Tornado and storms devastate towns amid multiple casualties
A windstorm wrecked a farmhouse near Carmi while a tornado hit Fisher Arkansas killing six and injuring over forty. Robbery, shootings, and fires reported across Texas New Mexico California and Oklahoma alongside legal cases and international concerns marked a day of widespread distress.
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Carmi
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sour Lake
Tex
Fisher
Ark
Bessemer
Ala
Jim Brown
California
Minola
Noise Glass Company
F. W. Sella
Osceola
Iowa
Osceola Hospital
Stella Hariman
Buenos Ayres
Maine
Presidente Roca
S. I. Andushy
Raton
N. M
Atlanta
Orville Foland
Hutchinson
Kan
Jesse Haymaker
Wells-Fargo Express
Louis Schulz
Sie Hurtig
San Francisco
Folsom
Rugein
Fervin
Russia
Durant
Oklo
Henry Gorday
Gorday
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fe
Hutchison
Kaw
Tennie Crocker
Frederick William
Germany
United States
Sonder Clase
Hamburg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
New York
The Marrying Squire George Law of Franklin Street Brazil
A compact feature notes George E. Law Justice of the Peace known as the Marrying Squire for marrying many couples in Indiana. It recalls a 1906 letter praising Dean's Kidney Pills and confirms his endorsement in 1909. Also included are brief jokes about a ventriloquist and a note on Rear Admiral Sperry’s absent mindedness from Sunday Magazine.
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George E. Law
Franklin St
Brazil
Ind
Squire
Indiana
Judge Law
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sperry
Naval War College
Newport
Baby Skin Cure Brings New Hope for Eczema
An old advertisement touts D. D. D. Prescription as a simple fix for infantile eczema. It cites a Weatherly Pennsylvania chemist Lewis Sevley claim of rapid skin clearing in a baby boy after using the wintergreen thymol glycerine formula, asserting full cure with no recurrence.
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Lewis Sevley
Weatherly
Vat Man-Did you polich 'em up nice
Fat Man- you asked if they were polished. The other replies you should verify yourself.
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Fat Man
Great Skin Remedy Proves Effective for Eczema
A woman from Northfield Illinois reports severe eczema on the face and neck, with itching and sores. After failing three doctors and various treatments, Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed the condition in under three months, ending with a healed, clear face. Milas Ann Pearsons, Northfield, IL, Dec. 19, 1907. Potter Drug & Chem Co Boston. Noted Woman Press Agent Mrs Charles Neave joins Covent Garden set. Examine Castoria bottles for infants and children, signature of Chas. H. Reed.
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Milas Ann Pearsons
Northfield
Potter Drag & Chem. Corp
Bole Prope
Boston
Charles Neave
Covent Garden
London
Fractured Freak Show Ends In Reunion For Partners
A husband and wife ran a provincial freak show but quarreled and split exhibits. The wife kept the business at the old address while the husband toured. After years apart they reconciled and resumed partnership, prompting readers to laugh at the notice of their stock being permanently increased.
History Revised and The Professor What Was It Defeated
Selections critique classical ideas with a quip about Leonidas and Thermopylae while a page note mocks new rules and a slogan promises piles cured in six to fourteen days. Johnson quotes are interwoven with indecipherable ad-like lines.
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Leonidas
Thermopylae
New Idea Helps Wisconsin Couple Improve Health
A Wisconsin couple reports relief from coffee side effects after switching to Postum. They describe better sleep, steadier nerves, improved mood, and a reduced desire for coffee as they learned to prepare Postum correctly. The letter credits new ideas and the Postum product from Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Eiver
Town Run by One Family in Saint Martin
A comed' fet is reported from a south Frones town called Saint Martin. The entire municipal council is a single family, now reelected, with Mayor Louis Gulgo and councillors Alex Andre Pierre Louis Vincent Jean Andre and Gabriel all sharing the Gulgo surname.
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Frones
Saint’ Martin
Louis Gulgo
Counecillors
Alexandre
Pierre
Louis
Vincent
Jean Andre
Gabriel
Gulgo
Deserves Censure and New Patent Remedies Mentioned
A Boston woman faces charges amid a jumble of alleged offenses and a parade of patent medicine claims. The text lists Garfield Tea and Brown's Bronchial Thedios with prices and marketing blurbs alongside unrelated quotes and references, creating a chaotic advertising and legal mix.
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Peruna
Hartman
Isaac Brock
Teaac Brock
P'Lis
Canton
Parlin & Roe Ae Co
Vieh Saat
Esas Scar i Dink
Hiehfeld
Miplomman Cio
Ieee Eregeieremarent
Alntower CO
Cay
Stalin United
Colal
Moakora
Defiance
Meddergrase
Waal
Nirth
Cuticura
Cyese of Tededh
Hubby
Johnson
Dodds
hSuew
Guarat
Texas State Land
Ataates
Hatewa
Palani
Wisconsin
Tolbe
la Crosse
Wis
Ted Beantilice
Neal
Pettit
Howard Brow
Garfield
Brown
John J. Brown & Son
Nisaren Peters
Conan Teen Tie Sarge
Macdonald
Douglas
Salzer
Salzer Seed CO
Boxw
Thompson's
Eye Water
Salt Lake City
Sloan’s Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
U.S. A
Handia
Faye Howardt
Besntutal
George
Ormac
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Went
Man Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ede Vizarzard Oil
Howard E. Burton
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