Balloon disaster at sea ends with multiple deaths
The Pommern balloon voyage from Stettin ended in tragedy over the Baltic Sea. Werner Hugo der Brueck, an Reichstag member, and several others died after the balloon collided with wires and a factory roof then fell into the sea. Rescue efforts followed as the craft sank.
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Stettin
Germany
Pommern
Battic Sea
Reichstag
Werner Hugo der Brueck
Herr der Brueck
del Brueck
Herr Sommehardt
Herr Benduhn
Hern
Swinmunde
Brueck
Bendhun
Sommelhardt
Hein
Reciprocity Talks Set Between United States and Canada
Washington plans a two month timeline for a Washington or Ottawa gathering of American and Canadian officials to negotiate a reciprocity treaty. Discussions aim to settle land and water boundaries fisheries seal preservation and tariff relations broad lines for a lasting agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ottawa
Knox
Fielding
Canada
Deafness and marriage views mixed in 1905 era column
A mixed snippet discusses deafness cure limits citing Hall's Catarrh Cure and financial offer, then shifts to social notes about marriage views by ex governor Pennypacker and a Denmark tuberculosis policy, ending with a Springfield Union quip about church attendance and local papers.
Postum touted as healthful coffee substitute in letters
A promotional letter extols Postum as improving health and vitality. It claims eliminating coffee relieved nervous symptoms and ringing in the ears, noting a pale lad became well colored after drinking Postum. The note cites a trade mark claim that Postum makes red blood and references Reed’s The Road to Wellville. It ends by praising the letters’ genuineness and human interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Reed
Wellville
Real Wise Boy Willie Flattery and a Schoolyard Joke
In New York during a rehearsal, actor William Faversham notes flattery's power with women. He recalls his boyhood at kindergarten before Chigwell grammar school where his pretty teacher tests his wit with a Solomon joke about wives and advice.
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William Faversham
New York
Chigwell Grammar School
Willie
Solomon the
Awful Tale of Suffering From Kidney Trouble
Alfred J. O'Brien of Sterling Colorado describes nine months in Baltimore Marine Hospital with back pain and bleeding urine. After two hospitals and one box of Dean's Kidney Pills, pain subsided and he was cured. Remember the name Dean's. For sale by all dealers 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Mother Does that cook of yours know her place Daughter I reckon she's had too many of them to remember.
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Alfred J. O'Brien
Sterling
Colo
Baltimore Marine Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Omaha
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
California Fig Syrup Co
California
Baby's eczema cured by Cuticura remedies says Atchison parent
A Atchison Kansas mother recalls her seven week old baby suffering from a severe eczema that resisted six months of care from three doctors. After using Cuticura remedies the child recovered and has remained clear for a year and a half. The letter ends with a homey note about a play and baby care.
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Atchison
Calicurn
John Leason
Atchison St
Atchison, Kan
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Senate Chamber
Lynn
Utah
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J. H. Manderfield
Mrs. Sage
Russell Sage
Bage Foundation
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Taft
Judiciary Committee
The
Congress
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugerats
Pennypacker
William Windle
Point Breeze
Jackson
Denmark
United States
New Hampshire
Manchester Union
George Bailey
Houston Post
Texas
Kennebeck Journal
Springfield Union
Maysie
Putnam
Les
Ana Usm
Mia Colon
Monroe Drub CO
Quincy, Ilino
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids, Mich
Continental Oil Company
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