Sam Lewis the London lender and his famed generosity
A tale from London recounts Sam Lewis, a late starting moneylender who grew wealthy quickly without gambling much. He aided the poor with loans, often refusing unsuitable requests, and once gave an artist a £500 note for a £50 loan, challenging the notion that only the dead retain possessions.
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Sam ‘Lewis
Imptorioua
London
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Sam Lewis
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Doctor Rose survives after Dodd's Kidney Pills claim
Portland May 6 Dr BE A Rose a Kansas physician was near death from diabetes as six fellow doctors watched. His aunt urged Dodd's Kidney Pills as a last resort and, from the first dose, his condition reversed. The cure is hailed as a medical sensation with claims kidneys cure many disorders including Bright's disease and diabetes. Also notes ancient chafing dishes found in Pompeii and their Rome origins.
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Portland
BE. A. Rose
Yates’ Center
Kans
Dodd
Bright
Douglas Factory to Expand Output and Space
The W. L. Douglas company plans to raise daily shoe production to 6000 pairs by adding 16000 square feet of manufacturing space. A 400 HP engine and 160 HP boiler will be installed to power future expansions. Start up on July first targets 6000 daily pairs with a weekly payroll around 22000, excluding certain staff. Salesmen will increase shipments by 25 percent due to better shoemaking and heavy advertising. Beginning this week, half page ads will run in major newspapers and Youth's Companion.
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W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Youth's Companion
Brockton
Masa
Times
Rittman Seeks Blood Over Senate Feud in South Carolina
Washington telegram reports Sen. Tillman and Sen. McLaurin of South Carolina edging toward a personal clash as bitter feuds flare after public insults. Friends fear a duel if tensions mount, despite dueling being illegal in the state.
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B. F. Tillman
South Carolina
Tillman
iSerrator McLaurin
Harleston
S. C
McKinley
Mc Laurin
New York
M'Laurin
Mclaurin
Tme
George F. Curtis
Key Guard Invention Aims To Thwart Burglars
A Chicago inventor designed a key guard and key hole closing device to block outside key insertion. The mechanism features a bar with a movable block and a thumb screw to slide along the bar, plus a latch extending through the floor to seal the outer keyhole face.
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Chicago
Gor
Labor Unions and Industrial Benefits Highlighted
The document notes that labor unions provide more than wage gains and shorter hours. It cites the Cigarmakers International Union, whose official journal records $410,705.40 paid to members in 1900 and nearly $5,000,000 over 21 years, excluding sunning costs. The text also describes a mechanical lock detail illustrating a key withdrawal mechanism.
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England
Evry
Detroit
Milwaukee
International
Ite
Honor ta Negresh valedictorian dispute at Denver school
Ratoss BRightfal reports a conflict over naming Mine Zipporah Marcella Joseph valedictorian at the Denver manual training school as mothers and some faculty oppose the choice. Local tensions rise as supportive classmates clash with critics. authorities consider steps to prevent trouble as the dispute grows.
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Ratoss Brightfal
Honore Ta Negresh
Mine Zipporah
Marcella Joseph
Manual Training School
Denver
Peruna cited by notable figures as catarrh cure
Ex United States Marshal Matthews and others including Hon. J. F. Crocker Congressman B B Deviner and Mrs Mary C Fentreas endorse Peruna as a catarrh remedy. Letters from Washington Buffalo Paradise Tex and Columbus quote relief and praise for Hartman’s Peruna with offers of free advice and case submission to Dr Hartman President of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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United States
Mississippi
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
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Hartman
J. F. Crocker
Buffalo
N. Y
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Peruna
B. B. Deviner
West Virginia
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Peruna Madeleine Co
House of* Representatives
Mary.c. Fentreas
Paradise
Tex
Hartman Sanitarium
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