A Good Cough Mixture Promoted As Quick Cure
An advertising note promotes a cough mixture claimed to break a cold in twenty four hours. It prescribes mixing glycerine two ounces Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure eight ounces and whisky eight ounces in a large bottle. Virgin Oil of Pine compound is advertised as made in Leach Chemical Co. laboratories Cincinnati Ohio.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Chance For Bargain Fight Against Plague Goes On
A survey of last year's anti tuberculosis work shows progress yet signals funding will more than double. Municipal appropriations total 3 976 600 and state legislatures have set aside over 4 000 000 for this year. Existing institutions plan enlargements and new organizations form daily to expand tuberculosis control and treatment efforts.
Yonkers minister skins snowshoe trophies as cats in cellar
In Yonkers Rev. Sanford C. Hearn, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and his young son witnessed a grisly act as the minister dressed animal trophies. The boy asked his mother what his father was doing and the reply revealed he was skinning shaving and cutting up cats.
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Sanford C. Hearn
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Yonkers
His Discovery of Self Care Tools
A mother witnesses her toddler Johnny in the nursery holding a toothbrush and leaning over the crib of the crying infant. He explains with concern that the baby must have been born without any tools, after the mother discovers the nursing bottle on the floor.
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Johnny
Liberals Lose Seats in Dramatic English Election
England voters on Saturday swung 43 Unionist candidates to Parliament against 37 Liberals. Labor won six seats and Nationalists five, with Unionists gaining 18, Liberals 33, and Labor over Liberals by one. Rioting and suffragette activity disrupted London then across major cities. Waldorf Astor failed to win, and David Lloyd George was rescued by police amid hostile demonstrations.
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London
England
Labor Party
Island
Waldorf Astor
David Lloyd George
When Dinner Comes One Ought to Have a Good Appetite
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a robust appetite enhancer and stomach strengthener. Letters claim breakfast aids dinner appetite, with a Tennessee grandmother citing 4 teaspoonfuls with milk to induce hunger at mealtime. A story notes a sick child thriving after Grape-Nuts use, and readers are urged to read The Road to Wellville for context.
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Wellville
Wealthy Women Weigh Plan to Aid Working Girls
It emerged Saturday that plans are under way to form an organization of America’s very rich women who control over a billion dollars. The group would aim to improve conditions for women and especially young girls who work, inviting prominent figures such as Mrs. BE Hariman, Mrs. Russell Sage, Miss Helen Gould, Miss Anne Morgan, and Mrs. Hetty Green among others.
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New York
United States
H. Harriman
Russel Sage
Helen Gould
Anne Morgan
Hetty Green
Freight Wreck Near Busk Tunnel Kills Four in Leadville
Four men died and three injured in an Extra freight wreck on the Colorado Midland near Busk tunnel early Sunday. Extra No. 6 eastbound ran down from the Busk Ivanhoe tunnel portal after air failed, gaining speed on the steep grade until derailing at Windy Point where engine and cars plunged down the slope.
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Leadville
Colo
Colorado Midland
Busk
Busk-Ivanhoe
Arkansas Junction
New London Dynamite Tragedy and Family Violence
In New London Connecticut William A Bennett used three sticks of dynamite on his shirt to kill himself after a Friday return home. Earlier he had given his wife flowers and demanded money and fired a revolver that failed to strike her. He was arrested then released on $1000 bond. He returned Sunday and exploded the dynamite.
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New London
Conn
William A. Bennett
Bennett
Miners Suffocated in Gunnison Tunnel Blast Tragedy
Three men died from powder smoke and nitro fumes in the Gunnison tunnel, with thirty others narrowly escaping as air currents reversed by blasts forced the gases back toward workers before reaching the portal. The government reclamation project was opened last year during Taft’s western trip. Nurse Dies at Age of One Hundred in Cleveland. Eleanor Williams, once a nurse in John D. Rockefeller’s homes, died at 100, having tended settlers’ children since early Cleveland days and later serving Rockefeller’s family.
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Montrose, Cole
Gunnison
Gunnison Tunnel
Taft
Cleveland
Eleanor Williams
John D. Rockefeller
W. C. Rudd
Sue
Rockefeller
To Suppress White Slave Traffic in France
Paris responds to American exposure of white slave traffic with energy and determination. Communications have passed between Washington and New York officials and the French government to end the tribute of young French women to the modern Minotaur.
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Paris
France
State Department
Washington
District Attorney’s Office
New York
Fish's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
A historical advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and promotes Fish's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. It asserts internal doses from 10 to a teaspoonful and that the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces, contrasting local remedies.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
A Diagnosis
A Kansas City Journal excerpt captures Mrs Ginnerty answering about her husband after an accident. She notes he moods swing between better and worse, with his hopeful smiles and affectations reflecting his fluctuating condition.
Late Arrival At The Stair Head Question
A domestic dialogue unfolds with a wife questioning a late arrival and a husband defending his time as the clock strikes eleven at night. The exchange centers on perceived tardiness and the moment of entry.
Allen's Foot-Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad Slogan
If you are sensitive about shoe size use Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes. It cures red swollen aching feet and offers rest and comfort. Ideal for breaking in new shoes. Free sample offer with address in Le Roy New York.
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Allen
le Roy
That Popular Man Listens To Your Summer Trip Details
A quirky column notes that a very popular man will hear about others summer plans without pushing his own stories. It jokes about old proverbs and humorous beliefs like a black cat bringing luck and a remedy from Hamlin’s Wizard Oil easing stomach pains.
Pettit's Eye Salve and Patented Remedies Ad Copy
A collage of old time drugstore claims tout Pettit's Eye Salve for congested eyes and other nostrums. It promotes DAVIS PAINKILLER, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Night, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a World signature by E W Grove claiming cold cures. Contains generic life adage lines about amiability and respect.
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E. W. Grove
Woman’s Cure Offered by Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass
A historic remedy claim invites sick women to write for advice. Mrs Pinkham offers health guidance free of charge from Lynn Massachusetts, boasting thousands of cures from herbs and weeds.
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