Curing Poverty Through Mental Boost and Practical Help
New York Times reports the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor uses optimistic mental suggestion alongside material aid. Workers dress clients in clean clothes, offer encouragement, and deploy trained house cleaners to restore orderly homes, aiming to lift families out of poverty through self respect and forward momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For
New York City
Emanuel Church Movement
F. O. Greene
New York Times
The Indian Fight Persistence Across Nations
An Atchison Globe view recalls historic Indian conflicts from Wounded Knee to Yaqui uprisings and Snake reservations in Oklahoma. It notes intermittent fighting, Mexican campaigns against Yaqui tribes, and calls for troops if revolts spread, criticizing government aid to malcontent Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Sitting-Bull
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
America
Mexico
Oklahoma
Uncle Sam
Atchison Globe
Military Discipline at the German French Frontier
Paris Letter reports near border maneuvers at Luneville where a French battalion from Rambervillers met a German regiment fifty yards apart. Both sides halted in silence, then faced away on command, illustrating strict military discipline and preventing a possible clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luneville
Rambervillers
Paris
London Telegraph
Nothing new under the sun says Emporia Gazette
A reflection from the Emporia Gazette noting timeless human concerns endure since ancient times. The piece argues that worry, hope, fear, and dreams are eternal and urges letting things slide rather than stressing over new troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Noah
Jonah
Emporia Gazette
A Born Statesman Knicker Think Candidate Talk
A playful item notes a baby described as a future candidate with a grown up political style. It contrasts Becker and suggests the infant speaks at length without saying much. Card notes humorous political speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
New York
Ivory from Siberia and the mammoth ivory trade
Siberia yields vast ivory from mastodon tusks found in frozen or buried swamp remains. Urmans bogs trap large animals, leaving fossil bones and tusks. In Tobolsk museum and Yakutsk markets, fossil ivory fetches higher value and reaches Canton carvers, with trinkets sold as mementos including bread and cheese replicas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Siberian
Charles Wenyon
Tobolsk
Arctic
Yakutsk
Lena
Russia
Canton
Second-Hand Barber Chairs Move to New Uses
The New York Sun notes old barber chairs are traded in when shops refit with modern pedestal revolving chairs. Dealers take the old chairs in exchange and resell them to city shops, summer resort outfits, or country barber shops where patronage is limited.
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New York Sun
How He Reached
A three year old May cut her baby brother’s curls when left alone with him. The nurse exclaimed about the missing curls and May blamed the baby by saying he cut them himself. The baby reached the back by stooping on a stool.
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May
Skin Troubles Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A testimonial from J F Hennen of Milan Missouri dated May 13 1907 credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with curing a long skin breakout and later a leg swelling issue linked to la grippe and pneumonia. The ad notes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children priced at 25 cents a bottle and mentions a rabbit sighting behind rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hennen
Milan
Evening Up Cleanliness Lesson From Youths Companions
A mother reviews her son Theodore's hands after a second wash inspection. She notes both hands are equally dirty as the boy explains his aim to equalize cleanliness after a previous remark by Youth's Companion. He agrees to wash again.
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Theodore
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement explains deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. It offers Hall's Catarrh Cure and claims one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured, with circulars and pills for constipation. It also notes South Africa's sugar industry ranks second to mining with $7.3 million invested and 40,000 tons produced at about $63 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F.j.cheney & Co
Toledo
South Africa
N.Y
Woman's Backache and the Feminine Organ
An 1900s style health note describes backache as the mainspring of a woman's organism. It links aches with nervousness headaches and loins pains signaling illness. The text claims a single remedy removes the cause and restores health.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proclaimed by Readers
Testimonies from Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving backaches and menstrual discomfort. The ad notes the product as a longstanding standard remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and nervous prostration across thirty years.
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Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl, Pa
Pinkham
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The
Philadelphia Ledger
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul
W. &. Howell
G. EK. A
Industrial Law League, Inc
Broadway
E& RR
Chas. L. Hyde
Pierre
Journ W
Wah Oo
Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
Ws.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Baye Woren
Sillatee
Douglas
Sannot
W. L
Joque Free
L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
Mass
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