Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Save Women
A series of testimonials from Mrs. Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs. Sperling of Chicago claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female troubles and avoided operations. The ad promotes the remedy as a 30 year standard for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroids irregularities and related symptoms and invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
8. A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Hard to Please in London Ward Tale
Dialogue-woven snippet from a late era column shows George the diplomat asked which of six wives he would take. He replies with playful duplications and ward gossip prompts, prompting Gertrude to react with mock outrage and dramatic exits. The piece hints at social mores and comic couples’ bickering in a London setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Gertrude
Morigen
London
Thirty Years of It In Colfax Pain and Headlines
A fragmented 19th century ad and notice page reports chronic kidney troubles, a patient tale, and various medical claims. It mentions Dr Kline nerve restorers, Mother Gray’s cures for children, and Bridgeford items alongside random snippets about Rome, Goode, and rubber stamps. The text blends health ads with miscellaneous notes and product promos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles von Sochnen
Colfax
Wash
Rhennmitisia
Balt Dion
Odo Dilehty
Senate Debate Highlights Tariff Fight and Slavery Issue
The Senate debated currency distribution claims, praised New York, Boston favoritism, and criticized Treasury actions. The urgent deficiency bill dominated, with talk of a looming deficit and possible tariff legislation post election. Slavery in the Philippines arose in relation to criminal code revisions and shipping policies featured in House discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Stone
Treasury Department
New York
Boston
Teller
Yawney
Secretary of the Treasury
Littlefield
Maine
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Fitzgerald
Sherley
Kentucky
House
Chicago carriage maker kills daughter and wounds two others
William Meutsch, a 419 Armitage Ave carriage maker, shot his eldest daughter Gertrude 5 in the doorway, then fatally wounded Jennie 3 and son William 2 as they entered the carriage shop below the family home. All three children were taken to a hospital, where the two younger children were reported dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William TH. Meutseb
Armitage Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Meutsch
Gertrude
Jennie
William
$100000 Glass Factory Fire Destroys Diamond Window Plant
The Diamond Window Glass factory in Gas City Indiana was wiped out by fire causing an estimated loss of 100000. The blaze started when a large tank of mol ten glass material burst, flames consuming box cars nearby on the Pennsylvania side track. The plant had been shut since April 1907 and had planned to resume by inflating glass next week with material heated for that purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond
Gas City
Ind
Cenior
Pennsylvania
Fire Hits Tobacco Barns Near Fredonia
In Montgomery County Tennessee two large tobacco barns on W. E. Wall’s farm were burned with no tobacco inside. Wall is not a member of the Dark Tobacco Growers Association and last summer his general merchandise store was burned after threats to join the group. Plant beds were scraped and indictments of several prominent citizens followed but they were acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Montgomery County
Tennessee
W. E. Wall
Wall
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Association
Young Fiend Sentenced In Columbus Case
John Young Phenzee pleaded guilty to attempted murder in Columbus and was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. He had been indicted on two counts. the second charge was dropped after his agreement to plead guilty to the murder attempt. He entered the victim Mrs Hershey's home basement and brutally assaulted her.
Gould Mansion in Newark Destroyed by Fire
King s Court residence built by George Gould for his son Kingdon Gould burned in Newark New Jersey. Valued at 500000 dollars. Occupied by Mr and Mrs Henry Lloyd Herbert since its creation. Neither Gould nor Herbert carried insurance.
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Gould
King’s Court
Newark
N.d
George Gould
Kingdon
Henry Lloyd Herbert
Mr. Herbert
Official Gave Away Secrets Arrest Report from Essen
An unnamed Krupp Gun works official was arrested in Essen on charges of betraying military secrets. He allegedly sold gun plans Krupps were building for Italy. General John Coburn Dead in Indianapolis at 83 after heart failure at his home on South New Jersey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essen
Germany
Krupp Gunworks
Krupps
Italy
John Coburn
Indianapolis
Ind
New Jersey Street
Giel Dies of Burns in Gasoline Stove Explosion
Alice Wiley aged nineteen daughter of a Bloomington area farmer died from burns received when a gasoline stove exploded in a Jasonville home where she was visiting recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giel
Alice Wiley
Bloomington
Ind
Jasonville
Three Killed in Clinton Iowa Grade Crossing Crash
Three farmers die after a collision at a Clinton Iowa grade crossing between an interurban electric car and a buggy. Victims resided near Princeton Iowa.
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Clinton
Iowa
Princeton
Fire devastates Sa Hne River Lumber plant in Benton
A large blaze destroyed the Sa Hne River Lumber Company mill at Benton Arkansas with losses estimated at 40000 dollars and insurance coverage of 27500 dollars. Adjoining property was threatened for a time during the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sa Hne River Lumber Company
Benton
Arkansas
Oklahoma Republicans Back Taft for President
Telegrams report Republicans in the Oklahoma Legislature endorsed Secretary Taft for the presidency. Also noted is damage to Justice B. R. Carpenter's residence in Andover New York by a bomb linked to liquor law enforcement. Thomas F. Lonergan a San Francisco supervisor who confessed to bribes died in that city of heart disease.
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Oklahoma
Taft
B. R. Carpenter
Andover
N. Y
Thomas F. Lonergan
Schmits
San Francisco
Trade Conditions In Chicago District Report
The weekly Dun and Company review notes a high commercial mortality rate but signals growing confidence as weak firms fade. Credit conditions ease, construction and lumber demand brighten, and factory needs rise with improved iron and mineral materials. Failures total 50 in the district, with 16 liabilities over 50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. G. Dun & Co
Llness
Maine
Neuvine
Anks
Amd
Cdort
Chiesa
Trade and industry quiet with mixed signals in January
New York reports show widespread price declines and idle railroad equipment amid softer wholesale trade. Business failures for the week ending Jan 25 total 408, compared with 481 the prior week and lower figures from earlier years. Canadian failures stand at 44 that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Lieport
Commodity Prices Across Regions Recorded in Market Ledger
Market ledger lists grain and livestock quotes by region including Cincinnati Chicago Detroit Milwaukee and New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley. Cattle hogs sheep and lambs show varied ranges while dairy and butter quotes appear alongside egg and clover seed figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padiae
Ener Creamery
Sea
Cincinnati
Sindh
Detroit
Ste
St. Milwanker
St.75
New York
Toledo
First Neurological Hospital Opens with New York Board
Commissioner of Charities Hebberd and local experts establish the first neurological hospital with a separate medical board. It will be located on Blackwell's Island and serve the city’s nervous disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebberd
New York City
Blackwell's Island
Forty Per Cent at the Front in First Eighteen Months
Indiana state report shows Clay county leading with the highest share of its eligible population sent to the front in the initial eighteen months of the Civil War. Sugar Ridge township, Clay, is cited as a banner township for contributing 1 percent of its population to military service.
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Brown
Clay
Crawford
Daviess
Jennings
Lawrence
Newton
Parke
Perry
Scott
Spencer
Switzerland
Vermilion
Warren
White
Jasper
Aut
Alton
Clay County
Sugar Ridge
Clay Counnty
Feeble Harness Maker Attacked in North Salem Heist
E Weekly, a feeble harness maker of about seventy, was assaulted while closing his shop in North Salem by a man seeking leather shoe strings. The attacker struck him twice, leaving deep head wounds, then fled as bloodhounds traced a trail to the nearby railway. Weekly remains a nervous wreck and in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Salem
North Sale
Indianapolis
Weekly
Man Ends Life at Home in Jackson Township
John W. Duricholz, aged 0 years, of Jackson township, died by self-inflicted gunshot in the sitting room. The revolver fired into his mouth and the weapon fell into his wife's workbasket near his chair. Mrs. Durichola, unaware, continued about household duties and only learned of the tragedy when called to supper.
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John W. Duricholz
Jackson Township
Myrtle Winebrenner
Guy Bush
Warsvi
State Board warns Columbus druggists on registered clerks
Sala cites law requiring druggists to employ registered clerks and warns prosecutions if compliance fails within two to three weeks. The secretary of the State Board of Registration and Examination for Pharmacists messages Columbus druggists about hiring standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sala
State Board of Registration
Columbus
Union Chapel Dedicated Near St. Paul
The United Brethren church known as Union chapel near St. Paul was dedicated with Rev. I. H. Fout of Dayton Ohio presiding. The building designed by Rev. EL PL Day cost 5500 dollars and all funds have been subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Chapel
United Brethren Church
St. Paul
I. H. Fout
D. D
Dayton
Ohio
EL PL Day
War Saw Evangelist Joins Sacred Alliance Leader
For J Wilbur Chavauin the Dresbete ran evangelist, he is announced in War saw. He associates with Charles Mollesorder a distinguished sacred leader along with Rev Dr Verrey Mieewis and Adexan Cry g, coordinating simultaneous campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Chavauin
Warsaw
Hins
Charles Mollesorder
Tomnecsius
Verrey Mieewis
Found Dead Beside Railroad Track
Jacob Lyons of Peru was found dead beside a railroad track with a severed leg. The body was warm and several hours had passed since a train had recenty passed, suggesting Lyons could not summon help after injury and bled to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Lyons
Peru
Lyons
School Building In Goodland Damaged by Fire
Public school building in Goodland destroyed by basement gasoline engine explosion. Loss set at 18000 dollars with 30000 insurance. Plans call for a modern replacement structure as soon as possible.
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Goodland
Two Women Burned by Gasoline Store Fire
In Shelbyville a gasoline store overturn caused Mrs Barbara Schroe der and her daughter Katherine to suffer severe burns to hands arms and face with hair singed.
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Shelbyville
Barbara Schroeder
Katherine
Fire at Kings Destroys Mills and Homes
Fire at Kings destroyed the R. P. Moore Milling Company's flour mill, three residences and a store building along with several small structures. Loss pegged at fifty thousand dollars, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings
R. P. Moore Milling Company
Fire destroys barn and grain in Orwell incident
A barn owned by Joseph Benzey burned at Orwell, with hay and grain, causing about 1500 dollars in loss. In Evansville, farmer William York was accidentally killed when a companion discharged a firearm. The incomplete report notes the open winter affecting winter wheat and calls for snow.
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Orwell
Joseph Benzey
Evansville
William York
Lice in Poultry and Borax Use in Roswell
Mrs Lon. Buefidam of Roswell New Mexico reports using 20 Mule Team Borax to rid poultry of lice. She notes past overuse of lice killers caused inflammable hazards and will continue using Borax as spray and wash after spray two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.C. W. Lechorn
Lon. Buefidam
Roswell
New Mexico
American farmer to possess world-changing power
A narrator tells a farmer he is a sovereign with power to declare war or peace, curb monopolies, and shape national policy, highlighting the citizen’s pivotal role in democracy amid a heated city hall scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Popgub
Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
A chiropractor style ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It states the remedy is taken internally and builds up the constitution while destroying the disease's foundation. A $100 reward is offered for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available upon request.
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Setettee
Hall
Sench
Cnensey & CO
Toledo
It Is for Life Advice and Sea Fishery Notes
An OCR fragment mixes quips about advice and club life with a remark on the herring fishery. It mentions Caufield and a herbal remedy, plus a note that Swates 6,008 lines of pets are set nightly in the North Sea. The fragment reads as disconnected observations from a period newspaper page.
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Nort Sea
Piles Cured in 14 Days by Paig Ointment
Advertisement claims Paig Ointment guarantees cure for any hemorrhoids case within fourteen days or provides a refund. It touts painless binding, weeding, or protrusion relief as included benefits and emphasizes a money-back guarantee.
Bride Parasol Shower Delights Train Passengers
Passengers aboard notice a shower of rice from the bride’s parasol as she exits the rack. The groom, a stout man, jokes that they have not been married long and that the bride is a violet and he her sheltering auk weighing two hundred eight pounds.
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Perlite
Amy Violet
Success Magazine
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Montpelier, Ind
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Kryan
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Philippine Islands
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