Enders Finds Relief After Six Years With Kidney Pills
John A Enders of Robertson Avenue Pen Argyl Pennsylvania suffered six years of back pain headaches and dizziness. A specialist told him his kidneys were fine yet tests showed brick dust sediment. After using Deans Kidney Pills his kidneys regulated and he passed gravel stones. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Enders
Robertson Avenue
Pen Argyl
Mr. Enders
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
The Eternal Tip Debate Persists Across Seas
A Paris Journal reflection argues tipping cannot be stopped or replaced by any reform. The piece stresses tipping is a human impulse, resilient despite potential word changes or policy attempts to curb it.
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Paris Journal
Dr Klines Great Rave on Trial Bottle and Treatise Free
Goods and claims for various almanac style remedies fill an old ad page. Dr H R Kline of Philadelphia offers trial bottles and a treatise for nervous disorders linked to St Vitus Danes. Other ads tout Garfield Tea and Mrs Winslow teething syrup while noting mineral laxatives and convicts per capita in Italy.
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St.Vitus
Kline
H.R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Sounding by Sight Technique For River Depth
An Ontario river depth method described by H W Hixon uses a transit on one bank and a taut wire with a heavy weight drawn across the bottom. By sighting along the wire at intervals the depth is calculated from submerged length and angle to the surface.
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Ontario
H. W. Hixon
Engineering and Mining Journal
Fire Clock Sainted by Local Folklore Stirs in Pa Town
A historic Boon Hill clock owned by Mrs. Henry Forster Sr. is said to have eerie powers. It stopped when its owner died over thirty years ago and restarted after a recent fire, a mystery the neighborhood credits to supernatural causes. The timepiece originally belonged to Christopher C. Grombeck, first president of Philadelphia's Danish Society, who died in 1878.
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Henry Forster, Sr
Boon Hill
Christopher C. Grombeck
Danish Society of Philadelphia
Indomitable Sets Speed Marks on Clyde Trials
Unofficial reports say the 17,000 ton turbine cruiser Indomitable broke speed records in speed trials on the Clyde Scotland with twenty eight knots over a measured mile and twenty six and a quarter knots in the continuous steaming trial, during her early testing.
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Indomitable
Clyde
Scotland
Grocer credits Postum with lifting nerves and appetite
A Cleveland grocer cites a two year coffee habit, his wife’s suggestion, and Postum Food Coffee as easing nervousness and stomach troubles. He reports regained appetite and calm, urging others affected to switch from coffee. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville.
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Cleveland
Wellville
Sound travels mile long distance in Arctic air study
A Yale professor reports tests on 59 subjects including students nurses and instructors showing nonflesh eaters show greater endurance than those on a typical American diet.
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Yale
Great Water Power Project Aims at Indian Mills
Engineers plan to harness waters flowing from the Western Ghats near Bombay to power cotton mills and factories. Valleys with rocky formations will be dammed to form reservoirs. Three valleys will be enclosed by dams at lengths of about half a mile, one mile, and one and a half miles.
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Western Ghats
Bombay
Alum Fends Off Clothes Moths Says Science Correspondent
A Science correspondent who spent years in China reports alum as an effective preventive against clothes moth damage. Woolen cords treated with an alum solution were subjected to moth attacks for years with no evidence of infestation observed.
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Science
China
Digestive Glands Protect Themselves By Mucin Shield
German experimenter Weinland proposed anti enzymes defend the stomach and intestines. Dr Nandor Klug reports anti ferments absent and mucin in the inner gastric mucous membrane resists trypsin and gastric juice. Digestive organs thus guard themselves with their own mucin.
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Weinland
Nandor Klug
Buda Pesth
Earth's Population Growth and Future Limits
The article estimates population growth at about one million yearly for two centuries. It argues improved conditions and less slaughter may slow growth and suggests the earth could support 4.5 billion people now, with potential to reach 9 to 15 billion through land reclamation and science.
Canned Shark Meat Extract Promises Beeflike Nutrition
London Tit-Bits notes Swedish shark meat is processed into a palatable extract. Sharks are chopped, boiled, and filtered to a clear fluid then evaporated to molasses thickness and seasoned. The product is said to taste like beef extract with no fishiness and to build up anemic people.
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Sweden
London
Population of Japan in the Mikado era reaches near fifty million
The Pall Mall Gazette estimates Japan’s population today at about 50 million. 1907 exact figures unavailable. based on 30 year growth, estimates are fairly accurate. Over 25 years, five-year periods show around 2 million increases. Native born Japanese number about 49,267,744 in the Mikado’s territory.
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Japan
Mikado
Pall Mall Gazette
Pilcher Named Director General of National Volunteer Emergency Corps
New editor of Military Surgeon, James Evelyn Pilcher, becomes director general as the National Volunteer Emergency corps reorganizes along lines of the U S army medical corps. The corps, formed in 1900, aims to aid during national calamities or war.
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New Emergency Corps
James Evelyn Pilcher
National Volunteer Emergency Corps
Medical Corps
United States Army
Gambling all the world plays cards, says New York Press
The New York Press claims gambling is widespread from England to Russia with widespread participation from rulers and peasants alike. It notes Willis Russell as a major card supplier and implies vast sums upon a single game.
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England
America
France
Russia
Willis Russell
New York Press
The French Academy Stands Alone Amid Progress
In an era of frequent cultural change the French Academy remains firm as the sole arbiter of taste and guardian of the language. The piece notes rivals failed to supplant it and mentions the growing influence of the Academie des Goncourt and a jokingly named Academy of Women.
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France
French Academy
Academie Des Goncourt
Academy of ‘Women
Th. Bentzon
Protecting the Camp From Insects
A reader describes a camp method from Recreation to deter insects and snakes by burning a wide strip of grass around the tent. The burned ground creates a barrier insects worms and snakes will not cross, according to Mabel Kneeland.
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Mabel Kneeland
Egg production costs cited by Connecticut expert
Professor Graham of the Connecticut Experiment Station notes food-only costs for producing eggs fell to seven and five eighths cents per dozen a year ago.
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Graham
Connecticut Experiment Station
Paris Omnibuses Use Alcohol Benzol Fuel Mix
Paris motor omnibuses run on a fuel blend of equal parts alcohol and benzol. The average consumption is nine centimters per ton kilometer.
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Paris Motor Omnibuses
Labeled Workmen In Japanese Factory Scene
Japanese workers stand in a line, each labeled with characters for their trade and the employer's name. The labels identify roles and company, highlighting orderly labeling practices in industrial labor.
Wedding Gifts For British Post Office Workers
The Government gives a wedding present to every employee of the British Post Office upon marriage marking a long standing official courtesy in public service.
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British Post Office
Japan Postal Savings Deposits Rise Past Forty Five Million
The latest figures show deposits in Japan's postal savings banks exceeding 45 million dollars. Officials note robust public confidence and ongoing growth in small savings accounts across the country.
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Postal Savings Banks of
Japan
N. Y
Cuticura Relieves Severe Hemorrhoids and Itching
An eighty year old man from Hopkinton New York describes a long battle with piles bleeding and eczema. He credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with restoring health after months of failures and costly treatments. He used ointment via suppository syringe and later maintained a light regimen.
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J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton
N. Y
Growth of manual training in city schools shown
The United States has 1327 cities with 4000 plus population and organized public schools. Manual training is taught in 510 of these cities, up by ninety in one year. In 1890 only 37 city school systems included manual training.
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United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad from Ohio Firm
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of J Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertises internal use, testimonials, and distribution by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J.cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Co
Voice photographs may replace writing and stenography
Dr. Marago of Paris photographs the human voice with a magnifying glass to read speech records. Scientists foresee voice records replacing writing and alphabets, with forged notes prevented by the electric needle. A zigzag phonetic type could print letters, and telephone conversations could bind like contracts.
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Dubuque
Women in Duty Suffer Privacy Hidden Pain
A wartime era call highlights how countless American women bear daily burdens at home, keeping households orderly and children ready, while concealing pain and fatigue. The piece urges support and relief for these loyal homemakers enduring quiet hardship.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Women
Mrs. F Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs W P Boyd of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania report relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They say the product restored their ability to work full days and urge other sick women to try it.
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F. Ellsworth
Mayville
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisement
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. It purports to cure displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down flatulency indigestion dizziness or nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Piles Cure Ad From Philadelphia Addresses Street
An odd typed notice offers a cure for piles from John Grover at 1 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia Pa. The ad promises doctors and prescriptions but warns against scams and urges sending a dime today.
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Gus
John Grover
Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia
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