Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsement
Mrs. Pinkham's remedy earns praise from Miss Alice M. Sauru of Minneapolis for relief from severe monthly pain after two years of suffering. She cites personal improvement and urges others to seek free expert advice from Lynn Mass, noting a $5000 forfeit for genuineness proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Smith
St. Minneapolis, Minn
Lydia B Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice M. Sauru
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Fruit Preserves List Shows Dried Produce Types
A readable fragment lists peaches apricots evap orated apples old fashioned dried apples and silver prunes indicating a catalog or advertisement for dried fruits and preserved produce. The brief item identifies several fruit varieties without additional context or dates.
Honeymoon pause ends as Mabel Brown Lockhart returns
Sterling May 6 Mabel Brown Lockhart the child wife of Willard A Lockhart returned from her parents home on Red Stone hill where she had been kept after a two day marriage. Her father Ernest E Brown confronted Lockhart and took her home. She walked away with two younger children and reached Pratt's Junction two miles away where friends protected her. Both families now seek to let the couple continue their married life amid local sympathy while legal risks over her minor status loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Mabel Brown Lockhart
Willard A. Lockhart
Red Stone Hill
A. A. Ray
Lockhart
Mabel
Ernest E. Brown
Sterling Junction
Selectman Rugg
Pratt’s Junction
Brown
Operators in Agreement In Coal Industry Case
In Chicago on May 6 the Indiana and Illinois coal operators admitted a past agreement but denied any unlawful price fixing. They said the pact was abandoned before suit and that even during its life they sold coal below market prices. Ten companies and ten individuals were named. Wabash Coal and Max Eichberg were not. They argued their output was too small to affect the national bituminous market and that the goal was to raise mine production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Indiana
Illinois
Wabash Coal Company
Max Eichberg
Bay State Rebekahs In Annual Conference
The Massachusetts Rebekah Assembly gathered in Boston for its annual conference with full attendance from members and lodges statewide. President Miss Elsie L. Robinson of Dorchester welcomed delegates and announced more than $7000 in gifts from Rebekah lodges for furnishing the Worcester Odd Fellows home annex. Nominated officers included Julia A. Burroughs of Charlestown as President and Sarah A. Barry of Charlestown as Secretary and Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Rebekah Assembly
Elsie L. Robinson
Dorchester
Rebekah Assembly
Odd Fellows Home
Worcester
Rebekah
Julia A. Burroughs
Charlestown
Mary A. Stebbins
Fitchburg
Grace W. Mitchell
Weymouth
Jeanette M. Dunham
Springfield
Harriet E. Moody
Lynn
Bessie H. Welsh
Medford
Sarah A. Barry
Funeral procession disruption by union hacks in New Haven
At Peter Mulvey's funeral in New Haven on May 6 union hackmen demanded removal of non union drivers. When directors refused the hack withdrawal occurred and drivers crowded the remaining carriages. Many mourners could not follow the hearse to the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Union
Peter Mulvey
Venezuelan troops land at Tucacas to attack revolution center
Caracas reports General Gomez has landed 2000 Venezuelan government troops at Tucacas twenty five miles from Puerto Cabello. The force will move to Barquisimeto to confront General Matos and crush the western revolution, aiming to reopen the railroad for traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Caracas
Gomez
Tucacas
Barquisimeto
Matos
Elegant two story house and farm bargains offered
T H Elliott at 64 Central Street advertises a fine two story house and stable on the Highlands with modern conveniences on a corner lot, offered at a dirt cheap price. Also invites offers and points to attractive farm listings in nearby towns for buyers seeking rural property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
Highlands
Catarrh Remedy Promises Cure with Blood Theory
A medical advertisement extols internal blood treatment Bloodine for catarrh or ozoena, claiming local remedies fail. It cites Mrs. Chas. K. Bagley of Somerville, Mass., recovering after six bottles and promotes Bloodine as a cure with liver pills for constipation, priced at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. K. Bagley
Somerville
Mass
The
Bloodine Co
Loston
Methods of Dr Lorenz at American Orthopedic meeting
Philadelphia May 6 Surgeons from across the country prepare to scrutinize Dr Adolph Lorenz and his bloodless surgery system at the American Orthopedic Association meeting in Washington Wednesday. Critics plan to challenge his claimed origin and cite deadly outcomes while Vienna’s surgeon may attend to defend the method. Notables include Dr Gwilim G Davis Dr H Augustus Wilson Dr Henry L Taylor and Dr E H Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Adolph Lorenz
American Orthopedic Association
Washington
Lorenz
Vienna
Gwilim G. Davis
Orthopedic Hospital
University Hospital
H. Augustus Wilson
Jefferson Medical College
Henry L. Taylor
New York
E. H. Bradford
Boston
Quarter Century of Work at Baptist Home Mission Meeting
Boston May 6 The Woman's American Baptist Home Mission society marked 25 years with its 25th annual meeting at Dudley Street Baptist church Roxbury Delegates from New England and the Middle states attended Mrs Anna B Hunt of Augusta presided at a workers meeting The afternoon session opened with devotional services committee appointments followed The president Mrs Alice B Coleman spoke opening address state vice presidents and superintendent of Home Mission spoke Miss Mary L Howard of Hartford talked on The Pleiades Miss S E Stein of Fresno spoke on Day Gleams on the Pacific F A Golder of Harvard presented Three Years Under the North Star
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Roxbury
New England
Middle States
Anna
Hunt
Augusta
Alice B. Coleman
Mhauper
Mary L. Howard
Hartford
Missing Whitwell Believed Whisked West After Harvard Work
New York May 6 The family of William Scully Whitwell says they are not worrying about his disappearance from Cambridge Massachusetts on February 26. A Boston area brother said Whitwell was overworked at Harvard. Before leaving Cambridge he received 125 dollars from his father who died later. The brother suspects Whitwell went to New York and then west, where the family once lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Scully Whitwell
Cambridge
Mass
Whitwell
Harvard
Manila leaders condemned to death for insurrection
Manila May 6. Col. Aurado Santos and Col. Marcelo Delaering, insurgent leaders in Rizal province, were convicted of brigandage and conspiracy and sentenced to death. The execution date is not fixed pending Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aurado Santos
Marcelo Delaering
Rizal
Supreme Court
Italian gang leader Trepani sentenced for fake death fraud
New York May 6 Joseph Trepani alleged head of an Italian gang defrauding insurers by bogus deaths was sentenced by Justice Scott to two to four years and eight months in state prison at hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Trepani
Scott
Rhodes Hair Store Promises Hair Removal Guidance
A local hair removal pitch from Rhodes Hair Store at 73 Merrimack Street claims to have tested many methods to remove facial hair and offers free information and full book on request. The notice urges readers to contact before trying discouraging or disfiguring experiments and highlights the tester’s long experience with skin care.
On Beacon Hill and Gypsy Math Bill to Third Reading
Boston May 6 The House debates the gypsy math bill and votes 99 to 63 to send it to a third reading. The Senate faced no investigation into Nye charges as rules committee finds no substantiation while two senators Sullivan and Harrington are reinstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Nye
House
Boston
Nye
Cape
Sullivan and Harrington
Senate
Boston Pensioners Ban Postponed in Legislature
On motion of Mr. Bingham the veto of the bill barring Boston pensioners from city or state employment was postponed to tomorrow. The House reconsidered a prior vote on limiting nurse work to 70 hours per week in asylums after a male state nurse complained of long duties. A roll call showed 75 yeas 99 nays on rejecting the bill. The gypsy moth bill faced lengthy debate with amendments rejected and ordered to a third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Marlboro
Bates
Boston
Schofield
Ipswich
Dougherty
Danvers
Parker
Hayes
Lowell
Boston Senators Apologize for Withholding Police Bill
Senators Sullivan and Harrington of Boston apologized to the Senate for failing to report the Boston police registration bill as ordered. The apology, signed by the senators, was accepted by President Jones. The rules committee rejected amendments and the bill was ultimately rejected amid broader calendar actions including a bridge bill recall and various appointments by the Governor.
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Sullivan and
Harrington
Boston Today
Senate
Boston
Jones
Committee On Rules
George J. Raymond
Raymond
Senzvic
Raymont
Luce
Boston Police
Sullivan
Bagley
Suffolk
Chelsea
Coal Investigating Committee
Carnegie in New Role as History Maker
Boston May 6 Boston dispatch says Andrew Carnegie plans a new role as a maker of history by targeting the British war office eliqmt. He has offered 200000 dollars to secure certain evident? sources and influence, signaling a bold bid in imperial affairs and defense policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector MacDonald
Paris
Carnegie
Mny
Gen. MacDonald
War Office
Great Britain
Boston
Andrew Carnegie
London
T Lg
Cotton Up Again as Bull Clique Leads Market
New York and New Orleans saw renewed aggressive manipulation in cotton prices. May option rose to 10.74, July to 10.81, and August reached 10.02 on buying pressure, while other options gained briefly then gave back. September to January options fell 2 to 4 points on improved rains across the Mississippi Valley and Texas aiding crop development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Yao
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Salt Lake Mormons Accused of Open Polygamy
Prominent Salt Lake ministers forward affidavits to Secretary Hay alleging that President Smith and top Mormon officials live openly in polygamy. The charges link to Germany's expulsion of missionaries and claim Smith attended the World’s Fair dedication with a plural wife, a claim tied to his return from St Louis with wife No. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
State Department
Washington
Smith
Utah
Hay
Germany
St. Louis
Georgia convict camps cause Senate shock and reform talk
May 6 Atlanta reports grand jury findings reveal brutalities in Georgia convict camps. Edward McRae and brothers allegedly run a large Lowndes county camp. Witnesses say prisoners are stripped chained and whipped for minor offenses. Gov Trell hears of revelations that threaten the lease system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ware County
Georgia
Terrell
Edward McRae
Georgia House of Representatives
McRae
Lowndes
Mrs Eddy Gives $100,000 for Concord Church Edifice
Concord New Hampshire May 6 Mrs Mary Baker Eddy head of the Christian Science church announced a gift of 100000 dollars for a new church edifice in Concord in addition to a previously donated site in the city. The plan calls for a structure seating 1000. The local Christian Science church organized in February 1899 with 78 members has met in a hall and a remodeled mansion after Mrs Eddy purchased it in 1897 and the congregation has since outgrown its quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Christian Science Church
Mary Baker Eddy
Ada Rehan Sails for Europe to Rejoin Italy Tour
New York May 6 Ada Rehan the actress sailed today on the steamship New York to Southampton and will remain in Italy for much of the summer. Marcus R Mayer who will arrange the American tour of Adelina Patti also sailed. On the Oceanic bound for Liverpool were John W Gates and wife and Ethel Barrymore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ada Rehan
Southampton
Italy
Marcus R. Mayer
Adelina Patti
Oceanic
Liverpool
John W. Gates
Ethel Barrymore
Double Trading Stamps Offer At Dickson's Tea Store
Six dollars worth trading stamps with a pound of Baking Powder and four dollars for tea per pound, two dollars for coffee per pound, valid this week only at Dickson's Tea Store located at 68 Merrimack Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickson's Tea Store
Merrimack Street
Family Cough Remedy Promoted in Household Chat
In a household advisory style note readers are urged to stock Dr Woofs Norway Pine Syrup as a natural remedy for coughs and colds. The message promotes it as essential for every home and highlights its supposed health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Woof
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Union Hackmen
Ellingwood & Company
DR. Lorenz
Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission
William S. Whitwell
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Rhodes’ Hair Store
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George B. Mitchell
Haverhill
Board of Registration In Dentistry
Mary E. Halley
Lawrence
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Leominster
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Jacob P. Schneider
Palmer Medical
Hampden
William Holbrook
John B. Tierman
Salem
State Farm
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Peabody
Essex County
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Mrs. Eddy
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A. C. Weston
Stickney & Smith
Tremont Street
Peete
Eugen Sandow
Plasmon Co. of America
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NEW York Cloak and Suit CO
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