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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
3
John W. Glenister of Providence Rhode Island, famed long distance swimmer, touts Peruna as a tonic in a letter describing his experiences. He notes renovations and regulatory efforts to restore a system depleted by catarrh and endorses the remedy based on his notable feats in the United States and England.
New York. The Pernna Medicine Company of Columbus Ohio cites athlete testimonials praising Peruna as a spring tonic that improves digestion circulation and sleep. A letter from John W Glenister urges athletes to use Peruna to stay in prime condition and avoid spring fatigue.
A Chicago Journal piece depicts toys lamenting the mysterious absence of their king for days. They wait by the nursery window as a mother and nurse take away the only link to the child, while snow falls and a quiet sorrow settles over the room.
In a recalled tale John Crosby described defending an Irishman on murder charges. He faced a weary jury and fading momentum until a band played Wearin the Green on St Patrick’s Day. He appealed to the jury’s heart, asking if any man could condemn an Irishman that day. the jury disagreed.
A Columbia college student recalls a 19th century press dispatch about Miss Kate Roughbough of Virginia who shot a man for insulting her. He muses over how to pronounce her name, listing many variants and noting that a distinctive name might urge a person to change it when a suitable suitor arrives.
A southern merchant recounts a tale of a colored porter and a prank with a spring gun aimed to frighten him. Director Conried narrates the embarrassment of a young admirer at a Melba reception in Philadelphia as she struggles to meet the star and blurts out a stammering question about singing.
A Boston Herald item recounts a misreported death rumor about Grover Cleveland. While at Buzzard's Bay ex president Cleveland was invited to a hunting outing by William B. Eaton. A Wareham publisher overheard chatter and informed others Cleveland was dead. Cleveland confronted Eaton after a dispatch showed the rumor was false.
William Downey recounts an encounter with Florence Marryat, daughter of Captain Marryat, noting her tall striking presence and blunt manner. At Tinsley’s office she asks to talk to Bill, insisting she is Miss Marryat and inquires how he will recognize her. The publisher’s assistant confirms Bill’s absence.
An eastern writer mocks made-up ties as the mark of a gentleman. The narrator confesses he cannot master a bow and jokes that his bedpost and water jug bow resemble a refined ideal, while hinting at self-deprecating despair.
Rate reduction proposals by J Pope Brown to two cents per mile face organized protest from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Order of Railway Conductors and unions of blacksmiths machinists telegraphers boilermakers trainmen carpenters joiners clerks and car men An attorney was hired to argue the move would harm Georgia's economy reduce railroad jobs and wages The Travelers Protective Association also warned of fewer trains and poorer service.
A Newark nurse with Stockley training testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her after marriage and a long illness. She urges other women to consider the remedy, noting doctors failed to help and praising the product's cures and endorsement by specialists. The letter invites readers to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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