Confidential letters promise help for private illnesses
A promotional pitch urges readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential guidance on intimate health issues. The letter claims decades of experience and says letters from grateful women prove the method’s power.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pa lauds Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for curing her long standing organ ic disorder and female weakness after doctors advised operation. She credits the remedy and guidance with restoring her health and urges others to consider it.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Potions
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard female remedy. It claims the tincture cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing-down feeling flatulency indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A Practical View on Meeting the King
A speaker recalls spending two months securing an audience with the king and views the wait as wasted time since no sale was made. The exchange highlights the business mindset of royal access and the perceived value of direct access to power.
Finest Kodak Store in America in St Paul Minnesota
Zimmérman Bros. St Paul Minnesota boast the finest Kodak store in America offering developing and printing for amateurs. They promise beautiful work at reasonable prices and will send price lists to any amateur on application.
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KODAK
America
Zimmérman Bros
A Pleasant Topic Delves Into Marital Ironies
A witty exchange reveals how a woman who seems aloof and austere becomes engaged when questioned about how she married her husband. The dialogue hints at humor and social dynamics without revealing personal details.
Eye specialist Dr J H Rindlaub in Fargo advertises services
Dr J H Rindlaub an eye ear nose and throat specialist in Fargo North Dakota offers medical care. The brief line notes he remarks on people spending money trying to fool themselves.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Byrup Teething Remedy
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Byrup for children teething. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic with a 250m bottle and closes with a moral line about divine things not being defended by dodging.
Armour and Patten Battle in Wheat and Corn Markets
Chicago traders report Armour and Patten pressing shorts in wheat and corn with prices rising to 1.09 for wheat and 82 1/2 to 83 4 cents for corn. Armour refuses private settlements, while Patten extends leniency. Big deals in both grains were expected to close today amid market volatility and renewed maneuvers to cover losses.
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Chicago
Armour and Patten
Armoir
Board of Trade
Armour
Minneapolis
Palten
Patten
Sto.our
May Waylay Autoists in New York to Paris Race
A Nixon dispatch from Paris dated May 28 reports the American car in the New York to Paris race surviving a near collision with an express train and a 200 foot fall. Brigand spies warn of planned attacks, seeing the racers as rich targets while the German car leads by sixty miles at noon yesterday.
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Paris
Matin
Nixon
Portland Banker J Thorburn Ross Faces Five Years Prison
Salem May 30 Judge Burnett in circuit court sentenced J Thorburn Ross Portland banker to five years imprisonment and to pay a fine of 576,094. Ross was convicted of wrongful conversion of state school funds in his role as president of the True Guarantee and Trust company.
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Portland
Salem
Burnett
Cerrcult
J. Thorburn Ross
Portand
Ross
True Guarantee and Trust Company
Amador Mining and Development sinks 650000 at Copper God Mine
Amador Mining and Development Company of Montana once valued at 10 million dollars collapses. 1 400 stockholders, mostly Chicagoans, are informed the Copper God Mine investment is worthless. Secretary O E B Mackinnon, founder and promoter, disappeared to Boston after years of stock sales and lavish spending.
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Wk Atct Cee
Chicago
Amador Mining and Development Company of
Montana
O. E B. MacKinnon
MaceKinnon
Boston
Another Diocese to Locate Bishop in St Paul Minnesota
Bishop Edsall consented to forming a new Episcopal diocese in Minnesota with the see in St Paul, contingent on securing endowment for an additional supervisory officer. A 10-member committee presented the case in Minneapolis, and the bishop agreed pending the funding condition.
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St. Paul
Edsall
Episcopal Church
Minnesota
Wind Causes Smashing Circus Train Wreck Near Alpha
A strong wind set five empty box cars in motion on a siding two miles west of Alpha and sent them into an open switch. They tumbled onto the main track and collided with a circus special pulling twenty six cars and two engines. The wreck destroyed the empty cars and toppled the circus train into a ditch while engine crews jumped to safety. The incident occurred near Jackson Minnesota on May 29.
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Jackson
Minn
Alpha
Rehearing Refused in Hart Disbarment Case
Special Supreme Court declines to review the disbarment of Capt. F. B. Hart of Minneapolis. The court’s six month disbarment stands after orders denying rehearing to Hart and the Minnesota State Bar Association.
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Special Supreme Court
Hart
St. Paul
Capt
F. B. Hart
Minneapolis
Minnesota State Bar Association
Special Court
Capt. Hart
The
Bar Association
House foundation collapse kills carpenter in Eau Claire
In Eau Claire Wisconsin May 29 a house raised on jack screws for a new foundation toppled while four men worked underneath. Ira J Swartz was crushed and killed instantly, breaking his neck. C R Johnson suffered three broken ribs and internal injuries while Frank and John Monarski were lightly hurt. Rescue took twenty minutes and the fire department responded.
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Eau Cl Tre
Wis
Ira J. Swartz
C. R. Johnson
Frank
John Monarski
Swartz
Johnson
Dynamite scare triggers panic at Chicago Dante School
Rumors of an Italian secret society plotting to dynamite the Dante school at Ewing and Desmoines streets caused panic among 1,700 pupils. About 600 children fled the building, many tripping and bruised, with no serious injuries reported.
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Chicago
Flooded Lowlands Cause Heavy Losses in Missouri Cornfields
Reports from Maryville and other Northwest Missouri towns indicate thousands of acres of lowlands have flooded. The land, largely planted to corn, suffered heavy damage in the St Joseph area on May 30.
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St. Joseph
Maryville
Oregon
Tarkle
Northwest
Missouri
Robbery Report From East Grand Forks Hotel
A fragment reports a hotel robbery in East Grand Forks Minnesota with names including Zimmerman and Johnson and a suspect Murphy arrested on charges of crobbing. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Maybelle letters influence Snell estate case in court
The jury hears the famous Maybelle letters detailing wild passion and pleas to Col. Snell as the millionaire’s finances are weighed. Testimony describes how the old man lavished gifts and sought to help Maybelle Snell McNamara, with estimates suggesting cash, real estate and clothing gifts totaling well into six figures.
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Clinton
Maybelle
Snell
Maybelle Snell McNamara
Brent
Darling
Emporia Bank
Emporia
Col. Snell
Cearie
Ex Chief Collins Freed After Conspiracy Acquittal
Former Chicago police chief John M. Collins and police attorney Comerford were acquitted of conspiring to deprive the city of police services to aid Edward F. Dunne’s mayoral campaign. The acquittal ends the long case against the two officials.
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Chicago
John M. Collins
Comerford
Edward F. Dunne
We Pay Top Prices CREAM Cash Offers Advertised
An old classified style notice promises top prices for cream with cash on delivery. The ad urges readers to write for prices and tags and lists Moller and Holmes in Minnesota as contact names.
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Moller. & Holmes
Paul
Minn
Hide and Fur Offer From Minneapolis Firm
Hides pelts and wool urged to ship to N. W. Hide & Fur Co. of Minneapolis Minnesota for full value. The ad ends with a moral line about indifference freezing human kindness.
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Reliable
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Promises Cures
An old advertisement claims permanent cures for fits St Vitus dance and nervous diseases with Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer A free trial bottle and treatise offered through Dr Ki H Eling Lr at 31 Arch Street Philadelphia PA Includes product and tent information from American Tent and Awning Co Minneapolis.
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St. Vitus
Kline
Hestorer
Ki. H. Eling
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Vanity excerpt in Secretary Root remarks
The passage describes Cabinet Secretary Root noting a politician copied a forty one page speech report to newspapers. On page 20 a quoted line shows the speaker claiming to close as the hour grows late, prompting a call to continue.
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Root
Important to Mothers Castoria Safe Remedy for Infants
Examine every bottle of Castoria carefully for the safe and sure remedy for infants and children. Ensure it bears the signature of the maker. In use for over 30 years, the kind you have always bought.
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T&cchcee
The Major's Remains
The body of the late Major Jinks was cremated. A widow preserved the relic in a fruit jar jokingly described as the last of the family jars.
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Maj
Jinks
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. It states internal dosing from 10 drops to a teaspoonful and offers one hundred dollars for a cure failure. Circulars and testimonials are available by mail from Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney & CO
Druggista
Teke Hall
Heavy Mortgage Cornered by Old Lady and Builder
A humorous exchange centers on a dilapidated house where an elderly owner frets the building will collapse under its weighty mortgage. The builder assures the structure stands firm despite the heavy loan burden.
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertises Cure for Feet
It claims to cure hot sweating callous and swollen feet with Allen S Olmsted in Roy New York offering a trial package free and urging to avoid bakiteite. The note also gives a dating tip telling men to avoid women who do not confide in their mothers.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Roy, N. Y
Hoyt's Headache and Neuralgia Cologne Remedy
An 19th century advert claims Hoyt's Cologne relieves headache neuralgia nervousness faintness exhaustion and sleeplessness by inhaling or outward application. Sold by druggists in 25 and 60 cent bottles. A woman with a drug store complexion tries to bluff at blushing.
Farmer in Plummer slashes throat and wrist in suicide attempt
Crookston Minn May 29 Lars Engstrom a farmer at Plummer cut the arteries of his throat and wrist in a self inflicted attempt. Long illness and despondency were given as the cause. He has a ghastly throat wound and cannot live. He formerly lived in Crookston and is a brother of Nels G Enstrom of this city.
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Plummer
Crookston
Minn
Lars Engstrom
Nels G. Enstrom
F J Tourtefot Dies After Illness at St Josephs
F J Tourtefot longtime Northern Pacific official and dining car service superintendent died after a two week illness in St Josephs hospital at St Paul on May 29. He had thirty years with the railroad.
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F. J.tourtefot
St. Paul
F. J. Tourtefot
Northern * Pacific Railway
St. Josephs
Gala Opera Night at Covent Garden for Royal Visit
Covent Garden dazzled with decorations honoring the king and queen of England and the French president. Melba and Tetrazrial performed as part of a gala opera night under the king's command.
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Fallierea
London
Covent Garden
England
France
Melba
Tetrazrial
Valley Flood Reaches Marshalltown After Rains
In Marshalltown Iowa on May 29 the Iowa river valley flooded as continuous rains over three days inundated central and northern Iowa. The rising water progressed through the valley state wide, forcing precautions and disruption.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Two Miners Die in Calumet Mine Shaft Collapse
In Calumet Michigan on May 29 two miners named Peter Gugliemlo and Peter Cicotte were killed when a timber fell three thousand feet in shaft No 7 at the Calumet and Hecla mine. Both men are identified as Italians.
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Calumet, Mich
Calumet & Hecla
Peter Gugliemlo
Peter Cicotte
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