Scrofula and its effects on childhood health
The text describes scrofula developing slowly from childhood disturbances, causing digestive issues, catarrh, constitutional weakness, and swollen glands, with a warning to ensure eradication. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for humors.
Miss Johnson and Ab’s Gamble Sparks Farewell
The Chicago News reports a dramatic exchange where Miss Johnson accuses Ab of lacking understanding and of gambling away their future. Ab defends by saying she never loved him, while hints of shared past with George and Wines surface in a terse, haughty exchange.
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Miss Johnson
Chicago News
Brown Jones exchange over reading tales on geniuses
In a Detroit Free Press exchange Brown and Jones discuss why tales that paint geniuses as unruly children promote lazy beliefs that such behavior guarantees eventual genius.
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Brown
Jones
Detroit Free Press
Advance in Prices Hits Binding Twine Market
Prices for binding twine rise half a cent per pound across grades. Demand surges as oat harvests and wheat straw increase need, with Northwest surveys showing strong home production. Cover Leaf Brand offers high quality at lower cost per 1000 feet, prompting early orders before harvest peak.
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Misissippi
Northwest
Prands
Train drives up price for dregs in amusing rail tale
In a Baltimore American style tease a husband balks at four hundred dollars for a thing mocked as dregs while his wife defends the train’s influence. A second panel from the New York Evening Sun notes Miss Newlyrich learning hearts, misplaying diamonds as her mother proudly explains she has many diamonds upstairs.
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Baltimore American
Thin skinned vanity and a narcotic grass note
A Baltimore remark on skin deep vanity and a joke about skin as well as a health note on Sleepy grass found in New Mexico Texas and Siberia. The plant acts as a strong narcotic causing 24 to 48 hours of stupor in horses and sheep, while a subway victim recalls a brief moment away from New York in Life magazine.
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Eanty
Tam
Baltimore
New Mexico
Texas
Siberia
The
Sur
New York
Bad Blood and Complexion Remedies Endorsement
An advertisement extols S.S.S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier for skin diseases including eczema acne and psoriasis. It cites cases from St Louis and Atlanta promising dramatic clear skin by cleansing the blood rather than superficial treatments. The copy warns against arsenic and potash lotions and urges readers to request a book and consult physicians.
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HT. Shobe
Iraq
Lucas Avenue
St. Louis
Gandy Setcivic Courany
Atlanta
Absorbing interests cure blues of the times
A discourse on blues and melancholy argues for absorbing pursuits as remedies. It cites Ursula Gesterfeld, a vain young woman, and a Grimaldi anecdote to illustrate mood shifts. Joy, humor, and social engagement are presented as natural tonics, with admonitions against self pity and isolation.
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Ursula Gesterfeld
Charles Newcomb
Chinese star Chew Foo faces Korean-like heckling in San Francisco
The San Francisco call reports Chew Foo, acclaimed Chinese actor, was pelted with decayed eggs and firecrackers after performing in Chinatown. Fans and critics clashed over his age costume choice as Sergeant Conboy watched the riot unfold amid amid confusion and pan demonium on Washington Street.
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San Francisco
Chew Foo
New York
Edwin Booth
Hamlet
Washington Stret Theater
Conboy
Chinatown
Jaway
A Bloody Slave Revolt Threat Averted in New Jersey
A desperate revolt by Acquackanock district slaves in New Jersey was thwarted when an intoxicated Indian keeper of a distillery overheard their plans. He informed nearby farmers, leaders were captured in Newark, and many slaves were whipped to suppress the mutiny. The incident followed the post Revolutionary push for emancipation among enslaved people.
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New Jersey
Acquackanoack
New York
Ramapo Mountains
Passaic
Ile
Dong So
Newark
Lee’s Theory on Maine Destruction At City Talk
General Fitzhugh Lee proposes an outside explosion caused the Maine disaster. He cites divers finding keys to the magazine with the captain and two blasts during the blast sequence. The U S court of Inquiry affirmed an external explosion but found no individuals responsible.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Maine
Indianapolis Journal
Weyler
Mny
Cuba
Sigsbee
Court of Inquiry
Lee
United States Court of Inquiry
Milk Seller Declares Water a Great Gift to Man
A slim individual proclaims water the greatest gift to man while denying Prohibitionist views, explaining he sells milk. The bystander greets him cordially as the exchange reveals a wary sentiment toward the red flag metaphor.
Portland Fourth of July Celebration Promises Grandeur
The Portland Fourth of July committee plans a two day event eclipsing prior celebrations with a Los Angeles fireworks display and hundreds of rockets. The parade will include the Oregon National Guard Third regiment five local bands and civic groups. Gen Summers Capt Shaw Julius Meier Louis Rosenblatt C H Melaane and Dan McAllen head planning with railroads offering reduced fares to attract visitors from across the state.
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Portland
Los Angeles
Oregon National Guard
Co. E
Wood
Oregon
Porthind
Gen. Summers
Capt
J.P. Shaw
Julius L. Meier
Louis Rosenblatt
C. H. Melaane
Dan McAllen
Ian
Judicial Decisions and Cultural Notes from the Era
Overview of cases on street railway riders as passengers not servants, corporate dissolution for diploma mills, invalid promissory notes, enforceability of corporation notes, and liability in cold storage poultry cases. Includes discussion of malicious discharge of a servant, Japanese porcelain repair aesthetics, and a New Zealand geyser eruption history with Tarawera eruption details and fatalities.
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Dickinson
West End
RB. Co
Mass
L. BR. A
Mount Hope College Company
Ohio
S. L. KR
Jones Vs. Dannenberg Co
Second National Bank Ve. Midland Steel Company
Ind
Allen Vs. Somers
Conn
Moran Va. Dunphy
Empress Frederick Exhibits Art And Charity Auction
The Empress Frederick admired as an artist with Windsor water colors on display. At a charity bazaar two of her paintings sold for 1000 pounds each. The text questions how many know all items in toc manus and hints at forming an exclusive society. It reflects on old fashions and nocturnal habits.
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Frederick
Windsor
Peruna Cures Nervins Claims From 1902 Letters
Letters from Mrs X Schneider of Chicago and Mrs Fanny Klavadtasel of Summitville New York praise Peruna for curing systemic catarrh and pelvic symptoms after months of suffering. They report restoring health, improved appetite, and urge other women to try the remedy. Send for Health and Beauty from Dr Hartman’s Sanitarium.
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X. Schneider
Chicago
Lil
Peruna
Mres. X. Schneider
Fanny Kiavadatecher
Summiteville
N. Y
Fanny Klavadtasel
8. B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Admiral Schley at Annapolis Cemetery Conversation
The New York Times quotes Admiral Schley strolling a naval cemetery in Annapolis where he meets an old sailor. The sailor salutes and humorously remarks it will be finer when some admirals get planted there, highlighting wartime reverence and dry naval wit.
Banking by Mail and Portland Trust Company of Oregon
The Portland Trust Company of Oregon offers certificates of deposit usable in Oregon California Maryland Wisconsin and other areas. Farmers and stockmen can earn interest up to withdrawal date by using 90 day certificates with notice given months ahead, such as notice on September 15 to withdraw December 15. Additional information is available on request.
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Portland Trust Company of Oregon
Oregon
California
Maryland
Wisconsin
Portland Trust Company of
Portland Trust Company of Oregon Incorporated
J. Comen
B. Lee Paget
Trum Company
Third Street
Portland
Excerpt from a school day transcript shows role reversal
A classroom exchange reveals a teacher catching Henry for writing a late excuse for his father. Henry admits the note is his and that his father signed it. The teacher questions the name confusion and jokes about Henry forgetting the signature.
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Henry
Doston
Rummage Sale Banter Sparks Bargain Plot
In a humorous exchange from Puck, Muggsy and Younse haggle over a pair of trousers at a rummage sale. Swipes exults that the garments are ill fitting, while a potential buyer plots to buy them back from the seller’s husband for five dollars.
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Puck
Diamonds Found in Placer Deposits Near Cape Nome
Diamonds weighing from a half carat to a carat were discovered in placer deposits on Golo vin bay about 40 miles east of Cape Nome by miners washing out gold. The report notes the find and its context in local prospecting.
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Golovin Bay
Cape Nome
Mivers
Life is not worth living says Max O Rell
An aphorism by Max O Rell notes that enjoyment persists even in old age when sharing marbles with boys and telling long fairy tales to girls.
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Max O'Rell
Prize Coupons for Monopole Coffee Spice and Baking Powder
An advertisement offers prize coupons with every can of Monopole Coffee Spice and Baking Powder. Consumers can request a sample coupon and tin by mailing two two-cent stamps and the grocer’s name and address to Wadhame Kerr Bros. Portland Oregon.
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Wadhame & Kerr Bros
Portland
Oregon
Mystery Death at the Cliff Reported in Collier's Weekly
A dramatized dialogue recalls a man who leapt from a cliff in a mysterious death and a husband who bet his wife was at the bottom, with a correction that the fall was by his own action rather than suicide, as noted in Collier's Weekly.
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Charles
Collier's Weekly
Hamlin’s Wizard Oil Sells Inexpensive Relief
A 19th century style exchange praises Ze Miss Milvons and her bonnet spending, as the baron suggests a milliner proposal. The ad touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a remedy for various pains with bottles priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Tin Mines Reach High Bolivian Elevation Across Regions
Bolivian tin mines lie at 14 000 feet above sea level spanning the departments of Oruro Potosi La Paz and Cochabamba with ore production tied to these highland districts.
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Oruro
Votosi
la Paz
Cochabamaba
Allen's Foot Fres Cure Adwar in LeRoy N Y
An old advertisement promises relief for sore feet with Allen's Foot Ease. It targets swollen feet blisters callouses and ingrown nails claiming a sure cure and offering free trial by mail through a LeRoy New York address.
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Allen
Fine Bust of McKinley Shown By Emma Cadwalader Guild
Emma Cadwalader Guild has completed a fine bust of the late President McKinley. It is pronounced one of the most life like productions yet seen.
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Emma Cadwalader
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