Five Years After Injury Man Reports Kidney Recovery
Milford Maine resident Sylvanus Verrill credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function after a severe injury left him nearly unable to walk. He says after three months he improved enough to shed crutches and claim complete recovery. The ad notes pills cost 50 cents and are sold by Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
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Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Warn on Mercury in Oin mts and Catarrh Cure Ads
Warning against mercury in remedies like Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Internal use may damage senses and mucous surfaces. Also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation, windmill count in Holland, and H A Green's Sons of Atlanta as specialists with a separate advertisement.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Australia Sees Modern Battle Ships Impress Federation Leaders
A Sydney dispatch to the London Times reports Australia’s first sight of modern warships impressed federal members. They said the spectacle inspires hope that Australia may soon possess a fleet or at least a squadron to be integral to imperial defense.
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London Times
Sydney
Australia
Boy Foresees His Own Death After Long Walk
Arthur Pauling eighteen of North Greenwich Connecticut walked six miles in two hours and told his mother he would die. He died shortly after entering the house from acute dilation of the heart, leaving Mr and Mrs John Pauling in grief.
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Arthur Pauling
John Pauling
Greenwich
Conn
Canal Zone Population Total From Census Report
Census at Colon shows Canal Zone population 50 008 with 25 000 employed by Isthmian Canal Commission and Panama Railroad. Americans number 6 863 among residents.
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Canal Zone
Colon
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Railroad
Victory Athletes Parade In New York City
About twenty five thousand observers joined a parade honoring American athletes who earned gold medals at City Hall New York City. The celebration highlighted national pride and success in sports.
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City Hall
New York City
Girl recounts health recovery through Grape-Nuts eating
A reader describes severe indigestion from overwork and irregular meals. After trying various foods, Grape-Nuts eased distress, restored appetite, and finally returned health and strength, with the product emphasized as a key dietary staple.
Why Tails Differ in Animals Riddle Draws Kids In
The Brooklyn Eagle presents a playful riddle about animal tails and their uses. The piece notes various creatures from doggy to beaver, lion to mouse, each having tails serving unique functions. It ends by inviting readers to guess why tails differ across species.
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Strange
Brooklyn Eagle
No Police in Heaven Skeptical Isabel Questions Heaven
A New York Press note tells of a small child Isabel grieving for a policeman on the beat who died of pneumonia. Her mother consoles her that he has gone to heaven, and Isabel remains skeptical asking why policemen would be needed there.
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Isabel
New York Press
Slow and Soggy: The Perils of Slowness and Laziness
A Wellspring essay discusses how slow but sure can mask laziness and poor effort. It contrasts sogginess with speed and discipline, noting the waste of minutes and the cost of not pushing to improve. It argues that slow but spirited effort helps overcome natural slowdowns.
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Wegen
When Gunda Dances at Bronx Park Bank
Gunda the Indian elephant at Bronx Park is described as dancing when not eating or at the bank window. Keeper Baldy Thuman notes the elephant’s rolling movement resembles dancing. Visitors, including a schoolteacher and her students, witnessed Gunda enjoying their company at the antelope house.
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Gunda
Bronx Park
Baldy
Thuman
Antelope House
Gundy
Gunda the Elephant Performs The Merry Widow Waltz
The elephant Gunda alternates forward and backward steps as children cheer and the teacher celebrates the encore. Keeper Thuman p lays a kiss on the animal in a playful moment captured by the New York Telegram.
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Boy
Keeper Thuman
Gunda
New York Telegram
Sadie Hosts a Floral Picnic With Garden Guests
Sadie plans a lawn picnic inviting Grace and Tom Moore but they are delayed. Auntie turns the idea into a flower picnic inviting Miss Rose Marigold Pink Sunflower Zenia Petunia and Pansy as guests. Grace and Tom arrive and join the pretending feast around the cloth as Sadie assigns seats.
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Sadie
Grace
Tom Moore
Dollie
Tom
Auntie
Dearie
Petunia
Pansy
Moores
Gracie
Cook
Sun R
Rose
Boran
Washington Star
Electric current refining copper taught at Columbia University
An expert electro metallurgical engineer will soon teach the use of electric current for refining copper at Columbia University. A British scientist opposes children praying about dying in sleep, calling it a great mistake to let them think of sudden death. A Scranton mining journal notes lower tuberculosis mortality in coal regions. Glass iridescence arises from hot fumes of tin, barium, and strontium salts. Corncob blocks bind with wire and tar to form lighter, dry, watertight building blocks. A Royal Microscopical Society member’s diamond writing device produced the Lord’s Prayer in minute script. deciphering requires a 12 inch objective. Dr. Emilio Oddone’s Balkan quake study finds shock waves circle Earth in 32–33 minutes, likening Earth to a great bell. links vibration time to light’s passage across the orbit.
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Columbia University
Royal Microscopical Society
Balkan Peninsula
Emilio Oddone
University of
Pavia
Oddone
Earth
First Electric Mine Locomotives and Their Longevity
Cassier's Magazine notes that the first electric mine locomotive built in 1887 aged poorly against later models yet one unit from 1889 remained in operation. At Buffalo Pan American Exposition officials sought to exhibit it and were told it could not be resurrected from scrap since it still worked, offered on loan if a replacement locomotive was provided.
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Buffalo
Cassier
Lake of Oil Found Near Green Pool Oklahoma
Prairie Oil and Gas reports a high grade oil well five miles south and west of Green Pool Tulsa on the Korndorfer lease at 2340 feet. The strike, offsetting a similar depth well, sits 500 feet deeper than Glenn pool wells and suggests a vast sand layer beneath. potential for many Creek oil field wells to reach the new sand uncovering a lake of oil in unexplored depths.
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Greenpool
Tulsa
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Glenn Pool
Kansas City Journal
Helpful Advice from Mrs Pinkham for Private Illnesses
A persuasive appeal urges women in Lynn Massachusetts to write to Mrs Pinkham for confidential guidance on private illnesses. It cites her thirty years of correspondence with sick women and claims letters from grateful readers prove her knowledge helps cases.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Miracle Claim
A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen town Pa says she suffered organic derangement and female weakness since age sixteen causing headaches and nervousness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery after following the directions and urges others to try it.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Facts for sick women by Lydia E Pinkham ad
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a longtime standard remedy for women. It claims to cure displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, bearing down, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness and nervous prostration.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Colombia Orders Nickel Coin Minting to Replace Peso Notes
The Republic of Colombia orders minting of coins comprising 25 percent nickel and 75 percent copper. The new nickel coins will replace existing one, two, and five peso notes in circulation.
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Republic of Colombia
Eczema on Hands Cured by Cuticura After Seven Years
W H Dean of Newark Delaware reports seven years of severe eczema on his hands. He could not touch a pencil or ruler across cracks. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment he was cured with two boxes of Ointment and one cake of Soap. Report dated March 28 1907.
Silk production in India relies on wild silkworms and imports
The article notes that although the mulberry tree is raised in Mysore, most silk in India comes from wild silkworms and raw silk imported from China and Siam.
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Mysore
India
China
Siam
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Holland
H. A. Green’s Sons
Atlanta
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Tabby
Brindle
Bobby
Bunny
Pet
Papa
London
Scranton
Europe
Strout
R. Fare. E.A. Str Co
Nassau St
New York
Nan Ae
Eve Ou
Book Publishing House
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