Endorsement for Dean's Kidney Pills by Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace A M Light of Rolla Missouri and a Knight of Pythias endorses Dean's Kidney Pills after personal experience with kidney medicines. The ad claims merit and recommends use, noting 50 cents per box and sale by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York is listed as the maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Light
Rolla
Knights of Pythias
Missouri Brigade
Dean
Foster-Milburn’Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Monkey Man Discovery Reported by Heidelberg Scientist
Professor Klaatsch, a noted Heidelberg anthropologist, notes a man in Port Arthur having hands and feet exactly like those of monkeys. He reports that natives between the Daly and Victoria rivers claim many people there share similar primate-like extremities, a first in humans.
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Heidelberg
Klaatsch
Australia
Port Arthur
Daly
Victoria
London Daily Mail
Faith Healers Promote Cure All Nerve Ailments
In a Providence style note Abel Hicks, Bushby meeting-house sexton, forecasts weather with authority. He jokes his bell-rope ruined by rain and urges delaying a Christian Endeavor picnic until roads improve after two days of predicted rain. The item cites Dr Kline’s nerve remedy ads in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Hicks
Sexton
Bushby
Mr. Hicks
Ludwig Tessnow Convicted on Two Counts in Germany
The German trial at Greifswald finds Ludwig Tessnow guilty on two counts of murder related charges after ten days of testimony. He is sentenced to severe corporal punishment on two counts, two years for murderous assault on a third count, and loses his political rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Tessnow
Greifswald
Germany
London Daily Mail
Meat or cereals a question of interest to all careful persons
An article arguing for or against vegetarian diets and the dangers of overcooked starches. It promotes Grape-Nuts as a pre digested starch source that aids physical and mental strength and cites a ten day trial. It mentions peritonitis and appendicitis risks from poor digestion and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Eighty-year-old woman learns to read and write in Barbour WV
Mrs John Young of near Overfield Barbour county West Virginia learns to read and write at age eighty to write a letter to her daughter Miss Anna Young in Washington. Her granddaughter tutored her and she can now write legibly.
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John Young
Overfield
Barbour County
W. V3
Anna Young
Washington
Bad Borrowers and the Quiet Return of Courtesy
McCall's notes on a girl who borrows from friends and forgets to repay. The piece warns that many become thoughtless about small borrowings, not from malice but from habit and the annoyance of never having items when needed. It reflects on social friction caused by repeated lending and the need to restore considerate behavior.
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McCall’s
Oswego
Frank Abbott
Fulton, Oswego Co
N. Y
Equal Rights and False Hair: A Pictorial Snapshot
A collage of 19th and early 20th century views contrasts Finland as a pioneer of gender equality with bold musings on women's hairstyles. It notes Finnish women managing home and public duties, then pivots to modern trends of public hair display and widespread use of false hair and hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Lady’s Pictorial
First Experience on Roller Skates
A blonde girl on a sofa describes severe bruises from an evening at a roller skating rink. She recalls how Mr Brown invited her and her sister to join him, touting roller skating as a great sport.
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Mr. Brown
Skating Misadventure Through a Hallway Crash
A vivid account of a skating mishap ends with a crash into a wall. The narrator describes dawned by rash skating and a bumped forehead, a bruised elbow, and a broken backbone as Julia and Mr. Brown look on with exasperation.
Fashion notes on silk dresses and bathing attire of the season
The passage surveys fashion trends for women including silk costumes with a Dutch neck, slashed sleeves, taffeta bathing suits with embroidered details, bright rubber bathing caps in tartan plaid, white high bathing shoes with colored laces, and polka dot stockings. It notes favored lingerie fabrics, ocean dip styles, lace ruffies with artificial flower clusters, self colored embroidery on linen jumpers, rhinestone accents on chiffon evening wear, and vogue skirt borders and extended facings.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female health issues including irregular menses backache and nervous symptoms. Testimonials from New York women praise quick restoration of health and urge others to write for free advice from Mrs Ikham in Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Inkham
Lyon
Mass
Ikham
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Missouri
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Phila
World ¢Women
Sweet Child
England
Ethel
Hen
the Fair Finlander
Hera
Philadelphia Bulletin
Julia
Brown
Calliope
Pittsburg Press
Fashion Notes
Elizabeth Wynn
8Th Avenue
New York City
Halda Kughler
West 15Th Street
Hulda Kughler
Cts. S
Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
Ancient
Egypt
N.Y
Cutiura
Er Veetes
Zesquieyslnsigaer 2
Éaissi Thompson
Eye
Witten
Elm St
Newark
Candy Cathartic
Aca
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Paxton
Boston
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