Lasting Relief From Kidney Pain Says Lebanon Official
J W Walls superintendent of streets in Lebanon Kentucky reports severe back and kidney pains due to irregular kidney action. After trying doctors he found quick and lasting relief with Doans Kidney Pills. The ad notes the product is sold by all druggists for 50 cents per box and credits Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as proprietors.
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J. W. Walls
Lebanon
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Thuffalo
N. Y
Bird Keeps Post Box Nook Despite Dropped Letters
A wren perched on the letter box of Mr PD Baker English draper remains steadfast as letters are dropped two or three times daily. The bird holds its position despite the frequent mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. Baker
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advert On Skin Care
The long promoting copy emphasizes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as universal skin care cures used worldwide. It highlights cleansing the scalp, stopping hair loss, softening hands, soothing rashes, and antiseptic benefits for mothers and children in toilet, bath, and nursery routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alevicina
Utter Drug & Chem
Ourp
Removing Nicotine From Tobacco
Poisonous nicotine in tobacco is removed by steeping the loaves in a tannic acid solution. This method was adapted by a German chemist.
Coal Fields of Spitzbergen Develop Extensive Operations
Coal fields of Spitzbergen, after experimental mining in prior seasons, are judged valuable enough for wider operations. A Sheffield England expedition with Norwegian captains has been fitted out, about seventy men engaged, and plans include eleven large buildings for lodgings and machinery sheds.
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Spitzbergen
Sheffield
England
Nail Driven Through Oak Despite Thickness
Quote from National Magazine describes a man struggling to drive a nail through an inch and a half thick seasoned oak until a crease in the nail was suggested, allowing easy, straight driving without bending.
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National
London Healthier Than New York Deaths Roughly Equal
London outpaced New York in population by about a million yet last year saw nearly identical death tolls in the two cities. Officials note similar disease patterns and healthcare access affecting mortality rates in both urban centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Defiance Starch Ad Claims Superior Value
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as a must in every household and asserts it offers four ounces more for 10 cents than any competing cold water starch brands. It emphasizes quality and cost efficiency to persuade readers to choose Defiance over rivals.
Parsee Community Bans Further Converts and Recognitions
In recent years several wealthy Parsees have married European wives and brought them into the Parsees fold. Now the Parsees have decided that they will admit no more converts. Even the children of Parsees married to Christian mates will not be recognized as Parsees.
Japanese chopsticks arrive as guest receives decorated
A guest is presented with two carved chopsticks in a decorated envelope. The sticks, formed from a single tong-shaped piece of wood, are broken apart by the guest.
Soap Making Quip Reflects Household Harmony
A quip from Exchange notes that soap succeeds with a man's stirring, but a woman's arrival spoils it, implying gendered domestic dynamics. The remark frames traditional roles as essential to household success and soap quality.
Defiines Starc Shown Unique Superior Quality
A fragment claims Defiines Starc is unlike any other product, described as better with one third more fur locents than competitors.
The Best He Had Dialog in Irish Bordereau
An Irishman tests his butler with a quip about choosing the best available elaret. The Scottish servant answers that it is not the best, but it is the best the Irishman has.
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Murphy
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Big 16 Oz Package
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch noting each 16 oz package equals a full pound while competitors offer 3 pound packs for the same price. The ad claims Defiance leaves no chemical residue, never sticks to the iron, and warns grocers may push smaller 12 oz packages. Demand Defiance to save time and money.
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Defiance
Moving-Day Superstition Governs Family Fortune
A fragment describes a superstition that a family should never move except in the Weht or during the increase of the moon to secure prosperity and growth in possessions. The text mentions Dr DaveRennedis Favorite Remedy and scattered chaotic phrases about remedies and bottles, all in a damaged, unclear excerpt from New Jersey.
Wasted Pity in a Mas House Tale
A terse reflection on pity for a man returning to a poor home at night, arguing that pity is misplaced when the subject accepts his fate and finds solace in his own doorway.
Huss Company Cape Town Comedy Note Sparks Laughs
An odd item from South Head humor column, mentioning The Huss Company and a girl struggling to control a threeacre cold with a handkerchief. The fragment hints at a playful, surreal scene and local-ish joke in a dated tone.
Missouri Doings Finds Son in Morgue
In St Louis Henry Beckman aged 12 was killed by a switch engine in the Wabash yards near Grand avenue while walking to work. His father John Beckman identified the body at the morgue after a search that began Friday night.
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Henry Beckman
St. Louis
John A. Beckman
Fairview Avenue
City Hospital
City Hospital, After Being Struck By A Switch Cnine
Wabash
Grand Avenue
Beckman
William Hatfield
Garrison Court
Henry
Heckman
Bowly
Prominent Businessman Dies Aboard Train Near O Fallon
Philip W. Schneider, 76, president of Schneider Granite Co and Lafayette Hawk VP, died on a Baltimore & Ohio train near O Fallon while returning from French Lick Springs. He collapsed in his seat at 0:30 p.m. Doctors said heart disease caused death. Mrs. Schneider, at Union Station, learned of his passing en route home to 1842 South Eighth Street.
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St. Louis
Philip W. Schneider
Schneider Granite Co
Lafayette Hawk
Baltimore & Ohio
O'Fallon
Schneider
French Lick Springs
Ind
C. H. MacMahon
Carline, DL
Betting Continues at Delmar Track Amid Unchanged Conditions
Delmar St Louis crowd grows and betting persists under the new handbooking system. Officials offer little interference as deputies monitor activity. Six races draw sharper attention than earlier, with bookmakers confident racing will continue pending circuits court actions and possible moves to challenge the anti poor selling law. Jefferson City sees excise payments totaling 30489 from June 16 to July 1 after salary shift. March 27 to June 1 under the prior fee system yielded 204. Both sums deposited in state treasury.
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St. Louis
Delmar
Thee
Althewel
Campbell
Herper
St. Louis County
Jefferson City
Mulvihill
St. Janis
State Treasury
Monthly Trial of Pink Pills for Women
A Carmel Maine woman recounts relief from months of sick headache fainting spells and severe pain after years of irregular functions. She cites two boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills as the cure improving strength appetite and spirits claiming the treatment restored her health fully.
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Mrs. C
Three sisters sail to leper colony in Japan aboard Empress of India
From Vancouver B C three sisters embarked on the steamship Empress of India to begin life in the Ku manitu leper colony in Japan. The community there comprises about four hundred lepers, and the sisters plan to devote themselves to its work and welfare.
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Vancouver
B. C
Empress of India
Kumanitu
Japan
Hurt man found in shed near Crystal City Missouri
Michael Smith a 67 year old man was found unconscious in a coal shed near Crystal City Missouri after being thrown against a box car. He had been unattended and hungry for nearly a week and received aid from Rev Father F W Nugent and George W Lister before being taken to City Hospital in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Michael Smith
Cryswm City
F. W. Nugent
St. Vincent Theological Seminary
George W. Lister
Allen Avenue
Smith
City Hospital
Schmolinski
Union Station
Father Nugent
Mr. Lister
Crystal City
Cape Girardeau
W B Croc of St Joseph to be State Dairy Inspector
Jefferson City Missouri reports W B Croc of St Joseph will fill the new State Dairy Inspector post created by the last General Assembly with a 2000 dollar salary and a deputy at 1500. Deputy inspector will be Dan Clifford of St Joseph. headquarters in Columbia. Law effective June 16. Wingate Mercantile Co closed in Marshall by G E Stevens & Co of Chicago. stock to be sold. Three inches of rain in 44 minutes near Miami Missouri caused hail damage to corn crop.
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Jefferson City
Mon
W. BL. Crockett
St. Joseph
General Assembly
Dan Clifford
Columbia
Close
Wingate Mercantile Company
Marshall, Mo
G. E. Stevens & Co
Chicago
Marshall
Miami
Packers Profits Dwindle In National Census Findings
The Garfield report exposes slim profits in the packing industry, about two percent of business volume, despite broad agreement on its accuracy. Government census data from 1900 show millers averaging seven percent gross profit versus only around two percent for meat packers, fueling debate over trust claims and market margins.
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America
Clingis
Winofs
United States
Amerwan Flamestead
Landlord Takes One Third Of Worker Income In NZ Capital
In Wellington, New Zealand, a notable share of a worker's or clerk's earnings is siphoned off for rent. The situation highlights housing pressures in the capital, where tenants allocate a large portion of wages to landlords amid rising costs.
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New Zealand
No License Required There In Livingston County
Chillicothe Missouri residents with no hunting license in Livingston County will not be prosecuted, says Prosecuting Attorney John H. Taylor. He believes residents hunting in their home county need no license and that there is no law authorizing prosecution in such cases.
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Chillicothe
Livingston County
John H. Taylor
Taylor
Duel ends as police respond after pistol and knife fight
In St Louis on Saturday morning an Italian couple fought with a pistol and knife on the second floor of 1432 North Twelfth street. Joseph Angelo fled before officers from the 4th district could arrive. Mary Stella was cut on the chin after two shots were fired at Angelo.
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St. Louis
North Twelfth Street
Welock
4Th District
Joseph Angelo
Mary Stella
Springfield man killed by Frisco freight train
Charles S. Mudd of Melvec NL was killed Friday afternoon three miles east of Springfield when he tried to board a slowly moving Frisco freight. He slipped and was ground to pieces between the wheels.
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Springfield
Charles S. Mudd
Melvec
Poisoning after woods luncheon leaves five ill
Jonesboro Missouri reports five picnic party members exposed to lead to Pepsi lemonade prank poisoning. Carson Proffet Frank Carr Miss Mae Taylor Mrs Corn Sanborn and Mrs Chase Carr were taken ill but pronounced out of danger by noon. In Paris, the Dawson murder jury returns verdict of second degree murder with ninety nine year penalty after fourteen hours deliberation and further instructions.
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Jonesboro
Maine
Carson Proffet
Frank Carr
Mae Taylor
Corn Sanborn
Chase Carr
Paris
Frank Dawson
Boyd
Milwaukee brakeman run over by train in Laredo injury amputation
Reilly Beal a Milwaukee railroad brakeman was run over by a freight train at Laredo Friday evening and sustained injuries requiring the amputation of a leg.
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Chuuhoothe
Reilly Beal
Milwaukee Railroad
Laredo
Hottman Sentenced to Hang Amid Myers Murder Case
Kansas City Missouri Frank Hottman convicted of complicity in the Clarence Myers murder was sentenced Saturday to be hanged on August 11 Mrs Myers also faces the death penalty An appeal will stay execution Hottman wept during sentencing Last week Mrs Myers showed no emotion No fatalities reported from wholesale poisoning in East St Louis
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Kansas City
Frank Hottman
Clarence Myers
London lodgings aid convicts with letters for comforts
A man from a London lodging house writes to defendants whose names and addresses appear in newspapers. He offers to supply “wrinkles” on prison life to improve the official diary and comfort inmates. He asks only for cast-off clothing or boots and railway fare paid in advance.
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London
Amazing Mothers Urged to Use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
A dated advertisement urges mothers to choose Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for bowel and stomach disorders claiming a pure pleasant harmless remedy. It promises absolute safety and a money back guarantee if it fails, with price points of one dollar and a half a dollar.
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Caldwell
Venerable Bede’s Blind Sermon Ends In Stones’ Amen
In the Golden Legend tale the aged blind Bede longs to preach. An attendant arranges a heap of stones as a pretend crowd and he delivers an eloquent sermon. The stones allegedly cry Amen at the close, preserving Bede’s dignity.
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Bede
Tere
Defiance Starch Promises More for Same Money
Some grocers report not stocking Defiance Starch, citing a shelf of rival brands in 12 ounce packs they cannot move first. Defiance offers 16 ounce packages for the same price and requires no cooking, prompting buyers to choose the larger, ready to use starch.
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Defiance
Opposition met Pare’s discovery of medicinal beans
The passage recalls how Pare faced intense ridicule and persecution for introducing medicinal beans. He defended the idea by noting a parallel in Hippocrates, arguing the concept had historical roots rather than being strictly original.
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Pare
Hippocrates
All Up-to-Date Housekeepers Prefer Defiance Cold Water Storcd
Advert claims up-to-date housekeepers choose Defiance Cold Water Storcd for better cleaning and more product per dollar, noting 4 oz more for the same price.
Wireless telegraphy enables theater group to perform abroad
By wireless telegraphy a theatrical company was recently engaged to perform at Leeds England while at sea in mid Atlantic. The note records the use of wireless communication to organize a tour and stage duties across transatlantic waters.
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mid-Atlantic
Leedes
England
Tise's Cure for Consumption Offered in Ocean Grove
An advertisement notes Tise's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove dated February 17. 100.
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Tise
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
Women form nearly one fifth of Swiss university students
Women constitute close to twenty percent of the student body at Swiss universities, reflecting gradual progress in gender enrollment. The figure highlights ongoing strides toward gender balance in higher education settings across Switzerland.
The Russ Company Red Cross Wall Blue Package
The Famous Red Cross Wall Blue is a large 2 oz. package offered by The Russ Company of South Bend Indiana. Price and exact packaging are indicated in the standard product listing.
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Russ Company
South Bend
Ind
France Leads With Theaters Across Europe
French theaters dominate European listings as France adds dozens of venues, while Greenland's population stands at about 12 000 inhabitants. The contrast highlights cultural breadth and remote demography in northern territories.
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France
Greenland
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Advised for Women
A Victorian era advertorial praising Mrs Lydia Pinkham and her vegetable compound. It claims over one hundred thousand female illness cases yearly are treated by a woman with vast experience, emphasizing free confidential advice and testimonials from grateful patients like Mrs Seydel. It urges sick women to write for counsel.
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Pinkham
Fred Sevdel
North 'Ath Street
West
Philadelphia
Winkham
Supreme Court upholds St. Louis mill ordinance validity
The Supreme Court affirms the purity mill regulation, ruling the ordinance valid and supporting decisions against several dealers.
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Supreme Court
St. Louis
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