Saved at the Crisis Kidney Pills Claim Life Save
Mrs Herman Smith of 901 Broad Street Athens Georgia credits Dean's Kidney Pills with saving her life during a kidney disease progression that caused weakness dropsy and swelling. She says doctors offered no relief and that the pills provided the critical turning point. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Herman Smith
Broad Street
Athens
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
India Coal Output Through Early 1900s Growth
The Evening Post notes coal mining as a major Indian industry. It cites average annual outputs: 1,227,000 tons for 1876–1885, 2,758,000 tons for 1886–1895, 7,626,000 tons for 1896–1905, and 9,784,000 tons in 1906.
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India
Evening Post
Eczema Cure Reported After Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Lily Hedge describes her son Owen’s severe eczema from three months to fifteen years, resisted by doctors and hospitals. After trying numerous treatments, six months ago she used Cuticura Remedies and states he is now perfectly cured.
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Owen
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
Boon to Chemists in Sodium Peroxid Fusion Method
Reports praise sodium peroxid for closing a chamber fusion method that decomposes galena chrome iron and manganese ores with metallic sulphids in a nickel crucible. It prevents sulphur loss in plant ashing and aids analysis of sulphur in pyrites rubber and of sulphur and arsenic in organic compounds.
Great Jewish Population in New York City
The New York Jewish community is claimed to be the largest in history, representing about ten percent of the world’s Jewish population. It surpasses Eastern centers like Vienna and Berlin, and is vastly larger than France, Italy, Jerusalem, and Syria Palestine combined.
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New York
Vienna
Budapest
Berlin
Vilna
Amsterdam
Lemberg
London
France
Italy
Jerusalem
Syria
Palestine
Railroads Report Major Losses Amid Accounting Revisions
Texas Railroad Commission data show railways in the state losing 4 million dollars in the last nine months, compared to a claim of eight million by companies. The commission states that half of the losses cited by railroads are fictitious due to a new bookkeeping system.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Truth and Quality Appeal for a Gentle Laxative
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative. It claims it cleanses and relieves internal organs without debilitation or dose increases and notes physicians approve its components. It urges purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Entomologist Edith Patch Aids Maine Potato Studies
Miss Edith Marion Patch of Cornell University serves as entomologist for the Maine State Experimental Station. She researches vegetable parasites to protect the potato and plans to expand to apples and poultry pests, with the Maine station believing her work will be valuable.
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Edith Marion Patch
Cornell University
Maine
New York Sun
Congress of Women in Rome Aims to Improve Women’s Conditions
The New York Sun reports a congress of Italian women convened in Rome to discuss modernizing ideas. Delegates will be chosen across classes from across the country to address education for the poor, economic improvement, and protection for emigrant women.
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Italy
Rome
New York Sun
England's Prize Beauty as Seen by the New York Press
The New York Press critiques England's beauty winner calling her pleasant but not beautiful. It notes her eyes, brows, nose, and mouth as less than ideal, praising the chin and describing her Maud Muller hat, waved hair, and bundle of sticks. The piece questions whether beauty alone explains Englishmen crossing the Atlantic for wives.
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England
Maud Muller
New York Press
Charity entertainments reach new heights in London society
The New York Tribune notes a trend where wealthy hostesses in London host lavish charity events. A Duchess collected a shilling per glass of champagne at a large dinner and donated the proceeds to charity, inspiring imitators and turning the practice into a fashionable fad.
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England
Duchess of
Sunderland
London
New York Tribune
Clothes and the Woman Opinion Piece on Dress as Nerve Tonic
A New York Press quotation asserts that clothes influence a woman’s nerves and mood. It argues a rosy wardrobe can restore calm after hardship, while ill fitting attire worsens anxiety, citing a comedy line about silk stockings to illustrate the point.
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New York Press
How to Keep Your Child from Fear
Clara Louise Burnham argues that fear is largely taught by parents and nurses. She says children are born optimistic and fearless, but anxious reactions from caregivers teach fear, and avoid talking of sickness or danger in front of kids.
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Clara Louise Burnham
Appleton
Mrs. Burnham
Captain Hook
Peter Pan
New York Tribune
Paris Fashion Notes on Hats Mills and Gowns
The article surveys recent Paris fashion including fake millinery colors, a London gray suede pump with Japanese buckles, and a refined art of glide rather than shuffle. It notes embroidered gray gauze gowns, black straw hats trimmed with aigrettes, and large rosettes. It mentions wreaths of blossoms for hairstyles and the fishbowl shade in millinery. Church weddings use white tulle with ropes, and gowns focus on fit and lines.
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Paris
The Unemployed and the Marsian Debate
A dialogue between a Man from Mars and a Professor of Political Economy discusses unemployment and the sufficiency of the current system. They weigh private initiative, constitutional limits, and the role of charity and libraries in maintaining social order.
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Mars
Adam Smith
Puck
Wise Words on New Life and Casting Hindrances
A quoted reflection by Charles G. Gordon urges readers to shed obstacles on the path to a new life, noting that achieving this transformation requires sacrifice of something valued. It emphasizes resolve and willingness to pay a personal cost.
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Charles G. Gordon
Quotations on Faith and the Spirit by Westcott
The Faith presses upon man his noblest desires as obligations and makes their attainment possible by the gift of the Spirit. Brooke Foss Westcott expresses a theological view on faith guiding human effort through spiritual aid.
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Brooke Foss Westcott
Quote on love and service from A G Singsen
A compact reflection asserts love shows itself in joy found in serving specific others, stated as a maxim about choosing whom to love by the gladness of service.
Dangle of the Great and the Last to Be Cuffed
An Italian proverb hints at the paradox of those who cling to power and those caught first by restraint. It frames a social dynamic where prominence invites harsher scrutiny and swift punishment.
Quotations on Peace and Trust
A brief collection of maxims about peace burden and trust. Notable lines urge resting in peace and casting worries on God, reflecting calm guidance from various authors.
Beatrice Harraden Quote on Sorrow and Joy
A short quotation notes that those who have endured sorrow best understand the meaning of joy attributed to Beatrice Harraden.
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Beatrice Harraden
Energy as Law of Improvement
A moral exhortation echoes in a quote attributed to E B Hall stressing that progress in body mind and soul depends on consistent action and energy. It frames effort as essential to growth and achievement across faculties.
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E. B. Hall
Reverence Grows From Personal Sorrows and Insight
Quote reflects on how deep sorrow enhances respect for others and reveals human nature. It contrasts happiness as shallow with empathy learned through suffering, attributed to Charles Buxton.
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Charles Buxton
Small Sins Grieve the Spirit Say Horace Bushnell
A quotation notes that the sins ordinary to grieve God’s Spirit are small failings in temper neglect of duty and harsh dealing. The warning frames daily conduct as sacred.
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Horace Bushnell
Quote on Collective Effort by John Richard Green
A reflection on progress: world advances through small steady contributions from all workers, not just heroic acts. Each person adds a tiny push toward mankind.
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John Richard Green
A Practical Woman Quips On Practical Kiss Banter
A short Louisville Courier-Journal line humorously contrasts romantic longing with practical stubbornness. A speaker recalls begging for a kiss and receiving a blunt reply to stand up and be practical, capturing midcentury wit.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Woman Credits Lydia E. Pinkham Oil for Recovery After Surgery
Lena V. Henry of Georgia writes that she faced an operation for female troubles and dreaded it until reading about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After starting the remedy she improved after the first bottle and now urges others to use it for gynecological ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN PROMOTES PINKHAM VEGETABLE COMPANY
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It claims the product cures displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and various pains and invites women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Happier Loser Story From a Window Dare
A parson asks about the sister while a youth explains she was hurt after a window leaning dare. She won the lean out contest and got badly injured, leaving the family to cope with the accident. The anecdote appears in Lippincott's magazine.
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Bobby
Lippincott’s
Cymric Complacency in Welsh Culture
A Book Monthly note argues Welsh pride ignores Saxon knowledge, claiming Wales excels in literature science and the arts though its great figures remain unfamiliar due to language barriers.
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Book Monthly
Wanted unscrupulous agent described in Vienna advert
A Vienna newspaper carried an advertisement seeking a commercial agent. The position demands a good talker, arrogant and unscrupulous demeanor, with a good salary and prospects for increases if performance satisfies the firm.
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Vienna
Berlin to Host World’s Largest Hotel Construction
A giant hotel is under construction in Berlin and will be the world’s largest. It will accommodate 2000 visitors and feature sixty six billiard rooms.
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Berlin
Peary Arctic Expedition Departs From Roosevelt
Thousands bade Godspeed to the Peary Arctic expedition aboard the Roosevelt in New York City as the voyage began. The departure followed a ceremony with cheers and well wishes for the explorers.
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New York
Coffee linked to illness in reader letter about Postum
A reader tells how daily coffee caused pale, weak health for years. After switching to Postum a week later notes improved appetite and sleep, with five months to a full recovery weighing 148 pounds, praising Postum as life giving. The letter ends with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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