Doan's Kidney Pills Faithful Testimonial and Industry Notes
A Mrs. Mary Campbell of Philo Pa praises Doan's Kidney Pills after five years of kidney and bladder troubles noting relief that lets her resume professional duties. Also reported are Pacific fishing industry value for 1907 at over 26 million dollars and legal notes on tips counted as wages in England. Additional quips include Sankey anecdotes and a Housekeeper cartoon remark on a daughter's marriage prospects.
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Mary Campbell
Jackson Bt
Doan
Pacific Coast
Edible Flower of the Mhowad Tower in Washington Garden
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes an edible tower called the mhowad seen in a Washington botanical garden. In India the flower is used to make soup bread wine and brandy. It grows on a mhowad tree and yields lemon yellow, pulpy corals. Dried powder makes bread and spring water fermentation produces aromatic brandy cited as hard to resist.
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Washington
India
Philadelphia Bulletin
Quotations on Conversation and Courtesy from the New York Press
A compact collection of provocation and social commentary, the New York Press quotes discuss self focus in men, a stereotype about Chinamen and women, and reflections on English manners. The passages critique pride, logic, gender roles, and social dilettante theatrics with a performative tone.
Cutiura Remedies Cured Eczema Sufferer After Five Years
Patient describes severe itching and bleeding eczema lasting five years. After trying doctors and medicines, Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent brought improvement from the first bath and one application. Four bottles used, no recurrence since. Mrs Altig Etson Battle Creek Mich Oct 16 1909.
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Altig Etson
Sun Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days by Pozo Ointment
The ad claims Pozo Ointment cures all piles in six to fourteen days or money back. It also notes Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and lists druggists. A separate item reports the Pourquoi Pas expedition ship launched at St Malo for Dr Jean Charcot. The vessel is 800 tons, 125 feet, three masts, 660 hp, crew of thirty. France funds 60,000 francs with Rothschild and Societe de Geographie support.
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Russia
Pourquoi Pas
Jean Charcot
Antarctic
St. Malo
Rothschilds
Societe de Geographie
Petitions in Belgrade Demand Gambling Crackdown
In Belgrade Servia a group of women petitioned authorities to prohibit gambling with harsher penalties than current laws. In contrast a number of men petitioned for compulsory closure of all milliner shops citing domestic discord and poverty.
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Belgrade
Odd-Looking Craft Vista at St Lawrence Ship Canal
Two unusual vessels work on the St Lawrence ship canal for removing holdfasts, dredging, and bottom clearance before dredge deployment. A wooden-hulled boat with a middle well carries a sixty-ton grip to reach the river bottom and hoist holdfasts to the deck via an aft hoisting engine.
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St. Lawrence Ship Canal
Marvellous Cycling and a Halibut Display in London
A reader recalls a brakeless cycling mishap on a steep hill with a chain snap and a cat at a right angle corner. A man props a plank to help, the rider rides over the roof and is lowered to safety as a cottage family shakes carpets. The scene ends with a soda siphon hiss. Also noted, a four hundred pound halibut was recently shown in London.
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London
Military and science notes from early 20th century records
Reports cover monorail success in India and electric barge systems in Petersburg ruins, California water power boosting industry, gun erosion comparisons between twelve and fourteen inch artillery, wireless tests by British cruisers Birmingham and Salem, and Thomson’s views on electrified matter. Also notes Dreadnought armament upgrades with ten new 12 inch Mark X guns, details on weights, velocity, armor penetration, powder charge, and trials slated for October.
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Admiralty
Quail Invasions Prompt Seattle City Action Talk
Seattle, flooded with quail, faces a nuisance as birds nest in Kinnear Park and along Lakes Washington shores. Firearms are banned in the city, yet quail numbers surge, feeding off gardens and grain, prompting residents to seek City Council measures to curb the pest. The issue has sparked informal discussions among nearby communities about formal control.
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Washingon
Seattle
Kinnear Park
Washington
Union
Portland Oregonian
Snake swallows four hen eggs in Rowan county
An eyewitness reports a black snake in Rowan county swallowing four large hen eggs. The nest was under an apple tree and the snake easily pushed eggs through a narrow passage. Afterward the creature climbed the tree, wrapped around it, and the eggs shattered the snake’s eyes, according to the account.
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Rowan County
Mr. Blacksnake
Statesville
Knox declines Berlin invitation for Exposition opening
A wire service dispatch reports Secretary Knox will not attend the American Exposition opening in Berlin due to prior summer arrangements and will instead deliver an address on July 4. The item appears among diverse brief notices from multiple U.S. locales.
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Washington
D. C
Knox
Berlin
Taft
Suffrage Congress
Washington, D. C
National American Woman's Suffrage Associaton
Sig Ota Chapelles
Congress adjourns with little accomplished in Havana
Havana reports state Congress adjourned until April 4 with no major legislation. Elsewhere, Lammasch of Vienna chosen as arbiter in the United States Venezuela dispute over the Orinoco Steamship Company claim. Cardinal Lucani fined, Comet B1910 sighting noted, and French Manchurian railways neutralization reply deferred amid Russia and Japan stakes.
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Havana
Lammasch
Waogue
Heinrich Lammasch
University of Vienna
Unitedates
Venezuela
Orinoco Steamship Company
Paris
Knox
Russia
Japan
Robert A Johnson Acknowledged for Irrigation in Wawallan Islands
Robert A Johnson who introduced irrigation in the Wawallan Islands died at the home of his ward Mrs. William Snowden at 110 West Third Street Bayonne New Jersey. Johnson served Claus Spreckels from age twenty guiding sugar plantations in Tawailan Islands Philippines and Japan. He fought in the Philippines during a war and took part in the Battle of Malabuun. He incurred injuries from a fall and locomotor ataxia followed.
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Robert A. Johnson
Wawallan Islands
William Snowden
Bayonne
N. J
Johnson
Claus Spreckels
Tawailan Islands
Philippines
Japan
Malabuun
Wis
Iabolo
Staxia
Wholesale prices and butter markets in New York MorIC
Wholesale price list from New York markets shows Mille Exchange quoting standard quality butter at 4 cents per quart. The document lists values for creamery western butter, various fruits, poultry items, vegetables, beans, cheese, oats, grain, lard, beef, and hogs with per unit prices and package sizes, reflecting a broad daily commodity snapshot. It names entities like Mille Exchange and state and western quality grades, alongside numerous specific price figures for apples, cranberries, tomatoes, cabbage, beans, cheese, potatoes, and livestock. The text presents a dense, itemized price sheet typical of a mid century wholesale market report.
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New York
Moric
Jersey
C. Cad
Panssep Rouwrny
Morrow
Choico
S.seesea
State
Pacific Coast
Carmen
Duluth
Pork Prices Soar as Hogs Hit Forty-Year Peak in Chicago
Chicago markets report hogs selling at $9.40 with Western points near the same, amid a Western supply shortfall of 25 to 45 percent and about 15 million fewer hogs nationwide than a decade ago. Government data show population growth outpacing production, boosting prices. 1896 lows and 1907 panic levels are cited, with packers and speculators steering prices and farmers feeling the pinch. Other notes mention cotton futures drops in New Orleans, strong butter demand, opposition to dating canned goods, and teasers about eggs and tomatoes.
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Chicago
Flig Country
Meat Conspiracy Indicts Major Meat Pack Firms
Hudson County Grand Jury files indictment against National Packing Company and directors including Armour Swift Morris and others. Alleged plan aimed to corner meat and poultry supply to inflate prices, injure the public, and create monopolies through unlawful and immoral gain. Indicted firms include Armour Co Morris Co Hammond Co and Sythe Co. all incorporated in New Jersey.
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Terney City
National Packing Company
Hudson County Grand Jury
Publc
J. Ogden “Armour
Arthhur Meeker
Edward Morris
Laula F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Ira N. Morris
L. A. Carton
A. Watson Armour
Edward Tilton
Thomas E. Wilson
F. A. Fowler
Charles H. Swift
Thomas
New Jersey
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Sythe CO
Washington Senate Taxes Taft Plan as Waste Dream
In Washington the Taft Administration faced a new insurgent attack on extravagance led by Senators Dolliver and Bristow. Senator Aldrich claimed government could be run like a business saving 300 million annually. The Senate Committee on Public Expenditures, a Taft hope, failed to reduce disbursements, prompting a resolution for a nine member commission to study methods and remove duplication.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Taft
Congress
Dolliver
Town
Bristow
Kansas
Aldrich
Senate Conmitte
Rhode Island
Allds Resigns as Senate Temporary President
Albany Reuters report says Senator Fotham P Allds resigns as temporary president of the New York Senate. Chief counsel Martin W. Littleton announces the move while outlining Allds defense to bribery charges related to Senator Benn Conger. Allds says resignation is proper to avoid influencing the inquiry.
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Albany
Fotham P Allds
Senate
Martin W. Littleton
Allds
Benn Conger
Conger
Mr. Littleton
Pioneers as roadmakers on Santa Fe Trail routes
The article describes Kansas pioneering electric interurban lines linking Newton Salina and Abilene with Kansas City as spring work begins. It notes farmers in wheat country fund lines, Strang line along the Santa Fe trail, and praises plainsmen for choosing grades by eye over mathematics, with 450 miles of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe track illustrating the old trail’s path.
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I Cansas
Wheat Belt
Kansas
Newton
Santa Fe
Salina
Abilene
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Topeka
Strang
New Mexico
W. B. Strang
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Independence Mo
N. M
Model Husband and Other Oddities From History
The item compiles brief anecdotes and facts: a husband boasting of being a model husband after his wife quotes a dictionary definition. General James Grant recounts a Lincoln anecdote about spelling with two ds. a Governor Tod quip on God’s spelling. Western Australia gold output and stock dividends. a Bavarian job ad joking about duties. and a note that one pound of motorite equals three pounds of steam.
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Yaar
James Grant
Wilson
Lincoln
Father Abraham
David Tod
Ohio
Todd
Kentucky
Immigrant Bankers Move $275 Million Abroad
A Senate report by Immigration Commission Chairman Senator Dillingham states over 2300 U S residents run unregulated foreign banking with about 175 million dollars sent abroad yearly and a total of roughly 275 million from immigrant sources. It notes Massachusetts and New Jersey as the only states with adequate regulation.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate
Dillingham
Immigration Commission
Massaachusetts
New Jersey
Wife Acquitted of Arson in Harford County Trial
In Elkton Maryland Annie Loomis was acquitted by Judge Vanbibber in the Harford Circuit Court of arson for allegedly burning down her home at Elkory in November. The case notes a lack of criminal liability finding as the decision was rendered.
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Elkton
Vanbibber
Harford County
Annie Loomis
Eilckory
A Change of Food Works Wonders for Health
A Punctuation heavy testimonial notes health gains from abandoning coffee and adopting Postum and Grape-Nuts. A Missouri couple improved stomach and nervous trouble, while a husband and others report better sleep and strength. A California brother’s family also benefits. The piece touts The Road to Wellville and a slogan claiming there’s a Reason.
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Shasaya
California
Postum
Pkrs
Wellville
Earthquake Pulsations and Odd Observations Across Papers
Seismologists describe earthquake pulsations extending thousands of miles, with a Birmingham pendulum measuring waves from a Greek quake. Other notes critique billboards in Portland and discuss Missouri poetry courses versus Indiana literary output, citing sources from Harper's Weekly to the Indianapo l0is Star.
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Greece
Birmingham
England
Harper's_ Weekly
Italian Study Sparks Unlikely Progress at Firm
A New York firm headed by a man with strong interests in Italy planned for a clerk who knows Italian to train his son in the language after the clerk's death. A friend then quizzed the young man who admitted he had studied Italian for months with a teacher recently arrived from the other side. The anecdote notes the tutor’s English improving as well.
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New York Times
New York
Italy
Progresa
The
Argonaut
Notable Characters and Oddities From Various Eras
A mixed collection notes famous figures from history and literature, from Henry M. Stanley to Moses, alongside anecdotes about political campaigns, harbor improvements at Callao Peru, and early coffee and cattle enterprises in German East Africa. It highlights eccentric rewards for honesty and home remedies, with references to marine shipping delays and agricultural notes plus a drugstore ad for Bromo Quinine.
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Aunyou
MIN -9
Jefferson Sta
Philadelphia
Banyon
Manyon
Baby
George Kryder
Napoleon
London Times
Royal Academy
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Appeals Court of England
Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
Mr. Sankey
Moody and Sankey
Europe
New York Press
Eczema
Woolford
Druggista
Dr. Charcot
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
Gregory
Pappy
Call Poarpald
Ayachret
Abeture
Oanora
le Gregory & Fon
Watson
Coleman
Referencee
AML
Hale
Gry Rile
Thompson's
Trilsera
Salem
Branty Rock
Mags
Scientific American
Saya
J. J. Thomson
Rutherford
Snake
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Knnox
J. B. Hawthorne
Richmond
J. B. Trawthorne
South
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Mobile
Baltimore
Cromwell
Niam_ Nelson Cromwell
Phil Amen, Jr
Kent
Madison
Phil Allen, Jr
First National Bank of Mineral
Greenville
N.C
Labor Bureau
Chicopee
Mass
PF. H. Norton
Milla
Virginia
Washington, DC
Guantanamo
Cuba
Colman
Boston
George W. Colman
Cambridge
Back Bay
National City Bank of
Nebraska
Omaha
CABLE
Rheims
France
Ludovic Lucan
Geneva
Switzerland
Ridoux
Geneva University
Copenhagen
N. Poulsen
Mr. Bryan
Buenos Ayres
Wiltant Jennings Bryan
Tokio
Franece
Guadeloupe
Amoy
China
Henry Heath
Fashionable West
Robert A. Johnson Deal
Suortagn
New Orleans
New York City
Canard Goods Exchange
de Fee
Will
Waoshina
Governor Tott
Western Australia
Friedhof
Madriz
Bank of England
Judge Hough
Waddill Gatchings
Central Foundry Company
Suiate Committee On Territories
Washington D C
Alaska
Lacombe
New Yor City
Warlem
Lhe Connectiog
James A. Currin
Ted Raaine
Legislative Commission
N.Y
Castro
Winston Spencer Chirehill
Mr Gladstone
Sydney Ruxton
Board of Trade
Mr. Samuel
My Pease
Duchy of Lancaster
California Fig Syrup CO
Reeves
Fido
Norah
Los Angeles Express
Defoe
Spain
Macdonald
Jonss Hanway
Portland
Burma
Sir Henry M. Stanley
Catherine the Good
Alexander Hamilton
Rosa Bonheur
Edgar Allen Poe
Rachel
Leonardo da Vinci
Moses
Callao
Peru
German East Africa
Optrich
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Fras
Guay
Ppeiber
New_York
Atall Druggista
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Poland
Eos
B. W. Grainlaed Ak
Germany
Mra Winslow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barber Sayes
Ethink
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Lydia KE
Beneft
J. Barber
Scott
E. F. Hayes
BE. F. Havers
Washington St
George May
Lydia E
Alan
W. KX. Housh
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K. Haven
Hastview Ave
Scinnati
Lydia FE
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