Peruna featured by Oregon governor in family health letters
The Oregon governor praises Pe runa in a May 9 letter to Dr Hartman claiming it cures and prevents catarrh and colds. He says Pe runa keeps his family healthy and urges households to keep the remedy and read Dr Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Hartminn
State OF Oregon
Executive Department
SaLem
Columbus
W.M. Lord
Perrana
Perana
United States
Dr. Hartman
Ohio
Local residents and visitors noted in Covington area
A stream of names from Attica to Danville and Perrysville show people in town for court business, visits, or illness. Notables include John Correll from Attica, Leo Lindley from Kingman, W.G. Boyd in Chicago, and Mrs. Will Coleman from the Racket region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Coleman
Mabel Coddington Delivers Entertainment at Atwood Course
Notes record an entertainment by Mabel Coddington on the lecture course at Atwood. Visitors last Friday were mainly country school pupils and returning guests include Ruth Ward Orah Coding Hannah Uot Florence Butcher Grace Colling and Gertie Slattery. Miss Gertrude Richardson and Gertrude Graham earned a year’s certificate. others listed are Clark Prather and Victor Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Coddington
Atwood,i
Ruth Ward
Orah Coding
Hannah Uot
Florence Butcher
Grace Colling
Gertie Slattery
Messers
Clark Prather
Victor Welch
Beauty Ad Claims Clean Blood Through Cascarets
An old advertising blurb urges beauty through "clean blood" and purifying the body with Cascarets. It promotes clearer skin by a tonic approach, mentioning pimples and blemishes and touts availability in drug stores with guaranteed satisfaction.
Local notes and town chatter in Kent township
Beech Grove services last Sunday evening. a blacksmith shop may open nearby. Residents visit Coyington and Covington. Dr Ritchey ill with rheumatism. Mylers sale at State Line drew attendees. A dance at James Jillotson’s with Goman White playing. surveying by George Lucas for W Murphy and Elisha Rodgers. Local politics show Republicans scarce and Democrats reluctant. Ora Harleman’s traps stolen. reward offered. Railroad talk resurges, urging action and fair terms for right of way.
Clergyman’s Letters Show Life of a City Minister
A well known New York clergyman treats letters to his office as a slice of ministry life. The manuscript reveals all kinds of mail from an insurance policy lapse to a railway fare denial and a widow’s appeal for help. It also notes the minister’s own expenses and a license payment for his parsonage.
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New York
Calcago
Romey
Irving’s Mephistophelean Eyebrows Stare Down Interview
An actor recalls meeting Sir Henry Irving in New York in 1896. The Meephistophelean glare from Irving unsettled him as he sought details about a relative in the London Lyceum Company. Irving finally smiles and aids with the request, summing to a memorable, if tense, exchange.
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Sir Henry Irving
New York
London Lyceum Company
Irving
Chattanooga Times
Ages of Senators Show Secret Recipe for Looking Young
Four of the oldest senators line up in the front row Pettus of Alabama sixty five Cockrell of Missouri West of Missouri verging on seventy Morgan of Alabama will be seventy six next June West called the Confucius of the Senate. He looks wise and deliberate. Cockrell is a hard worker and vigilant during bills. West once was a great orator but has recent limited participation. Morgan known for broad knowledge and memory training as a boy. Pratt Connecticut seventy two Cullom Illinois seventy before November Hawley Connecticut seventy three Gear Iowa seventy five Hoar Massachusetts seventy three Teller nearing seventy Frye nearly seventy Jones Nevada ninety Stewart seventy two Bate Tennessee age undisclosed likely seventy or more Washington Post
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Hey
Pettus
Alabama
Cockrell
Missouri
West
Morgan
Senator West
Confucius
Senate
Cocarellis
Pratt
Connecticut
Cullom
Ilinois
Sensitor Hawley
Gear
Iowa
Hoar
Massachusetts
Teller
Frye
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Senator Bate
Tennessee
Harris
Washington
Priceless Gutenberg First Book Sold to Museum
A London blacksmith found a dated 1450 book on a secondhand stall priced at two cents. He showed it to British Museum officials who offered 230 dollars, then raised to 50 dollars, and bought it, preserving the historic first book Gutenberg printed.
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London
Fie Uungac
British Museum
Klacksmith
Guttenberg
Tale of Hard Luck
A narrator returns from South America amid a political upheaval. He held about 35,000 sates currency, which plummeted by ninety percent after a revolution, ruining his fortune and leaving him with scarce value and uncertain prospects.
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South America
Eurency
Also Mentioned on This Page
Covernor
Capitol Building
Executive Office of
J. P. Buckner
East Side
Covington
John Correll
Attica
Leo. Lindley
Kingman
George Boughoer
Foster
Fred Lafferty
Danville
City
W. White
Tommy Rowell
Coal Creek
Calvin Phebus
Wabash Township
Jake Hirshbeel
Henry Reason
Attorness J. W. Whicker and
LE Schoonover
Dan B. Hutts
W.G. Boyd
Chicago
Robert Voliva
Newtown
Circuit Court
Sieg Lion
John W. Newlin
Gin Township
Owen Pasley
Aylesworth
the. W. Crane
Republican Committee
Veederaburg
Chas. Webb
Jacksonville
Ida Newhouse
Ada
Williamsport
T. A. Clifton
B. L. Stevenson
Fountain
BR. W. Blue
Joe Fitzpatrick
Ed Vanleer
Henry Snyder
R. R. Track
J.h.spence
Edna
Frank Sistine
Terre Haute
Eva
Anna Nebeker
Perrysville
Loeb's
Tobby
Our
Inter
Lincoln Off Co
Cleveland
Olio
Gertrude Richardson
Gertrude Graham
Lower Warren
P. Q. Lyre
Beech Grove
Neil Rhodes
Son Gert
Coyington
James Madera
Benjamin Ritchey
Mlyer
James ‘Jillotson
Goman & White Orchestra
Geo. Lucas
State Line
W. &. Murphy
Elisha Rodgers
Bert Rhodes
Frank Walls
Kent Township
Anone
Ora Harleman
Ora
Peter M. Rodgers
Peter
Pete
Corny
Him
C. Klenk
Wells
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Covington Roller Mills
Cadwallader & Starr
THE
Vmayer’s Hardware
East Side Square
B. Coleman
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