Alum Baking Powder Seized Warns of Health Risk
New York Health Department seized nearly two tons of alum baking powder mixtures deemed dangerous and dumped them into the river. The powder found in a sixth avenue department store was analyzed as an alum baking powder with pulverized rock. Authorities contrast methods elsewhere, urging consumers to buy reputable brands and reject low-cost imitations to protect family health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Health Department
Sixth Ave
England
Missouri
Farmer’s remark and the old woman’s quick reply
A country farmer slows for an elderly woman gathering turf in the middle of a narrow lane. He snaps that women and donkeys are always in the way. She steps aside and retorts she is glad he has the manners to put himself last. Cassell’s Journal cites the exchange.
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Cassell
The San a Poor Timekeeper
A passage notes the sun as a poor timekeeper, often too fast or slow. It details April to December when clocks align briefly, and February to March when delays are reduced. The piece laments shifting day length, contrasting longer days by month’s end with the start of March.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Postmaster’s Diabetes Cure Claim With Kidney Pills
Lancaster New York April 21 Postmaster John Remers says a four year battle with diabetes ended after using about ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills He attributes his recovery to the pills and urges diabetics to seek them He offers to answer letters from diabetics seeking guidance from the remedy that saved his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
N.Y
John Remers
Buffalo
Dodd
Rescued missionary asks for fashion paper after six months
A band of rescuers surrounds a faint missionary saved from kid napers. She lies on a cot and, with a feeble smile, requests fashion paper she has not seen in six months, uttering yes when asked what she needs. Judge notes her unusual demand.
Allen's Foot Ease powder promotes easy shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Mural Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y Hin Stories Bankins taces sire very easily But he is always telling hard luck stories Yes that shows his shrewdness If he put in all the time telling my stories people would say he was ne Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Bankins
Washington: Star
State of California
Safe Pence
City of
New York
Knight
Mr. Pence
Charles D. Lane
Wild Goose Mining Company
Pioneer Mining Company
Alexander McKenzie
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Judicial Circuit
San Francisco
Pence
McKenzie
Wild Goose Minin Company
Mr. Knight
Chipps
Seattle
Nome
Enos M. Walters
N. S. Peterson
of Washington
Walters
Walter
Washington
Fragmented dameage OCR. mixed ads and dialogues
A garbled page fragment mixes old advertisement lines and stray dialogue about medicines and wedding gifts. It mentions Cole s Carbonsalve for colds, pricing, and druggists, with unrelated quotes about marriage and farming from unnamed sources. The text lacks a coherent single news event.
Purchased Testimony in Nome Syndicate Probe
A North Dakota audience is urged to learn how California syndicates allegedly controlled Alaska’s fisheries and gold fields. The account describes bribery attempts, court manipulation, and a push to remove Nome judge Noyes, with testimony from Enos M. Walters and references to Knight Pence and McKenzie.
Kills His Brother Over Business Deal in Detroit Saloon
Edward Hawley and his brothers, river men and saloon owners, clashed over a vessel purchase in Detroit. James Hawley, aged about sixty, shot Edward in the right breast after a dispute and surrendered to police saying they forced him to act. Edward died within minutes.
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Detroit
Mich
Edward Hawley
James Hawley
Edward
James
Luke Hawley
Luke
Four White Itinerants Spark Civil Unrest at Suffolk Plant
Four white itinerant men attempted an assault on two Black women at the Suffolk Peanut Plant in Virginia on April 19. A Black fireman intervened but was clubbed. company President King called in Black employees who armed with pitchforks and bricks subdued the attack. Three assailants were arrested, one fled into Dismal Swamp pursued by bloodhounds and a canal boat escape toward Lake Drummond.
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Virginia
Suffolk
Suffolk Peanut Company
King
The
Peanut Company
Lake Drummond
Captured by a Posse in Virginia Tennessee Line
Four members of the Wright-Templeton gang were captured near Skelton over the Virginia-Tennessee line by a Gate City Virginia posse led by Officer Moses. Captives named Winnegar Byington brothers and Hargrove admit gang robberies at Skelton and nearby towns. Wright and Templeton, sought for murder in Hancock County, Tenn., were previously shot at by the posse.
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Bristol
Tenn
Wright-Templeton
Gate City
Moses
Skelton
Virginia-Tennessee Line
Winnegar
Byington Brothers
Hargrove
Wright and
Templeton
Wright
Hancock County
Widow Proposes Marrying Omaha Mayor
Chicago widow writes to Mayor Moore inviting marriage after a favorable impression during a visit to Omaha. She asks for meetings and a possible wedding to share life’s challenges, while the mayor refuses to reveal her name.
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Omaha
Neb
Moore
Chicago
Costly beef prompts menu price hikes in New York restaurants
New York restaurants have raised prices on steaks and beef roasts by an average five cents amid continuing beef cost increases. High end eateries kept prices steady due to larger profit margins while retail costs for vegetables butter eggs poultry beans and canned goods now run 10 to 40 percent higher than a year ago.
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New York
Beet Sugar Mill Planned for La Crosse by Salzer Group
A group of Eastern capitalists led by Henry Salzer of Salzer Seed announces a La Crosse sugar factory costing about 500000 dollars. The plant will process 500 bushels of beets daily, employing 200 skilled workers year round plus many unskilled laborers. Area farmers are asked to contract for 4000 acres of beets annually to sustain operations.
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Henry Salzer
Othera
la Crosse
Wis
Salzer Seed Company
Susie Taylor attacked in Tacoma as lynch threats loom
Ten year old Susie Taylor was assaulted by a masked man near Puget Sound Avenue and South Nineteenth Street as she walked home from school. Citizens organize to hunt the assailant amid threats of mob justice. the girl is seriously injured.
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Tacoma
Paroled Boy Murderer to Attend Cornell College Des Moines
Gov. Cummins signs parole for Wesley Elkins, the Clayton county boy murderer who killed his parents twelve years ago. He must reside in Linn county and attend school at Cornell college in Des Moines, Iowa, beginning April 19. In Sauk Center Minnesota, April 19, plans move to establish a third bank, Merchants' National, led by Henry Keller, former First National bank president.
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Cornell College
Des Moines
Iowa
Sauk Center
Minn
The
Merchants’ National
Henry Keller
First National Bank
Lamp Explodes at Woolstock Store injures worker
A gas oil lamp exploded in Rossert and Halvorsen's general store in Woolstock Iowa on April 19 blowing out the front and damaging goods valued at 1000 dollars. One man was injured in the blast.
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Webster City
Iowa
Rossert & Halvorsen
Woolstock
Poisoned canned beef blamed for death in Engleville
Damning report from La Moure details Jack Dwyer dying after consuming poisoned canned corn beef. In Kenosha Ellen Marie Youngquist, seventeen, dies after vaccination leading to rheumatic heart disease. Fort Benton reports fire destroying J L Bright’s Lewiston residence valued about 6000 dollars.
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la Moure
N. D
Jack Dwyer
Engleville
Kenosha
Wis
Ellen Marie Youngquist
Fort Benton
Mont
Lewiston
Peruna praised by pastor’s wife in midwest letter
A letter from Mrs Anna B Fleharty of Galesburg Illinois recalls how Peruna improved health for her family after years of illness. She credits better appetites digestion and sleep and says she would not be without Peruna. The note cites Dr Hartman’s view on pelvic catarrh and female disease and claims Peruna cures by removing the disease’s cause.
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Anna B. Fleharty
Galesburg
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Neb
Sixty-seventh Street
Peruna
Anna B. Fieharty
Nce
Hartman
America
Srey
KE. L. Brown
Elliott Street
Memphis
Tenn
Peruna Advert Claims Cure For Pelvic Catarrh And Nervous Prostration
A reader recounts severe headaches and insomnia from nervous strain and claims Peruna restored her health in three months. Other letters praise Peruna for female weakness and persistent headaches. Messages urge readers to write to Dr Hartman for free medical advice from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Northwestern inventors receive week long patent insues list
Last week patents issued to Northwestern inventors include George K. E. Bateman Grand Forks N C for a ray attachment Charles C Neale Minneapolis grain flow indicator John Penner Kinbrae Minn vent closing valve for pumps Allen Staples St Paul Skylight Chas B Totman Minneapolis extension ladder Chas H Weber Minneapolis closed measuring can and William Wiley Rochester Minn potato picker Patent attorneys Lothrop and Johnsen based in St Paul MN handled the filings.
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Northwestern
George KE. Bateman
Grand Forks
N. C
Charles C. Neale
Minneapolis
Minn
John Penner
Kinbrae
Allen Staples
St. Paul
Chas. B. Totman
Chas. H. Weber
Earliest Russian Millet Promises High Hay Yields
Advert announces earliest Russian millet as a hay alternative. Claims 5 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre with price 50 lb bundles at $1.90 and 100 lb at 3 dollars. Market notice from John A. Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin. Low freights offered.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Tiptoe Exit Instruction From Elocution Professor
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt shows a professor advising Dulle to bow and depart the platform on tiptoe after a lecture to avoid waking the audience. The exchange highlights etiquette and restraint in delivery.
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Dulle
Pearson's Weekly
Ancestry Chat Between Mrs Upperton And Mrs Newrich
A brief exchange lists family origins with Mrs Upperton claiming a Virginia Taylor ancestor and Mrs Newrich noting a Chicago butcher grandfather in a Chicago News excerpt. The dialogue highlights social lineage with regional ties and occupational echoes.
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Chambers
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Iran
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Jai
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Peach & Honey
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Wallace School OF
TELEU
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