Kentucky Woman Credits Pink Pills With Recovery
A Hartford Kentucky woman ages issues from illness for two years credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restored health. She reports initial relief after first box and full recovery after four boxes, gaining weight and resuming duties. The ad promotes the pills and a free booklet Plain Talks to Women, with price 50 cents per box and six for $2.50.
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Arkansas
Dr. Williams
Mrs. Wedding
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Hindu Moon Lore Observes Total Lunar Eclipse in Singapore
The Singapore Times reports the August 4 full moon eclipse observed in Singapore. Hindu belief attributes the event to a planetary contact with Rahoo, while common belief sees the serpentlike planet seizing and releasing the moon. Hindus bathe before and after the contact and avoid water during the interval due to pollution fears.
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Singapore
Rahoo
Singapore Times
Indoor Pauperism in England and Wales Surges
The British official record notes rapid growth in indoor pauperism in England and Wales since 1900. In eleven years the cost of indoor relief rose 86 percent while the number of paupers grew 36 percent. Maintenance per head climbed from about 65 to 90 dollars annually amid higher workhouse costs.
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British Isles
England
Wales
Scorpions Cause Kamalapuram Tank Burst
The Kamalapuram tank in India burst after heavy rains when scorpions emerged from crevices and disrupted bank stabilization. The attempt to reinforce the bank was abandoned as scorpions stung over 30 laborers.
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Kamalapuram
India
Shanghai Mercury
Death by Own Action Ends Hard Luck in Kenosha
Fred R. Foster of San Francisco, said to be in hard luck since the 1906 earthquake, shot himself in Kenosha. He left a letter asking the coroner and jury to find death by own action due to despondency and to accept his watch as a fee for the trouble. He left two cents to post the letter and directed remaining trinkets to the coroner's jury.
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Kenosha
Fred_ R. Foster
San _ Francisco
Foster
F. B. Steffens
San Francisco
Mother Taught Children to Steal Food in Milwaukee
Amanda Schlueter aged 11 and Otto aged 10 stolen provisions from neighbors to feed the starving family. They claimed instruction from their mother who admitted guilt in court. She said the father Ludwig Schlueter provided no money and the family could not starve. The father benefited from the stolen food.
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Milwaukee
Amanda Schlueter
Otto
Ludwig Schlueter
Racine Ships 20000-Pound Cots to Cuba for Army
The Racine firm sent the largest express shipment in its history a carload of cots weighing 20,000 pounds to the United States Marine Corps at Philadelphia for shipment to Cuba. The company has long supplied cots to the government.
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Racine
United States Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Cuba
Racine Company
Deer and bears abundant in Marinette county reports
Marinette county hunters report plentiful game this fall with deer and bears seen in larger numbers. Duck hunting has started and is expected to improve as colder weather arrives.
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Marinette
Marinette County
Contest over Neenah mill taxes on $537000 assessment
The Neenah Menasha Water Power company owner of the water power and mills along with Kimberly Clark Neenah Paper and other interests sue the city of Neenah to have the $537000 assessed valuation reduced as excessive by the board of review.
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Neenah
Neenah-Menasha Water Power Company
Kimberly- Clark Company
Badger, Globe and Neenah Mills
Neenah Paper Company
Board of Review
Chippewa Falls Man Chosen at Modern Brotherhood Convention
At the Modern Brotherhood of America convention in Chippewa Falls officers were elected including President D. H. Brown of Chippewa Falls and Secretary C. A. Willis of Eau Claire. Delegates D. H. Brown, Frank House of Milwaukee, and Dr. Hoffman of Frederic were chosen to attend the supreme convention in Omaha on October 5.
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Chippewa Falls
Modern Brotherhood of America
D. H. Brown
C. A. Willis
Eau Claire
Frank House
Milwaukee
International Wedding at Racine
Rev. R. O. Hindley of St. Stephen's church officiated at the wedding of Miss Ella Churchill Hyde of Davenport Iowa and Arturo Tach eco of Porto Rico. The groom has been in America for a fruit company assignment and met his bride who is a trained nurse and has resided in Racine for three months.
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Racine
R. O. Hindley
St. Stephen's Church
Ella Churchill Hyde
Davenport
Arturo Tacheco
Porto Rico
America
New Factory for Racine
Henry Harman of Decatur Illinois negotiates for a site for the newly organized American Tack company with $100000 capital. An option on land on the Rapids road was taken and if built, large factory buildings will rise employing 200 at the start.
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Racine
Henry Harman
Decatur, Ill
American Tack Company
Rapids Road
St. Croix Falls Sees Boom in Town Growth
Unprecedented activity marks the season as foundations are laid for a larger St. Croix Falls. Plans push forward in all lines and the new electric generating plant under construction will deliver power by fall.
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St. Croix Falls
Night Operator Injured in Telephone Exchange Robbery
Emily Klippert, night operator at the local telephone exchange, was severely injured when a robber broke into the exchange. She regained consciousness and crawled to the switchboard to notify the police.
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Jefferson
Emily Klippert
Rhinelander Suspect Freed
John Boyer aged 28 was arrested on an order from Minneapolis police on a Soo Line train and discharged after Detective Louis Hensen spoke with him. His description matched the man wanted for wife murder.
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Rhinelander
John Boyer
Minneapolis Police Department
Soo
Louis Hensen
Veteran Killed by Train in Wonewoc Incident
William Jordan aged 82, a Mexican and Civil War veteran, was fatally struck by a Northwestern work train in Wonewoc. The death was instantaneous and authorities noted the veteran’s service in two wars.
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Wonewoc
William Jordan
Northwestern
Suffolk music publisher praises Doan's Kidney Pills
J D Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia says two to three years of kidney trouble caused him to pass about 20 pounds of gravel and sandy sediment in urine. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills three years ago he has not passed a stone. He kept gravel stones as proof and calls the pills a fine kidney tonic sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. D. Daughtrey
Suffolk
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Who Paid for the Drinks in the AM Mexican Quarter Puzzle
A hotel lobby raconteur recounts a curious cross border drinking scheme. An American quarter bought in El Paso yielded a Mexican quarter worth 12% cents back in Juarez, then reintroduced to the American back yard for another round. The puzzle asks who ultimately paid for the drinks.
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Mexico
el Paso
Juarez
Texas
Uncle Sam
N. Y
Audubon Society Hats 40000 Birds On Gulf Islands
Audubon Society of Louisiana rented 17 breeding islands in the gulf over the past year. Two wardens paid by the national Audubon committee oversaw them, reducing trespassing and egg theft enough to help hatch and raise about 40,000 birds across Breton reservation and nearby islands. Species included common terns foresters terns royal terns laughing gulls and black skimmers.
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Audubon Society of
Louisiana
Gulf
National Committee of Audubon Societies
Breton Reservation
America
Quiet Funeral Switch Sees Aunt Mary Lose Service
In New England Aunt Mary dies in Carlsbad for health reasons. Her nephew orders burial as requested. A mix up leads to the casket housing a fallen English general in full regalia. The general’s heirs instruct a full military funeral with six brass bands and salutes.
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Mary
New England
Carlsbad
Doctor touts Postum over coffee for heart trouble
A Missouri physician reports personal improvement after stopping coffee and using Postum. He says his nervous heart symptoms improved and he now prescribes Postum for patients with heart, nerves, or stomach issues, noting better flavor and vitality.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Drinking Customs in India Spark Temperance Debate
The World's Women's Temperance Bulletin notes that European habits in India promote drinking and condemn total abstinence as unpatriotic since the government profits from alcohol. It argues Christian Indians need temperance societies, contrasting with heathen or Mohammedan practices.
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India
World’s Women's Temperance Bulletin
Superb Service and Scenic Routes by Grand Trunk Railway
Describes travel by double track Grand Trunk Railway from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls New York with routes to Niagara Falls Muskoka Kawartha Lakes Georgian Bay Temagami and various parks and coasts. Provides address Geo W Vaux for copies of tourist publications and pamphlets.
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Niagara Falls
Muskoka
Kawartha Lakes
Georgian Bay
Temegami
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Thousand Islands
Algonquin National Park
White Mountains
Atlantic Sea Coast
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Montreal
N. Y
Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P
T. A
Adams St
Port of Hong Kong described as transit hub not market
The Port of Hong Kong in Hong Kong is among the world’s busiest ports yet functions as a transfer point rather than a consumer market. It is a small island with limited population, producing little and consuming less, while handling substantial trade in transit for China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Siam, and other eastern regions.
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Hong Kong
China
Japan
Korea
Philippine Islands
Siam
Great Northern low colonists' tickets to Northwest
The Great Northern Railway announces daily until October 31 one way colonists tickets from Chicago at $33 to Seattle Portland and Western Washington and $30.50 to Spokane with equally low rates to Montana Idaho Oregon and British Columbia. For details contact MAX BASS General Immigration Agent 220 So. Clark St. Chicago IL.
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Northwest
Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Washington
Spokane
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
British Columbia
Max Bass
Clark St
Deaths at Westminster Abbey since Henry Fourth era
The article notes Henry IV died at Westminster Abbey in 1413 and claims no other life ended there until a minister named Shepherd collapsed and died as he finished a speech at a meeting led by the Dean of Westminster.
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Westminster Abbey
Henry IV
Shepherd
Westminster
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised Reward Notice
A 75 cent bottle Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion offers a 100 dollar reward for an untreatable catarrh case. Endorsements from WaLpine KiInNAN Marvin and F J Cheney & Co. Toledo, with testimonials offered free. Includes other products and contact lines for druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
D. We
F. J. Cheney
WaLpine, Kiinnan & Marvin
One Cause of Wrong
Short ad verbose line promotes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e cigar from Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois. It pitches the product as mellow tobacco and frames debt concerns as a social worry, typical of an old newspaper cigarette advertisement.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Reformers as first to propose, last to accept
Odd aphorism cites Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid priced at 25 a bottle. The note adds a cheeky line about a cheap man being the dearest thing, delivering a humorous contrast.
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Scorpions
Dodds
Wee CO
Boston
Nadiam CO Toront
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Union
First National Bank
Casselton
N. Dakota
Lexus
J.C. McKinney
Honey Grove
Virginia Farms
Southern Timber & Land Co., Inc
Petersburg
News OF Wisconsin
Fred R. Foster
Bird Breding Islands
Postum
PDP
Fac Sumile Signature of
New York
Bears
Castoria
Stove Company
Detroit
Astove
Garland Gas
Howeor
Standard- Gillett Light Co
Halsted T
Claicago
Thompson
Coyne Trade School
Ashland Ay
California Fig Syrup Co
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