Toledo Veterans Gather Amid Deaths and Parade
In Toledo on September 1 crowds of veterans fill the city as encampment events unfold. Two deaths are reported among attendees, including the Findlay prosecutor’s mother and James N. Bennett of Indiana, with coroner investigations underway. Gen. Adams withdraws for Gen. Nevins, citing sympathy for an empty-sleeve candidate and political timing.
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Toledo
Bay View Park
Charles E. Adams
Superior
Neb
Adams
New Jersey
Henry M. Nevins
Nevins
Ira P. Griswold
Lexington
John A. Dempster
Omaha
Nebraska
W. L. David, Jr
Findlay
Standard Oil
Arthur L
Jas. N. Bennett
Peru
Ind
Jefferson Avenue
Toledo Hospital
Mother dies rescuing children after leap into water
In Jamaica Bay a mother, Mrs Richard A Bademacher, plunged to her death while trying to save two leaping children. The 11 year old girl and 7 year old boy also perished as a rescue party fought currents and capsized a float. most rescuers were saved. The event followed a frantic effort by the husband who was confined for safety.
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New York
Richard A
Bademacher
Jamaica Bay
Richard A. Rademacher
Mrs Mary E H Rouse Credits Kidney Pills For Cure
Mrs Rouse of Cambridge New York details years of kidney trouble including back pains disordered secretions and fatigue. She describes quick relief and full recovery after using Deans Kidney Pills and notes her excellent health now. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mary E. H. Rouse
Cambridge
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Absent Minded Exchange Sparks School Reminder
A cartoonish scene shows an old man chiding a boy for fishing outdoors instead of attending school. The boy replies with a humorous admission, implying he forgot to go to class. The strip captures a light moral about education.
Cure for Eczema in Three Children Prompts Montreal Testimony
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal testifies that using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured eczema on her three daughters and healed a bleeding neck fold on another baby after several applications. She notes the remedies worked quickly with the next morning improvement.
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Akin
Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duluth St
Montreal
Que
Unanimous Vote At Banquet Ends With Public Tank
A German immigrant who had just arrived at a wealthy estate attended his first banquet. The wine proved vile yet he emptied the set aside bottles for the group. After finishing, he joked he had drained all their wine and saved them the trouble, prompting a public tank vote.
Too Much Afraid of Dirt In Daily Hygiene Debate
The Washington Herald argues cleanliness is overemphasized amid scientific talk. Dirt defined as matter out of place, hygiene as placing it correctly, and the piece urges less fear of contact with earth and smell.
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Washington Herald
When the Little Man Scored
A meek-looking man with a large pasteboard box climbed aboard and bumped a sleepy passenger. The man complained the car felt like a freight car, and another passenger quipped that it was neither a battle car nor a freight car.
Postum Promotes Palatable Caffeine Free Drink
Reader letters praise Postum as the same well brewed beverage with a pleasant flavor that never changes. They claim better health outcomes, including relief from gall colic and headaches, and note that Postum contains no caffeine unlike coffee.
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Pontum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Tre
Wellville
Vkga
Fran
Humen
Western Canada Wheat Boom Prompts Immigration Push
The vast grain growth from Winnipeg to Alberta turns Western Canada into a breadbasket with yields of 25 to 50 bushels per acre. American farmers gain wealth from wheat oats and land sales as climate and currents favor long winters and mild summers. Exporters report record quality and weight for Canadian grain, while settlers recount rising prosperity and new homes replacing old shanties.
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United States
Canada
Dominion West
Winnipeg
Alberta
Canadian West
Western Prairies
Calgary
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Montana
Edmonton
Denver
Wyoming
California
New England
Japan
Dominion
Ore
A. Kaltenbrunner
Negina
Western Canada
Serler
Union
Western
West
Rockies
What the Trade Mark Means to the Buyer
The piece explains how a trademark signals product merit and manufacturer responsibility. It contrasts branded goods with imitators and highlights National Lead Company's Dutch Boy White Lead as a purity guaranty, offering free testing tools sent from its New York office.
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National
New York
Woodbridge Building
Aunt Mandy’s Quick Marriages in a Southern Tale
A washed woman nicknamed Aunt Mandy recounts matrimony as she jokes about two husbands. She describes her first husband dying naturally and then marrying again last Sunday. Her patrons engage with humorous questions about his worth.
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Mandy
Aunt Mandy
Jesus
An 1880s Medical Quackery Ad and Anecdote
A torn passage mixes a Mary Baker Eddy anecdote about sleep and medicine with an 1880s fraud notice offering one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Mall's Catarrh Cure. The Toledo area names Frank J. Cheney and E. H. Cheney are shown as endorsers with mock testimonials and a drugstore pitch.
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Mary G. Baker Eddy
State
Ohio
Lucas County
J. Chesry
FL. Cunxey &Co
Tuleds
J. Cheney
A.W. Cleason
Bray Novaky
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mall
Mentally Sound in Odd Exchange at UC
The dialogue features Miss Pinkle and others reacting to a man who claims his mind is sound but its body is wrong. Miss Goode notes Mixa Bloomer’s retained youth while Chelius counters she keeps her age quiet. The fragment hints at a humorous social exchange in a campus setting.
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Miss Pinkle
Mixa Bloomer
Miss Goode
Miss Chelius
Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy Endorsed by Denver Woman
A Denver woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after surgery and years of illness. The letter touts backache, bearing down, and periodic pains as reliefs from the remedy, and urges other women to seek Pinkham's advice at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Johnny’s Pa Urges Johnny to Keep Looking for Things
A father counsels his son Johnny to observe and seek out opportunities. He urges steady curiosity and persistence as essential for progress, echoing a lively, older newspaper voice.
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Johnny
Baseball Technicality Called Off For Dari ness
A group of boys playing in an apartment yard are told to stop by a waiter in the kitchen. One boy asks why and another replies the game was called off on account of dari ness.
Dialogue on Self-Defense Sparks Quiet Exchange
A brief exchange contrasts women and men on talking and listening. One speaker questions why women talk so much while the other suggests women are less tired by talk than men. The remark hints at gender dynamics in everyday conversation.
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