Peruna touted as cure for chronic catarrh by Minneapolis reader
A letter from Mrs. M. A. Theatre of Minneapolis praises Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh after six years of illness. She claims continued use before meals, improved health over twenty years, and permanent relief, urging others to request books from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Via Medicine Co
Columbus
Ntlemen
Peruna
Perind
Pernuna
Perung Bt
Nature
Peruna Medicine Company
Ohio
A. D. Jarret
Belmont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
L. Z. Whitney
Flint St
Somerville
Mass
Siberian Emigration Offers Free Travel and Land to Colonists
Anna N. Benjamin reports from Ajnsieo on Siberian settlement schemes where emigrants receive free transport for families, land tax exemptions for twenty years, ten years free from military service, and outright grants of agricultural tools. Loans are repayable after thirty years, encouraging peasants to seek prosperity in southern Siberia.
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Russia
Siberia
New England
Anna N. Benjamin
Ajnsieo’s
Empress Palace in Corfu Sold to Austrian Syndicate
The Corfu palace, famed for pure white marble and scenic coast, has been bought from the imperial family by an Austrian syndicate. They plan a grand gambling house rivaling Monte Carlo, with lavish grounds being expanded to match Monte Carlo's casino setting.
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Monte Carlo
Austria
Corfu
Europe
Greece
Italy
Animal Voices Reach Great Distances
The text ranks how far different animals can be heard. Lions roar the farthest, followed by hyenas and owls. Panthers and jackals come next, while donkeys exceed horses in loudness range. Surprisingly hares can be heard farther than cats or dogs.
Oldest Banknote in possession of Bank of England
The oldest Bank of England note, dated December 19 1699 for 555 pounds, remains highly valuable due to its age. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is cited as a long standing remedy claimed to cure dyspepsia indigestion nervousness or insomnia when taken faithfully.
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Bank of England
Perfectly Safe. Watts-Do you really believe anyone will ever invent a perfectly safe tiing machine
Watts questions the idea of a perfectly safe flying machine while Potts argues there are many now, though their flights are not high enough to pose danger. Indianapolis Press.
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Watts
Potts
Indianapolis
The Plight of Young Women and Their Health
The text laments how girls entering womanhood are misled about self care and health. It argues that excessive pain and periodic suffering are not natural obligations and urges parents to educate daughters to avoid costly and harmful practices injuring health and beauty.
Dr. Greene’s Nervura Promises Health for Young Women
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve remedy as ideal for girls entering womanhood. It claims to enrich blood, steady nerves, and support beauty, citing testimonials from Mrs. Mary Frances Lyrie and Mrs. William M Barres about restored color and vitality. It links nervous pain to stunted beauty and argues many women are pale and thin due to disrupted development.
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Mary Frances Lyrie
Hunter Alley
Rochester
N. Y
Dr. Greene
William M Barres
East 87Th St
New York City
Get Free Advice From Dr. Greene On Beauty Health
Woman can achieve beauty and happiness through health. Dr. Greene, specialist, offers free consultations by writing or calling his office at 35 West 14th Street New York City. Preserve beauty by taking intelligent action and avoiding stumbling blocks.
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Dr. Greene
West 14Th Street
New York City
Remarkable Minnesota Lady’s Enduring Faith in Dods Kidney Pills
Nearly a breakdown prompts Mrs. Henriette C. Olberg of Alberta Minnesota to praise Dodd's Kidney Pills. She cites improved appetite sleep and kidney function after three boxes and notes the pills are a friend to weak women. Also mentions Russian trotting club and Yale post office substation.
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Olberg
Minnesota
Alberta
Minn
Northwest
Henriette C. Olberg
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
National Flax, Hemp and Ramie Association
Distaff
Dodd
Yale
New Haven
University
Monument to Cardinal Lagierie Unveiled Near Sahara
A statue honoring the late Cardinal Lagierie was dedicated at Biskra near the Sahara. The figure stands facing the desert, the pastoral cross in his right hand as if planting it there, symbolizing his aims as bishop and colonizer.
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Sahara Desert
Cardinal Lagigerie
Biskra
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Cure Claims
The notice warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies and touts Ball's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and internally taken. It cautions buyers to seek genuine Hulls Catarrh Cure from Toledo based makers, sold by Druggists at 75 cents per bottle. The text shifts to a Tangent about ancient Greek rivers being mere creeks and not true rivers.
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Ball
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hull
Ohio
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Claims Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for a cold. It promises refunds if the cure fails and notes Grove's signature on each box.
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Dragme
Grove
Immune from Gout in Ireland Linked to Potatoes
Immune from gout is common among Ireland's working classes, believed to stem from their potato based diet. Putnam Faceless Dye claims to produce the fastest and brightest colors among dye stuffs.
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Ireland
Putnam
Electrical farming powered by twin falls on Canadian farm
A Canadian farm operates using electric power from two small waterfalls of 60 and 180 feet. The system saves 2300 dollars annually. In New Zealand a gold boom reports fifty million pounds of gold produced with the first nugget found in 1842.
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New Zealand
Coughing Leads to Consumption Ad Claim
Coughing leads to consumption warns readers and promotes Kemp's Balsam as a quick cure. Claim states the cough can be stopped at once and urges readers to visit their druggist for a free sample bottle. Bottles offered at 25 and 50 cents with a brisk call to action.
Lane's Family Medicine and Various Oddities
A collage of health claims and curiosities mentions Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowel health, Piso's Cure for Consumption for coughs, riding prices for rail fare, a carrier pigeon voyage, violet roses not blue, and notes on cotton factory growth versus field cotton.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. d
Best for the bowels: Cascarets cure with ease
An advertisement touts Cascarets candy cathartic as a painless, natural bowel remedy costing 10 cents to start. It warns of imitations and features the C C C stamp on each tablet. A notice notes that the River Platte runs dry in summer, with underground water reachable by digging. It ends with a social remark about people who complain of vulgar trade not paying bills.
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River Platte
Grain-O replaces coffee with grain based drink
Ask your grocer today to show you Grain-O the new food drink that substitutes for coffee. It satisfies both children and adults with no stomach distress and costs 25 cents per package. Solid by all grocers.
Modest Marriage Fee In Jersey City Court
A Jersey City justice recently collected a marriage fee of 10 cents in a local court proceeding. The brief item notes the small charge amid routine civic duties and raises questions about public commissions.
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Jersey City
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