Dean's Kidney Pills Credit Lake City Testimony
A Lake City Minnesota resident reports kidney trouble with back pain dizziness nerves and blurred vision. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills the patient claims full recovery and good health. The ad notes the product costs 65 cents per box and is sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Center
South
Oak Street
Lake City
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Race Question in Cuba
The article argues Cuba has no fixed race divide with many mixed blood individuals filling the spectrum between black and white. It notes broad acceptance of interracial absorption and a future homogenization. It questions whether the canal and American influence will alter Cuban thought and fears from Cuban black communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
America
Cure of Eczema with Cuticura Remedies
A woman describes years of severe facial and body eczema resisted by physicians. After using Cuticura Remedies for six months the skin cleared completely and has remained symptom free for three years. Mrs Lizzie M Sledge Selma Alabama October 28 1995.
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Lizzie IX. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Long Lived Trees Across Regions and Ages
The passage catalogs ancient trees and ages, noting Brazilian cocoanut palms 640 to 700 years, date palms 290 to 300, Wallan's oak in Scotland over 700, eight Mount of Olives olives alive since 1099, Fountain Abbey yews in 1132, a California redwood centuries old, African baobabs over 5,000 years, Chapultepec cyress older still, and Dracaena Draco in Teneriffe as among earths oldest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paisley
Scotland
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Fountain Abbey
Yorkshire
Mariposa Grove
California
Africa
Chapultepec
Humboldt
Ocrotava
Teneriffe
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with reward offer
An 1880s classified style ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Fr Careney & Co Toledo Ohio with a one hundred dollar reward for cured cases. It cites F J Cheney trusted for 15 years and Walding Jeiman Marvin druggists endorsing the cure and mentions internal consumption and testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and broad sales through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ancient Trees and Giants Across the World
The Dundee Advertiser notes ancient trees worldwide. Old samples include Wallan's oak near Paisley older than 700 years, olives on the Mount of Olives dating to 1099, Fountain Abbey yews from 1132, a California redwood known as a centenarian, and Baobabs in Africa assessed beyond 5,000 years. Humboldt cited the Dracaena Draco of Teneriffe as among Earth's oldest inhabitants.
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Dundee
Paisley
Scotland
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Fountain Abbey
Yorkshire
Mariposa Grove
California
Africa
Chapultepec
Humboldt
Orotava
Teneriffe
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days Guarantee
A medical advertisement promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days using Perp Ointment with a money back refund if not cured. The claim emphasizes a guaranteed timeline and refund policy.
Canada lumber magnate valued at 9 year old ownership
John R. Booth, described as the leading lumberman in Canada, is noted as nine years old and owning 4,250 square miles of timber land. Mills employ 1,500 to 1,600 men in the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Booth
Canada
Mis
Itch Cured in Minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion
Advert text proclaims Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cures itch in minutes. The snippet includes a brief claim and a jumbled phrase about Neves and a dingy gos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolford
Neves
Alabama Holds Quadrennial Legislature Restricts Session
Alabama conducts a legislative session only once every four years. Lawmakers receive four dollars per day and the quadrennial session is limited to fifty days.
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Alabama
Union
Wreck of the Prussia on Staten Island Ends in Rescue
Six crew members of the American bark Prussia were landed in New York after a wreck off Staten Island Terra del Fuego. Four died and others were hospitalized while a rescue party reached the lighthouse and returned to Punta Arenas. The ship sailed from Norfolk March 17 with coal for San Francisco and was wrecked during a night storm while Captain Johnson died on the beach.
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Prussia
Staten Island
Terra del Fuego
New York
Tennyson
Montevideo
Punta Arenas
John C. Drake
Norfolk
John Hunter
Carl Stark
Ernest E. Rainey
Portland
Herman Heyne
Leipsig
Geo. Richter
Y. Takoman
Ellis Island
Captain Johnson
Sabata
Harry Hammond
Joseph Hosteth
New Year’s Island
Stanislaus Porthin
Herman Harke
San Francisco
Johnson
New Year's Island
Cook
Hammond
Porthin
Hosteth
Rainey
Hunter
Stark
Heine
Delgado
Orestes
Eagles carry child to tree in Jersey couple’s tale
John Milton Vreeland, a Caldwell area farmer, recounts a dramatic incident in which one of a pair of giant bald eagles lifted three year old Gladys Vreeland to the top of a tall hemlock on Waughan Mountain. He says the bird struggled to fly with the 40 pound load as its talons snagged in the child's clothing.
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Vreeland
Gladys
New York World
Waughan Mountain
Caldwell
N. J
Gladys Vreeland
John Milton Vreeland
Three Tigers at Large on a Passenger Boat
An account by J F Keane describes crossing the Indian Ocean with three young tigers larger than dogs and Mecca pilgrims. After a keeper opened a cage, tigers fled to corners. A third officer supplied live chickens to distract them, then hauled a tiger back to the cage by neck skin and tail to recapture it. The birds provoked the tigers to release the prey.
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India
England
J. F. Keane
Indian Ocean
Newfoundland
Mecca
Cantain
Courtship Traits in Animals Compare Birds and Mammals
John Burroughs notes in Outing Magazine that females of lower animals exhibit coy reluctance while males are active. Birds show courtship, rivalry, and jealousy, with the female needing stimulation from the male, unlike mammals where mating impulses recur periodically without courtship.
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John Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Moon Size Change and Paris Time Signal Tower
The article notes that atmospheric thickness affects moon size perception and mentions Paris displaying time on the Eiffel Tower via flashing electric numerals. It also covers Galveston sea wall dimensions and cost, Korean trolley operations, accident bonuses, and various statistics on brain weight, meat prices, and other curios from the era.
Camphor Used Predominantly in Celluloid Making
About seventy percent of camphor produced is employed in the manufacture of celluloid, indicating its vital role in early plastic production and related industries.
Luther Burbank Demonstrates Apple Variety at Stanford
The famous botanist Luther Burbank presented seventy three apple species from one tree at a Stanford University lecture. He combines public interest with serious work in improving plants for economic value through focused cultivation and study.
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Luther Burbank
Wizard of Botany
Stanford University
Mr. Burbank
Gyroplane Concept Emerges From French Inventor
A French inventor has applied a new gyro scope principle to aerostatics creating the gyroplane. The rotary motion maintains balance and keeps the craft aloft, while lateral movement is achieved by tilting the machine as birds do in flight.
Battleship Kansas Receives Wireless Telegraph Outfit
The battleship Kansas is fitted with a wireless telegraph outfit. The sending radius is reported to reach about 500 miles, enhancing long range communication capabilities for fleet operations.
Overalls Beat Skirts In Outdoor Work Tale
Ida M. Cook of Lynn abandoned indoor life and embraced outdoor work after health decline. She found her father's overalls better suited for gardening and plowing than skirts, and has worn them since for field tasks and minor carpentry.
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Ida M. Cook
Lynn
Boston Herald
Cook
Alaska’s Size Compared To United States Reach
The Fairbanks Alaska Daily News explains Alaska if placed on top of the U S would stretch from Savannah Georgia to Los Angeles and from Mexico to Canada with climate and terrain exceeding many regions. It notes mainland coast is warm like Kansas while the Arctic coast is colder than Duluth.
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Alaska
United States
Savannah
Los Angeles
Mexico
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Kansay
Arctic
Duluth
Georgia
Minnesota
Texas
Fairbanks
Daily News
Bernhardt and Wet Characters in My Double Life
The speaker describes how a performer shapes a role as a visible persona while also seeking the inner soul that governs it. He details how listening to an author reading his work prompts him to align with the author’s intent and define his own identity through the character.
Lincoln anecdotes shaped by many hands and time
Osborn H. Oldroyd, curator of the Lincoln relics in Washington for forty years, argues in a recent interview that biographies grow from stories told by countless witnesses. He recalls how Springfield Wisconsin shaped early tales and explains that repeated retellings inflate memories into convincing legends. He notes his own hunting trips to spark conversations about Lincoln with locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Osborn H. Q Oldrord
Museum of Lincoln
Washington
Springfield
Boston Transcript
One Day Cure for Cold Elixir Promoted at 25 Cents
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as the laxative prom remedy for colds. It urges readers to seek the signature of Ek W. Grove on the bottle label. Marketed as used worldwide to cure a cold in one day for 25 cents.
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Ek. W. Grove
Salt Imports in India Reach 1.58 Million Tons in 1900 07
The report notes India has exhausted deposits in the Punjab salt mines yet imported 1,582,784 tons of salt during 1900 07, indicating reliance on external sources for supply.
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India
Punjab
Mia Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teething
An old advertisement promotes Mia Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething infants. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic in a 25 cent bottle.
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Mia
Winslow
The Wild Turkey In Ohio
The wild turkeys were once abundant in Ohio and roamed freely in search of food. They learned the ways of the white man and became cunning and vigilant, making tracking them and getting within rifle shot a high woodcraft accomplishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
William Leun Dawson
Value of Hawks and Owls as Crop Protectors
An ornithologist explains birds like the sharp shinned and coopers hawk aid farmers by controlling rodents. He notes bounties on hawks and owls led to over a hundred thousand deaths and a four million dollar loss to Pennsylvania in a year and a half.
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Srak
G. Hart Merriam
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Prevalence of Drug Habits and Overdose Death
A London Hospital report discusses secret cocaine use and its deadly outcomes. Chemists and druggists observe the widespread nature of the habit, noting they supply as long as the poison book is signed and licensed practitioners present.
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Daily Press
Connerce
London Hospital
Hard to Satisfy Physicians Say Thoughtful Thinker
A witty remark frames physicians as hard to please. The thoughtful thinker notes that if patients recover, doctors lose them. if patients die, they also lose them. The party responds by dashing around the corner.
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T. T
Chicago News
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