Heritage of Civil War Veteran Angles to Kidney Cure
Captain John L. Ely of the 17th Ohio recalls chronic kidney trouble from the Civil War era. He credits using Deans Kidney Pills in 1901 with curing his back pain and urinary issues, noting his health has remained sound since. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Ely
Co. E
17Th Ohio
East Second S&t
Newton
Kanaar
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Courage Of A Woman In Marriage Debate
Washington Herald reviews Mrs Rogers in Atlantic arguing three causes of marriage failure. She claims women must treat marriage as work in the world, warns against growing individualism and misplaced education, and calls women to save the home as society’s fundamental task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Washington Herald
Mighty Missouri Mule Sets World Auction Record
A giant Missouri mule named Culver from Culver Missouri sold for 400 dollars at the East St. Louis carnival. The massive animal weighs 1,960 pounds and stands over eight feet tall, with no blemishes and claimed as the most perfectly formed large male mule. It will be exhibited in East St. Louis and joins other attractions at the fair.
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Missouri
East
Attrac
East St. Louis
Culver
Kansas City
Postum praised by nurse for health benefits
A nurse from Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania writes that Postum Food Coffee relieved headaches and indigestion after switching from coffee. She notes improvements in patients and observes milk flow aid in mothers, suggesting Postum as a coffee substitute and referencing timing after boiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koone
O Wilkes Barre
Ethan
Western car famine measures discussed by railroad group
A summary of diverse items from the era: plans to prevent another Western car famine are being discussed by the American Railroad Association car service committee. Other notes include stalled $50 million suit against Standard Oil, Jamestown Exposition attendance, polar expedition soundings, Pennsylvania two cent rate, Amalgamated Copper mine shutdowns, Vanderbilt incapacity verdict, Lusitania record voyage, explosion injuries aboard a Chicago houseboat, a shark incident near Kingston, theater crowd control, New York bond bids, New Orleans bond office shortage, corporate public interest, ruins of a Chilean or South American city, a hotel owner killed by a posse, coal labor shortages, Jerome Lillibridge will disputed, Rock Island Railroad charter case, Caleb Powers trial witness, Dean Richmond wreck discovery, a Milwaukee Savings Bank teller’s sister death, union printers victory, Georgia legislator resignation, Harriman optimism, and West peaches scarce.
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Randolph Gugenheimer
Iecamanhianioe
Untermeyer & Marshall
Tummer
Long Branch
N. J
Car Service Committee
American Railroad Association
C. M. Raymond
Standard Oil Company
Henry H. Rogers
Maryland
Jamestown Exposition
Roosevelt
Jamestown
Alaska
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
Mont
Edward W. Vanderbilt
Cunard
Mary
Abraham White
New York City
New Orleans
E. H. Gary
M. H. Seville
South America
Lee Lesdy
Oklahoma
Jerome Lillibridge
Scranton
United States Court
St. Joseph
Secretary of State of
Missouri
Rock Island Railroad
Taylor
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
Dean Richmond
Lake Erie
Frances Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue
Global tensions and disasters ripple through early 1900s news
General Drude leads French forces in Morocco attacking the Taddert camp with heavy Arab losses. Czar Nicholas’s royal yacht Standart runs aground near Hango. Cable steamer Silvertown carries 1,300 miles of cable for New York Havana link. Kishinev massacres report atrocity against Jews. German maneuvers cause casualties among volunteer automobiles. Junaqua struck by waterspout on the Damuji in Cuba. Berlin killer suspect Solsky escapes. Blizzard delays Wellman airship Pole expedition from Spitzbergen. Archibald Blount bequeaths about 400 000 to Yale. Canton fire destroys about 100 leading mercantile firms. Mexico’s Pacheco presents credentials to Mikado. French press and German note stir Morocco tensions. King Alfonso undergoes nasal duct surgery. New Zealand advances to dominion status. Vienna prince Wiveschiff killed in Forli crash. Germany plans cholera epidemic prep. Antwerp dock strike partly settled. Drude informs War Minister no further aid needed. Siberian postal train held up. $50,000 stolen. Borodulin cited as Akatui prison head in Trans‑Oyash war era.
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Drude
Morocco
Taddert
Czar
Nicholas
Imperial
Standart
Horsoe
Hango
Finland
Asta
Silvertown
Haven
New York-Havanna
London
Kishinef
Damuji River
Cuba
Solsky
Berlin
Walter Wellman
Spitzbergen
Archibald Henry Blount
Orleton
England
Yale University
Canton
China
Pacheco
Mexico
Japan
Alfonso
Spain
New Zealand
Prince Wiveschiff
Vienna
Forli
Italy
Germany
Antwerp
Siberian
Tomsk
Siberia
M. Borodulin
Akatui
Transon
Deadly head on train crash near Canaan Vermont
A Quebec Express southbound and a northbound freight collided four miles north of Canaan Station on the Boston and Maine line. Forty-eight killed or dying and many more seriously hurt, all from one crowded passenger coach, as fog and a dispatch error caused a fatal mix up. Engineers leapt to safety as the baggage car crushed the coach and derailed into a ditch.
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White River Junction
Concord
Boston and Maine Railroad
Canaan
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Montreal
Central Vermont
W. R. Ray
J. A. Crowley
John Greeley
Lawrence
West Canaan
No. 30
New Hampshire
Quebec Express
Explosion reported at Columbia gold mines across the river
A Chronicle special from Washington Ga reports a disastrous explosion at the Columbia gold mines across the river in this county. It is stated the blast was a premature discharge of dynamite causing multiple deaths. Communication lines to the mines are down and details are unavailable.
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August
Washington, Ga
Columbia
Murdered by Bandits in Guanajuato
A telegram from Dwight Furness US consul reports that American George Rose was killed by Mexican bandits in Guanajuato. His wife was injured. Rose, connected to Beaverton, Michigan, and a graduate of a Michigan institution, is identified in the telegram. Further details are scarce in the readable fragment.
1906 Rail system tolls 16,000 killed and vast gains
Washington reports show the Interstate Commerce Commission detailing the nine teenth annual railway statistics for year ended June 30, 1906. It lists capital value at 14.57 billion dollars, 222,340 miles operated, 16,000 killed and 97,706 injured, and payrolls near 1.52 million workers.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
San Francisco
Seven Wives in Revenge in Bellingham
James Ross, a seven times married bigamist, surrendered to police and gave a full confession. He is a cocaine wreck and a former soldier who twice deserted. His life traces a long fight against drugs and a motive of revenge against women. He now says he has repented.
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Bellingham
Wash
James Ross
Ross
Hague Conference Nears End With Protocols Signed
The final Hague Conference session will occur September 28, with protocol signing the next day, per a letter to Major Porter acting JAG from Brig. Gen. George B. Davis, a member of the American delegation.
Woman linked to tax theft survives Bayou plunge
New Orleans report says Virginia Reed, said to have received about 90 thousand of the 100 thousand stolen from the state by tax clerk Charles E. Letten, attempted suicide by leaping into Bayou St. John but was rescued before drowning.
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New Orleans
Virginia Reed
Charles E. Letten
Bayou St. John
Amalgamated Copper Cuts Dividend and Mines Closed
In Philadelphia financial circles brokers renew loans at 6 percent for four to six months amid reports Amalgamated Copper may cut its dividend and close some mines in the Butte camp. Officials deny a $50,000,000 borrowing plan as shares slump from 130 to 60 plus. The market notes Boston and New York distress in copper, steel, and transit stocks. Authority voices caution on conch operations at Harris Trust backers.
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Philadelphia
Amalgamated
Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Copper
Boston
New York
Wall Street
Butte Camp
N. W. Harris
Harris Trust & Savings Bank
Conch
Japan Not Seeking War Says Ex-Envoy Wright
Former Ambassador Luke Wright returning from Tokyo dismissed U S Japan war talk as not respectable nonsense He said Japan does not want war with the United States and is burdened by debts taxation and Korea and China responsibilities He noted Japan views the United States as a friend and pointed to the San Francisco restaurant incident and school ban as official actions discussed in Tokyo
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Washington, D. C
Luke Wright
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Atlee
Department
Memphis
Tenn
Wright
San Francisco
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Mr. Wright
Russia
Korea
China
China on Her Dignity in Manchuria
Mukden dispatch reports Japanese demands for forests mines land and salthouses were refused by the Chinese viceroy and governor. The Japanese consul general was reassigned as negotiations continue with reprisals threatened. Chinese governance shows confidence and strength as a 60,000 man army guards stability, harvests are abundant, and trade prospects improve.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Federal Courts Abuse Rights Sparks Nebraska Amendment Push
Gov George L Shelton urges constitutional amendment to strip federal courts of power to enjoin state officials from enforcing state laws after a restraining order by Judge Munger blocked a new grain rate schedule. He criticizes federal courts for abusing injunctive authority.
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Lincoln, Neb
Munger
Railway Commission
George L. Shelton
Proposed New State Census Totals Released
Guthrie Oklahoma special census updates show Oklahoma with two districts missing at 718,765 and Indian Territory at 689,967. Total population across both territories stands at 1,408,732 with four districts still uncounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Hunt
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Law Working Well In Naturalization Cases
Washington reports the new naturalization law is functioning effectively. Penalties for fraud are emphasized and officials across bureaus note a sharp decline in applications. Judges now demand strict compliance with both spirit and letter of the law.
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Washington
Department of Justice
The Guillotine Gone Paris Cabic News Item
President Fallieres commuted the death sentence of Agrieutaint to life imprisonment, ending debate in France over the guillotine. The case, noted by Cabic from Paris, reflects a decisive shift in the nation’s handling of capital punishment after a brutal murder.
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Paris
Cabic
France
Fallieres
Agrieuiant
Wisdom and Faith Quotes from Various Authors
A collection of short inspirational quips and reflections from Stanley Epworth Herald Milton Alterander Maclaren Thackeray Wendell Phillips Henry van Dyke Scottish Reformer John Stuart Blackie Orville Dewey J. R. Miller Henry Wilder Foote Robert Collyer and others. The notes urge cheerful living, internal moral inspiration, gratitude, and making life a melody aligned with God. The final item jokes about giving wedding presents to avoid repeating the gift.
Nervous diseases cured by Dr Kline’s nerve restorer
Promises permanent cure for nervous diseases and claims testimonials from trials. Mentions Dr E R Kline of Philadelphia with an offer of free trials and a free treatment for 2 patients, urging readers to try the remedy and visit the listed address.
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St. Vitue
Kline
E.R. Kline
Phila
Eczema Hitting Three Children Parents Seek Help
Mrs Rate Keim of New York reports her three children suffered eczema for five months with itchy head sores. After ineffective visits to the N Dispensary, they improved with Cuticora Soap and Cuthors Ointment, leaving heads clear. Signed November 1906.
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Rate Keim
West 2Th St
New York
N. Y
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