Mrs Frances Stafford Tests Pinkham’s Remedies
Mrs Frances Stafford of 243 East 4th Street New York testifies to the widespread faith in Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound remarking that skeptics gave way as thousands of cures by the remedy affirmed by leading scientists and physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Stafford
E. 4Th St
N.Y. City
Lydia KE. Pinkham
America
Wise
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pure Gluten Food Co
West Broadway
New York
Miscellaneous filler items and humorous notes from a 1900s issue
A mosaic of short items spans jokes about sermons and parroted quips, climate comparisons of sheep and rainfall, fashion in Brazil, a healer’s whiskers tale, and trivial world facts. It also includes railway baggage stats, animal behavior anecdotes, medical ads, and local notices from Des Moines and Des Moines-related districts.
Des Moines Tornado Kills Two in South Des Moines
A cyclone swept Des Moines and surrounding areas last night killing Russell Andrews Knout and his infant son Floyd Knout. Dozens injured as homes, churches, and a large Des Moines Elevator smokestack were destroyed or damaged. Widespread property loss across the city and southeastern districts logged in the casualty and damage reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
South Des Moaines
Russell Andrews Knout
Floyd Knout
Mary Knout
Margaret Goston
Charles McNutt
John McCoy
Knouf
Tornato
Christian Church of
South Des Moines
J. FP. Irvin
William Jones
Bndey
Army Post
Proctor Mine
Capital City
Great Western Yards
Agar Packing
Des Moines Elevator Company
Chesterfield
Tornado Hits Glenwood Institute Killing Two
A cyclone struck Glenwood Monday night causing extensive damage to the state institution for feeble minded children. Two girls Maggie Benner and Hazel Wright were killed and eleven girls were injured. total loss estimated at $70,000 with ruins across dormitory hospital and other buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute For
Glenwood
Maggie Benner
Hazel Wright
Mary Wekert
Anna Delaney
Myrtle Dickinson
Ita Newton
Harrison Johnson
Rolla Rathbun
State Board of Control
Cyclone in Rolfe Kills Man and Causes Heavy Damage
A May 26 Rolfe cyclone killed Fong Foo a Chinese laundryman and caused about 100000 in damage. Buildings including Tremont and Oxford hotels banks depots mills stores and residences were wrecked or unroofed as the storm drove floods hail and debris through town. Strong winds collapsed roofs shattered glass and flooded streets with widespread destruction across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Fong Foo
Tremont
Oxford
State Savings Bank
First National Bank
Rolfe Rotter Mills
Rolfe Brick and Tile Company
Rock Island
Grant & Sons
Councilman
Gill’s
Opera House
Morahan
Wieme! Drug Co
Guire’s
Johnson's
Stoner’s
Clarinda Man Struck and Killed by Lightning
Clarinda May 25 During an electrical storm John Cons of this city was struck by lightning and killed instantly. He stood at a window pulling down a shade when the bolt entered his right shoulder and traveled downward. His seven year old son was badly shocked and may not recover. Several other occupants of the house were rendered unconscious. Barbers in Paris are legally required to wash their hands after attending a patron and before starting work on another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
John Cons
Paris
Blown-Down Works and Storefronts Cause Heavy Loss
A works building erected last year was blown down at this place causing several thousand dollars in damage. Several store fronts in the same area were blown in, adding to the wreckage and financial loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter Works Company
Two Killed and Eleven Injured in Buxton Cyclone
A cyclone struck the Buxton mining camp near Oskaloosa on Monday night killing Georgia Blakey and Herbert Rhodes and injuring eleven others from the Blakey and Rhodes families. The two homes were wrecked and residents were reported gravely hurt with fears of more fatalities due to internal injuries. Blakey and Rhodes were miners at Buxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Blakey
Rhodes
Mrs. Blakey
Albia
Berringer
Buxton
Peruna Promises Health Revival For Nervous Women
A Buffalo woman praises Peruna as a remedy after long health decline citing renewed vigor in two months. The ad claims most female troubles stem from catarrh and that Peruna cures catarrh wherever located, urging nervous women to seek the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Peruna
Worst Windstorm Hits Neola Causing Major Damage
A ferocious wind storm swept Neola Saturday night leaving about 4500 dollars in property damage. Most frame buildings suffered, numerous chimneys toppled and roofs torn off. Plate glass shattered amid an electrical storm and heavy rain as livery barns of Tracey Bros and Fenton were wrecked. Horses remained unharmed while vehicles were scattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neola
Tracey Bros
F. S. Fenton
Young Man Killed While Riding Freight Near Avoca
John Phelps 19, son of A C Phelps, was killed after being struck on a freight train east of Avoca while trying to reach home. Jasper Howe, his companion, witnessed the fall between the cars. Phelps had lived in the city all his life as of May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
John Phelps
A. C. Phelps
Avoca
Jasper Howe
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Pinkham Cures
Sozopont
Big Worn
Wyoming
Farmers’ & Traders Exchange
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
Water St
Charles E. Hires Co
Malvern, I'a
Michigan
Engle
Company
Oliver
Jackson
Mich
Towa
Mulhall
Sioux City
Brer Williams
Australia
Buenos Ayres
Brazil
New York Central
Arabia
South America
Pompus Nurithh
Europe
Pepprey
Emma Kellogg
Colorado
Malta
Sydney
Jason Mason
Miram Huskinsby
Alston
Houghton County
James Culet
Culet
Dodd
United States
E. Z
F. R. McCarthy
Jefferson
Iowa
Defiance
Des. Moines, la
Owa
State Institution
J. E. Finn
East High Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Finn
Ram
Dr. Hartmen
Hartman Sanitarium
Lane
Lanes
Woodward
Lestoy
VARIQ
SHUK
Wm. Bermier
Sud Ave
N.Y
Chience Scale Co
Chicago
BR. Vaxton CO
Boston
Mass
Columbus Ave
Western Canada
Western
Canada
Ottawa
FE. Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul, Minn
W. V. Bennett
New York Life Bldg
Neb
Tone
Porto Rico
Jamaica
Saigon
Penang
Tone's Cannon Tea
Tone Brothers
W. L. Douglas
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