Milwaukee Woman Speaks On Lydia E. Pinkham Cure
Sadie E. Koch of Milwaukee shares a testimonial claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured months of female health troubles after doctors failed. She asserts ongoing health for a year and urges others to consult Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. testimonial notes free consultation.
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Mis
Sadie EF. Koch
Milwaukee
Lydia E. Makham
Reief
Sapre E. Koen
10Th St
Milwar Ree
Wis
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Landslip at Corniglio Crumbles Village in Parma
Terrifying reports from Val di Parma describe a slow moving landslip at Corniglio. Houses topple as crevices widen in the main street and trees crash down the slope. Peasants fear the graveyard will be torn open as terror grips the valley.
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Rome
Corniglio
Val di Parma
Corniguo
Cornizio
Statesmen Exchange Courtesies In House Debates
In a recent debate in the house of commons Mr Wyndham chief secretary for Ireland called W Russell one of the political desperadoes whose programme of proscription and fear paralyzed Irish national life. Russell replied that Wyndham had mortgaged his soul to the landlords foreclosing their lien.
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Wyndham
Ireland
W. Russell
Russell
Wynidham
Uncharted Cuba Still Yields Hidden Treasures
Governor-General Wood reports that over 490 years into Cuban history large parts of the island remain unprospected and largely unmapped. He notes centuries of Spanish occupancy left vast regions with unknown resources and potential undertakings yet to be explored or minted for discovery.
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Cuba
Wood
Abyssinian's Grave Rebuke In Paris Exchange
In Paris a reporter questioned Ras Makonnen of Abyssinia about whether his countrymen favored the French or English. He replied with a grave insult, asking if the interviewer's mother was alive and then saying may she teach you better discretion.
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Ras Makonnen
Paris
No Owner for Thirty Thousand in Clark Bribery Case
Archives in Montana still hold the $30,000 suspected bribe connected to Senator Clark's election. The alleged recipient never claimed it, the bribers have not demanded a return, and no avenue exists for the state to appropriate the funds.
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Clark
Montana
Musical Composer Made Much Of in Europe
Father Hartmann the young Austrian monk who wrote a praised oration in his monastery cell has been feted in Rome and St Petersburg and is now the lion of the hour in Vienna.
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Father Hartmann
Rome
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Gettysburg poem prize winner John Harrison Mills
The New York Herald offered a $100 prize for the best Gettysburg poem and nearly 1,000 were submitted. John Harrison Mills of New York City, a Union Army veteran in the 21st New York, won with a history he wrote, later becoming an artist. The lengthy verse interweaves battlefield images and reflections as the narrator recalls Gettysburg, with references to Pickett’s Virginians, Carolinians, and the Water Color Club.
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New York Herald
Gettysburg
John Harrison Milla
New York City
21St New York Regiment
Lyoleheing
Water Color Club
National Academy
Plans for the Encampment Receptions at National Meeting
The Washington women’s committees finalize reception venues for the Grand Army and Ladies orders. Receptions move to Convention Hall to consolidate events, with a Sunday religious service, a mass meeting Monday, a general campfire Tuesday, and three major receptions Wednesday or Thursday evening. Attendees will include Emma Wall and Calista Robison Jones, with national officers and veterans present.
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Woman's Citizens’ Committee
Washington
Woman's Relief Corps
Woman's Auxiliary Committee
Cypitel
Congress
Taja Ae
Ono
Mras Ellen Spencer Massey
Jay
Edtizens
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Rees Corps
A. R
Takliz
Promi
Tiree Creat
Emma Wall
Ely
Wonison's Relief Corps
Ocalista Robison Jones
Pis
Ity
Delotk
Ulysses S. Grant
Ellen Spentver Missey
Presentiments of Soldiers at Peach Tree Creek
An old soldier recalls Francis H. Scott of Company G at Peach Tree Creek on July 19, 1864. Scott predicted a fatal outcome, urged his comrades to stay with the fight, and died after being shot through the neck while advancing front as Joe Swan promised to report to Major Holmes. The witness notes he never smiled at soldiers premonitions again.
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Peath Tree Creek
Francis H. Scott
Company G
Scott
Swan
Peach Tree Creek
Remembering the Sixth Corps in Civil War recollections
A Chicago Inter Ocean reminiscence recalls the Sixth Corps with fond memories from the Shenandoah Valley through Cedar Creek to Peters burg. It notes the longing of the Army of West Virginia for the Sixth and the December 1, 1864 orders sending Gen Harris to join Gen Grant at City Point, sparking rejoicing at renewed contact.
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Sixth Corps
Jiaild
Shenandoah Valley
Cedar Creek
Petersburg
Army of West
Grant
City Point
Stephens Depot
Winchester
Chicago
Ocean
German Thrift Turns Roadside Stones into Revenue
Glimpses of a district practice where roadside stones are gathered and sold to fund road repair. Poor workers are hired to break stones and learn roadbed work, while fruit crops planted along the highway are auctioned for funds. Purchasers protect the fruit from theft, and local papers publish sale proceeds.
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Atunes
Rowlside
District Road Repairing Commission
Ivory Burgher
Profit sharing schemes in operation last year
Seventy eight profit sharing schemes affected fifty four thousand twenty six workers across the country during the previous year, marking broad use of this distribution method in industry and commerce.
St Jacobs Oil Claims Quick Cure for Rheumatism
Whitburn resident T Shepherd reports his wife suffered severe rheumatism and neuralgia until using St Jacobs Oil. He says one bottle gave instant relief and a permanent cure, praising its half century record. The oil is sold in 25 and 50 cent sizes by all druggists and advertised with the phrases Acts like Magic and Conquers Pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Shepherd
Whitburn
Sunderland
Ohio
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oj
Advance in Formosa and Its Cultural Shifts
People of Formosa begin cutting their pigtails signaling a shift toward Japanese influence in customs and governance. The change follows successful April operations against rebels, marking broader social and political changes on the island.
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Formosa
Dean's Ointment Adverts Cures Eczema Skin Ailments
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a painless cure for eczema and other skin troubles, claiming it harms no skin and is available at drug stores for a few cents. It presents a bold, period voice typical of old medical ads.
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Dean
Do Things Better in Corea Custom of Stranger Manners
A curious note on Corea describes a custom where a husband ignores his wife in public as if she were a stranger. The passage suggests a social norm that contrasts with affectionate behavior and hints at a paradoxical affection that cannot be escaped.
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Corea
Stops the Cough and Works Of the Cold Laxative
Advertises Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cough suppressant and cold laxative. Priced at 25 cents per bottle. Includes brief claims of relief and product presentation in a period ad style.
A Chinese Banquet dinner for Prince Chen described
A 37 course state dinner hosted by Minister Wu featured tea cocktails birds nest soup sharks fins bleached lychee nuts and other delicacies enjoyed by Prince Chen the Chinese pal ate with relish.
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Prince Chen
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Cures Wind Cills Patent Bottle
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claimed to ease children's wind colic and discomfort. The small line lists a 2405 bottle quantity and emphasizes soothing qualities.
Senator Pettus in Good Health Celebrates Mobile Vacation
Senator Pettus of Alabama aged 12 enjoys a Mobile vacation and displays notable sprightliness stirring belief he will serve publicly for many years. He asserts a long career in public service, a claim that appears well founded unless proven otherwise.
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Senator Pettus
Alabama
Mobile
Home Visiters Excursions to Ohio Indiana by Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railway offers round trip fare for visits to relatives in Ohio and Indiana. Tickets on sale September 2 9 11 and 13 with return within one day of sale. Tickets available through GP TAgt St Louis contact for details.
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Seoori Pacific Railway
Ohio
Indiana
Elf
Sori Pacific
Towansend
GP & T.agt
St. Louis
Opium Smoking Craze Alarm in Eastern Siberia
Officials trace a rising opium smoking craze in Vladivostock Nilosk Noviesk Irkutsk with 32 18 13 and 4 dens respectively and twice as many undiscovered. The deaths alarm authorities though working classes remain largely unaffected and the trend appears confined to officials and their wives.
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Siberia
Vladivostock
Nilosk
Noviesk
Irkutsk
Forty Years Cure Claims for Dr Fowler’s Extract
For forty years Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry has been touted as a cure for summer complaint dysentery diarrhoea bloody flux nin in the stomach and it has reportedly never failed to do all it promises.
Benefactor Voorhees Donates to Coe College and Lands
Ralph Voorhees of Clinton New Jersey pledges twenty five thousand dollars to Coe College Cedar Rapids Presbyterian institution and secures about three hundred acres in South Carolina to found an industrial school for boys on the site.
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Ralph Voorhees
Clinton, N. J
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Mich
South Carolina
Judge Jackson Injects Humor On Injunctions
Pittsburg businessman met Judge Jackson at the West Virginia national guard state encampment in Parkersburg. The judge disparaged the idea he runs a mass injunction business and shared amusing letters from across the country, including one seeking an injunction to stop a neighbor's cat.
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Jackson
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
West Virginia National Guard
Chicago
Business College Now Open at Templeton Tlfton
A new business college opens at Templeton with the Ellis Cabinet system of bookkeeping and the Gregg shorthand. It invites inquiries from business, professional, and educational men in Salt Lake City as the institution promotes leadership for the year.
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Ellis
Gregg
Templeton
Salt Lake
Costly Surplus Arms Offered by Italian Government
A vast stock of discarded war materiel, from rifles to mountain guns, is being sold off by Italy as old armaments meet market demand. The listing includes 600,000 rifles with 48,000,000 cartridges and hundreds of artillery shells and mountain guns, illustrating the legacy of rapid military change. A separate health note claims Burdock Blood Bitters ease dyspepsia for those in need.
Davis Offer to France Recalls Confederate Talks
Major Scheibert of the Prussian army served as unofficial observer in the Civil War campaigns in Virginia and Pennsylvania. He records a conversation with Jefferson Davis in which the Confederate president says Napoleon III could expect a free hand in Mexico and troops from the South if the Franco Mexican blockade were broken.
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Scheibert
Germany
Confederacy
Lee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Davis
Napoleon
South
Mexico
Piso's Cure for Consumption Ad Claim
An advertisement from Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds credited to N W Samumh.
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Piso
N. W. Samumh
Ocean Grove
N.J
Wanted to Be Set Right
A caller with injuries argues a misprint about a Jones who tried to mediate a quarrel and was attacked in a stable. He asks for a clarification in the next morning’s paper to avoid being mixed up with another Jones involved in a separate incident.
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Jones
Amusing Mosquito Circular From New York Board of Health
The New York Board of Health issued a circular blaming malaria on mosquito bites. It suggests killing mosquitoes on bedroom walls and in closets with practical tips. The humor sharpens on the mismatch between athletic methods and ordinary readers.
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New York Board of Health
Dr Thomas Electric Oil Promising Monarch Pain Relief
A promotional line touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a monarch over pain, arguing preparedness against accidents though noting impossibility of predicting them. The ad emphasizes relief and readiness as selling points.
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Thomas
Monarch
Temperance Crusade by Native Indian in Southwest Oklahoma
Ne te ya ka Comanche Indian has turned reformer, shadowing liquor sellers in Lawton and compiling a list of men who supplied alcohol to Indigenous people. He has prompted the arrest of C. L. Estes of Cache and has sent evidence to U.S. Attorney Horace Speed. Penalties for selling liquor to Indians are described as severe.
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Carrie Nation
Ne-te-yaka
Oklahoma
Lawton
United States
Horace Speed
C. L. Estes
Cache
Indiang
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