Zoa Phora Promises Relief for Women’s Ailments
Advertises Zoa Phora as a cure for ovarian trouble painful periods and other female ailments. Includes testimonials from Mrs. Chas. N. West and Mrs. West of Chicago praising relief and renewed strength after using the tonic. Claims support through maternity recovery and relief from recurrent weakness with a dollar bottle available via Kalamazoo, Michigan firm.
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Zoa Phora
Chas. N. West
Abbott Court
Chicago
Birs .West
Fi Span
Zoa Phora Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ghost visits thrill Brightwood amid pay day bustle
Brightwood town buzzes over two ghost appearances near the depot on Monday and Wednesday. crowds gather as merchants report pay-day windfall and social chatter, while real estate and club plans hint at a growing suburb with new homes, commerce, and community tensions.
Electric Headlights for the Big Four Trains
The Big Four railroad tests electric headlights on its Cincinnati to Chicago division with plans to use them on all through trains. Engineers say the feature lets crews spot track hazards while the crew naps and wakes to stop on time. Cloverleaf already uses them on its top train but not within 40 miles of Indianapolis. The system aims for broader adoption across major railroads.
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Big Four Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Chicago
Big Four
Tion
Cloverleaf
Indianapolis
Industrious Pupils Show Nighttime School’s Progress
The night school organized for young colored men by Prof. F. W. Stokes since September trains them in woodworking with about 16 pupils. Under Miss Mary E. Wilson, two stere opticon entertainments raised funds for tools, and students display finished items Friday night. Each article remains the maker’s property, with many adding to households. refrigerators cost 15 dollars in materials, lined with charcoal and zinc. The workshop walls display work from hats to miniature houses, including handwoven carpet and piety jardiniere stands. The display ends Friday evening to show what months of training can achieve.
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F. W. Stokes
Mary E. Wilson
Piety Jardiniere
Mysterious Sounds From Grand Jury Room
The article describes Capt. Joseph Hays preparing a memorial day speech for George H. Chapman post G A R. He rehearses behind closed doors in the federal building grand jury room, envisioning an imaginary crowd as chairs and benches listen.
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Grand Jury Room
Federal
Joseph Hays
George H. Chapman Post
Hays
Capt. Hays
Tobacco and alcohol linked in Everett Weissig theory
Austin says Dr Adolph Weissig concludes alcohol addiction cannot develop without tobacco use. He cites personal examinations of hundreds who used tobacco and notes that those who quit tobacco find alcohol cessation easier, suggesting tobacco plays a key role in drunkenness.
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Austin
Tex
Adolph Weissig
Universal temperance push calls for tobacco ban
A speaker urges total prohibition, arguing that true temperance requires removing tobacco entirely. He claims universal temperance can only be achieved by banishing tobacco from the face of the earth.
Nightie wanderer wanders aimlessly to hear hand organ
In Newark a 3 year old, Charlie Geiger, wandered from home in his nightie to follow a hand organ. He was found by a policeman near Bread and Market streets and returned home after his identity was established. The report also notes a separate train episode in Duluth involving a man named Patterson and a deputy president Schwab. In Philadelphia a rare Japanese deer arrived at the zoo and died by hanging. Keepers cite animal self-harm as a known, though rare, behavior.
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Brightwood
St. Martinique
Mt. Pelee
Columbia
Club of
Newark
N. J
Charlie Geiger
Charlie
Bread and Market Sts
Here
Duluth
Patterson
Mr. Patterson
President Schwab
United States Argel Corporation
Ratterson
Oswego man jailed for vagrancy after long fairgoing life
Oswego, May 22. George Sheldon, nearly 70, is arrested for vagrancy. He has traveled on foot to fairs from New York to Chicago and the Pan-American, skipping the Charleston exposition for dislike of the south. He inherited a large Oswego-area farm with his brother who manages it while Sheldon enjoys leisure. He says he will never work a day.
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Oswego
George Sheldon
New York
Chicago
South
St. Louis
Sheldon
New c “Put
Rourr
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