Peruna touted by Ottawa reader for quick relief
A Miss Florence E. Kenal of Ottawa writes praising Peruna for a severe lung cold that unsettled her digestion and caused headaches. She says three weeks of Peruna restored her health and expresses strong faith in the remedy. A second testimonial from Miss Rose Gerhing of Crocen Wut lauds Peruna for cold and catarrh relief after a long drive and sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Kenal
Marish
Ottawa
Ont
Catehinge
Rose Gerhing
Crocen Wut
Ind
Thad
Fragmentary private note hints at names and tasks
A garbled sequence mentions people by initials and potential steps or reminders. Read as a diary fragment with unclear order and missing context, names, and places are partially decodable. The text lacks cohesive events or concrete actions beyond scattered references to individuals and tasks.
Woman’s health remedy praised by patient
A patient recounts terrible spinal pain and deranged female organs finally relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She notes two to three bottles brought immense relief and calls it life changing, urging friends to try the remedy. She asserts good health equals happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledia
Pinkham
Ydia E. Pinkham
Mas. Lavra
Bresen
Crown Enint
Tudiana
Oan
Aceyeon Relief Corps
Measacre Fails to Block Sale of Deadly Weapons in Indiana
Indianapolis dispatch notes a heated legislative scene over the Gray railroad consolidation bill and a defeated measure to bar the sale of deadly weapons except on sheriff approval. The house killed the weapon bill 11 to 28 while approving school funding and land registry measures. The senate passed the Gray consolidation bill, with party factions rallying around key amendments. Governor Durbin signed multiple bills, including a state fish hatchery plan and an anatomy board regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Senate
Williams
Statesman
House
Sherman
Indiana
Chicago
United States
Opticians
Durbin
House Ls
Davis
Conlogue
Crumpacker
Darby
DeHaven
Gard
Gibson
Godenour
Goodwine
Gray
Endee
Kittinger
Layman
Lindley
Matson
Newhouse
Oghorn
Parks
Powell
Purviance
Smith
Starr
Strider
Thompson
Wood
Askren
Ball
Fortune
Harrison
Johnston
Lions
Matthews
Milburn
Roche
Singer
Thralls
Ulrey
Wampler
Board of Control
Lawler
World of Letters and Literary Figures Preview
A southern novelist visits Pittsburg for local color on an ironworkers tale with Charles M. Schwab as a central figure. Kentucky rises as a literary hub with new writers including Mrs Attwood R. Martin and Annie Fellows Johnson alongside George Madden Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Charles M. Schwab
Kentucky
George Madden Martin
Emmy Lou Fame
Attwood R. Martin
Louisville
Alice Caldwell Hogan
Annie Fellows Johnson
Henri Murger
Princeton
Booth ‘Tarkington
Burton E. Stevenson
Jesse Lynch Williams
James Barnes
The
Tiger
Tarkington
Vanrevers
London
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Hardships of Genius and the Poets' Fates
A compact survey of famed writers and poets facing poverty and hardship. Homer Spenser Cervantes Raleigh Dryden Terrance Bacon Tatler Platus Paul Gorghese Tasso Steele Otway Savage Collins Milton all endure poverty, debt, hunger, or obscurity, with death under duress or neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Spenser
Cervantes
Sir Walter Raleigh
Dryden
Terrance
Bacon
Tatler
Platus
Paul Gorghese
Tasso
Steele
Otway
Savage
Bristol
Collins
Milton
Gossip in brief and personal notes from the era
A column recalls Robert E Pattison’s narrow one vote governor race in Bryn Mawr Lower Merion and compares it to the recent one vote lead over Judge Pennypacker. Other items include Dr E Castelli asserting a mirror cure for seasickness and a Columbus family dispute over coexisting households and tensions between father and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Pattison
Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr
Lower Merion
Pattison
Judge Pennypacker
E. Castelli
Washington
Daniel Dougherty
Columbus
Western Canada Offers Free 160 Acre Homes to Americans
Canada invites Americans to settle vast grain land north of the 49th parallel. Immigrants rose from 20 000 in 1901 to 30 000 in 1902, with expectations of 50 000 this year. Agencies in multiple U S cities provide information on mixed farming dairying ranching and freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakota
United States
Canada
St. Paul
Syrup of Figs Declared Best Family Laxative Worldwide
The text extols Syrup of Figs as the premier family laxative after twenty five years of use. It praises its plant based formula, manufacturing by California Fig Syrup Co., and emphasizes buying only the genuine product in original packaging with full company name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roach
Unyless
California Fig Syrup Co
Bargain Box Surprise Ends With a Door Name Wilkins
A wife returns from a sale bragging of cheap finds. Her husband questions a brass door plate bearing the name Wilkins. She argues its value, noting she paid a quarter yet suspects it may cost a dollar. The joke hinges on an imagined future where she may remarry a Wilkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Cleveland Leader
Steamboat Holds Fast In Fog On Long Island
In dense fog a steamboat halted its landing on Long Island. A passenger urged continuing. the wheelman cited poor visibility. The pilot noted stars above but insisted they would not move until the fear of a fogbound river subsided, and passengers retired for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Fe Biler
Philadelphia Ledger
This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray’s Powders
An old advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders used by a nurse at a Children's Home in New York. It claims to cure feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free sample offer from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Lipton Visit Reported In Yonkers Tea Banter
A playful Yonkers Statesman quip jokes about Lipton visiting again to lift the cup as the idea of tea being bad for nerves is challenged by a light exchange between Scewmn and He. The snippet captures a humorous dialogue about tea and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lipton
Yonkers Statesman
Ad Ads and Quotes from Early 1900s Newspapers
A collage of vintage advertisements and quips cites patent medicines like Laxative Bromo Quinine and Pike’s Toothache Drops, plus quotes on stage life, love, justice, and public figures. It includes praise for Hale’s Honey of Storehound and Tar and notes on railways and dye processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Moments of Temper on a Crowded Day
A calm man advises his irritable friend to control temper while the other resents the reminder. The exchange ends with the remark that the friend keeps more temper in a day than in a year, citing a source from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougtas
W. L. Tough
PR Tbs Aite
W.L. Deugiss
Natier
Lncrease
BNI
Busineses
Lindsay
W. L. Oouclas
Pouglay
Shorty Man
Catatog Fier
I. Douglas
Hou ‘Tran
Financially Speaking in a Dated Snapshot
A fragment from a Chicago Daily News page contrasts remarks about Miss Winters with a quip on her father trying to erase Wall Street. The note also comments that some men’s charitable acts serve public perception rather than good faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted For Backache Relief
An 1897 testimonial from A W Lutz of Sterling NL praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing backache and related kidney issues. The ad promises a free trial by mail and notes the product is sold by druggists at 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as the manufacturer and mailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Doan
A. W. Lutz
17Th Ave
Sterling, NL
Dean
Mr. Lutz
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Wabash and Erie Canal
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Stults
Warren
Huntington County
Warner
Summitville
Madison County
Michigan City
State Anatomical Board
State Board of Health
Medical and Dental College
Medical and Dental Colleges
Marion County
Vanderburg
Alien
Vigo
Madison
Marion
Miller
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Friends of the
Rights and Privileges Committee
Fleming
Wright
Morgan
the World OF Letters
Tate
Hal
Philadelphia Record
Overland Limited
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Cincinnati
York
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Knocken
Baltimore American
R. L. Stevensen
Chicago & North-Western
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