Princess Viroqua endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Practicing physician Dr P Viroqua of Lansing Michigan praises the Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ovarian trouble barrenness and womb disease. He notes its herbal nature and claims it has prevented dangerous operations. The letter invites readers to obtain a bottle and contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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Parages
Turer
Dr. P. Viroqua
Lansing
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Astonished Surgeon Refuses Appendix Faults
A Detroit Journal excerpt recounts a surgeon declaring no issue with the veriform appendix after an operation, while the patient quips that only the name should be cut out, reflecting dry medical humor.
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Detroit Journal
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received patents for a potato harvester by James Colgrove of Clearwater Minnesota, a hand truck by Henry Deering of Minnesota City, a firearm by Isaiah Edge of Minneapolis, a horse detacher by Thom K. Loken of Nord North Dakota, a rotary engine by Charles Rosseau of Audubon Minnesota, and a door lock and alarm by Anthony Shore of Minneapolis. Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys, 911 4 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minnesota.
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Northwestern
James Colgrove
Clearwater
Minn
Henry Deering
Minnesota City
Isaiah Edge
Minneapolis
Thom K. Loken
Nord
N. D
Charles Rosseau
Audubon
Anthony Shore
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
One hundred dollars reward offered for cure of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from F J Cheney Co and Toledo wholesalers claim honesty and solvency. Advertisement explains internal intake and blood mucous action. Testimonials available, price per bottle. Hall's Family Pills touted as best. Australia reportedly has over 1,000 newspapers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Tola
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo
Walding, Kinnan & Marv Olesalests
Ohio
Age Hall
Beards and Khaki Doomed Toy Markets Across Nations
A discussion notes how small changes like a beard or khaki uniform ripple economics. It cites photographers and toy makers, German petitioners, and British firms shifting supply as war rumors alter demand in Europe and the Commonwealth.
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Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
General Grant
Berlin
William
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Great Britain
England
West End
Lace Shoes Cut Time Wasting in English Mills
A six year old reform in English factories replaced lace shoes with elastic sides to save time. The head of a large factory warned that workers delay for shoe care cost four figures annually. Other firms followed suit. A British sweet meat firm reported lost output when women visitors slowed lines to discuss attire.
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Engish
Great Britain
New York Press
London Traffic Imposes Dense Urban Movement
An English magazine notes London, a square mile city center, handles daily flows of over 1.25 million people and 100,000 vehicles. About 200 miles of tramways, nearly 150 omnibus lines, 12 000 cabs, and two underground lines with three deep level roads drive internal movement. More lines are under construction, with six authorized and 13 railways seeking rights or extensions.
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London
Dukes Hold 2 Million Acres Across Britain
The Dukes of Devonshire Sunderland and Buccleuch own together a vast estate spanning from northern Scotland to southern England. Their combined landed property totals 2,004,600 acres across a strip five miles wide.
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Dukes of
Devonshire
Sutherland
Buccleuch
Scotland
England
Advert of foot care and various elixirs from an old paper
A collage of patent medicine claims including Allen's Foot-Ease powder 25c and sample offers, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup 25c, Putnam faceless dyes, and quips about fortunes, biblical heroes, and experts, all in a disjointed ad-like sequence.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Fish Grain and Gold Among Its Marvelous
The article extols Alaska as a land of wealth beyond gold highlighting Nome and Dawson placer yields over 25 million in three years and a salmon industry worth 20 million annually. It argues Klondike fever harmed fortunes but progress endures with rich fisheries and temperate valleys visible beyond ice and snow.
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Alaska
Samuel Lichenstader
New York
Ita
Nome
Dawson
Klondike
Oregon
Washington
California
Alaska Trails to Green Fields and Salmon Canneries
The author recalls traveling near Ketchikan with Henry Bratnaber to watch salmon ascend a stream and note the dense network of canneries nearby. He cites 40 canneries within 50 miles producing about 1,000,000 cases annually at costs of 2.50 per case and 3.75 per case to the trade, highlighting Alaska’s vast resources and praising Secretary Seward’s Alaska purchase as a prudent bargain.
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Ketchikan
Henry Bratnaber
San Francisco
Secretary Seward
Alaska
Seward
German Colonization Supposedly Worth Its Rail Access
The German government opened 120 miles of railroad in German southwest Africa and more white settlers now live there than in all other German colonies combined. The inland tableland above the coastal belt offers good climate, irrigation from springs, potential for European crops, cattle raising prospects, and valuable mineral resources.
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Africa
Germany
Territoy in Southwest Africa Proves Valuable
Territory in Southwest Africa proves valuable as prospects grow and Germany plans to organize colonists including women and children. rail line development begins to connect key districts to the sea amid ongoing expansion. Ghastly Work of Earthquakes in Yeddo Pekin Schagpaki Sicily Peru and Ecuador caused massive casualties and widespread destruction with hundreds of thousands killed and millions in damages.
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Yeddo
Jeddo
Japan
Pekin
China
Schagpaki
Sicily
Arequipa
Iquique
Tacna
Chencha
Peru
Ecuador
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Gussie Gayboy
Brooklyn
Chicago Tribune
Australia
Macnab
Duncan F. Macnab
Moorhead and
O. Phelps Brown
QO Phelps Crowe
Broadway
Jones
M. IL Green
Komma
Claudius
Daniel
Putnam
Europe
Boston
Chamber OF Commerce
Board OF Trade
Torrey Building
Duluth
Manhattan
CRAIN
Chicago
Chamber Commerce
Virginia
Pyle Ven Kreal Kati
Petersburg
Douglas
Wr. Douglas
W. L. Pens Ny Shoes
Rr Holce
GS Douglas
A -Ing
W. Jn Bouring
Tougias
Binet Sontange
Lewwan
Lehman Bros
Mirs
Bond St
James W. Erringer
Gen. West
Sales Agt
Wabash Ave
Mazon Strop
Piper Heidsieck
Drummond Natural Leaf
Brice
Greenville
Rogers
Anole
Tai
Cross Bow
Sickle
Brandywine
Planet
Neptune
Razor
Ole Varging
Illustrated
Catalogue OF Presents
Continental” Tobacco’ Company
C. Hy. Brown
Taos
Matsga
Cwuo
Remington
Marlin
Leuw
Res
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