Commodore Nicholson Recommends Peruna for Navy
1837 letter from Somerville Nicholson of Washington DC cites Peruna as a cure for catarrh and endorses it for army and navy exposure. Mentions thousands of testimonials and urges readers to write Dr S B Hartman for results and information from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Nicholson
United States Navy
Streat
Northwest
Washington, D. C
Hartman
Perrin
S. B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
What He Wanted Stern Father Demands Daughter Visits End
A stern father forbids his visiting suitor from entering the house. The daughter pleads that the suitor seeks not residence but companionship, insisting he only wants to be with her.
Allen’s Foot-Kase Free Sample Offer
Free sample of Allen’s Font-Boua powder for feet and shoe comfort. Promotes relief from tired sweating and corns. Available from Allen’s Druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Also mentions testimonials and a separate note about babies and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Heals Women
Letters from readers attest to dramatic relief from female troubles after following Mrs. Pinkham’s guidance. A Manning Iowa woman credits long illness and failed doctors with her survival after using the vegetable compound and personalized advice from Mrs. Pinkham. Mountains of proof in ads claim unmatched efficacy in restoring women’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tontinas
Mra. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Yola
Ackham
Wygrove
Lydia E. Pinkham
Peace envoys meet on Mayflower in Oyster Bay ceremony
Russian ambassador Count Witte and Japanese envoy Baron Komura met with President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower at Oyster Bay to discuss peace terms. The ceremony stressed American hospitality and the historic meeting of foes on U.S. soil, with introductions, speeches, and a shared buffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagamore Hill
Russia
Japan
United States
Europe
Paris
Berlin
London
England
Spain
Eatth
Fierce
Baroo Komura
Takahira
Count Witte
Hosen
Pierce
Galveston
Portsmouth
Chicago
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Indemnities Demanded by Nations Over Years
A fragment lists demands and sums from China England Prussia Austria Germany Russia Turkey Greece and others, noting payments linked to the Opium War Taiping Rebellion Boxer Uprising and losses such as Alsace Lorraine. It mentions Turkey and Greece disputing initial claims and France Germany gaining Alsace Lorraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
England
eeeChina
PruseinsAustiia
Germanuy Prange
Hussia
Iukey
Turkey
Greece
France
Germany
Thealder
Alsace
Lorraine
Japan's Mainland Empire and its Sea of Japan Heart
Washington correspondent Walter Wellman reports a envisioned Japanese empire expanding from Korean and Manchurian lands to the Asian mainland. He describes the Sea of Japan as central to national safety and Japan's Monroe doctrine for Asia, projecting a future where Japan rises to a major power with potential global impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Walter Wellman
Washington
Korea
Manchude
Hiverla
Japan
Ef Fide Ameresland
Aban
Etree
Sea of Japan
United States
Caribbean Sea
Russia
Rusaia
Japanese
Great Britain
Itusala
Sea of
Empire of
Nippon
Notable Elders and Notables Span Many Lands
A collection of scattered curiosities notes prominent figures and recent feats across Europe and Asia. It mentions M Combes formerly prime minister of France driving medical practice, Lord Yarmouth praised as a skirt dancer, the Shah of Persia amassing assets over 35 million, and Emperor William elevating a Baron Rothschild in the German army. Also cited are a Japanese aid gift of 5,000, the toreador Hombita retiring wealthy, Cape Toru named by a Dutch sailor, and Poul Heyse famed as a German novelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Combes
France
Lord Yarmouth
Persia
Japan
Hombita
William Ins
Germany
Karl Mayer von Rothschild
Boonten
Cape Toru
Hla
Twoorne
Zuyder Zee
Ile
Poul Heyse
America
Fatherland
Novel cash register protects buyers with electric display
A new patent for cash registers features visible display of sale amounts at a distance using electric commutators and illuminated numerals. The system shows the total on a frosted front, with digits formed by varying lights to prevent false registration and improve security for both buyer and seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Security
Aistance
Hghts
Weenoyern
Mary E Lease Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills For Bladder Ailments
Mary Elizabeth Lease, Kansas political leader and orator, now author, urges in a testimonial that Doan's Kidney Pills help bladder and kidney troubles. She notes friends’ cures and endorses the medicine, signed FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY. Pills priced 50 cents per box and available at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary EF. Lease
Doan
Mary BD. Lease
Kansas
United States
Dean Sirs
Dean
Klad
Mary Elizabeth Ldase
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Ail
Black Snow Covering Coire From Insect Swarms
A recent fall of black snow in Coire in the Grisons Canton covered the ground with snow that suddenly turned black. Enormous swarms of a small wingless insect with two long legs darkened the landscape, moving like grasshoppers. Locals dubbed the phenomenon black snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coire
Grisons
Constipation Cure Claims With Mull's Grape Tonic
An ad style piece explains constipation causes and risks from neglect and poor diet. It promotes Mull's Grape Tonic as a guaranteed, non physic remedy claiming to cure constipation and related stomach and bowel troubles, with a free coupon and free trial offer.
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Natrue
Canstipatiou
Wales
Abe Ins
Mulws Grape Tunic CO
Third Avenue
Jock Yeland
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Shake Hassle
Stevens
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North Pole
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Rus Aia
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