Prominent Minnesota Merchant Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Hayden of Albert Lea Minnesota, a dry goods merchant, suffered back pain and weakness. He used Pean's Kidney Pills, which restored kidney function and ended his back trouble. The remedy, 50 cents a box, is sold by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Minnesota
Dean
Hayden
Hayden & Co, Dry Goods Merchants
Albert Lea
Minn
Pean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Chestnut flour of Corsica as bread and polenta staple
The chestnut, called the island’s wheat, is dried, milled by a water wheel, and ground into flour used for bread or polenta. Cheaper flour contains 11 12 percent moisture and a shelly color. Chestnut flour resembles wheat in starch. has more fat and cellulose but less nitrogen, and spoils quickly unless air tight.
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Corsica
M. Comte
Ita
Truss My Points Phrase and the Rise of Buttons
The article explains that the historic phrase Truss my points meant to strap clothing, common before buttons. It notes readers once familiar with English romance used it, but the habit faded with button invention and the decline of lacings for fastening garments.
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Chaucer
Packers Deny Immunity Promises as Beep Inquiry Testimony Heats Up
Garfield, called by the government, denied promising immunity to packers and said only protection for individual confidential figures was offered. He testified that information could be kept confidential for individuals, with averages appearing in the beef inquiry report, and asserted no oath or broad secrecy pledge was made.
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Chicago
Commissioners of
Garfield
Packer
Edward Morris
Edward Swift
Arthur Meeker
Nelson Morris & Co
Swifth & Co
Armour & Co
Krauthoff
Armour
Guthrie Wins Bitter Pittsburg Mayoral Race By 6000
In Pittsburg a highly charged municipal campaign ended with George W. Guthrie capturing the mayoralty, defeating Alexander M. Jenkins by about 6000 votes. The city notes the largest citywide vote ever cast, with prior records dating to 1903. The race featured sharp accusations of crookedness from both sides amid ward additions.
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Pittsburg
George W. Guthrie
Citizens’ Party
Democratic Party
Civic League
Alexander M. Jenkins
Hayes
Mormons Plan 30000 Acre Irrigation Expansion
In Casas Grandes Chihuahua the Mormon colony prepares to reclaim 30000 more acres by building irrigation canals damming the Casas Grandes river. The canals will reuse the course of ancient Aztec works and construction will begin after the current floods subside.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Cacas Grandes
Chihuahua
Cacas Grandes River
Hearing on Stephens bill extends stock car holding time
Washington reports that the house committees on interstate and foreign commerce held a Tuesday hearing on the Stephens bill to raise the allowed time stock may stay in cars from twenty eight to thirty six hours. Cattle association representatives urged the extension to aid the industry’s progress.
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Washington
House
Stephens
Miss Edna Dickerson Marries Simon Kruse in Minneapolis
Miss Edna Dickerson who inherited a $2,000,000 estate from cousin Alfred John of Minneapolis wed yesterday to Simon Kruse a Chicago lawyer. Dickerson formerly worked as a stenographer in Chicago and Kruse had acted as her attorney during a will dispute waged by relatives cut from the Johnson will provisions.
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Minneapolis
Edna Dickerson
Alfred John
Simon Kruse
Chicago
Dickerson
Kruse
Charity Not Well Directes Something Wrong with System
The New York Sun questions the overabundance and competition among charity groups. It notes parishes and professional philanthropists vie for donor dollars while daily appeals flood household mailboxes. The piece asks why poverty remains unrelieved and whether charity systems are mismanaged or duplicative.
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New York Sun
Hleir
Militon Sinclair Buch Re-Enlists After 29 Years
Yeoman Milton Sinclair Buch, age 61, has re-enlisted in the United States Navy after a 29 year career. His service began in the Civil War era with the Pennsylvania Volunteers, later moving from the army to the Marine Corps and finally to the Navy as a sailor.
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Milton Sinclair Buch
Yeoman
United States Navy
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Britons as Beef Eaters Shift in Meat Trade
A Department of Agriculture report shows Great Britain imported 283 million dollars in meat animals and packing products in 1904, with nearly all five meat animals from the United States and Canada. The British fresh beef trade is moving away from the United States, delivering 65 percent from the U S in 1904, down from 76 percent five years earlier, while Argentina and other countries supply the rest.
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Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Canada
Argentina
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Southern Ingenuity In Genial Congressional Tales
Two southern congressmen recall clever misfits and stories from the region. A poker-illiterate young man breaks into sneezes when broke and bites dollars from stacks to bluff the next pot. Another tale features a planter's daughter in Chicago, claimed by her undertaker father of Lexington.
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South
Chicago
Lexington
Longest serving cabinet member since Gallatin era
Secretary Wilson, in office since March 1897 under McKinley, is noted as the longest serving cabinet member in the official family since Albert Gallatin. Gallatin, born in Switzerland, served as secretary of the treasury under Jefferson and continued through Madison’s administrations until 1813. Both men were foreign born, Gallatin Swiss and Wilson Scottish.
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Wilson
Pfice
Albert Gallatin
McKinley
Switzerland
Scotland
President Roosevelt Breakfast Favorite Revealed
The president prefers corn pone with New Orleans molasses bacon and watercress served with a large white baked potato. He enjoys baked beans cooked in the Boston manner learned during Harvard days. A brown dish arrives from the Lodge mansion to the White House several times a month for a feast. Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge is described as an old time housekeeper with her own baked beans.
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Roosevelt
New Orleans
Boston
Harvard
Lodge
White House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Tombstone Ad for Vege table Baleum in England church yard
An English church yard inscription praises Nathaniel Gogold esq inventor and proprietor of the Vegetable Baleum for the cure of consumption and asthma. The memorial asserts death loses sting and the grave gains victory through the tribute.
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Nathaniel Gogold
Traveling In India Rail Travel Without Sleeping Cars
Traveling in India reveals vast railway distances yet no sleeping cars. Seats convert to berths but travelers must supply bedding. There are no dining cars on the routes described.
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India
Footbath Remedy for Weak Heart Cited
A warm footbath is advised for patients with weak hearts to relieve heart pain from organic heart disease. Soak feet in moderately warm water for a short period. avoid excessively hot temperatures that cause discomfort.
Beginning to Doubt in High Places Crafting Tales
Uncle Jerry Pee bles muses on stories of crafting in high places and wonders if honor exists among thieves as he speaks in a folksy aside. The remark frames a skeptical view of lofty pretenses and hidden schemes.
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Uncle Jerry Peebles
Sabers Resurface as World Trade Spreads After War
A German firm bought 20 000 condemned French sabers in one lot as discarded military blades from Europe circulate globally. The arms reach savage African tribes Arabian rebels in Yenem and Russian revolutionists, illustrating postwar arms disposal and dispersal.
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Europe
Germany
World
Africa
Yenem
Expensive Birthday Joke Cited by Observer of Events
The Yonkers Statesman quotes the Observer of Events and Things remarking that Methuselah’s relatives were fortunate his last birthday came before candies spread, implying high costs for long lifespans. The humorous note reflects a playful newspaper tone.
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Methuselah
Yonkers Statesman
Demand for Pure Food Law Sparks Public Movement
A call for a national pure food law argues that labels claiming purity are unreliable. The Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. promotes a bill to Congress to require makers and retailers to disclose ingredients, empowering consumers to choose safely. Citizens urged to write to their representatives and push for passage, framing this as a public protection effort against food deceit.
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Washington
Congress
Eee
Labor Trust
Pure Food Bill Petition Drive Urges Send-Ins
A call to readers urges support for the Pure Food Bill by clipping the notice, signing with name and address, and mailing to a congressional representative. Readers are asked to obtain two or more publications, keep one copy, and forward the other to a U S Senator, while enlisting friends to increase the chances for enactment.
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Congress
U.S
Federal bill requires food labels with ingredients on packages
A proposed act mandates all interstate food shipments to bear a clear statement of all ingredients in plain English on each package, with maker name and address. It covers original coverings and re-covered packages, outlaws removal of labels, and enforces penalties up to $1,000 or up to one year’s imprisonment. The bill assigns Agriculture Department authority to sample and publish analysis and to enforce the act nationwide.
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Congress
Gov't Commission
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
U. S
Postum
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
District of Columbia
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
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