Nervine touted as cure for epilepsy and nervous diseases
An advertisement claims epilepsy fits and nervous conditions like St Vitus dance are curable by strengthening the nervous system with Dr Miles Nervine. It cites a North Carolina case from 1906 and invites readers to request advice and testimonials backing the product from Miles Medical Co.
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Miles
John
W. R. Allison
Mooresville
N. C
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Post Office Site Chosen in Rapid City
Congress man Parker reports the Commercial club selected the Fish & Hunter lot at Main and Stone for the federal building. Two years earlier Congress funded 80 000 dollars for the project, but local conditions raised the purchase price from 16 000 to 21 000 dollars, matching Fish & Hunter's asking price.
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Parker
Fish & Hunter
Main
Stone Streets
Commercial Club
Congress
Homestake Mining Company
Lake City probes city salaries over six-year excess
John D. reports in Lake City that articles claim the city treasurer earned more than the mayor and all council members combined plus the city recorder. The issue has persisted for six years and aroused strong local interest amid debate on municipal pay.
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Lake City
Minn
City Recorder
West Salem urged as site for county agricultural school
A letter to the editor argues La Crosse should back West Salem for the county agricultural school to centralize farming interests and avoid Bangor or Onalaska as locations. It contends West Salem is the agricultural center and would boost La Crosse trade while serving rural students.
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la Crosse
West Salem
Bangor
Sparta
la Crosse County
Onalaska
Madison
Marathon County
Wilson
Wisconsin
Hamilton
aé_ée
Green Bay
Burlington
Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee
Fair Grounds
Gullickson
Asylum
Sinc
West Salem urged for agricultural school site over Onalaska
A. W. Atwood argues West Salem offers superior rail access and fertile land for a county agricultural school, noting the La Crosse agricultural society sale, county asylum success, and lower tax prospects. He contends Onalaska lacks central rail service and sandy soil risks higher deficits.
Remedy for rheumatism and a county school site debate
A home remedy with Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla and whiskey is claimed to cure back pain and rheumatism. The text also weighs wisconsin county debate over placing an agricultural school, arguing West Salem offers diverse soil types within a half mile, more suitable than Onalaska.
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West Salem
Bangor
Onalaska
Wisconsin
Russell
State University
Old Fair Grounds
Chicago hotel proprietor recalls eccentric guest on spelling flap
The Chicago innkeeper recounts an odd guest who checked in during the simplified spelling debate and devised a clever way to express disdain for reform opponents as the man revealed his intentions by his unusual act.
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Chicago
Unusual Name Turns To Turner By Spelling Puzzle
A clerk asks how to pronounce a strange entry E K Phthologyrrh and Turner explains the phonetics phth sounds t as in phthisis olo sounds ur as in colonel gn yields n as in gnat and yrrh equals er in myrrh, forming the name Turner. The exchange highlights comic phonetic humor in a signature.
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Turner
Harper’s Weekly
Political Pastry and the Plea for Pie at Banquet
A Washington Star poem lampoons a political banquet with a guest list and eloquence, describing roast squab and terrapin as the living will rise while the crowd responds with the refrain please pass the pie. The piece contrasts grand statesmanship with public appetite and a telepathic sigh for dessert.
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Washington Star
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
A. W. Atwood
McCray
Nelson
Main Street
Hays Fellair Health
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Bie
Boliennes
Spruce
Holman Day
Woods
Maine
King Spruce
Evans
Political Pastry
Harpers
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