Water endurance of divers under extreme depths explained
The St Louis Globe Democrat reviews divers' limits, citing tests in various waters. It notes most pearl and sponge divers cannot stay under longer than about a minute, with limited cases reaching one minute thirty. A English coast diver reportedly endured two minutes and five seconds before collapse, illustrating rapid drowning risk.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
ACHED IN EVERY BONE WOMAN PRAISES DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
An 80 year old Chicago society woman testifies of kidney and pelvic pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes severe ache, poor appetite, and cloudy urine, noting rapid improvement within a week and full recovery after seven weeks. She previously spent hundreds on medicines and recommends the product, offering a free trial via Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Available from dealers, 50 cents.
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Chicago Society
Doan
Marlon Knight
N.ashlandaye
Chicago
West Side Wednesday Club
Donn
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Curious old dictionaries and their quirky errors
A Chicagoan’s top shelf holds antiquated dictionaries noted for their errors. Bailey’s 1074 volume defines Colibus as a small whirlwind bird feeding on dew with musk like scent, and torlot described as cured by a yellow jaundice sufferer. Delpino’s 1703 leopard is a swift yellow beast with a sweet savor that lures other beasts toward it.
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Delpino
Cascarats Promise Safe Laxative Merits Big Sales
The ad touts Cascarets as the greatest safe laxative and claims over ten million boxes sold annually in America. It warns readers that imitators abound and urges shoppers to distrust counterfeit tailed products and insist on genuine Cascarets in legitimate stores.
Arthritis Relief Ads At The St Louis Exposition
A mangled ad heavy with brand names and odd phrases references Allen’s Pont-Barl powder Piso’s Cure for Consumption and other remedies. The fragment mentions the St Louis Exposition and a call to buy medicine for sore feet and tired swelling with dubious medical tone.
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St. Louis
Krauss Held In Hartfield City Poison Case
Mrs Rae Krauss faces binding over for the October term after coroner notes and testimonies in Hartfield City Ind show a stepdaughter’s death by possible strychnine poisoning. Key witness Lloyd Somerville and doctors argue death by poisoning rather than self harm as defense seeks alternative theory.
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Rae Krauss
Hartfe City
Ind
Lloyd ‘Somerville
Phyoline
William A. Hollis
Sensational Poison Case Claims New Details Surface
The defense aims to disprove the boy’s testimony about Mrs. Krauss and Crystal. Experts report no strychnine in the bottle or in Crystal Krauss’s organs, while stating arsenic traces were absent. The case centers on alleged poisoning and the bottle found near Crystal’s bed.
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Crystal
Parker Resigns as Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals
Judge Alton B Parker resigns as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals effective immediately. The move, dated Rosemount Esopus New York, bypassed political urging to delay and could close his path to the bench if defeated in November. The resignation opens a temporary vacancy and potentially alters gubernatorial appointments for the year.
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Court of Appeals
Alton Brook Parker
Horace G. Tennant
Albany
New York Court of Appeals
Rosemount
Esopus
N. Y
Mesaenger
State of New York
Alton B. Parker
Parker
United States
Chicago man contests quo warranto case against Hooth firm
Charles Thornton of Chicago, appearing for A Hooth & Co, traveled to Columbus Ohio in the quo warranto proceedings. He contends the company has no trust and asserts it has not exceeded its charter rights in the source document.
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Charles Thornton
Chcago
A. Hooth & Co
Columbus
Ohio
Tragedy at Earlboro: Husband Kills Wife Then Self
In Earlboro D L John Ione a railroad employee shot his wife with a revolver. He then killed himself by shooting through the heart. Domestic trouble is believed to have caused the tragedy.
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Earlboro
D.L
John Ione
Train Disaster Relief Trains Run to Pueblo Scene
News from Pueblo describes special relief trains carrying officials stretchers and coffins toward the wreck site and a second train dispatched with those surviving the disaster. After two hours the relief train returned with the rescued and the injured.
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Pueblo
Sgeong
Pacific
British Move Into Lassa After Long Thibet Campaign
The British Chibetan expedition under Colonel Younghusband has finally entered Lassa, the Thibetan capital, after months of hard marching and heavy fighting. British forces suffered casualties, while native defenders resisted with ancient weapons yet displayed Spartan resolve as they faced a clash of medieval and modern warfare.
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Thibet
Colonel Younghusband
Lassa
Lely
Younghusband
G. A. R. Adjutant General Reports Strong Year
The Adjutant General of the Grand Army of the Republic reports 9,029 member deaths this year and about 250,000 veterans still wearing the badge. In the last year 28,000 joined, with death and suspension losses slightly above prior year. Quar termaster general's report notes about $10,000 cash in treasury and $16,000 in federal bonds, with roughly $7,000 raised for a memorial to the founder Benjamin F. Stephenson.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
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Treasury
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Order
Obituary and rural incidents span Oklahoma to Missouri
AN Around the Globes notes Mrs Hilzabeth Lupton, aged 60, dies at her son Fr W Lupton’s home near Riverside Ram. A quarrel over a dog leads William Boydacon to shoot George Hammer four times near Camden Point Missouri. Within fifty miles of Oklahoma City, oil and gas men have leased over 80,000 acres for future drilling in the past sixty days.
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Hilzabeth Lupton
Sumner County
Fr. W. Lupton
Riverside
Ram
William Boydacon
George Hammer
Camden Point
Oklahoma City
Glove Fashion Shifts From Rings to Wristwear
In a London Daily Mall excerpt quoted, fashion notes discuss changing glove etiquette and visible rings. Married women favor wearing a ring outside gloves, while single women avoid ostentation, and gloves grow looser to accommodate large jewelry without discomfort.
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Budsan London Daily
A Half Too Often Inheritance Tale From Travel Wealth
A fragment from Woman's Home Companion hints at inherited wealth tied to a traveler relative. The dialogue suggests questions about the source of riches and a lingering emphasis on travel and a curious family dynamic.
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Ocon
Confidence of Youth and Arkansas Kidney Pill Testimony
A youthful graduate vows to study medicine despite crowding in the field. In Cleveland Arkansas Aug 15 a local booster notes Dodd's Kidney Pills are claimed to cure kidney diseases. Mr Carlile states 28 years of kidney trouble ended by Dodd's Pills, urging public use.
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Bright
Lydia
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Lydia Ey
Selah Stowell
Wellington St. Kingston
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Lydia I Pinkham Medicine Co
Works Both Ways and Witful Marriage News
A garbled note reports marriage and divorce mentions between individuals, with compliments and congratulations exchanged. The text references Mildred and Priscilla, noting happiness in marriage and a separate suggestion of divorce beginnings or endings.
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Mildred
Priscilla
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