One Woman's Endurance in Columbus Mississippi
Mrs. A S Payne of 801 Third Ave South Columbus Mississippi endured years of kidney irregularities and intolerable back pains. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid relief and regained health after failing to improve with doctors. Available from dealers. 65 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
How Scarecrow Earns His Wages in a Suffolk Field
A bent village scarecrow stands motionless for minutes in a flat Suffolk field until a crow toys with fresh corn. When birds approach he moves, clangs a tin can with a shovel handle, and scares them away. The old man earns 18 pence daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarecrow
Suffolk
Hicks Capucline Cures Headache Instantly in Liquid Form
Hicks Capucline offers a liquid headache remedy claimed to work for cold heat stomach or mental strain without Acetanilid or dangerous drugs. Sold at drug stores with immediate effects, priced 25 cents for catholysis and 25 cents for subcutaneous use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.c
The Law of Averages Across Lifespans
A Cassell's Saturday Journal piece notes that among 100000 births 95614 reach 21, 82284 reach 40, and only 9 reach 97, with life expectancy shrinking progressively. It argues how individual living determines whether one will exceed or fall short of the averages, the overall curve stable within about ninety years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassell
Saturday Journal
Whale Impaled by Pile Driver Near Deception Pass
A thirty foot blackfish drove a pile through its body at a fish trap near Deception Pass. The pile hammer pounded the piling into tide lands, causing the loftman to fall from the driver rigging and nearly drown before John Nelson rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deception Pass
John Nelson
Odds and ends from a weathered column
A collection of pithy aphorisms and wry observations on life, love, and folly. The pieces critique self interest, remind of a widow’s power, and note paradoxes about wealth and luck, with a light, old fashioned humorous tone.
Being of a bouyant nature won't help you any if you fall overboard
A concise remark from the Boston Transcript notes that buoyancy alone cannot prevent danger at sea, underscoring that physical preparedness and caution are essential when someone falls overboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Opium Shops in Shanghai and Water Cost Reported
Viceroy Tuan Fang cites 1,930 opium shops in the Shanghai foreign settlements and says Peking orders are to close them. A water-supply report across 22 cities puts 1,000,000 gallons at $92 including operating expenses and bond interest. A quip contrasts a woman’s acceptance of gray hairs with her reluctance to wear them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuan Fang
Shanghai Foreign Settlements
Peking
Two Toppers A Teacher's Experience
A Minn school teacher nicknamed the Postum Preacher promotes Postum over coffee. She recalls nervous tremors from coffee, credits Postum with steadier nerves, better sleep, and improved health for herself and husband after switching. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Mich and The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
World Beaters Chosen to Represent United States in London Games
A 76 member American Olympic team was selected at Astor House to compete in track and field, swimming, and wrestling events at the London Games. The squad trains in New York, sails on the American Hero Philadelphia, and will cost about 325 dollars per athlete with total trip expenses around 30,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York City
Stars and Stripes
London
England
Astor House
America
College
Shepherd’s Bush
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
American Athletes Entered for London Olympics
The Team Selection Committee completed assigning seventy six American athletes to events in London. Entries include 100 metres to 1500 metres, hurdles, walks, jumps, swimming events, cycling and wrestling with names such as Cartmell, Hamilton, Huff, Kiralfy, May, Rector, Robertson, D. R. Sherman, Whitham, Cloughan, Beard, Bromilow, Coe, Hartranft, Hillman, Hartranft, Lighthody, Merriam, Rowe, Adams, Sheridan, Talbot, and Goessling among numerous others. Reserves listed as W. W. Coe, Garrels, Giffin, Horr, C. C. Sherman, J. Krueger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cartmell
Hamilton
Huff
Kiralfy
May
Cloughan
Rector
Robertson
D. R. Sherman
Smithson
Stevens
Whitham
Atlee
Mason
Carpenter
Carter
de Selding
Hillman
Merriam
Pilgrim
Prout
Ramey
W. Robbins
Taylor
Beard
Bromilow
Coe
French
Pee Jones
Lightbody
J. C. Miller
Sheehan
Sherpard
Blankenagel
H. Iv. Coe
Dullsted
Heyns
Jones
Riley
Mons
Pas Ga Hey Sullivan
Trabe
Cooke
Garrels
Hartranft
Howe
Natwick
Patterson
Rand
DR. Robbins
Shaw
Bacon
IT. I. Coe
Pee Halsted
Ham- Hiton
Lighthody
Sheppa Ecelethase
Bonhag
Carr
Dull
Eisele
Halsted
Hall
Lightho Eesitzer
Trube
C Young
Lie Run
Onhag
Armour
EL P. Carr
R. J. Carr
Coln
Dull Bete
Rowe
H. C. Young
Rowhag
Forshaw
Hatch
Mayes
Lee
Lorz
Morrisey
O'Mara
Yee Eee Au
Tewanina
Welton
Wood
Adams
Billar
Brennan
Ewry
Holmes
Irons
Muens Eer Eatgen
Schommer
Sheridan
Bellah
Kelly
Mahonny
Mt. Pleasant
O' ‘Onnell
Stephenson
F. Young
Gidney
Honey
H. Miller
Moffit
Porter
Adama
O'Connell
RL Sherman
Seppe
Young
Allen
Bella
Samrat
Draybert
Haggard
Jackson
Jacobs
Mercer
Nelson
Parker
Cna
Anmet
Burrough
Flanagan
Gillis
Harr
McGrath
Rose
B. E. Sheralbo
Eee
Etek Tartooghe
W. W. Coe, Jr
Horr
Krueger
Talbo
Ronhag
E.B. Carr
J. Carr
Cohn
Bisele
Onha
Haff
Sheppard
Sauer
Henne Whitham
Hasted
Iseus
Burroughs
Dearborn
Giffin
Talbot
Stylise Adebe
Pes Dearborn
Bs Geerels
Tose
Schoammer
Dherman
Bantam
Melmert
Dole
Light
Krug
Midale
Craige
Gerga Frganes
Heavy
Pete Daniels
Goodwin
Foster
Hebner
Rich
Trubenbach
Bank clerks underpaid sparks debate after banker suicide
New York City discussion on clerk salaries follows the death by suicide of Charles T. Muir, a Corn Exchange Bank paying teller. He earned 1500 a year after twenty years of service and faced alleged theft of 3068 to cover living costs and medical bills. Bank officers admit clerks are underpaid, prompting potential salary advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Charles T. Muir
Corn Exchange Bank
Muir
Ers
Mustn't Laugh at Police Entitled to More Respect
Detroit leaders at the International Association of Police Chiefs convention introduced a resolution by Chief Kohler of Cleveland that policemen are entitled to more respect. The body condemned cartooning and caricaturing in publications and ridiculing the policeman in stage productions and ordered efforts to stop it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
International Association of Police Chiefs
Kohler
Cleveland
Brain Fag Critique Linked to Rail Accidents
Boston leader President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine Railroad attributes rising rail mishaps to brain fag a psychological disease rather than overwork or safety gaps He asserts the disorder causes capable trainmen to lose control temporarily and that individuals immune to it cannot be obtained for service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Woman's News Denies Duchess Daughter Socialist Ties
F Zimmerman, father of the Duchess of Manchester, refutes that his daughter leans to Socialism. Jeanne Loice, a suffrage advocate, ran in a Paris ward and was defeated. The Countess of Warwick plans to speak on socialism in America next autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Zimmerman
Duchess of Manchester
Jeanne Loice
Paris
Countess of Warwick
America
Exey
Workers gain weekly pay raise for St Paul bakers
Among the Workers, St Paul Minnesota union bakers have won a one dollar weekly pay increase. New York Brewery Workers sign a three year contract with their employers. San Francisco copper smiths report employers will insist on a nine hour day. St Paul Minnesota Typographical Union to join the polar committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
New York
San Francisco
Cal
Minti
Typographical Union
Polar Committee
Bank days show nationwide decline in deposits and payments
The Commercial Column notes that bank exchanges at major U S sites total 1,994,272,843 dollars, down 15 percent from a year ago and 18.1 percent from the same week in 1906. Losses are evident in almost all cities, with larger declines in leading Middle West centers, while Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Pittsburg report heavy decreases and New Orleans shows lighter payments through banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
United States
Middle West
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
New Orleans
New York Wheat and Corn Prices and Market Notes
Market summary from New York and Philadelphia trading floors detailing receipts and prices for wheat, corn, oats, and poultry. Spot levels, futures closures, and freight afloat figures appear alongside regional quotes for Philadelphia and Baltimore markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Livestock Receipts and Prices Across New York and Chicago Markets
New York cattle receipts 600 head steady, dressed beef 10 to 12 cents, calves 300 head steady with veals 5.00 to 7.25, veal and buttermilk prices. Sheep and lambs 4,290 head, lambs slow, sheep 3.50 to 5.25, lambs 6.75 to 7.85, hogs 1,800 head steady. Chicago cattle estimated 6,000 head, market up 10 cents, steers 5.60 to 7.85, cows 4.00 to 6.00, calves 2.50 to 5.75, stockers 3.25 to 5.40. Hogs about 26,000 head, market up 10 cents, heavy shipping 5.55 to 5.62, butchers 5.50 to 5.60, packers 5.20 to 5.65, cigs 3.75 to 5.00. Sheep about 10,000 head, market steady, yearlings 5.50 to 6.00, lambs 4.50 to 6.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duluth
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Chicago
Fragmented 1907 Industrial Figures and Local Notices
The passage lists 1907 outputs with 14100 tons of nickel and 19400 tons of aluminium, a one quart butter churn for home use, 23000 tons of rabbit meat received in London from Australia, a forge with a compressed air tank replacing bellows, NYPD recovering about 400000 dollars in stolen property, the David Valentine estate settled in Fall River after 102 years in court, a four-man firm near the Illinois River shipping 160000 dollars worth of pelts to Europe, and mentions drainage projects in marsh land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Australia
New York City
David Valentine
Fall River
Mass
Illinoia River
Europe
Chest Shield Promises Health Hair and Youth
H. C. Dexter claims his eight inch square light wire chest shield rests over the heart and lungs to circulate air, renew vigor, and even grow hair on a bald head. He says the device, worn by a string around the neck, requires no food or tobacco and is the result of forty four years of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Dexter
Dexter
N. Y
The Post Office Card Gimmick Exposed
In a corridor at a post office two men discuss a self addressed card used to excuse staying in. The card touts a fictitious society N. G. O. S. B. No 287 and a meeting with a five dollar fine for absentees. The man reveals it was printed to trap wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Blank
N. B
Storing Icicles For Summer Use In German Ice House
South Germans store winter ice in a two story wooden framework about six yards square and high. A central water tube sprays beams on each level forming icicles that grow to the middle floor and ground. Water volume is controlled by temperature, allowing easy removal of isolated ice columns for summer use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Thrill For Nitroglycerin Handler Ends Calm
Fram Hall, a local well driller, narrowly avoids disaster when a derrick worker stepping on a pipe knocks a can with eight quarts of nitroglycerin. The tin dented but absorbed the shock, preventing detonation and leaving both men unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fram Hall
Hall
London church opens for city workers at dawn
The Church of All Hallows in London Wall opens every morning to aid women and girls arriving by workmen’s trains. A brief service begins the day then worshippers are encouraged to read or sew. Reading material is provided with a broad but careful selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of All Hallows
London Wall
Epitaphs From New England Tombstones Fascinate Readers
On New England tombstones epitaphs draw attention with lines such as Solon Tyndall killed by a fall from the main topsail yard of the Bark Amazon in Buenos Ayres on March 12, 1850. He was a seaman who did his duty, slipped, fell, but rose to greet his Master with a glad Aye aye. Another tale records Absalom Peters shot in the Creek by the explosion of his own Gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon Tyndall
Buenos Ayres
Absalom Peters
Prosperous Talk From Traveling Salesmen Group
About 3000 traveling salesmen have voted to push prosperity as their agenda, pledging to speak only of prosperity henceforth. The scene hints at witty competition with the St Louis Prosperity Association, suggesting the nation risks being talked to death unless prosperity prevails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
First Northern Indiana Doctor Uses Chloroform
Dr John M Kitchen recalls being early adopter of chloroform in Northern Indiana. A 21 year old dentist anesthetized a patient during a tooth extraction, the patient failed to awaken, he dumped water on him to revive him and explained that this was part of the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Kitchen
Indiana
Sang Froid
Fragmented OCR News Teaser About Local Store Prices
Readable text fragment notes price changes at local stores with items priced at 10c 25c and mentions a raid or error in transmission. Names are unclear. no clear date or location is given.
Australia to train 214000 for war under new scheme
Under the compulsory military training defence plan it is estimated that within eight years Australia will have 214000 men trained and equipped for war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Drive Out Balaria and Build Up the System Ad
An advertisement hawks Grove’s Camu tonics as tasteless oil and iron in a claimed effective form for all ages. A separate note mentions Pennsylvania Railway shop orders banning swearing at work with an enforced vacation as penalty. Other items tout Dr. Kline’s Nerve Restorer with a free trial offer and a German law mandating old age insurance for workers earning under $500 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railway System
INVALID SAD PLIGHT AND CUTO CURA REMEDY CLAIMS
A reader recalls severe inflammatory rheumatism four years ago with skin peeling high fever hair loss bed sores and slow recovery. After using Cuticura Resolvent Ointment and Soap she reports clear skin hair regaining gloss and overall improvement. The note cites addresses and dates in Stamford Connecticut and Shiloh Ohio and mentions a leading physician endorsing Cuticura for eczema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina J. Henderson
Broad St
Stamford
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething
An old advertisement style note touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies claiming gum softening inflammation relief pain reduction and wind colic cure in a 25 cent bottle. contrasts with a separate line praising Russian women and Japanese men as expert needle workers in the world.
The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remedy
The Well-Informed seek a pleasant efficient liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a known beneficial, gentle yet prompt remedy. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
California, Fig Syrup Co
Woman's Backache and Feminine Health Remedy
An old advertisement explains backache as a signal of feminine health issues. It links nervousness headaches and loins pains to a disrupted feminine organism and asserts a single remedy offers swift relief and restoration to normal health.
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Whale
Odds and
C. R. Macauley
New York World
New England
Ioly
Daina
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Germany
Austria
Country
Russia
Japan
Meman Chwarty
Drexel Idg
Phile
Pan Fred Wee
Fred. F. Field Co
Brockton, Mass
Mother Gray
Nurve
THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Eget House
Iain Cure
Tone
Nyne
Br. I. S. Green
Atlanta
Wathgun
Stamps Book Publishing House
Leonard St
N. Y. City
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