Woman's Misery: Paterson Woman Praises Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs John La Rue of 116 Patterson Avenue Paterson New Jersey recalls nine years of kidney troubles with backache headaches dizziness and nosebleeds. After using Doan's Kidney Pills her symptoms including the stinging back pain and blood rushes to the head disappeared following the first box and she continued treatment. Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all dealers 6 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John la Rue
Paterson Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Dean
Electricity to Blame in Storms
London Lancet notes that headaches oppression and nervous distress felt by many individuals at thunder storms are due to electrical differences of potential. The effects pass as the atmospheric disturbance or storm subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
World volcanoes counted after Martinique and St Vincent
The piece notes about one thousand volcanoes worldwide with 325 still active. It questions extinguished volcanoes and recalls Vesuvius’s long quiescence after Pompeii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
St. Vincent
Pompepi
Vesuvius
Defance Starch Promises Better Result and Savings
A bold claim promotes Defance Starch as more flexible and lasting than rivals, resisting shaking out or blowing out. The pitch suggests improved results and one more for the money, implying added value over competing brands.
Great Britain’s Consumption Compared With Other Nations
A comparative statement notes Britain’s per capita consumption at thirteen pounds yearly, contrasted with eight pounds in Germany, four in France, and two in Russia, signaling relative consumption intensity across nations.
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Great Britain
Nations
Germany
France
Russia
Missouri State Treasurer reports funds on hand nearly three million
State Treasurer kK Williams released figures showing the distribution of state money in the treasury among funds. The report lists amounts in vaults and banks including the State Bank, First National Bank, National Bank, and other institutions, totaling 2 927 489. The breakdown covers treasury vaults in Jefferson City and other locations with allocations to schools, seminary funds, and various state programs.
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Jefferson City
Kk. P. Williams
Divdertella Murat
Hevs Furl
Saapeistte
Feuarer Ff
Treasury
Kanwar Tity State Bar Lea
Igeyel Valley
Morirpoe Ray
Federal Grand Jury Returns Eleven Bills in St Louis
The Federal Grand Jury in St Louis filed a partial report with Judge Adams listing eleven true bills. Defendants include Frank Schneile Herman Krosbein Henry Ishard Ray Martine and Geo Lehrten for selling oleo margarine without a special tax. Others faced charges such as attempting to bribe a Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue Roy Sackett faced bribery attempt and Ww S Wood alleged mail fraud. George Lester was cited for selling signor without a license and bail set at 6000 for Samuel Baetzl who pled guilty to counterfeiting and received three years hard labor.
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St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Adams
Frank Schneile
Herman Krosbein
Enry Ishard
Ray Martine
Geo. Lehrten
Roy Sackett
Moberly
Internal Revenue
Ww. S. Wood
United States
Shorthorn Calves To Aid St Joseph Auditorium
The Central Short horn Breeders Association will donate two thoroughbred shorthorn calves to the St Joseph Auditorium Company. Proceeds from the calves will fund the convention hall project. Sioux City hosts the next convention as officers are elected. Missouri University forms a teachers college to train high school leaders.
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St. Joseph
Central Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
St. Joseph Auditorium Co
Wornell
Auditorium Company
Sioux City
Iowa
G. E. Ward
J. C. Lawson
Clarks
Neb
E. B. Mitchell
Clinton, Mo
B. O. Cowan
Chicago
H. R. Clay
Plattsburg
Columbia
Missouri University
Dor. A. Ross Hill
Nebraska University
Missouri
Explosion Fatality in Joplin Household Accident
Mrs. John Fleener wife of a wealthy farmer died Saturday from injuries after a dynamite explosion caused by a boy placing a frozen stick in the stove to thaw. The blast threw her from the room and ripped one side of her body.
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Joplin
John Fleener
Fleener
Judge Vaughan Dies at Springfield Missouri
Judge James R. Vaughan longtime local attorney died at his home in Springfield at age 57 leaving a wife and six children. His funeral was held with Masonic rites he joined the state’s judiciary after succeeding W. F. Geiger and was regarded as a leading citizen and jurist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan
Springfield
James R. Vaughan
Masonic Fraternity
W. F. Geiger
Eight Hour Law Upheld by Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds the state eight hour law as constitutional. Catherine Lead Co. owners Harry J. Cantwell William Magenau and Jasper Edwards were convicted for forcing ten hour mining shifts in Southwest Missouri. An appeal affirmed the lower court ruling.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Harry J. Cantwell
William Magenau
Jasper Edwards
Catherine Lead Co
Missouri
Incendiary Letter Threatens Missouri Farmer
In Sedalia nine miles north of the city farmer H. Clay Thornton, a juror in the Dunton murder case, received a Friday morning letter threatening his death. Thornton’s barn, containing sixty bushels of corn, was burned and the letter was left in a conspicuous place. The note claims the jurors knowing how they voted and warns of revenge against those who favored life terms. Prosecuting Attorney Kelly was alerted and efforts to trace the writer continue.
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Sedalia
H. Clay Thornton
Simton
Kelly
Dunton
Thornton
Mystery corpse in Rich Hill identified as local man
In Rich Hill Missouri on Saturday M Phillips of Tupelo Mississippi viewed a body sent from Mourdville Alabama at Green Lawn Cemetery. He confirmed the remains were his brother S D Phillips 21. The deceased had worked as an operator in several Southern towns and used an assumed name for unknown reasons.
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Rich Hill
Mourdville
Ala
C. PL
Seymour
M. Phillips
Tupelo
Miss
Mr. Phillips
Griffith
Marshal Gankston
Underteker Booth
Green Lawn Cemetery
D. Phillips
Mystery of Geyer's Disappearance Partly Cleared
After more than thirty years the mystery of George Geyer vanishing is eased by a letter announcing his recent death in California. Geyer disappeared from his home in 1971 and a mutilated body found days later was identified as his. His property was sold amid lingering questions about his teeth.
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George Geyer
California
Geyer
Oldest milling firm sold at receiver's sale in St Joseph
E T Davis Milling Company of St Joseph, a long established Western property, was sold Saturday at a receiver's sale to R R Clarke of Lawrence Kansas connected with Bowersock Milling Company. Price 40000 dollars. The mill had begun making a breakfast food popular in the U S and parts of Europe years ago.
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St. Joseph
E. T. Davis Milling Company
West
R. R. Clarke
Lawrence, Kas
Bowersock Milling Company
Europe
Burke Recounts Lords Snub as Enraged Commons Reacts
Edmund Burke recalled being kept three hours by the Lords as envoy of the Commons. The Lords’ chill provoked anger, and the speaker tossed it to the floor while members kicked it in a heated scene.
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Commons
Edmund Burke
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lords
Earliest Green Eating Onion Offered by Salter Seed Co
The John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes new money making vegetables including an Earliest Green Eating Onion. They offer a catalog and enough seed to grow thousands of vegetables at a special price via a return notice and small postage payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Lée
Clear Case Against Barber in Hoboken Suit
A Hoboken man sues a barber after a shaving incident left a slice on his chin. He alleges the barber’s conversation sparked the mishap and argues the barber should shave without error or provocation. The case hinges on whether dialog caused the injury.
Those Who Have Tried It Use Defiance Cold Water Brand
Defiance Cold Water Brand offers 16 ounce bottles for 10 cents, claiming no squal in quantity or quality. Other brands provide only 12 ounce servings.
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Defiance Cold Water
Tobacco Smoke Averts Disease
Dr Damon reports tobacco smoke inhibits growth of influenza diphtheria and tuberculosis bacteria in the mouth cavity. It shows no effect on typhoid fever germs or tetanus. This adds to tobacco's claimed joys and health benefits.
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Damon
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advert for Toledo Firm
A historical ad offering a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces, priced 75 cents per bottle, with endorsements from Warping, Rinsaw & Manors and other druggists, Toledo. Hall's Family Pills for constipation are also recommended.
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Cheney &C
Toledo
Rinsaw & Manors
C. Hall
Hall
FOR RENT OR SALE On Crop Payments Farms Sioux City Ad
SEVERAL CHOICE FARMS, Send for et J MULHALL Sioux City Iowa. FOR RENT OR SALE OnCrop Payments. Protecting the Turkish Public The Porte has issued an edict forbidding Turkish subjects to take lessons in fencing sword exercise or revolver practice outside the army under punishment for public security concerns. Putnam Faceless Dyes color More goods per package than others. Farm machinery in California modern steam farming on grain ranches Southern California. One ranch uses fifty horsepower engine eight foot drive wheels twelve barrels oil daily seven men. Fifty five furrows covered forty feet per plow.
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Et J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Iowa
Porte
California
Fire Claims Luckett Family In Troy Residence Tragedy
Mrs. Samuel Luckett and granddaughter Jennie Luckett died in a blaze at the Luckett home near Whiteside Lincoln County about two o'clock Saturday. The residence was destroyed and the cause of the fire remains a mystery leaving Samuel Luckett in shock.
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Troy
Samuel Luckett
Jennie Luckett
Luckett
Whiteside
Lincoln County
Smoking Carriages for Ladies in Belgium
In Europe smoking rises 50 percent among women. Belgian rail lines plan smoking apartments for ladies after a young woman faced protest for smoking in a ladies compartment. She seeks compulsory smoking facilities across Belgian companies.
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Europe
Grocers Skeptical on De ee Starch Stock
Some grocers say they do not keep De ee Starch owing to a stock in hand of 12:2 brand cannot be sold to a customer who has used the 16 oz package of Defiance Starch for Mane Lioney.
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Deee
Mane Lioney
Shrewd French Rogue Tale From Paris Coursier
A group in front of a Paris cafe pays a clarinetist who admits he cannot play the instrument. He performs nightly for coins until one patron requests a tune, prompting the musician to confess he does not know how to play the clarinet. The anecdote comes from Coursier de Paris.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
A historical ad claiming Mother Gray and nurses at the Children's Home in New York successfully treat constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and worm destruction. Cited over 30000 testimonials with a sample free offer and 25 cent price from A. S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Mother Gray
New York
Olmsted
LeRoy
Inequalities in Taxation Stir Wellington Editor Says
Editor Richards of the Wellington Mail denounces town tax inequities after examining the tax list. The leading bank pays tax on $80 of personal property while a barber operating from the bank basement is taxed on $120.
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Richards
The
Wellington
Kas.) Mail
Seed varieties promise big yields in dry plains
Parched districts of Montana Colorado Arizona and others respond to Salger's seeds with high yields. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin invites readers to send stamps for their large seed catalog and farm seed samples.
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Mont
Colo
Ariv
Holahe
Salger
John A. Salter
W. NU
Victoria
Ivust
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
N. Y
Divide Up Their Gloves and Odd Gleanings
A compact jumbled item noting uniforms of Major Van Ransdell and Gen Hooker tied by glove exchanges. It includes brief tips on cures, beverages from plants, panama butterfly migration, and a wound compress made from clean tissue. The tone is periodical miscellany with multiple unrelated vignettes.
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van Ransdell
Gen. Hooker
Worn reform cures pain claims and Paris lantern trend
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Dodd's Kidney Pills are cited with dramatic cures for various pains and ailments. A Paris craze features a lit lantern worn as a decorative personal ornament. The piece also notes Pitt’s liquor capacity and a quip about wine and headache.
Butler man attacked by robbers in home invasion
James O. Johnson of Butler Missouri was attacked in his south town home early Saturday. Robbers wounded him by shooting through the arm with his own gun and secured $60 and his watch. Amputation was deemed necessary after the injury. Johnson had withdrawn a large sum from the bank a day earlier, leading him to suspect intruders were watching his residence.
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Butler, Mo
James O. Johnson
Crandall Recalls Colonial Customs At Daughters Of The Revolution
John Howland Crandall spoke to the Daughters of the Revolution recounting quaint colonial practices not widely known. He described families giving gloves to funeral clergy and noted one minister’s tally of 2900 pairs as a benchmark of his activity.
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Daughters of the Revolution
John Howland Crandall
Peruna touted as cure for grippe and catarrh
A column of testimonials from Miss Alice M. Dressler and others claim Peruna cures La Grippe and strengthens the system. Jean Cowgill of Troy New York and Judge Horatio J. Goss of Hartwell Georgia report recovery after severe grippe. Readers urged to write Dr Hartman for gratis advice if results vary.
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Jean Cowgill
Griswold Ta House
Troy
N. Y
Aubrey Stock Co
Merrin
Horatio J. Goss
Hartwell, Ga
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Grippe Epidemic and Peruna Remedy Claims
A period piece describes la grippe as a universal epidemic affecting all classes and ages. It presents Peruna as a remedy, citing Mrs. Fred Weinberger of Westerlo Albany County NY describing prolonged after effects and a prior failed course with physicians.
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Peruna
Tam
Fred Weinberger
Westerlo
Albany County
N.Y
Longtime West Plains Resident Ben Huddleston Dies
West Plains Missouri reports the death of Ben Huddleston on Eleven Points River in Oregon County last week. He was 87 years old, came to the area 83 years ago, and left behind 16 children, 74 grandchildren, and 34 great grandchildren. He lived on the same farm for 83 years.
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West Plains
Ben Huddleston
Points River
Oregon County
Pike County Fair Association Organizes Officers in Bowling Greek
Stockholders of the Pike County Fair Association met last week and organized by electing officers including President J. E. McPike, Vice President W. H. Hawkins, Treasurer Edward Riggs, and Secretary H. M. Strother. Directors listed include C. M. Davis, W. J. Buchanan, T. M. King, Jasper Cash Jr., J. E. McPike, N. J. Porter, H. M. Strother, R. L. Pollard, R. R. Sanderson, W. W. Hawkins, E. D. Blegs, J. W. Ingram, and Carroll Wisdow.
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Bowling Greek
Pike County Fair Association
J. E. MecPike
Presdident
W. H. Hawkins
Edward Riggs
H. M. Strother
C. M. Davis
W. J. Buchanan
T. M. King
Jasper Cash, Jr
J. E. McPike
N. J. Porter
H. M. Strot
Saved by His Wit in the Iron Duke Tale
The Duke of Wellington once confronted an officer drunk on duty and tested his courage with wit. The officer saluted gravely and said he would not speak to the “brute,” a reply that reportedly saved his commission.
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Duke of Wellington
Iron Duke
Water conservation act makes wasteful artesian flow illegal
Riverside California officials recently approved a measure making it a misdemeanor to allow artesian well water to run to waste. The action targets wasteful use and aims to conserve scarce water resources in the county.
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Riverside Courte California
Physician Endorsements Highlight Grape Nuts and Postum
A Los Angeles doctor lauds Grape Nuts and Postum Food Coffee as digestible and brain supporting. He cites daily use for mental work and travel, noting digestive balance and brain function, with endorsements from physicians nationwide and a nod to the Road to Wellville booklet.
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Los Angeles
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Ozark Finl Farms Co Incorporates in Missouri
A charter was secured from the Secretary of State for Ozark Finl Farms Company a New York backed firm with 1 000 000 capital to trade in Southwest Missouri land and promote orchard development. The Joplin office lists stockholders Amassa Corbin Louis Williams Fernando Rogers and Thos J Finney of New York R B Hart of Springfield and Charles Moore of Joplin.
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Jefferson Taty. Mo
Secretary of State
Ozark Finl Farms Company
New York
Missouri
Joplin
Amassa 2 Corbin
Louis Williams
Fernando Rogers
Thos. J Finney
R. B. Hart
Springfield
Charles Moore
Miller alias Sam Hansen sentenced for forgery in Missouri
Mexico Mo Fred Miller alias Sam Hansen of Jerseyville Illinois was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to attempting to cash a forged check at the Farmers Bank in Laddonia during December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Fred Miller
Sam Hansen
Jerseyville
Farmers’ Bank
Laddonia
Fayette woman marks 102nd birthday at Fayette home
Mrs. Nancy Mitchell of Fayette celebrated her one hundred and second birthday last week. She lived with her grandson, Marshal William Slaughter.
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Fayette
Nancy Mitchell
Marshal Willam Slaughter
Aid Fund Established for Berlin Railway Workers
The Berlin overhead and underground electric railways began operation over the first two days with double fares. Proceeds from the higher fares were set aside to create an aid fund for the employees. The note also cites a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption from Jonny Borga of Trinity Springs, Ind., dated February 15, 1900.
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Berlin
Jonny Borga
Trinity Springs
Ind
Hindus Live on Tiny Incomes and Simple Diets
Millions of Hindus live, marry, and rear families on less than a dollar a week by many standards. They rarely eat meat and require little clothing, reflecting frugal lifestyles in the community.
Defiance Starch Seeks Market Edge With Size Claim
When a grocer lacks Defiance Starch, he should fear stocking it until 12 oz packages are sold. The product is not hotter than other cold water brands but contains 15 oz to the pouch and sells for the same price as 12 oz.
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Netgenuine
Chesebrough Mfo. CO
State Street
New Your Ciry
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N. Bryant Ave
Minoexpolis
Minn
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Michigan St
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