Marshall Field Manager Endorses Peruna Cure
A letter from Hon. John T. Sheahan, longtime manager of Marshall Field & Co. wholesale warehouse, praises Peruna for curing his kidney catarrh after trying other remedies. He details relief after four bottles and urges readers to consider Peruna, noting Bright's disease as a kidney mucous lining inflammation. The Peruna Co. advertises a free book on catarrh.
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John T. Sheahan
Marshall Field & Co
Regiment Infantry
Indiana Avenue
Flat Six
Chicago
Ill
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Jacob Fleig
Sumner" Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jacob Ig
Bright
Birthday Handkerchiefs Bring Cheer in Philadelphia
Miss Passay notes a collection of over three dozen handkerchiefs given as birthday gifts. Miss Pepprey teases that one handkerchief arrives each birthday, as the Philadelphia Press records the exchange.
Donkey Seizes Live Seal on Banks Carn
A donkey belonging to Woodcock injured near Scilly seized a live seal in her mouth and carried it inland a quarter mile. The seal measured three feet six inches and weighed forty five pounds when the animal stopped. Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with PUTNAM FACELESS DYES.
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Scilly
Woodcock
Banks Carn
Putnam
Portrait Dispute Over Wife Image Sparks Court Testimony
In a courtroom Mr. Roxe challenges an artist who painted a portrait claiming it misrepresents his wife. The artist says the likeness reflects the subject as she perceives herself, prompting judicial remark about perception versus depiction.
Trying Times for a Modest Girl Revealed
Dialogue hints at societal pressures on moral women. A man comments that it is trying for a modest girl to face truth without slipping into a lie, while the woman questions why truth cannot be faced openly.
Hope for Him in a Gentle Dance Exchange
A brief domestic scene follows a waltz as a man expresses affection and a woman jokes about learning to dance. The exchange features light humor and warmth, set during a social moment described by the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
A list of inventors from Minnesota and North Dakota receiving patents last week includes Owen Casey Nashua Alfred Lum St Paul Hiram Maurer Bir ford N C George Rupley Duluth Frank Schulz Pratt Ernest Watson Brainerd Charles Wheeler Minneapolis for wagon safety guard for razors rivet vending machine draft evener locomotive engineer s alarm means for securing casters to furniture. Patent lawyers Bothrop Johnson 91 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul Minnesota.
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Northwestern
Owen Casey
Nashua
Minn
Alfred Lum
St. Paul
Hiram Maurer
Birford
N. C
George Rupley
Duluth
Frank Schulz
Pratt
Ernest Watson
Brainerd
Charles Wheeler
Minneapolis
Reading character swindle by Flipperton cited in Plain Dealer
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item reports a man named Flipperton swindling someone out of 300 dollars by claiming to read character at a glance. The case frames his claimed talent as a vehicle for deception.
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Flipperton
Cleveland Plain’ Dealer
Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
An advertisement notes Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 950. It mentioning Dr J H Rindland specialist in Fargo North Dakota and a series of quips about Bobbie Tuffiey and Jennie with dialogue snippets and a Pearson's Weekly aside about personal renewal.
Audience Roars as Tragedian Grows Mad on Stage
The Philadelphia Press reports Humphat the tragedian venting fury in a dunn geon scene while a gallery patron mocks the crowd. An advertisement for Piso's Cure boasts a reader letter from J W O'Barmy of Minneapolis praising the cough remedy.
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Humphat
Philadelphia ‘Press
Piso
J. W. O'Barmy
Third’ Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Fragmented reminiscence fragment from Philadelphia press
The text depicts a fraught moment as Maj Bragg recalls reminiscences thirty years past, with a character distressed about aging and altered by the recollection. The language shows imperfect transcription and fragmented dialogue.
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Mies
Passay
Jess
Maj. Bragg
Philadelphi
Irrigation Survey in North Dakota Explores Missouri River Canal
The United States Geological Survey studies potential irrigation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. A key feasibility survey near Glendive shows a canal to the Missouri River could cover more land at lower cost than from Terry. Final practicability depends on detailed costs and pumping options using Missouri water with lignite regions.
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North Dakota
United States Geological Survey
Yellowstone River
Glendive
Mont
Missouri
Montana
Terry
Missouri River
Hunters Pay For Licenses A North Dakota Confrontation
North Dakota game warden confronts nonresidents using resident permits at Church's Ferry. Judge Davis Bimpson of Minneapolis and cousin J D Simpson owned North Dakota land. impersonator C J Miner from Minnesota bore a nonresident permit. Judge Simpson later admitted the impersonation and paid for proper nonresident permits. Three Minnesota men earlier used resident permits improperly, then sent checks for nonresident permits.
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North Dakota
Hale
Church’s Ferry
Davis
Bimpson
Minneapolis
District Court
Mr. Hale
J. D. Simpson
C. J. Miner
Hennepin County
Minn
Hall
Miner
Judge Simpson
Brilliant Auroras At Mayville Awe In Evening Show
Brilliant auroras were seen at Mayville Friday night and Saturday morning with moonlight, shifting curtains, and streamers reaching toward the zenith. A telescope counted thirteen sun spots noon today, one large and dark with a bright tongue extending outward.
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Mayville
Fargo City Grants Extra Time for Street Railway Line
The Fargo City Council approved an extended deadline for the Fargo Street Railway to complete its line after a $3,000 deposit was posted as a guarantee of $50,000 in work by Nov 1. City Treasurer Mitchell claims the deposit is forfeited and the money belongs to the city, with potential legal action. In other items, a Fargo court term opened with a heavy civil docket, reports of a local robbery case, and news of W. Boyce becoming state agent for Mutual Life Insurance. Nearby, John Kennedy and Joseph Coats Jr. were sentenced in Caledonia for crimes, while Ashland Wisconsin faced a village-saving wind shift during a fire.
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Fargo
Fargo Street Railway Company
Mitchell
Hugh Reynolds
Tweeden
Red River Valley
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Two
Dakotas
Sioux
Suit Aims for Damages Over Alleged False Imprisonment
Purrington of Kensal files suit in Stutsman County against Sheriff Eddy Justice Pearson and State's Attorney Baldwin seeking 5000 for alleged malicious prosecution and false imprisonment after being jailed four days for contempt when questioned about Kensal blind pigs. Jamestown considers Trimble Co proposal to drill artesian well and supply city water at two cents per 1000 gallons, challenging current Western Electric contract at 2.5 cents.
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Purrington
Brummer Purrington
Kensal
Eddy
Pearson
Baldwin
Stutsman County
Jamestown
Trimble Company
Western Electric Company
Repelling a Slander in a Curious Scene
The report portrays Officer O'Twiggitt reacting angrily to a question about graft with the retort Naw and an odd incident as he casually peels a banana from a passing Greek's push-cart. The text blends tracing dialogue with a stream of unreadable characters.
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O’twiggitt
Chicago Tribune
Saloon Wrecked by Dynamite Explosion
Cairo Illinois, November 8. The saloon of A B Douglas was blown up yesterday and wrecked. The bartender narrowly escaped injury. The cause of the blast is unknown but suspected dynamite.
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Cairo
Iil
A. B. Douglas
Parks Sentenced to Two Years in Sing Sing Prison
Sam Parks was yesterday sentenced to two years and three months in Sing Sing prison. The sentence was handed down in New York during the November session, following confirmation by the court.
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Parks
New York
Sam Parks
Sing - ‘ Sing
Sore
Dea
Boutell Sees D A Farce Yet Promises Solemn Tone
Representative Boutell of Illinois, in town for a moment, says he will not stay until Congress meets. He plans to return home to handle duties and deliver several orations, noting a friend’s remark that the matter is a farce but deserves seriousness.
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Tolch
Boutell
Illinois
Chicago
Congress
Harry
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Physicians
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as they do not reach the disease. Internal remedies are required. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is described as a genuine prescription from top doctors, combined with a blood purifier, with testimonials available by mail.
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Jlall
F. J. Cheney & CQ
Props
Toledo
Druggters
Tlali
Of Men and Women
A compact reflection on gender traits and perceptions. It notes that man admires woman yet loves himself, while woman loves man yet admires herself. It claims pleasing a woman by her word may reveal foolishness, and contrasts logic with irrational yet convincing nature. It ends by suggesting a woman's laughter as a cure for male conceit.
Not Born in Ohio Yet Great Men Named
A humorous exchange shows a pupil citing famed figures born outside Ohio, while the teacher corrects the claim, prompting a wry student reply. The Chicago Tribune quote underscores regional pride and misattribution in demonstrating famous figures’ birthplaces.
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Ohio
Roosevelt
David Bennett Hill
Senator Hoar
Admiral Dewey
Chauncey M. Depew
Ben Tillman
Chicago Tribune
Didn't Pay for Johnnie A Kansas City Fare Dispute
A Kansas City Missouri conductor on the Chelsea Park car line refused to refund a boy’s fare after a woman paid a dime and claimed Johnnie would be five next month. The woman refused to disclose the boy’s age, recorded the badge number, and warned she would hear from him again.
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Kansas City
Kan
Chelsea Park
Seventh Street
Stewart Avenue
Johnnie
Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City Journal
Has He Found It Polk Arizona Rheumatism Cure Claim
Polk Arizona November report details George Hiland claiming a cure for Acute Rheumatism using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says initial treatment by a physician helped little, but one box of the remedy alleviated pain and restored ability to work. He asserts the pills are a perfect cure.
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Dodd
Hiland
Milton's Wife Leaves Him and Paradise Regained
Conversation at the Bachelor's Club notes that Milton's wife left him, a claim described as the story. It adds that Milton wrote Paradise Regained after the event, as reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Bachelor's Club
Milton
Atlanta Constitution
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