Have You A Cough What This Woman Says is of Vital Interest
Mrs. Eliza Teeter of Goshen Indiana says a year of coughs and weight loss faded after using Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. She credits renewed strength and health within a year and notes two sisters died of tuberculosis. She invites confidential medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
Dr. Pierce
Eliza Teeter
Middlebury St
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo N. Y
Women to expose ears as moving pictures rise in popularity
An editorial note claims women will start exposing their ears now that moving pictures gain popularity. It muses they might wait for warmer weather, while joking that successful film stars could someday appear on marshmallow box covers.
No clear news item but a fragmentary op-ed tone
A fragment discusses wives costs in Africa and questions of uniqueness. It mentions American investors and old paper money profits. A new Soviet money issue is joked to bear an ancient Russian name, while a conqueror’s reparations are linked to plunder. Birds and aerial navigation are dismissed with a quip about geese.
England Builds Smaller Cars For Island Market
A London report notes English manufacturers produce smaller cars than American makers due to the island nation’s limited space and market. The piece highlights a strategic shift toward compact designs and efficiency to suit British roads and buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
If Gabe Gooner Prefers Pigs to Children
Mrs Johnson quips that Gabe Gooner prefers pigs to children. Gap Johnson from Rumpus Ridge comments he would rather have children than pigs now that he has them, unless the pigs are exceptionally fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe Gooner
Mrs. Johnson
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansa
Notre Dame to Visit West Point on October 18
Notre Dame football eleven will visit West Point October 18 next. The piece notes various sports moves, personnel deals, and schedules including Albion College, Pittsburgh, Chicago Americans, and New York Giants, highlighting shifts in college and professional athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
West Point
Albion College
Chicago Americans
New York Giants
Ancient drug stores traced to early pharmacopeia and poisons
The piece notes ancient drug supervision from Sanscrit, Roman, and Arab traditions, the Naples and Salerno academies, and the rise of stationares in Italy. It highlights antidotes and disinfectants with electuaries Thermias and Mithridat as key remedies. Mithridat, created by Mithridas Eupator, inspired by toxin testing, evolved through Damocrates to 55 ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Salerno
Italy
Cordus
Mithridas Eupator
Pontus
Pompey
Damocrates
Nero
Ambergris Riches From Whale Yield Historic Find
Ambergris, a valued sea product, boosts fortunes of whalers. Capt James Earle of New Bedford reportedly struck it rich after a whale yielded a 780 pound ambergris piece, sold worldwide for about $100,000, fueling wealth in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Earle
New Bedford
No Old Maids in Russia Says a Russian Observer
A Russian girl over twenty who is unmarried feels disgraceful while in Russia most marry or pretend to marry. If wooed fails, peasants travel as widows, or return claiming a husband died during the honeymoon. A widow is not questioned about a dead husband. Russia avoids such talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Civil War Conscription Across Union and Confederacy
The text outlines evolving conscription practices in the Civil War era. It notes Union measures from 1863 to 1864 mandating ages 18 to 45, with exemptions bought or substituted, and later widening to 17 to 50. It mentions 1862 Confederate laws taxing volunteers and extending service to wider male ages, plus draft riots in the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
New York
Animal Sees Its Mirror Image and Reacts
The passage explains how animals perceive reflections in glass. Some show curiosity or fear, others ignore the image, but none recognize the reflection as themselves.
Peruvian Gold Myths and Realities From Ancient Palaces
The article reviews legends of Inca gold and the reality of royal treasures. It cites Hamilton Bell on ransom and palace gold, notes possible exaggerations, and describes Chimu era gold objects analyzed by Pliny Goddard. It explains gold alloying, casting versus hammering, and northern Peruvian metalwork innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ureos
Bell
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Costa Rica
Pliny E. Goddard
Rainfall and river runoff on global land areas
Recalculated data show world rainfall equals a uniform globe spanning 3514 inches in depth. Land receives 29 percent of this, with 80 percent of runoff returning to the sea while the remainder evaporates.
First Words Over Wireless Bell Calls From Window
On February 15, 1880 Dr. Alexander Graham Bell heard the first spoken words over a wireless device. Charles Sumner Taintor spoke from the Franklin school roof and Bell answered from his laboratory when a light flashed signaling him to wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Mr. Bell
Charles Sumner Taintor
Franklin School
Washington
Dr. Bell
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Mrs. Eliza Teeter
Jaques Capsule Co., Inc
Plattsburg, N. Y
Jaques Uaxes
Nita
Moore Monument Co
Sterling, NL
Kemp
Africa
Urtier
Bayer
Boston Evening Transcript
Frank Churchill
Pancho Villa
Princeton
Pittsburgh
Siki
France
The
Sporting Club of
National Recreation Company
Brooklyn
New York Bowling Association
Philadelphia
Arthur Fletcher
Phillies
Philly
Williams
Charlies L. Graham
the College
Bob Fowler
Purple Mermen
Washington University of St. Louis
Pasadena
Duluth Boat Club
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Duffy Lewis
Salt Lake City
Chicago White Sox
Ray Woodworth
Bloomington
Army Grid
Charles Eckert
Portland Baseball Club
Philadelphia Americans
John McGraw
Giants
Ray Schalk
Steve O’neill
Annapolis
Fortune
West
American Museum of Natural History
Chima
Hamilton Bell
Keith
Waller
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