Bewitching Anecdotes and Odd Tales From A Railyard Door
A garbled antique column blends miscues, legends, and odd anecdotes. It mentions Dodd's Kidney Pills curing a boy with epileptic fits, sworn statements by Mr and Mrs McBride, and a Detroit News-Tribune style remark about Marse Patrick Henry and liberty. The piece mixes humor and rumor across locales Richmond and Philadelphia with a final colonial cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. He McBride
Acai
St. John
Kan
William McBride
Jesse J. Limes
M.D
George B. Moore
McBride
Limes
Dodd
MrBride
Patrick Henry
Henry Bose
Detroit
News-Tribune
Two Bottles of Piso's Cure for Consumption Ad
An advertisement from September 24, 1901 features Fred Hermann of 209 Box Avenue Buffalo New York praising Piso's Cure for consumption for curing a terrible cough. The notice references a joke etymology for the damask name and a Chinese corruption note about Zuytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hermann
Box Avenue
Buffalo
Damask
Damnateus
Zuytown
China
Niagara's Third Tunnel Construction Awarded
The Toronto and Niagara Power Company wins the contract to build Niagara’s third power tunnel on the Canadian side. About 2100 feet long, 26 by 18 feet, it will yield roughly 325000 horsepower and requires two years to finish. Construction will extend beneath the river bed with a shoreside shaft and lateral tunnels toward the main shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto and Niagara Power Company
Philadelphia
Falla
Toronto and Niagata Power Company
Ningtura Power Company
Dean's Kidney Pills Gain Faithful Notice in Wisconsin
Reverend Jacob D. Van Poven of Fond du Lac Wisconsin testifies about kidney disease and homebound attacks. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing pain and normalizing kidney secretions after taking them, and offers a personal interview for details. Pills priced 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoloo
Jacob D. van Poven
Sixth Street
Fond du Luc
Wis
Elev. Rymon
Syliich
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Devout Mrs. Stiles and birthday joke in Philadelphia Post
The Philadelphia Post notes Tess Stiles has become religious and attends church regularly. A humorous line recalls her birthday last month when her husband gave her a seniskin sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tess
A Wise Choice and Wary Proposal in Frosty Exchange
A callow youth quips about a heart being wrung while a fair, trim socialite weighs the choice between marriage and heartbreak. The pair exchange pointed lines as a cigarette party retreats into the night, leaving a lingered tension over the future.
Deafness Cure Promised by Catarrh Remedy Claim
A historic ad asserts Deafness cannot be cured except by remedies. It promises one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and instructs readers to request a circulation from Hall's remedies, with Toledo as the listed location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santos
Toledo
Dru Uehats Hajl
Little Othel Observes Imitation Sheep Visit
A visitor named Little Othel, touring the countryside, sees a flock and mispronounces lambs as Tombs. She exclaims the animals resemble her toy lambs, noting their small size and similar sounds as she comments on their cudling appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othel
Notable Chicago figures and new licenses emerge in obits
Henry D Lloyd dies in Chicago of pneumonia. Toy, famed economist and author of A Country Without Strikes, influenced wage labor matters in US and New Zealand. William C Baker, Chicago leader and World’s Fair booster, dies in Highland Park after a late golf round. John Mitchell, labor leader, speaks on the Closed Shop. Miss Mae Catherine Wood, a Wisconsin native, becomes first Nebraska woman admitted to the bar. Annie Ball earns Chicago engineering license amid initial denial. Rising number of women candidates fills Iowa offices. Philippine Moro provinces regulate anti slavery, seize slave trade vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Lloyd
Chicago
Mr. Toy
United States
Uerope
Wage Srorker
Teller
Belleville
N. Z
Newark
New York City
Columbia University
Chicago Trifune
New Zealand
Aled Trades Unions of
Berne
Switzerland
William C. Baker
Highland Park
Mr. Baker
William J. Baker
West Winffield
Herkimer County
N. X
Mies Mae
Catherine Wood
Platt
New York
Misa Wood
Omaha
Burlington and Mixsouri River
Nebraska
Mal Cc, Wood
Washington
Prominent church worker credits Peruna for life change
A church worker, once confined by chronic misery and illness, writes that Dr. Hartman’s Perrin based treatment via home care restored her health. She describes past failed remedies, lengthy suffering, and a swift recovery after following doctor’s instructions and obtaining prescribed appliances. Letters are answered confidentially by the eminent physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harti
Auer
Fred
Totter
Cipro
Gongaleline
Annie Hoban
Anni Hoban
Misa Mamlo Lowell
Lanke Clarln
Louisiana
Mamid Powell
Peruna
Hartutau
Gritis
Adilies Dr
Hartoian
Vphe Hartnpi Susiturhim
Colombina
Peruna praised by California Federation secretary
Mrs. Julia M Brown secretary of the Woman's State Federation of California writes from Los Angeles that Peruna does more than claimed. She cites cases of women near physical ruin restored to health, notes cure of chronic catarrh after many remedies failed, and says she uses it herself when nervous or worn out with consistently satisfactory results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie la Fountain
Treas
Home Circle
Ohio
Galion
Perwoa
Woman's State Federation
Peruna
Julia M. Brown
Woman's State Federation of California
Fifth St
Los Angeles
Van Dyck and the Character in Hands and Faces
The note claims Van Dyck lacks Rurpussid in drawing and asserts his hands show as much character as his faces. It highlights the ability to render features and hands in writers with notable expressiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dyck
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John Mitchell
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