Father John's Medicine Ad Promises Safe Child Remedy
An old advertisement extols Father John's Medicine as a safe, non alcoholic tonic for children with coughs colds and throat or lung troubles. It cites a 50 year history praises its wholesome ingredients and urges mothers to obtain a bottle from Father John's Medicine Co Lowell Mass with a $1.00 express prepaid offer.
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Father John
Father John’s Medicine
Father John’s Medicine Co
Lowell
Mass
Labor strikes spread across Sunderland and York railways
All railway workers in Sunderland and York joined 3,000 strikers in a sympathy walkout, swelling the total out to beyond 10,000. Freight traffic is tied up and passenger service is crippled, threatening mine and iron works as closures loom without settlement. A grand jury began probing the Cincinnati Trust Company led by Geo. B. Cox after a 100 page report outlined losses and loans including 1,048,000 to Ford Johnson Chair. stock security proved worthless.
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Sunderland
York
Wrike
Ion
Grand Jury
Cincinnati Trust Company
Geo. B. Cox
Cincinnati
Howard Rank
United States Department of Justice Examiner
Examiner Vaughan
State Department
Cox's Financial Institution
Ford- Johnson Chair Company
Quotations From Louisville Courier Journal
A fragment quotes a dialogue about a boss who fa writes and favors, noting that favorites do all the hard work around the place, reflecting a newsroom exchange in Louisville.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Unclear Patent Cure Ad Promises Quick Cleansing
An old style medicinal ad touts a ten cent Cascaret as a quick all natural remedy to cleanse the liver bowels stomach and teeth. It warns of indigestion foul gases yellow skin and mental distress and urges parents to treat children with the product for gentle cleansing.
Lewis Valley Forms Cow Testing Club Aimed at Profits
Farmers in Lewis Valley gathered at Mindoro for a meeting on cow testing associations led by W E Morris. The West End dairy group in La Crosse county shows strong profitability with cows yielding high butterfat and net profits, prompting plans to organize a county club next month. An illustrated lecture on farm home grounds and a literary program at the agricultural school were also featured. The Domestic Economy department reports 87 entrants in the Cook and Sewing contest.
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County Agricultural School
Mindoro
Lewis Valley
la Crosse County
W. E. Morris
West End
Wisconsin
Morris
A. J. Phillips
West Salem
West Salem Co-operative Cremery
Prin. F. E. Balmer
Literary Society of
The
la Crosse County Agricultural School
Lilly Roningen
Orangé Smith
Enola Westerhouse
Walter Ahlstrom
Hal Herrick
Bert Otterness
Thora Moholt
Arthur Dengel
Ella Moe
Jalmer Sletten
Mabel Finstad
Resolutions and a St. Louis Doctor’s Warning
A St. Louis physician asserts that while one may vow to live a century, such resolutions are easily broken, highlighting skepticism about long term promises from a medical expert.
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St. Louis
Papes Cold Compound Promises Fast Grippe Cure
An advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound cures grippe and breaks a cold within hours. A dose every two hours for three doses purportedly ends headaches stuffed nose feverishness sneezing sore throat and rheumatic pain. The 25 cent package contains no quinine and is suitable for every home.
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Pape
Grippe
British protest on tolls heard in Washington
Britain protests against U S administration of the Panama Canal with Ambassador Bryce delivering the note. Officials expect weeks before Knox replies. Canadian railroads fear tolls could bar their ships, but officials think the dispute will be settled by US Britain agreement not arbitration.
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Washington
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
Panama Canal
Bryce
State Department
Knox
United States
Woman’s Dog Inherits From Budapest Will
An elderly Budapest woman left a will directing her more than 5000 dollars go to her dog. Relatives plan to contest the will. She had a special room for the dog with mirrors and silk furniture, and only the animal could enter.
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Czabo
Budapest
Child Scalded to Death in Wisconsin Incident
Four year old Alvin Severson died after a tub of hot water was poured over him at his Ridgeway home. The injury occurred yesterday and the boy died a few hours later.
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Dodgeville
Wis
Alvin Severson
Ridgeway
London Vegetarian Menu Highlights From Recent Dinner
The London Vegetarian Association served a meal featuring walnut cutlets with brown sauce, cauliflower and new potatoes, asparagus on toast, spaghetti on toast, tomato farcie and young carrots.
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The
London Vegetarian Association
Novel Plan to Fatten Geese Described in Breeding Note
A writer outlines a method to fatten geese by housing them in a dark room and exposing them to daylight at intervals to induce six or seven feedings a day.
Making Records at Bike Race in New York
The six day bicycle race saw early excitement as police moved to clear galleries of sleepers amidst objections from rail birds. Riders rode through the night as they neared new marks with tied standings at 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock, surpassing former records.
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Panhandle Limited
Chicago
New York
Newark
Pennsylvania
Waldo
Dust of Autos Shifts Villa Site Values Abroad
With rising motoring and dust, villa and hotel plot values in visitors' resorts shift away from main roads. Ownership preferences move toward houses located distant from roads and even outside towns, especially in southern France and Italy.
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France
Italy
Curiosity Defined as Gossip and Personal Violation
A reflection on curiosity as finding out another person’s private matters. It notes that such knowledge would anger you if exposed about yourself, yet concerns or invites no direct stake for others.
Murderer Pleads to Be First Electrocuted in South Carolina
A South Carolina murderer argued to become the first person executed by electric chair when the new method was adopted in the state. The case highlights the era's shift to electric execution and the inmate's bid for historical notoriety.
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South Carolina
What He Did For Me
A young man jeers at his father as he bristles at lack of progress. The father retorts that he once prevented his wife from naming him Percy or Clarence, implying a simple sacrificial act shaped the son’s fate.
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Percy
Clarence
Northeastern Baseball League Organizes in East
The Northeastern Baseball league forms with a $1400 salary limit and protection requests from Bangor and Portland Maine Manchester and Nashua New Hampshire Pawtucket Rhode Island and Taunton Massachusetts. Jacob C Morse of Boston is likely to be elected president at a forthcoming Boston meeting.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Northeastern Baseball League
John H. Farrell
National Association of Baseball Clubs
Jacob C. Morse
Boston
Bangor
Portland
Manchester
Nashua
N. H
Pawtucket
R. I
Taunton
Mass
Trains Dash Through Fire at Boston Station
Panic at North Station as a smoking cigarette set a new station ablaze. Two trains crowded with passengers sped through smoke and flames while following trains were halted for fifteen minutes. About a score of women fainted during the incident.
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Boston
Mass
North Station
One Man's Poison Becomes Bread for Doctor
A curious remark highlights how medical experts turn risky substances into cures or staples. The line echoes debates on medicine’s double-edged nature and the physician’s role in transforming danger into nourishment.
Pair of skaters thought drowned near Hudson
A. I. Tilseth, passenger agent for the St. Paul railroad at Lakeland, and his wife, daughter of a local family, are missing after skating across the St. Croix river at Hudson. They left late evening to visit relatives and did not reach home. Search parties scoured the ice as a fur cap and collar were found at the river edge.
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Hudson, Wis
A. I. Tilseth
St. Paul
Lakeland
Minn
St. Croix
Tilseth
Hudson
Mr. Tilseth
County officers bond bids due December 18 1912
Notice from the county board committee invites bids for proper surety bonds for county officers including treasurer clerk sheriff district attorney register of deeds coroner surveyor superintendent of poor for terms starting January 1913. Bids due by 2 PM December 18 1912 with right to reject all bids.
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Iineen Seer
Eee
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