Golden Medical Discovery and All Healing Salve Promotion
An advertisement extols Dr. R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for impure blood and related skin and bodily afflictions, claiming brain clarity and bodily healing. It promotes Pierce’s All Healing Salve for open ulcers, urging readers to mail fifty four cents for delivery if not in stock. It asserts the medicine’s known composition and oath-attested ingredients, and adds Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butt
Galden
R. V. Pearce
Main
Buffalo
N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery
Pierce
Frayed OCR Note Hints at Missing Page Item
Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear words and stray letters suggesting a damaged edge or corrupted line. Readable entities are minimal, with no definite names dates or places to anchor a complete item. The fragment implies a partial notice, not a full event, awaiting clearer context.
Dr Addison Jones Offers Cure All Chronic Ailments
Dr Addison Jones advertises lifelong visits and cures for chronic diseases. He claims rapid diagnosis, specialist care, and treatments for catarrh lungs digestive issues and nervous disorders. Free confidential consultations from Oakwood Bird address with claims of dramatic, even miraculous, recoveries.
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Jkoos
Jones
Wien
Enterasce
Dracel
Hank
Addison Jones
Oakwend Bird
Cummins of Iowa Aims Beyond State Lines in 1908
The piece profiles Albert B. Cummins of Iowa as a dynamic Republican figure who opposes prohibition, fights party pragmatism, and pursues a potential U S Senate or even presidential path. It contrasts him with allies and rivals like Dolliver, Shaw, and La Follette, notes his early career in railroads and law, and highlights his popular appeal especially among women voters. It also sketches his wife Ida Gallery Cummins as a persuasive political partner and hints at the broader national intrigue should he rise to national office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Edgerton
Ohio
Iowa
United States Senate
William B. Allison
Jonathan F. Dolliver
Congress
Hepburn
Hull
Lacey
Cousins
Cummins
Trust Advo
Cates
Allison
Shaw
Theodore Roosevelt
la Follette
Cunmins
Albert Baird Cummins
Pennsylvania
Indiama
A. B. Cummins
Towa
United States
John H. Gear
Leslie M. Shaw
Dolliver
Albert B. Gummins
Prohibition Cummins
Senate
Hin
Ida L. Gallery
Michigan
Albert B. Cummins
Wisconsin
le Lardly
Cummins and La Follette Fight Railroads in Wisconsin
The piece highlights Wisconsin leaders Cummins and La Follette opposing railroad influence and tariff favoritism. It notes Cummins’ bold veto against a railroad consolidation bill pushed by James J. Hill, describing his courage and isolation from party allies. The text praises their anti-railroad stance and devotion to national interests.
Death Luring Ad How Belle Gunness Enticed Victims
A sensational excerpt describes Belle Gunness of Laporte Indiana using matrimonial ads to lure victims to her “murder farm.” The letter from Carl Peterson details a Scandinavian reply and Gunness's calculated pitch asking for $100 cash as a security to partner with her, citing property and trust issues as motives. The piece highlights the ruse and Gunness’s alleged manipulation to attract men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
Carl Peterson
Waupaca
Wis
Gunness
Philip
Indiana
Chicago
Bank Bachelor Repeats Offer Of Kisses By Letter
Benjamin Thomas a La Rue County schoolteacher sent a thousand kiss check to a Covington Ky girl. Morris Clements the La Rue bank cashier replied he cannot issue a draft but will personally deliver kisses as his job allows him to travel. The Kentucky girl has not responded.
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Benjamin Thomas
la Rua
Marion County
Covington
la Rue
Morris Clements
Kentucky
French Chemical Scarecrow Protects Wheat From Crows
French agriculturist Stanilas Vetard reports a seed treatment using court ar petroleum and phenic acid to delay germination for a day or two and emit a odor repellent to crows. The odor fades as sprouts thicken and become less vulnerable to attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanilas Vetard
Jardin des Plantes to Become Zoo Oasis Near Paris
A project envisions moving the Jardin des Plantes three miles from Paris to create a zoo logical oasis. The plan emphasizes giving animals greater liberty and space in a naturalistic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Transatlantic Line Adds Trained Nurses On Ships
The Kennebec Journal notes that one line now staffs ships with trained nurses. The piece suggests that even modest travelers may face high costs, implying seasickness and luxury on transatlantic crossings are becoming more exclusive.
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Kennebec Journal
Let Us Alone Cry Lays Out Fractured Verse
Fragmented poem lines depict a chorus calling for independence and relief from various social sectors including farm folk, merchants, laborers, and financiers. The piece references struggle, progress paused, and a hopeful return to power and renewal despite tumultuous sentiment.
Escape Plan at Chateau of Mirachieu Revealed
Eugene Levesque a royalist lieutenant in 1790s France devises a daring escape for his betrothed Heloise Mirachieu from a chateau. Disguised as Marie Bronneau he frees the prisoners, swaps clothes, and helps them reach the border with help from the Brouneau family as guards falter. The plan relies on stealth, deceit, and a wagon escape to join the Marquis and Prince Conde’s forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Levesque
Prince of Conde
Mirachieu
Heloise
Levesque
Mirschien Chateau
Marquis
Paris
Bronneau
Mirachieus
Marie Bronneau
Marie
Eugene
Brouveaus
Eugenie
Om Mugen
Chateau
Enene
Brouneaus
Marie Brounesu
Josse
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