Peruna Endorsement From Cincinnati Woman
Annie Catron of 927 Main St Cincinnati Ohio writes that Peruna cured her severe head and throat catarrh after years of struggle. She notes offensive breath, bad stomach and headaches improved within a month and her general health became excellent. She also mentions Peruna tablets and asks readers to request the free Peruna Almanac for 1908.
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M&s
Annie Catron
Main St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peruna
Man-a-lin
Miracle Reported at Brin Church Appearance of Youth Image Twice
Residents of Brin France report a miracle at the village church during two successive Sunday services. As the priest placed the host in the monstrance an image of a beautiful youth appeared on the water within the vessel. Many worshippers testify to the phenomenon’s genuineness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brin
France
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Public
Public health notice warns against using catarrh treatments containing mercury. It cautions such remedies harm smell and mucous systems and should only be used under physician prescription. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as mercury based and manufactured in Toledo Ohio by J J Cheney Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Yoledo, O
Voledo
Ohio
J. J. Cheney & Co
Captain Sticks to Business on Lusitania
Captain Watt of the Lusitania emphasizes duty over hospitality describing the captain’s role as protecting passengers’ safety from the bridge rather than entertaining them. He states this focus best serves travelers during voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
Lusitania
Paro Ointment Promises Quick Piles Cure Guarantee
An advertisement claims Paro Ointment cures itching bleeding protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a full money back guarantee. It states the remedy works for any case and offers refund if not cured. The price listed is 5Uc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State St
Chese Brough Mfg. CO
New York City
France credited with origin of billiards in 16th century
The text asserts France is responsible for the game of billiards and credits Devigne with its invention in 1572.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Devigne
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup teething advertised bottle
A vintage ad promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children. It claims relief for teething discomfort including softened gums, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and cure for wind colic, sold in a 25 cent bottle.
Metchnikoff Urges Sour Milk Diet For Longevity
M Metchnikoff endorses sour milk and a calm mind as key to longer life advising readers to avoid worry and embrace dairy fermentation for health.
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M. Metchnikoff
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion Promises Quick Cure
A terse ad claims the product can cure in 20 minutes using Woolford's sanitary Lotion and advises purchase at druggists.
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Woolford
Harvard Scientist Plans Central Africa Expedition
Prof. Alexander Agassiz, director and curator of the Harvard museum, will lead an expedition to Central Africa soon to continue his extensive scientific investigations. Details of the trip, including companions and duration, have not yet been finalized.
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Alexander Agassiz
Harvard Museum
Central Africa
Remarkable Kidney Cure by Dean's Pills Recalls Stone Passage
Co L Wood a Norfolk Va merchant suffered months of back pain kidney issues and irregular secretions. After failing medical treatment he used Deans Kidney Pills and passed a stone before relief. He reports no further kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a bar FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Wood
Ironitress
Norfolk Co
Mr. Wood
Dean
Fox
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Great men's dogs and royal canines in history
A survey of famous figures and royals famed for dogs. Lords Avebury and Avebury’s reading poodie Van, Bishop of Ripon’s pug George, Mr. Rider Haggard’s Poacher, Mine Patti’s Richi, and royal pets at Edward VII's court, including Jack the Irish terrier and Sandringham bulldogs, are noted for their loyalty, courage, and companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landseer
Leighton
Dickens
Pugin
Rousseau
Scott
Tennyson
Darwin
Chaucer
Isaac Newton
Rubens
Hogarth
Lord Avebury
Van
Ripon
George
Gyp
W. P. Frith
Royal
Rider Haggard
Poacher
West Norfolk
Haggard
Patti
Richi
Edward
Jack
Sandringham Paul
Sandringham
Alexandra
Henry of Battenberg
Princess of Wales
Facey
Cruising on the Nile A Glowing Three Week Sojourn
The Travel Magazine account describes a Nile voyage from Cairo through treacherous channels aboard a dahabeah and other boats. It notes ethereal vessels, crowded ferries, and water jars while passengers observe the chaotic yet vivid river traffic and distant shore life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Cairo
Autographed Books Sparked by Montaigne Inscription
An Eastern city’s prominent citizen boasts a vast autographed book collection with inscriptions from authors. Rumor and cynicism surround uniform handwriting seen among volumes. He recently bought a rare Montaigne Essays and found a fly leaf note reading To John Blank from his old friend and classmate Mike Montaigne.
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Montaigne
John Blank
Mike Montaigne
Harper’s Weekly
Do We Get In Our Own Way English View On Speed
An English woman in Chicago laments Americans dawdling in streets while Britons move with steadier pace. The writer argues Americans rush yet are hindered by blocking others and chaotic traffic. He notes Britons and Americans both stay productive but differ in street behavior and urban rhythm.
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Isngland
Chicago
London
West End
Broadway
Canal Street
United States
No Paper Money for the Indians Says Sioux Expert
Frank L. Campbell, a former teacher among the Sioux, asserts Indians distrust paper money and prefer coins. He says the Sioux term for coin, muzza ska, means white iron, and notes a preference for ten silver dollars over a single ten dollar gold piece. The Washington Post reports his views on currency and Native finance.
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Frank L. Campbell
Washington Post
The Gocart Should Go
A New York Press critique argues against go carts for infants noting they prevent proper sleep and risk health. It urges infants lie flat and rest, condemns long hours in seats, and calls for immediate removal of go carts.
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New York Press
Millcoin: A New Smallest Unit for Thrift
The New York Press notes South history of coinage and thrift. Frugal minds mocked copper bronze cents while fractions vanished into fives. Merchants rounded prices to multiples of five, shaping a thriftier economy and hinting at a future mill.
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South
New York Press
Japanese Follow Fathers Trade Or Profession
Nearly every Japanese follows the trade or profession of his father as custom and economic practice. The observation notes strong dynastic patterns in career choice across the population.
Handwriting Styles Of Famous Authors Cited And Described
Pam cites authors and grades their handwriting from bold open fonts to microscopic scripts. Longfellow Mil ler Bront o Thackeray Napoleon Carlyle Bryant Scott Hunt Moore Gray Byron Dickens are evaluated for legibility individuality and editorial burden.
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Yra Pam
Longfellow
Joaquin Miller
Charlotte Bronto
Thackeray
Capt. Marryat
Napoleon
Germany
Josephine
War
Carlyle
Bryant
Scott
Hunt
Moore
Gray
Byron
Dickens
Jewel for Child Heroine in Portland Gift
A Portland correspondent reports Ethel Johnson, a child heroine of the Columbia disaster, received a gold butterfly and dyra monds from an unknown admirer. The gift was delivered to her home by a jewelry store employee with no sender signature, only the note From a Port land admirer. Ethel previously saved two lives during the disaster by rescuing Effie Gordon and aiding a man unable to swim until lifeboat rescue.
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Ethel Johnson
Columbia
R. R. Dingle
Portland
Effie Gordon
Seattle Times
Lobsters Found At Cash's Banks Surprise Maine Fisherman
A Maine fisherman released lobsters at Cash's Banks and hauled up 2,500 specimens none under 10 inches, most 15 to 20 inches. He believes crustaceans remain abundant despite shoreside declines and hopes others replicate his method.
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Maine
Kennebec Journal
Calls Men Food Faddists
Mrs J D Hay Shaw argues that men are obsessed with food theories and prefer discussing nourishment and digestion. She says the average man treats meals as a source of interest and anxiety and that men are the most ardent followers of food faddism.
Dissenters and Lammas Day in Rural England
Lammas on August 1 marked an old harvest festival once central to rural England and Scotland. The term derives from Hlaf-Mass as the first corn loaf was blessed in church, with Dissenters in the eighteenth century using the day to mark Queen Anne’s death and the Schism Bill’s restrictions.
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Scotland
England
Anne
Westminster Gazette
Cats as Food in Northern Italy
A historical account notes that in Northern Italy cats are considered a desirable food, despite legal bans. The practice involves fattening cats for market and cooking them roast with onions garlic parsley bay leaf red wine and Sevha, claimed to surpass rabbits in quality.
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Italy
First Chinese Woman Student Enters Berlin University
Li Tsu Zung, 17, becomes the first Chinese woman enrolled at Berlin University which hosts over 7,000 students. Daughter of a Shanghai physicist, she studied in modern schools, then privately, and plans to pursue English and German literature courses in Berlin.
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Berlin
Li Tsu Zung
Shanghai
Sloan's Lintment and Veterinary Remedies Endorsed
Dr Earl S Sloan, son of a veteranary surgeon, has twenty years practice and developed remedies from experiments to save life and relieve suffering. Readers may request Sloan's Treatise on the Horse, free, by writing to 615 Albany Street Boston MA. It explains treating horses cattle hogs and poultry.
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Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Abstaining Provosts Lead 46 Scottish Burghs
A generation after water drinking civic leaders, 46 Scottish burghs now have abstaining provosts. Notables among the list include Sir William Bisland Bart Lord Provost of Glasgow and Lord Provost Gibson of Edinburgh.
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Scotland
Lst
Sir William Bisland
Bart
Glasgow
Gibson
Edinburgh
Doctor Advised Use Cuticura For Eczema Cure
Miss Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan recalls a three month eczema outbreak on her face and head that left a painful scabbed condition. After medical advice she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and was entirely cured with no relapse.
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Anabel Wilson
North Branch
Mich
Submarine Cable Dangers From Sea Creatures and Corrosion
The article outlines threats to undersea cables including anchors, rocks, coral, quakes, sawfish snouts, swordfish spikes, and teredo navalis. It explains teredo damage risks to gutta percha cores and how silica and brass taping mitigate attacks, noting rubber insulation is less prone to teredo boring in infected bottoms.
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Tropics
Teredo Navalis
India
Ready cooked meals may aid Lancashire working mothers
A Lancashire town may solve the problem of church absence among working class mothers by serving a simple ready cooked meal from a central kitchen. The plan aims to free mothers from Sunday dinner duties so they can attend services.
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Lancashire
England
Modern house with vast porch and integrated kitchen
A contemporary architect predicts a design featuring one large room, a compact electric kitchen, and a massive enclosed porch with outdoor sleeping facilities, a concept he believes will endure.
Restoring Ruins At Tintern Abbey Arches Reopened
Restoration work at Tintern Abbey Monmouthshire proceeds with arch repairs and more excavations around the site to uncover potential new buildings. Vitus Dance Nervous Diseases claim offers Dr Kline’s Nervura Restorer with trial bottle and free treatise from Dr H R Kline Philadelphia.
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Tintern Abbey
Monmouthshire
England
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Unclear historical note on widows and marriage customs
Fragmentary line discusses East Indian daughters and marriage practices involving tea flowers. It suggests widows after death, and mentions selling funds for widows at a cheap price. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or confirmation of events.
One Day Cure Claim for Bromo Quinine Laxative
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal cold cure in one day. It markets a laxative version named Laxative Bromo Quine and mentions a signature by W. Grove. The price shown is 25e.
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W. Grove
Pure Food for Animals and Humans in Farm Trade
George B. McCabe of the Department of Agriculture warns that national pure food laws apply to animal feed as well as human food. He uses examples from Indiana and Illinois to illustrate how mislabeling hay or adulterated provisions could lead to prosecution, stressing the broad reach of enforcement in the war on fraudulent foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Chicarn
Ilinois
Rochester Democrat and Chronicie
Peruna Almanac in 8 000 000 Homes
The V Peruna Lucky Day Almanac is a fixture in many homes and now available in 1908 edition. Limited supply means readers should inquire early and obtain their copy promptly. Speak for one to day.
Vienna Builds Green Belt Around City at 10 Million
Vienna plans a surrounding belt of forests costing about 10 million dollars. Existing woods will be preserved while new plantations and wide green meadows encircle the city, linked to the Plater border on the east. The project aims to beautify suburbs and curb unattractive surroundings.
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Vienna
Plater
An Indian Critic Attacks Carlisle Indian School
Dr. Carlos Montezuma an Apache writes to the Philadelphia Public Ledger denouncing Carlisle Indian School administration. He says the school’s original goal of practical education and equality has vanished and that it now operates largely as a military post with army officers in control lacking real interest in the students.
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Carlos Montezuma
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Carlisle Indian School
Montezuma
Truth and Quality Appeal to the Well-Informed
Claiming Syrup of Figy and Elixir of Senna as a leading laxative, the ad highlights its cleansing gentle action and lack of after effects. It asserts physician approval and urges purchase of the California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Peruna Almanac
Vinginta
George the Pug
the Nile
University of Berlin
Creature of the Sea
Circle of Green
Thompson
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