Pigeon Post Service Between Los Angeles and Avalon
In 1910 era notes a pigeon post link between Los Angeles and Avalon on Catalina Island. Messages travel fast, often under an hour for fifty miles, with private mail and business orders forwarded via a line tied to telephone and telegraph networks. AVALON business notices promote privacy and world connectivity through this aerial courier.
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Rum
Los Angeles
Cal
Avalon
Catalinas Island
svThe
Si Twe
Calf Found With Wild Deer Near Portland Harbor
An odd report from Great Island in Portland harbor tells of a calf belonging to Frank Stevens that strayed away last fall and was later spotted with deer. Hunters have seen the calf with several deer on multiple occasions, and the animal has become as shy as the deer itself, living and acting like part of the herd.
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Great Island
Portland Harbor
Frank Stevens
Kennebec Journal
All Sick Women and Pinkham's Compound
A wide appeal promotes Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illness. It claims Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts after studying women's ailments for years and helping thousands regain health and life. A Bradford Pennsylvania reader recounts womb trouble and a suspected tumor.
Stormy Russia Crisis Deepens Amid Labor Strikes
Moscow strikes resume on a large scale as the St Petersburg delegates threaten to suspend labor talks and restart a general strike unless released prisoners and free speech are guaranteed. About 50,000 workers are out, with potential rail disruption looming on Warsaw Railway lines. General Kuropatkin weighs withdrawal as Japanese pressure mounts along the Shakhe river and in Manchuria, while Siberian famine fears grow as noncombatant stockpiles dwindle.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Moscow
Caucasus
St Petersburg
Schidioski Reconciliation Commission
Warsaw
Europatkin
Manchuria
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Siberian
Siberia
Shakhe
Kura
Tle Pass
Nicholas
Palmetto Health Measures Urged By State Board
The article outlines proposed state health measures requiring every incorporated town and city to maintain a board of health under the State board of health. It details quick quarantine powers for contagious diseases such as smallpox diphtheria and scarlet fever and mandates notices at affected premises. Quarantine lasts until the physician certifies danger passed, with entry restricted to the attending physician unless a special permit is granted by the board of health.
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State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Board of Health
New Vaccination Law Enforced by Municipalities
A newly passed South Carolina act allows city and town councils to enact ordinances to enforce vaccination and revaccination with fresh bovine virus under health authority supervision. The State Board of Health directs vaccination, can issue enforceable rules, and may impose quarantine to prevent smallpox, with costs borne by the city or county if reimbursement is refused.
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General Assembly
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
State Board of Health
South Carolina
Toy
Senell
Dan
State
Fa of Health
Health appeals and patent remedies in a Kansas City letter
A prominent Kanane City club woman thanks Dean's Kidney Pills for a quick cure of kidney troubles and headaches, praising their relief. Notices promote Foster Milburn Co. and 50 cent price. many ads claim cures for coughs, nerves, and digestion, plus product claims and local trade.
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Kanane City
Nellie Davis
Michigan Avenue
Kansas City
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Free farm seed sample offer from Salter Seed Co
Bond paid an old debt yields a remarkable tale as a businessman recalls receiving an $800 check after seventeen years. The note claims 10 cents and a Seed Co sample will be sent to La Crosse Wisconsin, with a $100 catalog appeal to farmers.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Pawns Help Save Half a Sovereign for Week
An East London woman, who spends money quickly, devised a plan to save half a sovereign. Upon receiving her husband’s money she goes to a pawnbroker and pledges half a sovereign, obtaining 1 shilling on it, and continues the pattern through the week.
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London
England
Protection Against a Witch Invoked to Shield Victim
An Irish peasant woman used a straw image and funeral wake to ward off a thief after money was stolen. Neighbors appealed to police as the ritual unsettled the community, while law was invoked to protect individuals from alleged witchcraft practices.
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Ireland
Sharps and Flats and a Portrait of Admiral Togo
A compact essay notes the California advertising budget unused after funding the St. Louis Exposition and sends most exhibits to the Portland Fair next May. Frederick Villers describes Admiral Togo as a small gray man with a naval beard and a calm face. He recalls Togo’s habit of standing with hands on hips, an attitude mirrored by his officers in a humorous coincidence.
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California
Portland
Admiral Togo
Frederick Villers
Port Arthur
Cuticura cures dandruff and hair loss claims
A 1904 testimonial from A W Taft of Independence Virginia reports that one box Cuticura Ointment and one cake Cuticura Soap cleared dandruff and halted hair loss after years of failure. The note praises Cuticura Soap as well for toilet use and stems from a period advertisement promoting multiple health remedies.
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A.W. Taft
Independence
Taft
Peruna praised for kidney catarrh relief in old patients
Letters from C B Newhof of Albany and others recount long lasting gains after Peruna treatment for catarrh of kidneys and bladder. War correspondent and Toronto merchant testify to improved health and restored vigor after using Peruna, noting no narcotics and lasting benefits.
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Peruna
Mme
Richards
E Street
N. Wes
Washington
D.C
Cacrespanden
Kandly
Cufa
New York Sun
San Diapaich
Sine
Perna
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Tavares
Avian
B. Pinkham
Ail Parte
United States
Lydia B. Pinkham
Fannie D. Fox
Tobacco Trust
House
Kehoe
Smith
Kentucky
Judiciary Committee
Steel Trust
Standard Oil
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cardii
Cardui
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga,Tenn
Wen S
Palmetto Matters
General
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Stead
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Charlotte
Paris
Department of the Seine
Motor World
Eyts
Taylor
Jake
W. Grove
France
Europe
Winslow
Shizer
Lynchburg
Brazzo Onto
Crr
Toledo
Lucas Cousry
Fuaxx J
A.D
A.W. Gzzasoy
Wotary Pubille
Hall
Fr. Catarr & Co
All Drugests
Nake Hall
Woolford
Tly
Newhof
Peru-na
Aaneunnaseagens
Seaneseseer
C. B. Newhof
Delaware Streets
Albany
Montefiore Club
John Nimmo
Tappiventi St
Toronto
Can
Masonic Order
B. Newhof
Pernna Hsta
Denina
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Ohio
Crouch
Targest
Ameriga
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