Rheumatism cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills story
Mrs Rhoda Pettit of Louisville Nebraska describes severe inflammatory rheumatism after damp exposure and overwork. She loses weight and strength, endures knife like pains, swelling, and bed confinement before recovering after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad notes pills sold by druggists or by mail at 50 cents a box.
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Rhoda Pettit
Louisville
Neb
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Sharp-Eared Maid Ends in a Curious Exchange
A brief snippet shows a conversation about a new maid with sharp ears and a remark that the down three are scratched around the eyholes, suggesting a peculiar observation. No further context or consequence is provided.
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Hubuy
Man and His Happiness Insight
A reflection on happiness from William George Jordan's Self-Control notes that happiness springs from living with high ideals and inner growth, not external wealth. It argues that outer possessions depend on others, while true self-growth rests with the individual.
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William George Jordan
Tuberculosis Day Plans Reach Thousands Of Churches
Plans for Tuberculosis Day include sermons on preventing consumption in thousands of churches on April 28. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis leads the effort with 600 allied associations aiding boards of health and women’s clubs to spread the gospel of health nationwide.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National Association
Boards of Health, Women’s Clubs
The Doctor Habit And How She Overcame It
A Chicago woman credits Grape-Nuts with ending her family’s doctor habit. After years of illness and nervousness, she improved health and energy, saying she could manage daily tasks again and that the diet aided her household routine. Her husband notes the product supports his strength.
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Chicago
Semy
Battle Creek
Micki
Walvigysin
Mecca
SPP Atheny
Indian Prince’s Funeral Promptus Ends with Sudden Death
Kronyi leaves a fortune exceeding 60,000,000 gulden with a last will filed by Ilona in probate court. Kronyi dies after escaping a car near a store and a frightful fit. Ilona wins the estate but must share one third with Kronyi’s brother amid a court fight.
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Promptus Will
Lona
Kronyi
Ilona
Islena
World's Smallest Republic on Travolara Island
A tiny island near Sardinia named Travolara became a republic after the Bartoleoni family ceded sovereignty in 1836. Its population is 55, with a president elected for ten years according to the island's constitutional arrangements.
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Travolara
Sardinia
Charles Albert
Bartoleoni
Paul I
Giant rope web exhibition spans Chicago lawn
The largest spider web in the world was created not by a spider but by human hands on a Chicago man's country lawn. Spanning 40 by 60 feet between two trees, the rope web is strong enough to hold a person at the center, drawn across a main thoroughfare for widespread fascination.
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Chicago
Handcuffed diver captivates Sydney harbor feats
A stuntman nicknamed the Handcuff King failed to surpass his own dangers as he leaped from 98 feet into Sydney harbor with hands bound and eyes blindfolded. Earlier he escaped from a bag with all limbs manacled and thrown overboard. In 1910 he competed in aviation and won Australia’s league prize of $7,000 amid a dramatic fight.
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Popular
Sydney
Australia
Colors and the Brain A Color Theory Warning
A 19th century style health note warns that color exposure affects nerves. Purple allegedly unhinges minds in a colorless room, red inflames the imagination toward frenzy, blue acts as a brain stimulant yet harms the nervous system, and yellow can trigger hysteria in some.
Auctioned London Egg Of Extinct Great Auk Sells For 1500
An egg from the extinct great auk sold at a London auction for 1500 dollars. Eggs vary from about 4.1 to 5 inches, mostly white or buff with blotched markings. The great auk, unable to fly, disappeared after 1844 due to overexploitation for eggs and skins.
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London
Budapest shopgirl inherits after odd cuff note death
Ilona Vardis a Budapest shopgirl becomes a multi millionaire by an admirer’s sudden death after he pledges all his wealth to her in a cuff note as a joke. Kronyi an elderly customer left a will naming her sole heir just before dying.
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Ilona Vardis
Budapest
Hungary
Ilona
Kronyi
Woman's Arm in Tree Shocks Pennsylvania Storekeeper
Adam Fowler of Clifton Heights, Pa., shook out a Christmas tree from Maine and a woman's severed forearm dropped from the branches. The preserved limb, amputated above the elbow, is suspected to be from a recent tragedy or a legitimate amputation that was not buried.
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Adam Fowler
Clifton Heights
Fowler
Maine
Paris Engineer Gifts Daughter A Domestic Electric Train
M. Hagnauer of Paris presents a toy electric train to his daughter Jeanine. The miniature train moves dishes from kitchen to dining room via a button on an ivory indicator and messages the kitchen for bread water napkins and utensils. It costs about 250 dollars and carries up to 24 pounds.
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M. Hagnauer
Paris
Jeanine
Oysters Yield 38 Pearls in One Shell
J. F. Neal of Colfax Washington found 38 pearls in a single oyster while eating oyster soup. Five pearls were notably large and the potential value, if not spoiled by cooking, would have been about $100.
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J. F. Neal
Colfax, Wash
Local women praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Appleton Wisconsin Miss Croria Bavur tells how the remedy eased two years of monthly pain insomnia and nervous strain after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and its Blood Purifier. Geneva Iowa Miss Suaver reports relief from monthly suffering after following the same treatment. Montrose Colorado Miss Etna McCanpusss says irregular periods and headaches faded and she feels like another person. The ad urges trial for any suffering girl and cites widespread proof of benefit.
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Lydia
Miss Croria M. Bavur
Lawrence St
Appleton
Wis
Geneva
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Suaver
Sam Erickson
Colorado
Montrose
Col
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Etna McCanpusss
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