HAPPY WOMEN PRAISES KIDNEY REMEDY CLAIM
Mrs Pare of Glasgow Kentucky reports relief from kidney trouble after using Deans Kidney Pills. She describes back pain, variable secretions, scalding urination, and inflammation. Pills regulated secretions, restored color, and stopped discomfort. Sold by all dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mrs. Pare
C. B. Pare
Glasgow
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Leaves to Tea: Fresh Green Growth Yields Dry Tea
Four pounds of fresh leaves produce one pound of dried tea. The conversion highlights the significant weight loss during drying and the efficiency of processing leaves into tea.
Cure for Eczema with Cutura Products Praised
Mrs I B Jones of Addington Indiana reports two year battle with severe eczema ended by one box of Cutura Ointment two bottles of Resolvent and Soap. The treatment brought a permanent cure after prior failure and sleepless nights.
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I. B. Jones
Addington
Ind. T
First East West Overland Travel Began From Cumberland
As the panic of 1837 hit the nation the National road lay unfinished and no work occurred after 1841. Two years earlier a line of stages and post routes started from Cumberland Maryland to Terre Haute Indiana with tri weekly service to Springfield Illinois. Passengers and mail rode in four horse coaches with 50 pounds baggage and 10 cents per mile. Clay and Lincoln were among frequent travelers.
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Finois
Cumberland
Maryland
Clay
Lincoln
Birthrate disparities hit Fifth Avenue in New York
New York records show sixteen thousand babies born citywide in four months with fewer than ten in the Fifth Avenue millionaire district. Register of Vital Statistics Gilroy notes Fifth Avenue has the lowest birthrate while the East Side near Division Street shows the highest.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Register of Vital
Gilroy
Eastside
Division Street
New York American
Coffee Heart Cure Promised by Postum Beverage
A Brooklyn man writes that ditching coffee after 30 years cured daily heart palpitations. He found Postum Food Coffee, prepared by boiling 15 to 20 minutes, palatable and healthful, with no harmful stimulation. The ad promotes Postum by Postum Co. and the brochure The Road to Wellville.
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Brooklyn
Jesson
Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Hermine Reshaped by Flags and Fate at Sea
A Boston Transcript feature recounts the steamship Hermine built in 1901 that sailed under Austrian and Russian flags, changing names and commanders as it carried cargo from the Mediterranean to Vladivostok and back, ending in Austro-American service under Capt Bussanich. The piece notes multiple flag changes and role shifts in four years.
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Hermine
Mediterranean
Stockton-on-Tyne
Hermine Steamship Company
Austria-Hungary
America
Vladivostok
Nina
Frieda
Black Sea
Far East
Zar
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Bussanich
Boston Transcript
Natural Enemies on a Seattle Cable Car
A thin man in a James street cable car debates comfort and seating with a fat man. He argues it is better for one to stand than for two to please two women who enter, planning a future encounter where the fat man may be squeezed out of recognition. The exchange ends with a sharp social point on bodily size and fairness.
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James Street
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Cost of Living Compared by Per Capita Income
Mr. F. W. Hewes in Harper's Weekly finds the relative cost of living not higher today than ten years ago. He argues that rising income offsets higher prices for food clothing and housekeeping, based on statistics from 1892 to 1903.
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F. W. Hewes
Harper’s Weekly
Doubtful Stubb asks about marriage plans
In a playful exchange, Stubb and Penn joke about marriage and ice breaking. Penn contemplates proposing tonight while Stubbs wonders if the plunge will be cold or hot, hinting at lifelong commitment.
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Stubb
Penn
Stubbs
Detroit Tribune
Argentina Modern Nation of Four States in South America
A brief note describes Argentina as a United States of South America consisting of four states and territories with a population around five million.
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Argentina
United States
South America
Wandering Jew superstition shocks Don Toribio street residents
Residents sprinkled holy water after two brothers fought, fearing the Wandering Jew will appear to bring misfortune unless scared away. The belief ties quarrels to a calamitous omen in Mexican superstition reported by the Mexican Herald.
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Don Toribio
No Safety for Fruit Trees
The Louisville Courier Journal notes that amateur gardeners may plant geraniums and exotics, but practical growers should wait. It says no remedy exists for fruit trees except choosing northern exposures, as trees in yards are too large for artificial protection and must take their chances.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Private car lines seek ICC jurisdiction over rates
Railroad officials advocate bringing private car lines under the Interstate Commerce Commission. A railroad president says lines are paid mileage without discrimination and that excessive charges are for the shipper to settle with car lines if no governing law exists. Car mileage payments are deemed legal, akin to rental for property.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Ostrich Lays Few Eggs in Australia Industry Growth Seen
An Australian ostrich hen lays about 15 eggs yearly. With many large ostrich farms, experts expect the industry to expand substantially in the future.
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Australia
Erie Pacific type locomotive sets 71 mph on trial run
A new Erie's standard Pacific passenger locomotive pulled a ten car vestibuled train weighing 1 208 050 pounds at 71 miles per hour on entering Port Jervis during a Jersey City to Port Jervis trial. On level track 61 mph and 27 mph uphill over the hill from Middletown. The engine and tender weighed 389 750 pounds carrying 8500 gallons of water and 16 tons of coal, the largest passenger engine yet built and the best Erie test to date.
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Erie
Port Jervis
Jersey City
Middletown
New Orleans Visits San Francisco With 550 Foot Pennant
The American cruiser New Orleans sailed into San Francisco Bay on January 27 en route from Guam to Mare Island to be paid off and decommissioned, displaying a ward-bound pennant extending 550 feet.
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New Orleans
San Francisco Bay
Guam
Mare Island
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all states by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 dollars for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Lally
F. J. Cugner & Co
Losedo
Draguwists
Jake Hall
Mutiny on British Steamship Brinkburne at San Francisco
The Brinkburne faced a mutiny as the crew, aware of contraband cargo bound for Vladivostok, resigned except for the captain. The Chinese crew also tried to land, but customs officers intervened to block the shore exit.
Panama Hats In Style For Country Wear Though City Favors
Panama hats remain in good form for the country with added prestige after being dropped by “the great untubbed.” In town, no man would wear a Panama, while for the city the rough straw sailor hat ranks next to it. Haberdasher.
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Panama
Mrs Carre Wing Credits Peruna Cure for Illness
Mrs Carre Wing of Darhington Missouri recounts years of biliousness kidney and liver trouble. She says a cold worsened pains with backache and headaches until Peruna cured her after twelve bottles, restoring her health.
Cured by Short Peruna Course Says Minnie McAllister
Minnie El McAllister of 1217 West 33d Street Minneapolis writes of years of back and right side pain. A Peruna course, advised by a church member, improved her health in a week and 7 weeks later she is entirely cured. She praises the remedy for pelvic abdominal catarrh and claims many similar testimonials.
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West 33d Street
Shader McAllister
Apolis
Minn
Forlows
Peruna
Perna
Peru
Hartman
Minnie EL McAllister
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