Peruna praised by Wisconsin and Missouri users
Letters from Emma Stoli of Appleton Wisconsin and Theresa Bertles of White Church Missouri report relief from chronic ailments after using Peruna. Stoli describes backache irritation and improved mobility with praise for the remedy. Bertles cites catarrh stomach and digestive relief after months of use and strong belief in Peruna’s effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Stoli
Davida St
Appleton, Wis
Peruna
Theresa Bertles
White Church
Grocer House Uses Street Names to Route Orders
In a Kansas City wholesale grocery, lanes are named as streets and crates numbered. A worker’s order to send “swells” to “parlor S” reveals the system where canned goods that swell are kept in a upstairs room, with “Easy street” leading to “Fairyland” where workers package items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Easy Street
Kansas City Star
Carnage of the 4th deadly toll from misguided patriotism
The article catalogs casualties from the Fourth of July celebrations, noting 78 dead and about 2,900 injured nationwide as stray bullets, premature explosions, and fireworks cause extensive harm. It lists outbreaks in Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago and other cities, and describes individual tragedies, fires, and a Pinkerton squad presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cincinnati
Moscow
Ohio
Decatur City
Iowa
O’neil
Fifth Avenue
Government Printing Office workers to get half holidays
An executive order grants government printing office employees a half holiday on Saturdays in July to September, matching other departments. John Getterman, ICC expert, visits Germany to study Hamburg American Line freight rates. Dick Barnes, accused in a Tulsa shooting, is captured and jailed awaiting a federal hearing. A rattlesnake bite kills Janie Frizzell near Colorado Springs. Japan’s treaty talks stir political issues as naval plans accelerate and coal shipments proceed. The fleet’s Pacific move mirrors the Oregon voyage prior to the Spanish-American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Washington
John Getterman
Interstate Commercce Commission
Oklahoma
Hamburg
Germany
Dick Barnes
Richard Williams
Tulsa
I. T
United States
Barnes
Janie Frizzell
John Frizzell
Woodbury Ranch
Colorado Springs
Colo
NYC Arrest Demographics Sparks Age Discussion
A Yonkers Statesman quote notes an age table claim that the average age of arrestees in New York City would drop if the average age of women arrested were lower. The remark humorously contrasts gender and age in crime statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
New York City
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Postum Coffee Changes a Grocer’s View and Health
A grocer tests Postum Food Coffee and initially dislikes it but learns from a customer how to brew it properly for a Java like drink rich in gluten and phosphates. He then adopts Postum, noting relief from stomach and kidney troubles and urging others to try it. The ad promotes The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Wellville
Odd Human Mixture at Haywood Trial in Boise
Boise dispatch describes the Ada County courtroom showing stark social contrasts as the Harry Orchard case unfolds. It notes figures from mining towns alongside ex governors and lawyers, plus Pinkerton detectives and gunmen in the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada County
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Boise
Fremont Wood
Richardson
Hawley
Borah
Orchard
Pinkerton
West
Evans to end active career by taking warships around Horn
The piece discusses the Great Pacific Fleet and Evans planning to end his active career by moving warships around Cape Horn. It notes Washington views the Pacific deployment as a step toward a permanent fleet, with officials warning of broader political shifts and potential need for navy expansion. It also includes an anecdote about Secretary Shaw seeking breakfast and a misinterpretation by a hotel waitress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Congress
Washington
Shaw
Piebelt
New England
Mr. Shaw
Secretary Shaw
Raisuli Seizes Army Commander in Bold Prowess
Notorious bandit Raisuli has captured the commander of the Sultan's army and plans to demand a heavy ransom. He also seeks appointment as governor of Tangler, asserting control over the region amid the standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raisuli
Mint Director George E Roberts Named Bank President
George E. Roberts, the Mint Director, has accepted the presidency of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, marking a transition in leadership at the federal mint and a shift to a major Chicago financial institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
80 Cent Gas Law in Danger
Special master in the Consolidated Gas Co of New York suit finds the 80 cent gas law unjust to the company and denying equal rights due to penalties. Earnings under the law would be 2.8 percent on total assets. circuit court decision expected in about thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Theircuit Court
Ten Years of Suffering Ended by Cuticura Cure
B Hiram Mattingly of VerliHen South Dakota describes a decade of scaly eruptions and itching that spread over his body, hair loss, and failed treatments before using Cuticura Ointment and Soap. After three boxes his sores healed completely and hair was restored, ending fourteen years of distress and heavy costs. August 15, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Mattingly
VeriilHen
S. Dak
Getting Out from Under
From her inner consciousness Mrs. Shelley imagines a monstrous human lacking morality. She resists charges of nature fakery while admitting the work attributes to a student named Trankenstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Shelley
Nature
Trankenstein
Kidney Pills Claim To Cure Emma Shirley’s Disease
Emma Shirley of Killbuck New York describes a two year battle with kidney disease causing headaches dizziness and weakness. After starting Dean's Kidney Pills she reports twelve boxes cured her with weight gain and restored health. Shopper comments close with a joke about book titles and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Shirley
Killbuck
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Privileged. Dicky and Georgey discuss church sleep rights
Dialogues reveal a claim of a right to sleep in church and a note about church donations. The piece also cites a statistic: sixteen of twenty one English coronations from William II to Elizabeth were on Sundays. An ad for Mrs Winslow's Soormixna Syrup for Children promotes gum soothing and wind colic relief at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicky
Georgey
William II
Elizabeth
The Modesty of Women and Favorite Prescription Ad
An advertisement extols female modesty about examinations and promotes Favorite Prescription as a cure for debility irregularity and weakness. Claims non alcoholic, fully disclosed ingredients, endorsements from medical figures, and availability of Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser. Also pitches Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion and bowel regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pr. Pierce
NH. Y
Dr. Pierce
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Appleton
Wisconsin
Emma Stolt
New York
Edward Conrad
Lower Salem
Salem
Elba
Gladden
Johanna Evert
Jersey City
Waukegan
Henry Meyers
St. Paul
Pinkerton Squad
Homestead
South America
Europe
Borss
Japan
Progressive Party of Japan
Horn
Evans
Haywood Trial
Great Pacific Fleet
Rear Admiral Evans
Libby
VicNeill & Libby
EK. Paxton CO
Boston
American Farm Library
Great National Farm
Wangasine
Searle Pub.co
Edgar
Nebraska
Chicago Newspaper Union
Jefferson St
North Dakota
Munteell
O. Garneson
Stoford
North
Orly
Lewis
P.C. Lavey
Bex
Muskogee
Ind
Ter
Cc. N. U
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