Seven Years Ago Rochester Chemist Champions a Cure
William A. Franklin of Franklin Palmer Chemical Co. Rochester N C describes his kidney illness seven years ago and how Dean's Kidney Pills relieved backache and irregular kidney secretions after three boxes. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box. tester milburn co buffalo ny. Fred Chadwick an 11 year old boy of North Whitfield Mass gains notice as a pulpit orator.
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Rochester
William A. Franklin
Franklin
Palmer Chemical Co
N. C
Dean
Tester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Fred Chadwick
North Whitfield
Mass
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Mess
Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body and Relief by Cuticura
Mary Metzger of Sweetwater Oklahoma describes severe eczema spreading over her body causing intense scratching and bleeding for four months. She used Cuticura Remedies per instructions and was greatly relieved, now recommending them to others. June 1905.
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Cuticura
Mary Metzger
Sweetwater
Okla
Conversation On Jerry Simpson Reveals Wit And Water Dispute
Detroit Free Press recounts two Congressmen recalling Jerry Simpson. One notes his level head and sharp humor. A clergyman at lunch jokes about a pocket microscope and health underwear. Simpson quips he drinks water raw, preferring an aquarium to a graveyard.
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Jerry Simpson
Detroit Free Press
Congressman Simpson
Marriage and Colors Verse From the Philadelphia Bulletin
An old superstition about wedding color choices is recounted, linking dress colors to future outcomes for an Easter bride. The rhyme warns of various fates tied to gray, black, brown, red, pearl, green, yellow, blue, pink, and white wedding gowns.
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Tre
Philadelphia Bulletin
Little Things Enduring Pressure Behind a Divorce
A San Francisco Call editorialplay on small annoyances in married life leading to divorce. It notes minor discomforts like a wife’s foot or a tooth as symbolic little things that reveal larger strains in a relationship and question the vow to obey.
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San Francisco
Salt Water in City Watering Practices
European coastal cities use sea water for watering streets to save fresh water. Sea water reduces irrigation needs but damages paint on vehicles and accelerates corrosion of pipes and fittings. Merchants warn salt remains widespread and causes harmful deliquescence effects on infrastructure and vegetation.
Bride on Pullman Tour Sparks Secrecy Rumor
In a women’s smoker a passenger notes a bride on a wedding tour traveling with her husband. She allegedly blows smoke into the carriage as they share a Pullman seat for two hours, prompting whispered speculation about their relationship.
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Puch
New York Hotels Impress With Expansive Kitchens
The article details modern hotel kitchens in New York with wide 150 by 200 foot spaces, white tiled walls, 14 foot ceilings, and a chef’s office near the main meat refrigerator. Ranges for coal, gas and charcoal line one side and a copper kettle laden upper area, with a 1000 pigeon roast capacity and electric spits.
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New York
Gardenanger
Sibley and Bubb Heroic Frontline Officers in 1876 Sioux War
General J W Bubb and Major Frederick W Sibley of the Second Cavalry served with Generals Crook and Miles in the Big Horn and Yellowstone campaigns against the Sioux. The article recounts Bubb’s daring ferry rescue at Fetterman and Sibley’s near capture during a Sioux chase, as told by Finerty and De Barthe, with Grouard and Sibley Scout details.
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Bubb
Major Sibley
Crook
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Sibley
J. W. Bubb
St. Paul
Department of Dakota
Frederick W. Sibley
Second Cavalry
Fort Snelling
Leutenants
West Point
Miles
Montana
Wyoming
Piierty
Fort Fetterman
Custer
Frank Grouard
United States Scouts
Altting Buil
Finerty
Sutorius
Wells
West Pointer
Reynolds
Crazy Horse
Joe de Barthe
Lieutenant Sibley
Grouard
Mr. Sibley
Sioot
de Barthe
Grauard
Twain's farmers share humor near El mira summer home
The article recounts Mark Twain’s popularity with neighbors around Quarry Hill near El Mira, recounting a farmer who bought a hunting dog praised by a wary seller. The dog chased a fox with the farmer following, and another observer quips that the dog was three feet ahead, a playful anecdote from Lippincott’s.
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Mark Twain
Elmira
Lippincnit
The Grown of Gold. Dunbar’s Crown Joke
The article recalls Paul Laurence Dunbar addressing a New York Sunday school audience. After his remark about children someday earning a gold crown, a boy quips that his father wears one already, and Dunbar replies that the father wears it on his roof.
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Paul Lawrence Dunbar
New York
Dunbar
Fader
French Fun in Legislation Inspires American Parallels
The line contrasts French enjoyment of politics with that among American elites, noting a shared relish for legislative processes across cultures and classes.
Curious items from around the world and sea
A parade coach used by London’s lord mayor since 1767 is described along with a set of curiosities. An eagle seized a 10 pound carp on the Kankakee river. A New York to Guayaquil voyage is 11470 miles, shortened to 2864 after Panama Canal opens. A devil fish was found in a fish on display in Lock Haven Pennsylvania. A two tailed calf was born in Indiana. A rat killed a robin in Jersey Shore Pennsylvania. A silver thimble among Hapsburg treasures in Vienna bears engraving A V W 1084. Only two U S naval officers have appeared on stamps. Jethou Island is the smallest inhabited island in Europe with seven residents.
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New York
Guayaquil
Cape Horn
Panama Canal
Hefbure
Vienna
Negro Population of Missouri Declines in Statewide Race Balance
The Missouri Negro population is shrinking as a share of the total, dropping to under five percent. Across the state, most counties have few or no Black residents, with Kansas City the only Missouri city near the capital in Black population levels. The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes the overall decline and sparse distribution.
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Missouri
Atlantic
Missouri City
Kansas City
Schuyler and
Reynolds
St. . Louis
Deafness Cure Claims and Miscellaneous Advertisements
Claim that deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies and offers 100 dollars for catarrh related deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes notes on medicines Hall's Family Pills, Winslow's Boothing Syrup, and a mention of London's library for the blind with 800 volumes.
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Hall
Comnex & Co
Toledo
Drugeists
Mg. Winslow
London
Anti-Belch Wafer Cure All Stomach Troubles
An advertisement promotes AMfull’s Anti-Belch Wafers claiming to purify the stomach and stop belching by absorbing foul gases and aiding digestion. It asserts relief from seasickness headaches indigestion bad breath and related ailments with a bold offer and warnings it may not reappear.
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Muli
Nervous disease cure advert and rough notes
An ad touts Dr Eling the Great Nerve Restorer cure for St Vitus Dance and nervous ailments with a $2 trim bottle. It lists H R Kline of Philadelphia and a Cleveland mention. The piece also covers feather washing instructions and a statistic claiming 86,000 American men are filed by work every year.
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St. Vitus
Eling
H.R. Kline
St.Phile
United States
Cleveland
Moffett
Lydia I Finkham Vegsintile Comic Cure Airs
A fragmented note references Lydia I Finkham and a health cure promotion tied to Vegsintile satire. Names like Alles Boreyhill appear in the odd wording as part of the damaged text. The piece hints at a theatrical or promotional event centered on health claims.
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Lydia I
Finkham
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