Dr Miles' Nervine Promises Recovery From Nerve Sickness
A testimonial promotes Dr Miles' Nervine as a remedy for nervous weakness and sickness. It claims the nerves power the body organs and that restoring nerve strength aids recovery. John James of Riverton Nebr shares his near death experience and rapid improvement after using Nervine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Dr. Miles
John James
Rverton
Nebr
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Wise Words From The Greenwood Lake Philosopher
A collection of aphorisms on advice wealth happiness and behavior. It notes sayings about minding your own business avoiding envy and the limits of beauty and money, attributed to the Greenwood Lake Philosopher and quoted in the New York Times. Also includes a strange line about a horse surviving on liquid and no food.
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Greenwood Lake
New York Times
Peruna Offered as Last Resort for Catarrh Relief
A Mississippi testimonial from Mr William F Wahlberg of Oklahoma City describes Peruna as delivering relief after years of unsuccessful treatment. He states one bottle relieved his catarrh and plans continued use, claiming it may cure. The note asserts many patients find Peruna effective after other remedies fail.
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WM. F. Wahlberg
William F. Wahlberg
Oklahoma City
Okla
Perna
Modern Finance and the Nickel Corporation Tale
The late Bishop Potter criticized modern finance by recounting a boys tale. A nickel is formed into a fictitious corporation with one boy as president and the other as stockholder. They buy a cigar, go to the woods, and the cigar dwindles while the stockholder receives only spit as return.
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Potter
Origin of Hurrah Echoes Across Slavonian Roots
The term Hurrah is traced to Slavonian speech from Dalmatia to Behring’s Straits. It reflects the belief that heroic dying ushers one to paradise, with combatants crying Huray as Turks shout Allah. The cry embodies certainty of immediate recompense and a forgetfulness of death.
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Dalmatia
Behring
Paradise
Origin Of The Coolness Esmeralda I Don’t Care Much
Dialogue excerpt features Esmeralda dismissing car riding and Gwendolen noting the chauffeur’s difficulty with the machine. Chicago Tribune wording conveys a witty exchange on driving confidence.
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Esmeralda
Gwendolen
Chicago Tribune
NEW LIFD Found in Change to Right Food
A New York mother and her son credit Grapenuts with curing sour stomachs after long digestive trouble. They avoided drugs, switched to Grapenuts, and saw rapid improvement in digestion, energy, sleep, and weight. They endorse the product with the company’s slogan There’s a Reason.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle
Norfolk Firebug Boys Seized After Citywide Blazes
Three boys under 12 are in custody in Norfolk charged as firebugs after partial confessions link them to fires that destroyed property valued in the thousands and caused one infant’s death. The youths, Doc Baum Samuel Epstein and Herman Addison, admit presence at several fires and implicate each other in further attempts. The arrests followed a bid to burn a saloon at Cumberland and Washington Streets as outbreaks persisted for about ten days.
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Norfolk
Doc Baum
Rosa Baum
Samuel Epstein
Morris Epstein
Herman Addison
Thomas Addison
Ford
McLaughlin
Washington Street
Monticello Avenue
Teddy
Addison
Epstein
Commission House
Baum
Cumberland
Washington Streets
Prison Inquiry Sidetracked At American Prison Association
Richmond Special reports a heated session at Huntington Pennsylvania where Dr Sulzberger alleged cruel punishment in the Industrial Reformatory and admitted his statements rested on former prisoners. T. R. Patton, superintendent, challenged the sources as delegates debated an inquiry resolution.
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Richmond
Industrial Reformatory
Huntington
American Prison Association
Sulzberger
State Prison Society of Pennsylvania
T. R. Patton
Reformatory
Reform &Achools
Virginian Railway Branch Line Races To Start
Roanoke special reports contractors on 24 miles of Virginian Railway branch between Mullins and Pendleton erecting camps and gathering labor as work must finish by September 19. Three tunnels to be built 800, 400 and 500 feet long. About 2,500 men to be employed at an estimated cost of $1,000.
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Roanoke
Virginian
Mullins
Pendleton
Joint monument proposed at Bloody Angle for Lee and Grant
A movement in Spotsylvania County seeks to erect a monument at Bloody Angle honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. U. S. Grant. Funds have begun, interviews with veterans from both sides show broad support and no opposition is anticipated. Judge L. Christian, a Confederate, supports the plan and calls both generals great men.
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Richmond
Spottsylvania County
Robt E. Lee
U.S. Grant
South
Judge L. Christian
Lee
Grant
Mrs Henrietta Mullen Dies at 83 Widow of Noted Hotel Man
Mrs Henrietta Mullen of Winchester died at her home aged 83. Widow of Samuel Mullen former proprietor of Capon Springs West Virginia and Orkney Springs Virginia. She was the daughter of John Price of Winchester.
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Winchester
Henrietta Mullen
Samuel
Beetle-egg news and tech notes from early 1900s era
A collection of brief items reports varied facts from antiquity to industry. Rufus of Ephesus urged boiling water before drinking. A Cleveland man patents electric meat curing. Mexico runs a 60000 cartridge daily. A Dutch syndicate funds Java quinine. German professors earn about two thousand dollars. Sugar from cane dominates world output. English families allegedly harbor a weak-minded member. Bradwell postman retires after 175000 miles in 85 years. French navy tests smokeless coal spray. French army maneuvers intercept wireless Berlin to ships. Straits Settlements notes as a free colony with beer and opium duties. US mineral products hit 2069 million in 1907, up 8.68 percent. Rich mond locomotive firm ships units to South Manchurian Railway. Coating glass with a thin liquid layer referenced.
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Rufus
Ephesus
Cleveland
Mexico
Java
Thomas Middleton
Bradwell
England
Wolking
Berlin
Straits Settlements
United States
Richmond
Dalny
Death over Confederate memory noted for Joseph Bryan
Joseph Bryan proprietor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch died at Laburnum near Richmond after a brief illness. He was born April 13 1845 in Gloucester County and educated at the University of Virginia. Survived by widow Isabel L Steuart and five children. He served in Mosby’s command during the Civil War and helped keep Confederate memory alive in Virginia.
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Richmond
Joseph Bryan
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Laburnum
Isabel L. Stewart
John Stewart
Robert Coulter
Jonathan Randolph
St. George Tucker
Thomas Pinckney Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Eagle Point
Gloucester County
John Randolph Bryan
John Randolph
Roanoke
Elizabeth Tucker Coalter
John Coalter
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
University of Virginia
John 5. Mosby
University
Stewart
Bryan
The
Confederacy
State
Fire destroys Coast Line storage with 52 bales of cotton
Petersburg special report says a warehouse fire totally destroyed the Coast Line storage in Petersburg with 52 bales of cotton. a match started the blaze. Cotton valued at 2000 dollars. In Prince George County four barns on Mrs. L R Raines farm burned, containing farming implements, peanuts, and provender. origin suspected incendiary.
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Petersburg
Coast Line
L. R. Raines
Prince George County
Hit By Passenger Train at Clifton Forge
Henry Hurst carpenter for the Co. O. Railway was struck by a passenger train in the company yards at Clifton Forge while attempting to avoid a freight train. He suffered multiple rib fractures and head injuries and was believed fatally hurt. His home is in Orange, Virginia.
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Clifton Forge
Henry Hurst
Co. & O. Railway
Hurst
Orange
Winchester Votes on $50,000 Sewer Bond Election
Winchester Special The common council orders a special election for January 17, 1909, to decide issuing bonds totaling 50,000 for about eight miles of small pipe sanitary sewers. Engineer N Wilson Davis prepared plans and specs. voters are expected to approve the improvements.
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Winchester
Common Councl
N. Wilson Davis
Mrs Emily Davis Dies at Petersburg at 73
Mrs Emily Davis of Petersburg died at her son F E Davis Jr home after brief illness aged 73. Survived by children Rev Franklin Davis of Sterling Kentucky and Mrs George T Martin wife of Capt George T Martin US Army. Remains interred in Old Blanford Cemetery Petersburg.
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Roanoke
Emily, Davis
Petersburg
F. E. Davis
F. E. Davis, Jr
Franklin Davis
Sterling
George T. Martin
Old Blanford
Governor Glenn Addresses Lynchburg in Anti-Saloon League Drive
Governor Glenn of North Carolina spoke at Centenary Methodist Church urging anti saloon league positions as the wets organize for the December 5 election. He was introduced by Congressman Car ter Glass as a vigorous two week campaign unfolds.
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Glenn
Lynchburg
North Carolina
Centenary Methodist Church
Anti-Saloon League
Carter Glass
Suffolk Gas Plant Sold at Public Auction
The Suffolk Gas Company plant was sold at public auction to the Columbia Trust Company of New York for $33,000. It had been in receiver's hands since January and there are outstanding over $100,000 of certificates.
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Suffolk
Suffolk Gas Company
Columbia Trust Company
New York
Reeceiver
Youth Accidentally Kills Brother in Madison County
Luray dispatch reports an accidental shooting in Madison County resulting in the death of an 18 year old son of James D. Beahm, killed by his brother who is about three years older.
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Luray
Madison County
James D. Beahm
Edward P. Jones Dies After Illness In Danville
Edward P. Jones longtime tobacconist in Danville died at home after months of illness. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
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Danville
Edward P. Jones
Bed Sound For Months Hope Abandoned By Doctors
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington describes years of weakness insomnia swollen limbs and painful secretions. She was bedridden for four months with three doctors declaring no cure and predicting death. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered within weeks and returned to light duties. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Enos Shearer
Yew and
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Abandoned New England Farms Reclaimed by Tree Planting
The region converts idle farms into forestry, with about 2,500 acres planted last year and water utilities backing the effort. This redemption addresses persistent idle land concerns, notably 10 percent waste in Massachusetts and 228 abandoned farms reported in Rhode Island.
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New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York Press
Horse Kicks For Cigarettes Story
A lovable old horse playfully kicked as the driver prepared to start. The driver offered the horse tobacco, feeding it a cigarette until the horse chewed and then the man lit his own cigarette and drove away. The horse ceased kicking and appeared to enjoy the tobacco moment.
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New York Press
No Chances Dinner Request From Meggendorfer Blatter
A fragment from Meggendorfer Blatter shows a playful dining exchange. She asks for cold beef and pickles as options for today’s meal, while insisting on cooking the dinner herself.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Fraudulent Reward Notice
One hundred dollar reward offered for cure not possible by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Curry & Co of Toledo, Ohio cited. Signature by Wacprxa KixxaN and Marvin, wholesale druggists, attest to F J Cheney’s honesty and ability. Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted as internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, bottle 75 cents, sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F.J. Curry & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wacprxa
Kixxan & Marvin
O. Hall
Ghove's Task and Fox Cures Promoted in Odd Ad Snippet
An OCR fragment references Royal Magazine’s says to drive out malaria and build up the system with Ghove's Task less Grint fox. It notes plain bottle labeling and claims of stomach and heartburn relief in a humorous, misprinted sales blur. The passage mentions Jinks and a cigar joke and hints at elided product marketing.
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Ghove
One of the Essentials of the Happy Home
An earnest promotion touts health and happiness through truthful product claims. It endorses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted family laxative branded by the California Fig Syrup Co and widely sold by leading outlets.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Prominent Boston Dinner Discusses Finance Success
Hamiet Grimes and Thomas W. Lawson spoke at a Boston dinner on success in finance. Lawson warned that hesitant people fail in finance, while Grimes was recalled as a cautious figure from the speaker's boyhood. A quip about a dirtied vest illustrated confusion over action.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Grimes Grimes
Grimes
Go to father and the dead bequest tale
A fragmentary verse item contrasts a proposal refused to a woman who says Go to father while signaling the father is dead. An adjacent advertisement touts Hicks Capichine as a nervous refresher as well as Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and colic, noting prices and uses.
Cuticura Remedies Said To Heal Severe Infant Eczema
James J. Smith of Dumid Va recalls a baby born with raging eczema. The child suffered skin loss and bleeding for six months despite two doctors. After using eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment the child, now nearly three, shows no signs of the illness.
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James J. Smith
Dumid
Man Demands Wifes Uses Him as Authority In Speech
A reader signs as B. N. U. 48 describing a humorous urge for his wife to refer to him as an authority on any subject. The note showcases a playful domestic quirk from a personal column.
Never Knew Her Husband's Name Sparks Court Laughter
Mrs Eis ther Nieman of Monroe Street laughed at Central Police Court as she claimed she never knew her husband’s first name. Magistrate prompted the man to reveal his full name, and he replied he was Jacob Nieman, noting his wife had likely known it all along.
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Eisther Nieman
Monroe Street
Central Police Court
Pop
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Lydia Pinkham
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