Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Mrs Exon
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments with testimonials from Mrs Exon of Vienna West Virginia. It notes the product contains no narcotics and claims extensive cures, inviting letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice. A separate quip from Home Notes recounts a Newcastle joke about a soldier seeking front seats at a music hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vienna
W. Va
Lydia
Mrs. Exon
Wheaton
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Tommy
Bells of the Bastille Found in Paris Private House
A Rare set of bells once from the Bastille survived its destruction and a manager at Romilly’s foundry refused orders to destroy them. Now in a Paris private house on Avenue d’Eylann the bells bear engravings: Made by Louis Cheron for the Royal Bastille 1761 with royal arms and a large cross. The Gentlewoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romilly
Paris
Avenue d'Eylan
Louis Cheron
Royal Basilie
Taxicab Numbers And Alcohol Rules Stir London Markets
A reader from Gothenburg describes in Chicago News how stringent local alcohol rules slow whisky sales. A clerk says whisky must be ordered in advance and home delivery is arranged via cross street phone calls. The correspondent notes delivery schemes via relatives and college graduates seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothenburg
Sweden
Chicago News
CAREFUL DOCTOR Prescribed Change of Food Instead of Drugs
A reader praises a doctor who treated gastritis with food rather than medicine. The letter recounts improved health after starting Grapenuts, noting weight gain and better digestion and urging others to consider dietary remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Theo
Wellville
Bank Robbery Ends in Double Shooting and Escape
A 17 year old Thomas Jefferson Hall from Louisville Illinois invaded Merchants National Bank in New Albany Ind. with two pistols killing cashier J Hangary Fawcett and wounding president John K Woodward. He forced employees into the vault and fled by river, later captured on an island south of the bridge with police arresting him without a fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Thomas Jefferson Hall
Louisville
Merchants’ National Bank
J. Hangary Fawcett
John K. Woodward
James i. Tucker
Wiliam J. Hall
South
Preston Street
Young Hall
Knoxville, Tenn
R. J. Smith
Knoxville
Tenn
Hall
Walter Escott
Loulaville
James R. Tucker
Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Fawcett
Ohio
Kentucky
West Louisville
Elsie McDonald
Charles Fawcett
Charles H. Fawcett
Woman collapses during extortion trial in Denver
Mrs. Allen F Read fainted amid violent convulsions during her trial for attempting to extort 100000 from Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phipps under threat of dynamite. The proceedings halted as Read lay near death at her sister’s home, while Phipps testified and defense lawyers cross examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Allen F. Read
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Jennie Campbell
Suffragettes Break Windows at Guildhall Dinner
Suffragettes threw stones through a stained glass window during the Lord Magee's dinner at the Guildhall in London. Police responded as the protest interrupted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Magee
Lonon
Mrs Eddy Settles Large Claims on Relatives
It was announced in Boston that Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy settled 246000 dollars on her son George W. Glover of South Dakota and his family and 46000 dollars on her adopted son Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy of Vermont to settle claims.
Couple Found Dead From Asphyxiation in Washington Home
Thomas Mangam aged sixty and his wife Mary Mangam were found dead from asphyxiation at their home 717 Seventh Street Northeast Washington D C. Police report an apparent domestic incident with no immediate signs of foul play. Investigators are examining the scene and awaiting autopsy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mangam
Mary Mangam
Seventh Street
Washington, D._C
Labor and union activity across Europe and America
The Swedish government intervened to settle a general strike in Stockholm. The Austrian Wood Workers Union recorded 116 strikes and lockouts in 1908 affecting 26 000 members and 3600 shops at a total cost of about 95 000 dollars. Holland unions mobilize workers for union action while wage rises occur in Dutch cities. From 1891 to 1909 the International Association of Machinists paid 1 826 004.90 in strike benefits. The Danish Federation has about 100 000 members in 51 central unions and 1214 local branches. The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of Tennessee urged using union labels on printed material. New unions form as meat cutters in Jackson Michigan organize. Kansas City labor leaders seek a new labor temple by January 1. A Manchester printing dispute over wages and hours was settled, with strikers rehired. California passed a bill banning wearing or displaying non-membership labor badges or union cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Qonlon
Holland
International Association of Machinists
Federation of Danish Trades Unions
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
Tennessee
Jackson
Mich
Kansas City
Manchester
England
Manchester Typographical Society
California
Taft outlines key policy aims for coming Congress
President Taft’s forthcoming message centers on enforcing anti monopoly measures, reforming railroad regulation, and tightening corporate oversight. He signals a longer agenda including an ICC Hepburn rate overhaul, a five member court to expedite rates, and limits on stock watering while preserving lawful corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Mississippi Commission
Alaska
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Interatate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Bureau of Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Insanity Tied To Chicago Auto Tragedy
Ernst Camp the chauffeur in a car with two passengers plunged into the river Sunday night. Camp’s body recovered. Beatrice Shapiro and Max Cohen remain missing. Police theory cites family insanity and calls for driver mental and physical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernst Camp
Beatrice Shapiro
Max Cohen
Camp
Jottings On Early 1900s College and Pro Sports
A collage of notes mentions Yale centre weight 250 pounds and Yale quarterback Howe, Brown star High, and other college players in football and baseball. It notes Penn freshman pole vaulter Roy Mercer at 12 feet 17 inches and baseball pitcher Babe Adams. Also references football, soccer, and track figures, plus the death of Billy Evans the trotter promoter and Oxford A A president L C Null.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Yale
Brown
Howe
Byracuso
Lot
Stein
Roy Mercer
Pennsylvania
Babe Adams
Pittsburg
Detroit
Pilgrims
England
St. Theresa
St. Louis
Gilbert Horrax
Willams
Johns Hopkins
W.W. Evans
Billy" Evans
Lexington
L. C Null
Michigan
Oxford University
Engiles University
Boston plans sun and fresh air rooms in future schools
The Boston School Commission adopted a report urging all future schoolhouses to include sun and fresh air rooms. A committee studies roof usage on current buildings, with a likely recommendation forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Prominent Figures In Mixed National News
Theodore Roosevelt at fifty one. Whitelaw Reid at seventy two. Norman E. Mack reports a forged name on a campaign fund letter. General Frederick D. Grant would resign if it aids temperance. Richard Croker plans Florida winter. Benjamin Harrison Kidder dies in Malion Massachusetts. J C Blackburn returns from leave with granddaughter. Memorial service addresses in New York City. Judge Grogsen cites women in professions. C C Dickinson survives a Central Park runaway. Andrew Carnegie says British war scare unfounded. Spingarn notes English scientists doubt Dr Cook's pole claim.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Frederick D. Grant
Chicago
United States Army
Richard Croker
Europe
Florida
Benjamin Harrison Kidder
United States Navy
Malion
Mass
J.C
Blackburn
Canal Zone
Harmony
McGreer
McVickar
Lawrence
Grate Church
New York City
Huntington
Grogsen
C. C. Dickinson
Carnegio Trust Company
Cenetral Park
Andrew Carnegie
Germany
Frofengor Spingarn
Columbia University
Dr. Cook
Varied 1900s dispatches report oddities and legal cases
A freak lightning strike near Jacob Bruner’s farm in Missouri kills a flock of wild ducks, with forty six birds recovered. In Virginia a chancery judge declares the fire insurance tax unconstitutional as revenues fund disabled firefighters and families. In Massachusetts a battleship North Dakota is praised for unmatched steaming radius. Brooklyn reports the arrest of James F. Bender nagel over sugar weighing frauds. Samuel Gompers criticizes Justice Wright at the AFL convention in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Killa
Phillicothe
Jacob Bruner
Mr. Bruner
Virginia
Richmond
Daniel Grlnan
The
Chancery Court
West Resigns as DC Commissioner Amid Coast Survey Turmoil
Henry Litchfield West resigns as one of three DC commissioners. Coast Survey officials Frank W. Perkins and John Gil face irregularities charges. Meyer outlines Navy Yard reform plans. Post office money order loss includes fifteen letters and 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. West
Washington, D. C
Henry Litchfield West
District of Columbia
Coast Survey
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Frank W. Perkins
John Gil
Hydrographic and Topographic Inspector
Postoffice
H. L. Johnson
City Post Office
Forbes Takes Governor's Chair Manila
Forbes has assumed the office of Governor General of the Philippines. Other briefs cover continuing cotton curtailment in Manchester to February end, bribery protests in the Philippines, bird preservation duty near Honolulu, Baron Tamura’s U S tour plans, Chile’s naval program worth 14 million dollars, Mrs Bowen's audience with Pope Pius, Duma re election, Panama Canal inspection trip, and Japanese operations against Korean insurgents with heavy casualties on the Korean side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Manila
W. Cameron Forbes
The
Philippines
Study of Pellagra At National Conference in Washington
The National Conference on Pellagra in Washington D C declared that corn and its by products, including distilled spirits, play a role in pellagra. The technical addresses drew more than 300 experts, with a plan for a permanent organization named the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Pellagra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossinn
Charleston
D. C
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Oif
Pole Ingra
Fruits and Vegetables Prices From Market Ledger
Readable items list diverse produce and meats with prices per barrel, crate, basket, or hundredweight. Includes apples pears grapes cranberries corn flour lard and poultry, plus fresh vegetables such as tomatoes beans onions and cucumbers with unit weights and price figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warcereses
Peara
Bartlett
Niagara
Seckel
Doe
Perth
Turkey
Holts
Vaqatables
Votatoe
Jersey
Maine Potato Crop Sets Regional Record in Aroostook County
Officials estimate Aroostook County and adjacent areas served by the Ban far and Aroostook Railroad raised 23,000,000 bushels of potatoes this season valued at about 12,000,000 dollars. The report notes a wheat-limited economy, high potato yields, and a shift in agriculture where butterine and dairy trends also feature in market commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Bolston
Mass
Purchase of Manhattan Island Land in 1626
The States-General read a 1626 letter announcing the sale of 11 000 morgens of Manhattan land for sixty guilders. The Weat India Company aimed to profit from wheat and land speculation, noting that more than ten times the original payment was later earned for a single square foot of New York soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Island
Assembly of the States-General
Eland
Weat India Company
Manhattan
New York
Putnam’s
Earth Shapes and Cuffs Inspire Curious Lesson
A teacher asks Jimmy about the earth shape, he quips it is square on Sundays and round on weekdays. A second item describes a remarkable vegetable suspension bridge over the Apurimac in central Peru with root rope and branch planks, noting growth potential in Porut’s humid climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
New York Times
Apurimac
Peru
Porut
Wide World Magazine
Determination and genius through focused purpose
A quotation notes that mastery comes from identifying a clear objective early in life and directing all powers toward it. It claims genius is merely observation strengthened by consistent purpose, with relentless vigilance shaping a person into a gifted figure.
Elevator Encounter Among Frat Girls Sparks Small Talk
Two women meet in an elevator and exchange remarks about their recent activities and fashion. They comment on a nen chapeau and a fall hat, noting the summer piece was faded and a previous tur ban cog was unused. The tone mimics witty social chatter from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Distemper Cure Marketing Promises Wide Reach
Spahn's Distemper Cure claims to cure distemper in all forms for horses and dogs with over 500000 bottles sold last year. Agents wanted and free book offered. manufacturer listed as Spohn Med Co Goshen Ind. Also mentions England milk consumption and other ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Spahn
Spohn Med. Co
Goshen
Ind
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Virginia Spitzer Sufferer
Virginia Spitzer of Buena Vista Virginia reports thirty years of kidney pain including bearing down pains dizziness and partial blindness with heavy sediment in urine. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills she recovered and regained strength. Dealer price 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Virginia Spitzer
Buena Vista
Saya
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Baboon Raids Plague Northern Protectorate Farms
Report describes baboon bands threatening crops and villagers in the northern provinces. A protectorate officer notes raids that drive farming stoppages and alarm families. Sir William Wallace cites seeing large groups and shooting two large males. The primates bark loudly and use scouts to alert others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whham Wallace
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London
Monyon
Post-Pal Munyon
Lord and Jefferson
Polls
Prink
Catholic Standard and Times
Hills Bink Cshier
Presen
Indiana Institution
C. R. Macauley
New York World
Mississippi
San Pedro
Mississippi River
Cuba
Taft Hay
Billy McCamby
Philadelphia
Jack Johnson
Allo” Mier
Sauther
Miller
Elec Felegrapes
New Orleans
Wyatt H. Ingram
Wiberna Bank and Trust Company
Ingram
T. P. O'Connor
B. Louis
Hutchinson
Kaa
United States Packing Company
Nab Chinene
Caanada
Montreal
Affont
Quincy
North Dakota
Sugar Trust
Brooklyn
James F. Bendernagel
American Sugar
Gompers
Wright
Toronto
Canada
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Justice Wright
Navy Yard
Navy Yards
Navy Department
Meyer
Manchester Spinners’ Federation
Manilla
P. L
Laguna
Honolulu
Hawaii
Laysan Island
Lghthouse
Kuykul
Laysan
U.S. Victoria
B. C
Baron Twamura
Prince Twamura
Taurope
Chile
Santiago de Chile
Hart
Mrs. Bowen
Rome
Italy
Pope Pius
Bowen
Ryan
Mgr. Kennedy
American College
Duma
St. Petersburg
Nikaku A. Khomyakol
Smolensk
Congressional Party
Culebra
Colon
Panama
Panama Canal
Cristobal
Victoria
Chollade
Secon
Flrats
Eg Eye
Choice
Gia Titoa
Akita
Maine
Vorto Rico Coffee Growers
Island
Ponce
P. R
Coffee Growers Association
John J. Park
Brooklyn Street Car Traction Lines
Carnegie Armor Plate Works
United Warehousemen's Association
Japan
Soya
China
Viggs
Rane
Faye
Christan
Milly
Atlantic Coast
South Wis
New York Central Railway
Purchase of
Alex
Alec
Larkin
Endian
Pepin
Lreminn
Redactans
Sustaace O Tlon
Laron CO
Iploria
Putnam
Calor Mars
Colere
Garmeuk Witbeuk
Sea
Ai. H. Green
Soxs
Atlanta
Browning
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Nigeria
Rayo
Standard Oil Company
New York Press
Oreder
Chicago Evening Post
Eczema
Cutienra
Charles Baker
Alb
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Afusa
Colorado
Pople
Atlantic Coast Line
Jay Virginia
HO. H. Davis
Watertown
Wisconsin
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Trockton
Nickel
Near St
Gicorparaieds
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