Magnetic healer cures many ailments in testimonials
A Freeport Illinois reader recounts rapid relief from rheumatism, nervousness, headaches, asthma, paralysis, and eye trouble after seeking treatment from Drs. Newton. Other testimonials from Lena, Joliet, and Bolton praise magnetic therapy for tape worm removal and deafness improvement, with gratitude to the practitioners.
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Drs. Newton
Dra
Newton
Sam
Reese
Lona
Daily Vestibuled Trains Between Freeport and Chicago
New schedule effective Sunday May 13 adds Buffet Parlor Car to train No 151 with 4:45 pm departure from Chicago and No 161 on Sundays. Return train No 150 leaves Freeport at 7:35 am daily. Running time reduced by five minutes.
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Lor
Freeport
Chicago
Cicago
Freeort
Chicao
Haseen
Early and Late. Harlem gardens near water tower area
Readable text notes Harlem gardens north of a water tower and mentions H. D. Converse in connection with the site. Details are sparse and no clear event or date is provided.
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Harlem Gardens
Houth of
Water Tower
H. D. Converse
Counterfeit Cuban stamps report denied by Post Office
Washington officials reject claims of $2,000,000 counterfeit Cuban stamps produced in Muncie Indiana. Department notes stamp shipments to Havana last in 1809 and outlines steps with the Senate and executive branch on Neely case, plus discussion on retroactive extradition laws and ongoing Havana postal investigations led by Rathbone and Wood.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Muncie
Ind
Cochran
Neely
Iavana
Department
Griggs
Judiciary Committee
House
Cuba
Senate
Ray Jenkins
Wisconsin
Littlefield
DeArmond
Clayton
Alabama
Ray
Congress
Spain
United States
Terry
Arkansas
Rathbone
Navana
Reeves
General Wood
Havana
Skullduggery Not Proved In Neely Case In Indiana
Government detectives questioned Chris Havens, foreman at Neely Printing, about Cuban stamps allegedly printed for Neely. Havens and others deny awareness of such evidence and say only blanks were produced for the postal service. Neely’s banking associate Charl A. Spilker denies any crookedness, noting Neely’s Cuban interests and his modest bank balance after bond funds were withdrawn.
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Muncie
Ind
Cuba
Neely
Spilker
George W. Spilker
Muncle
Wood Denies Major Counterfeit Stamp Report As Fraud
General Wood dismisses a Muncie Indiana claim of nearly two million dollars in counterfeit stamps printed and sent to Cuban post offices as a canard. He says no such stamps have been sent and cites Reeves’ confession as the key link, with other statements needing corroboration before action. The piece notes defalcations may total between 100,000 and 125,000 and mentions Neely allegedly defrauding customs of thousands.
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Wood
Muncie
Reeves
Vavana
End
Neely
Unclear Postal Stamps Case Tied to Havana Paper Shipments
The article discusses ties by importers for postal use and large paper sales to a Havana printing house. Confessions from Reeves and Rich, plus statements from string clerks and Baracon postmaster, bolster evidence against Neely. Reeves claims stamps were not destroyed. some alleged lackages were actually bundles of paper bits.
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Havana
Reeves
Rich
Neely
Proclamation Warns Filipinos Over Commission Slaughtered
May 1 Maude reports a Manila circulated proclamation dated May 4 from Polio Island asserts the commission appointed by resident Melinley lacks congress authorization and urges Filipinos not to surrender arms while welcoming the commission for discussions on their preferred government. In Samar May 1 about 1000 of the enemy attacked Party-third infantry. 209 rebels killed, 3 Americans wounded. Major Gilmore and 100 of the Forty-third ambushed May 6 near Pampang Samar. 75 rebels killed, no American casualties.
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Catarina
Island of
Samar
Party-third
Gilmore
Forty-third
Pambugan
Trade Continues Dull Amid Weak Prices Across Sectors
Bradstreet’s reports continued dullness in many branches with lower quotations for corn pork butter cheese wool and cotton as well as petroleum and lead. Wheat edged higher while wool softened. Dry goods distribution remained narrow and wholesale and reorder business slack. US business failures totaled 155 for the week, compared with 174 last week and prior years.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
London
United States
Senate and House actions in Erie and Washington May 19
The senate devoted most of May 19 to the post office appropriation bill’s pneumatic tube service with no action. Morgan urged an inquiry into the Panama Canal Co while criticizing it. A bill allowed a Superior Wisconsin court term and banned interstate transport of game violative of local law. The house backed pay for Confederate soldiers wounded after Civil War. Governor Smith appointed Martin Maginnis US senator, ignoring acting governor Spriggs who had reappointed Clark.
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Senate
House
Erie
Washington
Post Office
Morgan
Panama Canal Company
Circuit
United States
Superior
Wis
Appommattox
Lee
Grant
Clark
Helena
Mont
Smith
Martin Maginnis
William A. Clark
Spriggs
Prisoner Shot During Escape Attempt at Precidio
San Francisco reports that A. C. Bergum, a military prisoner at the Presidio, was shot and killed yesterday while attempting to escape with several other prisoners.
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San Francisco
A. C. Bergum
Presidio
Azean czar age 32 as Russia glorifies
The czar was 32 yesterday and Russia celebrated. A Scandinavian named Philip Northland killed seven men and wounded four aboard the steamship Carl Pring off Koping Sweden. Three blacks were hanged in Alabama for murder. Reverend Robert Wood Barnwell was elected bishop adjutor of the Alabama Episcopal diocese. Chief I C G Baker of Madison named John Sullivan a patrolman. Madison law students gave Professor Bruce a gun baby carriage. The Danish government will not sell the West Indies. Louis Paul Surdez left 30,000 francs to a relative in Switzerland and is believed in Chicago. The Duke of Orleans will not resign from London’s Bachelors club. Mrs Natvie Powers was knocked down by a bicycle rider in Chicago and refused medical attention. Richmond threatens to secede from Greater New York. Dietz sues the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, calling it the sugar trust’s tool. Colombian troops defeated insurgents in a 70 hour battle. America’s corn kitchen at the Paris exposition opened.
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Russia
Philip Northland
Carl Pring
Koping
Sweden
Alabama
Robert Wood Barnwell
Selma
Ala
Alabama Episcopal Diocese
CG. Baker
Madison
Wis
Bachelors’ Club
London
Natvie Powers
Dochelle
Chicago
Borough of
Richmond
Greater
New York
Charles H. Dietz
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
Sugar Trust
America
King John signs contentious royal document amid baronial pressure
Side Lights on History notes a confrontation where King John resists radical terms urged by barons. The scene features a ceremonial signature, with sharp exchanges on changing the kingdom, contrasted by promotional comic quotes about medicines.
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King John
John
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap Cough Remedy
A campaign-like note touts Boschee's German Syrup for severe throat and lung troubles, promising healing, reduced inflammation, easier expectoration, and better sleep. It claims global success and urges trial with a sample at Joseph Emmert's store.
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Boschee
Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrel
Lord Roberts Visits Paralysed Old Comrade in London
In the Afghan campaign of 1880 a brother officer fell paralysed and has lived shunning society in London. Lord Roberts always calls to cheer him and read proof-sheets from Forty One Years in India before publication. Amid bustle and bereavement he visits his lifelong friend. H Clark of Chauncey Ga credits De Witts Witch Hazel Salve with curing twenty years of piles and skin troubles. Counterfeits warned against.
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Lord Roberts
Lfe
London
India
H. Clark
Chauncey, Ga
de Witt
H. J. Moogk
Sultan and friend discuss rare ulthnatumis price
Abdul Hamid and a guest examine a vast ulthnatumis collection. The guest asks which is finest. He points to a specimen from the United States. The sultan notes a price of $100,000 as a stiff figure.
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Abdul Hamid
United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
Readers learn of a claimed universal cure for catarrh, with testimonials offered. The ad states Hall's Catarrh Cure works constitutionally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, promising $100 if it fails, and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Fragments of notices and testimonials in a local paper
A jumble of personal anecdotes and advertising blurbs features Mrs. Younglove amid relationship tensions, mentions of Otto Korb and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure endorsements from J. I. Carson and W. E. Shipman, Maine log statistics, Paris motor carriage rules, and a testimonial from P. E. Grisuan about Chamberlain's remedy with local dealer Jos Emmert.
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Paris
Minister of Public Works
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P. E. Grisuan
Gaars Mills
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Union
Sunday Telegraph
Globe
Daily Telegraph Co
West 42d St
Nieman Bros
Star Clothing Co
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Greory Institute
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