Remarkable Cure Report Promotes Pinkham's Compound
Milwaukee reader Sapiz E. Koch shares a personal testimonial claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured months of female ailments after failed medical care. She praises ongoing health for a year and urges others to consult Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladie E. Koch
Milwaukee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sapiz E. Kocu
10Th St
Wis
Gs Koch
Lydia E. Pinkam
Outlay of Money in Last Congress Totals 800 Million
The report by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courts details oral appropriations totaling 800,624,496.50 with allocations across Agriculture Diplomatic District of Columbia Fortifications Indian Legislative Military Academy Naval Pensions Post Office River and Harbor Sundry Miscellaneous and Isthmian Canal. Contracts for future public works add 262,711,165.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Cleaves
James C. Courts
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Naval
Congress
Navy
West Point
Department of Agriculture
Naval Service
Postal Service
Coming G. A. R. Convention Features Announced
Washington hosts the 1902 Grand Army of the Republic encampment with General Torrance presiding. Events include patriotic services October 5, a campfire October 6, a naval day parade October 7 with Mount Vernon excursion, a grand review October 8 with the President, and sessions October 9 and 10 plus auxiliary gatherings.
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General Torrance
Washington
Geo. Eli Torrance
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
D. D
Wil
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
D. J. Stafford
Convention Hall
Veterans’ Associations
S. Kd. Faunce
Mount Vernon
Warner
Citizens’ Committee
Torrance
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Immigration Rise Dominates Fiscal Year Departures and Arrivals
Official immigration bureau report shows 130,798 total arrivals last year, a rise of 160,825 from 1901. Italy including Sicily and Sardinia leads with 278,375 entrants, followed by Austria-Hungary and the Russian empire. Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greece, and Turkey also listed with varied gains and declines. Also noted are land decisions for Mrs. James R. Wood and the death of Fort Dodge pioneer John Francis Duncombe, while an agent of Colombia bought a Seattle vessel for 68000 dollars for use as a warship.
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Immigration Bureau
United States
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Aera
Russian Empire
Finland
Sweden
German Empire
Norway
Greece
Denmark
Eeeer Econ Cveestegeeste
Trelund
Europe
Einiaad
Treland
Cerna
Lays It to the Town Pump
A Detroit Free Press piece argues that public water pumps in small towns offer health benefits. The observer notes frequent, casual drinking by children and adults, playful water games, and red cheeks. He urges public drinking taps on every corner to mimic town pump accessibility.
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Detroit Free Press
Hawthorne
Board of Health
Kidney Pills Save Parisian From Kidney Disease
Charles Back of 64 Rue de la Victoire Paris recounts a lifelong kidney ailment. After failing in Paris and Hamburg doctors, he found relief in Canada using Dodd's Kidney Pills, noting pain vanished in a week and he could not live without them.
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New York City
Charles Back
Rue de la Victoire
Paris
France
Carlsbad
Bohemia
Hamburg
Montreal
Canada
Dodde
Dodd
Cultivating a Carriage Through Head Weight Training
A health note argues that upright posture comes from muscle control, not braces. It recommends carrying a 20 to 30 pound sandbag on the head for daily half hour sessions, morning and evening, to train the neck and back muscles and improve carriage without hindering studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall’s Journal of Health
Paris Seeks New Refuse Disposal Plan After Reforms
Paris officials debate a four section incineration and manure plan for household waste. The scheme, costing 10 million francs with 2.9 million yearly upkeep, would burn one arrondissement and pulverize four others for markets, aiming to save 500,000 francs versus current methods.
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Paris
Seine
M. Poubelle
Halles
Man Dies Regretting Speed Law Violation
In a Baltimore News item a dying man laments breaking anti speed laws for autos and being struck by an ice wagon. He gasps nothing and dies as nurses and physician listen, the scene at his bedside recounting his remorseful last words. Also an Uncle Allen’s Foot Ease ad promotes a powder to ease burning feet and shoe discomfort with free samples.
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Baltimore News
Wide acquaintance stirs Swamphurst talk
A man from Swamphurst denies knowing a well connected stranger, while another implies a link through shared wide circles, sparking local chatter in Swamphurst. The exchange appears in a Philadelphia Press item.
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Swamphurst
Philadelphia Press
Hail's Catarrh Cure Offered at 75 Cents
An advertisement touts Hail's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The item repeats the claim and price. It also notes a historical event from A D 394 when breeches makers were expelled from Rome and wearing breeches was forbidden.
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Rome
Congressman Aldrich Endorses Peruna Tonic
Letter from Hon. W. F. Aldrich of Alabama praises Peruna as a safe vegetable remedy that builds a depleted system. H. S. Emory of Omaha also endorses Peruna citing relief from catarrh, stomach and kidney complaints and improved digestion and sleep. The ad promises to mail a catarrhal diseases book from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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W. F. Aldrich
Alabama
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
H. S. Emory
Omaha
Neb
North Sixteenth Street
Ohio
Memory Aid Mixup Sparks Domestic Banter
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune fragment shows E M Swayze of Wakita Oklahoma recalling a joke about forgetting to tie a string to the finger to remember bringing home medicine. The exchange highlights a light domestic moment in an old newspaper snippet.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Custom Rubber Stamps and Ink Supplies Advertised
An advertising blurb promotes made to order rubber stamps and ink products with a call to request a catalogue from Lock Box 219 in Fort Wayne Indiana. The item list includes self fluting or self fluking daters and related ink items.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Nickel Plate excursion Fort Wayne to Chicago 2 Dollar Round Trip
Every Sunday during the summer starting next Sunday the Nickel Plate Road will sell excursion tickets from Fort Wayne to Chicago and return for 2.00 good on train No. 5 going and on train No. 6 returning the same day See Ticket Agent or C A Asteriin T P A Fort Wayne Ind No 326 The great secret of success in life is to be ready when your opportunity comes Disraeli
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Nickel Plate Road
Fort Wayne
Chicago
C. A. Asteriin
Ind
Disraeli
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