Peruna and motherhood in biblical times to modern healing
A promotional sketch extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the pelvic organs causing barrenness. It cites ancient Israel and modern mothers, and includes a grateful letter from Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Arco Idaho claiming infertility was cured after using Peruna. The piece emphasizes motherhood as ideal and Peruna as life saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
L. M. Griffith
Arco
Idaho
Jagrippe
Thomas
Alpha
Manchurian Demands and Russian Moves Reported
Washington reports improved situation as Russia may abandon coup plans and prepare evacuation. In Peking discussions with Grand Secretary Ching reveal a lengthy document of Russian demands, including Mongolia administration and land lease prohibitions in the Liau river valley. Chinese officials and Secretary Hay note a more favorable turn with inquiries by M Palson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Conger
Mgr. Townley
Mchida
Ching
Prince Ching
Russia
Lord Lansdown
Manchuria
Mongolia
North
China
Liau River
Sanitary Commission
New Chang
Washington
Hay
M. Palson
Peruna touted by mothers in midwifery letters
Collected testimonial letters from women in Columbus and Alpha praising Peruna and Manalin for health regain after childbirth and long illness. They credit the remedies with saving lives, curing grip, and restoring strength, with multiple mentions of 10 pound babies and improved household activity.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Housewares Ad Fragments
A fragmented OCR item notes Hall's Catarrh Cure with price seven shillings and sixpence and references to Defiance Starch marketing claims. It also recounts a London theater incident where Mrs. Patrick Campbell's dress split during The Trumpet Call, her quick restoration, and dramatic audience reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
Patrick Campbell
London
Mrs. Campbell
Englishman Meets Schopenhauer on Frankfort Promenade
An Englishman daily meets philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer at Frankfort on the Main with his plain poodle. Curious, the Englishman asks the thinker who he is, and Schopenhauer replies he wishes he knew that himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schopen
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Schopenhauer
Arthur Schoppenhauer
Schoppenhauer
Eye care claims and product pitches from early 1900s
An assortment of advertisements and notices tout Dr W C Coffee an oculist in Des Moines Iowa promoting home eye medicines and a free eight page eye disease book. Includes endorsements defiance starch comparison and a whimsical aside about a myth of the Gorgon linked to a dress incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Coffee
Des Moines
Towa
Cofes
Universal Language Esperanto Gains Adherents Worldwide
Proclaimed as a universal tongue, Esperanto, or Hsperanto, devised by Dr L Zamenhof, has attracted 80000 supporters including members of the French Institute continental university professors Count Tolstoi and W T Stead. The aim is to enable travelers scientists and business people to communicate without mastering multiple languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Zamenhof
French Institute
Tolstoi
W. T. Stead
le Monde’ Moderne
Paris
Patton Warns Peanut Eaters At Princeton Seminary
Dr Patton in a lecture on ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary faced disruption as students ate peanuts. He rebuked them, noting the delay of the lesson and requesting restraint until the talk ends, joking that future tea should offer sponge cake only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Festus Man After Years of Pain
Lifly of Festus aged 76 reports kidney and bladder inflammation with back and hip pains. He says nightly urination was frequent and rest impossible until using Dodd's Kidney Pills. After a few boxes he felt stronger, slept well, and his pains left him. He urges others with similar trouble to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Festus
Lifly
Dodd
Financial doctors to meet at Hot Springs
Senator Ald rich, chairman of the Senate finance committee, invites Republican members Allison of Iowa Platt of Connecticut and Spooner to Hot Springs Virginia for a private ten to fourteen day conference on the provisions of the financial bill to be introduced in the next session. The plan mirrors the deposit bill from the last session. The gathering is unofficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
Hot Springs
Allison
Iowa
Platt
Connecticut
Spooner
Finance Committee
Royal bull fighter and quirky quotes amuse readers
A collection of curious vignettes from a Philadelphia Bulletin page, including a tale of a royal bullfighter in Portugal who narrowly escaped, brief ads and snippets about household products, a quip on truth and ignorance, and a humorous exchange with philosopher Schopenhauer. The tone mixes fashioning insights and light domestic reads with period advertisements.
American Consul Sentenced in German Court
In Solnjen, Rhenish Prussia, United States Consul Landger was fined 80 marks by a local court for disorderly conduct as a courtroom witness. He protested his status as a U S official, and the judge then sentenced him to three days in jail for continued disorderly behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solngen
Rhenish
Prussia
United State
Landger
United States
Breakfasts With Cowboys at Hugo on Roosevelt Visit
President Roosevelt was treated to a cowman’s breakfast in Hugo as a mess tent stood beside the track. Guests stood to dine as his train arrived and he exchanged handshakes before departing amid cow pony yells.
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Hugo
Cole
Roosevelt
Montreal Council Recinds Carnegie Library Offer
The city council in Montreal rescinds a resolution from April 1908 that accepted Andrew Carnegie's offer of 150000 dollars for a library building.
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Carnegie
Montreal
Andrew Carnegie
Treasury buys 65,000 ounces of silver for Philippine coinage
The treasury department purchased 65,000 ounces of silver at 414 cents an ounce on account of Philippine coinage. The offer sought was 415,000 ounces, and the transaction occurred in Washington D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
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Pe-Ru-Na
Mrs. W. McRoberts
Delano, Miss
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Manalin
E. E. Thomas
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Klean
Kool Kitchen
Bold
Atnye
Tex
Prades
Sawyer
Excelsior Brand
Repine
Eutexire
Jong
Hsour Dowler
I. M
Sawyer Amon
Bola Bers
East Cambridge
Schmoller & Mueller
Farnam St. Omahn
Neb
Lough
Fuatentec
Re Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Micwes
Thompson
Hall
Price
DR. Coffee
Joan F Bors
Trinity Springs
Ing
Beres Reb
Gorgon
Putnam
Philadelphia Bulletin
Portugal
Duke
Bras
Anza
Spain
Banderillo
William of
Germany
Allen's
Aden
Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Walhall
Sioux City
Isee
Defiance Cold Water
Lewis
Avery
Grace
B. Bradshaw
Guthrie
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Canada
Beuter Wits
Enat
Atlas
Ottawa
Canada
Dennett
New York Life Didg
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Colorado-California
Lakeland
Jakes Okoboji
Spirit Lake
F. A. Miller
Chicago
St. Jacobs Oil
Homeseekers
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Thomas F. Godfrey
Pass, & Ticket Agt
Cvcy Picker
14Th and
Douglas Lip
Omaha, Neb
NU Omaha
Trav
Tadd
Druaslsta
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