Man Rebounds After Kidney Trouble With Electric Bitters
Mr C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa shows dramatic recovery from kidney related back pain using Electric Bitters after other medicines failed. Three bottles cured him and he now stands cheerful and vigorous. Also notes a coal oil prank, a temperance lecture by Fighting Joe Wheeler, and a $125000 land sale in Beaumont.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
Kinney
Handy & Matthews
Joe Wheeler
New Braunfels Welcome Speech Praises Era of Virtue
In New Braunfels, a surprise speech lauded ideal conditions in Comal County. Speaker Lan da claimed no crime, sheriff without other duties, no jail use, and no delinquents on tax lists for 25 years, with no failures or mortgages filed. Praise came through Charles M. Jesup, Mr. LeGendre, and Alvah Trowbridge.
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New Braunfels
Landa
Comal County
Charles M. Jesup
Mr. LeGendre
Alvah Trowbridge
Linguists in the Army Display Language Proficiency
The Army reports 304 commissioned officers speak Spanish fluently and about as many have limited Spanish knowledge. Combined total shows some 600 officers with Spanish or limited fluency, plus smaller counts speaking French German American Indian languages Italian Swedish Norwegian Tagalog and others. This counters claims of officers’ language deficiency.
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Adjutant General
War Department
Regular Army
Philippines
West Indies
Army and Navy Journal
Betsy the international gun and the Pekin siege
The Philadelphia Press recalls Gunner Joseph A. Mitchell of the cruiser Newark who manned Betsy the international gun in Peking during the Boxer turmoil. The improvised gun mounted on an Austrian carriage with Italian wheels fired Russian cartridges and Chinese balls, aided by an American gunner. Mitchell continued loading and firing until relief arrived, though he was later wounded in the arm.
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Philadelphia Press
Joseph A. Mitchell
Newark
Peking
Legations
Legation
barri_ a & —_ ae
Tom Place
Pekin
Unscath
Discretion Highlighted By Southern Judge And Police Chief
A Washington Post writer recounts meeting a circuit court judge and a town police chief in New Orleans. The pair discuss concealed guns with the chief claiming discretion is the most powerful tool, not enforcing the full law against southern gentlemen.
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New Orleans
Washington Post
Sing Sing Prison Declared Unfit Amid Sanitary Fears
Leslie's Weekly notes New York state board of health finding Sing Sing Prison in fearful sanitary condition and unfit for confinement. The piece discusses New York housing three felon prisons at Auburn Dannemora and Sing Sing along the Hudson. It emphasizes Sing Sing as the oldest and largest western facility built in 1825.
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New York
Captain Howell Promotes Insomnia Cure in Washington
Captain Evan Howell of Georgia tells Senator Platt a homespun insomnia remedy. He suggests drinking a sequence of four drinks at half hour intervals if sleep does not come, claiming the method guarantees sleep, regardless of outcome.
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Evan Howell
Georgia
Washington
Senator Platt
Argonau
Wit and Witless Exchange on a Streetcar
A humorous exchange recounts an old maid kissing a streetcar and a dog being debated as the more pitiable. The dialogue playful quarrels over sentiment and propriety in a brief Ohio State Journal moment.
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Higbee
Digbee
Ohio State Journal
City News Quotation Sparks Curious Ocean Debate
A fragment from Chicago News is quoted with talking sea creatures, the devilfish and a shark, discussing a man eating claim in a bizarre exchange. The dialogue hints at a sensational or mythical ocean tale with no clear factual event.
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Chicago News
Cigar Clerk Defends Cough Medicine Gamble Scam
An Omaha News item recounts a shopkeeper’s cough medicine sales pitch and a wary customer who tests the guarantee. The man refuses to pay upfront or deposit funds, warning of possible fraud and calling out a bunko game as the clerk’s ruse.
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Farnam Street
Thunder
Omaha News
Man in Mackintosh Handles Wife’s Thrift Habit
A Chicago Tribune item narrates a man in a mackintosh boasting he cured his wife’s habit of giving away or selling his old clothes. He claims he discovered a coat with a letter he needed to mail, using it as a ruse to stop the behavior.
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Chicago Tribune
Fortune teller joke in Philadelphia Press exchange
Miss Coy questions a fortune teller about finding a husband. Miss Wise replies she learned who her husband would not be by consulting Bradstreet's in the Philadelphia Press.
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Miss Coy
Miss Wise
Bradstreet’s
Philadelphia Press
Henpecked Husband Coined as Henbushed Phrase
A Baltimore American quote shows a harassed husband muttering to himself about being “henbushered” in a humorous take on marital pressure. The line reflects comic self pity and clever wording.
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Baltimore
Not the Same
A reader quoting a Family Herald item recalls a classroom moment where a teacher grabbed a student and struck him. The reply notes the blows were not lightning quick but landed too often in the same place.
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Jimmy
Theatrical Faux Pas Causes Pen Panic On Stage
A Detroit Free Press item notes Strutter lost his engagement after a stage signing mishap. The quill pen failed during contract signing, prompting him to snatch a fountain pen in a humorous onstage moment.
Knew His Business Quote Sparks Indianaplis Press
A clipped quotation from the Indianapolis Press notes a sharp moral exchange about a brother's beating and retaliation with the line It was very noble of you car to plead that your brother be spared a whipping. The remark highlights a defiant stance on family discipline and personal boundaries.
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Car
Indianapolis Press
Half Rock Post Office Name Origin Traced
The Kansas City Journal explains Half Rock Missouri name origins not from terrain but from a general store once owned by a man with poor sugar. Customers dubbed it half rock and the label stuck to the store and later the post office serving the area.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Half Rock
Missouri
Tomb of Ri con de Vallemot Unearthed in Rouen Dig Site
In Rouen 1509 workmen digging near a Dominican monastery uncovered a stone tomb with a skeleton. A bushel of wheat filled the skull and the shin bone reached the tallest man present. A copper tablet proclaims this tomb holds the noble Chevalier Ri con de Vallemot and his bones.
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Rouen
Ricon de Vallemot
Threshers Keep Working With Remedy Sold by Graham Drug
H R Phelps of Plymouth Oklahoma reports five bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold to threshers who could not go further yet they resumed work this morning without losing time. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
H. R. Phelps
Plymouth
Oklahoma
Graham Drug Co
Judge Tuthill and the Cedar county appeal tale
The piece recalls Judge Tuthill in Iowa so long ago and a Dillon versus Crandall appeal from a justice of the peace. After court, a poem-like note appeared on the judge’s desk wishing the case be moved to the other side of Jordan and hinting at pay for counsel and venue changes.
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Tuthill
Eighth Judicial District of
Iowa
Cedar County
Dillon
Crandall
Cedar District
Bonnetle
Jordan
Dining scene at New York restaurant with two groups
An evening scene in a famous New York restaurant overlaps with a celebration dinner by the New York Goldsmiths and Jewelers' Association. As the feast ends, the pianist steps to the cloakroom to wash his hands when a member of the other party enters.
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New York
Paderewski
New York Goldsmiths and Jewelers’ Association
London
Paderewski Meets Newcomer in Surprising Stir
A newcomer eases into fame at a fair with a dramatic exchange as he imitates Paderewski and claims to be him. The scene includes a stunned handshake and a playful chorus of introductions from the onlookers. It pairs with a note on a historical medicine tale of extreme aging and revival.
Cured After Fourteen Years With Pain Balm
Josh Edgar of Germantown Cal says fourteen years of sciatic rheumatism ended after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He reports immediate relief then a full cure and no return. Grabem Drug Co sells it.
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Josh Edgar
Germantown
Cal
Grabem Drug Cq
Judge Dinsmore cites Beaumont as costly for business
Sulphur Springs judge J H Dinsmore told Dallas Times Herald he avoids Beaumont because business there costs a lot, likening it to a poor man’s river crossing. The piece also says Emperor William resembles Theodore Roosevelt, though the remark is deemed unkind.
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J. H. Dinsmore
Sulphur Springs
Dallas
Times-Herald
Beaumont
Arkansas
White River
Beaumont drillers spark new oil company formations
On a cold day amid routine drilling in Beaumont, local energy firms form to capitalize on oil prospects, signaling ongoing industry activity and investor interest despite skepticism about unscrupulous practices.
New York World Thrice-A-Week Offer
The notice promotes a combined subscription to The New York World and The Graham Leader. It highlights prompt first news coverage and broad circulation, touting a one year price of 1.65 for the two papers and a two-paper bundle value.
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New York World
First News
Graham Leader
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