What is Pe-rU-Na and its tonic catarrh claim
The piece discusses Pe rU Na as a tonic and catarrh remedy with Hydrastis Canadensis and Collinsonia Canadensis cited as active ingredients. It argues a true catarrh remedy must also act as a general tonic to strengthen the nervous system and circulation. It notes testimonials and a claim that paper clothing from xylolin is being produced in Germany and America, with inventor Emil Clavier and Mr Chambers describing practical yarns and fabrics.
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Perons
Cor
W. C. Chamb
Plauen
Germany
Seattle Times
Chambers
Alaska
Emil Clavier
Mr. Chambers
United States
America
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
N. Y. Herald
Chiropractor Charged After Farmer's Death Inquest
District attorney considers arrest warrant for H Storey a self styled physician of the chiropractice school accused by coroner inquest testimony of causing the death of Domenick Permus a San Bernardino farmer. Mrs Premus testified he was treated for back pains with a spike and mallet actions led to Premus dying from lung hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Storey
Chiropractice
Domenick Permus
San Bernardino
Premus
Storey
Dances At Age Of 110 Celebrates Rabbi Wolinsky’s Longevity
Rabbi Wolinsky, age 110, celebrates his birthday with dance at home on Forsyth Street as his great granddaughter Miss Wolinsky marries Burnett Greenberg. The event features a long, spirited Russian dance before family members, with no fatigue shown by the centenarian despite the century of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Barnett
Miss4etta Wolinsky
Burnett Greenberg
Forsyth Street
Bbi Wolinsky
Rabbi Wolinsky
Geyser Clock Tells Time With Water Jet
A curious timepiece in a small American town uses a geyser to advance its clock. A simple face and lever connect to the geyser, which erupts every thirty eight seconds. Each eruption moves the hands forward by thirty eight seconds with precise regularity.
Roxton and Family Suffer Automobile Crash
Morning paper reports a wreck involving Fastsett’s auto last night. Six occupants were badly hurt, including Mrs. Roxton who received the bad news.
Speaking of seasons and pride in summer
In a witty exchange from Chicago News the speakers discuss seasons and the idea that summer stands out before a fall.
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Gyer
Myer
Chicago News
A Naughty Baby Purchase? Not Applicable
A child named Tommy cries for cake, insisting his mother finished her own cake. The brief dialogue shows Tommy’s dislike of being denied cake while the mother eats.
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Tommy
Boarding house debate echoes in local column
A Houston Post reader letter criticizes the boarding house scene noting the discrepancy between belief and payment. The comment highlights dissatisfaction with pricing and expectations in local lodging.
Colorado Chief Game Warden Labeled Biggest Liar
The Chief Game Warden of Colorado met a hunter in the mountains who boasted of a 200 pound buck. The warden revealed his identity, prompting the hunter to retort that the official is the biggest liar in Colorado. The tale underscores deer hunting rules and the humor of the encounter.
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Colorado
Delays Are Dangerous in Admissions Debate
A fragment sounds like a man arguing that delaying college is risky while another insists youth must attend due to cost, recounting a personal expenditure of a million to obtain a degree last year. The lines imply tension over education funding and deadlines.
The Right Hand Positive The Left Negative Healer’s Claim
Dr Wenzel explains a practical theory that the body forms an electric circuit through the right hand positive and left hand negative. He claims a feverish child finds instant relief from a heal thy perspiration when the right hand rests on the forehead and the left on the feet, opening sweat glands.
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Wenzel
N. ¥. Press
Patent medicine ad claims Toledo origin and laxative effect
Fragmentary ad copy touts a cure manufactured in Toledo Ohio by J Cheney Co. It warns about genuine Halls products and promotes relief from constipation with a broad price and availability across druggists.
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F. d. Toledo
Mercury
Hall
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & Co
Rounder-Wedderly Missed Stag Party After Storm
Rounder-Wedderly failed to attend a stag party claiming stormbound travel. The joke notes the supposed storm as a wife’s brainstorm, reflecting a Chicago News style gag.
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Rounder
Chicago News
Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer Offered for Nervous Ailments
A Philadelphia doctor advertises Dr H R Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer claimed to cure fits St Vitus’s dance and nervous disorders. A $2 trial bottle and a free treatise are offered from 081 Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Risky Acrobats and the Porchclimber
A playful exchange features a kind lady asking a boy about his father and a tough kid clarifying that the man is an acrobat, specifically a porch climber. The dialogue highlights neighborhood stereotypes and a light mischief tone.
Cure of infant skin sores with Cuticura remedies
A letter from Win Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Conn describes his year and a half old son’s severe skin sores worsening to near skeletal weakness. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the sores healed in about two months and never recurred. The note cites the products as life saving. The advertisement also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, claiming gum relief and wind colic cure at 25 cents.
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Emmerich
Cintellow County
Essys
Norte
Rodin
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Win
Egbert Sheldon
Woodville, Conn
Bathos in law courts cited by Professor Matthews
Prof Brander Matthews at a dinner talk lampoons bathos in legal rhetoric. He cites a Massachusetts judge in a larceny summing up that Sinai foretold theft as a rule of law and equity. In a murder case another judge mocks the accused with war era imagery. A Sunapee justice rebukes a thief for stealing chickens with phrases on Providence.
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Brander Matthews
Bathos
Massachusetts
Sinai
John Jones
Republic
Justice of the Peace
Milwaukee trolley hospital equipped with surgical car
A novelty trolley hospital car in Milwaukee features three permanent leather stretchers, hooks for a fourth, end cabinets with complete surgical outfits, heating and a two gallon water tank for on scene emergencies. It is meant for outlying districts to provide first aid on the ground before transport.
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Milwaukee
Grape-Nuts as Easy Digest cereal for indigestion relief
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as easily digested cereal made from wheat and barley and pre cooked for instant serving. It cites a Chicago woman who recovered from long standing indigestion after using Grape-Nuts and gained weight from 109 to 124 pounds.
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Chicago
Commercial outlook shows brisk trade yet tight credit
Dunn Co weekly review notes higher business volume than last year though 1906 conditions were favorable. Commercial paper remains costly, and securities sit at their lowest since 1904. Retail demand is strong for seasonal goods, jobbers push consignments, collections vary, agriculture bills are paid, Eastern centers face delays, strikes persist, woolen mills idle, yet most industries stay active through year end.
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R. G. Dunn Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Wholesale Markets Report from Baltimore and New York
Wheat and corn futures show mixed demand with firm spot quotes and several price points across grades. Butter and eggs hold firm. live poultry prices steady to quiet. regional variations noted in Baltimore and Philadelphia markets.
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Baltimore
Western
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Duluth
Philadelphia
Chicago and Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Market notes show steady prices across cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago and Kansas City. Cattle ranges include from 2.00 to 7.40 for various classes, hogs from 5.75 to 7.20, and lambs up to 7.40, with regional variations in Pittsburg and general market activity steady.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Odds and Ends from a Historical Snippet
Punctuation lineage is traced to 1490 and a mouse’s lifespan rarely exceeds three years. England’s yearly fish catch valued at 52 dollars per 960000. Japan’s factories shut on the first and fifteenth. Regent Bark in London consumes fifty thousand dollars annually. The etek mattresses are mentioned in the fragment.
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England
Japan
Regent
London
Color audition and its perplexing color sight illusion
A narrator explains color audition where hearing specific sounds evokes colors and blends. A vulgar listener questions the theory and misidentifies people by voice, then learns how perception can fail. The tale ends with a humorous misdirection about Bess McGuinn and her friend.
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Bess McGuinn
Bible Translated into Four Hundred Tongues Worldwide
Harper's Magazine notes the Bible is now translated and read in 400 tongues. The effort, chronicled by W G Fitzgerald, has cost many lives and millions of dollars. Madagascar Bible revision cost 15000, Serampore Mindustani version paid 150000 to Dr Carey and staff.
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W. G. Fitzgerald
Harper's Magazine
Madagascar
William Carey
Serampore
Mindustani
Irish Hemorrhage Joke Sparks Pole Painting Incident
In Toledo Ohio an Irish worker painting a pole was splashed by wet paint. A second Irish employee looked on and cried Mulcahy Mulcahy or ye had a hemorrhage prompting humor over the Irish mishap.
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Toledo
Ohio
Mulcahy
Walter As cefansia plate request flashes in chat
A cryptic line asks if you like a plate of ee sir. the message combines unclear name fragments with a casual food inquiry, lacking a clear event or report context.
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Walter
Cefansia
Kill One Every 15 Hours in New York Transit
Secretary Travis H. Whitney of the Pipe Service Commission reports 26 days from August 5 to September 1 with 5 500 killed or injured in transportation accidents. During this period 145 hurt in car collisions 465 in car vehicle collisions total 405 struck by cars hourly 1 29 minutes and 1 263 injured boarding or alighting streetcars. 641 hurt employed 38 derailments 26 downstairs passengers 1 881 unclassified injuries.
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New York
Travis H. Whitney
Pipe Service Commission
Money tale at luncheon ends with big plate of cash
A Washington woman recalls Julia Magruder telling of a luncheon where a waiter was given a $10 bill. The waiter returned a plate stacked with greenbacks and silver, prompting a little girl to request a plate of that money too.
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Washington
Julia Magruder
Miss Magruder
Boo Hoo Baby Debate Sparks Religious Press Feud
A Reform editor derides Collier's Weekly in a public feud over libel and press ethics. The exchange spans derisive notes on "Yell-Oh Man" imagery, strong claims about damages, and defense of Postum and Grape-Nuts against medical mischaracterizations.
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Collier's Weekly
Collier's
Collier’s
Collier
America
Thrusuliae
Postum
New Orleans
Tha Postum Co
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