Commodore Nicholson Endorses Peruna Cure Claim
A letter from Commodore Somerville Nicholson of the United States Navy praises Peruna as a sure cure for catarrh and endorses it to readers. Dr. Hartman offers gratis advice, and a 1904 Peruna Almanac is advertised. The piece also notes vast canal lengths in Asia and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Nicholson
United States Navy
B.st
N. W
Washington, D. C
S. Nicholson
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ted R. Faxton
Remarkable Cream Separator Promises Low Price and High Value
An advertisement touts The Wonderful Dream Separator claiming thirty minute operation and butter fat loss under 1 percent. Prices range 2.75 to 6.00 each, with a bold pitch to mail stamps for a large seed and tool catalogue from John A. Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wis. A.C.L. anecdote notes Dr Talmage visit in England 1879 and a packed church entrance fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
A.C.L
Talmadge
England
Detroit Free Press
A.C
Knew His Rights in a 6 Cent Dispute
Two newsboys quarrel over 6 cents with the smaller boy claiming fraud. They fight and the smaller boy is whipped. He vows to fight again if the other pays him 2 cents of the money. The incident ends with a defiant demand and a bloody nose.
Dinner Hour Movable Shows Modern Civilization Shifts
In Pall Mall Gazette a discussion traces meals from medieval dawn feasts to today’s four to five daily meals. The piece notes shifts from breakfast’s rise in importance to dinner at increasingly late hours, detailing historical patterns from 15th century to 18th century.
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Charles Lamb
Percy
Elizabeth
Oxford
Cambridge
Cromwell
England
Charles II
Pepys
House of Commons
Anne
Horace Walpole
Oxford University
Gla
Simond
Pall Mall Gazette
New Mexico Scenic Wagon Road Pushed by Convict Labor
The New Mexico Legislature funds a 27 mile wagon road from Santa Fe to Las Vegas over the Pecos forest reserve. Convicts will build the route with survey by Santa Fe and San Miguel counties. The project aims to connect canyon routes with high mountain switchbacks and dramatic scenery, offering access to Pecos forest and trout fishing.
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New Mexico
Legislative Assembly
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
Pecos River
Sangre de Cristo Range
San Miguel
Santa Fe Canyon
Gailinais Canyon
Balid
Pecos
Indian Creek Canyon
Dalton Canyon
Indian Canyon
Pecos Forest
National
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Remarkable 115 Year Old Man Recalls Long Life
A Texas man born before the nation, SAAC Brock of McLennan County, aged about 115, resides near Bosque Falls. His biography in local papers highlights long life, health, and use of Peruna with notes on friends, family Bible dating, and references to early 1900s publicity.
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Isaac Brock
Buncombe CO
N. C
Saac Brock
McLennan
Texas
Bosque Falls
Waco
Eugene
Lario
Thi
Twentiers Avenue
Denver
Col
Dean
S& Twinge Suicé
Voster-Milburn Co
Drugeisi
Valley Mills
Isaac
Andrew Jackson
Brock
Waca’ Fimes-Herald
Dallas. Morning News
Chicago -Times-Herald
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Commodore Nicholson
Qua Havy
China
St. Petersburg
India
Commodore
Nicholson
Doctor Talmage
Chicago Tribune
Ayer
D. P. Jolly
Avoca
Ater CO
Lowel i. Steas
Wonders IN
Pecos River Forest Reserve
Mr. Crawford
W. B. Yeats
Frankliin
Marion Crawford
Mississippi
Germany
United States
British India
Yellowstone Park
University of Chicaho
Hartmanis
Orippe
My. Brock
The
Hartman: Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Mr. Brock
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Paris
Lamsure Piso
Toomas
Maple St
Norwich
N.Y
Porter
Madame Zadog Porter
sTiot
Ark
sPor
Ren Eyer
Gola
Viet Ees
Chero Penninth
State Street
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