Mother's Friend praised for easier pregnancies and labor
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend as essential for pregnant women, claiming it relaxes muscles, eases morning sickness, and reduces labor pain. It asserts safer recovery, prevents breast trouble, and promotes a short, painless birth with clear intellect for the mother. Druggists sell it for $1 a bottle from The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
All Right in Biscuits but a Poor Medicine
A sharp critique of using common soda as medicine and a promotion of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a reliable cure for sour stomach. The ad cites Dr. Harlandson and Dr. Wuerth, claims about digestion and heart strength, and notes international sales. It mentions mailing tubes in London and a royal personage education in Twickenham.
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Harlandson
Stuart
Wuerth
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Trost Defeats State in Call for Extra Home Facilities
In Adrian Michigan the Industrial Home for Girls reports need for another cottage and a prison for women to handle incorrigible cases. Superintendent Siekels cites new cooking, greenhouse and dressmaking programs, gymnasium, and military drill as improvements while noting many graduates become homemakers and workers. During the period 199 girls were committed for offenses including disorderly conduct prostitution truancy and incorrigibility.
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Lansing
Mich
Giartata
Industrial Home For Girls
Adrian
Mra
Altasebn M. Bliss
Saginaw
Elise
Siekels
Salt Trust One Point Ahead in Mandamus Case
Judge Snow denies the attorney general petition for a mandamus to force the National Salt Company to file Michigan articles of incorporation or memoranda. He notes no state law requires outside firms to file to transact here and suggests the legislature consider a law making such filings mandatory. Also reports an upcoming extra session to convene December 10, with officials preparing travel.
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Falla
Saginaw
Mich
Snow
National Salt Company
New Jersey
Michigan
Benton Hanchett
Grand Rapids
Bso
Kent
Tax Commission
Plans to Drain the Zuyder Zee at Vast Cost
The Dutch cabinet backs a ministry plan to drain the entire Zuyder Zee, a project estimated at no less than 100 million dollars. Historically the gulf formed after 1287’s flood. earlier schemes aimed for a partial drainage with an embankment and four polder areas, but the current plan envisions full conversion and new waterways with locks.
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Zuyder Zee
Gulf of the
Royal Commission
Gulf
Yssel
Rhode Island
Gorgeous Ceremonies and the Inauguration of London’s Lord Mayor
Historical account of London's lord mayoral inauguration led by Frank Green, the 686th holder of the office. Describes ancient rituals and the enduring ceremonial traditions despite London's modern growth.
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Ellis
London
Green
Frank Green
Temperance People Before Senate Committees on Foreign Relations
Washington December 5. The House met with a resignation noted for Mr. Bontelle of Malone as chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee. Dalzell from Rules moved to begin consideration of the Army reorganization bill with four hours of debate and a five minute rule. Dolnits opened the Senate debate as a bill passed permitting Captain McCalla and Commander Wise to accept German decorations. A motion on Cuban postal frauds was referred to Relations with Cuba and the Senate adjourned into executive session.
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Washington
House
Bontelle
Malone
Committee On Naval Affaires
Dalzell
Committee On Rules
Dolnits
Senate
B. A. McCalla
Wise
United States
Germany
Pettigrew
Cuba
Committee
Temperance groups press Africa alcohol treaty in Senate
Washington reports that a delegation led by Bishop Hartzell and prominent temperance leaders sought a hearing on the Africa traffic control treaty. The Foreign Relations Committee granted no hearing and voted to report ratification without amendment. A separate Hay Pauncefote canal debate showed division over amendments to balance fortification provisions.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Africa
Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal, Church For Africa
Mra. Stevens
W. C.T.U
Anti-Saloon League
National Temperance Society
Presbyterian Church
Anearly
Senate
Storms Kill Two in Utica and One in Syracuse
Two Utica residents died after contact with downed electric wires during a storm. An Italian boy, 15, also died when his hand touched a live wire while crossing a street. Wires, poles and services were crippled. horses were killed and transport was disrupted. In Syracuse, a heavy snowstorm caused widespread telegraph and telephone outages, with over 500 phones out of order and several horses electrocuted amid toppled poles and stranded pedestrians.
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Utica
Syracuse
Wirea
National American Woman Suffrage Bazaar at Madison Square Garden
A large suffrage bazaar in early December at Madison Square Garden showcases booths by every state and territory. Notable items include Kansas flour, California landscape paintings, and a Susan B. Anthony vase by West Virginia’s Mrs. Wheat. Governors’ wives dress dolls for sale, while a Washington scholarship and a woman suffrage flag add to the event’s fund raising efforts.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Madison Square Garden
New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
Pacific Coast
Kansas
Booth
Prom
California
The
Golden Gate
William Keith
Iowa State Suffrage Association
Chicago
Suffrage Association
National Capital
Kpencertao Business College
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Fannie J. Wheat
State Suffrage Association of
West Virginia
Dean's Ointment Promoted for Hemmerholda and Eczema
An advertisement extols Dean's Ointment as a cure for piles and eczema. Mrs. T. Martiny of Ann Arbor testifies to relief from fever sores. Hindevach's drug store invites purchases at 50 cents. The piece ends with a humorously abrupt line about a California famine tale and a cook's reaction.
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Dean
T. Martiny
Detroit St. Ann Arbor
Marshall
Hindevach
Kellogg’s Columbian Ol to Cure Aches and Ailments
Advertisement touts Kellogg's Columbian Ol as a permanent cure for kidney complaints rheumatism and general aches. It claims rapid reliable relief across climates and disorders including cholera morbus diarrhoea coughs colds catarrh and childhood illnesses. Sellers promise a circular with full curative details from Canillat F G Seaman & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canllat F.G. Seaman & Co
Monument to Benjamin West Erected by Swarthmore Townspeople
Swarthmore residents plan a monument to Benjamin West born there 162 years ago. The note recalls no prior U S tribute to the painter memory and mentions Battle Creek Michigan dated September 25 1881 and J D Kellogg Dag ar Sir.
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Swarthmore
Benjamin West
America
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Lung Relief
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as an immediate remedy for croup and throat troubles claiming rapid relief from coughs colds and lung issues and even prevention of consumption. The text cites a Boston advertisement style and mentions financial figures from the prior year with incomplete context.
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H. J. Hyde
Lamps Combines Fire Hydrant Tap and Alarm Post
A new lamp post in Hugland integrates a hydrant a domestic water tap and a fire alarm bar with a water meter and shutoff to prevent freezing. The device serves multiple public and household needs while showcasing adaptive urban utilities.
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Hugland
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