Is Perina Useful for Catarrh
An advertisement asserts Peruna shows value in chronic catarrhal diseases across nose throat lungs and stomach. It touts combined medical knowledge behind Peruna, its strict drug standards, and direct home delivery with affordable pricing, emphasizing active constituents on the label.
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Substitute Copper for Gold at Manchester Court
Henry Douglas Anderson, a former Manchester Hank Kogland employee, faced the Manchester city police court over tampering with half sovereigns to replace with halfpennies. Investigators found 14 altered bags at Williams, Deacon's bank and two other bags tampered with, totaling £1,081 missing. Anderson admitted in a Winnipeg letter to the deed. Evidence included bank clerks and Inspector John Woolven, who traced his search to White Beach and his wife and family.
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Rockefeller Portrayed Heroically in Vaudeville Sketch
New York reports John D. Rockefeller is staged as a benevolent figure in James Haviland’s vaudeville sketch The Almighty Dollar. The rich magnate dodges reporters, proclaims business as essential, and donates 30000 dollars to aid Little Liz, the rag doll, amid a playful satire of media scrutiny.
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Reading boy 12 returns from Texas after freight train voyage
A 12 year old Reading boy Wy He Schmitz was sent to his father in Fort Worth Texas after running away. He rode freight trains across the country and even reached California before returning to his mother in Reading. He says he will stay in Reading now as it is good enough for him.
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When the fish hurdle in spring river tales
An angler tells of basa and trout leaping ten feet over a dam to continue upstream. Friends doubt the claim but the fisherman stands by his tale insisting fish can hurdle ten feet, even near Niagara Falls, ending with laughter but no refutation.
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Waiting for the Fun in a Park Scene
An elderly man on a park bench chats with a quiet boy who says he is waiting. The scene includes a note about a Roman painted bench and a Swiss canton Bern region dairy culture with draft rejections and milk as income.
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Pittsburg Millionaire Loitering Outside Pearly Gates
A Pittsburg millionaire is seen lingering near the gates while a shade urges him to knock. He waits for a rival from San Francisco described as a grifter, claiming he will look innocent by comparison.
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Grape-Nuts Promoted as Easy to Digest Breakfast Cereal
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts for easy digestion and strong nourishment. It claims ordinary cereals cooked poorly harm the stomach, while Grape-Nuts is fully cooked at the factory, aiding both children and adults and purportedly preventing dyspepsia. The product is tied to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan with a slogan There’s a Reason.
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Woman's Suffering Relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills
Mia Clyde Pixley of Bridge St Helding Mich describes chronic bladder inflammation and kidney trouble years worsened by weight loss, dizziness, and pains. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she improved within a week and remains well. product sold by dealers, 50 cents a box from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Five Fall Into Grave At Westport Burial
A Westport merchant Michael Sereno burial ends in chaos when a grave vault collapses during final rites. The coffin slides into the pit and five participants tumble in, crowding the grave edge before workers recover the coffin and finish the interment.
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Westport
N. Y. Press
Cuticura Cures Eczema for Two Sisters in Illinois
Two Illinois girls suffer head eczema, find relief with Cuticura Remedies. After one soap cake and one ointment, symptoms vanish. a sister also benefits from Cuticura Resolvent and Pills. Testimonial cites a friend’s recommendation and notes the cures occurred by early October 1906.
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St. F
Morrison
Jake Boggs Solves a Test and a Wise Crack
A country school arithmetic moment ends with Jake Boggs vowing to confront any theft, then delivering a wry retort about keeping a brother in check. The item also notes a heat insulating vacuum bottle claim.
Death in a New Guise in a Hungarian Village
Four peasant women in a village near Presburg received 400 kronen from husbands in America and deposited it in a local savings bank. One woman then withdrew the full amount claiming Death had warned her to have the money ready, but Death proved to be the village Juda. The money remains in the bank and the judge is cited in the Pall Mall Gazette.
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Ameren
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Chinese Jews and Kaifungfu’s fading Chinese Jewish line
American interest in China has focused on the Kaifungfu Jewish community dating back to the Han dynasty. The colony is sporadically noted by explorers such as Marco Polo and by Jesuit missionaries in 1600 and 1704. Alfred K. Glover reports in Overland Monthly May issue that these Chinese Jews are nearly extinct but their records are preserved.
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Kaifungfu
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Marco Polo
Alfred K. Glover
Overland Monthly
Diversified Existence Lab Torn Down in Midlie Conn
An old brick laboratory in Midlie town Connecticut, erected in 1825, was torn Saturday after serving as a funhouse, hospital, eating house, carpenter shop, icehouse and electrical laboratory. The piece also mentions Winelow's Soothing products and a Ruskin quote about Shakespeare’s heroines.
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