Peruna testimonial from Oklahoma City reader praises cure
A private letter from William F Wahlberg of Oklahoma City extols Peruna for curing a severe catarrh of the stomach after years of doctor visits and failed remedies. He claims he will continue use and urges others to try Peruna, noting travel and sanitarium visits prior to relief. The letter presents repeated anecdotes as proof of Peruna’s effectiveness.
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F, Wahlberg
William F. Wahlberg
Oklahoma City
Olla
Penina
Counting the Presidents and Taft’s Numerical Status
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues Grover Cleveland is the twenty second president due to counting by individuals, not terms, making Theodore Roosevelt the twenty sixth and William Howard Taft the twenty seventh. It notes McKinley memorials misstate Cleveland’s nonconsecutive terms and urges consistent counting by presidents, not terms.
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Grover Cleveland
Taft
McKinley
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Airship Laws Set to Regulate Sky Sailing Next Year
If aero clubs succeed, statutes will govern sky sailing with navigators to qualify in meteorology charting air currents gas expansion and road rules. Universities may endow chairs, the B A degree to certify aeronautics, and a perpetual close reason for balloon shooting will be declared with every ascent recorded to aid in remains searches.
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New York World
Labor strikes and unions across regions lead to reforms and affiliations
A compilation notes labor developments including a New Zealand bill imposing a 60 dollar fine on striking workers, a referendum affiliate move by Poster Artists' Association with AFL, a Glasgow lockout notice by master plumbers, St. Louis unions planning a central labor temple, Jamaica trades joining AFL, San Francisco meat market workers denied affiliation, Minneapolis horseshoers forming a shoeing class, Pennsylvania wage distribution highlighting iron steel tinplate textiles and silk, and New York mercantile child labor enforcement shifting to state labor department from local health authorities.
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New Zealand
Posters Artists’ Association of America
American Federation of Labor
Glasgow
Scotland
St. Louis
Jamaica
West Indies
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Minn
Pennsylvania
Clase
New York
State Department of Labor
Bureau of Mercanttiie
Maiden with Golden Hair Tracked by Villain in Chicago News
A melodramatic fragment from the Chicago News portrays a young maiden with golden hair pursued by a villain. The passage emphasizes her innocence and lack of fear as the sinister figure advances, highlighting a lurid, old newspaper tone.
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Wreteh
Chicago News
Wit and witticisms cross period panels
A collage of quips from various papers like Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Record Chicago Daily News Puck and Punch. Jokes touch love, law, manners and commerce with playful banter and characterful exchanges across decades.
Stop Jake of Valdez
A Valdez boarder house operator nicknamed Stop Jake was ill but his real name was unknown. The New York Times recounts how editors printed a generic notice about a well known fellow citizen Jake confined with a severe cold, hoping for a quick recovery.
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Alaska
Valdez
Jake
New York Times
On the Lusitania Passenger Exchange Dialogue
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt captures a glimpse of Lusitania passengers urging forward motion to the main deck and requesting a taxi ride, illustrating maritime behavior and immediacy aboard the liner. The dialogue reflects informal shipboard routine amidst a crisis.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
How She Picked It. Mrs Gadley Chooses Her Company
A brief exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript shows Mrs Gadley asserting personal agency in choosing her companions. Mr Grouch responds curtly with a dismissive remark. The dialogue reflects social tensions and a candid, period voice.
Trade optimism sheen across regions with expanding demand
R G Dun notes widespread gains in trade and rising factory activity. Weather spurs winter goods demand in parts while some regions slow from heat or slow crop marketing. Depleted dealer stocks appear with overtime shipping, iron and coke prices edge up, and contracts extend to July. North East and West show solid sales growth. Southern gains lag as cotton prices stay low. Idle railcars fall as markets firm.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Bessemer
Valley Furnace
Bradstreet’s
Pittsburg
Is a Turtle a Fish Declares a Reptile
An Australian correspondent reports the Commonwealth Customs Department debated if turtle counts as fish for a bounty on preserved fish. The Parliament act pays on preserved fish, but the department ruled turtle is not a fish, calling it a reptile, prompting doubt from aldermen and naturalists.
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Commonwealth Customs Department
Australia
Dietailang
Pall Mall Grzette
NYC Demolitions Surpass Populations Over A Decade
In each year New York City demolishes enough structures to house a small city, about 50,000 people. Over the past decade roughly 506,000 persons would have found new homes in those vacated spaces.
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New York City
The Genuine Syrup of Figs and Senna Endorsed Worldwide
A healthful family laxative promoted as a trusted, ethically produced product. The text urges buying the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co and selling through leading druggists, highlighting world acceptance and physician approval.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Steel rivet method replaces malleable iron in hardware
L B Lach man describes a process in the Engineering and Mining Journal that uses raised contact points on two unequal metal sections joined under hydraulic pressure and electric heating to form a welded rivet. The joint is one with the metal body, yielding a stronger hand rivet than ordinary rivets.
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L. 3. Lachman
Engineering and
Lame Back Cure Suggested With Whiskey Mixture
Medical circles discuss a whiskey based remedy for lame back rheumatism claiming one half pint whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla, dosed before meals and at night. The Globe Pharmaceutical Co. in Chicago markets Toris Compound though outlets are common. A Czech Bohemia police probe into a miners’ union revealed anarchist ties and correspondence with Esperanto as the common code.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Bed-Bound Mother Recovers After Kidney Pills
Mrs Buos Shearer of Centralia Washington says years of weakness swelling and sleepless nights ended after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Four months in bed and doctors said there was no cure but she recovered within weeks and was back about the house. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Willie
Chicago Daily News
Washington Star
Buos Shearer
Yew
Washington Ste
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Architect Explains Mansion Plan In Saucy Exchange
The architect describes an inner court for a proposed mansion. Mr Struckdyle interrupts asking about its use and jokes about sparkin in the front parley as he and his man did, reflecting period humor in Chicago Tribune style.
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Inner Court
Mr. Struckdyle
Chicago Tribune
Light and Darkness as Remedies Told by Doctor
A Times-Democrat report quotes a doctor praising light as a cure for toothache asthma cold in the head and earache while warning darkness worsens headaches neuralgia and seasickness. He claims light and darkness are remedies recognized today alongside quinine or nux.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Minerals of South Russia Highlight Key Resources
The article notes South Russia possesses valuable minerals including rock salt coal coproli tes kaolin sands for glass making and other uses manganese and iron ores. Iron ores are most important, phosphorus free with little sulfur.
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South
Russia
Russla
No Skin Left on Body to Death Then Saved by Cuticura
A reader recounts a baby's severe eczema with widespread skin loss and bleeding, claiming two doctors gave up before Cuticura remedies cured the child. The letter, dated Oct 14 and 22, 1906 from James J. Smith of Dumid, Va, emphasizes dramatic relief after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The clipping ends with a Denver Republican complaint about political advertising and a New York Press quip on missing collegiate yells.
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Tezema
Eczema
James J. Smith
Dumid
Denver Republican
Fernyntle
New York Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Local Druggists
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimony from J Cheney’s acquaintances asserts his honesty and firm ability to meet obligations. Product advertised as internally taken with testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. also Talle’s Family Pills for constipation.
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Ty Hall
F. J. Crexey & Co
Toledo
Vr J. Cheney
Walding, Ramas & Marvin
Hall
A Vanishing Tribe of Florida Seminoles Recalls Lost Kin
Collier's notes the Seminoles of Florida face erosion of tribe, traditions, homes as distrust and neglect persist since the Seminole war. The piece cites dwindling numbers from 858 to 275, tied to debts and government actions, describing a shuttered remnant of a once robust Creek family lineage.
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Florida
United States
Tittle Band
Collier
Pigeons Lose Jobs and Telegraphs Replace Them
The article notes the shift to wireless telegraphy in British naval and colonial service as pigeons are phased out, with no budget funds for pigeons this year. It mentions Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and warns of dangers from poisonous ribbons in baby bonnets.
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Naval
Colonial Service
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited By Woman
A Norriston woman credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles after an impending operation. The ad urges other sick women to try the remedy, noting it has helped thousands and inviting letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydis BE. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Spain Rebuilds Navy Amid Prosperity and Reform
The Scientific American notes Spain's recovery from the global downturn with plans for a modern fleet. Three battleships about 426 feet long and 15,000 tons, 1914 knot speed, along with eight destroyers and torpedo boats, are to be built at Ferral and Carthagena. The Dowager Empress of China reportedly succeeded the late emperor and has died.
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Spain
Ferral
Carthagena
Scientific Amer Ean
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