Doan's Kidney Pills End Back and Kidney Ailments
Veteran Josiah Heller of Urbana Illinois praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing his kidney trouble back pain and loins pain after using them since 1889. He endorses the remedy and notes permission to mail a free trial of the medicine from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY with sales through druggists at 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Héller
South Walnut St
Urbana
Ill
Dean
Cunningham’s Drug Store
Champaign
Doan
Helle
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
All Druggis's
Painting a Portrait of the Dead
The artist David Col is approached by a peasant asking for a portrait of his dead father. After a humorous exchange about St. Anthony he paints, and the peasant kneels crying at the ugly reality of his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Col
St. Anthony
Cal
Jester and Jimson Dog Attachment Noted in Ohio State Journal
A brief item reports Jester and Jester’s dog Jimson with a dog that follows him everywhere. The note specifies Jester ties the dog by a rope, as described in the Ohio State Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jester
Biffkins
Jimson
Ohio State Journal
Miss Jessie Stephenson Endorses St Jacobs Oil For Rheumatism
The Aberdeen resident writes that rheumatic pain forced her to cry out when dressing. After using St Jacobs Oil, her condition improved with greater mobility and less pain. She urges others with rheumatism to try the remedy, noting a dramatic turnaround.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Stephenson
Hartington Road
Aberdeen
St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
The Game of Love Gossip
In a New York Sun exchange, Ted notes that the girl who wed the older man is satisfied with the match. Ned adds that the husband overestimated his worth, and the age gap proven, leaves the wife’s view as a stand-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
New York Sun
Cole's Cough Cure Advertises Guaranteed Relief
A vintage ad urges parents to treat croup with Cole's Cough Cure claiming quick cure for children and a guaranteed bottle. The promotion stresses buying only the genuine product from reputable druggists at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
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A humorous dialogue line notes a debate over bathing costume and a remark on a skin remedy. Dean's Ointment is advertised as a remedy priced at 50 cents in drug stores.
Deliberation Before Action: A Limiting Principle
A compact reflection on thinking through consequences before taking irreversible steps. The phrase emphasizes careful planning and forethought to avoid unfixable outcomes.
Impulse Water Wheel and Folding Window Clothes Dryer
Description of a screw holding driver with spring clamps for single-handed use, a folding window clothes dryer for apartments, and Kingman C. Moore’s compact fire pump. The dryer uses window-frame supports and hinged racks for easy storage. The fire pump, powered by streetcar or electric lines, can project water higher than a steam pump and deploys in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corriers
Kingman C. Moore
Macon
Observing Star Altitudes At Sea By Joly Method
Prof. Joly proposes a sea at night method to measure star altitudes when horizon visibility is poor. A rescue signal is dropped from the ship, then the ship steers to bring the star astern and records a log distance. Elevation is read from the sextant with corrections for diurnal westward motion dip and waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joly
Board of Trade
Wireless Telegraphy In Africa Progress and Delays
Reports say steps toward a wireless telegraphy system on the Congo river in South Africa follow England experiments at Withernsea. The project has slowed due to the loss of a vessel carrying apparatus, but the Bahama mast is fixed and operation is hoped soon. An electric fire pump was also noted in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Congo River
South Africa
England
Withernsea
London Electrical Engineer
Inez
Bahama
Impulse Water Wheels Highlight Water Power Innovation
The article describes impulse wheels as a water power design distinct from turbines. Water jets strike elliptical buckets on the wheel, delivering successive impulses as the jet interacts with both sides of each bucket, using its head to drive the wheel and then push away.
Mechanical directory promises rapid name search by turning crank
Inventor outlines a mechanical directory using a narrow index strip that slides past a slot to expose names as a sheet travels. The device reads quickly, with adjustable speed, and updates corrections and address changes. usable as a public information bureau.
Volcanic theory and early telegraph expansion reported
Prof Davis explains that volcanoes form from molten lava rising through crustal fractures, not flames, with eruptions fueled by steam and gases as lava reaches water. Gen Greely books two wireless stations in Alaska with Mercon to link Fort Gibbon and Dates Rapids, ready by Oct. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
A. W. Greely
Signal Corps
Mercon Wireless Telegraph Company
Alaska
Fort Gibbon
Fort Egbert
St. Michael's
Dates Rapids
Tananale River
Drowning Theory Prompts New Resuscitation Claim
A new theory argues that water does not enter the lungs during drowning and that heat and artificial respiration can revive someone underwater for an hour. The proponent of the theory, a doctor, has reportedly demonstrated this feat.
Maine Eaters and Coasting Sailors Dine Heavy at Sea Ports
A Bangor Maine lunchroom tale features a welted eater who consumes eighteen fried eggs and related fare, a Bangor coast captain who berates his cook for insufficient supper, Calais stories of twenty seven boiled eyes and nine teen pickles, and sailor Johnny Mills famed for underdeck appetite on the Ruth Darling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Down East
Bangor
Maine
Prince Edward Island
Jack Spratt
Calais
Johnny Mills
Ruth Darling
Johnny
Bundles In The Capitol And Treasury Carry Rules
A New York World item notes Treasury officials forbid bulky items leaving the Treasury building while allowing entry. At the Capitol, bundles are banned due to bomb fears. Enforcement rose during the Sherman repeal debates, faded, then revived during the Spanish American War era, with cameras later permitted in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Capitol
Senate
New York Mall
Express
Cotton seed saga grows to millions from nuisance
The cotton seed story moves from outlawed nuisance to lucrative asset as 1900 census records show mill operators earning over 42 million from seed oil use in food and industrial products. Oil, hulls, and seed itself fuel markets in oil, soap, butter, paper, fuel, fertilizer and cattle feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Trades union discipline and a worker fined for apprentice help
A British workman guiding a cable into a conduit had his fingers crushed when colleagues pulled the cable. An apprentice aided and was credited with preventing greater harm. A union delegate reported the injured man for allowing an apprentice to assist, and he was fined despite the injury, illustrating harsh discipline and competition concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Backache Relief and Portable School Plans Highlight Week
Mrs Lydia Parker of Grand View Iowa credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing years of backache after one box and part of another. The piece also notes Boston will add forty portable school houses to relocate students, and Miss Julia Filbridge from West Cornwall Connecticut praises Burdock Blood Bitters for a severe skin outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View
Iowua
Lydia Parker
Dodd
Burdock
Julia Filbridge
West Cornwell, Conn
Remarkable Maine Woman Reaches Ninety-Eighth Birthday
Mrs Sabrina Watts Hall of Jonesboro Maine celebrated her ninety eighth birthday on September 8 with fifty or sixty neighbors and friends at her home. She remains bright and active and resides with her daughter Miss Laura in a 105 year old house built by Hate Evil Hall. Her father Samuel Watts Sr helped defend Ma chias during the capture of the British ship Margaretta on June 12 1775 in the first naval action of the Revolutionary War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabrina Watts Hall
Jonesboro
Hall
Laura
Hate Evil Hall
Horace C. Hall
Samuel Watts
Machias
Margaretta
Maine
Bangor
Sister Revealed in Sudden Greet Sparks Chat
A humorous exchange in Chicago News shows Tom learning the bowing stranger is Jack’s sister, and Jack confirms the relation as of last night. The brief ribbing captures a light moment of recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
George
Jack
Chicago News
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pills Marketed as Internal Remedy
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. The product is described as not a quack medicine and said to be a prescription by leading physicians, with testimonials offered and a 75 cent price. Hall's Family Pills are promoted as the best accompanying remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Ioledo
Feedem's restaurant comic plays Dead March from Saul
A quirky incident at Feedem's restaurant ends with a resident organ playing the Dead March from Saul after a boarder throws punched meal tickets into the instrument. The scene is described in a lighthearted vignette from the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feedem's
Feedem
Saul
New York Times
Press Agent and Soubrette Exchange Pitch Remark
A humorous quote from a New York Times item features a press agent telling a soubrette the papers will not print more stories about her and urging her to do the things he claimed she did. The exchange satirizes publicity spins in show business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soubrette
New York Times
Cole's Carbon Salve Promises Quick Care
Local ad offers Cole's Carbon salve to prevent unsightly scars from burns, cuts or scalds. Claims quick healing with guaranteed or money back. Available at druggists for 25 cents and social welfare society items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Senator Croons Attracts A Pony in Field Encounter
State Senator James K. Flood of Hart Michigan met a mounted Indian during a car trip. The horse behaved wildly until the rider declared the animal was not afraid but angry at the senator taking his job, in a wry Brooklyn Eagle quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Flood
Hart, Mich
Joe
Brooklyn Eagle
Patents Listed for Northwestern Inventors
Patents insucd that week go to Edmund Butts Oberon N D and William Dunn Smithville Minn for a roller mill and cutter and a machine for rolling metal beams. John L Kelley St Paul Minn dental bridge work Chas Reger Butte Mont pocket compass Albert J Studnicka Minneapolis Minn drill chuck George Wagner and B B Bird St Paul Minn frame for motor bicycles. Lothby aml Johnson patent attorneys 011 B12 Pioneer Dress Bldg St Paul Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Edmund Butts
Oberon
N. D
Harrow
William Dunn
Smithville
Minn
John L. Kelley
St. Paul
Chas. Reger
Butte
Mont
Albert J. Studnicka
Minneapolis
George Wagner
B. B. Bird
Lothby Aml Johnson
Pioneer Dress
There goes a man who never forgets a favor
A judge notes a stern man crossing the street who values favors done for others, calling the behavior commendable and highlighting loyalty. The remark frames a character study of reciprocal obligation in everyday life.
Weather Prophet Admits Limited Rain Forecast
A weather expert concedes his forecast for rain today was off while defending his role. He says his aim was to give the best opinion possible and notes that accurate foretelling could earn him wealth elsewhere.
Hair dyeing dangers raise eyebrow from Glasgow paper
A Glasgow Evening Times quips about hair dyeing dangers by recounting a witty line: dyeing hair led to a man marrying a widow with four children within three weeks, suggesting the claim may be exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross
Crabbe
Glasgow Evening Times
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Ads and Quotes
An assortment of vintage ad copy and quips. The page features Medicine brand lines for Bromo Quinine tablets and Dr Thomas Electric Oil. Witty one liners reference twins, self reliance and social musings.
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Sie Tse
Chicago
World OF Science
France
Tering
FA Ving
Bureau
Vegetarrier
Trades Union Discipline
Boston
Maéic
Piso
Vanburen, Ind
DR. J. NM. Rindlaur
Faruo
Putnam
Las Lins Wizard Oil
BEO
Washington Star
Jones
Emerson
Monarch
Thomas
Fove
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
le Ibo
Ista
Heyl
Brockton
Mass
Libby
A.V. Tower CO
Sridenarias Pension Bickford
Washington, D. C
N.H. Vols
Oas
Lyon Manufacturing Co
South St. St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Liniment
London BC
Forres
F. Nu
Lished
Woodward & Co
Duluth
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