Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for relief from ailment
Georgetown Illinois resident Mrs Margaret McCumber describes severe back and side pain that left her nearly unable to walk. After unsuccessful medical trials she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered, praising the remedy to friends and neighbors.
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Georgetown
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
Margaret
McCumber
Frazier St
Illinois
Beau Brummel of the Plains Visits Midwestern Cities
The Sioux leader Big Bear, famed as the best dressed Indian in America, traveled in full regalia to several barger cities in the Middle West, drawing attention during his visit.
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Beau Brummel
Plains
Big Bear
America
Barger
Middle West
Bayer Aspirin Safety Ad Warns Against Counterfeits
An aspirin safety notice cautions buyers to look for Bayer on packages or tablets to ensure genuine medicine. It notes aspirin’s physician use for 21 years and its wide safety record, lists common conditions, and mentions affordable 12 tablet tins and larger druggist packages. A separate line reports 5 000 shards of a meteor fallen in Iowa.
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Bayer
Milwaukee Man Demonstrates Extraordinary Strength Feats
Peter Lechner, a 28 year old Milwaukee carpenter, performs a series of feats including driving a 60 penny spike through wood with his bare hand, lifting heavy weights, bending spikes and tearing packs of cards. He eats fruit nuts vegetables, drinks milk and spring water, and has never smoked or drunk alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilwaukee
Wis
Peter Lechner
Lechner
Sandow
Man with Two Wives as Brooklyn Tenement Tale Unfolds
A 45 year old iron worker Antoine Buyts is jailed on bigamy charges after living for months with two wives in a three room Brooklyn apartment. Wife No 1 Charlotte Ludovica Ruyts and Wife No 2 Mme Marie Pierre Le Barre, Belgian, communicate by knocks and work together at a costuming house. The Belgian speaks only Memish, the other only Wrench. Deportation looms as Buyts has not taken American citizenship.
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York
Brouoklyn
Ffrench
Antoine Buyts
Wrench
Suyts
Herbert Andrews
Andrews
Ruyts
Charlotte Marie Ludovicn Ruyts
Antwerp
Virginia
Philomene
Garde Civique
Liege
Paris
Mme
Marie Pierre le Barre
United States
Iclis Island
Marriage by Moonlit Pagan Ceremony in Joaquin Miller Garden
A spring moon lit ceremony at the Joaquin Miller home in AKLAND CAL. Juanita Miller and Juan Miller staged a symbolic pagan wedding with cycles of life and flower beds. The couple were legally married three months earlier by a justice of the peace amid symbolic ritual and music.
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Akland
Cal
Joaquin Miller
Juanita Miller
Juanita
Juan Miller
Lily Love
Tuan
Juan
Peevish Chicago traffic cop detains Sleepy Tony Sorenson
Tony Sorenson is arrested by Officer John Jing on Jackson boulevard for disorderly conduct after a late rush incident when he slept at the wheel. The event ends with Sorenson awaiting release as his wife is notified and a plan for car pickup unfolds.
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Cre Lane
Tony Sorenson
Jackson Boulevard
State Street
Mr. Sorenson
Poiceman
John Jing
Central Station
Richard Brennan
Mrs. Sorenson
Brennan
Fletcher's Castoria for Infants and Children
An old advertisement-style note emphasizes infant care and urges use of a pediatric specialist for serious cases. It states babies need special treatment and recalls that mothers know what is best, promoting Fletcher's Castoria as an infant friendly remedy.
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Fletcher
Embarrassing Moment at Cancelled Lecture
A town lecturer hall manager delays a talk on How to Keep Fit due to the lecturer's illness. The audience laughs for seven minutes as the lecturer flees the stage. A Chicago American quip notes a man's reputation equals his market price of worth and critiques timing of credit.
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Chicago American
Pearsies Sorrow At Kindergarten Party
Jerome tells his mother that Pearle Peterson cried at kindergarten after Miss Finn explained Washington is dead. Pearle had brought a Washington handkerchief for a birthday party and heard the teacher say Washington was dead.
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Jerome
Pearle Peterson
Pride and Humility Clash in Self-Description
A thoughtful adage reflects on the paradox of declaring humility as a virtue. It suggests genuine modesty arises not from boasting but from steady character and restraint.
Start Right Now to Build a Healthy Blood Supply
In these days of fast competition only full blooded robust healthy people can keep to the front. Unhealthy weaklings with disordered blood are bound to fall behind. Success is yours only if you have snap vigor and magnetism that go with wholesome rich blood supply.
Similar Experiences. Mabel and Kivat in Strange Exchange
The speaker recalls Mabel with a cryptic line about a doctor claiming to save her nine times. Kivat is described as always doubting she was human, likening her to a cat in temperament.
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Mabel
Kivat
Eatonic Proves Helpful in Severe Stomach Trouble
Dora Williams recalls a yearlong illness and ten months bedridden eased by Eatonic. The ad claims Eatonic reduces excess acidity and gas to restore stomach balance and urges readers with indigestion or heartburn to take Eatonic after meals. A big box is offered at a small price with a druggist guarantee.
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Carter
Dora Williams
Eatonic
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Mr. Lynn
Bill O'Dryer
Joo
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the Centaur Company
New York City
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Georgia
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Mapa
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Grand Forks
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Dunn Block
Great Falls
Montana
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