Cure Your Kidneys With Dean’s Kidney Pills
A historic ad touts Dean’s Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. Capt S D Hunter of Engine No 14 Pittsburgh Fire Department testimonies three years after using the product. The copy notes provincial backache cures, retailer distribution, and a 50 cent price from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
S. D. Hunter
Pittsburg
Wylie Ave
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Odd Bits From Abroad
In England the annual southern fruit consumption reaches 15 pounds per person while Germany averages three pounds per person. A Rotterdam smoker Oniersmans funeral spurs cronies to smoke pipes. his estate funds a yearly smoking concert. Spain has 190,227 professional beggars, 51,948 are women. some cities license beggars and collect a tax. Seville bans street begging. Dublin tailor Guilding died. he made William O'Brien's jail suit, O'Brien refused prison attire, wore tweed costing $750 to deliver. A Swanage estate features a globe carved in stone with maps and Scriptural texts. The marquis of Donegal, once insured, died. a policy paid $12,500 from a $655 premium after he fathered a son at eighty-one.
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England
Germany
Oniersmans
Rotterdam
Ondersmans
Spain
Seville
Guilding
Dublin
William O’brien
O’brien
Hullamore
Swanage
Donegal
Achievements of Women Across European and American Institutions
Four Bonn nuns join philosophy hearers aiming for PhDs while Innsbruck Ursuline sisters attend lectures. A Bonn PhD holder, also a German countess, wins a Paris Academy prize for original work in animal reproduction and coloring. Two U.S. women excel in zoology and mining. one leads Texas mining exhibit at St Louis and the other, a Missouri physician, earns a Naples zoological post.
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University of Bonn
Innsbruck
Paris Academy of Sciences
West
University of Texas
Missouri
The
State University
Naples
Grape-Nuts Food Named Help For Typhoid Recovery
A patient testimonial from Battle Creek credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength after typhoid fever. The ad notes pre-digested starches and grape sugar, claiming easy digestion for the convalescent and full nourishment. A 19 day trial is suggested.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Iowa Prosperity Shines Through Bank Clearings
Des Moines reports show bank clearings up by 1.6 million dollars over last year in October, with nine month gains and per capita deposits near 110 dollars. Economists credit steady small transactions, strong crop prospects, and high small grain prices for continued winter activity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gold Discovery in Monroe County Prompts Secret Treasure Claim
William Benson of Albia traveled to Ames after a Beeson farm find near Albia suggested Iowa may have a gold field. A coal drilling crew uncovered a hard rock with sparkling specks and a large several-ounce fragment. Beeson guarded the nugget while Benson awaited assays by mineralogists to confirm the treasure’s value.
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William Benson
Albia
Ames
Beeson
Iowa
Monroe County
Confessed Bank Robbery Involving Treynor Couple
Mrs. Karl Karrer of Treynor admitted her husband confessed to robbing the Treynor savings bank. She returned 1015 in plunder and guided officers to 400 more. The bank loss totals 1522. 107 remains unaccounted for.
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Karl Karrer
Trey
Treynor
Canning
Karrar
Hugh Hieber
Underwood
Karver
Hieber
Counsell Bluffs
Karrer
Clares
August Olderog
Olderog
Rose
Dedication of Presbyterian Synodical Hospital at Waterloo
The Presbyterian synodical hospital in Waterloo was dedicated with services and a formal address by George Edward MacLean. Local citizens and Synodical Hospital Association representatives participated as Waterloo advances a modern medical facility funded by church patronage and city contributions.
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Presbyterian Synodical Hospital At
Waterloo
George Edward MacLean
State University
Iowa City
Synod of
Iowa
D. W.crouse
Synod
Priest Seated in Hancock County Suit Over Lethal Carbolic Acid
Veronica Burda sues John Brose a Catholic priest in Hancock County alleging exposure of a bottle of carbolic acid in a Duncan store. Burda drank a lethal dose during bravado and died. jury finds Brose liable for criminal negligence awarding $10 000 to the widow.
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Veronica Burda
Hancock County
John Brose
Duncan
Burda
Naive Compliment Turns to Organist Prank in Dayton
A New York musician recounts Reginald De Koven touring with an opera in Dayton. He joined a church organ loft, offered to dismiss the congregation, played Mendelssohn and Chapin to rapt silence, then was forcibly removed by the organist who vowed to eject the crowd himself.
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Reginald’ de Koven
New York
Dayton
de Koven
Mendelssohn
New Flemish Word Means Motor Car In Long Coinage
A newly coined Flemish term combines elements meaning rapid horseless railroad and petroleum vehicle to denote a motor car. The construction blends monothe rapid, paardeloos horseless, zeendeerspoorweg without rails, and petrolirijtuig petroleum vehicle into a single compound.
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Snellpaardeloasgoondeerspoorwee Petrolikijuig
Zeendeerspoorweg
Bah Jove Newport Set Questioned by Boarders
A witty exchange features two boarders discussing the Newport set. One asks in mock gravity whether the reference means people hens or teeth, prompting humorous confusion.
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Newport
Chicago Daily News
Maps and the railway map engraver’s detailed work
Feature discusses railway map publishing and the value of maps for travelers across the West including Colorado California Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and the Pacific Northwest. Notes the North Western Line producing extensive maps and a social aside about a girl injuring her shoulder in a city incident.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Black Hills
South Dakota
Colorado
California
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite
Alaska
Great Northwest
Upper
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Chicago & North- Western Railway
San Francisco
Nickel Plate service to the East and hotel quotes
Rates lower and service equal to the best on the Nickel Plate Road offer daily express trains to Ft Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate stations. Dining car meals range from 35 cents to 1.00 with a la carte options and seat service by waiters. Stopovers allowed at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake with trains from La Salle Street Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Man Swallows and Later Coughs Up Three Cent Coin
A Missouri man has coughed up a three cent piece he swallowed years ago when silver coins of that denomination circulated. The report notes people often delay revealing such items and characterizes some speakers as cryptic.
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Missouri
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Sage Reviews
J. R. Sage
Lone Weather and Crop Service
Board of Control
Iowa State Conference of Charities and Correction
Sioux City
Isaac ‘Loos
G.S. Robinson
Margaret Schaffner
E. J. Hubbard
George Luther Cady
Robinson
A. B. Storms
State Agricultural College
M. Towner
Corning
George W. Wakefields
Frank I. Herriott
Drake University
Henry Wolfer
Minnesota State Prison
W. ‘Wasgam
Congregational Council
National Council of Congregational Churches
United States
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Lyman J. Abbott
Outlook
H. C. King
Oberlin College
Francis E. Clark
Christian Endeavor Society
Alexander Mackenzie
Cambridge
Mass
Frank Sanders
Yale Theological School
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
American Board of Foreign Missions
Grinnell
Association of Land Grant Colleges of the
State Agricultural Colleges
Curtiss
Hungerford
Board of
Iowa Agricultural College
W. B. Martin
Secretary of State
State House
Taylor
George S. Taylor
Oskaloosa
National Liberty Party
Towa
Congress
Ames Uofleze
Boza Kieniewska
Poland
Municipal League
Des Moines College
Baptist Educational Institution of Iowa
Marshall
Yan
Presbyterian Synodical Institution
McKean
Klee
Indianapolis News
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Eagles
Chicago Tribune
Blanchard
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Duan
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Tom
B. A. Brandtan
Broad St
Lydia J. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Dnarn
Pinkham
Lydia BE
Birch St
Virginia Farms
Cocen
Virginia
Noakon
Itonaoke
Arbuckle-Goode Commission CO
Olive St
St. Louis
W. Marshall Watts
Boston Transcript
St. Jacobs
National Casket Zo
T Iinois Central Railroad Company
Dubuque
Miqhy
la Salle Avenue
Chicago
Meee
Vo of Cuethta
Auteur Musien
Praiatic Entertainment
Tricksin Magic
Maree
the Chest Trading Company
West 37Th St
New York City
Western
Canada
Seoure & Farm
Ottiwa
Candin
Lo C
J. Brouchton
Quincy
Dunuan
Room
Padlanapolly
Lade
J. Molmehs
HL. Baud
Minne MLV
McInnes
6Th Avenue Theatre
Detroit
Texas
MET
Katy
Kansas
Kansas City
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