Pink Pills Help Veteran After Thirty Years of Illness
A veteran, Fred Taylor of Elmira New York, chronicled his 30 year struggle with bronchial Garrhoea and nerve pain. After trying many remedies he found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills, reporting improved sleep nerves and strength. His wife also endorses the remedy as they spread word the pills restore blood and nerves. The pills are sold by druggists or by mail from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Gehenectady New York.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Fred Taylor
Elmira
N.Y
189Th Regiment
Taylor
Geneva
F. J. Moffner
Ding
Mr. Taylor
Ciny
Cane
Mounted Policeman's Feat on Bicycle Astonishes Boys
In Philadelphia a bicycle patrolman from the twenty eighth district named Hancock spotted a crowd of boys scrambling on a new lumber pile. The piling timber slid and formed a makeshift ramp as Hancock rode to the top then landed in soft clay across the street. The startled youths fled, claiming Hancock has wings on his bike.
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Gace
Philadelphia
Omicer Hancock
Twenty-Eighth
Hancock
Philadelphia Examiner
Broad tire wagons. Why not use wide tires everywhere
Discussion on road improvement urges farmers to adopt wide tires to reduce wear, save energy, and ease travel on muddy roads. Notes lumbermen and freighters use wide tires, while farmers cling to narrow tires due to tradition, causing costly road damage and inefficiency. Advocates first legislation encouraging wide tires for national road welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farmer and Farm News
Postmaster General ruling on mimeograph ads praised by business
The Chicago Tribune notes mixed response to the Postmaster General’s decision to classify mimeograph and hectograph items as first class. W G Arnold of A B Dick says revenue-raising aim, while merchants fear higher postal bills. Selfridge and Thorne report varied impact on price lists and mailings. South Water Street firms greet the ruling. Verhalen Bros. praises cleaner, better prepared ads.
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Wilson
Chicago Tribune
W. G. Arnold
A. B. Dick Company
Mr. Arnol
South Water Street
Board of Trade
Harry G. Selfridge
Marshall Field & Co
Arnold
Verhalen Bros
Poor Men Go Farming on Island Landsfor Poverty Relief
The Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor announced plans to assign farm lots on Long Island with priority to men with families. Each worker receives a quarter acre, can work mornings and evenings, and repays tool and seed costs if possible. A superintendent and three assistants provide free instruction. About thirty men are at work. A donor offers 1,600 acres in five to ten acre parcels for worthy families, hoping unemployed city residents will relocate.
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Island
Society For
Long Island
Blinker's Comet Changes Course, Observatory Dispatch
Telegraph dispatch from an observatory reports that Blinker's telescopic comet has altered its trajectory. The Daily Bustle editorial page recalls a past note claiming the comet would collide with a large object, a claim tied to earlier printings and a forthcoming illustrated feature.
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Telegraph
Blinker
Daily Bustle
New York Weekly
The Traitor Dreyfus Arrives at Isle de Diable
French papers report Capt. Dreyfus, a French traitor, arriving at the Isle de Diable to be imprisoned under strict guard. He may walk a 400 foot square plot only, with soldiers ready to fire if he leaves it. He is described as very unhappy.
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Dreyfus
Isle de Diable
New Fish Hatchery to Lead World Class
A new hatchery on a Sault Ste Marie island in Michigan will be the finest globally when finished. It will hold 45 million whitefish and 5 million trout with surrounding ponds and top facilities for fish propagation.
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Sault Rapids
Michigan
Mismatched Shoes Sparks Church Member Misunderstanding
A brief, humorous wartime dialogue records a customer returning squeaky shoes to a shoemaker. The customer denies church membership, prompting a correction from the shoemaker who misidentifies him as a critic of faith. The exchange ends with a light rebuke over mistaken identity.
Superstition 1 the Monsoon
In Kentucky mountain towns fear of a murderer's ghost deters legal hangings, as locals worry the spook will haunt them if justice is carried out.
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Kentucky
When Kings Were Jockeys in Early England
A historical note recalls that before Henry II era there were no professional horse trainers and monarchs often served as their own jockeys, highlighting royal equestrian practices prior to formal training.
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Henry Iil
Missing Links and Summer Travel Notes In Fractured Text
Fragmented OCR includes notes on diverse topics a English grammar pupils and nationalities. It cites New York population, a surgeon making an artificial eye socket, a Parisian germicide, a Pa newborn nineteen pound boy, New Orleans factory growth 1870-1895, and a Burlington Route travel pitch with summer excursions and rail schedules. It mentions Chicago related agents and promotions for Midwest routes to Niagara Falls Mackinac Island and New England.
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New York
H. A. Bateman
Oldtown
New Orleans
Somme
Michigan Central
Niagara Falla Toute
Niagara Falls
Mackinac
Thousand Islands
St Lawrence
White Mountains
Adirondacks
Portland
Boston
New England
Seashore
W. Ruggles
Chicago
Lady Burdett-Coutts Wealthy and Philanthropic Icon
The richest British woman, Miss Burdett-Coutts, known for her charity and wealth from Coutts bank, marries a much younger American who adopts her surname. Despite age, she remains active and stylish, though critics note old fashioned tastes.
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Murdett-Coutts
London
Bartlett-Coutts
Duke of Aumale
Cranks
Thas
United Kingdom
Coutts Bank
Queen Victoria
Miss Burdett-Coutts
New York Tribune
Trains Sparrows to Fight in Underground Feuds
A Commercial Advertiser report claims a Chinese immigrant in New York trains cock sparrows for fighting. Sparrows are wing clipped and spurs fitted with gaffs to battle two Spanish roosters, an activity noted as highly entertaining and akin to rat killing in its savor, though cock and dog fighting are illegal.
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John Chinaman
Gotham
United States
John
Sugar Trust in West Indies Crisis Warns on Bounties
The West India committee circular notes a crisis in sugar production and slow consumption. It argues abolition of bounties and lower duties to boost demand, urging governments to avoid sharp measures that worsen the situation. The production rises by about 1,000,000 tons annually while consumption grows 250,000 tons monthly. The ambassador clarifies the views reflect the committee, not his government.
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Julian Pauncefote
Department of State
West India Committee of London
Europe
Washington Star
The Joy of God and Silent Divine Voice
Cited excerpt from Alexander McLaren on attaining joy of God through stillness before divine voice. It emphasizes quiet minds and restrained hearts as God speaks mainly in silence, with noisy souls drowning his guidance.
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God
Alexander Meclaren
Aluminum Point Reveals Permanent Metallic Lines on Glass
A late disc M. Charlen Margot of the University of Geneva reports that rubbing on glass with an aluminum point yields clear metallic lines that cannot be removed by washing, regardless of repetition.
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M. Charlen Margot
Physical Laboratory
University of Geneva
Random Reading Notes on Demographics and Local Incident
A divorced Chicago-area bridesmaid at her ex husband’s second wedding is noted. North Dakota shows 44.58 percent foreign birth, Minnesota 39.0, and Wisconsin 90.78 percent. An East Manchester resident sought the president of a group aiding suppression of children at police HQ to report wood theft by boys?
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
East Manchester
Shelety
Princess Marie of Greece Admiralty Yacht Enthusiast
The Princess Marie of Greece is noted for her passion for yachting and for handling boats with sea captain skill. Her mother reportedly passed a sailing master's exam and earned the title admiral of the Russian fleet, making her the only woman admiral.
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Marie
Greece
Russia
Kipling’s Tour of Washington Capitals Secrets
The article notes Rudyard Kipling’s probing of Washington D C landmarks including the model room under the dome and the vault beneath Washington’s sarcophagus. It mentions his roof crawl of the supreme court room and portrays his bold, good natured approach to gathering stories.
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Rudyard Kipling
National Capitol
Washington
Supreme Court Room
PITHY PICKINGS Texas Faces Timber Shortage in Fifteen Years
A brief collection notes timber depletion in Pithy Pickings Texas warning that at 1,000,000,000 feet cut yearly the state will have no timber in fifteen years. It also mentions naval gun wear, a death in Joy, and a German domestic worker who died at age 93 after seven years in one household.
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Texas
Wm. Jenkins
Spencer
W. Va
Elizabeth Vierer
Names of lands and places in historic text
The note lists various country names and their origins, linking Sumatra to happy land and Zanzibar to the land of the Zulus, with mentions of Peru and the Moldau, Transvaal, Java, Morocco, Bolivia, Arabia, and Melay. It then shifts to a comic scene with a tired child and a minister, and a fruit dealer correcting upside down boxes.
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Sumatra
Zululand
Peru
Moldivia
Transvaal
Columbia
Columbus
Morocco
Bolivia
Simon Bolivar
Arabia
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ST. Jacobs
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