speaker 12000 dollars cabinet members 15000 dollars and both senators and representatives 7506 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gallinger
House of Representatives
Jury Awards $5,000 To Mrs J T Bronk
A three day trial in Independence Kansas concluded with a verdict at 2 oclock awarding Mrs J T Bronk, wife of a farmer, $5,000 in damages from the motorist involved in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence, Kas
Priie Worsing
Mre
J. ‘T. Bronk
War Department completes plans for Chinese crisis
Washington March 6 details of War Department plans to protect American lives and prestige in China emerged. The government would dispatch 20 000 regulars to join a Philippine force of 5 000 for an expedition to the Chinese Empire, with troops selected and allotments set. Transportation, naval support, and a possible joint or solo operation to seize a Chinese coast town are outlined, with cavalry, light batteries, and a siege battery to accompany the expedition. Potential leaders mentioned include Generals Arthur MacArthur Leonard Wood and Franklin Bell, with Bell favored in army circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thhe War Department
China
United States
Oriental Service
Leset
Calvary
J. P. Hains
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Arthur MacArthur Leonard Wood
Franklin Bell
Bell
The Old Homesteads and Simple Health Appeal
The article nostalgically praises ancestral homesteads and simple, outdoors-oriented living. It contrasts past and present diets and environments, urges natural air, sunshine, and fresh produce for health, and notes A. Pierce as chief of the Invalids' Hotel via a brief historical remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
A . Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel
To Mark Confederate Graves in the North
The House passed the army appropriation bill and the Foraker bill to mark Confederate graves buried in the North. The measure drew unanimous support and was approved amid applause on both sides. Provisions for the cable ship and Pacific mine-planting were removed by points of order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
North
Military Committee
Prince
Atlantic
Pacific
Smith Gets Fourteen Years. Deaf Girl Victim in Missouri Case
In Monett Missouri on March 6 a jury found Smith guilty in a Cagsville trial and sentenced him to fourteen years hard labor in the penitentiary. The victim was a deaf and dumb girl promised help to her train home. Instead he carried her to Monett, registered as man and wife, and kept her until morning before she alerted authorities. He was bound over earlier at $6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monett
Smith
Cagsville
Pierce City
Stotte City
Richey
Leavenworth Officer Fights Barber Shop Incident
Leavenworth Kansas March 5 A clash occurred when First Lieutenant C H Morrow of the Eighteenth Infantry and L Green a Black porter fought in a South Fourth Street barber shop. Morrow with another officer rode to the Elks club where Green held their horses for about an hour. The details are incomplete in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
C. H. Morrow
Eighteenth Infantry
L. Green
South Fourth Street
Morrow
Elks’ Club
Green
Why Denton Balked
Judge Denton told the St. Louis Post Dispatch that given the gravity of the Casey crimes he could not impose a five year concurrent sentence on four indictments. He suggested the prosecutors could have sought clemency by nol pros a portion and stressed he had no knowledge of the facts Casey might present. He said there was no need to rush the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Casey
Mr. Casey
To Be Useful in Politics Letter from Taft to Yale club
New York March 5. Secretary Taft counsels Yale Government club to associate with the great mass of American people to be useful in political life. He argues college graduates gain insight from working and non college educated business people and broaden their empathies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yalerood Government Club
Taft
Euch
Negro Brute Hanged for Murder of Margaret Lear
Shreveport Louisiana March 6 Charles Coleman, convicted of the outrage and murder of 15 year old Margaret Lear, and who made a full confession, was hanged just before noon. An immense crowd gathered at the jail as guards maintained order with about 100 men on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Charles Coleman
Margaret Lear
Tornado Reported Near Enid Oklahoma
A storm resembling a small tornado was reported at Drummond near Enid at about 6 o'clock last night. Several trees were uprooted but no one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Drummond
Oine
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Abraham Lincoln
Silas
Lincoln
I Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
Mia
Hebbardaville
Ohio
B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Bates National Bank
Butler, Missouri
Ted
Kansas
Finanses Jury
WAR Department
Manila
Texas
Kentucky
Cannon-Weiner Eley
Negro Brute
Oklahoma
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