Lydia Pinkham Success Prompts Free Advice to Women
All sick women in the United States report cures from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with free guidance from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Mass. Letters from grateful users describe tumor disappearance and restored health, while readers are urged to seek advice at no charge. The piece also mentions advice on fear and a stray notice about a broken leg and a remedy for teething.
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United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Fannie 1
Pax
Chestnut Street
Gradient
Mlvnce
Carthage Boy Amazed by Collection Box Incident
A Carthage boy watched as a collection box passed, noticing his father and others gave little or nothing amid mentions of Deflunes Starch sales and Polish footwear lore. The piece mixes odd observations about customers, shoppers and cosmetic foot care claims from Vienna and Warsaw markets.
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Carthage
Chunk
Pop
Ammonal and Starch Prices Spark Industry Talk
The article notes explosives with powdered aluminum and nitrates marketed as ammonal, praised as safe and friction resistant while meeting explosive requirements. It also highlights Defiance Starch, claimed superior to rivals, sold in 12 ounce packages at the same price as 12 ounce quick la packages of other varieties.
Anecdotes Tell of a Child Questioning Satan
Dean Picou recounts in a new book a tale of a little girl upset by a maiden art and a letter left in a garden hole asking Satan to take away Aunt June. A product named Dethinece Starch is advertised as superior in quality and finery.
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Dean Picou
Mr. Satan
June
Alice
Langicra's Smart Turkish landlord in Mace donia
Fragmented OCR style text mentions Turkic Iles landlord in Mace donia and Turkish policemen in Evers village described as Parasites. references farm produce share, income figures, and vague health cure. additional garbled lines reference places and numbers.
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Macedonia
Evers
Philippine universities precede U S higher education rise
A Georgetown University student Ramon Jose Lunecson cites historical records to argue that Philippine universities existed before many American institutions reached high standard levels. The report highlights Lunecson’s use of archival quotes to support his claim.
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Georgetown University
Ramon Jose Lunecson
Philippines
United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Claims
An old newspaper snippet offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims testimonial support and urges readers to try the remedy, noting a price of 75 cents for a bottle and a related constipation treatment.
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Hall
Cheney
Hepey
Betteve
Wanbinn
Vodedeo
Dried beans and peas praised as top vegetable protein
Superior to cereals as protein sources dried beans and peas rank among the most economical foods. They offer strong nutrition and compare favorably with most meats in value.
Are You Bilious A Classic Patent Medicine Ad
A promotional health notice touts liver biliousness symptoms and advocates Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure. It includes personal testimonials from Miss Araesta Raff le of Findlay Ave, and warns against substitute nostrums while urging use of accompanying laxatives and medical literature.
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Guy Lad
Pere
Elchteen Betthea
Golden Medical
Miss Araesta
Findlay Ave
Wig Rapids
Michigan
Pierce
Bultalo
Vy. A
Hadley probes Standard Oil in Missouri antitrust case
Missouri Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley said he has evidence showing Standard Oil and two affiliates control 5 percent of Missouri oil trade in violation of antitrust laws. He alleges Waters-Pierce and Republic are not independent and may be used to steer customers away from Standard. Proceedings may seek a receiver for Prairie oil and gas lines and court action on common-carrier applicability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Hadley
The
Standard
Waters-Pierces Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Standard Oil
Waters Pierce
Independence, Kas
District Court
Neosho
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Ines
Kansas
Stilwell
Prairie
John O'Brien
Prairie Air Anil Ras Company
Senate Finishes The Extra Session
Washington reports the special Senate session adjourned sine die after confirming most nominations but blocking Jude Wickersham for another district judgeship in Alaska. Debated Santo Domingo treaties, with opposition preventing ratification, while other matters and delayed appointments were resolved before a farewell adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Jude James Wickersham
District Court of
Alaska
Santo Domingo
United States
Illinois
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Spooner
White House
Wisconsin
Train plunges over steep bank near Winfield Station
Erie Railroad train No. 7 the Pacific Express ran sixty mph when auxiliary reservoirs dropped into a switch frog causing the front tracks to fail. The engine stayed on track but six cars tumbled down a twenty foot embankment injuring twelve people several possibly fatally. Engineer Walnitz and Fireman Gorman escaped unharmed. The two passenger coaches carried twenty seven passengers with several narrowly escaping death.
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Hamilton
Ind
Erie
Winfield Station
Egineer Walnitz
Gorman
Railroad plans to extend toward Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi reports a Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad source says an extension toward Aransas Pass is planned soon. The final Gulf terminus, whether Aransas Pass or Corpus Christi, is not yet determined.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Aransas Pass
Judge D A McFall Dies After Bribery Indictment Probe
Austin judge D A McFall who led the investigation triggering bribery indictments against John H Kirby and Warren Moore died Sunday of heart failure. He served two terms in the legislature and was formerly county judge.
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Austin
Tex
D. A. McFall
John H. Kirby
Warren Moore
Vandalia Leader John Gochenour Dies at 70
John Gochenour, a Vandalia cap italist and real estate broker, died Sunday at age 70. He served as president of the Vandalia Heht and fuel company and was land agent for the Illinois Central railroad for 35 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
John Gochenour
Vandalia Heht and Fuel Company
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Hidalgo Railway Sale Window To New York Syndicate
Mexico City reports Hidalgo Railway poised for sale to a New York syndicate with settlement of details to occur in New York. The development underscores cross border finance and urban transport restructuring.
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Mexico City
Hidalgo
New York
Dover House Passes Senate Bill Abolishing Pillory
The Delaware House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to abolish the pillory. An attempt to repeal the whipping post law failed. The antipillory measure now proceeds to the governor for approval.
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Dover
Del
House of Representatives
Senate
Jump Rope Death Sparks School Safety Alarm
In Mount Vernon Illinois Carrie Pace Smith a 12 year old girl died Thursday from brain congestion. Officials say the death was possibly caused in part by excessive rope jumping during recreation at school or nearby activities.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Carrie Pace Smith
Sully and Hadley Discharged in Bankruptcy
Daniel J. Sully and Edward Hadley of D J Sully Co cotton brokers received discharges in bankruptcy from Judge Adams in the U S district court. This wipes out all of Sully's indebtedness.
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New York
Daniel J. Sully
Edward Hadley
D. J. Sully & Co
Adams
United States District Court
Mr. Sully
Eighty Guns Lost in The Pass Says St Peters burg Dispatch
Paris dispatch to the Petit Journal reports Gen. Kuropatkin lost eighty guns at The Pass with an estimated 19,000 killed and wounded. The tally reflects a costly engagement in the ongoing campaign.
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Paris
St. Patersburg
Petit Journal
Rush Run ant Red Ash mine disaster claims twenty four dead
Montgomery Alabama report details a fatal mining catastrophe near New River in Fayette county. Twenty four miners die in gas explosions and a second blast after rescuers enter the shaft. Flames erupt from the mine mouth and equipment is wrecked as rescuers struggle to reach hearts.
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Montgomery
Ala
New River
Fayette County
Rushitun
Peasant Disorders Spread in Russia Amid Rising Terrors
St. Petersburg reports say peasant unrest grows across northern and eastern districts with estates looted buildings burned and clashes with landowners reported. Monastic hands allegedly taken to forests and two propaganda tracts circulated urging division of lands as empire seeks harsh measures.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Hoth
Peace talk urged on Manchuria by powers
In St. Petersburg the latest peace talk advances a suggestion that China inform the interested powers that Chinese sufferings in Manchuria require an end to hostilities. If the powers acted on such a suggestion Russia might exploit it to withdraw, but there is little evidence the czar is willing.
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St. Petersburg
China
Manchuria
Russia
Oku reports mass cremation of Russian dead in Heid
London dispatch says Gen Oku's field headquarters notes thousands of Russian dead on the Heid are being cremated. It cites an estimated total engagement strength of about 1,000,000 men.
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London
Oku
Illinois Central Officials Pass Through Bloomington on Tour
President Stuyvesant Fish of the Illinois Central led a party of road officials on a Sunday inspection of northern lines and then headed toward New Orleans, stopping at Bloomington for the transit.
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Bloomington
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Anda
New Orleans
Funeral for Col Avers J. Taylor in Vincennes Sun
The funeral for Col Avers J. Taylor who was shot and killed in a street fight Saturday was held Sunday afternoon. Services were conducted by Vincennes Eagles.
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Vincennes
Tnd
Col Avers J. Taylor
Eagles
Farmer Elbert Wright in Horace tied assault victim for officers
Paris Illinois reports Elbert Wright a Horace farmer whose wife was assaulted last Saturday. Wright shot and seriously wounded Peter Hassett on Friday, then tied him in a buggy and carried him to officers. Hassett confessed to the assault, according to police.
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Paris
Elbert Wright
Horace
Peter Hassett
Bassett
Russian fleet sails from Nossi-Be amid Madagascar dispatch
A news agency report from Antananarivo states the Russian fleet departed Nossi-Be Thursday afternoon. Destination remains unknown as officials assess the move and potential implications.
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London
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Nossi-Be
Fort Smith officer, Col Thomas Boles, dies at home
Col Thomas Boles, clerk of the United States circuit court, died in Fort Smith Arkansas on Monday morning. He commanded a Union regiment of Arkansas troops in the war and served in Congress during Reconstruction. A separate dispatch from St Petersburg states a semi official denial of the recalled Russian Second Pacific Squadron.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Thomas Boles
United States Circuit Court
Arkansas
Congress
St. Petersburg
Dean's Kidney Pills Proved Cure Says Philadelphia Man
George W. Renoff of Philadelphia writes he suffered five years with back and kidney trouble, swelling, and loss of appetite. After using Dean's Kidney Pills his back grew strong, appetite returned, and he has stayed well for four years since stopping them. Letter ends with a recommendation and trial offer.
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George W. Renoff
North Lith St
Philadelphia
Dean
What He Wanted. Lord Melbourne and a Loyal Ally
The exchange shows Lord Melbourne refusing to appoint a man merely for being a good fellow who votes with him when he thinks he is right. He wants a supporter who will back him even when he is wrong, highlighting the value of loyalty over superficial agreement.
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Lord Melbourne
Sermon and Seed Catalog in One Fragment
An excerpt mixes a sermon by Dean Smith on charity with agricultural sales copy. It touts Salver’s Wheat as drought and rust resistant, claiming up to 80 bushels per acre on good lands and 40 to 60 on sand soils, urging readers to consult the catalog for details. The tone blends moral exhortation with sales pitches for grain and farming land quality.
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Wis
Catalog
Seed company sample offer to La Crosse farmer
A fragment urges John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin to send free samples of wheat and other farm seeds along with their cutales, claiming value worth 1000 W and appealing to hard working farmers.
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Ioca
Saizer
America
Dacre
Mary Feef
Mae
John A. Salzer
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Germany's independence drive falters on key imports
Germany aims to cut foreign dependence by domestic production but fails on cocoa coffee tobacco and ginger. Only sisal hemp succeeds, peas show fair results.
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Germany
Record of Indian Territory school enrollment and tribal counts
Indian Territory reports 13,864 Indian scholars in public schools with 3,382 Cherokee, 2,704 Creek, 758 Choctaw, and 839 Chickasaw students. Local headlines mention starch brands and odd anecdotes, including a claim about De fiance Starvi dominating market sales and distant remarks about regional social changes.
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Indian Territory
Wonderful Change in a Night In a Month Face Was Clear as Ever
An eczema sufferer reports fast skin improvement after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within a month all scales vanished and the face became clear, enabling social activity again. The testimonial lists T. J. Soth of Brooklyn and reflects the era’s patent remedy claims.
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Cuticura
T. J. Soth
Stage Street
Brooklyn
Drawing Metaphor Echoes In A Chicago News Verse
A Chicago News feature riffs on drawing as a metaphor across scenes from art to marriage and thirst, noting that drawing pay is enough for the speaker. The piece playfully links creation, desire, and need through everyday images.
Important to Mothers Examine CASTORTA for infants and children
Caution urged as readers are advised to inspect every CASTORTA bottle for infants and children to ensure safety. The note emphasizes careful examination and adherence to product usage for young patients.
Interesting Figures and Historic Ship in Old Notes
The piece reports on a medical survey finding nose shapes among Hebrews with 6 percent hooked noses, 68 percent straight, 12 percent broad, and 14 percent retrousse. It also notes vast outputs from mines and oil wells totaling billions, railway freight, and large payrolls, plus an advertisement for Defiance Starch. It mentions the mail schooner Vigilant built in Essex, Massachusetts in 1802.
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Fishbert
United Hebrew Societies
Vigilant
Bt. Croix
Essex Oak
Essex
Mass
Sheikh-el-Beled Egyptian statue in British Museum
A plaster of Paris copy of the Sheikh-el-Beled, the Village Sheikh, is on show in the British Museum gallerys. The 300 B.C. artifact, the oldest known wood carving, depicts an overseer by the pyramids near Sakkaray. Deeds, not words, forge success for pioneers who confront every obstacle.
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Paris
British Museum
Twain leases Tarrytown estate to Charles Gardiner
Mark Twain leases his Tarry town estate to Charles A. Gardiner, a New York lawyer. The property sits 450 feet above the river with an unobstructed multi mile view and is beautifully laid out with drives and a diverse collection of trees thriving in the region.
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Mark Twain
Tarrytown
Charles A. Gardiner
New York
Madson
Archbishop's Quip at Paris Concert Draws Quiet Laughs
An archbishop in Paris, escorted to a private entrance for a concert by a famed performer, wove through ladies. One apologetically blamed dressmakers for the crowding, to which the archbishop quipped that none remains for the corsage.
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Paris
Italian engine makers Sultzer and Tosi praised by consul
The German consul in Egypt reports that Sultzer and Tosi of Legnano Italy are conducting immense steam engine business with Mediterranean countries and their products rank among the best in the world.
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Egypt
Sultzer and
Tosi
Legnano
Italy
Mediterranean
Rouchis Railread Systems Capitalized at PIZ.000 Won
Rouchis capitalizes railread systems at PIZ.000 won, dividing proceeds between stucks and bonds. A little over half the stocks pay dividends.
Dr Caldwell’s Serup Pepsin Laxative Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Serup Pepsin as a safe pleasant relief for headaches constipation biliousness and bowel poisons from undigested food. It promises quick improvement and a money back guarantee if it fails with sales through druggists at one pound.
Dont Forget Alarce Despubkace Rel Cross Hall Blue
In Boston the free use of kerosene or naphtha on woolwork to keep out water damage is cautioned as a dangerous fire risk by the fire commissioner. Shelters for consumptives are planned in Belfast parks amid protest meetings.
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Boston
Belfast
Vast Commercial Growth Sparks Farm Labor Demand in South
The region mirrors the growth seen in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana with cities expanding, docks improving, and farm laws gaining value. A surge in industries creates demand for day laborers, skilled workers, and farm tenants. prospects mail inquiries to W R Mercy in Dubuque for territory details.
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Dlineis
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louishina
Lories
J. IF. Mercy
Dubuque
Peruna advertised as cure for cold and catarrh women
A circa-era ad extols Peruna for colds and catarrh claiming rapid relief and long use by many women including Miss Rose Gerbing of Crown Division, Pad. It asserts no narcotics and harm free, with Dr. Hartman’s address in Columbus, Ohio for confidential correspondence.
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Rose Gerbing
Crown Divit
Peruna
Dores
Peruana
Nartran
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Olin
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Lod
Kan
Avabastine Co
ST. Louis
Katy
San Presse
Vielting Pallferuia
George Morton
Lins
Vienna
Woelfernd
Meyer
Langicra
Gure
David Reeureds
Atolaria Tallo
Aire BP
Prener
Buffalo
N.Y
Ivarove
San Domingo
Hammond
Mich
Delaware
Sully
Nan Patterson
Nan Paterson
Caesar Young
Rand
Ehors
Miss Paterson
Rojestvensky Fleet
Cal
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, SN
Dean Smith
Solomon
Atchison Globe
Dewar
Koubins
Maple Street
Norwich
Chicago News
Betti and Treation
Euing, Ltd
Arch Sweet
Control Engine Trade
KE. W.grove
J Tower CO
U.S
A Tower Canadian Co., Ltd
Toronto
Canada
Sendholm
Blandholm- Dhrug CO
Des Moines
Iowa
Ain
Bass
Prise x
Pope Merc. CO
T. Louis
Reise Rorms
L. C. McLair Orthopedic Sanitarium
Munerol Deog CO
Ucnionrile
Mixnsour
Florence Kenah
Florence I. Wenal
Marin Street
Ottawa
Ont
Pew Women
Florence FE. Kenah
Browelt
Pe-ru Na
Lion Coffee
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Pougins Sr
Ebeeea
W AL
OFMER
Wtf
L. Purnell
W. J
Mati
W.l.douglas
Brockton
Massachusetts
Hs Ad
United
Coats
Gotn
Inmation
Agene Ss. Crawters
Ninth Street
C. J. Breager
New Building
Nicago
Tio
Eeee
Havana
Cuba
Aly
Louns, Ao
Ensio
W.morrsti
Washington, D.C
Examiners & Pension Bureau
Sd Grein
Elvis
Otty
Bgiouz City
W.N. Y
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