Michigan’s Benefactor Hackley Averages Health Breakthrough
A Muskegon donor and timber magnate Chas L Hackley, famed for his philanthropy since 1854, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring his health after two decades of neuralgia and rheumatic pain. He praises the pills for relieving chronic suffering and aiding his rapid recovery, urging others to seek them via the Dr Williams Medicine Co. This is paired with a separate UK anecdote about a lunatic asylum worker and a humorous exchange over wages.
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Hackley Mae
Western Michigan
Grand Rapide
Mich
Evening Press
Ackley
Hackley
Ife
Hays
Dr. Inns
Canada
Suoh Jong
Williama
Ori
Dr. Wilkes’ Medicine Company
Sehonectady
N. Y
Treatments for Croup and Child Health Practices
The article advises mustard foot baths and warm rooms for croup, a hot bath then bed with blankets, and ipecac syrup until vomiting. External application uses turpentine with goose oil rubbed on the throat, plus a chest wrap with a saturated flannel, hot bricks or bottles at the feet and sides to induce perspiration, and syrup of squills after vomiting. It promotes slippery elm water, nourishment, and laxative syrups as remedies, and mentions Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children.
Washington Sayings and Doings of State Heads of Government
The president declines to send his financial message to Congress, destroying the draft. Senators Davis and others discuss the China Japan war's impact on US trade and the Nicaragua bill's fate. The naval bill may fund two or three battleships at about four million each. The president sends the Bluefields report to the Senate. Census progress is reported as nearly complete with March 4 deadlines looming. Presidential nominations for posts and army and navy officers are listed.
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Prelinghuyson
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Malfalo
N.Y
Heavy Judgment Against Huntsville Belt Line
A federal court in Huntsville Alabama rendered a judgment for 140000 dollars against the Huntsville Belt Line and Monte Sano railway in favor of the Central Trust Company of New York on Friday.
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Monte Sano Railway
Central Trust Company
New York
Federal
Huntsville
Ala
Mexico Demands Damages From Guatemala Totals Stated
Mexico formally claims damages from Guatemala for an incident described as injuring seven Guatemalans. The official demand lists a total sum of 81,808,64 in assumed currency as compensation.
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Mexico
Guatemala
Cotton growers plan acreage reduction to one third
Cotton factors of New Orleans sign an agreement to curb production for one year. Acceptance requires 75 percent of farmers in 95 percent of cotton counties and a county committee to enforce quotas. Surplus must be destroyed at producer cost, with funds split between local and general use. A state committee will decide if the plan takes effect after March.
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Cotton Growers’ Convention
Jackson
Miss
Cotton growers convention call to Southern merchants in Jackson
President Lane of the Southern Cotton Growers invites merchants, commission men, bankers, and commercial associations to send representatives to the Jackson Mississippi meeting on Wednesday January 9. The gathering aims to address vitally important southern questions and relies on these groups for success. The note also mentions the Southern Passenger Association announcing a fare of one and one third for round trips on the certificate plan.
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Miss
Lane
Southern Cotton Growers
South
Cotton Growers’ Convention
Southern Passenger Association
Oranges Advancing in Price Across California Growers
Orange price trends rise from 2.50 to 3.00 per box as Redlands and other associations push expectations nationwide. Dealings with Florida dealers and frost risks push fruit toward the new higher market, with 85 percent of the crop reportedly vulnerable to loss if not sold quickly. Three Burned to Death in Lanewater Hotel Fire in Kentucky.
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Callifornia
Redlands Grower's Association
San Bernardino
Cal
Redlands Association
Florida
California
Huller
Lanewater
A. Pascoe
Lester
Growth of the South industrial condition past week
The week reports a fairly steady southern industrial scene with strong iron market demand and large production outlook. Alabama ore output is at a high, railroads place orders, and export demand supports mills through winter. New ventures include a $500,000 Hickory cotton mill, a marble quarry at Stanford, furniture and refinery projects, and multiple mills and factories across Dixie with varied capitals.
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Alabama
Southern Lumber Proposa
Pravien
Poplar
Industrie
Hickory
N. C
Macon
Concord
Stanford
New Orleans
Dallas
Wichita Pass
Tex
Bluff City
Tenis
Lyler
Birmingham
Ate
Roanoke
Melvin
Ala
Daviabung
Bonhomie
Mississippi Dry
Miss
Somerville
Odehie Mb Wooge
Myo
Morton Inaugurated Governor and Strong Becomes Mayor
In Albany on Tuesday Levi P. Morton was inaugurated governor of New York as the first Republican since 1879. The ceremony opened with prayers by Bishop Donne and included an oath and address. In New York City, Theodore Roosevelt era changes began with the installation of Mayor Strong and departures of Thomas Gilroy.
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Levi P. Morton
New York
Capitol
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Palmer
William Grosswell Donne
Flower
Morton
Strong
New York City
Thomas F. Gilroy
Gilroy
Tamsen
Peace River Phosphate Mining Company Formed in Savannah
The Peace River Phosphate Mining Company is organized with 1 260 000 capital paid in and authority to raise to 6 000 000. Officers include President Joseph Tull and Vice President M F Knudson with directors from Savannah Atlanta and New York. The consolidation unites four companies and covers about ninety miles of Peace river bed and 24 000 acres from Bowling Green to Charlotte Harbor with Punta Gorda as the shipping point.
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Peace River Phosphate Mining Company
Savannah
Joseph Tull
M. F. Knudson
New York
BR. W. Patterson
H. P. Richmond
George W. Scott
Atlanta
H. M. Comer
Joseph Hull
Peace River
Peace River Phosphate Company
de Soto Phosphate Mining Company
Arcadia Phosphate Company
Charlotte Harbor Phosphate Company
Bowling Green
Charlotte Harbor
Punta Gorda
Russians Celebrate Car's Wedding Day Ukase in San Francisco
The 2000 Russians in the local colony celebrate a new imperial proclamation that removes the exile stigma. Refugees in San Francisco formerly deprived of civil rights gain hope of repatriation and restoration of property and citizenship. Many arrived via Siberia after exile and loss of status.
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Russia
Postal Robbers Caught in Major Post Office Thefts
Washington reports the arrest of Jim Martin Jim Morgan and Al Reid in Houston for robberies at Bastrop Brosnan Navasota and other post offices. The inspector calls it a significant capture of a professional safe blowing gang. A separate note outlines a scheme by Charles L Fair advisers to contest his father’s will while avoiding forfeiture risk.
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Houston
Tex
Jim Martin
Jim Morgan
al Reid
Bastrop
Brosnan
Navasota
Pair
Charles L. Fair
Mrs. Odrichs
Miss Fair
Charles
Uncle Sam lessons and patent medicine notes
A mixed jumble of dialogue and adverts touches on Uncle Sam, political cartoons, and question of national money concerns. It includes promotional blurbs for stomach bitters, kidney cures, cocoa quality, deafness remedies, and a prosperity pitch from A. O. Johnson & Co. with a general warning against artificial flavors and potash in cocoa.
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Sam
Fads of Famous People Pastimes and Peculiar Habits
A list of historical figures and their noted amusements or traits, from Swift writing in bed to Tamerlane’s chess and Charlemagne’s hunting. The compilation covers rulers, philosophers, writers, and scientists, highlighting diverse preferences and eccentricities.
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Swift
Charlemagne
Tamerlane
Buffon
Buck
Queen Victoria Has No Family Name Letter Debate
A New York Recorder letter argues Queen Victoria lacks a family name and would not be addressed as Colonel Guelph. It notes she was born in Guelph but lacks entitlement to that name, calling her the Widow Wettin while describing European electric railways. The piece contrasts royal naming with common usage.
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Danton
Socrates
Queen Victoria
Charles II
Fox
Emerson
Peter the Great
Hesiod
Robespierre
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Themistocles
Nero
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Gladsone
Reste
Balzac
Henry VIII
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Frederick the Great
Neander
Tyan
Terrible
John Wesley
Napoleon
New York Recorder
Victoria
Guelph
New York
Wettin
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