Sensations and Miners Move Amid Desert News
The article notes sciatica relief with St Jacob's Oil and warns early treatment helps. It reports a rush of prospectors into Sonora with crowded hotels and crowded meals. A Jerome mine stake was valued at about 30 million, with the seller demanding nearly double. California researchers find tule land can grow sugar beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Sonora
United Verde
Jerome
Agricultural Department of
The
University of California
Tule
Rest for the Nervous: Bitters Promise Quick Aid
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for insomnia caused by indigestion and nerves. It claims relief from malaria constipation liver trouble rheumatism and kidney issues, urging nervous sleepless readers to use the product.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with testimonials and price
The notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure sold nationwide for 75 cents per bottle with testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. and endorsements by West & Truax Watopinec Kinnan & Marvin, Toledo wholesale druggists. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Watopinec, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
D.sts. Hall
Open Letter Claims Trademark Right to Castoria
Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts asserts exclusive rights to the words CASTORIA and PITCHER'S CASTORIA and claims he originated the product sold with Chas H Fletcher signature. He warns that no one may use his name except The Centaur Company led by Fletcher, dated March 8, 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
Leslie E. Keeley
Keeley Institute
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder advertisement
An advertisement touts Schilling's Best tea and baking powder as inexpensive yet high quality. It promotes TEaA Garden Drips Toboggan Maple Syrup and Pelican LevuIsiANA Molasses sold by first-class growers in cans. Money refunds offered for unsatisfactory goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teaa
Pacific Coast Syrup CO
Irish Wife Confesses Five Flatirons Thrown in Dispute
A dramatic courtroom exchange features an Irish woman admitting she threw five flatirons at her husband while he threw one that struck her. The judge questions the propriety of sending him to prison over the unequal exchange. The remark underscores the volatile domestic dispute and the legal stance on proportionate violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
Schilling's Best baking powder promotion notice
A fragmented ad promotes Schilling's Best money back baking powder at your grocer. It mentions a value offer and urges savings on baking items, though specific details are unclear due to the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Schilling
Quick Jokes and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of witty exchanges and light banter from Detroit Free Press, Chicago Record, Detroit Journal, Philadelphia Record, Roxbury Gazette, Indianapolis Journal, Washington Star, Judy, Puck, and more. Snippets cover dating, travel wit, marriage, and social gaffes with playful asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edith
Detroit Journal
Philadelphia
Roblin—Wagley
Looley
Roxbury Gazette
Indianapolis Journal
Jibson
Jabson
Puck
Gaffer
Bland
Amusant
Jenks
Maud
Willie Wibbles
Mamie
Dachshund
Washington Star
Judy
Mea
Derringer Dan
Mudge
Somerville
New Bedford
Somerville Journal
Traddles
Tommy
Sis
Father
The Man Who Whistles and the Swearing Crowd
A proverb-like saying contrasts a man who whistles with the people who hear him and end up swearing. It presents a moral about responsibility and reaction to others actions.
People Around A Drug Store Ought To Know About Medicines
A concise opinion notes that local shoppers frequenting a drug store should understand medicines even if they rarely use them. The remark emphasizes practical knowledge for everyday health needs.
Near to Nature's Heart Poem Reflections in Waverley Magazine
The author recalls dwelling in Earth's wild places from prairie shores to stormy seas and distant realms where monarchs gathered. The verses celebrate a deep bond with nature and a lament that the speaker will be missed when departing their place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverley Magazine
Tampering with a Train Record at Kings Cross
An excerpt recalls a dramatic attempt to beat a rival line by hurried run from Kings Cross to Aberdeen. A guard narrates the prelude, the private betting on a record pace, and the risky spur between Arbroath and Montrose as the pursuit unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Cross
Aberdeen
London
Northwestern
Newcastle
York
Berwick
Edinburgh
Dundee
James
Darlington
Arbroath
Montrose
Durham
Forth Bridge
Tay Bridge
Signal Tampering Delays Train to Aberdeen
An incident on a single line delays a London and Northwestern train by minutes as signal wires are found tampered. A stranger was seen near the line and later correspondence from New York reveals a bet on the rival line’s win. The note includes a £25 solatium and a warning to share less information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
London and Northwestern
New York
James
London
Northwestern
Great Northern
Lightning and Blackberry Rescue in Plum Creek
A Texas coast tale recalls Mrs. Pennington saving her baby during a hot thunderstorm when a Mexican lion crouched near the berry patch. A sudden lightning strike killed the predator as the child slept, and the baby woke smiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pennington
Plum Creek
Gems and stones fate under light and aging
The passage discusses how precious stones suffer aging and color fading from light exposure, with pearls most at risk and emeralds sapphires rubies showing more permanence though still affected. It notes early 20th century tests in Paris and Berlin finding color loss even in red stones after years in light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
Admiral M I C Plans Four Dry Docks and City Hat Spark
Admiral Matthews urges four new dry docks including concrete docks at Boston Norfolk and Mare Island and a steel floating dock at Key West Tortugas or Algiers La. Maintenance costs for next year total 2 434 302. Mrs McKinley adds corn hat to White House museum praised as corn milliner of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Matthews
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Long
Boston
Norfolk
Mare Island
Key West
Tortugas
Algiers
Woman’s Cure for Womb Trouble with Pinkham’s Medicine
A woman reports suffering fifteen years with womb inflammation enlargement and displacement. She declined doctor advised treatments and began Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash. After several bottles and wash packages she says she is perfectly cured and grateful to the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Mar
Mason Chemical Co
P. O
Aschilling & Compa
San Eaidlecs A
Baseball Goods
Css
Will & Finck CO
Market
San Francisco
Cal
Drs. Mansfield & Porterfield
Market St
P. N
Bixby
Cleveland
Washington Notes
National Business League
Ferdinand W. Peck
McKinley
Congress
Department of Commerce and Industry
Erie Medical Company
Niagara Street
Buffalo
N.Y
C.O.D
Joseph Peterson
Warren, Pa
Norway
Andree
North Pole
Keeley
Cor. N
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Los Angeles
Printers Supply House
American Type Founders’ CO
New High Street
Los Angeles, California
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