Munyons Cold and Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
Munyons founder claims a future remedy will cure waste of the body and allow near indefinite life. He touts a Cold and Cough Remedy that breaks up most colds in hours and prevents bronchitis. The sugar pellets contain no narcotics and are sold for 25 cents with a refund guarantee if unsatisfied. The firm offers Munyons Guide to Health free and distributes millions of vials through newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon
Coinmon
United States
Munyon Remedy Co
Phila
Berlin Population Grows to Two Million
Berlin now counts two million residents, with projections suggesting a greater Berlin could reach an additional one million people. The claim indicates potential urban expansion and demographic growth as planners consider broader metropolitan boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Greater
Eczema Burned and Itched Severe Case Cured by Cuticura
A Chambersburg reader recounts a long battle with eczema that started on the hand and spread to arms legs and face. After doctors misdiagnosed and failed to halt progression the patient found relief with Cuticura remedies, noting initial improvement and ongoing use. The letter is signed C Burkhart of 236 West Market Street and dated September 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Burkhart
W. Market St
Chambersburg
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Creation Comic Opera Prepares Ancient Airs
The reviewer notes Billinger’s new comic opera features very ancient airs. A playful exchange questions the origin of those airs, joking that he may have drawn from a time when the morning stars sang together.
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Billinger
Early Bible pictures painted on church walls rather than bound
The earliest Bible imagery appeared on church walls, serving as visual scripture before it was ever bound in volumes. This wall art provided a narrative aid and spiritual focus for worshipers in medieval congregations.
Inquest Delayed Over Maybelle Millman Death Case
The coroner's inquest into Maybelle Millman's death, found in cement sacks in Ecorse Creek, near Detroit, was postponed to October 8. The report lists numerous other headlines from across the nation including court cases, mergers, and notable events.
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Maybelle Millman
Ecorse Creek
Detroit
Detroit River
Waters
Fort McPherson
L. W. Hazlehurst
Grover Elam
Honorary
Commercial Commission of
Japan
United States
Chicago
Wayman
Eisie Sigel
New York
Leon Ling
Indianapolis
Omaha
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
D. E. E. College
Miami University
Oxford
Pennsylvania
United States Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
William Hooveral
Smith Ice Plant
Tiffin
Emil Goetz
Edison Laboratory
New York City
Dickinson
Nashville
Cornelius Pierce
Wall Township
N. J
Wisconsin
Edward McCann
Tama-Havana Lumber Company
Tampa
Fla
Manila
San Francisco
Charlies W. Hart
Cleveland
James M. Hamill
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
William F. Jones
F. C. Coale
Thomas Hammond
G. H. Hammond
Hammond Packing Company
Hammond, Ind
F. Augustus Heinze
United States Circuit Court
John Deverazanno
Battery Park
New York Telephone Company
Ray Kunkleman
Greenville
Stephen Daimont
Lexington
Emma Oberg
Iola
Kans
Thomas Iron Company
Easton
Foreign secretary to study cotton in the South sails to US
Bernhard Dersburg, German secretary of state for the colonies, has sailed for the United States to study cotton growing conditions in the South. Reports from Europe note riots and military actions across Russia, Spain, and France, with fatalities and political changes amid ongoing conflicts.
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Bernhard Dersburg
United States
Jewish Benevolent Society of
Berlin
Kiev
Russia
Och
Hows
Syria
Morocco
Berruyer
David
Liottard
Valence
France
Department of Crome
Birmingham
England
Cnuffragettes
Kambala
Sebastopol
Castro
Spain
Cleveland man ends 50 day fast in Michigan
William H. Maire of Cleveland completed a fifty and one half day fast in Battle Creek Michigan, drinking only filtered water. He shed about forty pounds as a result of the prolonged fast which began due to stomach trouble diagnosed as undetermined by physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
William H. Maire
Cleveland
Battle Creek
Mich
Maire
Maitre
Trade outlook brightened by steel surge and builders boom
R G Dun reports a generally cheerful outlook with iron and steel activity near capacity and premiums for prompt delivery. Bradstreet notes favorable trade proportions, strong shipments, prompt deliveries, and firm prices, while weekly U.S. business failures fall to 171 for the week ending September 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Bradstreet's
United States
Wholesale Markets Roundup Across Wheat Corn and Butter
NY market reports show No. 2 red near 110 cents with fob cargoes and quiet corn at 78 79 cents. Oats steady and butter firm with Western creamery at 32 cents per pound. Philadelphia corn 76 87 cents and oats 44 45 cents, butter 32 34 cents, eggs firm. Baltimore wheat opens easier then strengthens to around 1.08 with various red and yellow grades. corn opens easier at 64 64 1 2 cents. Hay and timothy prices listed. oats stock tallies given. cheese and eggs quoted with regional spreads. notice of Western and Eastern trades and ship futures.
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New York
Duluth
Western
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Zpot
Canton
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Eastern Shore
North Carolina
Chicago and Kansas City cattle and hog markets report steady and up
Chicago markets show cattle, hogs, and sheep with mixed price ranges and light gains. Cattle: steers, heifers, bulls, calves, and stockers quoted across several dollar bands. Hogs: market 5 to 10 cents higher, top around 8.4 to 8.52 for heavy choices, packing and pigs also listed. Sheep: market steady with lambs and yearlings priced per region. Kansas City briefs mirror steady to weak cattle, hogs firm to higher, with ranges for exports, steers, cows, and calves across several categories.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Ready To Do His Part
An eccentric country squire hires a rustic to rid a mansion of its plague of files with board lodging and beer for three days. After the period, there are more files. The squire asks why no start. The rustic replies he promised to kill them only after the squire caught them first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London News
Honest Republican Lawyer Seeks Chance in Arkansas
A recent law graduate from Elk County writes a letter to a prominent Arkansas lawyer asking about prospects in the state. The reply says an honest Republican lawyer would face little competition and that game law protections favor such a professional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk County
Arkansas
Kansas City Journal
Steamship Cupid Arrives for Zanzibar and Pemba Routes
The Zanzibar government welcomes the steamship Cupid from Scotland set for freight and passenger traffic between Zanzibar and Pemba Islands. Danish dairy maids earn about 4 to 9 dollars monthly with board and lodging. Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets promote digestion and bowel health as sugar coated pellets. The first printed New Testament was Erasmus Basel edition 1516.
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Zanzibar
Cupid
Scotland
Pemba Islands
Headache Remedy From Colda Immerses Stomach Ailments
An ether and stomach relief product named Geena Swill is advertised as immediately effective. It boasts liquid pleasant tast and promises rapid relief from headaches and stomach troubles. Available for 10c and 5c at Soc and Sc locations.
No Man Is Satisfied Story From Australia
A friend of Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman cites a Philadelphia Times note on Australian revival meetings. The letter portrays locals as fun-loving and recounts anecdotes meant to illustrate unhappiness in worldly pleasures, including a tale about a smoker unhappy with both his own tobacco cost and the other fellow’s pipe.
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J. Wilbur Chapman
Philadelphia
Australia
United States
Inventor develops improved safety razor for twenty five cents
For centuries people used the same razor style until a genius created the safety razor. He charged 3 to 5 dollars per implement, and buyers bought it. Now another inventor offers a better safety razor for only twenty five cents, obtainable by sending postage to the Book Publishing House in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Street
New York
Merino Sheep Imported From Cape Colony To Mombasa
A consignment of 5000 sheep arrived in Mombasa from Cape Colony. The South African merinos come from diverse flocks and were chosen for breeding at a larg e estate.
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Mombasa
Cape Colony
Larga
Doctor Advised Operation Recalled in Pinkham Ad
Paw Paw Michigan woman says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured years of female illnesses without surgery. Chicago readers also report doctors warning operation but recovery after using the remedy. The ads tout roots and herbs as a safe treatment for displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
Emma Draper
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alvena Sperling
Langdon &T
Til
Novel City Editor Story Debuts With Simple Chorus Girl
A quirky Cleveland context features a young chorus girl and a nonwealthy, non-Pittsburgh young man. The City Editor touts it as an absolute novelty, while the Nant Editor questions the hype.
Mrs Winslow's Boothing Syrup for Children Ad
Fragments warn readers about remedies and drugs sold at drug stores. The text notes cheap labor in India driving machinery use and mentions Berlin's numerous linen factories. A claim praises a family doctor substitute and references a product labeled Mrs Winslow's Boothing Syrup for Children claiming to ease pain and wind colic at 30 cents per bottle.
Global Graphite Sources and Sheep Shearing Scale
Graphite comes from Bavaria and Bohemia while high quality pencil graphite is said to come from Germany via Ceylon and Siberia. It is also imported from the United States, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, Britain, Italy, Sweden, Belgium and France. An expert on Western ranches can shear up to one hundred sheep daily. There are about 230 million sheep to shear.
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Bavaria
Bohemia
Germany
Ceylon
Siberia
United States
Japan
China
Australia
Mexico
Great Britaan
Italy
Sweden
Belgium
France
Doan's Kidney Pills marketed for kidney pain relief
Chronic kidney issues are linked to headaches dizziness back pain and fatigue says an old advertisement. Mrs Virginia Spitzer of Buena Vista Virginia credits Doan's Kidney Pills with rapid relief after thirty years of suffering including bearing down pains and partial blindness. Sold widely at 65 cents a bar by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Virginia Spitzer
Buena Vista
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Jerry Simpson Sock Mystery at Exelsior Springs Hotel
A Topeka gathering of Kansas men recalls Jerry Simpson with a humorous anecdote. Simpson overheard hotel guests joking about his socks, replying that he wonders if they wear stockings. The room fell silent as the joke played out in the Exelsior Springs hotel lobby.
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Kansas
Topeka
Jerry Simpson
Socrates
Jerry
Excelsior Springs
Wichita
Simpson
Kansas City Journal
Pipe maker's shop tale ends in prank
A Philadelphia Times report tells of a visitor asking a Scottish pipe maker to show how pipes are made. A boy behind the counter tricks the caller by breaking a pipe and pretending that is the method, asking for a quarter first.
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Edinburgh
Callann
Philadelphia Times
Same Name Changes in Food Labels Echo Church Rites
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, a U.S. food expert, notes that new food preservatives carry different names but are essentially the same. He compares the situation to an Episcopal church caretaker who observed that the creed remains the same despite changes in ritual terms.
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Sexton
Harvey W. Wiley
Shall Smiling Be Made Mandatory Opinion Piece
A Cleveland Plain Dealer letter questions a social fad urging constant smiling as health and harmony. It argues against a universal rule to smile, seeking option and realism over forced cheer.
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Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Farragut Sees Safer Passage Despite Controversy
The New York Sun notes Farragut lashing to the mast saying it is safer than the Pole and expressing pleasure at the lack of controversy.
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Farragut
New York Sun
Result Of Scientific Farming
The Agricultural Department will show soil fertility is rising in total crops and average yield per acre despite Northeast farm abandonments. By restoring essential elements, informed farmers supply nutrients in proper measure aided by bacteriology discoveries. Inoculation fixes atmospheric nitrogen, boosting returns per acre for a few cents.
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Agricultural Department
Mobile
Old bachelor greets visiting widow in Chicago News quip
Browning accuses Greening of pursuing a widow visiting relatives. Green ing confirms he is engaged, noting she told him so. The exchange frames a courtship in playful tone.
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Browning
Greening
Chicago News
The Tennis Champion Advises Health Rules for Girls
Miss May Sutton, world champion, tells American girls to avoid coffee and tea, not to overexercise, and to walk daily for health and grace. She cites fresh air and moderate activity as the secret, praising simple routines accessible to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Sutton
Miss Sutton
San Francisco
Postum Promoted as Invigorating Morning Beverage
An advertisement touts Postum as a bracing morning cup rivaling coffee without caffeine harms. It claims a well-made Postum provides liquid nourishment that strengthens head and body, and notes a few days of boiled 15 minutes proves its benefits.
Coffee to Postum: A Health Turnaround
A pale, weak person recalls years of coffee reliance causing illness. After switching to Postum, boiled dark and rich, health improved within a week and five months later headaches ceased, appetite returned, and strength increased to 148 pounds in Wollvilie.
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Cuaticura
Elvis
California Fic Syrup Co
Gillerd
Elgin
Gendins
Richmond Bag CO
Richmond
Thompson
Book Publishing House
York City
the News
Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports
Denmark
Erasmus
Basel
Froben
Lydia E.pinkham
Paw Paw, Mich
Livestage Barnisg
Seehia
Htles
Otien
India
Tomer
Kingdom of
Saxony
Putnam
Ozpela
Amd
Aphbery
Spohn Medical CO
Sae Goshen
Ind
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
People’s Common Sense
Boox
Leon
Hoube, Ma
Strall
Cal
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