Back Aches Cure Claim From Dean's Kidney Pills
Groesbeck Texas resident Mia W. G. David says kidney pills eased back pains dizziness and headaches and she passed gravel stones after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports improved health and no return of trouble. sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Wester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Weill
Mia
W. G. David
Groesbeck
Texas
Dean
Wester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Diet Kitchens in Washington Run by Woman
A diet kitchen in Washington operates under a woman’s direction. Physicians send patients for specially prepared foods tailored to medical needs, akin to filling prescriptions. The setup illustrates the belief that proper diet is as essential as medicine for treatment and comfort.
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Washington
Cuticura Remedies Heal Navy Man’s Leg Wound
H J Myers of the U S Navy Newark New York writes that after three years of suffering and failed remedies a doctor and Cuticura products cured a raw leg wound from knee to ankle in three weeks. He bathed with Cuticura Soap daily and used six or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
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H. J. Myers
U. S
Newark
New York
Poison in bees eggs and spider venom research
M G C Phisalix, known for work on snake poisons, shows specific poisons accumulate in ova of toads and vipers and may influence development and inheritance. His latest studies find minute bee venom in bee eggs, needing 475 eggs to poison a sparrow, noting unfertilized eggs with poison birth drones without venom.
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London Globe
Blind Student at Harvard Masters Hard Courses
A New York Tribune note highlights Edward Ray a blind student from North Carolina now pursuing an M A at Harvard. He has completed difficult higher mathematics geology and earned a UNC degree while also studying Gothic and Anglo-Saxon, illustrating remarkable academic achievement.
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Harvard University
Edward Ray
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Harvard
Labor World News Deepening Labor Strife Across U S
Reports from Boston to San Francisco show ongoing strikes and labor actions. Carriage and wagon workers in Boston suspend work, New Jersey factory laws tighten enforcement, Pensacola carpenters strike for two years, and New York area upholsterers form unions. Delaware and Hudson engineers win a 10 cent advance per 100 miles. The eighth Georgia Federation of Labor meets in Augusta. President Gompers defends the eight hour bill before Senate committee. A wage comparison notes white workers earning more than Chinese laborers. San Francisco Building Trades oppose importing Japanese brick cleaners for ruins work. Chicago gas and electric fixture hangers strike for 25 cent daily raise. Whitaker-Glaesner plants in Wheeling resume after 16 months idle. A moral line is drawn about heaven and stock market anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Carriage and Wagon
New Jersey
St. Paul
Minn
Barbers’ International Union
Carpenters
Pensacola
Fla
Boston, Muss., Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers’ Association
Delaware and Hudson Locomotive Engineers
Muuun
Georgia State Federation of Labor
Augusta
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Building Trades Council
San Francisco
Chicago Gas and Electric
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Wheeling and Martin’s Ferry
Whitaker-Glaesper Company
December Deoghur Ghost Demonstrates Unknown Powers
An eyewitness recounts a December eight years earlier in Deoghur where a supposed ghost called a pichash pelted stones, caused a girl sweeping yard to appear as a focus, moved clods and heavy stones from a well, and interacted with the observers. The tale concludes with the claim that the incident proves there are phenomena beyond current philosophy and that noncorporal beings can possess both will and reason.
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Earth
Heaven
Deoghur
Gonori Mahalo
Big House
Gonori
Gonari
Shiva
Pichash
Sir Ghoat
India
Mexican Riches Exaggerated by Unverified Claims
The Mexican Herald debunks reports that Pedro Alvarado, a Parral Chihuahua miner, offered to pay Mexico's national debt. It describes him as an estimable citizen and very lucky, but not fabulously wealthy. The piece emphasizes repeated falsehoods about his fortune and debt payment offers.
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Milons
Pedro Alvarado
Mexican Herald
Alvarado
Mexico
Parral
Chiluahua
Mysterious Blonde Sparks Tense Exchange At Table
A young man, his wife, and friends are interrupted by a tall imposing blonde who fixes him with a questioning look. She seems to know him, prompting the wife to ask who she is and the man to reply that he will struggle to explain to the blonde who his wife is.
The Curse of Warfare Describes War’s Grim Toll
A Philadelphia general lamented war’s horrors and recalled a widow’s grief at Gettysburg. He quoted a widow saying a second marriage would not exist were her first husband not killed, prompting him to exclaim how cursed war is. The vignette underscores personal tragedy amid battlefield memory.
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Isaac J. Wistar
Philadelphia
John
Jettysburg
Two Houdon Busts Shown at Paris Reception for McCormick
In Paris the ambassador’s reception featured two John Paul Jones busts by Houdon. One is a Philadelphia replica and the other a terra cotta original made ten years after the Philadelphia piece. The last bust was loaned by J Pierpont Morgan for $60 000 to a Paris dealer. It is regarded as Houdon’s finest bust.
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Ambassador McCormick
Paris
France
John Paul Jones
Senptay Houdon
Philadelphia
Houdon
J. Pierpont Moreau
Wholesale Trade Remains Firm Amid Mixed Outlook
R G Dun weekly review notes wholesome progress in business and improved mercantile collections. May railway earnings rise 11.1 percent from last year, New York imports gain 1.704 million and exports 491,743. Textile machinery steady, footwear strong. sole leather prices rise surprising buyers. Failures total 174 in the US and 13 in Canada versus prior year.
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R. G. Dun & Company
Mtll
New York
San Francisco
United States
Canada
Livestock and oil markets credit balances listed
Quotations show credit balances in various fields across districts including Pennsylvania 164 Thorn 174 Second Band 164 North Lima 80 South Lima Die Indiana 0 0 Somerset vic Ragland 620 Can ada 1388. The note ends with a proverb about taste and reading.
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Pennsylvania
Thorn
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
Somerset
Vic
Ragland
Canada
World’s largest fountain planned in Vienna at Schwarzenbergplatz
A London observer notes Vienna’s fountain project will be the world’s largest, located at Schwarzenbergplatz. The illuminated setup will rival a vast candle light, with inventive reflectors producing seventy light variations every seventeen seconds, signaling a grand spectacle for the city.
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Trafalgar Square
Vienna
Schwarzenbergplatz
Parisian French Myth Debunked by Le Petit Journal
The Parisian French myth is challenged by Le Petit Journal which notes Paris has the smallest indigenous population among major capitals. Census data show only about 36 percent of Paris residents are Parisians born in the city, versus higher shares in St. Petersburg Berlin Vienna and London.
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Paris
le Petit Journal
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
London
Boston Globe
Franklin Kite Experiment Sparks Candid Historian Remark
A scientist recalls Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment as a brilliant example of luck amid danger. He notes risky attempts and an imitator who lost his life, while listing London Zoo animal feeding costs and major food items.
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Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Metals and minerals and odd notices in a single note
A collage of trivia lists minerals where silver and lead occur together and gold accompanies copper, cites the Great Cobar mine in New South Wales, and mentions various ads and anecdotes from classic periodicals including Hall's Catarrh Cure and a Lennox story about a minister and his elder.
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New South Wales
Great Cobar
Meenister
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafer Offer Promises Stomach Cure
An old advertisement claims Mull's Anti-Belch Wafer absorbs gas and disinfects the stomach, curing belching, sour stomach, and indigestion. It asserts relief from bad breath, irregular heart, and stomach discomfort without drugs, promoting digestion and stronger breath. The notice urges immediate purchase with a limited time offer.
All druggists offer 50c per box and stamps on receipt
A terse ad notes drugs sold at 50 cents per box with stamps accepted on payment, alongside a sharp line critiquing those who reject filth to their mouth but not to their brain. The fragment hints at a temperate public message amid an era of ad copy and social commentary.
Dangers and Pain of the Critical Period
An ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a key remedy for the "change of life." It warns of anxiety, headaches, dizziness, and other symptoms, claiming the product strengthens the nervous system and female organism. Includes a testimonial from Mrs. A. B. G. Hyland and notes free advice from Mrs. Pinkham's daughter-in-law in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
A. B. G. Hyland
Chestertown
Lynn
Masa
Lydia BE. Pinkham
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