Bed Bound for Montse Hope Abandoned After Consultation
Mrs. Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington recounts years of weakness insomnia swollen limbs and painful secretions. After doctors said no cure and she was bedbound four months she used Deans Kidney Pills and recovered within weeks. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Shearer
Yew and
Washington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Unburnable Wood Described Asbestos Based Material
Asbestos wood emerges as a new structural option made from asbestos fiber. It is about two thirds as strong as ordinary wood and polishes higher. Easily worked like oak or maple, nails hold well. Sold in three by four foot sheets, it suits roofing walls paneling doors and decorative trim.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder promotes comfortable feet
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder that rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrown nails. It makes new or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Private Punished For Failing To Salute Officer
The London Express reports a private punished for failing to salute his officer. He is ordered to march past and salute a barrack pump for two hours daily for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Express
Wyoming finds giant lizard fossil stretches 314 feet
A fossilized lizard in Wyoming measures 314 feet long, attracting paleontological interest. In Cornwall trials, woven wire screens outperform punched plates in stamp operations crushing tin ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cornwall
Wood shrinkage from moisture loss varies by species
The United States Forest Service reports wood shrinkage due to moisture loss ranges from seven to twenty six percent of dry volume across different species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forest Service
Chicago Doctor Proposes Nose Bone Theory on Pneumonia
Dr. Manning Fish of Chicago announces a new theory that pneumonia rests in the bony framework of the nose and that the seat of trouble is not in the lungs as commonly believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning Fish
Chicago
Sun and planets move toward Hercules at vast pace
The sun and its planets travel toward a point in Hercules at about 20,000 miles per hour or 600,000 miles per day. If continued at this rate, they would reach the constellation’s frontiers after a million years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
European streets use underground conduits for wires and pipes
The article notes that in many European cities street pavements are laid and left undisturbed. Conduits along street edges carry all light wires and pipes, avoiding the sight of crews digging up pavements in leading cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Balloon scouting praised as reliable enemy locator
Military experts deem the balloon an excellent means to locate enemy positions. Using photographic gear and field glasses, observers can spot targets five to fifteen miles away depending on atmospheric conditions, with risks to air crew considered less than previously thought.
Solar plants shed vast water through leaves
A four foot sunflower releases 20 to 30 ounces of water in 12 hours. An acre of cabbages in 18 inch squares exhales over ten tons of water every twelve hours. Most agricultural plants emit water during growth at more than 200 times their dry weight.
Panama Canal details depth locks and Summit level
The Panama canal will run forty six miles with depths from thirty to forty five feet. Surface width ranges from 260 feet in Culebra cut to 1000 feet between Gatun locks and San Pablo. The summit level stands about eighty five feet above sea level, reached by locks at Gatun Pedro Miguel and La Boca.
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Panama Canal
Culebra
Gatun
San Pablo
Atlantic
Pedro Miguel
la Boca
Pacific
Doctor's Joy Riders: Why He Switched to a Runabout
The doctor explains selling his touring car as too large for him. He uses a seven passenger vehicle to give patients rides when they hail him on the street. Sometimes strangers join, asking for a lift and even a meal, prompting the move to a smaller runabout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Neanderthal skull debate tests species status
Professor Sollas argues Neanderthal remains do not form a separate species and may share a common stock with the Australian lineage. Doctor Lydekker notes this fits the view that native Australians are low-grade Caucasian stock, while the Veddaks of Ceylon and Toalas of Celebes suggest a west to east migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Europe
W. J. Sellas
Lydekker
Sollas
Ceylon
Celebes
Honest Doctor Endorses Peruna for Patients
R Sylvester E Smith of St. Louis testifies Peruna helped treat bronchial catarrh and restored health within three months. A W Perrin, M D of Brooklyn confirms using Peruna himself and recommending it to patients. Drugstores in the region now stock Peruna for sick patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Sylvester E. Smith
Granite Block
St. Louis
A. W. Perrin
M. D
Halsey
Booklyn
N. Y
Natural Gas a Puzzle Says Kansas Expert
A Kansas gas man with years in the business calls natural gas capricious and says even lifelong students give up trying to explain its unpredictable behavior. He argues the why and wherefores remain elusive to many researchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Teething Syrup Ad and Risqué Kitchen Question
A fragment shows a dialogue about a policeman in the kitchen and a brief Life magazine style aside. The page also includes an advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, claiming gum relief and wind colic cure.
Coast Artillery Shoots Perfect Scores At Fort Caswell And Fort Moultrie
The Nineteenth Company at Battery McDonough Fort Caswell North Carolina on May 23 achieved 10 hits from 10 shots at a moving target 10 by 24 feet at 1600 yards in 38 seconds. General Murray reports 190 percent for a three inch battery. A second event at Battery Lord Fort Moultrie South Carolina on June 1 saw the Sixteenth Company hit 10 of 10 at 1280 yards with a target moving nine miles per hour in 36 seconds.
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Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Prodigal of Life and Fourth of July Costs
A Chicago Tribune critique calls the Fourth of July a costly crime that destroys life through tetanus and reckless national celebration. It argues the holiday wastes resources by killing future workers and draining the nation’s mines and forests.
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds After Dropping Coffee
A Washington physician credits Postum with eliminating periodic headaches and other coffee related ills. After switching to Postum and properly preparing it for a year he reports clearer thinking, better sleep, and a 20 pound weight gain. His wife and sister also benefited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash
D. C
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Words of Wisdom From Holme Herald
A compendium of aphorisms on virtue, humility, and spiritual practice. It cautions that action beats sighs, selfishness blocks prayer, pride hinders grace, and light treatment of love harms the self. The piece reflects a pastor's moral counsel with biblical imagery.
Metropolitan street railways expose costly accidents
The piece denounces Metropolitan Railway profits and safety neglect. It cites 27 days with 2500 accidents, 42 deaths, 10 skull fractures, 10 amputations, 44 broken limbs, and 83 serious injuries, comparing New York fatalities to Liverpool and Philadelphia rivals. The system allegedly profits from nickel fares totaling 37 million yearly while decaying and endangering the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Burton J. Hendrick
Hendrick
Oren Root
Metropolitan
New York
Third Avenue Road
New York City
New York Street Railways
Liverpool
Widener-Elkins
Philadelphia
The Slippery Pronoun and Language Change
The piece notes how nations avoid direct address as language standardizes. It cites shifts from thou to you all in parts of England and mentions retained thou in France and Germany and habitual third person usage in Spain and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eengland
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
Harper’s Weekly
Betsy Ross Flag Origin Denial by Secretary Adams
Secretary of the Betsy Ross Memorial Association denies rumors Betsy Ross did not make the first flag. He cites an exhaustive Philadelphia record search by patriotic societies confirming the flag was made at Betsy Ross's home at 239 Arch Street. A second notice advertises a nerve tonic treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quincy Adams
American Flag House
Betsy Ross Memorial Association
Betsy Ross
Adams
Philadelphia
Arch Street
Swamp Angel Siege Counterweight Explosion
The Swamp Angel was an ordnance piece used by Union forces during the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. It was mounted on a platform built on piles in a swampy area outside Charleston and exploded on August 22, 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel
Charleston
S. C
Itching Humor on Boy Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A Kokomo reader recounts a rapidly clearing itchy skin outbreak in a boy after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The narrator details washing and applying the products nightly for four days, claiming complete cure. The note includes the address 208 Fremont St and a date in 1997.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Doagalon
Fremont St
Kokomo
A Hardness Meter for Steel Tools
A novel device called the sclerosecope by Albert F L Shore and Dr Paul Herould measures metal hardness. A forty grains steel wall in a glass tube uses rebound height to gauge hardness, with 100 on the scale as the average hardness for carbon steel and as the safety limit after tempering. The instrument helps make tools of standard hardness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert FL Shore
Paul Herould
That Brave Belief by Ruskin on Christian mourning and departure
The passage reflects on a bold Christian belief about life and death, noting a paradox where believers feel joy for others' eternal ascent yet continue to grieve each departure. It highlights Ruskin's view of church mourning and the tension between longing for Christ and sorrow for the living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Ruskin
Whisky sale at Ohakune fetches high price
A New Zealand buyer paid 30 dollars for a whisky bottle in Ohakune, 40 miles from the nearest saloon. He purchased two large nips for five dollars each, and the remaining bottle contents were auctioned off for twenty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohakune
New Zealand
Greece allows women in public service for first time
The Grecian Chamber of Deputies passed a law admitting women to the public service for the first time in modern Greece. The Director of Posts and Telegraphs is authorized to hire 50 women, primarily for telephone service duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grecian Chamber of Deputies
Greece
Director of Posts and Telegraphs
One of the essentials of happy homes of 4 day
An advertisement extols health and virtue of a proven laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a trusted family remedy approved by physicians and well-informed buyers. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through reputable druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Lig Syrup Co
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed for Female Ailments
A thirty year claim promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for displacement related issues and female troubles. The advertisement invites sick women to write for advice and lists symptoms such as irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration. The address offered is Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lillian Rosa
East 84Th Street
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Maire &Uetzmann
Leurel Te
Pinkham
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Kewanee
Lydia E. Winkham
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Household Novelty Works
Tecumseh St
Libby
Vienna
Owego
John W. Morris
Weerugus
P. N. UL
Seattvest
Thompson
EyeWater
Doctor's
JOY Riders
Australia
Peruna
Bridget
Prodigal of
Words OF
Holme Herald
Betsy
St. Vitus
Mline
RR. Kine
Sol Aveh St
Phila. Pa
Swamp Angel
Boy
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Pacific Coast
M. Be
Haakold Somers
Dekalb Ave
Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
Newark City
Hamlton Ayers
Leonard Si
Pew
Fred. F. Field CO
Brockton
Mass
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