Golden Medical Discovery Promises Vital Forest Based Cure
Dr. R V Pierce presents Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic extracted from native roots to purify the blood and regulate stomach liver and kidneys. The advertisement claims it cures indigestion biliousness constipation and related ailments without alcohol or habit forming drugs and warns against substitutes. It also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and cathartic aid.
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R.V. Pierce
Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Queen Alexandria's Book Nears Quick Publisher Deal
Queen Alexandria has written a book and expects a swift publisher find. The royal author’s manuscript attracts strong interest from multiple houses.
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Alexandria
Artist’s temperament may borrow and forget to pay
A compact aphorism notes that even creative individuals can incur debt or financial obligations yet fail to settle them, highlighting human inconsistency in payment behavior.
Best Results in Starching By De fiance Starch
The ad proclaims best starching results come from De fiance Starch and claims some money can be earned without cooking when using it.
Woman writer seeks payment for accepted magazine story
A female author had her story accepted by a magazine and waited long for payment. She sent a brief note requesting a check for the story to buy a new hat. A draft for eight dollars arrived, prompting another letter stating she wanted a hat not a veil. A second eight dollar check followed.
Prayer Amid Thunder Shock at Women’s Meeting
A prominent member of the Young Women’s Christian Association in an Eastern city addressed a large gathering of women. The address was interrupted by a heavy thunder shower. She and the audience trembled in silence as a blinding flash and a thunder clap followed. She rose and prayed asking for protection, noting that feathers are non conductors.
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Young Women’s Christan Association
Winter Weakness Boosted by Dr Williams Pink Pills
A Detroit woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength, appetite, and color after six months of feebleness. The ad touts the pills as a non stimulant blood tonic that acts quickly and lasts, available at drug stores.
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Dr. Williams
The Vicissitudes of Actors Quote and Cape Town Death
James K. Hackett notes the odd fortunes of actors. A Brown relative recounts Jim's death by ostrich eggs during a Cape Town tour, prompting a grim laugh at the irony.
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James K. Hackett
Brown
South Africa
Jim
Cape Town
Yeflance Church Package Offers 16 Ounce Starch
A local ad promotes a 16 ounce starch package priced at 19 cents. It claims one third more starch for the same money, indicating a value deal. The notice focuses on product weight and price to attract buyers.
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Yeflance Church
Ministers Die Young Versus Rule of Long Life
A brief reflection contrasts the saying that ministers live long with the notion that the good die young. It notes the paradox in religious and moral judgment about longevity and virtue.
HATE MEASURE PASSES HOUSE
The house passed the Hepburn railroad rate bill with 346 votes for and seven Republicans against. President Roosevelt expects Senate passage with little change and welcomes the action as aligning with his rate reform recommendations. The bill authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to set reasonable maximum rates after investigation and includes new definitions and expanded commission powers.
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Washington
House
Littlefield
Maine
McCall
Weeks
Massachusetts
Perkins
Southwick
Senate
Roosevelt
Hepburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wholesale arrests in Trans Baikalia reported
General Lineviteh reports mass arrests of revolutionaries at Chita in Transbaikalia. Among the detainees are eighty one soldiers, and large quantities of arms and explosives have been surrendered. General Linoviteh says order is restored at Chita and Vladivostok is reported tranquil in a dispatch from General Mistchenko.
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Trans-Baikalia
St. Petersburg
Lineviteh
Chita
Transbaikalia
Linoviteh
Mistchenko
Vladivostok
Admiral Chonknin Wounded by Woman at Sebastopol
Vice Admiral Chonknin, commander of the Black Sea fleet, was wounded yesterday when a woman attacked him in his office at Sebastopol. A sentry who came to aid fired at the assailant killing her. No statement yet on the admiral's injuries.
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Sebastopol
Chonknin
Black Sea
Chouknin
Boneparte
Lucien Young
The
Bennington
Young
Navy
Plague Report in Siberian Army Details Abnormal Case Numbers
General Lineviteh reports 220 cases of Siberian plague in the army. Total hospital sickness includes 744 officers and 14,282 men across the forces.
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St. Petersburg
Lineviteh
Ticket Agent Pleads Guilty In Kansas Depot Fire Case
M. M. Letts, a Santa Fe railroad employee at Princeton Kansas, admitted stealing tickets worth several thousand dollars and setting fire to the depot to conceal the robbery. He was sentenced yesterday in criminal court to five years in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
M. M. Letts
Santa Fe Railroad
Princeton
Kans
Rough cloths shaped into princes walking suits with bolero
A fashion item described as rough cloths transformed into princely walking suits featuring an extra bolero. The piece highlights tailoring and a distinctive outer layer, suggesting a period style emphasis on refined ensembles.
Directors Fill Vacancies After Leeds Resigns From Rock Island System
New directors elected across six Rock Island railroad companies to fill W. B. Leeds vacancy and to occupy positions once held by the late Marshall Field. Robert Mather James Campbell B F Yoakum and others assume finance director and executive roles in multiple lines including Chicago Rock Island Pacific Kansas City and Evansville branches.
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New York
Rock Island Railroad
W. B. Leeds
Marshall Field
Leeds
Rock Island
Robert Mather
James Campbell
B. F. Yoakum
Mr. Yoakum
Marshall Fred
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Mr. Leeds
F. L. Hine
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
C. W. Hilliard
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
George T. Boggs
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway Company
Countess Faces Divorce Hurdle Over Abandoned Home
Paris notices the Countess de Castellane delayed divorce by fleeing to the Hotel Bristol, legally abandoning her home and children, which under French law blocked her from obtaining judicial permission to start divorce actions. She returned home and later reportedly secured permission to depart under the law.
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Paris
Countess de Castellane
Bristol
La Follette Bill Prohibits Free Passes for Campaign Use
In Washington the La Follette anti pass bill bans free passes or franks to any political committee or its staff for U S candidates or office holders. Violations carry imprisonment from one to five years or fines from 100 to 5000 dollars. Railroad workers on duty are exempt.
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Washington, D. C
la Follette
Senate
United States
Banks Rally To Save Inter-State Savings Bank
Peoria Illinois reports relief as banks accept Inter-State Savings and Trust bank paper at par after the suicide of Dr. George H. Simmons, pastor of the First Baptist Church, easing city bank tensions.
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Peoria
Ill
George H. Simmons
First Baptist Church
Inter-State Savings and Trust Bank
Work by Any Other Name Would Be Quit as Unattractive
A brief item notes a naming dispute or branding concern where the phrase work by any other name echoes a Shakespearean twist. The line implies a critique of attractiveness tied to naming choices in a public or artistic context. No further specifics are provided.
Post Office Contractors Win West Route Awards
The Post Office awards four year contracts for delivering nails on 3 741 star routes west of the Mississippi excluding Minnesota Iowa and Missouri covering 69 186 miles of routes and 2 408 193 dollars annual pay. Also notes on Taft actions Shiloh monuments and senate commerce committee debates.
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Washington
Fbruary
Postofice Department
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Promotion and political notes in the 1907 session
The president picks Brig Gen Frederick Dent Grant to be promoted to major general to fill a vacancy from Sumner's retirement. Representative Hepburn cannot be placed on the Interstate Commerce Commission before his term ends March 4 1907. The constitution restricts lawmakers from civil offices created during their term, barring Hepburn from joining the commission under any bill this session.
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Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
Governor's Island
New York
Sumner
Hepburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Gre Nt
Interstate Commercs Commission
Frozen rabbit exports to England from Australia noted
A quirky report cites twelve million frozen rabbits annually shipped from Australia to England. In Paris an odd plea by a man named Iverard is described, detailing his life robbing beggars and a fatal assault on two resisters, for which he received life penal servitude.
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Australia
Fngand
Paris
Wreten Nameu Iverard
Anc
Western Canada's Marvelous Crop Returns
The Canadian West shows dramatic growth in wheat oats and barley acreage and yields from 1898 to 1904 with a peak in 1904. Alberta and Saskatchewan rise as new provinces after 1905 and Alberta Red winter wheat proves adaptable. Forward movement and railways boost settlement and future prospects. Full information from a Canadian Government Agent.
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Canadian
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Saskatchewan
West
Silk Compared With Vegetable Fiber Absorbency Claim
A brief note states silk absorbs odor less freely than vegetable fiber due to odor retention. The passage discusses warmth absorbency and the odor problem associated with silk compared to plant fibers.
Defiance Starch Claim Promises Better Value
A sales pitch urges customers to try Defiance Starch with a money back option. It claims the product offers one third more for the same price and will not stick to iron while delivering satisfaction.
The Jarrah Tree Wood Endures for Ships and Insects
The piece extols jarrah timber from Australia as the most durable wood noting its resistance to insects and exposure. It claims ships built from jarrah have sailed twenty or thirty years without copper sheathing.
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Australia
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises 5 Cent Package
A brief ad notes a large 207. package of Red Cross Ball Blue offering shoppers a 5 cent price. The fragment references the Kuss Company of South Bend as the maker.
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Kuss Company
South Bend
Travel by Michigan Central Niagara Falls Route Ad
Cheap travel to New York or Boston via the Niagara Falls Route. Tourist sleeping car from Chicago to Boston daily except Friday. Inquiries to local ticket agent or address L. D. Heusner, G. W. P. A. 119 Adams St., Chicago.
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New York
Boston
Michigan Central
Niagara Falls
Chicago
L. D. Heusner
Adams
Chicaro
London Lady Interview Ends With Extra Guineas
A serious-minded London lady concludes an interview with a cook after confirming family prayers at morning and evening. The cook, pleased, notes that two guineas extra are required for the arrangement.
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London
Queer remarks on literary style outside marriage
A remark on how men write with more refined style when not composing for their wives appears, noting a shift in tone and technique in domestic versus public writing.
Defiance Cold Water Starch Offers More for the Same Price
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use as it fills 16 oz per package, unlike competing starches in %-pound packages, yet costs 19 cents. The product is advertised as free from injurious chemicals and guaranteed not to stick to irons. Retailers stock matters noted.
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Defiance
Defianeca
Individuals face disgrace while dodging poverty
The text notes multiple people encounter disgrace as they struggle to escape poverty, highlighting social stigma and hardship linked to financial deprivation.
The Sacramento Valley Prospect for Irrigated Agriculture
A detailed tour by Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce extols the Sacramento Valley 160 miles long, highlighting vast fertile land, pending reclamation by US Reclamation Service, and the shift to irrigated farming with small plots under 40 acres. It emphasizes favorable climate, growth of irrigation, and strong opportunity for enterprising individuals. A. J. Wells promotes related pamphlets and booklets from the Southern Pacific and Fortier.
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California
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Sacramento River
United States Reclamation Service
S. Fortier
United States Department of Agriculture
Southern Pacific
Sacramento Valley
A. J. Wells
Man Seen in Muddy Clothes Drops Book On Uptown Avenue
A well dressed but mud stained man staggered along an uptown New York avenue and dropped a paper covered book from his overcoat pocket. The title was The Simple Life and many bystanders noted it as he wandered.
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New York
Greatest American Railroad System Structural Treatise
A descriptive praise of the New York Central and its feeder lines. The piece likens the network to a river system draining the middle west toward Buffalo and New York, detailing connections from Chicago to Buffalo and feeder lines to Cleveland, Detroit, and Mackinaw, while praising management under W. H. Newman.
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Chicago
New York Central
Commodore Vanderbilt
Mississippi
Atlantic
Middle West
Atlantic Ocean
Buffalo
New York
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Detroit
Mackinaw
Cleveland
Big Four
Sandusky
Lake Erie and
Western
Lake Erie
Toledo
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Crira
St Louis
Peoria
Chicsco
Upper Lake Region
W. H. Newman
Aysery
Eiffel Tower Shifts Shorter by Eight Inches in Winter
The famous structure becomes eight inches shorter in winter than in summer due to temperature effects on the iron framework. Engineers note expansion in heat and contraction in cold cause the annual fluctuation.
Defiance Stared Detergent Ad Claims White Clothes
An old ad asserts Defiance Stared keeps whites bright and clean. It markets a 16 ounce bottle promising effective whitening for laundry and emphasizes ease of use and quick results.
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W. . Leeds
Rockland
Moore Bros
Mather
Des Moines
Lafollette
Bill
Dolliver
Hull and Lacey
Taft
Shiloh
Jones’ Field
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cdo
Clapp
Nelliver-Hepburn
Foraker
Aldrich
Elkins
Foreker
Canada
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