Jones Tells of Recovery After Rheumatic Suffering
The account follows Tim R. Jones of Oxford Michigan who endured over three years of severe rheumatism after a February 1901 exposure. Six doctors failed to help until he tried Dr Williams Pink Pills in 1904 and soon regained full health, drawing praise for the treatment. The article also mentions a Grass Lots Indiana author seeking publication with a publisher offering a large advance.
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R. Jones
Destore
Mr. Jones
William Jones
Oxford
Mich
Williams
Indiiana
Sir
Newyellat
Grass Lots
Indiana
Antiseptic Touches Bring Clean Phones to Public Offices
The French telephone service introduces white linen handkerchiefs treated with a disinfectant in every public office for users to clean the mouthpiece before each use. Handkerchiefs are renewed daily and encouraged for users to also disinfect after breathing into the mouthpiece.
Heavy Fine Enforced for Rail Rebates Under Elkins Law
Under the Elkins act a railroad paying rebates or a shipper accepting them faces a fine from 1000 to 20000 dollars on conviction. The law bans carrying freight below published tariffs and empowers the Interstate Commerce Commission to detect and prosecute violators. President Knapp says rebate payments have become rare since the act's passage.
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Elkins
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Knapp
Commission
Mortals Meet Death With A Doctor And An Undertaker
A dialogue contrasts a doctor and an undertaker who discuss facing death. Biggs remarks on meeting death, while Diggs jokes about his two sons. The exchange highlights mortality with dry humor.
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Biggs
Diggs
Quack Remedies Appear in Vintage Advertisements
A collage of 1901 testimonial snippets highlights various patent medicines and products. Claims tout cures for consumption Bright's disease teething remedies and pancake flour dominate, with addresses and odds and ends of promotional language from Brooklyn and other locales.
Vernal Palmettona Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts San Palmetto Berries and Vernal Palmettona Palmetto Berry Wine as permanent cures for stomach liver kidneys and bladder issues. It claims relief from dyspepsia constipation backache and headache and offers a free trial bottle from Vernal Remedy Co Le Roy N Y via druggists.
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Vernal Remedy Co
le Roy
A Dry Country and Nervous Children in Old News Adverts
A Denver Republic piece contrasts a water haul seven miles with digging a well. Then notices on nervousness in children credit Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for digestion and nerves. Census figures show male excess but more women in cities. Massachusetts and Rhode Island female shares vary. Includes an 1886 Hall's Catarrh Cure patent claim and Toledo address.
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Denver Republican
Kansas
St. Vitts
United States Census Bureau
America
American
Washington City
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Syracuse
Paris Opens Slaughter House for Equine Flesh Banquet
A two acre Paris slaughter house dedicated to killing horses, donkeys, and mules for food opened with a banquet where only equine meats were served. It is reported that 25,000 equids are killed annually in Paris for consumption and the use of their flesh is increasing.
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Paris
Thoughts of a Warm Region and Optimism in Georgia
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution quotes a Black worker reflecting on life under the sun stating that the sweat of labor leads to thoughts of a better afterlife. The source text conveys regional tone and social context of Georgia.
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Georgia
Atlanta, Constitution
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Supplies
Rubber stamps of all kinds made to order with self inkers and ink pads. Send for a catalogue to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Lad
Osage Tribe Noted as Wealthiest on Earth
A Kansas City Journal report highlights the Osage Indian tribe of Indiana as possibly the richest on earth. The tribe holds about 8 million dollars on deposit with the U.S. government earning interest and owns about 1.6 million acres with oil and gas royalties adding to earnings. Total wealth estimates reach 16 million dollars with per capita figures around 6,272.85 if divided equally among 1,913 living Osages. Monthly oil and gas royalties run about 12,000 dollars, equating to roughly 75 dollars per person per month, and many members have private fortunes ranging from tens of thousands to seventy thousand dollars or more.
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Indiana
United States
Osage Journal
Kansas City Journal
My Wife's People Coming to Prince Albert District
Letter from Birch Hills Sask describing a family's first year in Western Canada. The writer praises the climate, crops, and homesteading progress, notes a rail line 3 miles away, 20 acres broken, 50 tons hay stored, and invites others in the US to move to the Prince Albert District as favorable.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Birch Hills
Sask
Chicago
Gan. Nor. Ry
Prince Albert
U. S
Queen of Actresses Praises Peruna Endorsement
Julia Marlowe of New York City writes in praise of Peruna as a nerve tonic. She states nerves suffer from anemia and spring weakness, and Peruna helps by improving digestion and nutrient supply to nerve centers.
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Peruna
Peruna Medicine
Julian Marlowe
New York City
Julia Marlowe
Peruna Bottle Offer and Contact for Benefits
Buy a bottle of Peruna today. If you do not receive all the benefits you expected, write to Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
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S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
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Tim
Piso
Misa L. A. Pearce
Willing Street
Brooklyn
Herman Flacksmanne
Hanover
David Kennedy
Bright
E. P. Mizner
Burghill
France
Italy
Winslow
Crry
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cikney & Co
Hall
Frank J Cheney
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Orugeists
Te. Hall
Lion
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, Ohio
Mmilcres
Thompson
Tennessee
Minsiasippi
Louistayna
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