Ailing Women Learn Kidney Cure From Dean’s Pills
Mrs. W. G. Davin of Groesbeck Texas testifies back pain dizziness and irregular kidney action improved after using Deans Kidney Pills. She passed gravel stones and has remained well with a stronger back and better health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blck
W. G. Davin
Groesbeck
Texas
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Practical Christianity and the Pants Locking Incident
A benevolent Iowa farmer shelters all visitors believing in practical Christianity. He explains he locks up visiting robbers to prove his faith. Also, rich manganese ore in the Helenendorf Colony yields promising analysis and a transfer deal to an English company with a fee and royalties, plus a light railway plan to reach the outside world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tacoma Ledger
Helenendorf
Yelisavetpol
Trans-Caucasia
Songs Of The Birds From Henry Oldys Recordings
Henry Oldys, assistant biologist in the Department of Agriculture, holds 1000 samples of bird music in popular form. He has recorded actual tones in proper keys so humans can imitate songsters. Oldys has spent 13 years gathering bird language for official reports in government archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Oldys
Department of Agriculture
Washington Herald
Oldys
Bern
Commercial Column Reports Strong Trade Despite Low Rail Stocks
The New York R G Dun weekly notes 69 active railway securities fell to post 1904 lows, yet commercial activity stays robust with little idle machinery. Forward business thrives in iron and steel and cotton, with large spring contracts in dry goods. Wholesale demand remains strong, prices high, and cotton goods lead gains while overall commodity activity is muted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Grain and dairy prices stead as markets show mixed signals
Baltimore and New York commodity quotes indicate firm or unchanged tones across grains, butter, and cheese with receipts and exports listed. Wheat and corn show steady demand, oats and rye mixed or steady, while live poultry holds firm with modest price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New York
Duluth
F. O. B. Afloat
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Exta Western Creamery
Live Stock Prices Roundup From New York to Chicago Markets
New York reports beef dressed at 7e to c per pound native sides. Liverpool and London cattle steady at 11 to 13c dressed weight. Calves steady with few good veals offered. Hogs steady to 7.50 with pigs softer. Chicago market strong for cattle with primes at 4.00 to 7.00 and hogs 6.92 to 7.00 for various classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
London
Chicago
Worth Remembering: Global Cities and Local Statistics
The note catalogs urban populations and social figures: 11 cities over 1,000,000, 982 German agricultural societies with 231,913 members, 85 women bootblacks among US workers, NYC police report 48 daily unemployment claims, Havana handled 30,000 passengers in peak season, Tuskegee Institute owns 2,000 acres and 83 buildings valued at 85,000, plus 22,000 acres of public land valued at 135,000 and an endowment of 1,275,000. The text ends with “The y has 1,806 aalt Ls.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
New York
Havana
Tuskegee Institute
Congress
Starving family seeks work to avert homelessness in New York
Alois Hoffman a baker and his wife Mrs. Hoffman advertised for work and clothing. he claims he will sell his skin and life fluid for money to support his wife and two children. The janitress says rent and utilities were previously waived, but the landlord now demands eviction due to unsatisfactory caretaking and lack of hot water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Eighty-eighth Street
Alois Hoffman
Hoffmans
Hoffman
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
W. 35Th St
New York
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Flag not a toy, Supreme Court rules flags are not playthings
The Board of United States General Appraisers, ruling on a Takito & Co. case, held that diminutive silk American flags are not toys and cannot be admitted under the toy schedule. The collector taxed them at 50 percent ad valorem as silk manufactures, while importers argued for 35 percent as toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Takito & Co., of
Chicago
Collector of Customs of
General
Sharretts
Young prodigy Moses Levin shines at Williamsburg graduation
Eight percent year old Michel Levitz sky, a Russian native, wows a Williamsburg crowd during Public School 7 graduation on South Fourth Street. He played four pieces including his own fantasie, born to Moses and Mrs. Levitzsky of 198 South First Street. The family arrived two weeks earlier after fleeing Russia and previously impressed the Royal Society in Antwerp, prompting a committee to support further study in music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Levin
South Fourth Street
Williamsburg
Russia
Michel Levitzsky
Moses Levitzsky
South First Street
Everybody Worked But Father Charged With Endangering Child
Luici Marello was sent to the Tombs in default of bail for imperiling the health of his seven year old son Nicholas. Special officer Frank McCabe testified the boy wore only torn trousers and two thin blouses while carrying two large dry goods boxes along Leonard Street. The boy’s feet were naked and he wore oversized rubber boots frozen to his feet. The boy said he must fetch four large boxes daily for the family stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Luici Marello
Frank McCabe
Leonard Street
McCabe
Children’s Society
Marello
Rioters Arrested After Egg and Vegetable Bombardment at Brooklyn Theatre
Twenty-two people were arrested at the Orpheum Theatre on Fulton Street and Rockwell Place Brooklyn after eggs, small stones and vegetables were thrown at Russell Brothers vaudeville sketch The Irish Servant Girls. The Russells faced protests over their make up while a voice cried Let er go and patrol wagons removed the eye throwers before the performance continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theatre
Fulton Street
Rockwell Place
Brooklyn
Russell Brothers
Russells
Captain Boynton Pardoned After Counterfeiting Sentence
Capt George B Boynton, noted adventurer and figure in South American revolutions, was released from Blackwell's Island after a presidential pardon by Roosevelt. He had served three months of a six month hard labor term for possession of dies used to counterfeit Venezuelan dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Boynton
Blackwell's Island
Roosevelt
Aged couple found dead in their home after coffee boil
Leon Weis 70 and his wife 65 were asphyxiated when a gas stove flame was extinguished while boiling coffee at 50 Ridge Street. Weis rose at 6:30, started coffee, then slept. A janitress investigated after his absence and found the couple dead. Bank books showed over $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Weis
Ridge Street
Weis
Lemon Toss After Dismissal At City Recorder
Mrs Mary Hollister of 69 East Fourth Street handed Recorder Hyman Lazarus an unusually large lemon after a disorderly conduct case against her niece Miss May Murphy of 59 East Fourth Street was dismissed. The court smiled as the fruit was accepted and the scene ended with a humorous note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyman Lazarus
Mary Hollister
East Fourth Street
May Murphy
Menhaden Fleet Expands From Chesapeake Bay to Atlantic Ports
The Chesapeake Bay menhaden industry shows a prosperous season with steamers George P. Squires Banson Dennis Pocomoke and Elizabeth Froelich at port for repairs. Seventeen factories employ about 1000 men while 1000 work on boats as the fleet fishes from Vineyard Haven to Bodle Island before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Squires
B. Banson Dennis
Pocomoke
Elizabeth Froelich
Chesapeake Marine Railway
Atlantic
Vineyard Haven
Bodle Island
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Crisfield
Norfolk
Cape Charles
Baltimore American
Coffee to Postum Change Warns of Health Risks
A Kansas woman recalls years of coffee dependence causing heart palpitations sleep disturbances and rheumatism. She reports immediate relief after switching to Postum Food Coffee noting improved digestion sleep heart strength and later full recovery without medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Postum Co
Batti
Catarrh Cure Promises Relief and Cure Claims
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal use. The ad claims a $100 reward for cures it fails to achieve and urges sending testimonials to J J Creer Co Toledo. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and cautions against imitations of Allcock's plasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Hal
J. J. Creer & Co
Toledo
Lake Hall
Fearful Burning Sores Recount Cure by Cuticura
A Brooklyn mother describes twelve years of her son’s eczema misery, the failed doctor visits, and a final cure after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The letter praises the products and credits complete skin healing after a long struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn, N. Y
Patent Medicines Ad Claims and Slogans
Advertising blurbs tout cures and remedies such as Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets for cold symptoms with money back guarantees, Winslow's Syrup for teething, Woolford's Lotion claim, and a travel guidebook Checkbook. Mentions Dr E W Grove signature and Dr JE Detchon Co Crawfordsville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Woolford
Deus
JE. Detchon
The Knock-out Blow in Prize Fighting
Dr. Pierce presents the stomach as the most vulnerable organ in combat and in digestion. The Golden Medical Discovery is claimed to cure dyspepsia, catarrh, and other digestive diseases, with a free booklet explaining ingredients and benefits. Address Buffalo, N Y for the booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett
Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
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T. Baldini & Coo
East 21St Street
New York, N. Y
Frost
Metropolis
Father
Menhaden Fishing
Naval Observatory
Washington
Nagasaki
Japan
Europe
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Kock
Allcock
Endles
Leva
Putnan Olor Faore
Caateg
Mrs. James
Chester
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Nassau Street
Ohnson
Johnson & C
Mans
Joplin
Lmwwoopeee
Fer Catal Ted
B. B.watking & Bo
Midlothian
W. H. Wills
Atttorney-at-Law
Notary Public
Wills Building
Indiana Avenue
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Jeltey 2
Bend
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mig. Co
Elkhert
Indiana
R. Paxton Company
Muleteam
BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax Co
Canopy
Wes Baring
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