Mothers Strength and Child Health Advised by Dr. Pierce
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for expectant mothers to build strength and vitality, claiming painless childbirth and strong babies. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Victor J. Hadin, praising the medicine's nerve nourishment and bodily strengthening effects. The ad also promotes The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, offering a 1000 page volume with mail-order details.
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Dr. Pierce
Victor J. Hadin
Leonardville
Riley Co. Eenses
People’s
Common Sense
Wen
R VY
Pierce
Buffalo
Explosion at Victor mine causes multiple deaths and injuries
Springfield Illinois October 14 explosion at Victor mine Pawnee eighteen miles from the city kills two men and fatally injures four others while several more are severely hurt. The blast, caused by excessive blasting powder, sent victims about four thousand feet from the detonation site. Notable dead V. W. Overcash and Michael Verja. severely injured Frank Isaacs and Peter Green. Others listed include Join Burke George Worley and Daniel Reece.
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Springfield
Illl
Victor
Pawnee
Isaacs
Attbtion
Overcash
VW. V. Overcash
Michael Verja
Frank Isaacs
Peter Green
Join Burke
George Worley
Daniel Reece
John Dick
Wiliam Sparling
John Pick
Peter Crrovich
Jerome Sproule
Thomas King
Jesoph Buchter
After a Century Jersey Prison Ship Found in Brooklyn Yard
New York reports the famed English prison ship Jersey, used to martyr Americans during the Revolutionary era, was discovered at the Brooklyn navy yard by workers building launching stays for the Lattlevnip Connecticut. The half-burned hull lies buried under 12 feet of dirt and water, in its original condition.
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Jersey
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Connecticut
Smp
Odd Bits From Across The World
Crisp items of information report suicides in Columbus and a murder in Oregon. An enormous medical bill is cited for a Paris statue project. A birth at Bellevue Hospital claims the smallest living child, a boy, while a New York banker, Charles G. Dale, is found dead from a self-inflicted wound in Weehawken.
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Thomas Delaney
Columbus
Hempstead
Tex
Susan P. Lewis
Paris
Emile “Ola
Chiesco En Mia
Ogden Armoni
Wood
Earl Deturk
Pennsylvania
Warsaw
Socialists of the Faith
Indi
James L. Michop
Congress
Kentucky
Ollen
Bellevue Hospital
New York
John Clark
Charles G. Dale
New York County National Bank
Weet New Brighton
Deadlock Broken in Ohio Legislative Conference
Ohio news reports the conference committee voted to remove the municipal code provision creating a department of public safety and its cost rules. The update follows a broader set of unrelated items including deaths, accidents, and a Methodist temperance discussion in Philadelphia.
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Ohio News
Columbus
Department of Pubic Safer
Ghiens
Apd
Methodist
Philadelphia
Committee On Temperance
National Association of
Methodist Church
Prohibition
Remmbhean
Secret Washington talks on Russian affair end without progress
Washington reports describe a long session on October 14 between Secretary Hay and the Russian ambassador. No new developments were announced on urgent topics between the United States and Russia. The envoy has heard no confirmation of a transfer, and his departure would be a loss in Washington where he is well regarded.
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Washington
Sini
Hay
Russia
Fel
Ambush, mutiny, and several notable 1900s crimes report
From Kentucky to San Francisco and beyond, a run of violent incidents and fatalities is recorded. Judge Allen Hyden of Ownley County is shot in an ambush near Beattyville, while mutiny erupts aboard the Dos Hermanos near Virac. Joe Gans KO’s Kid McPartland at Fort Erie, a coroner indicts a Pennsylvania shooting, and William Cates is convicted of matricide in Missouri. Other: a lightning strike kills a man in Beaumont, a steamer loss near Victoria, and a Baltimore and Ohio tie to rail lines. Kentucky magnate William HartlessArtless dies at White Sulphur Springs.
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Beattyville
Allen Hyden
Ownley County
Hyden
Court of Appeals
Wilson
Owsley County
San Francisco
Dos Hermanos
Sherman
Manilla
Virac
Joe Gans
Buffalo
Kid McPartland
International Club
Fort Erie
Ont
McPartland
Charlie White
Export Discounts and Calico Prices in Canada
A Canadian MP and wholesale dry goods merchant, W R Brock, explains how surplus calico shifts affected prices. He describes buying in New York at 6 cents a yard while U S dealers paid 12 14 cents, with Canadian distributors retailing at 10 cents to clear excess stocks, arguing this was a legitimate market adjustment rather than theft.
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W. R. Brock
Lorento
Brock
New York
Mr. Brock
United States
Philadelphia Ledger
Limes
Sumeric
Canada
Calico Trust
Arid
Fragmented Prose Poem Reflects on a Bird and Politics
A rambling prose poem mixes garbled phrases and stray lines about a beautiful bird and political figures. Readers confront jagged fragments, nostalgic references, and a murky critique of a Democratic figure tied to a North Carolina locale.
Tariff Commission Attack on Free Trade Stance
A 1902 argument condemns a tariff commission as a useless, meddling safe harbor for tariff tinkering. It warns that politics, not experts, must control duties, insisting free trade attacks persist and prosperity hinges on preserving existing protection.
Grand jury reports four indictments. Lacey not indicted
The grand jury adjourned Tuesday afternoon after returning four indictments. Lacey was not indicted for the alleged stabbing with intent to kill Stuats at Conesville. Names remain private as defendants are not yet in custody. The court noted jail conditions and the petit jury is set to report next Monday. Judge Maxwell handled civil matters including Mahala Lawrence vs Hugh Lawrence and Day Lawrence, upholding the will and Mahala’s right to rent profits for support. A divorce, Florence E Lower vs Jacob Lower, was granted with $500 alimony. Florence restored to her maiden name.
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Lacey
Stuats
Conesville
Petit Jury
Maxwell
Mahala Lawrence
Hugh Lawrence
Day Lawrence
Florence E. Lower
Jacob Lower
Surprise 50th Birthday for Turnkey Seth M Decker
Friends marked Turnkey Seth M Decker’s 50th birthday with a home party on North Water Street after a council meeting. About fifteen guests, including city hall officials Chief Mapel Solicitor McDowell and Councilmen Pharlon Weisner, attended. Mayor Rinver could not attend due to illness and sent regrets.
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Seth M. Decker
Decker
North Water Street
Mapel
McDowell
Pharlon and
Weisner
Seth
Rinver
Going to Cincinnati Ad firm hires Coshocton men
The Cincinnati Advertising company employs two Coshocton natives, A. K. Gibson as secretary and Becgar Marshall as treasurer. The Enquirer notes Marshall as successor to Pharo the thermometer man of New York, and Gibson with 12 years in Coshocton in a similar line. The firm will make wood back thermometers yard sticks rules leather goods and various advertising novelties.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Advertising Company
Coshocton
A. K. Gibe 8On
Becgar Marshall
The
Enquirer of Sunday
Marshall
Pharo
New York
Gibson
Ohio
Quaker Woman’s Fuel Concept Stirring Philadelphia
A Philadelphia Quaker woman reportedly proposed using soaked bricks in oil to burn longer than coal. The plan, publicized rather than patented, has brickyards selling bricks and oil flowing through pipelines across Pennsylvania. Supporters say the method is cheaper and nicer than coal, with some doubt remaining until the coal strike ends.
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Philadelphia
Keystone State
Sue
Home From the Hospital
John B. Bown of Conesville returned home from Columbus Tuesday after an appendicitis operation at Baldwin hospital. Accompanied by his brother Tr. K. Bown, he is recovering rapidly and friends are glad the surgery was successful.
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John B. Bown
Conesville
Tr. K. Bown
Columbus
Baldwin Hospital
Ohio Wheat and Potato Yields Reported This Year
Ohio harvested 2,173,146 acres of wheat yielding 39,482,335 bushels, down slightly from last year. Potatoes show 1,766,040 acres yielding 47,530,319 bushels with yields above average. apples also noted with strong percentages.
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Ohio
A Typical South African Store and Dr Larson’s Remedy
Dr. Larson of Bay Walla Sundays River Cape Colony runs a store that sells nearly everything from needle to anchor. He notes farming customers within thirty miles and praises Chamberlain's Remedies, especially for coughs, with many households relying on the product. For sale by C. B. Anders won Forbes block.
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Larson
Bay Walla
Sundays River
Cape Colony
South Arica
Arade
Chamberlain
C. B. Anders
Forbes
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