Bad Digestion and Heart Irregularity Cure Highlighted
A Greensburg Indiana case shows stomach troubles pressuring the heart caused irregular action, mistaken for organic heart disease. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, the patient’s appetite returned, choking spells ceased, weight recovered, and a rosy complexion returned. An ordinance in Newborn North Carolina bans entering or leaving a business between Saturday midnight and Sunday midnight.
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Greensburg
Ind
Ellen Colsom
Newpoint
Williams
Newborn
N. C
Toledos Franks Cheney swears partnership and Catarrh cure
Frank J Cheney swears he is the new partner of F J Copney Co doing business in Toledo Ohio and that a firm will pay 100 dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hanns Catarrh Cure. Notary public A W Gleason attests December 7 1884. Also mentions Hanns Catarrh Cure testimonials and price 75 cents. Also notes Mulhall statistician and Dance to Night and Allen’s Foot Ease ad. Ernest Daudet brother of Alphonse Daudet noted novelist. New Orleans limited Gulf route 24 hours from Cincinnati to the Gulf.
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Thia
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ora
Hall
I. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. Wn
A Letter to Women Praises Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Smith of Philadelphia testifies that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her after nine weeks bedridden with ovarian inflammation and a lingering discharge. She valued the remedy after expensive doctor visits and medicines and urges other women to trust it.
Not So Very Romantic Arnold Marries By Legal Ceremony
Sir Edwin Arnold recently formalized his union with a Japanese widow in London through an English marriage service. The article recalls his cosmopolitan life in India and America, his Buddhist sympathies, and his creation of The Light of Asia and The Light of the World during years in Japan. It notes his tea garden moment that inspired Peace beginning to be Deep as the sleep of the sea.
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Asia
India
London Telegraph
America
Japan
Sir Edwin
Dana Sama
Northern Mileage Ticket Bureau Forms Interchangeable Pass
Passenger representatives of multiple railroads formed the Northern Mileage Ticket Bureau to issue a thousand mile ticket valid on regular trains of all member lines. Tickets cost thirty dollars with a ten dollar rebate after expiration, available February 1, 1908, and exchangeable with Central Passenger Association mileage tickets under its terms.
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Northern Mileage Ticket Bureau
Ann Arbor Kor
D. GR &W. KR
M. Ry
Bw . P.M. RR
G. BR
M.S
N. EL R.R
Mich. Cent
Mich. Cent. KK. K
Central Passenger Association
Canstral Passenger Association
G. P. A. Bot
Mnust
Costly Overland Telegraph From Port Darwin
A remarkable and expensive telegraph line runs about 2,000 miles from Port Darwin to southern Australia through uninhabited territory. Poles were hauled long distances, 350 to 400 miles, with over 2,000 tons of material moved inland. Total cost reached 10,850,000 dollars.
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Coatly
Port Darwin
Australia
Death of Major Handy United States Commissioner
Major Moses P. Handy died after illness begun in Paris while serving as United States commissioner to the French Exposition. He died at Hotel Bon Air Augusta Georgia as he prepared to leave Paris for America and later to Washington. He was transported to Georgia where his strength faded and his friends report the long illness and decline.
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United States
Moses P. Uandy
Iotel Bon Air
Augusta
Handy
Paris
America
New York
Chicago
Washington
Georgia
Career of Major Handy Chronicleed From Civil War to Paris Exposition
The narrative traces Major Handy born in Virginia who joined the Confederate service as a youth, reported from Cuba during the Virginius massacre, and rose to senior editorial posts in Philadelphia and Chicago. He served as chief of publicity for the World’s Columbian Exposition, later returned to literary work, and was named special commissioner to the Paris exposition by President McKinley. The text notes his courage in battle and that his remains were returned to Berlin, Maryland for interment.
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Berlin
Major Handy
Virginia
New York Tribune
Virginius
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia Daily News
Chicago
New York
Tines-Herald Iu 18
H. J. Kohlsaar
McKinley
Indians in a Frenzy Warpath Rumor After Seminole Lynching
A frontier dispatch reports enraged Seminoles ready to seek vengeance after two tribe members were burned alive. The two victims, Marcus Mecticisey and another man, were accused of assaulting Mrs. Simmons, killing her instantly. A mob of about thirty men lynched them at an oak then set them afire, vowing further action against four more Indians. The incident has sparked alarm among Seminole relatives and whites alike.
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United States
Marcus Mecticisey
Simmons
McCivisey
McGeisey
Simpson
Notes from Current Events in a Shaky Record
A Boston boy is christened with fourteen names one bearing thirty five letters. Joseph Butler near Orange Ned denounces chicken thieves and imprisons a man in his own home. Will be ex Postmaster General William L Wilson to lecture at Yale law school. Bryan named receiver for Huntington Reneva Tai Development Association in West Virginia. Canadian Pacific Railway gross claims for last year up 86405. McMahon of Albany arrived by claurette and fired a shot in front of a driver. James A Nolan of Topeka escaped from a state asylum two months ago. War arrested at Buffalo New York.
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Boston
Joseph Butler
Orange
Ned
Storrs
Yale
Peres S
McMahon
Albany
Claurette Simeking
James A. Nolan
Topeka
Kinn
Kineas State
Buffalo
N.Y
Death and Electricity at Alpine Peak Storm
A writer in an electrical magazine recalls near fatal lightning passing through his body atop a stormy Alpine peak and the crackling sparks that forced a rapid descent. Destructive coastal storms prompt readers to carry Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for seasickness and various ailments.
The Dear Child Mrs Gabb Hosteas Dialogue
A short dialogue from New York Weekly features Mrs Gabb commenting on her delicate son’s appetite while Mrs Gadd and the child respond with humor about being fed before starting thus avoiding overeating. The exchange captures domestic banter from a late era publication.
Lane's Family Medicine and Sulphur Soap Adverts
Fragments advertise Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel actions and liver and kidney benefits. Other lines tout Purify garments, Hill's Hair Dye, and a nerve tonic claiming cures after one day. Travel ads promote trains from Cincinnati to Tampa and Jacksonville via Queen and Crescent Route.
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Lane
Jienn
Hill
Tampa
Queen and Crescent
Cincinnati
Pullmans
Jacksonville
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Allen
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Olmsted
le Roy
Ernest Daudet
Jesa
Alphonse Daudet
New Orleans
Gulf
Farmin
Adamy Street
Nebraska
Maj
Moses P. Handy
Murillo
Dr. Kline
Heine, Ltd
Philadelpha
Winslow
Hood
Uae
Department of the Interer
Ottawa
Canada
C. J. Broughton
Monadnock Building
Ill
W. V. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Cbnuit Pinker
Sapolio
Saifornia
WW California Limited
EL Levin
Kansas City
Wabash
California
Wabuah
Po. Domination
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Dud
Burcu - 1. A
Detroit
Mich
Bito
Lafayette
Gro
D. Meld
D. PA
Indianapolis
Comerank
GP & Tal
St. Lowa
Astria
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