Swamp Root testimonial and miscelanea in 1909 issue
A letter praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for quickly relieving kidney and bladder pain after a trial bottle. The writer, W H Warren of Gainesboro Tennessee, swears the remedy left no pain and describes purchasing a full bottle. The note, notarized July 14 1909, invites publication and further information from Kilmer Co with sample and booklet offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Warren
Gainesboro
Tenn
W. F. Dodson
Justice of the Peace of Jackson Co
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, Wn, C
Brokers Swap Tales of Greed and Quick Fortunes
In a tense chat, two brokers compare curiosity and risk. A daily ticker watcher and a Reading and Union his point margin client, who started with fifty thousand dollars, doubled it in six months and moved his money into Brat moult, leaving the first broker dazed by the audacious gain.
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Acroma
Reading
Union Epoint
Rebels March on City of Mexico as Ambassadors Seek Marines
Washington reports say about 3,000 rebels are marching toward Mexico City with Diaz promising to return if intervention occurs. Ambassador Wilson urges Washington for marine protection of the legation amid tense siege lines surrounding the capital. Federal troops clash at various points as Mirandi’s division and Zapata forces press from the south and other columns close in on the city.
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Washington
Madero
Mexico City
State Department
Legation
Wilson
Mirandi
Jvo
Former Mexican Leader Vows Return in Case of Foreign Invasion
Paris report says former President Porfirio Diaz and his son returned from Nice and spoke to an International News Service correspondent. Diaz, nearing 82, said he would go back to fight if Mexico faced foreign intervention, even as a simple soldier, and would mobilize millions if needed. He warned invaders would unite the people to repel them.
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Paris
Vorusio Diaz
Nice
International News Service
Aue son-Astoria
Mexico
Maximilian
Ohio voters face liquor question and women's suffrage
Ohio citizens will vote on an extensive state constitution amendment package next Tall. Key measure grants women full suffrage while a liquor proposal limits licenses to one saloon per 500 population, preserving local option laws. Both temperance and liquor groups expect approval.
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Ohio
Columbia
N Wor
Sugar Firms Face $700000 Duty Restitution Case
Philadelphia reports that refining companies implicated in customs irregularities by a federal grand jury must pay 700000 to the Treasury for underpaid duties on sugar. If not timely settled, legal actions will proceed in U S courts to recover the funds, with the figure representing only a portion of alleged government losses due to statute limits.
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Philadelphia
Trury Department
United States
Richardson Paddowl Tale Seeks Commutation to Life
In Richardson Paddowl Kentucky Willard Richardson faces a death sentence for the murder of John Violett. Relatives petition Gov McAreary to commute to imprisonment arguing his aged parents require him at home. A damaged text fragment follows describing unrelated frayed bits about a baby, a physician, and a convoluted misread crime scene.
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Paddowl, KY
Willard Richardson
John Violett
McAreary
Richardson
Hix Smother
Milla Baby
Self
New York
Murat
Artificia
Health for the Child and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
A health note urges mothers to monitor bowel activity in children and treat constipation with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It touts natural bowels function, no griping, and suggests samples from Dr W S Caldwell at Monticello, Indiana. The ad promotes 50 cent and 1 dollar bottle prices and nationwide availability.
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Drugeists
Acme of Laziness tale ends in comic sting
A Kansua record holder for laziness is buried alive by neighbors who abandon hope he will work or eat. A passerby offers corn, prompting the man to ask if it is shelled. He dies as the wagon continues, and he asks about shelling before being buried.
The Incomplete Revolver Scene From a Melodrama
In a Harper's Weekly excerpt a stock melodrama scene shows the villain Charles Wolcott replacing his revolver with a penknife in a staged crime. The hero dies and a character named Winkleby muses about building their family on installment plans as his daughter begs him to reveal thoughts.
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Charles Wolcott
Winkleby
Mrs. Winkleby
Harper’s Weekly
Counterfeiter Get a stiff Sentence
William Fink of Brooklyn was sentenced by the New York Court of Special Sessions to four months in the penitentiary with hard labor for counterfeiting the Carter’s Liver Pills trade name. The Carter Medicine Company detected the counterfeit before any goods entered the market to deter future frauds.
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William Fink
Brooklyn
New York Court of Special Sessions
Carter
Carter Medicine Company
Deuel Id
Crummy Cook and Laughter Enduring in Gossiping Ad
Fragmentary ad copy and quips feature Mrs Becker and Mrs Knicker arguing about a crummy cook, with jokes about lumbago rheumatism and Chilblain. Liniment claims and household remedies appear, promoting Hunt's Lightning Oil and Merck’s Pleasant Pellets. Reads as a scattershot 19th century newspaper filler.
Make yourself a Christmas pre of a cash register
In an afterdinner speech Samuel Untermeyer cites a tale about a commercial traveler who urges a storekeeper to buy a cash register to track income and expenses. The storekeeper replies that God’s make already does that, smiling at his wife beside him in the shop.
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Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Pliteburg
Surgetian
Why Should I Use Cuticura Soap
An ad promotes Cuticura Soap as a preventive skin care product with emollient and prophylactic benefits. It claims the soap keeps hands soft and white, hair glossy, scalp clean, and offers economical use, urging readers to request a free sample and booklet from Cuticura in Boston.
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Cuticura
Druggiate
Deslera
No Chance About it in the Conservatory Encounter
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a tense exchange in a quiet Conservatory corner. A young man apologizes for a stolen kiss while a judge cautions about offense and propriety, signaling dramatic moral conflict.
Fragments of Patent Remedies and City Fire Dialogue
A garbled excerpt lists Garey berry cures and Fletcher's Castoria with Nero dialogue about Rome. It mentions Paxtine Antiseptic for dental care and a quip about praising the dead. The text mixes ad-like lines with a brief exchange on a burning city.
Fragmentary Texts From An Obscure Page Adage
A garbled OCR style passage discusses age and brains longevity with scattered phrases. It mentions a young man praised by a girl, and compares a hero from a romance. The fragmentary nature leaves unclear context, dates, or concrete events.
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