South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna Remedy
In a Washington letter Hon. M. C. Butler, U.S. Senator, endorses Peruna Medicine Co. He reports relief from dyspepsia and stomach trouble, calling Peruna a wonderful medicine with good fame. He notes stomach catarrh as a common cause of dyspepsia and mentions Peruna tablets are now available.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Raen Epee
Gig Deee
M. C. Butler
U. S
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Reward offer misprinted medical ad from Toledo notices
An unclear historical clipping advertises a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure by Wall’s Cetarth Cue and cites EB Cheney and Walding Kinnan Wines of Toledo Ohio. The text lists remedies including Walls Cutary and a family pills product, with scattered misspelled phrases and endorsements.
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Sheney &O
Toledo
EB. J. Cheney
Walding
Kinnan Wines
O. Walls
EiIneniais
Yohrs Firm, & Marvin
Asels Family
Fragmentary notes hint at a campus incident and inquiry
The readable bits mention smoke inspectors and a university professor described as only 20 years old. The text includes stray phrases about fellows who vowed to stop going out and a reference to Dingtehas and Toswere Vad with unclear meaning.
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Tran
President Roosevelt speaks in Keokuk on deep waterways
President Theodore Roosevelt visits Keokuk to promote a Chicago to Gulf deep waterway and waterway mobility, urging fair laws and enforcement against corruption. He defends balancing business needs with justice, praises veterans, and accepts a gold headed cane from Keokuk’s Black residents.
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Chicago
Gulf
Tous Relt
Keokuk
St. Louis
Memphis
Gov. Cummins
Iowa
Roosevelt
Homemade mixture touted as cure all for aches and kidney trouble
An item from a New York telegraph column describes a claimed universal remedy named Cardetion Fluid Extract and Kepe Compound Syrup. Authorities warn the ingredients are harmless but the prescription is presented as a simple cure for headaches kidney and urinary issues and backache.
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New York
Aly
Aginae Hertti
Ug 4
Remedies Prove Cuticura Cure for Eczema Sufferer
A Chicago man reports a year of intense itching and sleepless nights from eczema. After using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Pills and Cuticura Resolvent, he claims complete relief at a total cost of $1.25, with dates October 8 and 16, 1906.
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Walter W. Paglusch
N. Robey St
Chicago
Peace Conference Topics Reach New Stage At The Hague
Debates on arms limitation persist with a mild resolution as governments weigh options. Delegations from Britain America Germany and France form a bloc against Russia Belgium and others seeking to end the conference. An international prize court concept gains traction and would join the permanent arbitration court, not requiring war, signaling meaningful future work.
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Dritish
Russia
Belgium
America
England
Germany
France
Permanent Arbitration Court
The Sphere Propulsion Behind Sports
The article muses on why sports revolve around moving a sphere. It traverses billiards baseball polo golf and many others as demonstrations of sphere propulsion. The writer toys with origins and natural laws suggesting sports mirror universal motion of spheres.
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New York American
Quite Che Contrary’s Bold Quip About Medicine
The exchange features a line on a sneering diagnosis and a grim reply about medicine. The dialogue frames a sharp wit and a grim joke about treatment and fate.
Fire destroys eight story New York wholesale grocers building
An eight story building occupied by Lewis De Groff & Son wholesale grocers in New York burned down. Losses are estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Lewis de Groff & Son
New York
South St. Joseph
California
Curious coffee to Postum switch transforms health
The passage extols coffee replacement with Postum arguing quitting coffee eases the habit unlike tobacco or whisky. It claims a ten day to two week body transformation once caffeine is removed and Postum provides nourishing liquid sustenance. It urges readers to try the test and read Road to Wellville, There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Roosevelt Ambassadorship in London Proposed by London Social Circles
London gossip suggests Theodore Roosevelt could be offered the post as ambassador to the court of St James. The ex president may favor a world tour ending in a lengthy residence in London, though Washington doubts he has seriously considered it. He plans trips after March 4 1909 and has discussed public life, travel, and literary work after retirement.
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Ito
National Congress
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Ulat
Court of St. James
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
London
Washington
Europe
Grant
White House
United States Senate
New York
Negro Confesses to Murder in Hyde Park
Richard Walton confessed to the murder of Mrs Jillian White Grant in Chicago at the Hyde Park police station and acted out the crime in Captain McWeeney’s office with Inspector Hunt portraying the victim. A dramatic reenactment followed the confession, with Walton signaling the act with his hands and broad smirks. The report also notes Gen Coxey's new crusade advocating public ownership of railroads and utilities financed by long term bonds.
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Mra. Grant
Chicago
Richard Walton
Jillian White
Grant
Hyde Park
Captain McWeeney
Hyde Park Station
Dpolice
Coxey
J. S. Coxey
Washington
Ife
Lutheran synod calls for more ministers in Washington
The session of the Ohio Synod in Washington urged each congregation to send at least one young man to the ministry. Captain Emil Francke of the Dakota wrecked March 3 is censored in a letter by George Ubller, supervising inspector general of the steamboat inspection service.
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Emil Francke
Dakota
George Ubller
Steamboat Inspection Service
Synod of Ohio
Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Washington, D. C
Misunderstanding Sparks Late Arrival At Mansion
In Chicago a guest faced a blockade delay on arrival at a north side mansion. The hostess protests the bridge nuisance as optional. Uncle Allen Sparks muses that divine wisdom beats reformers trying to reshape the world.
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North Side
Chicago
Uncle Allen
Uncle Allen Sparks
A Veteran Saved From Amputation by Kidney Pills
B Frank Doremus of Roosevelt Avenue Indianapolis recalls kidney trouble beginning after discharge in 1897 with headaches dizziness and dropsy. His left leg swelled and doctors advised amputation but after using Doans Kidney Pills the swelling subsided and pain vanished. He has been well for nine years. For sale by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
No Necessity for Haste in Special Delivery Chat
A brief exchange quotes Mrs. Hokey noting a postmark and her husband’s two day old mail with special delivery. The messenger emphasizes the importance of special delivery letters and avoiding haste, saying they are generally important.
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Hokey
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