Cure claims and free testimonials for incurable heart disease
An advertisement from The Dr. Miles Medical Association offers two dollars and a half worth of personal treatment and free literature claiming many cures from physicians. It lists names and addresses of alleged cured individuals and ends with a note on a Cape Town opera house play titled Tommy Atkins having a successful run.
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H. A. Grace
Mountain St
Elgin
Ill
Sophia Snowhere
21St Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
A. P. Colburn
Blessing
M. B. Morelan
Rogers
Ohio
Dr. Miles Medical Association
State St
Chicago
Tommy Atkins
Cape Town Opera House
Totem Pole Lawsuit Shakes Seattle Over Alaska Relic
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer story recounts an Alaska excursion on the City of Seattle that returned with a totem pole. Claims arise from Tongas and Fox Indians and Solomon Cheshiahud, with a Juneau grand jury probing the case as proprietors and crew face damages and witnesses.
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Seattle
Totem Pole
Pacific Coast
Post-Intelligencer
Alaska
Tongas Island
Pioneer Square
Willam Kimnnock
Kininnock
Pole
Juneau
Capt. Connell
Purser Pope
Solomon Cheshiahud
Tolstoi
Provided Against A Famine. Why a Philadelphia Family
The Philadelphia Record recounts Jacob Willoughby of Kensington who, foreseeing a famine after Philadelphia's 1876 centennial, hoarded vast canned food stocks. Twenty three years later he fed his family on remaining supplies and kept them rather than admit error, with guests often rejoicing at the overflow.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Willoughby
Kensington
Willoughby
Mr. Willoughby
Telling Tales and Tobacco Tales Across the Veld
A speaker with years in South Africa describes natives feigning dramatic losses and battles to gain information. He notes natives relish weaving exciting stories for small rewards and enjoy the confidence trick as eyes twinkle with mischief during confidential chats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
What do you sell that ribbon for
A Columbus Ohio State Journal item quotes a shopper asked in a busy high street shop about ribbon pricing. The clerk responds with a weekly wage and a price per yard, reflecting a period commerce detail.
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Columbus
State Journal
Lulu-Did Jack Get On His Knees When He Proposed
Lina replies that she did not join in the proposal as Jack asked. The Philadelphia Bulletin records the exchange as a light personal note in a society column style.
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Lulu
Jack
Lina
Philadelphia Bulletin
Foreign Bridges Built by US Triumph of American Brains
The Atbara bridge in Egypt and the Glacier Point bridge on the Yukon and White Pass railway exemplify rapid, capital backed construction. American work on the Atbara was chosen for speed, with Sudan rail traffic opening within fourteen months of ousting the dervish power. The White Pass line spans forty one miles from Skaguay to Lake Bennett, built rapidly with electric-night work and cost estimates from ten thousand to one hundred thousand dollars per mile.
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Ish Engineering
Atbara
Egypt
Glacier Point
Yukon and
White Pass
Soudan
Skaguay
Lake Bennett
Canadian
Yukon
Episcopal Profanity and Gout Jokes Finale
A New York monk jokes that gout makes him wish he were not a priest. He recalls a bishop friend who found relief in uttering Be jabbers when tempted. A Chicago Times-Herald quip mocks Miss Rockingham and a groom's wish for chloroform before marriage.
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New York Sun
New York
Rockingham
Chicago Times-Herald
Melbourne solicitor defends wrong client in court
In Melbourne a distinguished solicitor mistakenly defended the wrong defendant in a district court session. After a lengthy argument for the first case, he realized his error when the second man stepped forward claiming the case. Laughter followed as the court corrected the record and the lawyer sought his fee.
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Melbourne
Australia
Be yond the Alps Lies Italy In Ambition Essay
A Kansas graduate narrator rejects grand future glory, wagering her education on practical aims. She jokes that education helps fix grammar and calculate grocery deals, then pivots to seeking a husband who can farm, fight, and avoid meddling relatives while she cooks, loves, and ages without perfect math.
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Kansas
Alps
Italy
Missouri
Dorgs
Chicago Chronicle
Injurious Effects of Anger on Aged Life
The article warns that anger shortens life and disrupts health. It cites Nero and Valentinian dying from fits of rage and notes convulsions, suffocation, and indigestion follow anger. It cautions that choleric temperaments impair appetite and can trigger cramps after meals, making irritable people a walking mine.
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Nero
Valentinian
Quadl
Germany
Laundry Methods on the Nile
In Egypt washing is done by men who stand on the Nile banks and slap wet clothes on the stones with pistol-like noise. Women who wash pound dirt from clothes using the same method, near the running water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Egypt
NY slot owners buy daily 1000 pounds of chocolate
The owners of slot machines in New York City purchase 1000 pounds of chocolate each day to fill the machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Oldest Man in America Praises Peruna Remedy
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas claims health and age are sustained by Peruna after trying it for coughs colds catarrh and grip He credits Dr Hartmans remedy as the best reliable cure and invites a free book on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio
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Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Valley Mills
Mr. Brock
Fife
the Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Buncombe Co
North Carolina
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest remedy of the age
A reader claims Pe-ru-na is the best cure for catarrhal diseases, asserting it as a panacea of modern medicine.
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Grippe
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R. N. Mann
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Tenn
Alzer
Minnesota
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America
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LA Crosse
Wis
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St. Louis
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Peruna
United States
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Hecht
CCC
Sterling Remedy Co
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Monadnock Block
E. ‘It
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Ipdiunupolis
Ind
Krausers
Rbrausem & HO
Milton
O’parrell
Avenus
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Settle & Andres
Monroe St
Soo” Ry
Wisconsin
Landseakera
Soo” Railway
Minneapolig
DR. Arnold
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Tora Yuna Aris the Asking
Shaver
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PISO
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Thebruck Chemicalgo
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