Meekison Politician Dies Overcoming Catarrh With Peruna
For thirty years Hon. David Meekison was a prominent figure in Ohio politics and national affairs. He served four terms as mayor and founded the Meekison Bank of Napoleon Ohio before being elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress. His sole lifelong foe was catarrh, until Peruna aided his recovery and he dictated a letter to Dr. Hartman.
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David Meekison
America
Meekison
Napoleon
Ohio
Peruna
Hartman
Peruna Promises Cure For Chronic Catarrh
An advertisement extols Peruna as the cure for chronic catarrh linked to repeated colds. It cites testimonials from David Meckison and Mrs A Snedeker noting weight gain and symptom relief. Dr Hartman invites readers to request a free catarrh booklet and offers free medical advice.
Grandmother Teaches Rose to Sew in St Nicholas
A nostalgic verse from Mary J. Jacques in St Nicholas describing a grandmother guiding young Rose through sewing. She demonstrates ribbing purling and heels and toes guiding the child to thread, stitch, and seam with careful instruction and a dreamlike vision of past and present stitching.
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Grandmother
Mary J. Jacques
St. Nicholas
Rescue of Sparrow Hero Climbs Tree in Philadelphia
A crowd in Philadelphia watches sparrow entangled in a high string. William Dayton, a Berkley lodging house rigger, climbs a tall buttonwood tree and frees the bird, then earns coins from grateful onlookers.
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Washington Square
Old Law Building
Sixth
Locust
Terra Firma
William Dayton
Berkley
Callowhill Street
Taman
Philadelphia Telegraph
Two Trees in One A Natural Graft Explained
In a woodland walk a group discovers two red oaks that grew together into a single trunk. Alfred explains the grafted growth where one trunk wedged between branches and the bark fused, leaving one top dead. The piece notes other curiosities from St. Nicholas and early 20th century anecdotes.
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Richard
St. Nicholas
Remarkable inlaid table built from world wood pieces
A 30 inch 16 sided table assembled wholly by hand from 3478 wood samples from many places. A mariner compass center, rosewood and mahogany rim, and four concealed drawers beneath. The maker began collecting materials in 1876 and spent three months carving with a jackknife, including woods from Charter Oak to Fort Ticonderoga and ships like Endeavor and Kearsarge.
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New York Tribune
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Conn
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Cambridge
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Chicago
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John Brown
New York Central
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Gen. Putnam
Columbia
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St. Augustine
Fla
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Williamsburg
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Coventry
Daniel Webster
Irresistible
Nelson
Bermuda
White House
Morro Castle
Cuba
President Roosevelt
Pittsfield
Benedict Arnold
Gov. Trumbull
Paterson
N. J
Faneuil Hall
Boston
School for Matrimony Proposed in Legislature
Representative Dashiel introduces a bill to create a state director of marriage reform instruction with a five year term and two thousand dollar salary. The director will devise a matrimony course, share it with physicians, and license applicants may prove completion for a license. protests go to the director. The appointee joins the state board of health and will lecture free on request.
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Dashiel
State Board of Health
Legislature to Honor Graves of Wapello and Street at Agency City
Agency City residents group's push will lead to a bill introduced by Senator Harper to appropri ate funds for marking the graves of Chief Wapello and Gen Street. The two lie side by side near the Burlington railroad, with Wapello’s grave already uniquely marked as a Sauk and Fox chief linked to Gen Street, their longtime friend and Indian agent.
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Agency City
Harper
Wapello
Gen. Street
Ufe
Burlington
Blackhawk
Keokuk
Street
Anti-Docking Bill Faces Legislative Setback
Special correspondence reports that the anti docking bill likely will not pass the Nebraska legislature. Introduced by the National Humane Society, it aimed to outlaw docking horses in the state to prevent painful veterinary surgery and deaths from lockjaw. Protests by several men contributed to the bill's uncertain future.
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National Humane Society
Nebraska
Hiinois
Tforso
Bread Makers Form State Association for One Pound Loaf
Des Moines reports show the bread makers of the state forming a business association. Henry Metz of Sioux City is named president. They seek a legislative standard loaf weight of one pound and propose a state board to test bakers for sanitary competence.
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Des Moines
Henry Metz
Sioux City
Supreme Court limits seven juror services as proof of sanity
In Mahaska county the Supreme Court ruled that serving on a petit jury seven times in one term does not prove sanity. The lower court relied on such testimony to deem John Knox of Oskaloosa sound in will matters, but the high court says it may raise a presumption, not conclusive proof, reversing and sending the will case back for retrial as Knox had disinherited his children by his first wife.
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Knox Wit
Mahaska County
Supreme Court
John Knox
Oskaloosa
Eupreme
Knox
New Plan Aims Millage Tax for State Colleges
Special correspondence reports the State Agricultural College proposing a three-tenths mill tax to fund running expenses instead of biennial appropriations. The idea would fix a millage amount and reduce the general levy with no net tax increase.
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State Agricultural College
Fragmented stray quote about a wife and cooks
A quoted remark refers to a wife described as dainty and pretty who has reportedly become a good cook. The speaker notes that she has turned out several individuals in three months, implying a humorous or salacious anecdote within stray story compilation.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Endorsements From Doctors Across Nation
Physicians from multiple states praise Dodd's Kidney Pills as a standard remedy for kidney diseases and related ailments. Among them are Dr. B R. Dunaway of New Jersey who claims success in diabetes, Dr. Jesse L. Simes of Kansas who prescribes it for various kidney troubles, and Dr. Leland Williamson of the UK region who calls it the best medicine for mid way disease. A nursery anecdote accompanies the testimonials.
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N. Y
Dodd
BR. WH
Dunaway
M. D
Benton
Moe
Jesse L. Simes
St. John
Kan- Big
Saysi
McBride
Leland Williamson
Yorktown
U K
Dodds
Salter Seed Co Big Plant and Seed Catalog Offer
10000 iintn for 100. John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wis offers a large plant and seed catalog with seed to grow 1000 fine cabbages 2000 Carrots 2000 celery 4000 onions 1000 radishes and 1000 turnips. Order by returning this notice and 60 postage, catalog plus Berliner cauliflower included. Local Cincinnati note echoes humorous quote.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Tourists' Winter Nickels Sale by Southern Railway Route
Winter travel sale offered via Queen and Crescent Route and connecting lines to the South Southeast and Southwest through May 31. Tickets valid for round trips from Lookout Mountain and Atlanta to Ploy ida and back via Asheville and the Land of the Sky with a variable routing.
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Queen & Crescant
Southern Railway
Ployida
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Asheville
Land of the Sky
Mor Informus Hon Addres
W. C. Rincarnon
G. Plal
Cincinnati
Women’s Health Claims for Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
A letter extols Lydia J. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for menorrhagia and back pain, praising improved health, appetite, and strength after using the product. It includes patient testimony and urges others to follow the advice. The text also mentions unrelated notices about cheap excursions and a stray Chicago News note.
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Mra
Pinknam
Medicings
Lydia J. Pinkham
ED Horns
Bat N.Y
Jetter
Nellie Holmes
The
Young Woman’s Temperance Association of
Buffalo, N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cleaning Cloths and Simple Laundry Tips
A fragmented note advises washing with warm soapy water and rinsing thoroughly. It mentions gentle handling, air drying, and wrapping in a cotton cloth, with hints that success may come slowly and requires patience.
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Cartersville, Ga
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