Doan’s Kidney Pills Prove Relief for Back and Kidney Ailment
James R. Keeler, a retired farmer of Fenner Street in Cazenovia New York, reports fifteen years of back and kidney trouble. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with restoring him to good health after trying many remedies. He recommends the product to others and notes his wife and friends also had good results. Sold by all dealers, 60 cents a box. Fotter Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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James R. Keeler
Fenner St
Cazenovia
N. Y
Doan
Fotter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
W. 35Th St
New York
Lydia B. Pinkleham
Mrs. Pinkham
Washington Educator Reports On Patient Who Declines
A Washington educator recounts a medical student visit to an asylum ward. The student asks the patient, who claims deity, about predestination and free will. The lunatic replies he never talks shop, highlighting a stark clash between clinical inquiry and the inmate’s surreal stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dent
College Girl Has A New Idea
A Philadelphia Record column notes college girls inspire fresh thinking and jokes about christening a baby prepared by a practicing couple. The piece plays on wit about education, marriage, and modern ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Women And Hairpins
A humorous anecdote about hairpin buying habits at a shop counter. The narrator notes women purchase hairpins by the hundred weight or in small packages, with some preferring convenient shapes. The piece compares women with hairpins to men with matches, highlighting forgetfulness and storage habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cn Oman
Dinner in Rome Prompts a Turkish Nobleman Toothpick Refusal
A famed sculptor recalls a Rome dinner honoring two Turkish nobles. The younger guest, clothed in gold and diamonds yet awkward, rejects a plate of toothpicks with a bitter remark I have already two of the accursed thing and I want no more.
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Rome
Feet Out Curbed by Coffee Habits in Winter
A South Dakota woman reports years of restless nights with feet and limbs twitching and a fear of sleep due to keeping her feet out from under the covers. She notes stopping coffee relieved the symptoms after a single cup trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Dak
Sean Kold
Bridge Collapse Kills 84 As St Lawrence Span Falls
A $10 million steel bridge under construction across the St Lawrence River at Levis Quebec collapsed, killing 84 workers and injuring many more. The disaster struck as the whistle blew at 5:30 PM and the massive arch structure fell in two sections into the river.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Levis
St. Lawrence Channel
St. Lawrence
Gulf
Phoenixville Bridge Company
Montreal
Levis Hospital
Fifteen Dead in Mattoon Interurban Crash near Charleston
Fifteen people were killed and about fifty injured in a head on collision between an interurban express train and a traction car on the Mattoon and Charleston Electric Line near Charleston Illinois. The crash occurred on a sharp curve one mile west of Charleston as the cars approached at high speed. Most passengers were en route to the Coles County Fair. Police and doctors rushed to the wreck as vehicles and hospital crews moved to aid the maimed and recover the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon, Ill
Mattoon
Charleston
Ill
Richard Mansfield Dies at Seven Oaks Ocean Avenue
New London obituary notes the death of Richard Mansfield the renowned American stage actor at his summer home Seven Oaks Ocean Avenue from liver disease with aggravated complications. Dr A H Allen, Mansfield’s physician since his arrival from Saranac Lake, says death was not entirely unexpected though not publicly announced.
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New London
Richard Mansfield
Seven Oaks
Ocean Avenue
A. H. Allen
Mansfield
Saranac Lake
Four Die in Dynamite Blast at Ontario Construction Camp
In Kenora Ontario four men perished when dynamite exploded at a camp belonging to contractor W T Parsons on the Grand Trunk Pacific line north of Vermillion Bay Station. The deceased are D Flynn A Bunton Pietro and A Nenkevan. A French vessel named Violette reportedly sank in the English Channel, per cable reports from France.
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Ponr
Kenora
Ontario
W. T. Parsons
Grand Trank Pacific Construction
Vermillion Bay Station
D. Flynn
A. Bunton
Pietro
A. Nenkevan
Girl's body found in Lake Hopatcong New Jersey
The body of Agnes Maguire a Brooklyn schoolteacher was recovered from Lake Hopatcong after a Friday night disappearance from a buggy at Nolans Point Morris County detectives search for a suspect and theories include murder accidental drowning or suicide amid conflicting signs including missing silk shirt and stormy conditions.
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Dover
N. J
Lake Hopatcong
Agnes Maguire
Brooklyn
Charles Maguire
Nolans Point
Morris County
Governor launches colonization plan for Porto Rico poor
San Juan reports Governor Post inaugurates a program to settle poorer residents in small communities around the island. Colonies will offer road building work to enable residents to buy homes, aimed at relieving city congestion and reducing unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Governor Post
Marshall family reunion at Wertwick Park in Ithaca
In Ithaca New York a Marshall family reunion brought three siblings together after twenty five years. The elderly participants were Mrs Caroline Mills 68 from Lansing New York Mrs Emily Halleck 76 from Spencer New York and James Heprrar of St. Louis Missouri plus others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Marshall
Wertwick Park
Caroline Mills
Lansing
Emily Halleck
Spencer
James H.eprrar
St. Lo
Women and clubs and crying in society pages
London Ladies' Park Club bans bridge and smoking, boasts 100 rooms and strict rules to attract gentlewomen. Melba praised as unmatched operatic star. New Haven Register argues tears, when private and sincere, renews strength but public crying signals weakness.
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Ladies’ Park Club
London
New York Sun
Silas Wese
New Haven Register
Teaching the Baby to Walk
This guidance from Marianna Wheeler in Harper’s Bazar advises waiting for a baby to show initiative to stand. Provide light help by supporting the chest and feet to a flat surface, then allow short springs, with weight partly supported. When the child shows willingness to step, hold hands and guide two or three steps.
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Marianna Wheeler
Harper's Bazar
Madame's Summer Street Suits and Gowns Noted
Harper's Bazaar highlights madame's summer wardrobe with a model skirt and loose coat, no waist, a linen gray and white morning suit, muslin chemisettes, and a neflich negligee in white batiste with pale blue bias trim. Flat trims and trailing house crowns emphasize flowing lines and ease of movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Glove-less Summer Fashion Praised at Newport and Cottage City
An editorial notes women in Newport and Cottage City favor summer dress without gloves. It cites warmth cleanliness and modesty as reasons to wear gloves and urges discarding partial glove styles that expose the wrist as unattractive.
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Newport
Cottage City
New York Times
Great Memorial to Victoria Faces Six More Years
The planned memorial to Queen Victoria before Buckingham Palace faces a long wait, with six years of slow progress cited. Sculptors warn completion by 1913 is unlikely, given the work’s scale, featuring a 13 foot statue and twelve groups plus 180 panels on a 70 foot pedestal, at an estimated cost of 1,250,000 dollars.
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Victoria
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
How Early Babies Learn the Tyran of Weakness
A fragmentary line hints at a discussion on infant social behavior and early learning of weakness and dominance cues, noting how newborns perceive social dynamics as they develop language and interaction skills.
Henry James on gender roles and the limits of male authority
In Harper's Bazar Henry James argues that men may correct women in some societies but not in liberal ones where queenship is questioned. He contends male education, speech, and status shape the social order and set the standard for how women speak and conduct themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Henry James
Harper’s Bazar
Miss Corelli’s views on suffrage stir Harper’s Bazar pages
Agnes Repplier notes Miss Marie Corelli’s stern critique of women seeking the vote. Corelli mocks suffrage activists as libertine caricatures and jibes at the idea of women controlling power, contrasting with male political influence and a moralized view of women’s roles.
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Marie Corelli
Harper's Bazar
Miss Corelli
Corelli
Sita
Fiies
Madame de Pompadour
Marriage Uses Reconsidered In Local Report
A brief note surveys changing views on marriage roles and commitments. The article discusses evolving expectations within families and communities, highlighting shifting norms and tensions as couples pursue varied paths.
Role of Cornish Chapels and Courtship Mocked
A visitor and his fiancée staying in the district attended a Cornish chapel where men and women sit apart. Just before the service began the steward noticed the couple in the same pew and publicly scolded the young man with a firm demand to separate, saying we don't have no sweetheartin here.
Minerals In The Philippines Prospecting For Gold And Copper
Gold is found across the islands though not in large pockets American miners are exploring the country for gold and copper is present in large deposits but transportation limits development. The completion of new railroads will improve access and stimulate mining activity.
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Sound
Skeleton Hidden Dialogue Turns on Fortune Builders
A dialogue fragment contrasts fathers and sons as captains of industry. The father notes many built their fortunes, while the son quips that none reveal construction blueprints, implying hidden processes behind success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Survival Of The Fittest
A brief quote from the Chicago Record-Herald describes a summer resort scene where a speaker admits losing flesh due to a lame ankle and inability to run when the dinner bell rang, framing a humorous contrast between endurance and leisure.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Tin Lead Foil Alchemy Described in Tin Leaf Process
An old trade note explains tinfoil production by stacking a tin pipe filled with lead and beating the assembly like gold leaf. The tin and lead layers spread together, forming sheets that can reach a thickness of about .0001 inch.
World gold production reaches 1906 total of 405 million dollars
The world produced 405 million dollars in gold in 1906, up about 20 million from 1905. Africa contributed a 21 million dollar rise, while the United States totaled 96 million dollars, increasing by 8 million.
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Africa
United States
Heiress Plans Talk With Mother Over European Match
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows a young heiress telling Clarence her plan to speak with her mother before possible matchmaking after the mother returns from three months in Europe. The dialogue hints at potential noble suitors arranged during her trip.
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Clarence
Ull
Europe
Philadelphia Press
Not Much Tommy Pop Quote in Philadelphia Record
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record features a quip about marriage, stating a man’s wife is his better half and musing that a man who marries twice has little left of him. The lines reflect a dated social joke rather than a full report.
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Tommy
Pop
Philadelphia Record
Nervous disorders ad offers Kline nerve restorer trial
An advertisement claims Dr. H R Kline offers a trial bottle and treatise of a nerve restorer claimed to cure nervous diseases including St Vitus dance per manently. It lists 091 Arch St Philadelphia Pa as contact.
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St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Cuticura Remedies Aid Childs Severe Eczema
A Tennessee mother reports dramatic improvement after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for her child with severe eczema. She also notes quick healing of poison oak sores on a boy in July, attributing full recovery to Cuticura products. Address Lizzie Vincent Thomas Walden's Ridge Tenn Oct 13 1905.
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Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Yairmount
Walden’s Ridge
Tenn
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ThoMpson
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