Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Promises Quick Cough Cure
An advertisement warns that neglected colds become chronic illnesses and urges taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral at the start of a cough. It claims a few doses cure, listing three sizes 25c 50c and 1 and noting availability at all druggists.
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Ayer
Her Nightly Habit
Comic exchange on wife sleeping habits from the Chicago News features a doctor and Mr Stubb. The doctor asks about sleep onset and Stubb replies she sleeps when she touches his vest pocket.
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Stubb
Chicago News
Local bank cashier lineage noted at Gazle funeral
One hundred twenty one men born and raised in Owenton Kentucky became bank cashiers after leaving town. The fact was shared at the funeral of Walter B Gazle the town banker who died last week and many surviving local cashiers attended the services.
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Owenton
Walter 8. Gazle
Local Bargain List Incomplete From Portland Advertisement
Obscure OCR fragment lists prices for plows, wood beams, wind mills and farming goods. Mentions Young America Creamee No 1 and Steel Wind a Soak with prices, and a farm supply line in Portland Oregon.
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Tagry Bea
South Bend
Young America Creamee
Munnery
Relerson
Morison St
Portland, Or
Sir Michael Herbert Ambassadeur to United States Passes
Sir Michael Herbert diplomat and ambassador to the United States died in Switzerland while seeking to restore his health. Born 1857, he rose through the British foreign service, serving in Paris Washington The Hague Constantinople Rome and finally as ambassador to the United States in 1902. He married Le Ma Wilson and had two sons. King Edward awarded him the Grand Cross for Venezuelan negotiations and he helped negotiate the Alaskan boundary treaty now pending arbitration.
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United States
Switzerland
M. 4
Berbery
Europe
House of Pembroke
British Foreign Office
Paris
Washington
Hague
Constantinople
Rome
Lord Pauncefote
Legation
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Sir Michael
le Ma’ Wilson
R. T. Wilson
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Ogden Goelet
Duke of Roxburghe
Edward
St. Michael and
St. George
London
Bluffton Secret Society Case Reveals Severe Hazing Details
At Bluffton Indiana the assault and battery trial of ten L A B society members indicted for hazing Ralph McBride and three others revealed brutal acts. Victims faced barbed wire, high falls, blindfolds, and trains on adjacent tracks affecting attendance. Prosecutor Burns probes whether initiation caused illness and death. Parents did not seek further inquiry.
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Bluffton, Ind
L. A. B. Secret Society
Ralph McBride
John Burns
McBride
One of Her Own and Depew Story Stir at Gathering
Chauncey M. Depew pressed into a tale told at a party when a girl laughed and revealed the speaker had told her own story half an hour earlier. The senator then moved to the back, silent for the first time, as a remark about soup names and French cooking sparked humor.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Senator Depew
Peruna touted by church worker as life saver in Galion
A Galion Ohio church worker Mrs Hattie La Fountain credits Peruna with curing months of bearing down pains headaches and fatigue after reading of Dr Hartmans free home treatment offer She recalls her husband sacrificing money for physicians and urges others to seek Peruna as directed by the doctor Also Annie Hoban Miss Mamie Powell and Miss Annie Hoban endorse Peruna for nervous restfulness headaches and general health improvements through regular use and spring fall dosages
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Hattie la Fountain
Treas
Protective Home Circle
Catholic Ladies of
Ohio
Galion, O
Poruna
Hartman
Annie Hoban
Post Pocahontas of
Yemassee Council of Red Men
Woman’s Branch
Eighth Avenue
New York
Peruna
Mamie Powell
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Peruna praised by California woman’s federation official
Mrs. Julia M. Brown secretary of the Woman’s State Federation of California in Los Angeles writes that Peruna outperforms any claimed by patent medicines. She says several women near collapse found strength and health through Peruna and she uses it herself for nervous fatigue with satisfactory results.
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Julia M. Brown
Woman’s State
Fion
California
Fifth St
Los Angeles
Cal
Perina
Well Informed Comment Echoes Neighborhood Gossip
A quick exchange questions Mrs. Knicker and Mrs. Jones about being well informed. Mrs. Becker confirms the Cook has lived with multiple local families, illustrating shared social ties in the neighborhood.
Her Great Fortune Ends in Cureless Struggle
A housebound woman long plagued by a chronic female derangement exhausts doctors and remedies, finally losing hope of relief as her saga unfolds.
Wise exchange on medical doubt between young physician and old doctor
Dialogue highlights cautious judgment when disease nature is unclear. The young doctor seeks guidance and the old physician advises restraint and listening before acting. The piece emphasizes prudence over hasty conclusions in medical practice.
Two Boer Generals Buy 100000 Acres in Mexico for Colonization
From a Canadian View reports that two Boer generals have acquired one hundred thousand acres in Mexico to promote colonization. The piece notes slow recognition for Boer interests in South Africa and hints at shifting colonial aims.
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Mexico
South Africa
Advice from Dr Hartman at von Hartman Sanitarium
A caller is instructed to write to Dr Hartman in Columbus for a full statement of their case. The doctor will provide valuable advice gratis. The address given is Dr Hartman President of von Hartman Sanitarium Columbus.
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Peru
Dr. Hartman
Corrupt County Notice and Hall’s Catarrh Cure Ad
A faded clipping mocks a testimonial about Hall's Catarrh Cure while a legal-sounding statement from Frank J. Cheney promises payment for cures. The text includes a city and county reference and a notary public attestation from A. W. Gemabon.
Primer rewritten in five syllables for Boston children
Biggs reports a decision to rewrite the primer in five syllable words for Boston children. Wiggs asks for details as the plan is announced. The exchange notes a focus on simplifying reading material for local students.
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Biggs
Wiggs
Boston
Cause for Happiness and a Pet Kitten Charm
A mother and child admire a pretty kitten that never cries. The dialog pairs with an 19th century style aside and a patent medicine pitch for Piso’s Cure, claiming it cures coughs colds and consumption with a 25 cent price at druggists.
Mrs Rushes Role in the 400 Revealed in Baltimore
In a Baltimore American snippet, Dolly asks about Mrs Rush’s position in the 400. Kitty responds she is one of the naughts, indicating her status within the group.
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Dolly
Mrs. Rusher
Kitty
Baltimore American
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