Habit forming medicines and claimed cures examined
Article discusses Dr. Pierce of Buffalo publishing full ingredient lists of his medicines noting no alcohol or narcotics. Highlights include ingredients from Golden Medical Discovery and glycerine base, claims of safety and vegetable origin, and endorsements from medical authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierva
Buffalo
Pierce
Grover Coe
New York
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Phila
Scudder
Cincinnati
Ellingwood
Chicago
Hale
Prac
Parsee Christening Ceremony in Bombay
A grandchild of Sir Dunshan Petit in Bombay recently received the Sudrah and kusti. The Sudrah is a protective shirt and the kusti a thread girdle meant to guard the soul from evil, marking one of the Orient's most noted rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunshan Petit
Bombay
India
Baby's Torturing Humor Cured by Cuticura in Two Weeks
A mother from Akron Ohio reports her infant's severe skin disease, a widespread humor, improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She recalls three doctors' advice failed before the treatment cleared the sores and restored the child's skin. She praises the cost as seventy five cents and says she would not be without it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Steese
Colburn St
Akron
Ohio
What do you understand by a cat aract
Willy Straw answers in hurried speech that a cat aract is the fire Insine at Oneville Corners. He says it leaks and is not as good looking as the Torrent and promises to show the teacher on parade day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willy Straw
Oneville Corners
Scotty's Record Breaking Ride Highlighted
Warren GA reports on Scotty with a record breaking ride. The piece notes the feat tied to the A T and 8 BP Ry and references Dooly Block in Sault Lake City.
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Scotty
C. Fo Warren
A. T
BP. Ry
Dooly Block
Sault Lake City
Utah
Mexican Cotton Pest Conchuella Threat to Texas
Mexican cotton pest Conchuella looms as a potential spreader feared to reach Texas, alarming agricultural authorities and growers about possible economic damage and the need for monitoring and control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Night of Storm and Slain Margot in 1793 Tale
In a storm tossed night set near Toulon 1793 Margot and two boys flee peril as Margot dies from shellfire. Jean harbors rage toward his brother and is saved by Muriel and Bonaparte after Margot’s death. Pere Huot takes them to safety as Pizarro appears in a surreal reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
Margot
Jean
Marler
Yong m
Haa
Muriel
Pierre
Pere Huot
Marter
M’steur
St. Sulpice
Debria
Martin
M'Sieur
Murier
Pizarro
Bonaparte
Cure for Cape Hatteras Seasickness Allegedly Found
A Missouri legend told by late Senator West recounts a friend who dreaded passing Cape Hatteras due to seasickness. After claiming a cure, he revealed he drank three quarts of champagne in his stateroom before the voyage, and awoke to find Hatteras behind them with no effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Missouri
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
Denver
Open Air Cure Revives Ex-Yacht Club Commodore
J. D. Smith once commodore of the New York Yacht Club and a wealthy resident of the eastern metropolis, reportedly recovered from gout and Bright's disease after a summer spent on his yacht. He lay on a deck hammock all day and night, beginning to recover by mid August and now claims life in the open air cured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Smith
New York Yacht Club
Smith
Bright
Youth Held for Ransom Over $20,000 Kidnapping in New York
Antonio Bozum, 14, son of Italian banker John Bozuffi, was abducted after being sent to buy stamps near Sixty third Street and First Avenue. Ransom letters in Italian demanded $20,000, threatening harm if police were informed, with the first letters received after the boy disappeared. The case traces to a staged daylight kidnapping in Manhattan with a note promising release upon full payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fioy
New York
Antonio Bozum
John Bozuffi
Check on the Assembly in Russia Keeps Power in Crown
From St Petersburg, the imperial manifesto and laws on the national assembly reveal government aims to curb the new Russian parliament. The council of the empire, half appointed by the emperor and twenty six elected from nobility and clergy, signals a conservative majority to blunt any opposition by the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Council of the Empire
Crown
Boycott Not Reducing Exports to China
Secretary Metcalf released figures on monthly exports from the United States to China showing seven months ending January 1905 totaling 22,532,948 dollars while the seven months ending January 1906 reached 28,862,080 dollars, an increase of 4,429,722 dollars, despite the boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
China
Collapse Kills One, Injures Three At Denver Rio Round House
A concrete roof collapse at the Denver and Rio Grande railroad round house under construction in Pueblo Colorado Tuesday killed one worker and seriously injured three others. The dead man was Harry Robbie with injuries to W. H. McFadden Oscar Keel and Bert Walton reported as badly cut and bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Harry Robbie
W. H. McFadden
Oscar Keel
Bert Walton
E. T. Jeffery Named as President of the Western Pacific
San Francisco stockholders of the Western Pacific company met on Tuesday and elected directors including George J. Gould and E. T. Jeffery as president. Other officers named: W. G. Bogue vice president and chief engineer, W. J. Barinett vice president and general counsel, Edwin Hawley, W. V. Miller, J. F. Evans general auditor, W. J. Shotwell, J. Darell Brown treasurer, Warren Olney, Warren Olney Jr., OC. W. Slack and H. M. McCartney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Western Pacific Company
George J. Gould
E. T. Jeffery
W. G. Bogue
W. J. Barinett
Edwin Hawley
W. V. Miller
J. F. Evans
W. J. Shotwell
J. Dareell Brown
Trensurer
Warren Olney
W. Slack
H. M. McCartney
Another Invasion Feared in Pekin Dispatches
The Chinese government fears antiforeign movements reported in American and European papers and talk of a military expedition. officials say traitors aim to split China from its friends, provoking strain with foreign ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Gazetta
China
Indictments Returned in the Dynamite Cases
Ida Caldwell reports grand jury indictments in dynamite cases. Orchard, Moyer, Haywood, Pettibone named. Bimpkins listed but not under arrest. Orchard indicted for murder of former Governor Steunenberg. others indicted jointly with one unnamed person. Steve Adams not indicted. Vincent St John possibly not or to be a witness. Public belief ties Orchard to the Breunenoerg murder.
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Caldwell
Ida
Orchard
Steunenberg
Steve Adams
Vincent St. John
St. John
Ragaraing Orchard
Eiéwell
Breunenoerg
Court Martial Reported for Japanese Officers in War Loss
News from Victoria states that Lieutenant Commander Mizoguchi and other Kinahiu Maru officers face court martial for alleged cowardice after the vessel was sunk by the Vladivostok squadron at the war's start. Tokyo bulletin says none of the soldiers were taken prisoner. survivors returned while others died or committed suicide. Japanese papers note initial harboring of sympathy for the officers, now tempered by their capture as prisoners in Russia.
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Mizobuchi
Harkors
Russia
Municipal Ownership Candidate Wins Seattle Mayoral Race
Judge William Hickman Moore, running on municipal ownership, narrowly won Seattle mayor by fifteen votes amid claims of ward fraud. Republican John Riplinger lagged in most wards as the ticket secured broad council majorities except for a few seats. Turnout surged with nearly all registered voters casting ballots despite contentious contest in several wards.
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Seattle
Wash
William Hickman Moore
Elegout
John Riplinger
Municipal Ownership Party
Western Bowling Congress Opens in Salt Lake City
The first tournament of the Western Bowling Congress began in Salt Lake City at 8:30 p.m. with Mayor Thompson delivering a speech and granting freedom of the city to the participants. Teams from many western cities competed, Salt Lake City Denver and San Francisco clubs among them, and liberal purses were offered. The opening session drew large attendance and promises a successful event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Western Bowling Congress
Thompson
Salt Lake
Denver
San Francisco
No Proof of Charges Against Congressmen
John R. McLean owner of the Washington Post testified before the pease committee on post offices and post reads about an editorial claiming alleged violations of the franking privilege by congress members. He said he had no evidence of the truth of the statements and that the piece was not written in a serious vein nor meant seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. McLean
Washington Post
Reut
Pease Committee On Post Offices
Pont Reads
Congress
Serious Trouble in Nevada Mining Camp
Sheriff Logam returns from Berlin to Tonopah as unrest grows among foreigners in the Nevada mining camp. Basques hired to replace Portuguese workers who are armed. foreman badly beaten and the superintendent fled. Local justice of the peace wires for deputies, who avert a potential race war.
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Tonopah
Nev
Logam
Berlin
Justice of the Peace
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Mary Devereux
Don C. Wilson W. Por
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Tatro
Monsieur Etienne
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