Peruna touted as reliable family medicine in letters
In Ottawa Ontario Miss Della Janveau and Sekitan North Carolina resident Adis Brittain share experiences praising Peruna. They report relief from poor digestion fatigue and headaches after use, with improved appetite and energy. Dr Hartman offers free medical advice on request.
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Della Janveau
Globe Hotel
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Peru- Oa Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Adis Brittain
Sekitan, C
Adia Brittain
Money Value of Good Roads and Child Development
A discussion argues that good roads bring financial and social benefits for farmers by saving time and costs, enabling market opportunities, and raising land values. It also links child development to self control, urging parents to instill self discipline from infancy to prepare individuals for life’s challenges.
Labor Strikes Reach Across the North and South
The Asheville Citizen reports broad labor unrest with Dun s Trade Review estimating fifty thousand idle workers. New York sees extensive strikes in construction and masonry, while Westchester New York and Connecticut suspend 2 000 buildings. Chicago grants wage increases totaling 3 million dollars annually. The South remains less involved and urges settlement without strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
New York
Chicago
South
Bothes
Asheville
Habits of Self-Control and World Peace
The piece argues love should govern the world with self-control as its backbone. It claims nations rise on self-discipline whereas losing it makes a country childlike and weak. Individuals mirror this pattern through personal ups and downs and moral steadiness.
Drummer evangelist quits preaching to sell mining stocks in Texas
Rev W P Fife once toured North Carolina and Statesville as a famed evangelist. Now with his son Will he runs the Fife Investment Company in San Antonio selling mining stocks to investors. Physicians ordered him to stop preaching due to throat trouble, prompting a career shift and a sharp jab at finances.
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W. P. Fife
North Carolina
Statesville
Texas
Fife
J. Fife
Blaze at Spindle Top Wrecks Oil Field and Banks 20 Firms
Beaumont dispatch reports a lantern caused a fire at Caldwell oil wells on block 38 Hogg-Swayne tract Spindle Top. The blaze destroyed three blocks of derricks and pump houses, wiping out 175 wells with estimated direct losses around 2,000 each and totaling over a million dollars plus half a million in other damages. Many companies go bankrupt as 20 or more firms fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Caldwell
Hogg-Swayne Tract
Hogg Swayne Tract
Peabody Fund Trustees Face Plan to Bolster Atlanta College
The Peabody educational fund trustees in New York reportedly plan to withdraw support for cotton state educational programs and reinvest capital and interest into a large Southern normal college in Atlanta. Atlanta interests, including former Interior Secretary Hoke Smith and agent Dr Glenn, allegedly influence the move to boost their city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody Educational Fund
New York
Atlanta
Fand
Secre
Hoke Smith
Glenn
Goldsboro Argus
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Druggist
Notice proclaims DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the only salve made from pure witch hazel and asserts it cures piles where others fail. W West, a Mt. Hope druggist, endorses the product amid warning of counterfeit versions. Ten people died in a Tuesday Alabama cyclone affecting Cork Evergreen Primitive Ridge Campbelltown Peterman Backton and nearby towns. Property loss described as great. Town election registration urged with a note that time is short.
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DeWitt
I, W. West
N. O
Alabama
Barnt Cork
Evergreen
Primitive Ridge
Campbelltown
Peterman
Backton
House of Israel predicts Christ's coming within three years
Benton Harbor residents host a gathering of the House of Israel planning a mass assembly the first to gather in America with a projected 144000 members. Delegates from Ohio England and California arrive as the group secures a farm east of town to house pilgrims while street meetings begin in summer. Leaders Benjamin and wife Mary describe the near completion of the seventh message and publish The Star of Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Michigan
House of Israel
America
Fostoria
Ohio
Benjamin
Mary
Ashland
Popularity of Rural Free Delivery Service Declared Supreme
A Southern Farm Magazine excerpt extols Rural Free Delivery as the era’s top government improvement. It praises its boost to rural life, literacy, and information flow, arguing it rivals city conveniences and educates busy farmers through mail and print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Life
Southern Farm Magazine
Fries Family Sails for European Summer Trip
Mr and Mrs John W Fries their daughter Adelaide and daughter Nellie Fries sail for Europe to speed the summer travel season. Nellie is noted as the daughter of Col Frank H Fries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Fries
Adelaide
Nellie Fries
Frank H. Fries
Wineton Sentinel
Plowing With Elephants and Barnum's Publicity Stunt
A Century essay notes P. T. Barnum used spectacle to promote business. An elephant plowed a hill visible to New Haven Hartford rail passengers to attract press. Barnum advised fame helps income if paired with a large museum and railway access. News and Observer adds railroad wrecks in three recent Southern Railway incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Barnum
New Haven
Artford
New York
Joe Benton
Century
The
News and Observer
Southern Railway
Jamestown
Lexington
Winston- Salem
A Good Word for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
In December 1900 a Freestone New York resident recounted a severe cold that left him whispering. After trying several remedies he used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and was cured by one bottle. He urges others to try the medicine and notes the endorsement from E Gallaway and J W McPherson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freestone
N. Y
E. Gallaway
J. W. McPherson & Co
Dr Newton Hathaway Highlighted as Leading US Specialist
Prominent Atlanta physician Dr Newton Hathaway is praised as the most skillful specialist in the United States for chronic diseases. The notice urges readers with long term illnesses to seek his expert treatment and correspondence for case evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Hathaway
Atlanta
United States
August Flower and Washington Scandal Ad
Questions Answered. August Flower remains the largest sale of any medicine. It is advertised as a cure for indigestion biliousness and related ailments. The note mentions I. W. West's drug store Mount Airy North Carolina selling at 25 and 75 cents. The Washington post office scandal deepens with probes revealing rot and calls for a department wipeout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
I. W. West
Mount Airy
N. C
Post Office
Washington
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Heer
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New England
Connecticut
Westchester County
Brooklyn
Mr. Fife
Blaze
Peabody Fund
Christ
Longman & Martinez Pure
Antee
F. L. Smith & Co
Mt. Airy
Ayer
Wokingham
OYE
Chamberlain
Mali
PREY
Baltimore
John E. Banner
Taylor's Drug Store
Mount Airy, N
S. P. Graves
Mount Airy, WN
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Castoria
R. D. Devault
Devault & CO
W. D. Haynes & CO
Moant Airy, N. C
Hague
McCorkle Dry Goods Co
Greensboro
Everitt’s
MT. Airy News
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