German Fleet Visit Rumor Sparks American Sentiment US
Washington October 8 Rumors of a sizable German fleet making a friendly visit to the United States after the Pacific battleship Evans may have political implications. Officials would not confirm or deny the talk, while diplomats noted possible aims to gauge American reaction to a show of German goodwill.
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United States
Beet
Adm
Evans
Acific
Navy
Baron Sternberg
Germany
Japan
Orient
Great Britaan
Russia
Pacific
Vladvostok
Hundreds Freed From Joliet Penitentiary By Supreme Court Ruling
Chicago reports indicate acting on a Supreme Court decision the municipal court lacks equal criminal jurisdiction. Attorneys plan to push for release of prisoners housed in Joliet penitentiary, county jail, and Bridewell under the four-term act. Rhudolph Jonas, sentenced for murder, may gain freedom. hundreds of similar cases exist.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Toliet
Rhudolph Jonas
Mill
Husband'sAwful Act. Jeweler in Brooklyn Attacked by Mob
New York October 8 Benjamin Greenberg, a wealthy Brooklyn jeweler, dumped nitric acid on his wife then mob of about 100 men distressed him. Police rescued and arrested him. Also reported two killed in a Mitchell South Dakota railroad wreck as a Milwaukee freight collision involved engineer Dennis B.E. Summer and fireman Welland.
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New York
Charles Knack
Exchange Place
Broadway
William P. Daniels
Domingo
Denver
Col
John Domingo
Czia Patti
Benjamin Greenberg
Brooklyn
Sioux City
Mitchell
S. D
Dennis
Welland
Simple home mixture claimed to cure kidney and bladder issues
A claimed cure for back ache kidney trouble and urinary problems advises mixing Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla then taking a teaspoonful after meals and at night. The notice cites an eminent authority in a New York daily paper praising the remedy as safe and effective.
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New York Daily
Grandchild Coines Wunderchildrenable Flowers Feat
In a family tale a four year old Katherine asks to pick the wunderchildrenable flowers for dinner. Grandmother negotiates Peace by allowing only children’s flowers like dandelions and forget me nots to be picked. The scene ends with a playful family harmony restoration.
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Harriet
Katherine
Grandmother
Known by His Friends and Roving Tales of Wit and Drink
A forlorn man is brought before a magistrate for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. he quotes Swift Byron and Poe as examples while the judge orders thirty days and to list the names. A Virginia professor humorously teaches proper adjectives using malady and a joke about the grippe. In a final quip, a Kentucky colonel cautions that drinking may become necessary on the shady side of sixty.
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Byron
Poe
Lippincott’s Magazine
Grippe
University of Virginia
Kentucky
Transition from Coffee to Postum in Ten Days
An old coffee drinker can quit coffee and switch to Postum without loss of the morning beverage. Boiled Postum with cream rivals coffee in flavor and satisfies connoisseurs. Within ten days the body undergoes a transformation as caffeine is displaced by a nourishing liquid food. The test is easy and supported by the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Doan’s Kidney Pills Relieve Severe Kidney Trouble
B Frank Doremus of Indianapolis describes a decade of kidney pain dropsy and swelling after military service. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with subsiding swelling normalizing urine and ending pain, reporting nine years of wellness since use. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Surety Had Prize Fly in Malden Chicken Farm Tale
Poultney Bigelow praises a forthcoming Malden chicken farm while recalling a humorous anecdote about Hora tio Rogers. Rogers confesses buying a $50 incubator and $15 eggs to hatch a blubottle fly, claiming to own the only $65 bluebottle fly in the world.
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Poultney Bigelow
Malden
Horatio Rogers
Rash Rogers
Mr. Bigelow
Rash
Rogers
Cure for Eczema with Cuticura Promised
A Chicago man details a year of itching from eczema and credits Cuticura remedies for complete relief after using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills costing a dollar and twenty five cents. The note accompanies a Plainfield New Jersey visit anecdote about corporal punishment and a Gibraltar dentist.
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Walter W. Paglasch
N. Rabey St
Chicago
Lib
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with 100 dollar reward
An advertisement offers a 100 dollar reward for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It includes testimonials about F J Cheney and mentions distributors in Toledo. The notice describes the product’s claimed medical action and price. Also cited is Consul G H Scidmore reporting 1906 Japanese deep sea fisher catch values totaling $557,085 and additional coastal catches.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
API
Waboring, KinNan & Marvin
Oo Hall
All Drugetaca
Yake All
G. H. Scidmore
Nagasaki
Vanderbilt anecdotes reveal democracy amid wealth
The piece recalls Miss Gladys Vanderbilt's inheritance and a story about Commodore Vanderbilt's response to a rival guest. It contrasts his polite greeting with a jab from his daughter about a former business acquaintance. A Peittyville resident scorns a pompous figure who refuses ordinary errands.
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Gladys Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Commodore
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