Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Kidney Ailments
A Sterling man testifies to lasting relief from backache and kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills in 1897. He reports three years without needing to retract his claim and offers to mail a free trial to any U.S. address. Foster-Milburn Co. advertises the product at 50 cents per box.
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Bright
Doan
A. W. Lutz
17Th Avenue
Sterling
Dean
Mr. Lutz
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Thousands of Americans Eye Western Canada Immigration
A Langdon North Dakota farmer in Winnipeg reports many Americans plan to move to Canada in spring. He notes higher wheat prices south of the border and cheaper, fertile land in Canada. Government agencies in multiple cities offer immigrant guidance and rates. General Booth jokes with U S politicians on discipline and exchequer roles.
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Dakota
Canada
St. Paul
Marquette
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Watertown
Grand Parks
N. Dakota
Great Falls
Miont
Booth
Salvation Army
Washingston
Frye
London
Inet
Wouth
Alger
Hanna
Senator Hoar
Senate
Tolstoi Exiled Rumor Denied By Russian Official
Paul B. Du Chaillu writes from Russia that Tolstoi is treated well by the government and that photographs and postcards of Tolstoi are for sale in St Petersburg. The czar reportedly laughed at a U.S. report that Tolstoi had been expelled with gendarmes. Du Chaillu says Tolstoi was not excommunicated by the synod.
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Tolstoi
Paul B. du Chailly
Russia
St. Petersburg
du Chaillu
America
Tolstoi Hadeen
Monument to Ketteler Erected on Pekin Street
On Pekin’s busiest street a large monument to Baron von Ketteler is rising at the Chinese government’s expense. It forms a triumphal avenue extending along the street with a top stone ten feet by three feet by unknown thickness. One hundred thirty mules hauled the large stones and fifty-seven mules moved the smaller ones. The project cost about 160,000 dollars in gold.
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Ketteler
Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
China
Export Discounts Stirtariff Debate in Free Trade Britain
The Lewiston Journal examines export price cuts as a global norm and a foe to protection. It contrasts British railways offering lower export rates with American calls to lower tariffs to curb foreign competition. It cites Cammell & Co of Sheffield and argues free traders risk dumping surplus on the U.S. market, harming jobs and wages.
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Gov
Cummins
Dollivar
Mint
Roberts
Gov. Cummins
Tawney
Congressional
United States
Europe
Charles Cammell & Co., Limited
Sheffield
England
Cammell & Co
Debsism and Barrism in Tariff Debate
Opinion piece arguing against free trade and tariff reform critics tied to Debsism and Barrism. It cites a 67 cent per ton coal tariff, coal region cases, and the impact of Congress suspending duty on Welsh anthracite for a year. The author contends the move exposes price differentials between American, Canadian, and Welsh coal and warns of coal trust tactics and wage pressures if coal prices normalize.
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Baerlam
Congress
Georges Creek
Pennsylvania
Coal Trust
Nova Scotia
Wales
Power Ag
Free Coal Debate: Tariff Repeal Likely Fails to Help Consumers
The Cleveland Leader argues Congress cut coal duties for one year but foreign coal offers little relief to Eastern cities. It notes transportation costs keep prices high, predicting nine to ten dollars per ton in New York or Boston. It concludes the tariff repeal will likely have no lasting effect and the coal trust remains driven by monopoly rather than protection.
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Congress
New York
Boston
Pennsylvania
Coal Trust
Cleveland
Monster of Crime Confession of Alfred Knapp Revealed
Alfred Knapp, jailed in Hamilton Ohio, boasts of multiple murders with chilling detail. He describes killings from Cincinnati to Indianapolis and Hamilton, including his wives, and expresses pleasure in the acts. A detailed confession lists five victims and the method, while his wife Anna May Gamble resists belief in his monstrous guilt. Knapp’s appearance and demeanor are described as stark contrast to his claimed charm.
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Alfred Knapp
Hamilton
Ohio
Ida Gibbart
West Indianapolis
Knapp
Indianapolis
Anna May Gamble
Emma Littleman
Gest Street
Cincinnati
May Hebert
Walnut
Jennie Connors Knapp
Canal
Liberty Street
Ida Gebhard
Annie Knapp
South Fourth Street
Lindenwald
And Yet The Sheep Count Rises After Tariff Repeal
In Mora vian Falls North Carolina the Yellow Jacket reports that US sheep numbers have grown by twenty million since the Wilson tariff repeal. A Democratic prophecy claims that the protection coal powering our industrial engine leads to disaster with brakes off and throttle wide open.
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United States
Moravian Falls
N. C
Yellow Jacket
American interests push for reciprocity laws to avoid cheating
The Des Moines Capital notes that American interests in raw materials and manufactured goods must stand together or fall together and urges a strong use of reciprocity laws to prevent being cheated in transactions.
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Des Moines
Knapp’s Criminous Career Chronology Through 1903
A compact record traces Knapp’s life from birth in 1862 in Greensburg through repeated imprisonments in Indiana and Ohio, multiple marriages, and a pattern of violent crimes. Major events include penitentiary terms at Joliet and Jeffersonville, killings in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, a 1903 confession, and a tangled sequence of marriages to Emma Stubbs, Jennie Conners, Hannah Goddard, and Anna May Gamble.
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Greensburg
Terre Haute
Ind
Cincinnati House of Refuge
Chicago
Joliet
Maried
Emma Stubbs
Terra Haute
Jeffersonville
Lawrenceburg
Jennie Conners
Indy
Cincinnati
1804
Dune
Emma
Blitleman
A Witty Lawyer Refutes Theft Claim in Town Falls Case
A year ago salt was brought against the esshier of the State Bank of Town Falls to recover a deposit the bank denied. In Dickiers trial the defendant's attorney argued for his client stressing high social and religious standing and public trust. Milner added humor noting Canada is full of such men.
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State Bank of
Town Falls
Dickiers
Pania
T. G. Milner
Canada
Taking Down Beerbohm Tree On StageMockery
London actor Beerbohm Tree, famed for pompous manners, clashes with a provincial aspirant who asks for a part. Tree offers a crowd walk on in the final act. The hopeful replies with a courteous jab about Tree’s Hamlet.
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Beerbohm Tree
London
Metropolitan
Mr. Tree
Hadn't Time for Squirming with King Edward Case
London physician Sir Richard Powell treated King Edward after an intake of excess. Powell announced a blunt prescription and left to see other patients. Sir Francis Laking protested the abrupt method but Powell replied he hadn’t time for squirming and to return if needed.
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Richard Powell
London
Edward
Sir Francis Laking
Sir Richard
Sir Francis
Laking
Powell
Large Wednesbury Charity Lands Grow Vast
A sixteenth century resident left 1000 to provide annual gowns and coats to the poor on St Thomas Day. The legacy was invested in minerals land and has grown to 30000. Charity commissioners now provide 200 gowns and 60 coats instead of the original three gowns and three coats.
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Wednesbury
England
St. Thomas
Ulric Levasseur's Remarkable Recovery After Dodd's Kidney Pills
In New Bedford on March 2, Ulric Levasseur, once bedridden by general weakness and back pain, credits two months of Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his strength. He reports walking and working again, calling the remedy a God sent cure and praising its impact on his health and vigor. An Irish student adds a humorous aside about definitions.
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New Bedford
Mass
First Street
Ulric Levasser
Dodd
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Jennie Cowhere
Wade Street Bridge
da Gebhart
Hannah . Goddard
Michigan City
Charles Cable
Graham Sisters
Hannah Goddard
Wito Nerd
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Zambae
Gobersyer
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Sebhayes
Thaidnyting
Valon
Salzer
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