Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for Women’s Health and Fertility
An advertising piece extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as curing female ailments, aiding conception, and strengthening mothers to ensure healthy babies. It promotes a medical book offer and the Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative. The tone imitates late 19th century patent medicine promotion with emphasis on domestic happiness and solvable female health issues.
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Pierce
Bertenness
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Merchants urged to remove boxes amid flammable rubbish
A public notice warns merchants to clear boxes and paper from premises and yard areas to reduce fire risk. Officials emphasize prompt disposal and safe storage to prevent combustibles from accumulating.
Graft Must Be Exposed Not Hidden Says Folk
Joseph W. Folk declares no city or state can be harmed by enforcing the people’s laws against graft. He argues suppression hides evils and only the overthrow of depravity preserves civic virtue, warning against tyranny by officials.
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Joseph W. Folk
Pretty Olde Tyme Christmas Idea
A Madison State Journal feature praises reviving a Colonial style Christmas on Beacon Hill Boston where Mrs Ralph Adams Cram led caroling and lights. It urges Madison and La Crosse to adopt a similar plan with church and Sunday school groups, envisioning a chivalrous, wholesome annual tradition.
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The
Madison State Journal
Ralph Adams Cram
Boston
Beacon Hill
Orient
Presbyterian Sunday School
Methodist Sunday School
Congregational
Episcopalian
Catholic Cathedral
Unitarian Church
the Journal
Madison
la Crosse
Brooklyn
Holiday fire hazards loom as waste fuels, trees, and wiring danger
The season’s fire risk rises from waste packing materials to Christmas trees lit by tapers and overloaded outlet wiring. Merchants must warn the public, since hurried displays and improper electrical setups endanger lives and trade alike during the holiday throngs.
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Umina
Imported gems top $41 million in Christmas gifts
New York reports more than 41 million dollars of diamonds and precious stones imported this year as Christmas gifts. Other items include a call for Rockefeller to run for president and local incidents from Kansan petition to New Jersey accidents and crimes.
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New York
United States
Labor leaders invited to discuss endowment plan in Battle Creek
A telegram asked Samuel Gompers to meet W. J. Bryce in Battle Creek to discuss future welfare of organized labor. C. W. Post of the non strike National Association of Trades and Workers offers to pay Gompers travel and to donate 250000 dollars to fund an endowment plan to end strikes boycotts and picketing while preserving craft organization. No reply yet from Gompers.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
W. J. Bryce
National Association of Trades and Workers
C. W. Post
Gompers
Senate confirms postmaster Gillis and assistant surgeon Hetrick
The senate confirmed M. Gillis as postmaster of Butte Montana and R. H. Hetrick of Ohio as assistant surgeon in the Bureau of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.
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Washington
Senate
M. Gillis
Butte
Mont
R. H. Hetrick
Ohio
Bureau of House Health and Marine Hospital Service
Doan's Kidney Pills Praise From La Crosse Testimony
La Crosse resident Mrs. Catherine Loth reports back pain relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Erhart's Drug Store. A follow up in 1910 confirms she remains free of kidney complaints, endorsing the remedy. Sold by FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, sole US agents. price 50 cents.
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la Crosse
Dean
Catherine Loth
Vine St
Wis
Erhart
Loth
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan'r
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Folly in a Jewelry Plot
A judge hears a tale of a suspicious man who claimed no business there yet planned to open a jewelry store nearby later. The magistrate notes the store did open and stole seventeen watches. The policeman muses the man was base but not a liar.
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Begorra
Norman E. Mack
National Monthly
Alma Returns to La Crosse Theatre with Vera Michelena
Alma, Where Do You Live? returns Thursday at the La Crosse theater with Vera Michelena in the title role. The French vaudeville musical features 14 songs including the contagious Alma waltz and numbers like Childhood Days, Nevermore, and The Land of Beautiful Dreams, backed by Joe Weber’s company.
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Alma
la Crosse Theater
Vera Michelena
Miss Michelena
Laughland
Robert Dore
Nevermore
Joe Weber
Weber’s
New York
Edouard Durand
William H. Power
Madeline Sorel
Shirtley Rives
la Crosse
Sherman law's march through Wall Street described
The piece contrasts Sherman’s Georgia campaign with the Sherman law's impact on Wall Street, framing the latter as an expansive, unsettling campaign through financial streets and corporate interests. It notes the attorneys’ view that the legal action reshaped markets with a sweeping, transformative effect.
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Sherman
Georgia
Sherman Law
Wall Street
Kansas City Times
Two Kinds of Socialists Said by Reverend Pinkerton
Reverend Archibald D. Pinkerton, a noted Christian Socialist of Duluth, recounts a dialogue with a crusty millionaire. He contrasts political socialism with Christian socialism, arguing the former claims what is yours is mine while the latter asserts what is mine is yours.
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Archibald D. Pinkerton
Duluth
Pittsurg Chronicle-Telegraph
Stranger in Town Haunting House Sparks Local Curiosity
A resident recalls the house's eerie reputation dating to its construction. The site has long drawn attention for being unusually unsettling, with whispers of odd happenings surrounding the property and its origins.
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Puck
Plumber Corrects Domestic Piping Chaos At No 137
A plumber arrives at No 137 to find the house in turmoil with the chandelier spraying like a fountain and the bathroom tap on fire. A small boy insists the plumber hurry as his parents fear hysterics and madness. The scene hinges on whether pipes were connected incorrectly.
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Sonny
Norman E. Mack
National Monthly
Aerial travel and world tour wonders shown by Howe Festival
Audiences at La Crosse see Lincol n Beachey in an air ride with Lyman H Howe Travel Festival featuring a dramatic ascent and volplane to earth. The program includes a coronation of George V pageants in London a New Zealand mountain journey Royal Gorge ride Hawaiian surf scenes Reedham Orphans coronation drill Switzerland winter sports and a Japan tour with Nara deer park Nikko shrines and Magdapis rapids.
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Lincoln Beachey
Lyman H. Howe
la Crosse Theater
Mr. Howe
George V
New Zealand
Royal Gorge
Arkansas River
Colorado
Reedham Orphans
London
Switzerland
Japan
Deer Park
Nara
Nikko
Magdapis
Quill Hunter Gives Up After Chase for Drink
Quil Hunter rests on a stump after a long field chase, agreeing with the farmer to take a drink. The farmer explains he moved to a hiding place to avoid the old woman, suggesting a lighthearted pursuit ending with a drink.
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Quil Hunter
Farmer
Quail Hunter
Scott
St. Louis Post Dispatch
The Unhooked Plaque Latch Sparks Quiet Fallout
A social scene turns tense when a man tells a woman her plaque latch is unhooked. Her mood shifts from radiant happiness to nervous distraction as she leaves the joyous gathering. The lines hint at trust and public perception without explicit blame.
Percy Dentes Denies Cosmopolitan Charges in Senate
Senator Percy of Mississippi denounces Cosmopolitan Magazine as Hearst controlled and a mendacious muckraker. He condemns the publication's claim that he and Lorimer were "tarred out of the same barrel" and attacks Governor Vardaman as his successor.
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Washington
Senate
Percy
Cosmopolitan
Lorimer
William Randolph Hearst
Vardaman
Mrs Ridgely Seeks Legal Separation Over Stock Market Income
Mrs Arthur Ridgely files for a legal separation in New York asking for suitable alimony. She says her husband, publisher of the Financial Forecast, earns about 90000 dollars yearly from stock market tips and related advance information.
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New York
Arthur Newton Ridgely
Man's disdain for ministers after marriage by one
The piece humorously notes that many men develop a dislike for ministers soon after marriage, and predicts that someone will eventually find a method to re create denatured alcohol.
The Average Man Prefers Loss Over Taxes
A saying notes the average man would rather lose fifty dollars on a horse race than pay five dollars in taxes, reflecting disdain for tax burdens and a bias toward gambling risk.
Rexall Orderlies Offered for Aged and Weak Constitutions
An advertisement promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe remedy for constipation and bowel disorders in the elderly and frail. It claims strong efficacy with a personal guarantee that the product costs nothing if claims aren’t met, and notes three sizes 10c 25c and 50c sold at The Rexall Store O. T. Erhart.
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Rexall
O. T. Erhart
Local notes from Viroqua and surrounding towns
Assemblyman Grimsrud of Westby visited Viroqua while Cashton residents, Jasperson and Deaver, were in town for supplies and business. A Cashton girls basketball club formed. marriages at Coon Valley feature name changes to Sloan. Marriage licenses issued include Dodge Jones, Thompson Fortun, and others. Dr. Fox sells Chaseburg property. Livestock shipments from Hillsboro average four carloads in November. Stoddard resident Krause reports wheat standing in Canada.
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Grimsrud
Westby
F. C. Bray
Cashton
J. A. Moen
Martin Jasperson
T. J. Thorson
J. M. Dawson
Domestic Science
Wolfe
Thomas
Colburn
Shearer
Chas. Erickson
J. Deaver
Coon Valley
Emily Erickson
Alma Pauline Sloan
Sloan
Erickson
George Dodge
Sextonville
Ethel Jones
Readstown
Albert L. Thompson
Jefferson
Minnie Fortun
Sterling
C. P. Fox
Chaseburg
Hillsboro
Frank Storer
Ross
August Krause
Stoddard
Canada
Buffum Brothers End Transcontinental Walk After Diet Test
Warren H Buffum completed his five month cross country walk from Boston to Los Angeles testing vegetarian diet claims by Harvard Professor Sargent. His brother Jesse abandoned the trek in Needles Arizona due to a strained hip. Warren survived on vegetables and water and remained in good condition.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Warren H. Buffum
Buffum
Jesse
Boston
Warren
Prof
Sargent
Harvard
Needles
Ariz
Every Woman Knows But Sometimes Forgets
Household Helps offers beauty and health tips. It advises massaging the face with magatone dissolved in witch hazel to preserve youthful complexion and prevent hair growth. It also recommends Mother's Salve for skin problems and a dry shampoo made from thorox and corn meal or orris root for lighter, lustrous hair.
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Esther
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