Fifteen Die in Mattoon Interurban Wreck
A head on collision on the Mattoon and Charleston line near Charleston, Illinois, kills fifteen and injures about fifty as an interurban express telescopes after misread telephone orders. Victims include Neal Fugate and several Mattoon residents. injured rushed to Mattoon hospital.
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Mattoon
Ill
Charleston
Neil Fugate
Gays
Thomas Weakley
William Nelson
North Oktawa
Charles Nelson
Howard Cole
Cook's Mills
Harold Cole
Zack Vandeventer
Edward Reynolds
Paradise
Albert Smith
W. A. Price
North Mattoon
Douglas Logan
Humboldt
Edna Walbalm
Albert Mapes
G. G. Armentrout
Charles Joseph
Salisbury
Ind
L. M. Price
Samuel Boyer
Porter Myers
James Casstevens
William Cole
Cook’s Mills
G. W. Davies
Olec Miller
A. C. Ealy
G. H. Jones
C. R. Curtis
Elliott Shepard Falls Into River in Italian Auto Race
Elliott F. Shepard of New York, speeding on the fifth circuit at Monte Chiari, Brescia, plunged into the river and broke his collar bone. He and his chauffeur Lehmann suffered injuries including facial cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brescia
Italy
Elliott F. Shepard
New York
Monte Chiari
Collapse at Paducah Express Building Injures Agent
Paducah Kentucky September 3 An American Express company building collapsed at 5 10 Monday afternoon trapping A F Ingersoll the company agent. He was pulled from the debris after more than two hours but was not badly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
American Express Company
A. F. Ingersoll
Express Company
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says James R Keeler
James R Keeler of Fenner Street Cazenovia New York describes years of back and kidney ailment until Doan's Kidney Pills brought relief after one box and full restoration after two. He notes his wife and friends also benefitted and recommends the remedy sold by all dealers at 56 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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James R. Keeler
Fenner St
Cazenovia
N. Y
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Jerome on Colored Evidence and a Starch Advertisement
District Attorney Jerome notes colored evidence as tampered. The column contrasts a physician’s seemingly casual advice with a wife’s later summary. It then promotes Defiance Starch as stronger and requiring thinner application for better fabric appearance and wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
New York
Time to Fly as Trust Magnate Flees in Speeding Car
A wealthy magnate leaped from a banquet table and sped away in a 100 mile per hour car. He claimed a suspicious face appeared at the window and warned of a forthcoming process. The toastmaster watched in shock as the fugitive headed toward the next state.
Margaret's baby photograph and born holes remark
A grandmother's note about a baby named Margaret frames a photo moment. The child bursts in, pointing to a borrowed openwork dress and calling the worn edges born holes, a lighthearted family snapshot from Harper's.
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Margaret
Harper’s
A Base Insinuation
A humorous exchange suggests a quarrel in the Newed household as a bride contemplates returning to her mother. The tale shifts to a joke about a supper recipe and a biscuit used to finish a ball game. The dialogue pivots to a farcical image of Carthagenian mercenaries in a shrinking cement cage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neweds
Coffee Woes Vanish After Swapping to Postum
A South Dakota woman details years of nervous twitching and sleepless nights caused by coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee she reports the jerking subsiding, better sleep with heavy bedding, and says Postum is worth its weight in gold. She urges others to try the health classic The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Dak
Wellville
Five year old imitates Jesus walking on water scene
A church sermon about Jesus calming the Sea of Galilee inspires a five year old girl. During a bath she shouts to her mother that walking on water is a trick as she peers over the tub rim, showing childlike interpretation of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea of Galilee
Why He Was Jolly and The Appeal of Proper Starch
A humorous Browning anecdote contrasts joy over a marriage with a mistaken pair wedding. The piece shifts to a home care tip praising Defiance Starch for lifting the look of new white goods and urging proper laundering and stiffening without bulk.
Great Discovery by Crookes and Colleagues
Sir William Crookes and Professors Krowalski and Moscicki report a new atmospheric nitric acid extraction process. The method aids commercial industrial and agricultural use and is expected to revolutionize the nitrate industry and the world’s food supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Crookes
Krowalski and
Moscicki
Freiburg University
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warned
Mercury-containing catarrh ointments risk destroying smell and deranging the system. Use only physician prescribed remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo claims no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists at 75 cents a bottle. testimonials available. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hio
F. J Cheney & Co
Colleges Described as Poor Insurance Risks Rise in Rates Expected
The article notes colleges as high risk insurers with 784 fires in 18 years causing about 10.5 million dollars in losses and 13 thousand dollars average per incident. It mentions unrelated ads about starch laundry, a golden wedding suit, nerve restoratives, cigars, teething remedies, and general quotes.
Physicians Endorse Castoria Over Harsh Remedies
A medical journal review extols Castoria as harmless and beneficial for stomach pains nerves and digestion. It states Castoria is safe contains no opiates and offers a natural substitute for castor oil while contrasting with soothing syrups and other narcotic remedies.
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Bateman
Godfrey
Journal of Health
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Paducah Building
Kidder
Bidder
Browning
England
St. Vitus Vance
Carlyle
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
B. Halstead Scott
Chicago
Ills
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
R. J. Hamlen
Detroit
Mich
Fletcher’s
Wm. J McCrain
Omaha
Neb
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Philadelphia
R. M. Ward
Kansas City
Centaur Company
TT Murray Strect
New York City
Putnam
Op Packane
Monroe
Carters
Carter L
Beckman Blos
Des Moines
Thompson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
James Chester
35Th St
City of
Denver, Colo
American Trust & Savings Bank
Denver Reservoir Irrigation Co
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Colorado
Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company
American Trust & Savi
Elwood Mead
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Hroutridge vNinverez Municipal and Corporation Bonds
Central
First National Bank Building
W. L. Douglas
W.l
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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Bray
W.l.douglas
Mase
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Termalow
Defiance
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