Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Lasting Relief
Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia reports that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her backache urinary trouble and bearing down sensations in 1903 and four and a half years later in 1907 shares that she has had no kidney trouble since The product sells for 50 cents a box through all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
James M. Long
N. Augusta St
Staunton
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Misattributed Naughtiness Rumor Baffles Chicago News
A Chicago News quip recalls a mother and child exchange about a misbehaving baby. The line “Every time I pull his hair he cries” is cited as misattributed mischief in a domestic vignette.
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Small Wbisie
Chicago News
Election in Venauson appoints Guigo mayor and family to posts
In the French town of Venauson Guigo is elected mayor. His brother becomes town clerk and his six sons win municipal council seats.
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Venauson
France
Guigo
Cure for eczema using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A mother describes her infant niece suffering from severe eczema and sleepless scratching. After failing with two doctors she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and reports a cure in three months. May 2 and 20, 1907. St Louis, Missouri.
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Alice’l. Dowell
Easton Ave
St. Louis
Early Baedeker Guide Origin and Creator
A German paper notes the first Baedeker was published in Coblenz on the Rhine in 1839. It states Baedeker was born in Essen in 1801, and by trade was a bookseller, with prior tourist guides existing before his.
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Baedeker
Coblenz
Rhine
Essen
Belgium Issues Sunday Postage Stamp for Weekend Hold
Belgium released a Sunday postage stamp for residents who opt out of Sunday mail delivery. Mail bearing the Sunday stamp is held by carriers and postponed until Monday delivery.
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Belgium
Kingston man’s Indian relics head to Sanborn Seminary
John Eaton of Kingston New Hampshire amassed a renowned collection of Indian relics largely dug from his garden over the last century. Upon his death the artifacts will be donated to Sanborn Seminary in Kingston.
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John Eaton
Kingston
N. H
Sanborn Seminary
N.Y
Leesburg Woman Praises Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
Maude E. Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes to Mrs. Pinkham praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes months of suffering from feminine ills and says after using the remedy and prescribed treatment she recovered, feeling strong and well again.
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Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg,Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fact s for Sick Women from Lydia E Pink ham Herbal Compound
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities painful periods and related symptoms and invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Meaning and origin of a symbol in Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes the word means it is well or good luck. It adds the symbol’s meaning is more complex with folk tracing it to the sun, reflecting on cultural interpretations.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
A Bad Tempered Wife and the Carters Quiet Pity
A carriage meeting a wagon in a narrow road triggers impatience from a wife. The carter asks to speak to the gentleman and, with calm pity, reveals he has a similar brute at home. The moment turns the husband toward reflection on temper.
Reasons for Singleness in New York Society
Mrs Lydia Kingsmill Commander notes 90 percent of New York's young men are bachelors. She cites corporate hiring preferences single men bachelor apartments and cultured salaries as factors. She says city life fosters celibacy and that modern marriage rests on love rather than a home.
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Lydia Kingsmill Commander
New York
Commander
Washington Star
Sandringham House as a dower for Queen Alexandra
The New York Tribune notes Sandringham would suit as a dower house for Queen Alexandra. The article highlights the Queen's lifelong connection to Sandringham and her family, detailing how she and her daughters know every corner of the grounds and frequently visit nearby villages.
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Sandringham House
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Norfolk
New York Tribune
Northwestern University to Open Art Appreciation Dept
The university plans a department of Art Appreciation with a chair for cultivation of good taste aimed at women students. An instructor would teach the decadent art of good and appropriate dressing and cover home furnishing and building topics as part of the experiment presented by the university guild to President Harris.
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Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
University Guild
Harris
Guild
New York Press
A Marriage Contract in France Sparks Debate
A Paris paper notes a new law letting both partners marry at 21 without parental consent. The reform aims at gender equality, as previously only the woman could wed at 21 without a consent delay for men.
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France
Paris
Fringed phrases on law and subservience in critique
The writer argues the abrogation of the law signals an end to blind sub missiveness. The phrase worldly subjects in family or state now carries a bad and musty taste.
The Cultured Cook Comes to New York Soon
A New York press commentary discusses the cultured cook as a modern replacement for the traditional hired girl. It argues this metropolitan model mirrors old New England ideas where a servant is an assistant, and the educated cook may not dine with the family.
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New York
New England
New York Press
Oklahoma Woman Becomes U S Marshal Deputy
Beulah Reynolds of Oklahoma City is described as a deputy United States Marshal for the Eastern district of Oklahoma. The Muskogee report notes she is the only woman in service, authorized to arrest, raid, serve papers, and operate in the field, carrying a pearl-handled six-shooter and poised to act if needed. The appointment is partly framed as political, and Reynolds vows she will not quit if a real arrest or fight is required.
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Beulah Reynolds
United States
Oklahoma
Grant Victor
Miss Reynolds
Randolph County
Missouri
Lexington
Oklahoma City
Victor
Muskogee
Kansas City
Paris fashion notes on hats and gloves influence
Fashion notes describe tall white and blue wood sticks for elegance, Charlotte Corday hats with lace brims, tassel ends replacing ribbons, butter colored valenciennes lace crowns, drooping back hats, buckled shoes, cautious fashion thrift, cretenne trim from Paris, a black straw hat with ruching, Louis XV silver bow accents, and Jersey wrist gloves eliminating buttoned openings for easy wear.
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Charlotte Corday
Paris
Prince Potocky Descendants to Be Raised to Princely Dignity
Emperor Francis Joseph to elevate Count Roman Potocky and his successors to princes with royal marriage rights. The lineage traces to a Greek Turkish slave girl admired by Alexander I and Napoleon, later educated by Catherine the Great and given to Count Potocky.
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Counts Potocky
Francis Joseph
Count Roman Potocky
Prince Potocky
Count Roman
Alexander I
Napoleon
Royal Gallery
Berlin
Constantinople
Corfu
St. Petersburg
Catherine
Count Potocky
Paris
Princes Potocky
Wise Words and Quips for Everyday Life
A Philadelphia Record column of wry maxims and witty observations on ambition age wisdom luck and social habits. It packs aphorisms about charity friendship success marriage parenting and everyday oddities with a folksy tone.
Engagement Shooting Contest At Argovne Winners Married Soon
Nearly a hundred engaged couples competed in a novel shooting contest at Argovne limited to lovers ready to marry. Distances 300 500 and 1000 meters, scores summed to decide winners. The victors were Glauser and his fiancée Louise Mathys aged nineteen who will wed on Sunday.
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Argovne
Trousseau
Glauser
Louise Mathys
London Express
White House visit ranks Brooklyn Union singers higher
Max Winter notes the Brooklyn Union Society's White House appearance surpassed the Vienna singers of last year. After their program ended, foreign performers were asked for three more songs, while Brooklyn had one extra. The President said he never enjoyed German songs more and expects the Arion to delight audiences in Germany as well.
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Max Winter
Brooklyn Union Society
White House
Vienna Singers
Brooklyn Singers
Arion
Fatherland
Is Peruna Useful for Catarrh
The article argues that Peruna combines standard catarrh remedies with tonic herbs, each ingredient having a recognized use against catarrh or as a tonic. It notes chronic catarrh is prevalent, affecting nose throat lungs or stomach, and claims Peruna lists its principal active constituents for public scrutiny.
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