Nervousness and weakness cured by Peruna
Miss Sadie Robinson of Malden Massachusetts reports that she used Peruna for seven months to treat weakness and nervousness from overwork and sleeplessness. She says her condition improved with better sleep appetite and strength and her pelvic weakness disappeared. Dr Hartman offers free confidential medical advice. Mexico bought locomotives and rails from the United States in 1904 shows increases over 1903.
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Sadie Robinson
Randstreet
Malden
Mass
Mexico
United States
Wit and wonder mix in 1900s notes on salmon brains
An English writer doubts salmon fast during freshwater sojourns while noting their reaction to prey. Philip Verrill Michels is named president of the Dickens Fellowship branch in New York, which has ten locals and five thousand worldwide. Bangkok travel features an elephant ride from steamer to hotel.
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Hodgson
Philip Verrill Michels
Dickens Fellowship
New York
Bangkok
Worth Her Weight In Gold In 106 Pound Woman
A sub treasury employee explains money weight using a 106 pound woman valued at 28 647 in gold while comparing the weight of paper money. The piece also lists coin and bill weights including a $5 gold piece and various totals of silver dollars half dollars and pennies and dollars in different forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
Treasury
Old Man’s Advice Nonsense Ends With Tobacco Block
A Brooklyn Eagle item tells of a dockside character who can’t explain a fisherwoman’s bad luck until he jokes that she must also chew tobacco. The tale follows the woman’s attempts to learn why her bait never catches fish and ends with the punchline about chewing tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Brooklyn Eagle
Old Tales and New Gossip Stir Civic Arenas
The Washington Star notes a surge of familiar stories recited by a congressman delighting listeners as he disperses tales from Noah and Noah’s adventures to dispel gloom at public gatherings. A remark on old maids meeting single men suggests Hope Ahead amid social banter.
Poison rings capture society's fascination and scent
Jewelry fad among fashionable women features poison rings that hold smelling salts rather than poison. Notable wearers include Mrs Granville Kane and Mrs William Peirson Hamilton, with others tied to historic houses like Richelieu. Rings are old relics, rare and sought after.
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New York
Lucrezia Borgia
Granville Kane
William Peirson Hamilton
Hamilton
Juliet Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Arthur E. Grannis
Henry Trevor
Tourists Pests in Rome Prompt Crackdown on Beggars
A London Gazette article argues that the foreigner hunt in Italy harms tourism with constant small payments from Naples to Capri. It notes improved conditions due to police and anti begging efforts, while the Society for Foreigners is urged to justify its existence. Also included are quips from the Washington Post and Chicago Chronicle about social idleness and a monkey mascot jailed for theft.
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Italy
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Peninsula
Naples
Sorrento
Capri
Association Against
Chiefs of Police
Berlin Plans Tree Blossom Trains for Spring Tourists
Berlin railways announce special tree blossom trains to outer districts to give town residents a chance to enjoy spring flowers and foliage in nearby areas. The move aims to provide affordable outings as daylight hours lengthen and gardens bloom.
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Berlin
Tea and comfort miss noted in buyer apology
A reader laments missing a good deal on Schilling's Best tea and money lost, while a grocer offers to refund if unsatisfied. A quoted remark describes a man living in a two room home in Kansas, cited by the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyclone
Kansas
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Silk rentals lender in London trial prompts remark
A London court heard a plaintiff who earned her living lending silk skirts hats and feathers to working girls for holidays. She commented how an everyday drink being bad was surprising given her familiarity with discomfort.
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London
Sulphur Indian Territory Seeks Move of Town Structures
The town of Sulphur in Indian Territory, with 270 wooden and stone buildings, plans relocation to another site and invites bids for the job.
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Sulphur
Indian Territory
Big Frank McCoy Seized in Street Dying After Bank Burglary Links
Homeless and near death in New York, Frank McCoy known as Big Frank, a famed old time bank burglar, was found in the street. He was Jimmy Hope's partner, who died recently in connection with the Manhattan bank robbery and the Beneficial Savings Bank heist in Philadelphia in 1872, where $60,000 was stolen.
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Frank McCoy
Big Frank
New York
McCoy
Jimmy Hope
Manhattan
Beneficial Savings Bank of
Philadelphia
Tea mood inquiry and VOA attendance figures cited
The prompt asks about a tea mood and notes from the annual report of the Volunteers of America led by Ballington Booth. It records 35,000 services with 1,060,955 congregants in VOA halls and buildings. It also mentions Australia population changes since 1892 and a note on American boilers in Canadian sugar beet factories.
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the Volunteers of America
Ballington Booth
Commonwealth Statistician
Australia
Italian Ambassador Visits Sunny Side Italian Colony
The Italian ambassador to the United States Baron Edwards Mayor Des planches tours the Sunny Side area in Arkansas, expressing satisfaction with the condition of the Italian community. Also notes assayer Howard E. Burton of Leadville Colorado lists specimen prices for metals and offers mailing envelopes and price lists.
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United States
Baron Edwards
Desplanches
Sunny Side
Ark
Howard E. Burton
Leadville
Colorado
Rence
Carbonate National Bank
Denver Sees Record Tree Shipments This Year
More than 200000 shade and ornamental trees have been shipped into Denver since January 1 marking a record high for the period. The volume surpasses any similar period in the past decade, signaling strong local planting and landscaping demand.
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Denver
Cures Promised from Patent Remedy and Teething Syrup
An advertisement touts a permanent cure for fits and nervousness with a free trial bottle and treatise from R. H. Kline Ltd of Philadelphia. It notes aid from the czar of Russia to Greek Orthodox Christians in Boston for a place of worship and endorses Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Ward
Kansas City
R. H. Kline, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Russia
Boston
Mrs. Winslow
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Peruna
Ayer
Thad
Mary H. Field
Northfield
J.C. A. Reomanuff
Lyers
A R Co
Lowell, Mass
Wturers of
W. F. Clark
Spokane
Wash
W. H. Stowell & Co
Stowell Drug Co
N. Y
Adam
Eve
Noah
Troy
Bunker Hill
Washington Star
Hope
Dave
Rome
Congress
Washington Post
Chicago Chronicle
Manchester Zoological Gardens
Castoria
Bateman
Godfrey
Hall
Journal of Health
Ape
Dr Samuel Pitcher
Aix
AG Fila
Schilling
Schiling
Charles H. Fleisher
B. Halstead Scott
Chicago
Illi
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
Wm. L. Bosserman
Buffalo
R. J. Hamlen
Detroit
Mich
Letcher’s
Wm. I. McCann
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Clausen
Channing H. Cook
St. Louis
Lehi
Mpany
Murray ST
New York City
Centaur
Schilling @ Company
San Francisco
Japan
S.S.S
Uues
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gifs
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