Increased Cigaret Smoking Raises Nation Question
The United States Tobacco Journal asks if the nation is becoming a cigaret nation after first quarter statistics show cigarets output surpassing cigars by over 50 million. March saw a drop in full size cigars and a surge in cigarets, prompting questions about food prices and anti paper roll legislation.
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United States Tobacco Journal
United States
Navy league of Germany reports membership and funds
The Navy league of Germany lists 1,031,329 members and total funds of 8,395,950 dollars in its latest financial disclosure.
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Navy League of Germany
Cured by Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Milwaukee woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of female trouble and back pain after doctors warned of a tumor and surgery. Letter from Mrs Burd of Milwaukee, praising the remedy and urging other women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Milwaukee
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Finn
Burd Iusz
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van Mass
Microbe of Lockjaw and its Effects
A London Telegraph summary explains tetanus or lockjaw as a severe disease starting with jaw stiffness and leading to violent convulsions. It notes the responsible microbe in soil and street mud, its link to injuries with contaminated wounds, and mentions anti tetanic serum as progress toward treatment.
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London Telegraph
Cure for Baby's Eczema Prompts Hair Growth
A Mt. Vernon Kentucky couple recounts their infant daughter's severe scalp eczema. After using Cuticura Remedies thrice daily for five weeks, the scales vanished and new hair grew. They credit the Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent with restoring health. The note appears in the Indianapolis News along with German savings bank facts.
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J. Fish
Ella M. Fish
Mt. Vernon
Allen's Foot-Ease Proclaimed Sole Foot Powder
Promoters tout Allen's Foot-Ease as indispensable for feet. They claim sixteen years of testimonials back its clean, wholesome, healing antiseptic action that soothes tired feet and helps them feel better while you walk. Vendors warn that imitators offer larger dealer profits but cannot match the original foot powder.
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Allen
Hair dyes raise poisoning fears in London Lancet notice
A London Lancet report warns that paraphenylene diamine used in hair dyes can oxidize to quinone diimine, causing numerous poisonings. Meanwhile Europe studies on forest schools in Charlottenburg Dresden and Weberfeld and Borstal Wood near London draw medical and educational interest.
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Europe
Charlottenburg
Dresden
Weberfeld
Germany
Borstal Wood
London
Barbarous Butchery of Our Seals Endangers Pribilof Herd
A Lesie s Magazine excerpt reports drastic seal killings by pelagic hunters, mainly Japanese and Canadians, reducing the Pribilof herd from 4 million in 1867 to under 140,000. Taft urged a closed season and lease repeal as the slaughter harms breeding females and pups, risking extinction of the seal population and large economic losses.
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Pribilof
United States
Alaska
Russia
Taft
Congress
North American Commercial Company
California
Gulf of Alaska
George M. Bowers
Burea of Fisheries
Canada
Japan
Leslie
Planets Five by Charles Nevers Holmes E
Planets five describes Mercury Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune with key facts. Mercury is nearest the sun smallest with an 88 day year. Jupiter huge with rings and many satellites. Saturn features three rings and many moons. Uranus and Neptune are distant, large yet low density with few moons.
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Mars
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The Mining Boom Gamble That Ended In Tragedy
A man of modest means became a mining company secretary and made large stock purchases. He refused to sell as prices surged, dreaming of a quarter of a million, then a million. The boom collapsed within days, and he died by suicide in his bedroom, ruined and shocked the market.
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New York
Mining Company
We Must Help Each Other and Improve Conditions
A Leslie’s-inspired reflection emphasizes unity and service to others, urging progress through shared opportunities and concern for the less fortunate. It highlights how communication, markets, and manufacturing matter only insofar as they expand real betterment for the masses and foster national pride in enlarging opportunity.
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America
Leslie
Mapleine syrup and a review of vision limits
An OCR fragment discusses Mapleine, a vanilla flavored syrup, sold by grocers with a 20 cent stamp offer for a maple flavor and recipe. It also notes Crescent City Sea and a question on the farthest limit of human vision citing Strand Magazine. Additional items include Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets features and a reflection on municipal beautification, plus U.S. rice production rising to over 600 million pounds in 1908.
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Crescent Mig. Co
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Strand Magazine
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The Weak and Helpless Then and Now
A harsh critique condemns vivisectors who experiment on orphan girls eyes, noting the cruelty of harming friendless children and urging punishment for those medical degenerates who inflict blindness in cold blood. The speaker warns orphans and dogs are safest targets for such acts.
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertising Claim
A testimonial urges use of Doan's Kidney Pills at first signs of backache or urinary issues to prevent serious illness. The ad, attributed to W. W. Gosden of Richmond Virginia, details prior bladder inflammation and long bed confinement improved after treatment. Doan's is billed at 50 cents a box via Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
W. W. Gosden
Marshal St
Richmond
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Marine Eye Salve Ad Claims Against Eye Problems
An old advertisement touts Marine Eye Salve for red itching eyelids styes falling eyelashes and general eye care with Aseptia tubes trial size 25e. It directs readers to ask their druggist or write Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
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Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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