Famous German Dr Ostwald to Lecture at Cambridge
Dr Ostwald of Leipzig, invited under Harvard and German professor exchanges, will lecture at Cambridge for half the coming academic year. He is described as a leader of men with magnetic personality and the rare ability to express and convince, his opinions carrying immense weight in the chemists’ world.
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Gin Wilhelm Ostwald
Leipzig
Harvard
Germany
Cambrides
Ostwald
Did Not Mind Trifles Engaged Musgrave Twin Joke
Two Englishmen on the Strand discuss an engagement to the Musgrave twins. One notes the twins resemble each other closely, and the other confesses he does not attempt to tell them apart. The exchange reads as a lighthearted social quip about twin identity.
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Strand
Musgrave Twins
Eust
Majority of Patients Women Dear Miss Adams Cures Tumor
A patient reports severe female troubles and a womb tumor cured without surgery after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits a New England contact and urges others to try the preparation. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to women seeking help, at Lynn Mass.
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Mies. Pinkham
New England States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Adams
Virginia and North Carolina Association held in Petersburg
The annual meeting in Petersburg drew members from Danville Lynchburg Manchester Norfolk Richmond Henderson and others. Officers elected included President T C Acree and chairman Thomas L Moore among a broad slate. Monument unveiling at Princess Anne Courthouse honored Princess Anne Confederate dead with speakers including Dr William M Vines and Rev Dr B D Tucker.
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Virginia and North Carolina Association
Petersburg
Messrs
James L Pritchett
Danville
R. C. Scott
L. G. Acree
Lynchburg
AK. A. Justice
Manchester
R. P. Waller
Norfolk
Thomas L. Moore
Richmond
O. O. Young
Henderson
N. C
G. D. Mayo
C. T. Meacham
H. F. Hunt
Augustus Wright
Princess Anne
Grace Prince
J. P. Woodhouse
William M. Vines
Freemason Street Baptist Church
B. D. Tucker
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
J. M. Keeling
J. J. Burroughs
George C. Cabell
W. M. Simmons
United States
Simmons
Newport News and
Old Point
Hampton Roads Railway Company
Old Point Comfort Company
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Thomas W. Harrison
Winchester
Seventeenth Circuit
Frederick, Clarke, Warren and
Page
University of Virginia
A. J. Montague
Lexington
Board of Visitors
General Shipp
Joseph Willard
H. T. Wickham
Col
Tazewell Ellett
New York
E. Waddill
United States Court
Hampton Roads Railway and Electric Company
Horace A. Doan
Hampton Roads Traction Company
Newport News
Old Point Comfort
W. J. Payne
Als
Alexander Brown and Sons
Baltimore
Norfolk Navy Yard
Virgie Johnson
Franklin
Delaware Line
J. M. Brereton
Staunton
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Free Sample Cure Claims
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm B B B cures rheumatism and catarrh by purifying blood. It lists symptoms like joint and bone pains, deafness, headaches, and indigestion as caused by poisoned blood. A $1 large bottle plus directions offered, with free sample by mail from Atlanta Georgia.
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Baim Co
Atlanta
Burns and Dumfries Lore Boost a Poets Fame
An anecdote from Booth Tarkington recalls Burns in Dumfries as a dutiful ganger who kept pubs honest and avoided speakeasies. The tale fits a romantic, tradition bound view of Burns as a lovable, sturdy figure in Scottish lore.
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Dumfries
Booth Tarkington
Burns
Canaan
Wasted to a Shadow A H Stotts Finds Kidney Cure
A State Capitol messenger in Columbus Ohio recounts fifteen years of kidney trouble with backaches and urinary disorders. After collapsing and ten weeks in bed, he used Doon’s Kidney Pills, regained health, now weighs 188 pounds, and has been well for two years after twelve boxes. Sold by Foster Milburn Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
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A. H. Stotts
State Capitol
Columbus
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N, Y
What He Wanted to Be
A Kansas City Times vignette shows a young woman on the front porch with her caller and Bobbie, her late brother. A fire wagon passes, prompting a boy to joke about becoming a fireman or policeman, but he quips he wants to be a “worthless blockhead” like his father and own a “nauter mobile.”
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Bobbie
Bobby
Pop
Kansas City Times
Pigeons from Bennington Tracked by Metal Band Find
A Murray Hotel cook in Oma ha dressed pigeons for the table and found a metal band inscribed UW S carrier pigeon on one andUS Bennington on another. The birds hailed from Bennington, arrived with others from Sioux City, and appeared to have been kept in cold storage for some time.
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Murray Hotel
Omaha
UW. S
Bennington
Sioux City
Cure for Stomach Trouble Absorption Without Drugs
An advertisement claims Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers cure stomach trouble by absorption. It promises two boxes for 75 cents or a free sample via coupon, asserting the product is harmless and drug free, with an offer to send a free box to prove effectiveness. It warns drugs damage the stomach and urges trial through mail.
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Mall
Mull
Thia
Ginape ‘Vonxte Co
Third Ave
Rock Island, Il
Fraudulent Patent Medicine and Endorsements
A garbled advert shows 19th century medicine pitches claiming cures and rewards. It includes testimonials affirming F. J. cleney and wholesale druggists in Toledo and elsewhere. It references Dr Jones Catarrh Cure, Wall’s products, and Wall’s Family Pills, with pricing and distribution notes.
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Jones
P. J. County & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cleney
West& Lavax
Tolado
Cutting Red Scalp Cure Advertised By Ada Smith
An advertisement recounts Ada C. Smith of Jersey City praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment for an itchy scalp, claiming a full cure after using the products. It also promotes Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen as a throat and lung remedy available at druggists in 25¢, 60¢, and $1.00 bottles.
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Ada C. Smith
Grand St
Jersey City
N. J
Taylor
Liquor license costs vary by state in the Midwest and West
The report lists state by state liquor license minimums and ranges. Minnesota caps at 1000 dollars for large cities, Illinois sets 500 or more, Washington licenses run 200 to 1000, Nebraska requires at least 1000, and other states permit large sums.
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Utah
Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Washington
Nebraska
Officers Gifted Colonial Ranks in Chinese Army
Appreciation note honors First Lieut. Henry L. Harris and Second Lieut. Morton Russell formerly of the Twenty second United States Infantry. They will receive annual salaries of $7,000 and $5,000 respectively in the Chinese army as colonel and major.
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Henry L. Harris
Morton Russell
Twenty-second United States Infantry
Nerve Restorer Claims Quick Cure in Daily Trial
A reader reports Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer cures nervous fits after first day of use. An accompanying note offers a free trial period by Dr. R H Kane in Arch 81. The snippet also mentions Russia's daily papers count, Japan building five battleships, Teething remedy Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Piso's Cure for throat and lung issues, a giant Atlas moth claim, and a dated testimonial from Van Buren Indiana in 1900.
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Kline
R. HW. Kane
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