November Ailments and the Body's Climate Adaptation
The piece explains how temperature shifts in November affect the human body in temperate zones. It argues that cooler nights and cold days hinder perspiration, overload kidneys with toxins, and may cause kidney inflammation or Bright's Disease. Peruna is promoted as a remedy to stimulate elimination and support kidney function, with a history of use by doctors and widespread approval. It frames Peruna as a world renowned treatment for climatic disease backed by decades of usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Hartman
Law Sets Ten-Hour Workday In New Hampshire In 1847
Early records indicate New Hampshire enacted a ten hour workday law in 1847. The legislation defined the standard work period and laid groundwork for later labor reforms, reflecting evolving labor norms in the state.
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New Hampshire
Great Nerve Restorer touted for Fits and Nervous Diseases
Advertisement claims Dr H R Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer cures fits and nervous diseases. Offers two trial bottles and a free treatise from 931 Arch St Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitus
Negro Brain Size and Limits Supposed in Century Essay
A Century Magazine piece argues the Negro race is ancient yet represents limited development due to smaller brain size. It claims exposure to civilizations without rising to equal prominence and notes interbreeding has blurred pure Negro lineage in America.
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Africa
Australia
Oceanica
Egypt
America
Century Magazine
Doctor's Trials and Grape-Nuts Recovery Report
An overworked Ohio doctor recounts his health breakdown from heavy practice and business duties. He credits Grape-Nuts with rapid, lasting improvement in weight, endurance, and mood, praising its use for breakfast and often dinner, and notes the pamphlet The Road to Wellville as commonly shared with patients.
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Ohio
Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pearl Oyster Farms Across Japan and Ceylon
The pearl oyster industry has grown in Japan on Mr. Mikimoto’s Bay of Ago farm with millions of oysters under cultivation and seven years to harvest pearls through nucleus insertion. In Ceylon, the government adopts machinery to recover jewels from oysters, using rotting screens washing screens and classifers to separate pearls from saraku with high recovery.
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Japan
Mikimoto
Shima
National Geographic Magazine
Bay of Ago
Pacific
Central
Takodo
Ceylon
London Times
Trial by Jury Losing Ground in County Courts
The London Law Journal notes trial by jury in county courts has declined despite more cases. In 1905 only 843 of 875,280 actions were jury tried, the lowest on record, with ten circuits showing three or fewer such trials and Bolton Wigan Oldham circuit reporting none. Judges’ prejudice against juries contributes to the decline.
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Bolton
Wigan
Oldham
London Law Journal
Guessing Contest At English Church Fair Boosts Receipts
A church fair in England boosted revenue with a guessing contest to estimate the weight of a stored item. The simple game drew visitors and increased takings at the event.
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England
Baby's Eczema Healed by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Alex Week of Newburgh New York describes severe infant eczema on her 17 month old baby who weighed 37 pounds. She reports rapid skin peeling and illness improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Resolvent. Neighbors confirm the account. Date Sept 7 1905.
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Ori
Alex
North Water St
Newburgh
Alloyed Pens Highlight Osmium Iridium Tip
The article notes high end gold pens use a tip alloy of osmium and iridium. It also states gold pens are alloyed with silver to about 16 karat fineness.
Allcock's Porous Plaster World Favorite Remedy
The Original Porous Plaster is Allcock's, introduced sixty years ago and still the largest selling external remedy worldwide. Despite imitators, none compete with Allcock's as the standard external treatment for a weak back chest cold or local pains from strain.
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Allcock
French Birth Rate Falls in 1905 Vital Statistics
Public attention turns to demographics as the 1905 vital statistics show 807,292 births, down 10,937 from 1904. Marriages slightly rise compared with last year.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed for Deafness Relief
An advertisement claims deafness, often from inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh, can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It offers $100 for unsolved cases, asserts a constitutional remedy, and invites readers to request circulars. Also promotes Hall's Emily Pills for constipation.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Emily
Care of Habitual Criminals Proposal by New Zealand Justice Minister
The habitual criminals and offenders Dill proposes that after two convictions for criminal assault or four for wounding robbery or burglary a person may be treated as habitual and detained in a reformatory after sentence. Six vagrancy convictions also qualify. Discharge from the reformatory requires court recommendation. Detained offenders will work with wages credited or sent to dependents.
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New Zealand
Indian chieftain heads Indian Central railroad
Pleasant Porter, head of the Creek nation, becomes president of the Indian Central railroad. The line filed its charter at Guthrie, capitalized at 15 million dollars, planning about 460 miles of track in Indian Territory and Oklahoma within two years. Beginning at Ponca City the road runs southeast to Paris Texas with a branch to Oklahoma City from the Red River.
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Pleasant Porter
Indian Central
Guthrie
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Paris
Tex
Red River
Oklahoma City
Kansas City Star
Treating Torpid Liver with Golden Medical Discovery
An advisory on liver health urges treating a tired liver by nourishing the stomach and digestion first. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for liver trouble boosting digestion, blood gland secretions, and detoxification. It warns against drastic drugs and substitutes of unknown composition.
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Pierce
Iver
Reclaiming Salt Meadows Near Bridgeport
A Connecticut project to reclaim salt meadow near Bridgeport shows how tidal exclusion and soil treatment can convert lowland bogs into productive hay and crops. Led by E. J. Hollister and Frank R. Sammis, the effort aims for hay worth 45 to 100 dollars per acre and potential later crops like sweet corn celery and asparagus.
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Bridgeport
Long Island
Long Island Railroad
Wadding River
L. I
Connecticut
Stratford
Sound
E. J. Hollister
Winona Agricultural Institute
Winona, Lake
Ind
United States
Canada
Locust Valley
W. D. Guthrie
Frank R. Sammis
Stratford Land and Improvement Company
Hollister
New York
Kalamazoo
Mich
New York Times
Seddon Praised for Sending His Son to War
The New Zealand premier Richard Seddon urged the colony to aid Britain in the Boer War. He faced taunts from an opposing member about risking colonists. Seddon replied that he had signed a commission for his own son and dared him to return unscathed.
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Richard Seddon
New Zealand
South Africa
New York Tribune
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An appeal to women describes period pain and irregularities as a strain on vitality and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe remedy. Letters from Miss Nellie Holmes and Mrs Tillie Hart praise relief and advise others to seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance and free advice from Lynn Mass.
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Lydia RE. Pinkham
Nellie Holmes
N. Division Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Pinkham
East
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tillie Hart
Larimore
N. D
Lydia BR. Pinkham
Lydia IE
Lynn
Mass
Black walnut production centers in the Midwest and South
The article notes an annual output of about 33 million feet of black walnut, with most from Southwestern Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory and scattered growth in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia. The largest remaining east of the Mississippi is on the Guyandotte River in West Virginia. Domestic demand is small and focused on gun stocks, novelties, and electrical work, while Germany, especially Hamburg, drives the chief international market.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Mississippi River
Guyandotte River
Germany
Hamburg
The Marrying Squire of Brazil Ind
Justice Geo E Law earns the nickname by marrying about 1400 couples. He recalls kidney trouble ten years ago and says three boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills cured him in 1897. He has had no kidney issues or backache since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Geo. E. Law
Brazil
Ind
Justice Law
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Ecuador Signs Immigrant Import Contract for 5000 Families
Ecuador contracts with a Guayaquil agency to import 5,000 families into the lower and eastern republic. The pact specifies immigrants shall be white and preferably of German or Dutch stock.
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Government of
Ecuador
Guayaqui
Century Limited: New York to Chicago Rail Service Overview
The 20th Century Limited departs New York at 3 40 P M and arrives Chicago next day at 0 40 with New York Central Lines claiming Americas Greatest Railroad. A dozen other fast trains run to Chicago and St Louis. The United States imported 4 284 583 dollars of race in 1905 from Nottingham England.
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New York
Arives Chicago
New York Central Lines
Chicago
St. Loui
United States
Nottingham
England
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Ad in New Zealand Stores
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief for infants. It notes gums soften and pain reduces while mentioning a cure for wind colic. The tablet-like claim is paired with price and notes clerks in dry goods and grocery stores in New Zealand earning weekly wages from 6 to 17.50 dollars.
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New Zealand
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Pearl Oyster Farms
Indian Railway
Ualiss
Justice Geo. E. Law, of
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Fitegerald Eco Dept
D.C
Newcet Thompson's Eye
Ay Tower CO
Boston
Canadian CO
Ive
Regonta &An
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Douglas
W. L
Brockton
W.L. Douglas
W. L Douglas
Prio
Mase
TME E. Paxton CO
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