Mrs Francis Podmore Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs Francis Podmore of Saranac Lake New York President of the W C T U writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured years of ovarian pain headaches and weakness after a failed course of doctors medicines Her letter swears 5000 forfeit if genuine and urges women to use the remedy for irregular menstruation leucorrhea womb troubles and general debility urging to refuse other medicines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Podmore
Saranac Lake
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Francis Popmore
New Style Monograms Move Beyond Plain Letters
The February Woman's Home Companion notes a shift from plain-letter monograms to new Japanese-influenced designs. It emphasizes subtle, graceful outlines that read clearly to deciphered individuals yet appear as decorative sketches to casual observers, balancing artistry and readability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Companion
Hall's Pills and Cheney's Endorsement Ad
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any cure by Hall's Cathartic Pills. It features F. J. Cheney & Co. as proprietors and includes endorsements from West & Truax and Toledo wholesalers. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Ca thartic and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and pricing information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Cheney
Anaes Igdo
Salted milk scare sparks dairy reform claim
A Philadelphia Press quip recalls a young housewife accusing a milkman of diluted milk. The milkman blames cows drinking salty feed and says a new farmhand is in charge, reflecting a humorous take on rural dairy practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Onion yields rise to 1200 bushels per acre in new system
Notice from Salters seeds aunounces a method enabling 1,200 bushels or more per acre with high payoffs. They distribute about 1/8 million pounds of onion seed annually, selling at 60 cents per pound. Catalog mailed with 150 flower and seed varieties. market gardeners’ list offered for 80 postage. W.N. 0.
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Caton
Salters
Constantes
Market Gardeners
W.N
Halser
A Trappist Monk's Prayer and Other Brief Notices
A collection of snippets from periodicals includes a monk’s tale of mutual prayer over a mother’s death, a note on widespread colds and Cole's Cough Cure, a humorous exchange about Miss White's reception, a free sample offer for Allen's Foot-Ease, and a quip about ice prices as leftover stock.
Free Tobacco Cure Disclosed at 964 Charles Street
Mrs A R Raymond of Des Moines Indiana claims a tobacco cure and offers to send the recipe free to anyone who mails a two cent postage stamp. She says she is curing all her friends and invites readers to write for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Raymond
Charles Street
Des Moines
Earbody
A Sly Dog and the Lost Heirlooms
Mrs Woodby mournfully recalls a disastrous fire that destroyed the family heirlooms, an irreparable loss. Mrs Peppery notes the missing insurance, while the Philadelphia Press remarks taxpayers need not settle for pavements made of good intentions.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Laxative Remedy
A vintage medical advertisement touts taking nine Laxative Bromo tablets to cure a cold in one day. It promises refunds from all druggists if it fails. The piece contrasts sword and pen with the deadly appeal of a pretty typewriter.
Did James J Hill Help Farmers With Pigs
A St Paul anecdote recalls Harry Ives, Hill’s secretary, opening a letter from a farmer who sought Hill at the state fair. The farmer wrote that he found plenty of hogs but could not locate Hill, a tale linked to Hill’s 1880s campaign to boost stock-raising along the Great Northern line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Holland House
Harry Ives
Mr. Hill
Northwest
Ives
J. J. Hill
New York Times
For Her Sister's Sake
Mrs. Sarah A. Shrode of Stendal Indiana testifies that nine boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her kidney and bladder troubles and she urges other women to try the remedy. The ad ends with a generic note about wisdom and a mention of Great Northern Railway excursions for homesteads and settlers.
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Stendal
Ind
Sarah A. Shrode
Dodd
Great Northern fares offer low round trips for Northwest travel
Three series of cheap rates list round trip tickets to Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and British Columbia sold on first and third Tuesdays in March April and May plus one way settlers tickets to western points with special daily sale dates. Several ad lines promote Great Northern Railway information and related products and services.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Great Northern
Great Northwest
Great Northern Railway
Max Bass
G.I. A
Clark St
Chicago
F. I. Whitney
G. P
T. A
St Paul
Minn
Census Bureau Figures Show Wheat Output Soars
Washington reports 1890 U S wheat production at 601657 bushels, with agriculture dept estimates at 4703846 bushels, a 20 8 percent gap. Census chief L G Powers defends accuracy citing manufacturing and export data and notes large variances in livestock counts fueling congressional interest.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
L. G. Powers
Minnesota
Census Office
Manufactures
Agricultural Department
Merriam
Congress
Reed at Liberty Captain Frees Prisoner on Habeas Writ
Captain James C. Reed, held in Leavenworth for a week, was released by writ of habeas corpus. The ruling cited voids in sentences by a court martial of regular army officers for volunteer officers. Reed, former Manila commissary captain, was sentenced to five years for receiving bribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
James C. Reed
Federal
Major Ellis Dead at Fort Meade
Maj. E A Ellis of the Thirteenth Cavalry died recently, reported from Hot Springs Arkansas. He had served ten years at Fort Meade as a captain in the Eighth Cavalry and was to appear before an examining board for active service retirement. He was brother in law to Col. A E Wells of the First Cavalry stationed at the post.
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Fort Meade
E. A. Ellis
Thirteenth Cavalry
Hot Springs
Ark
Eighth Cavalry
Ist
Maj. Ellis
Col
A. E. Wells
First Cavalry
Outbreak in Russia Stirs Warnings of Revolution
A Daily News correspondent reports from Copenhagen that authentic reports cite the revolutionary movement spreading from St. Petersburg to Siberia. The unrest has reached Tomsk province with a ban on public meetings, and troubles are rising in numerous Siberian towns and villages.
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London
Daily News
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Tomsk
Congress Ship Subsidy Bill May Reach Vote on 17th
Washington March 6 Senate likely to vote on the pending shipping bill about a week from Monday. Mr Frye in charge sought timing agreeable to minority on commerce panel. Mr Ciay of Georgia spoke against the measure as the session adjourned. The senate earlier approved the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. In the House debate on rural free delivery classification continued, adjourned early to honor the memory of Representative Polk of Pennsylvania who died in Philadelphia Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Commerce Committee
Ciay
Georgia
House
Repesentative
Polk
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Little Hero in Michigan Warns Pere Marquette Train
Benton Harbor boy ten years old Osbornes helps avert wreck on Pere Marquette Fast Train No. 4 by discovering a pulled switch. He and a companion warn the approaching train at Riverside station. The engineer stops the late train and the passengers are saved.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jas
Osborne
Pere Marquette Railway Company
Pere Marquette
Agent Larkworthy
Riverside
Nuggets in the crops of Wisconsin birds the find
Nuggets weighing a quarter to an ounce were found in the crops of chickens and ducks shipped from Fifield Wisconsin to Chicago. Fourty one pieces totaling six and a half ounces were found by commission men and helpers as they slaughtered the fowls. They suspect gold may be plentiful near Fifield.
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Chicago
South Water Street
Fifield
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Commission
British Army Scheme Aims Imperial Defense Link Colonies
The War Office plans to mobilize colonial forces for empire defense. India would provide three army corps, South Africa two, Australia two, New Zealand one, Canada four militia corps, plus six British army corps. The combined force would rival continental powers in size.
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London
War Office
Broderick
House of Commons
India
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Town submerged as Platte flood floods Meadow town
The Platte River flood from an ice gorge above Louisville submerges Meadow, Nebraska. Three Missouri Pacific bridge piers were washed out, halting the line briefly. By yesterday afternoon a new outlet formed and the river shifted toward the Missouri, easing some flood bottoms. Water level expected to fall today with no further damage anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte River
Nue
Omaha
Louisville
Meadow
Missouri
Admiral Howell to Retire. Crowninshield to be Promoted
Washington March 7 Rear Admiral J A Howell will retire March 16. He ranks second to Dewey in the navy. His retirement promotes Captain A S Crowninshield chief of the bureau of navigation to rear admiral and places him to command the European station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowninshield
Washington
J. A. Howell
Dewey
Navy
Capt. A. 8
Bureau of Navigation
Pensions For Employees Inaugurated By City Railway
In New York on March 7 a notice from Metropolitan Street Railway President Vreeland announced a pension system for superannuated employees. It marks the first pension plan ever established for street railway workers.
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First Street Railway
New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Vreeland
Courthouse Bonds Beaten in Woonsocket County
A special election in Woonsocket County on issuing 26000 dollars in bonds for a courthouse failed by about 150 votes. The defeat confirms the county will not pursue bonding at this time.
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Woonsocket
8. C
Governors Join Move to Change Inauguration Date
Washington March 7 The governors of Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota Iowa join with thirty state executives and a committee to seek moving the presidential inauguration from March 4 to April 190? The action aims to realign date nationwide and involves S R Van Sant R M La Follette C N Herried A B Cummins among others.
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Washington
S. R. van Sant
Minnesota
R. M. la Follette
Wisconsin
C. N. Herried
South Dakota
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Correspondent Returns After Six-Week South Trip
Asher F. Pay, clerk of the county courts and veteran newspaper correspondent, returns from six weeks in the South seeking rest and health. He is much improved and will resume duties with renewed vigor. His wife accompanied him.
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Muron
Asher F. Pay
Fatal Mine Explosion Claims Iowa Miner Near Eagle Beach
News reaches La Crosse of a premature mine explosion at Eagle Beach Iowa. Henry Pohlman aged 24 was instantly killed. The blast occurred near the shaft bottom. Two others escaped with narrow misses.
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la Crosse
Wis
Eagle Beach
Iowa
Here
Henry Pohlman
Linhoff Is Sentenced to Two Years in Iowa Penitentiary
Mrs Linhoff was sentenced yesterday morning in Mason City Iowa to two years in prison for killing Ed Bromley on August 30 1901.
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Mason City
Iowa
Bank Burglary Hits Montgomery Bank Vault Dynamited
The First National Bank of Montgomery eight miles east of Washington Ind was robbed last night by dynamite blasting the vault. About $10,000 in cash and bonds vanished while five explosions echoed as robbers fled on a handcar. Loss is insured.
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Washington
Ind
First National Bank of
Montgomery
Imprisoned in Box Car Dieing Man Found
In Calumet Michigan a man was found starved and frozen inside a box car at Dodlar Bay after seven days of confinement with doubtful recovery. In Louisville Kentucky Joe Choynski of Chicago defeated Wild Bill Hanrahan of New York by knockout in the fifth round of a twenty five round match at the Empire Athletic Club.
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Calumet
Mich
Dodlar Bay
Choynski
Louisville
Joe Choynski
Chicago
Wild Bill” Hanrahan
New York
Empire Athletic Club
Peruna remedy praised by Congressman and letters
United States House of Representatives records a testimonial from Congressman M. W. Howard of Fort Payne Alabama praising Peruna as a permanent cure for catarrh and grippe. The document also shares reader letters from Rochester New York and others asserting catarrh affects all body parts and can cause chronic disease, with endorsements of Peruna.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Ae Eee Medicine Co
Columbus
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
A. C. Lockhart
Corner Cottage St
Thurston Road
Rochester
N. Y
Hartman
Peruna
Spigetian
Cause and Effect Breakfast Joke from Philadelphia Press
A light exchange between a wife and husband turns on appetite and affection. The wife notes his love has grown cold while he quips his breakfast has cooled, implying love and breakfast share a reflected warmth. The quip ends with the breakfast being the source of the complaint.
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John
Philadelphia Press
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
List of patents granted to Northwestern inventors includes ripe coupling to James Burke of Minneapolis Minnesota head dump shovel to John Felton of Fertile time recorder to William Gurr of Minneapolis Minnesota pump rod ejector to William Hoekstra Harrison of 8 D marsh hoe to Wallace Kelsey of Minneapolis Minnesota belt gearing to William Nevan of Alexandria South Dakota and piston and piston rod to Ritchie of Duluth Minnesota Patent attorneys Lothrop and Johnson are listed at 011 and 012 Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
James Burke
Minneapolis
Minn
John Felton
William Gurr
Pioneer Press
Paul
Drawbacks of Writer’s Craft in Village School
Visiting trustees asked about the drawbacks of writing and pupils answered in quips from a Chicago poem. The line What are the drawbacks of writer it elicited a chorus of witty replies: mustard plasters.
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Chicago Press
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Many school children are sickly. Mother Gray a nurse in Children's Home New York offers powders to cure feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Sample mailed free address Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Tre
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Between Friends Joke From Chicago News
Meeker confirms his wife is ill and has not spoken for three days. Enpeck notes his luck as a friend, in a brief Chicago News item.
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Meeker
Chicago News
Peoria Pharmacist Endorses Cole’s Car Bolisalve and Carbolisoap
A. W. H. Reen of 308 Main St Peoria Illinois testifies after twenty years of selling Cole’s Car bolisalve and Carbolisoap that they consistently satisfy customers and he recommends them to all users.
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A. W. H. Reen
Main Bt
Peoria
Ill
Cole
High Art Refers To A Beauty Controversy
A Philadelphia Record snippet notes flirtatious chatter over Miss Kostique and Miss Gush, comparing their complexions to a delicately painted mug in a tongue in cheek exchange about appearance.
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Gush
Miss Kostique
Philadelphia Record
Fiddler's bill always exceeds expectations
A short quip notes that when a fiddler presents a bill the total tends to be higher than anticipated, implying surprise at the cost. The line frames a common dining or social irony about musicians billing practices.
Dr J H Rindlaub Specialint Eye Ear Nose Throat
Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialist Dr J H Rindlaub, based in Fargo North Dakota, is referenced in a fragment that also quotes a line about love being a game more fascinating than whist and more dangerous than poker. The note mentions doing the will of the king brings in the kingdom.
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J. H. Rindlaub
N. D
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Major Ellis
Russia
Little Hero
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Alabama
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
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Morris, Il
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Bulfinch St
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Mass
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Genuin
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