Kidney Pills Restore Nervous Woman in Idaho
Mrs. Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho describes inherited kidney trouble worsening to sleepless nights dizziness and back pain. After using E R kidney pills her symptoms faded and she feels overall improvement. Sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Roseboom
Washington St
Moscow
Idaho
Contag Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
J. S. Johnson & CO
Boston
Mass
Comparative Views on Railroad Accountability in Germany and U S
A consular report from Germany notes that every wreck or minor railroad accident is thoroughly investigated and someone is held responsible unless proof shows human vigilance could not have averted it. In the United States, no one has been convicted for negligence in railroad wrecks, despite notable trials. Recent acquittals of engineers, conductors, and executives highlight the lack of direct accountability and the complexity of proving negligence across the vast U S rail network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
D. C
New York
New York Central
Torres Woodlawn
Oye Tae
Chicago Record-Herald
Petrolithic Roadway From Rolling Tamper Idea
A California developed pavement called petrolithic uses a rolling tamper to compact oil propelled road material from bottom to surface. The inventor observed sheep walking over plowed soil, noting how their passage compacted soil without denting it, inspiring the tamper covered roll to press material downward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Colonel Hawk thunder and the rich widow tale
A Chicago Tribune exchange quotes Colonel Hawk thunder denying sensational wealth rumors. He states he married a wealthy widow years ago and adds a sharp retort to the questioning reporter, asserting he could fight the source of the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkthunder
Chicago Tribune
Railroad Man Finds Relief With Grape-Nuts Food
A railroad worker describes chronic indigestion and poor appetite. After trying various doctors and diets, he credits Grape-Nuts with satisfying his hunger, restoring energy, and curing his digestion. He reports steady improvement within a week and sustained health since starting the cereal.
Count Boni's Father Disputes Sagan Duel Tale
Paris reports feud over De Sagan Castellane schism with Anna Gould. Marquis de Castellone recounts quarrel after a church mass, detailing an insult and spitting incident, as Count Boni de Castellane defends honor against Prince de Sagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
de Sagan- Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Count Poni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Marquis de Castellone
Count Boni
Prince de‘Sagan
St. Pierre de Chaillot
Erriam
de Sagan
Mme
Prince de Sagan
Monsieur
Church
Public urged to combat grip and pneumonia
New York City health guidance cites 202 pneumonia deaths and 126 influenza deaths in one month. Dr Samugl G Tracy urges three preventive measures: clean mouth teeth tonsils and nose, breathe fresh air, and protect against cold. He details an antiseptic mouthwash recipe and advises daily use, especially for those around the ill, noting the solution is nonpoisonous and swallowing minor amounts is harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Health Board
Samugl G. Tracy
Lynch Law Record Lower For The Year 1907
New Orleans reports fifty six lynchings in 1907 down from seventy three in 1906. Victims included forty nine black men four white men and three black women. Nighttime killings numbered thirty seven. Offenses ranged from petty theft to rape and murder of wife and son. Lynching occurred across seventeen states and one territory, with Alabama rising from five to thirteen in 1907.
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New Orleans
Cove
Weeveeenss
Colorado
Georgia
Adnideenss
Indian Territory
el - North Carolina
South Carolina
Wavsl
Clacxs
Leon
O. Oss Suvaveebeseecen
Moos Aolawitea Lawee
Baee Essseoell
Caunegan
Cela
Iowa
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Alabama
Longevity Claim From Ottoman Empire Highlights 134 Year Old
The London Constantinople press notes extraordinary longevity in the Ottoman Empire and cites Hadji Reif of Kent Baghtwin as 134 years old. He worked as a bookbinder at the military school at Pancaidh for eighty years and his father reportedly died at 142. He was a government official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Hadji Reif
Kent Baghtwin
Pancaidh
Primary Rift Deepens As Foraker Breaks With Taft Camp
Senator Foraker bolts Ohio state primaries denouncing Taft faction conditions as illegal and arbitrary. Washington dispatches report Republican leaders growing alarm over the presidential outlook and pledging no financial opinions unless approved by party houses amid notes of roiling intra party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Ohio
Taft
Washington
Republican Congress
York
Big Saddle Horse Sold For Taft In Chicago Purchase
A. T. Ewing of McDonough County sold his six year old black saddle horse to a Chicago firm seeking a mount for Secretary of War William H. Taft. The horse, bought a year ago in Missouri, weighed enough for a 300 pound man and cost $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Bloomington
A. T. Ewing
McDonough County
Chicago
William H. Taft
Missouri
Mr. Ewing
Labor World reports wage rates and union trends in NSW
The Labor World notes blacksmiths in New South Wales earning $2.50 a day while trade unionism expands to British hairdressers. A movement aims to unite two national unions of car workers and structural iron workers in Memphis, currently unorganized, with opinions differing in England on compulsory conciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Why Car Workers
Structural Iron Workers
Mem- Tenn
England
Lsory Conci
Commercial column notes mixed signals for 1908 outlook
Bradstreets reports improved finances and easier credit yet trade remains weak with below year ago railway earnings and bank clearings. Weather slows activity, retailers push lagging demand, and Southern trade weak. Notable dry goods items include revised print and sheetings quotations and overbought gray goods lease cancellations. Woolens open for fall 1908 with slight price cuts. Weekly U S business failures total 484, up from 245 prior week and higher than past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet’s
United States
Baltimore and New York Commodity Prices and Rates
Market report from Baltimore and New York shows firm or unchanged tones across wheat corn oats and butter with varied futures and spot prices. Notable figures include No 2 red wheat at around 1.06 1.07, corn mixes near 60 66, receipts and exports tallies, and dairy items ranging from creamery butter at 31 34 to cheese at 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New York
Duluth
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York Beef Exports Hold Steady Amid Market Notes
New York reports exports at 3 406 quarters of beef with steady trading. Sheep and lambs show light supply, higher prices for light ewes, yearlings firm, lambs mostly steady to higher. general activity subdued with some declines noted. Chicago market follows: cattle steady to strong, hogs steady to higher, sheep strong with higher lamb and yearling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reeves
Chicago
Horseshoers' Union opens Denver farriery school
The Horseshoers' Union of Denver has started a school of farriery. Cabbages in Cuba reach massive sizes with heads weighing up to 20 pounds. Edison cement works crushers at Stewartstown New Jersey can crush six ton stones. Pitch pine once deemed worthless gains new value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horseshoers’ Union of
Denver
Cuba
Edison Cement Works
Stewartstown
N. J
Virginia Assembly Faces Railroad and Insurance Reform
Special Richmond report says the current General Assembly is expected to resist corporate influence. Senator Folkes directs the Attorney General to update on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad franchise tax suits totaling over 8101,000. Judge Martin Williams pushes dissolution of the Southeastern Tariff Association, aimed at ending its control of fire insurance rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
Folkes
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Senate
State Corporation Commission
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Martin Williams
Giles
House
Southeastern Tariff Association
Williams
Norfolk Councilman Ordered to Tell About Gambling
Norfolk special reports Councilman J S Barron an attorney was summoned to appear before the grand jury to disclose what he knows about gambling in the city after he claimed as much as ten thousand dollars is won and lost in a single night at gambling halls. He also charged the Police Department with knowledge of where unlawful gambling operates. The summons came at the direction of Commonwealth's Attorney Tilton following a conference with Police Chief Boush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
J.S. Barron
Police Department
Barron
Commonwealth
Tilton
Boush
Captain Dew Killed at Norfolk Terminal by Shifting Engine
Captain Robert Dew paymaster for Southern Railway at Pinners Point terminals was run down by a shifting engine and four cars and killed instantly. He lived at Port Norfolk and was the son of Mrs. John White of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Robert Dew
Southern Railway
Pinners Point
Port Norfolk
John White
New York
Norfolk Navy Yard lays off hundred plus workers
At the Norfolk Navy Yard 104 mechanics in various departments were laid off. This brings over 200 discharges recorded during the week. The reason given is lack of funds to meet payrolls. Officials say work is piling up at the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Buried Under A Straw Stack in Winchester Rescue
Charles W. Tupton a prominent Frederick County resident narrowly escaped death when a straw stack blew onto him during the storm. He was rescued but suffered a compound fracture of the leg and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Charles W. Tupton
Frederick County
Gets 18 Years For Murder
Norfolk Special Horace Fant a negro about 40 years old was sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary at hard labor for the murder on December 7 of John Ballard with whom he quarreled over a woman Fant struck Ballard in the head with an ax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Horace Fant
John Ballard
Fant
Ballard
Construction of 75 Caused Arrest in Staunton Case
Edgar Boyd was indicted for horse stealing after a scheme to swap horses and pay a 76 cent difference. He rode away on the horse he wanted, dropped 75 cents, and was captured later being brought back from Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Edgar Boyd
Lexington
Virginia Obituary: Major Thomas Courtney Dies at 83
Richmond sees the passing of Major Thomas Lysander Courtney 83 longtime Potomac Railroad superintendent and Confederate veteran who served with the Otey Battery. In Petersburg Jesse P Horwood Hollinsworth Horwood contractor dies after two strokes of paralysis survived by widow and four children. Eureka Lodge No. 4 Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Thomas Lysander Courtney
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Otey Dettery
John H. Dickinson
Petersburg
Jeese P. Horwood
Hollinsworth & Horwood
Grove Avenue
Eureka Lodge No. 4
Knights of Pythias
A Summer Scheme
A playful exchange from the Chicago News about a summer ruse to stay cool. The speaker recalls two devoted admirers at the seashore calling on her every evening, one on each side, creating a notably cool social dynamic and a humorous punchline about the coolness between them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Costs of Large City Governments in 1905
The article compares municipal expenditures and debts in major U S cities for 1905. New York spent 164,493,177 with a debt of 647,806,295. Philadelphia 32,535,074 and 69,600,295. Chicago 41,700,752 and 69,950,640. Boston 25,000,000 and 99,191,856.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
One Hundred Dollar Catarrh Cure Reward Ad
A 19th century patent medicine advertisement promises a $100 reward for a catarrh cure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney and Co. with testimonials, internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and a 75 cent bottle price. Slogan claims credibility of the firm and wholesale druggists endorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cnerxey & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Watoine, Kinxan & Manyixn
Wholesale Druggars
Dr. H. R. Kline nerve restorer ad in Chicago News
An ad touts Dr. H R Kline of Philadelphia offering Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer for nervous diseases and St Vitus dance with a $3 trial bottle and free treatise. Also notes bachelor humor about staying out all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Paro Ointment Claims Quick Piles Cure Guarantee
An advertisement-style notice touts Paro Ointment as curing piles in 6 to 14 days with a money-back guarantee for itching bleeding or prolapsed piles. The text also contains a stray moral sentence about foresight and perception.
Two Cures of Eczema and a Quinine Laxative Claim
A New York man notes 72 years of model making for invention patents and cites 67 New Yorkers known to be pursuing perpetual motion machines. The ad promotes Kromo Quinine as a cure for eczema and a one day cold remedy priced at 250. The signature to look for is E. W. Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
New York
Patent Office
Perund Lucky Day Almanac Sees Wide Sales Growth
The Perund Lucky Day Almanac is a fixture in over eight million homes and available free from all drag on. The 908 Almanac is published and supplies will soon run out. Robert Bowker of Winslow Maine picked 1821 doses last year and believes others have taken enough to reach two thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore Bush
Robert Bowker
Winslow
Norfolk sergeant arrested for bigamy
Police officer H. McBride of Norfolk faced charges of bigamy. Star-Spottsylvania County's Board of Supervisors elected L. M. Smith of Berkeley district as chairman. Stafford County Board recommends Warren O. Rose for game warden of Rock Hill District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McBride
Norfolk
Board of Supervisors
Star- Spottsylvania County
L. M. Smith
Berkeley District
Stafford County
Warren O. Rose
Rock Hill District
Toll Roads Sold At Public Auction In Norfolk
Four toll roads owned by the Consolidated Turnpike Company were sold at public auction for 82700. The properties include the Indian River Princess Anne Broad Creek and Tanners Creek Turnpikes. The Bay Shore Railway right of way was not tied up by injunction proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Consolidated Turnpike Company
Indian River
Princess Anne
Broad Creek
Tanners Creek
Bay Shore Railway
Unscrambled fragment hints at 32 at-bats in box score
A fragmented line hints at a baseball box score noting 32 at bats. Names and teams are unreadable, but the numeric detail suggests a lengthy plate appearance count for one player or team.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A historic claim extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's illnesses. Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri narrates twelve years of suffering, eleven doctors, and eventual recovery after following Mrs Pinkham's advice, urging other women to seek the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
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Papa
Maurice Ketten
New York Evening World
Count Castel- Jone
Samuel G. Tracy
the Labor World
Commercial Colum
News of Virginia
Dew
Virginia
Jane
Baby
Grandfather
Cuthura
M. W. JaRne
Seventh St
Louisville, Ky
Woolford
Perunea Almanac
Union
Addreas AM Post Company
Bloomfield
Atlanta
Bros
Dr. J
W.l.douglas
Nien
Bove
Gaere
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