Peruna touted as a miracle for women in period life
A newspaper notice promotes Peruna as a panacea for female health from adolescence to menopause. It includes testimonials from Mrs L M Griffith of Cambridge Nebraska and an unnamed Philadelphia reader, praising cures of barrenness and general vitality, urging readers to consult Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio for a free catarrh book.
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Peruna le
Avery
Mia
L. M. Griffith
Cambridge
Nebesaya
Eclipse Across the Southeast Captures Ideal Weather
Reports from Atlanta and observatories in North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Louisiana describe perfect conditions for viewing the solar eclipse. U S Naval Observatory teams at Barnesville Griffin and other stations secured numerous photographs and spectroscopic data while scientists debate the corona’s nature and solar prominences.
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Alabama
South
Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
United States Naval Observatory
Barnesville
Griffin
Updegraff
L. C. Lord
State University of Ohio
Eclipse Observers Record Corona Features and Photographs
Scientists report Cairo and Washington observers noting corona structure during totality while a few minutes before totality a cloud clipped light. MIT and Yale teams captured plates and described intramercurial and telescope images. Lick Observatory noted multiple streamers and an eclipse seven seconds earlier than expected.
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Brown
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Washington
W. H. Pickering
Yale
Cambridge Observatory
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
India
Elect of Freedom on Negro Development Sparks Debate
Dr J Allison Hodges, a North Carolina native and Richmond professor, spoke to the American Medico-Psychological Association in Richmond on The Elect of Freedom Upon the Physical and Psychological Development of the Negro. He argued the negro’s welfare lies in relinquishing full citizenship rights, warning consumption and insanity menace the race, and praising white leadership. The Richmond Dispatch report notes the speech was provocative and praised by attendees. A separate notice promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents. A farmer, William Washington, died near Warrior Alabama after a coal train hit a lump of coal that struck him on the head.
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J. Allison Hodges
North Carolina
Richmond
American Medico-Psychological Association
Richmond Dispatch
Hodges
William Washington
Warrior
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Mr. Washington
Puerto Rico Growth Prospects Eyed for Food Exports
The report argues Puerto Rico should diversify beyond coffee sugar and tobacco, developing bananas and refined coffee cultivation. It notes current low yields from primitive methods and outlines the need for large scale cultivation, capital, and improved transport to boost exports and employment. It also challenges Cook's remarks on soil diversity and density, asserting upland and lowland divisions and a population comparable to Connecticut.
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican
Wilson
Jamaica
Central America
United States
Brazil
Cook
New England
Connecticut
When Duty Comes Hard in The Winter of Self Denial
A reflective exhortation on keeping faith during low enthusiasm after New Year restraint. It urges perseverance through weary seasons, maintaining holy living, self denial, and prayer, with assurance that God aids those who endure the hour of trial.
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Cunrine
Last Letter of General Joubert Prepares South Africa Debate
A New York dispatch reports that eight days before his death General Joubert of the Transvaal penned his final letter to George W. Von Sielen of this city. He asked whether the United States would aid the continuation and promotion of both South African States or accept the motto Might is right.
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New York
General Joubert
Transvaal
George W. von Sielen
Ile
South Africa
German Syrup Promoted for Severe Lung Troubles
An advertisement touts Rosehoe's German Syrup as a universal remedy for severe throat and lung diseases. It claims to heal tissues, destroy germs, reduce inflammation, aid expectoration, and provide rest. Sold by I. W. West, Druggist, Mount Airy, N. C.
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Rosehoe
1. W. West
Mount Airy, N
Covenant of hospitality and failed Yale eclipse observation
The text links a simple cup of water in the East to a broader covenant of hospitality and notes it is not a blood covenant yet resembles bread sharing. It also reports Yale astronomers failed to make successful scientific solar eclipse observations in New Haven.
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Galt
Greensboro
Yale
New Haven
Mental Calm and Conscience Affects Health and Sleep
The article argues mental calm comes from a clear conscience and honest living. It cites Gladstone as an example of balancing work with rest and notes that a bad conscience disrupts health and happiness. It adds that persistent dry weather harmed the local strawberry crop in the county.
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Becwuce
Mr. Gladstone
Baltimore Sun
Treasurer Worth Pays Demand for North Carolina Bonds
Treasurer Worth meets the public demand for North Carolina four percent bonds at eighty, noting he cannot supply further issues to satisfy all buyers.
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Worth
North Carolina
Unverified Blood Disease Cure Promoted by Breasters Co
A bold medical patent promotes B.BB a century old blood purifier claimed to cure mucous patches sore throat eruptions skin boils and hair loss. The ad offers free trial bottles and lists price per bottle and full treatment options from Mount Airy North Carolina and Atlanta Georgia.
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W. Woast
Mount Airy
N.C
Breop Baim Co
Athanta
Fireman Courage Behind Plunge to Save a Trained Train
An anecdote from Milwaukee Sentinel recounts fireman Lra Perrige saving a presidential special on the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg line after a boiler breach. Despite the engineer’s death, Perrige crawled through steam to shut the throttle, preventing a wreck and proving firemen are brave as engineers.
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Asid W. Kk. Lockwood
Rome
Watertown
Ogdenburg
New York
Grover Cleveland
Lra Perrige
Milwaukee
Wis
Sentinel
Stead Reports Boer Delegates Seek Peace in America
A London cablegram notes Willer T. Stead saying Boer delegates in the United States offered peace on terms compatible with independence. He warned Salisbury that any concession would abandon independence, while the delegates faced official coldness in America, fueling pro-war sentiment to throttle the small states.
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London
Willer T. Stead
United States
Lord Salisbury
America
Husbands Desert Their Families Reported
The Telegram notes two men abandoned their households recently. B. Brooks editor of the Guilford Vidette left town over a week ago as his wife and three children arrived from South Carolina. Harry Hamilton, a sign painter, went to Greeneboro with his wife and their three weeks old baby, leaving Saturday without notice. Decoration day observed in Manila according to reports.
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B. Brooks
Guilford Vidette
South Carolina
Harry Hamilton
Greeneboro
East Lee Street
Wineton Sentine
Mother’s Fiend Regulator Promises Easier Labor
A dated advertisement touts a pregnancy aid named Mother’s Fiend Regulator from The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta Georgia. It claims to prevent morning sickness nervousness and breast complications while strengthening the mother and aiding a quick near painless labor with a recovery of only a few days. It offers a dollar price and promises free literature upon request.
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Minnesota
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Mra. B.C. Everly
Diamond Street
Philadelphia
Pasage
P. Graves
Pitorney -at-Law
Mount Airy, N.C
Walter D. Siler
Geo. W. Sparger
Mount Airy, NC
Bountay
W. Lewellyn
Carter & Lkewellyn, ‘Fattorneys-At-Law
John E. Banner
Taylor's Druc
S. Zur Pich
T. B. McCargo
Notary Public
Mount Airy Hotel
N. E. Boyles
Attorney- At-Law
Pilot Mountain, N
W. R. Badgett
Pilot Mountain, N. C
Viirgh E. Holcomb
B. McGuffin
Wocaroee
Holcomb & Moguffin
9Th Judicial District
Federal Court
Supreme Court
Raleigh
Vestal Taylor
Atlanta, Ga
The
Associated Press
Dr. Hodges
Bismarck
Dr. King
W.S. Taylor
M Hoffmin
Cardington Olio
Atlante
Joubert
Sue
Bor
Perry Davis
Gon
Tutt
Pault
Atlanta Journal
Manila
Bettie the Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Hague-McCorkle Dry Goods Co
Greensboro, N. C
F. W. Richards
N.O. W
Haynes & CO
Dangne
Tos, Fawcett
L. Hane
A. G. Taorree
M.L Fawcett
Cashie
First National Bank
Amy
Incor
Thos Fawcett
J. Franks
ML. Pawcett
A U. Trotter
G. D Paweent
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