Senator Butler Praises Peruna Remedy in Letter
A letter from Washington quotes Hon. M. C. Butler, U S Senator from South Carolina, praising Peruna as a remedy for dyspepsia and catarrh of the stomach. The missive argues Peruna eradicates internal catarrh and supports its claim as a universal stomach remedy. It frames Peruna as a trusted treatment while noting protective animal coloring as a separate topic.
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M. C. Butler
U. 8
South Carolina
Tio Ferma
Washington, C
Penuna Medicine Co
Saved baby Lyon life by Cathura remedies
A Mrs Machelle Lyon of Parsons Kansas recalls an infantile eczema ordeal lasting months. After a full set of Cathura/Cuti cura remedies the baby improved in days and fully recovered in about ninety days. She credits the cures with saving the child’s life and lauds the remedies.
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Machelle Lyon
Appleton Ave
Parsons
Kan
Food and Nests of the Gulls
A Pontadawn News item describes the common gulls, noting their resemblance to herring and blackheaded gulls, their heavy flight, and food habits. It covers nest construction of aliks seaweed and grass, eggs numbering two or three, and plumage changes with age. Gulls feed on fish offal and garbage at sea and on worms slugs and grain inland, often gathering and quarreling over food.
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Pontadawn
Not Used to It
An Easterner visiting California during a recent calamity praised Californians endurance as a building collapsed. Rescuers freed several Californians and a New Yorker trapped beneath debris. A feeble voice cried from deep inside, asking to be moved first, saying he was from the East and unused to earthquakes.
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California
Automobile Incident Frays a Nation Road Tale
A Virginia newspaper recounts a traveler in an automobile meeting an old fashioned couple on a country road. The couple leaps aside as the car halts. The gentleman offers to move the horse, but the elderly man replies that the horse can wait while he guides the old lady past the machine.
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Virginia
Women urged to protect kidneys to prevent pains
Mrs. Charles F. Smith of Woon socket Rhode Island reports weak kidneys since childhood with backache headaches dizziness and languor. After four years using Dean's Kidney Pills she gained 45 pounds and avoids attacks. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles F. Smith
Boyden St
Woonsocket
R. 1
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Cotton stalks yield paper and by products in experiments
Experiments show all grades of paper can be made from cotton stalks and by products such as alcohol, cotton fibre, and smokeless powder could be produced commercially. An acre yielding one ton stalks could supply ten to twelve million tons of raw material yearly. Enthusiasts claim this could raise the South’s cotton crop value by 100 million dollars and help exterminate the boll weevil by removing stalks early in fall.
Our New Organ
Robby showed a curious interest in anatomy asking where his liver is and why it relates to his bacon in a humorous exchange cited by Harper’s Weekly. The captioned anecdote reflects childlike misinterpretations of body parts.
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Robby
Harper'a Weekly
Oldest banknotes in world emerge as flying money origin
A historical note asserts that the earliest banknotes appeared in China around 2697 B.C., described as flying money or convenient money. The claim ties paper currency to ancient financial practices, though historic dating may vary across sources.
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China
B.C. N.Y
Endless pursuit of dream husbands in changing ages
The New Haven Register notes that women vary in their marriage ideals, with some seeking wealth while others chase romance. Patti emphasizes outdoor life and endurance, claiming open air strengthens heart and spirit across seasons. Many women remain youthful dreamers despite time and experience.
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New Haven Negister
Made Over Fashion and Canary Feeds in Colonial Gossip
A passerby’s sense of propriety colors a scene with a woman’s dressing, hinting at a planned union and a future household. A New England grocer recalls keeping canary greens sprouted from seeds in a pot, offering a delicacy amid winter.
Domestic Table Etiquette and a Chicago Suffrage Protest
The excerpt urges children to follow table manners with quiet seating, patient waiting, polite responses, and respectful behavior. It then reports Mrs. Anna Giersheke of Chicago declaring she has turned out her husband and two adult sons, saying wives should free themselves from dependent spouses and that those who will not work may not live at her expense.
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Anna Glersheke
Chicago
Stone
Giersheke
We Wear Fad Fashions and Velvet Accents Debut
The piece describes cholera era fashion with high fur belts, jet bead decorations, pleated salris, lace and velvet accents, and velvet vests. It notes decorative belts, broken coral neckpieces, and new gown details, including lace collars and trimmed silks. Fur returns in winter models with brightened tones and emphasized hems.
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Ghana
Walpis
Jury Acquits Brouwer Amidst Cheerful Courtroom Scene
Dr. Frank L. Brouwer was acquitted of murdering his wife Carrie Brouwer in Toms River New Jersey. The jury's hour and a quarter deliberation followed a two week trial marked by emotional testimony and public attention. Witnesses for the defense highlighted lack of motive and transfers of property, while the prosecution argued a circumstantial case. Several jurors and even Brouwer himself shed tears as verdicts were read and his supporters cheered. The case had spurred investigations by the deceased's brother and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with autopsy revealing arsenic and trace elements.
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Toms River
N. d
Frank L. Brower
Iis
Carrie Bronner
Dude Hendrickson
Geoston
Hendrickson
USA
Brouwer Wis
Dr. Brouwer
Frank McDermott
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Uronwer
Trevonla Hyer
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Boys Signal Fast Train Rescue in Franklin Pa
Two fourteen year old boys Edward Thompson and Clinton Corfield spotted a engine on the Franklin branch of the railroad near herg. They waved a red necktie to stop a passenger train from OH City as it neared Meadville. The engineer halted the train, saying it would have wrecked if it had hit the curve.
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Franklin, Pa
Edward Thompson
Clinton Corfield
Franklin
Fer
Herg
OH City
New York
Chicago
Meadville
Thompson
Fall Speci
Religious Promoter Arrested in Beulah Land Settlement Case
The Beulah Belbelious Land Settlement promoter Rev A M Kelley was arrested in Dickson County Tennessee on charges related to alleged improper use of malts and financial irregularities. Separate items note earnings trends and political figures, with scattered references to a burglary and a fatal domestic incident amid a chaotic, fragmentary report.
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A. M. Kelley
Beulah
Dickson County
Tenn
Ware
Guilty of Sugar Rebating Hits New York Central and Manager
New York Central Railroad Company and general traffic manager Frederick L. Pomeroy were found guilty on counts of unlawful rebates to the American Sugar Refining Company. Each faces a fine of 120,000, totaling 240,000 for the two defendants, with penalties to be finalized after motions on arrest of judgment. The trial, lasting three days, marks a rare federal case against a corporation or individual for anti trust violations in this district.
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New York City
New York Central Railroad Company
Frederick L. Pomeroy
American Sugar Infining Company
United States Circuit Courts Criminal Branch
Holt
Audien G. Mos
Hole
United
Honey J. Stinson
Vic Jory
Wer
Edgar & Earle
Detroit
Bates
United States
Stimson
Sugiur
Arbuckle Bros
Elkins
Austen G. Fox
Lutin Submarine Disaster Near Biserta Port
The French submarine Lutin lies at the bottom off Biserta Tunis three miles from port with fourteen crew presumed dead. Salvage divers report the vessel sank after a sudden stern leak and is surrounded by fourteen ships as they work to locate the wreck and breathing apparatus remains.
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Biserta
Tunis
Lutin
Offic
Bnt
Ishkul
Admiral Belle
Vali
Militia Sent to Conway Over Execution of Commander Johnson
Militia under Governor Heywad of South Carolina moved to Conway to enforce the execution order against Commander Johnson, a body said to be a white man. The action reflects tensions surrounding capital punishment and local authority in the region.
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Tianging
Heywaad
South Carolina
Conway
Johnson
Notable World Figures And Events In A Fragmented Dispatch
A garbled 19th century style report mentions Anna’s king killing his wife and insane rulers, then lists prominent people. It cites Sir William Henry Perkin, James Wam, Amador of Panama, Vice-President Fanbanks, and Grand Duke Michael of Russie among others. References to Alexander Mair, Canada’s Maple Leaf Forever author, Alfonso XIII, Joseph Chamberlain, and General Edwin McCook appear amid incomprehensible phrases and miswritten names.
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James
Amador
Panama
United States
Alexander Mair
Ganeada
Foronte
Frames
Missouri
Louisiana Purchase Maposition
Jom Irving
Trenry Irving
America
Paola
Francesca
Stephen Paupps
Dorothea Baird
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Joseph Chamberlain
Sage
Biremingham
Deakin
Australia
Melbourne Age
Edwin McCook
Baysthet
Chicago
Famine in Skilled Labor Bids War for Wo rkansters in NYC
The article reports a nationwide surge in demand for skilled labor as factories raise wages to lure workers. Rhode Island mills face a labor famine due to rising production and new plants around Pawtucket, draining the labor pool and forcing higher pay to attract scarce operatives.
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New York City
Tesson
Rhode Island
Pawtucket
Tomato Experiment aine Srocess and Market Notes
Farmers in New Jersey report strong tomato yields and profits for city markets while Chicago area markets show rising horse and dairy demand. Machinery work remains steady as winter and spring preparations continue, and cotton prices trend upward with a higher-than-usual advance. Horse auctions in New York draw big crowds as exports rise. chestnut crops show a bumper yield and new shipments of bulbs appear on the market.
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New Jersey
Power Dam on Susquehanna Aims to Supply Major Cities
In McCall Ferry Pennsylvania a vast dam is under construction on the Susquehanna River. It is designed to generate 75 000 to 100 000 horsepower and deliver electricity to Baltimore Philadelphia New York Jamcaster Harrisburg York and other cities. The project reflects a bold effort to expand power capacity across regional networks.
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Susquehanna
McCall Ferry
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Jamcaster
Harrisburg
York
Grape Nuts Endorsed For Dyspepsia Benefits
The piece promotes Grape Nuts as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia, arguing that heavy greasy foods strain the stomach. It cites testimonials from a Maine resident and claims many readers with stomach trouble would benefit, urging readers to try the product from Postum Cereal Company, Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Doamoan
Battle Creek
Mich
Ta Wellville
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Patty
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New York Central
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Tie
Judge's Magazine of Fun
Eugene Schileffelin
Madison Square
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Catholic Standard and Times
Supreme Court of
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W. L. Douglas W
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Edgoing
W. L. Douglas
Bing House
Thors
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Eidt
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
W. Douglas
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Quasty
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Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia EB
Plukhom
Maorgrito Ryan
St. Andrew's Society
Indianapolis
Ind
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275Nd Street
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