Peruna touted as effective remedy for grippe
A lettered advertisement cites testimonials from Robt L Madison M Cullowhee High School Painter and Mrs Jennie W Gilmore White Bicesters describing La Grippe and nasal catarrh relief. Endorsers claim improved health over years after using Peruna and Manalin with statements from Jane Gin Ashens Ohio about grippe recovery and renewed ability to work.
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Robt
L. Madison M
Cullowhee High School
Jennie W. Gilmore
Peruna
Manalin
Jane Gin
Ashens
Ohio
Physical power calculations in odd terms from a press piece
A New York Press paragraph muses on human motion by tallying how often a man lifts weights or types. It compares treadmill convicts, a pigeon shooter with a seven pound gun, a woodsman with a five pound axe, and a high speed typist, translating movements into total pounds lifted per day.
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Engsh
Adirondacks
N. Y. Press
Skyscrapers And Suburbs
The Boston Transcript argues taller New York skyscrapers could alleviate housing strain by creating a floating suburb between sky and ground. If buildings rise beyond current heights, underground tunneling for sleeping space may lessen, giving City residents a new form of suburban living and sparing envy of distant cities.
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New York
New Jersey
Heaven
Earth
Boston
Boston Transcript
The Modern Handy Man and a Civil Exchange
A brief skit excerpt from The Tatler showing Applicant and Kind Lady exchanging lines about house chores. The dialogue hints at hiring help for tasks like sweeping leaves, with a humorous tone and period voice.
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the Tatler
Favor ite Prescription ad touts cures for female ailments
The text argues modesty helps women avoid invasive exams while promoting Favorite Prescription as a cure for debility irregularity and weakness. It claims nonalcoholic ingredients printed on the bottle wrapper and lists endorsements from medical practitioners and pamphlets from Dr. R V Pierce of New York to bolster credibility.
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Erce
R. V. Pierce
N.Y
Peruna Tonic Cited By La Grippe Sufferers
Individuals from Ontario Ohio and Illinois report long illness after la grippe and pneumonia lasting years. They credit Peruna tonic with relief and recovery periods.
Weighing in Public Sparks Crowds and Talk
A thin woman declines public weigh-ins saying crowds gather to read the figures and chatter begins. Onlookers crack jokes about the displayed weight while critics debate whether the result is too high or too low. The scene mirrors common public weigh in rituals and their social scrutiny.
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N. Y
Works in the Garden Forty Eight Years Old and Strong
Robert Scolian aged eighty seven works in his own garden in Seneca Falls New York and credits Dean's Kidney Pills for back and kidney relief. His daughter Mrs Goethious recounts a severe kidney trouble and lumbago and says the pills cured him. Her husband was also helped by part of a bar. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Robert Scolian
Garden St
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Eight Thousand Dollar Cow Sets Record in U S Herd
Daniel W. Field buys an eight thousand dollar Holstein cow named Pontiac Rag Apple, the top priced bovine in the United States. In under a month she has earned 4 066 dollars from her calf sales and milk, halving her price and aiming to surpass the world champion milk output next year. She is under five years old and already tied for the second highest milk record.
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Daniel W. Field
Brecton
Mr. Field
United States
New York
Boston Dispatch
Wood Rats Treasury and Its Hoarded Sticks
Eldorado Republican describes the Kansas wood rat as small yet ambitious, obsessively expanding its pile of sticks to store a winter nut supply. The rat raids neighboring fields, gathering sticks from increasing distances as the pile grows. The author recalls childhood trips gathering nicely hulled walnuts from a wood rat nest during farm life in Missouri.
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Kansas
Eldorado Republican
Matrimony in Todiana Miss Smith Declines Marriage Offer
In Todiana a caller presses Miss Smith to wed, but she refuses with a firm reply. The exchange hints at a social mockery and a bachelor tax mentioned earlier, tying into local gossip.
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Miss Smith
Home Run Won Bride In New York Day By Day
In Jersey City the Rochester and Jersey City teams played to a 3-3 tie as John J. Fitzhenry, the left fielder, homered after a two strike count amid a social spark with Grace Butler. Also noted are two giant World War elephants tusks gifted to the New York Zoological Society by Charles T. Parney and police action involving Pietro Archese in a center street cigar store burglary incident.
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John J. Fitzhenry
Grace Butler
Janette
Fitzhenry
Rochesters
Jersey Citys
Jersey City
Rochester
Mack
Miss Butler
Fitz
Venus
Mars
Menelik
Abyssinia
London
New York Zoological Society
Bronx Park
William T. Hornaday
Charles T. Parney
Trade Report Notes Storms Slow New Business
New York dispatch from R G Dun shows severe storms curbing new business nationwide and delaying deliveries on existing orders. Prices mostly rise, and dry goods demand is strong for spring despite slow mill shipments. fuel shortages and deep snow affect deliveries. Wheat demand improves on Russian famine reports. corn remains firm above last year amid weak foreign demand.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Fire at Brick Factory Scorches Three Stories
A blaze at a three story brick factory at 230 Wooster Street fatally injures two people and seriously injures four others. Panic caused workers on the third floor to jump from windows to the pavement. Firefighters quickly controlled the blaze after identifying its start in a pile of boxes and paper near the stairs on the second floor.
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Wooster Street
Dream saves life after Welsh rarebit tale
Policeman Henry Greer recalls a three part incident from one Wednesday night. He enjoyed Welsh rarebit before bed and dreamed of a dentist pulling a stubborn tooth. In the dream gas choked him and did not relieve the pain, waking him as gas poured from an open jet over his bed.
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Henry Greer
Rail workers strike for wage raise across several lines
Three deck hands, firemen, oilers and cooks in the freight ing service of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Baltimore and Ohio railroads struck for an average wage increase of ten dollars a month. The action may spread to tug crews on the Erie, Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley railroads.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Jersey Central
Lehigh Valley
Cat Attack Ends in Fatal Mauling of Owner
Mrs. Mary Lovett, 60, was attacked by her cat Tom in a ten minute struggle. The tigerish assault left arms bitten 34 times and numerous scratches. Neighbors and her daughter killed the cat. Mrs. Lovett visits Willard Parker Hospital for Pasteur treatment against hydrophobia.
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Mary Lovett
Tom
Harlem Court Hears Shocking Burglary Case and Pet Story
Mrs. T B Biller of 72 West Ninety seventh Street identified Joseph Rogers in Harlem Court and cursed the burglar as a brute who terrified Fidelia her ailing dog. Rogers faced five burglary charges with $1000 bail each, awaiting trial.
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T. B. Biller
West Ninetyseventh Street
Joseph Rogers
Clais Hanton
Harlem
Fidelia
Swettenham Makes A Citizen
Noah Edward Barnes, an Englishman, began the process to become an American citizen before United States Commissioner Shields. Barnes, who stated an interest in mining, gave his address as Barnes, Fremont County, Colorado, and was in New York to attend an annual meeting of a mining company directed by his holdings.
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Swettenham
Noah Edward Barnes
United States
Shields
Barnes
Fremont County
Colorado
New York
Grain and dairy prices across Baltimore New York and Philadelphia
Markets show firm to steady tone across grains and dairy. Wheat and corn hold firm with mixed month figures while butter eggs and cheese move within narrow ranges. regional receipts and exports noted alongside spot and contract valuations in Baltimore New York and Philadelphia.
Live stock market report with beef and hog prices
New York beef dressed at 7c to 8c per pound native sides. Liverpool and London cattle markets firm at 13 to 14 percent dressed weight. Veals steady with few good offerings. Calves and hogs show mixed changes, with dressed cattle and hog prices varying by region. Chicago cattle prices rise with strong demand. hogs up 10 cents on some categories, ranges from 6.40 to 7.00 per pound.
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New York
Liverpool
London
Chicago
Americans eye Indian mineral deposits for modern development
Consul General William H. Michael of Calcutta reports Americans are paying attention to India's mineral resources. He says it is highly probable American capital will be used to develop Indian mineral deposits on the most modern lines.
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William H. Michael
Calcutta
India
Europe to double in a century says study
An article notes Europe’s population could double in 100 years at current growth, reports on large cigarette paper usage in the U S, and recalls the 1646 Christ mas Day division with 200 MPs. It cites India’s cotton output rising to 5 105,000 bales and a Malaga consul’s 1907 market view, plus a Wheeler farmer’s daughter delivering wheat.
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Europe
House of Commons
India
D. R. Birch
Malaga
Molly Mauske
Burma rice fields dominate Indian harvest area
The Burma rice fields cover nearly 10 percent of total rice area in British India, comprising around 362,800 acres, a rise of about 252,843 acres from the previous year.
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British
India
Argo Red Salmon ad and Dead Sea salinity notes
A promotional note urges grocery stores to stock Argo Red Salmon and invites readers to contact Alaska Packers Association in Richmond to learn more about Alaska and the salmon industry. The ad proclaims Argo salmon as standard in quality and price and repeats a chant. A separate fact notes Dead Sea salinity doubles at 66 feet and triples at 1,000 feet.
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Alaska Packers Association
Richmond
Alaska
Dead Sea
Catarrh Cure and Nerve Restorer Ads in One Notice
An old advertisement bundle offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back promise and a claim of internal action on blood and mucous membranes. It includes testimonials and a $2 trial bottle offer for Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer to treat nervous diseases. Also mentions Alfred C Tevis noting Aarau’s straw goods industry.
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Y Hall
We Sees & Co
Dee
Cheney
Alfred C. Tevis
Canton
Aargau
Aarau
Europe
St. Vitus
E. W. Grove
Brandreth’s Pills Sold For Female Health Claims
An old-time notice urges women to use Brandreth's Pills to relieve headaches backache and fatigue from modern living. It promises regular nightly use will regulate the feminine system regardless of duration, noting century-long use and availability in drugstores with plain or sugar-coated forms. It ends with a flippant remark about a girl’s neck being the prettiest thing in cold weather.
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Brandreth
No relief from eczema ends in Cuticura remedy cure
C V Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana suffered eczema on his legs for over two years. He tried doctors and many remedies with no relief until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He reports immediate relief and eventual recovery. November 15 1905.
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C. V. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
Cat in Love with a Doll Captures Chicago Cat Affair
A Chicago woman, Mrs. John H. Keith, reports her Angora cat Peach, a prize winner with a fluffy tail, has fallen in love with a porcelain headed brunette doll. The doll, as large as a baby, wears an elaborate outfit and blue eyes, recalling Mrs. Keith’s childhood. The story, sourced from the New York Herald, notes the unusual affection.
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Chicago
John H. Keith
Peach
Keith
N. Y. Herald
Senate Clerk Granted Power To Expel Reporter
Harper’s Weekly notes the New York State senate voted to empower its clerk to expel a reporter from the senate floor. The grant is unlikely to be used impulsively, though the authority’s handiness could flatter.
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New York State Senate
Senate
Harper’s Weekly
Grape-Nuts endorsed by Isish mother for children
An Isish mother extols Grape-Nuts as a healthful, appetizing food for children and digestion. She notes fewer medicines and doctor bills, claims improved brightness in a 15-year-old, and mentions a daily routine of toast and Grape-Nuts with milk.
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Meee Crane
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims
An early advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the most successful remedy for female complaints. It cites long experience of over 50 years and highlights relief from ailments peculiar to women including spinal weakness and backache, appealing to a broad audience seeking treatment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Exchange at drill ends with grim joke about firing
A corporal tests a private on following orders during a riot scenario. The private says he would shoot if ordered, but refuses when told his parents are present. He explains his mother is dead for 12 years and his father works as a hotel head waiter in Missouri.
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Missouri
Heaviest Locomotives Compared by Railway Type
The prairie type locomotives hauling fast trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway weigh 11% tons, the heaviest in America. Among British engines the Caroean class on the Caledonian Railway weighs 130 tons, a record.
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Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway
Caledonian Railway
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