Peruna Endorsement From Cincinnati Woman For Catarrh
Mel Annie Catron of 927 Main St Cincinnati Ohio testifies Peruna cured her long standing catarrh of head and throat. She reports breath odor improved stomach relief and headaches resolved after one month and notes general health improved. Also promotes Peruna tablets and Man a lin laxative and offers a free Peruna almanac for 1908.
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Mel Annie Catron
Main St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peruna
Man-a-lin
Miracle of Youth Image Reported in Brin Church
A miracle is claimed at Brin France where during two successive Sunday services the youth’s image appeared on the water in the monstrance as the host was presented. A large number of worshippers attest to the phenomenon’s genuineness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brin
France
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Advertisement warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury that harm sense of smell and the mucous system. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. Includes note to buy genuine product and price per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Loledo, U
Voledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & Co
Captain Sticks to Business During Lusitania Voyage
Captain Watt of the Lusitania is not noted for affability. He maintains the captain belongs on the bridge, not in the saloon, and says his duty is to ensure passenger safety rather than entertainment.
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Watt
Lusitania
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by Paro Ointment
An advertisement promotes Paro Ointment claiming to cure itching bleeding protruding and other pile symptoms within 6 to 14 days or offers a money refund. The offer notes a price of 5c.
Frances Responsible for the Game of Billiards
The note credits Frances with creating billiards tone and mentions Devigne as the inventor in 1572.
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Frances
Devigne
Mrs Winslow’s Teething Syrup Gains Advertising Claim
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething easing pain reducing inflammation and curing wind colic. The pitch notes a 25 cent bottle and emphasizes soothing relief for restless infants.
Metchnikoff Endorses Sour Milk for Longevity
The physician M. Metchnikoff advocates longevity through daily sour milk and a calm life free of worry, urging readers to adopt simple dietary habits and reduce stress for healthier aging.
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M. Metchnikoff
Itch Cures in Minutes by Woolford's Lotion
Cure for itch claimed in 20 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Promoted as a reliable remedy available at druggists with no failure noted.
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Woolford
Scientist to Lead Central Africa Expedition
Prof. Alexander Agassiz director and curator of Harvard museum will head an expedition to Central Africa soon to extend his scientific investigations. Details of the trip, including companions and duration, are not yet determined.
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Alexander Agassiz
Harvard Museum
Central Africa
Remarkable Kidney Cure Reported by Irontress Merchant
Irontress merchant Co L Wood suffered months of back and kidney pains with irregular kidney secretions. After failing medical treatment he used Dean's Kidney Pills and passed a stone of about 0.56 by 0.31 inches, afterward free of kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Foster-Milburan Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Men's Dogs in Literature and Royal Circles
The article surveys famous men and royals famed for their dogs, noting Lord Avebury’s poodle reading cards, George the pug with a combative streak, and Poacher, Rider Haggar d’s dog with a dramatic backstory. It recalls Gyp the fox terrier, Mme Patti’s Richi, and royal pets including King Edward’s Jack Irish terrier and the Queen Alexandra’s bulldogs Sandringham Paul and Sandringham Pansy, plus fox-terrier Princess Henry of Battenberg and Facey with the Princess of Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landseer
Leighton
Dickens
Pugin
Rousseau
Scott
Tennyson
Darwin
Chaucer
Isaac Newton
Rubens
Hogarth
Lord Avebury
Van
Bishop of
Ripon
George
Gyp
W. P. Frith
Royal
Rider Haggard
Poacher
West Norfolk
Patti
Richi
Edward
Jack
Sandringham Paul
Sandringham
Pansy
Princess of Wales
Facey
Cruising on the Nile With Diverse Watercraft
A Travel Magazine narrative describes a three week Nile voyage starting in Cairo. The author notes treacherous channels and mud dangers, vivid ethereal boats near the bridge, and a parade of sailboats, ferries, laborers, and traditional dahabeahs passing by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Cairo
An Autographed Copy Stirs Conflicting Reactions
An Eastern city figure with a famous book collection boasts inscribed volumes by authors. Rumors of identical handwriting and envy among friends abound after a Montaigne Essays edition returns with a fly leaf inscription reading To John Blank from his old friend and classmate Mike Montaigne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaigne
John Blank
Mike Montaigne
Harper's Weekly
We Do Not Get In Our Own Way by Looking Around
An Englishwoman in Chicago complains that Americans slow down and stare at things while moving through streets. The observer, an American returning to the United States, notes Americans often hurry but fail to move efficiently, while Britons pace more steadily.
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England
Chicago
London
West End
Broadway
Canal Street
United States
No Paper Money for the Indians
A Washington Post quotation by Frank L. Campbell describes Sioux attitudes toward money. He notes Indians prefer metal coins to paper notes and would rather have ten silver dollars than one ten dollar gold piece, citing cultural values and mistrust of printed money.
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Frank L. Campbell
Washington Post
Get rid of the gocart immediate ly
The New York Press argues against the gocart calling it harmful and a crime to keep infants awake long hours. It urges infants lie down flat with regular naps and condemns prolonged sitting or restless posture for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equatorial
New York Press
Coinage and Thrift. The Mill as a Perfect Coinage
The piece argues the South stayed poor due to fractional currency and urges adopting the mill to reduce coinage waste. It notes the shift to round pricing by merchants and the public’s dislike of the cent, claiming larger subdivisions would improve thrift and efficiency.
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South
New York Press
Tradition of Following Fathers’ Trades in Japan
A historical note observes that nearly every Japanese tends to follow the trade or profession of his father, shaping generational career patterns and social roles across the country.
Handwritings of Authors Reflect Distinct Styles
The article surveys authors from Longfellow to Dickens, noting how their penmanship reveals temperaments and habits. Mil ler’s illegible hand confounds creators, while Bryant’s bold script pleases readers and Dickinson’s minute writing burdens publishers.
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Longfellow
Joaquin Miller
Charlotte Bronto
Thackeray
Capt. Marryat
Napoleon
Germany
Josephine
Seat of War
Carlyle
Bryant
Scott
Hunt
Moore
Gray
Byron
Dickens
Jewel for Child Heroine in Columbia Disaster
Ethel Johnson, a young survivor of the Columbia tragedy, received a gold butterfly with diamonds from an unknown Portland admirer. The gift arrived at the home of R. R. Dingle with no sender note. Johnson saved two lives during the disaster and helped rescue a man who could not swim.
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Ethel Johnson
Columbia
R. R. Dingle
Portland
Effie Gordon
Seattle Times
Lobsters Found Quietly On Cash's Banks By Maine Fisherman
A Maine fisherman released lobsters on Cash's Banks and hauled 2 500 specimens. Each measured 10 to 20 inches with most near 15 to 20. He argues crustaceans still exist offshore and may be harvested by others, challenging recent pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seea
Maine
Kennebec Journal
Calls Men Food Faddists
Englishwoman Mrs J D Hay Shaw says men discuss food and digestion as a source of interest and anxiety and males have many theories on their own food. The food faddist finds strongest followers among men, notes Mrs Shaw via the New York Press.
Lammas Day and its Dissenting Heritage
The article notes Lammas Day August 1 as a rural England harvest festival origin, from Hlaf-Mass. It recalls eighteenth century Dissenters celebrating to mark Queen Anne’s death if she had lived, linking to modern debates on education liberty.
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Scotland
England
Anne
Westminster Gazette
Cats as Food Surfaces in Northern Italy Market
A historical note describes cats valued as a food item in parts of Northern Italy where law forbids consumption. Cats are fattened for market, cooked by roasting in an oven with onions garlic parsley bay leaf red wine and other aromatics.
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Italy
Chinese Woman Student Enters Berlin University
Li Tsu Zung, 17, daughter of a Shanghai physicist, becomes the first Chinese woman enrolled at the Berlin University among 7,000 students. She attended a modern school in Shanghai, later studied privately, dresses in European fashion and speaks German and English. Her plan is to study English and German literature classes.
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Shanghai
University of Berlin
Berlin
Li Tsu Zung
Sloan's Lintment and Veterinary Remedies Endorsement
The advertisement highlights Dr. Earl S. Sloan as a veter inary expert with twenty years of practice. It touts Sloan's Lintment and remedies as safe and practical, developed to save life and ease animal suffering. A free publication, Sloan's Treatise on the Horse, is offered to readers who write to 615 Albany Street, Boston, Mass.
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Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Abstaining Provosts Lead 46 Scottish Burghs
A generation after water-drinking leaders became common in Scotland, 46 burghs now have abstaining provosts. Included are Sir William Bisland, Bart, Lord Provost of Glasgow, and Lord Provost Gibson of Edinburgh.
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Scotland
Sir William Bisland
Bart
Glasgow
Gibson
Edinburgh
Doctor Said Use Cuticura for Eczema Cure
Miss Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan relates a childhood eczema ordeal lasting about three months on her face and scalp. After consulting a physician she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and was entirely cured with no recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anabel Wilson
North Branch
Mich
Submarine Cable Enemies The Teredo Naval is Name
The piece discusses dangers to submarine cables including anchors, rocks, coral, seaquakes and marine animals. It explains how teredo navalis bores into gutta percha cores between iron wires and yarns and notes brass taping and alternative insulators like india rubber resist the pest. The article highlights the teredo as a major deep sea threat to cable integrity.
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Tropics
Teredo Navalis
India
Ready cooked meals to aid busy Lancashire mothers
A Lancashire town plans a central kitchen service to provide ready cooked Sunday meals for working class mothers kept from church by dinner duties. The initiative aims to ease weekly burdens and ensure families receive timely meals.
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Lancashire
England
Modern architect foresees new house with porch and sleep facilities
A noted modern architect predicts a housing trend featuring one large room, a compact electric kitchen, and a vast enclosed porch with outdoor sleeping areas. The design emphasizes integrated living spaces and outdoor comfort.
Restoring Tintern Abbey Arches in Monmouthshire
Restoration of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire England proceeds with work on the four great arches. Further excavations are planned to uncover additional surrounding structures and potential new buildings.
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Tintern Abbey
Monmouthshire
England
Nervous Diseases Cure Promoted by Dr Kline Remedy
An advertisement touts Nervous Diseases cure by Dr H R Kline of Philadelphia. It offers a $3 trial bottle and a free treatise from 081 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Fragments of a Racialized Marriage Rhetoric
A historical cutting denounces marrying East Indian women for profit, asserting that when daughters are sold into marriage and flowers die, the women become widows who can be sold cheaply. The piece reflects harmful stereotypes and commodification of women based on ethnicity.
One Day Cure Claim for Bromo Quinine Laxative
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine Laxative as a universal cold remedy. The pitch highlights a signature by Ib. W. Grove and claims worldwide use with a price of 25e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiork
Ib. W. Grove
Pure Food for Animals Warns Against Fraudulent Feeds
George B. McCabe of the Department of Agriculture argues the pure food law protects animals and humans alike. The piece warns farmers may be prosecuted for marketing hay labeled Timothy that contains red top and compares it to nutmegs made of basswood served to horses. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle condemns fraud in food sales.
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George B. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Chiccara
Illinois
Timothy
Rochester Democrat and Chronicie
Perana Almanac Reaches Eight Million Homes
The Perana Lucky Day Almanac has become a fixture in over eight million homes. It can be obtained from all ding pists free. The 1908 Almanac is published and supplies will soon be exhausted. Inquire early and speak for one today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millon
Vienna Plans 10 Million Forest Belt Around City
Vienna undertakes a project to encircle the capital with a belt of forests at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars. Existing woods will be preserved while new plantations and green meadows will form a continuous boundary connected to the Plater border on the east. The plan is urged as a beautification effort for suburbs of other cities as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Plater
State St. Ches E Brough
Indian Critic Denounces Carlisle School Administration
Dr. Carlos Montezuma an Apache writes to the Philadelphia Public Ledger declaring the Carlisle Indian School has abandoned its original mission to educate Indian youths and place them on equal footing with whites. He contends army officers now run the institution as a military post and show little interest in their work, treating Indians like frontier station commandants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Montezuma
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Carlisle Indian School
Truth and Quality laxative claims from California Fig Syrup Co
The advertisement touts Syrup of Liby and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative suitable for individuals and families. It emphasizes gentle cleansing, lack of debilitating after effects, natural action, physician approval, and urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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