Tuberculosis Crisis in the West Indies
Associations for the Prevention of TB form in Porto Rico and Trinidad. TB deaths reach over 40,000 annually in the Americas with rates nearly triple those of the United States. In Porto Rico and Port-au-Spain figures show high mortality due to unsanitary housing and neglect of campaigns across islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Porto Rico
Trinidad
Tse
United States
Port-au-Spain
New York City
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted For Early Kidney Trouble
An old newspaper notice promotes Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble with a testimonial from Mia L. B. Wilcox of McAlester Oklahoma. It claims pills cure kidney ills and include dealer price details. The ad volume includes additional product pitches and quips about distemper cures and eye remedies.
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Bright
Dean
Mia
L. B. Wilcox
Cherokee St
McAlester
Okla
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Heal Various Ailments
Testimonial notices from women in Park Rapids and nearby areas praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing nervousness, digestion issues, and general weakness after prolonged illness. One testimony notes a 20 pound gain and renewed ability to work after six bottles.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Park Rapids
Bilin
Lydia FB. Pinkham
Mrs. Ep
la Dov
Park
Winn
Teokville
Ohio
Lydia FE
Pinkham
KovNison
Xham
H. Plaka
Mass
Greatest Gift of AN and Modern Heroism Reflections
An excerpt from the Springfield Republican imagines the greatest gift being love rather than riches or power. It contrasts heroic ideals with daily courage in enduring hardship and celebrating everyday acts of bravery. The Washington Star notes daily heroes emerge in failures and successes alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Blood thicker than water sailor account from Taku forts
A Washington Times reminiscence recounts an American sailor living in Los Gatos describing the 189 Chinese battle at Taku forts during the late 19th century. He recalls towing Chinese troops to action from the U S frigate Minnesota and witnessing intense combat, including wounds to English and American officers, with the famed phrase blood is thicker than water cited as brotherly aid in distress.
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Washington Times
Iiving
Los Gatos
Cal
Hope
Taku Forts
U. S
Minnesota
Tattnall
China
Hart
Trenchard
Overworked Imagination and Busy Prima Donna Sketches
A collection of satirical items from The Washington Star and Detroit Free Press. A sardonic citizen claims he contributes to others happiness via premium dinners and pensions while humorous lines question daily life and luck. The Busy Prima Donna moves through races as papers claim, while a will and wealth defense loom amid song and misdirection.
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Washington Star
van Parle
Soldier of Fortune Harper Lee Stars in Mexican Bull Ring
A portrait of Harper Lee, an American in Guadalajara, rising from near death years ago to fame as a bull fighter in Mexico. The piece traces his origins from Texas, family ties to Col George Baylor, and his rapid rise, earnings, and acclaim amid crowds and rival legends like Montes.
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Colliers
Fortunia
Latin America
Harper Lee
Guadalajara
Mexico
Polo Grounds
Brooklyn
Herzegovina
Gil Corowd
Harvard Tw
Princeton
Texas
George Baylor
Mexican Central Railway
Lee
Jim Corbett
Mexico City
Ben Otro Montes
Montes
Picnic in the Cellar Turns Rainy Day into Playtime
Barbara Boyd recounts a mother who turned a rainy summer day into a cellar picnic for nine children and two visitors. A wheel indicator and improvised games transformed the basement into a safe, cheerful playground, sparing carpets and furniture while keeping kids entertained.
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Barbara Boyd
the Tribune
Mystery of the Sargasso Sea Explored in Harper's Weekly
The Sargasso Sea is described as a vast circular basin formed by surrounding ocean currents with a calm, weed covered center. Its borders host diverse life including unique transparent shrimp, multi eyed glow reefs, and algae beds that create protective colors. Some species hatch in weed nests and thread nets bound by fish secretions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Sargasso Sea
Atlantic
Honda
Elx
Salmon Run on the Amoor River Trade and Trapping
The Amoor River, a Siberian waterway separating Siberia and Manchuria, hosts vast salmon runs. Fishermen from Russia and Japan used nets and traps to harvest huge catches, with some hauls exceeding 6,000 fish per net. After pressure, Russian authorities restricted the fishing, while locals depended on salmon for subsistence.
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Japan
A New Japanese Alphabet From the New York Tribune
After 80 years of trial Japanese scholars claim to have devised an alphabet to replace Chinese characters. It uses 26 Latin letters plus 19 more, with diacritics and vowel/consonant tokens. Critics note sound shifts like H to A and P to Ko. private, ungovernmented push by the Dokuritsu Bunhakk to promote study globally.
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The
New York Tribune
Bishop Faces Education Bill Pressures in Worcester
The Worcester bishop denounces costly school reforms tied to the Education Act while vowing fiscal restraint. He asserts Worcester schools must stay open and faithful, condemning waste and emphasizing personal economies amid diocesan duties.
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Westminster
London
Worcester
Board of Education
Secret Cornish Jaw Found Frightens Podkins Wife
Old Podkins relaxes with his wife near him when news of a petrified jaw found in Cornwall disrupts their peace. He jokes that her ancestors came from the area as his wife interrupts to break the quiet with the discovery.
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Old Podkins
Cornwall
Podkins
Cure for Severe Skin Disease by Cuticura Ointment
A Chicago father recounts severe rash in his five year old son that resisted three doctors and a medical college. After applying Cuticura ointment on bandages the skin healed after several treatments, leaving the boy healthy twelve years later.
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Robert Wattam
Forty-eighth St
Chicago
Writer's kink joke from a poet and maiden
A light quip describes writer's kink as a stomach misalignment caused by not eating. The beautiful maiden asks about writer's cramp and the poet answers with the pun implying hunger-related discomfort.
Dr Martel's Female Pills Promoted As Standard Remedy
Seventeen years the standard medicine prescribed for women's ailments. A scientifically prepared remedy of proven worth. The result from their use is quick and permanent. For sale at all drug stores. The note adds that the commerce of the port of New York grew 62 percent over the last ten years.
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Gale
Port of
New York
First Sea Visit Sparks Anna’s Quick Dip
A young girl named Anna visits the seaside and eager to enter the water, plans to beat others into the surf. She wets and dresses quickly at dawn, explaining she wants to arrive before crowds so the water isn’t cold.
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Anna
Sea Side
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Spohn
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Trangers
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Buffalo, NY
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Hynet
Undertaker
Mont Washington
Detroit Free Press
Stoopers
Siberia
Manchuria
Tartary
Hartlebury
Yeatman- Bigge
Standand Oil CO. (Incorporated
DR. Martel
Mr. Winslow
Carter
Varee
W. L. Douglas
America
W.D. Douglas
Deana W. L. Douglas
Cascarets
Stochers & Feeders
Chotea Quailty
Sadefarthoo
Atcliber
Kaveoa City
St.Joeaph
Omaha
Nab
Liconie
Walker Ben Antonie
Willes
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Biselaghom
Lyss County
Kansas
Mameyaruiss
Thompson's Eye Water
Sioux City Ptg. CO
Evie Sirens
Everraliow
Isatvasien
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