Curious Patent Cure Claims From 1906 Cal Report
A Bakersfield reader reports remarkable relief after using Cutlewra remedies for a child beset by severe itching and bloody sores following measles. The letter claims full cure in five days after a night of nursing, with prior trials of other remedies. Also noted is a Lincoln related anecdote about Armstrong’s 1859 murder acquittal defended by Abraham Lincoln, disputing a key witness’s moonlight testimony.
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Mia. F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Lincoln
William
Armstrong
Ashland
Casa County
Abraham Lincoln
Court Probes School Furniture Trust in Sherman Case
Indictments target nine computer firms dominating school and church furniture in the United States. The federal grand jury probes alleged antitrust violations impacting funding for public education and religious institutions. The discussion includes references to thermodynamics experiments as a tangent, illustrating debates on weight loss and gas release.
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United States
Inneamuch Ua
Chicago
Menta Aga
Beaton
Rail wage strikes loom as rail unions push stricter rules
A wave of railway tensions unfolds as officials extend Pittsburgh wage gains within 45 miles, boosting day and night pay by 2 cents. A new union seeks to bar aliens from track work and push foremen to 875 2 month salaries with 2 for 8 hour days. Managers plan slower schedules after recent wrecks, while bankers and lawyers back longer winter schedules. The Harlem division faces speed limits, steel ties tests await results, and a broader move to block signals gains traction alongside state and federal calls for safer, more regulated blocks. The Great Northern stock dips as action to forfeit its charter and stop watered stock surfaces, with ongoing scrutiny of dividends and subsidiaries.
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Pennsylvanian Railroad
Pittsburg
Chicago
General Managers’ Committee
New York Central
Pennsylvanian
New York
Harlem
The
Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Ita
New York State Railroad Commission
Great Northern Railroad
Wall Street
Minnesota
Young
St. Paul
Western Canada homesteader’s 1906 crop report and life details
A Manitoba settler’s May 1900 homestead entry near Swan River Valley describes the move from a bare start to an 80 acre crop year in 1906. He details 850 bushels of wheat from 20 acres, 355 bushels of oats, and a total year’s receipts of 1,272.85 with assets including 160 acres valued at 2,500, a 20 by 28 foot house, and livestock. The piece notes government agents can provide low railway rates for free homestead lands, and interleaves advertisements and miscellany.
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Tan
Benito
Manitoba
J. Obed Smith
Winnipeg
Swan River Valley
Township
Hile Farm
Western
Canada
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Pratt
Lydia
Sendice
Emma Runtzler
Pinkham
Emma Runteler
State St
Schenectady
B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ely
Muilz Ain
Ial
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Dominion
Saat Five Ae
Imoraneyereas Iy
Awa
D. Scott
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Aincy Building
J. Holmes
Jackson St
Minny M. V. Melntes
Avenue Theater
Detroit
Mich
T. O. Currie
B. Carlahan
Milwaukee
Wis
Fr. Rogers
Traction ‘Terminal ‘Bulling
Indianapolis
Ind
Noras
Cana
Eran
Carters
A. B. Smith
Whyollie
Nevada
Ecurrgy Comment
Bluc
St Dresiatsscitay
Recelpta Sui
Tobias
Souvcen
Job Starky
Alten
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. X
Allen
Algeria
Vitus
Rataa
Mae
Denmark
Winslow
Rayo Lamp
Standard Otl Company {Incorporated
Sloans Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Bach
Brookton
Masa
Sayenese A
Toledo
Zerulon Ioningam'a
Esteis
Gilbert Cope
Weathier
Matary
Hetr Baye
Stelling
Putnam
Aston
Monroe
Nienwhile
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