Senator from South Carolina Praises Peruna
A Washington letter quotes United States Senator from South Carolina praising Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. The senator notes personal use and endorses Peruna as a remedy, alongside an offer for a free 1909 Peruna Almanac. The passage blends multiple unrelated items from newspaper clippings.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
No. AG. Butler
M. C. Butler
Washington, D. C
Natarre
Oddities from around the world and a British hope chest
A miscellaneous collection notes Denmark’s high wages, France’s many childless families, Louisiana’s marsh lands, and New York’s slated flats for 82 000 families. It covers retirements in Ohio, stolen Dutch crown gems, highest English pubs, a Cairo congress on Egyptian women, a strange Kansas City home name, and hotel drummers. Also details Semliki cannibals, Congo frontier clan politics, life insurance shifts in New York, a Bass Rock foghorn, and a remarkable blind masseuse in England with hospital ties.
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Montana
Denmark
France
Louisianna
New York City
Sarah Armstrong
Youngstown
Ohio
Brussels
England
Tan Hill
Yorkshire
Cheshire
Taeksoh County
Wadhoeray
Kansas City
Tabberway
Columbia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Semliki
Africa
Congo Independent State
Kelsey
New York
Archbold Tells of Buying Coast Rival Oil Firm
John D. Archbold, vice president of Standard Oil, testified in New York that the Standard bought the Pacific Coast Oil Company of California in 1901 for 701000 dollars. He said capitalization rose through stages to 17000000 dollars by 1906 when the firm was renamed Standard Oil Company of California. The Texas Oil Company was not involved, he indicated.
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Standard ON Company 4
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard
Pacific Coastal Company of
California
Standard Oil Company of California
Archbold
Texas Oil Company
Standard Oil and refinery costs questioned in 1900 figures
Witness described The Texas Oil Company selling output to the Standard. Archbold testified about refinery costs: 1882 inventory valued at 17 million and 1900 exhibits showing 57 million. He suggested the 1900 figures might reflect gross costs or an error, noting early seaboard refineries were not built by Standard but later acquired for export business.
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Standard
Texas Oil Company
Archbold
Seaboard
Levee at Pine Bluff Dynamited to Halt Flood
Report says two businessmen dynamited the government levee opposite Pine Bluff Arkansas on Wednesday night in an effort to save the city from flood. Observers note the river is lower and the flood situation improved, though the act was not official. A land point opposite the city caves, the current hits below the courthouse and the Berlin livery stable area, causing property damage.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Miss Meeting
Berlin
Mother of Dillex Dena in Cleveland dies as son awaits execution
Herman Billek the Chicago poisoner sentenced to die on December 11 broke down Friday upon learning his mother’s death in Cleveland. Mrs. Billek had declined steadily since her son’s conviction.
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Dillex Dena
Herman Billek
Chicago
Cleveland
Lamphere Denied New Trial by Indiana Judge
In Laporte Indiana Judge Richter overruled a motion for a new trial in the Ray Lamphere case. Lamphere was convicted of burning Mrs. Belle Gunness home and an appeal was prayed to the Indiana Supreme Court.
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Lamphere
Laporte
Ind
Richter
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Supreme Court
Pacific alliance forms amid Japan and U S pact
A reliable source reports Japan and the United States near an offensive and defensive Pacific alliance despite official reticence in Washington. The pact signals coordinated control and strategy in the region.
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Pacific
Washington
Japan
America
King Edward's state coach guards before coronation
A lengthy report notes the four to six ton state coach planned for King Edward's coronation, its optional steel armor to deter bombers, and contrasts with Alfonso's carriages after Paris and the Czars of Russia who survived bombings. It recounts Morral's Madrid wedding attack and the double blast on Alexander II in St Petersburg.
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Alfonso
Edward
Paris
Nito
Enn
Morral
Madrid
Czarlexander
Russia
St.Petersburg
Whiskey Cure For Backache Prompts Medical Discourse
A Chicago drug formula for backache relief uses one half pint whiskey with one ounce Toris Compound and one ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at bedtime, it is discussed as an effective remedy though not universally endorsed. Toris Compound is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago, and ingredients are available from druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical C O
Chicago
One Word Epitaph Draws Worcester Visitors
The undertaker notes a town epitaph reading Gone as a drawing card for holiday makers. An auctioneer on his deathbed whispers Gone as his final tombstone word, and his wife agrees to inscribe it, turning a simple epitaph into local lore.
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Worcester
Rocking Baby In The Attic Disturbs Rockingham
Rocky and Mr Wiggins seek quiet as a persistent upstairs racket prompts a humorous exchange. A caller reports a lady above soothing her baby with rocking, while the judge quips to tell her to use smaller rocks.
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Rocky
A College Education in The Philadelphia Press Adverts
A terse quip notes a son entering college and the fashionable Four Hundred as a social measure. The exchange hints at social exclusivity and the era's upper-class ambitions, reflecting attitudes toward higher education and status.
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Philadelphia
Cause and Befhot on Digestion and Grape-Nuts Benefit
A reader shares a personal experience with indigestion from rich foods. After trying Grape-Nuts, her digestion improved and she gained strength, praising the product and noting she now can eat freely while continuing Grape-Nuts. The letter, signed “There’s Renagon,” comes from Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
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Phosa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pennsylvania Railroad Plants 2.4 Million Trees to Date
The Pennsylvania Railroad forestry department reports this year 25 000 trees planted as part of ongoing timber and cross ties plans. Total trees planted reach 2 425 000. The company imported 200 000 European seedlings, culled to fit permanent sites, with 25 bushels of acorns and nuts and 70 pounds of hardwood seeds plus 75 pounds of conifer seeds sown in Morrisville seed beds. 800 000 seedlings were planted on company land. Plans include propagating ornamental trees and extensive shrubs and hedges to enhance station grounds and rights of way.
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Pennsylvania Raailroad Forestry Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Foreat
Morrisville
Trenton
Donn's Kidney Pills Publicized Cure Claim
A testimonial from Corydon Indiana claims Donn's Kidney Pills cured severe kidney trouble and back pain within a week, with the writer noting seven years of good health since. The ad notes price and distributor Wouter Milburn Co Buffalo. The clip also includes a joke about a book agent and a Chicago Tribune remark on Mr Bryan’s potential fourth presidential bid.
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David Price
Corydon
Donn
Wouter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Plutarch
Bryan
Chicago ‘Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Various Ephemera Mentioned
An assortment of old advert lines and snippets appear, including Hall's Catarrh Cure claims with testimonials from Cabney & Co Toledo and Wallonna Kinnan Marvin, plus a list of other product pitches and quips such as a quininine joke and a comic exchange about a spade.
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Hall
F. J. Cabney & CO
Toledo
B. J. Cheney
Wallonna, Kinnan & Marvin
Fire ravages apartment. residents pull piano to save
Reporters question heroism after a major blaze in an apartment building. A victim recalls a remarkable act of self sacrifice, saying they all joined in to carry out a piano from the second floor. The fire caused heavy property loss and narrow escapes.
Eczema Chronicle: Child Relieved After Home Remedy Cure
A San Antonio mother recalls six months of severe eczema on her baby boy who improved after using Outlurn Remedies. Within one week the sores cleared and by two months his face was clear, with no further outbreaks. Additional lines note New York City’s relief efforts and a cigar advertisement.
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Cathara
Lovie Heck
San Antonio
Tex
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