Nervous Headaches and Pink Pills Claim Remarkable Cures
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous headaches and neualgia caused by malnutrition. Mrs Addie Merrill of Auburn Maine credits the pills with restored appetite, weight, color, and absence of headaches after years of suffering. The pills cost 50 cents per box with discounts for multiple boxes and are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co. Also included is a May Irwin story about a New York school child and a comical exchange with a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
United States Banking Power Growth Compared to Foreign Nations
The 1906 Comptroller Ridgely report shows the U S banking power at 16 462 470 465 versus 22 952 500 000 for all foreign countries, a gain of 219 percent in 16 years against 102 6 percent abroad. Also notes a jumble of unrelated ad copy and aphorisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ridgely
Piles Cured Fast by Guaranteed Ointment Promise
Advert shows a claim of curing piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. It asserts relief from bleeding, itching and protrusion and emphasizes honest business relations and customer refunds.
Dryden withdraws from New Jersey senate race on doctors orders
Senator John H. Dryden of New Jersey withdraws his candidacy for reelection after doctors warn that continued public appearances pose a health risk. A private secretary notes the move aims to end party deadlock and spare the state further strain while Dryden rests and the speech to caucus becomes public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Washington
United States
John H. Dryden
Senate
Trenton
Dryden
Edward J. Til
Charles L. II
New Jersey Senate
House of Assembly
J. F. Dryden
Stranger shoots self at wedding in New York
A wedding party in an Amsterdam avenue apartment watched in horror as a stranger, believed to be Alderic Hugron of Waterbury Connecticut, shot himself at the doorway. Death was instant, the ceremony paused for an impromptu inquest before proceeding with the marriage of Bessie Feeney and Michael Leyton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alderic Hugron
Waterbury
Conn
James Feeney
Amsterdam Avenue
Feeney
Bessie Feeney
Michael Leyton
Three Frozen to Death in Grand Rapids Tenement
In Grand Rapids Michigan a woman Emma K Livingston aged 50 and two children Alfred L Livingston seven and Lincoln B Livingston three were found frozen to death in an upstairs tenement. A third child Helen Livingston ten was alive in an adjoining room. The aunt Miss Livingston cared for the children. It is believed they suffocated by coal gas and died as the fire waned.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Emma K. Livingston
Alfred L. Livingston
Lincoln B. Livingston
Helen Livingston
Miss Livingston
Bark Sunk by Steamer Off Sea Girt New Jersey
The bark Charles Loring laden with 380000 feet of lumber from Savannah to New York was rammed by the Old Dominion steamer Seneca four miles off Sea Girt New Jersey and sank. No lives were lost. E A Conway of Sioux City dies aged 58. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth ill with grip in Washington. Chester Thompson found not guilty by reason of insanity in murder trial. remanded to court.
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Norfolk
Charles Loring
Savannah
New York
Old Dominion
Seneca
Sea Girt
N. J
Washington
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Longworth
Ohio
Young Thompson
Tacoma
Wash
Chester Thompson
George Meade Emery
Seattle
First Chinese zoo cited as oldest menagerie origin
The article notes that the Chinese had the first zoo dating to 1150 B C and that ancient cultures such as Greeks Romans and pre-Spanish Mexicans developed early menageries. It mentions Darius lions in Daniel as an example and recalls sacred animals including white horses and elephants in Burma and Siam. A Hoo giraffe appeared at Schonbrunn in 1828.
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Darius
Burma
Siam
Schonbrunn
Cure via Cuticura for a crippled eczema boy
A Brooklyn mother recalls twelve years of infant eczema worsened under doctors until using Cuticura products. After one box of Ointment and a course of Soap and Resolvent, her twelve year old son’s skin became smooth and healed, ending years of pain and sickness.
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Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
Engineers Eye Transvaal Power Link From Victoria Falls
Ambitious plan to transmit electric power 750 miles from Victoria Falls to the Transvaal faces questions of economic viability. Contracts signal the project will proceed, marking it as the most extraordinary power scheme attempted.
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Victoria
Zambesi
Transvaal
Putnam Faceless Dyes Offer at One Boiling
An old advertisement touts Putnam Faceless Dyes for Silk Wool and Cotton in a single boiling with vivid colors at 10 cents per package. It promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes and a laxative quinine product with Grove's signature on the box. A Marcus Aurelius quote closes the ad.
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Putnam
Oy Grove
Salzer Seed Co Unveils Long Headed Oats
The John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin announces a new oats variety with heads two feet long. The catalog hails Spetz as the greatest cereal hay food America has seen and promises details in the catalog.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosee
Wis
Spetz
America
Seed and Tool Catalog Offered Free by Salzer Co
The John A. Salzer Seed Co announces a free mailed M8 page Seed and Tool Catalog to intending buyers. Readers may request by sending stamps to Box W La Crouse Wisconsin and receive free samples of new Two Foot Long Outs and other cereals with the catalog.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
Box W
la Crouse
Wis
Portland Man Impresses San Francisco In Rain
In San Francisco the Portland visitor I S Morris stayed at the Imperial and laughed at the rain. He boasted that in Oregon the rain falls so hard rivers rise two feet above their banks. His dry humor contrasted with local weather remarks.
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San Francisco
Theis I. S. Morris
Portland
Imperial
Morris
The
Oregonian
San Francisco Chronicle
Imitations near Allcock's Plasters risk deceptive sales
Market imitators mimic Allcock's Plasters in look but fail on quality and safety. They lack the proven elements of the genuine product and may be harmful, so buyers are urged to insist on Allcock's as the original porous plaster and safest external remedy.
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Allcock
California Fig Syrup Co
Endless chain joke yields silk petticoat
A cheerful woman recalls an endless chain letter that promised a silk petticoat. After sending five names and a ten cent piece to the manufacturer, she received the garment, noting its quality and lack of crocking while she wore it.
Hotel man G Sinclair Moulton commits suicide at Grand Union
New York. G Sinclair Moulton a well known hotel man shot himself at the Grand Union hotel. He served as president of the Park Gate Hotel company which owned the Manhattan Square hotel.
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New York
Well Known Note Broker Dead In Jump
New York note broker Howard P Frothingham died after leaping from the second story of his West Seventy seventh street home during a delirium. He succumbed to his injuries just before midnight Saturday.
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New York
Howard P. Frothingham
West Seventy-seventh Street
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Rosie
Stson FE
Coleman
Washington, DC
Lermsiow
Bengel
St. Vitus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. James
Chester
Wikis Lal Uy
James Chester
W. 35Th St
Pinkham
Lydia
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Buffalo Oil Paint & Varnish Co
Buffalo, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mig. Co
Elkhart
Indiana
Schaller-Hoerr’s
Schaller-Hoerr CO
Chicago, Ill
Blue Island Avenue
Ely
Baim
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Gotham
E. A. Conway
Sioux City
Conway Coal Company
Mrs. Longworth
Garfield
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Mra. Winslow
Marcus Aurelius
Bessns
Ntaur Company
TT Muanay
Texas Gulf Coast
Garden of America
Texas
John Sebastian
Pase
R Traffic
Hasalle Bt
T Ie
Prisco Ridg
Uhigaqo
Louwlia
Rock Island-Frisco
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Thompson's
California
San
Louisville, KY
New York,ny
G. A. Park
Gen. Im
Ind’s
Louisville & Nashville
Braunches
Canada
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Quincy
Chicago
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. O. Currie
Callahan
Milwaukee
Eastern Washington Farm Lands
BIG Bend Land Company
Washington Street
Spokane
Milland Publications
ML. W. Richards
Southern Hyand
Mobile & Olio R
Washington, D.C
South
Missouri
Chas. Meyiu
Seymour, Ma
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