St Jacobs Oil and Hamburg Breast Tea touted for bronchial relief
An advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil and Dr August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea as a combined treatment for bronchitis asthma croup and whooping cough. It claims external and internal action clearing adhesions aiding respiration and preventing rapid complications. It urges every family to keep both remedies at home.
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St. Jacobs Oi
Koenig
Hamburg
St. Jacobs
Dr. August Koenig
Iamburg
August Koenig
Untitled Chicago Daily News fragment on dress shop fear
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News notes a dress shop in fear of losing customers due to a shabby appearance. The piece hints at misperception and caution about how the shop presents itself to the public.
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Chicago Daily News
Northwestern Limited An Electric Train To St Paul via Chicago
Railway advertisement describes Daily Traina to St Paul Minneapolis via Chicago and Northwest ern Railway leaving Chicago at 4 a m and 6 3 p m with electric lighting and luxurious equipment. Dining car service noted and tickets available from nearest agent or W B Kaiskern Fifth Avenue. Also includes a quotation on opportunity and an ad for Tremas Electric Oil praising its croup cure and general uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
The
North - Western Limited
Maer
W.B. Kaiskern
Fifth Avenue
Jorge
A Matter of Markemanship In Sportless Chat
An obscure exchange centers on Shotwell and a quip about marksmanship and lasting impact. The dialogue blurbs hint at sports banter and misheard phrases, with fragmented lines reflecting a garbled transcription from a history page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indunapeis News
Cured Infant Relief Boosts Local Drug Store Sales
Fragmentary lines describe a medical claim of curing hives and infant relief at a drug store for cents. Mention of Doug Gontmetnr and Crawage Day News appears as garbled names, with references to Milwaukee Sentinel and minor business notes.
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Fashiv
Doug
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Mrs Josie Irwin
Mrs Josie Irwin of Nashville testifies to high demand and success of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites widespread use from coast to coast and reports thousands of letters from grateful women claiming relief from various female ailments. Pinkham invites women to write for free advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Josie Irwin
College St
Nashville, Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Atlantic
Pacific
Jil
Lynn
Mass
Body Snatching Not Needed as Kentucky Furnishes Bodies
In Louisville and Indianapolis reports, Rufus Cantrell a grave robber claims a letter from an Indianapolis medical college authorized him to operate in Louisville. Dr Edward I David of Louisville University says Cantrell was told state supplies bodies legally, and Cantrell traveled with a physician letter but was refused.
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Hanapolis
Ind
Rufus Cantrell
Cantrell
Louisville
Fallisville
Rufus J. Cantrell
Indianapolis
Central College
University of Louisville
Kentucky School of Medicine
Ganers
David
Tayior & Sons
Milton & Son
William Watson
Louuisville
Edward I. David
Kentucky
Cartrow
Manufacturers Rally Against Organized Labor in Circular
Chicago October 25 The National Association of Manufacturers mails a circular to all U S manufacturers urging opposition to labor aims including a push for an eight hour day before Congress. Signatory of the letter is David M Parry of Indianapolis, president, stating the organization battles union demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of Manufacturers of the
United States of America
Organized Labor
Manufacturers’ Association
David M. Parry
Indianapolis
Havana Health Report Shows No Yellow Fever Cases
Dr Finlay for Wavana sanitation notes September mortality 17.88 per 1000. At month end completes one full year without a yellow fever case in the city, an event remembered by the oldest physicians.
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Wavana
Finlay
Sanitation
Death of Rev. Daniel Tenney in San Diego
Rev. Daniel Tenney, a retired Presbyterian minister, died Friday at his San Diego home aged 61. He leaves a widow and four children, including Rev. Charles Tenner, president of the Imperial University at Tien-Tsin, China. At Oxford, Dr. Tenney founded the writeric college and seminary for women. Rev. Tenney had resided in San Diego for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Tenney
San Diego
Cal
Charles Tenner
Imperial University
Tien-Tsin
China
Oxford
Tenney
Wieteric College and Seminary For
Franchises Opened in Manila Bids Invited
Gov Taft dispatch says Philippines commission approved bids for street railway electric light and other franchises. Bids to be opened December 5 1903 and advertised in this country for bidders in Manila.
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Manila
Kington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Business Failures in the United States for the Week
New York B65 reports business failures for the week ending Thursday October 4. The total 184, up from 203 last week and 233 a year ago. The weekly activity lists 23 days with failures, reflecting a varied pattern versus prior periods.
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New York
Match. Race Arranged in Memphis Report
Match details indicate an arranged race near Memphis involving a 10 year old participant. The report provides limited verifiable context and lacks fuller names or official affiliations.
Inquest Held After Barber Killed in Stage Apple Shot
The coroner held an inquest into the death of John Volkman an 18 year old barber who was accidentally shot on stage at Thespian hall by Charles Meinel during a magic apple shot routine. Meinel was arrested on a manslaughter charge as Volkman died within an hour. Volkman's parents live in Germany.
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Cold ‘Springs
Harbor
John Volkman
Thespian, Hall
Charles Meinel
Moeinel
Volkman
Meinel
Germany
Fever and Privations Reach Kingston from Colon
The German steamer Hercynia arrived from Colon reporting heavy fighting in inland Colombia as government troops withdraw for isthmus service. In Savanilla government troops die from fever and privations. bodies lay on the pier awaiting removal. Disease is widespread along the coast and locals must handle cargo tasks due to local shortages.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hercynia
Colon
Colombia
Savanilla
Hercynin
Ticket Agent Missing in Carbondale Robbery Case
Frank M. Flagg a ticket agent for Illinois Central at Texas Junction on the Cape Girardeau branch is missing and the cash drawer is empty. Witnesses say men were seen near the building before his disappearance. officials doubt a murder theory and say the sum was not large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale, Ill
Frank M. Flagg
Ilinois Central Railroad
Texas Junction
Cape Girardeau
Big Muddy
Flaggs
Governor Yates III falls ill on return from Southern Illinois tour
Gov. Yates III, Springfield, h., Oct. 27, returned from a three days' campaign tour in Southern Illinois and was confined to his home Sunday night by illness. He was placed under a physician's care and his temperature rose to 103. A prolonged illness is feared.
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Springfield
Yates
Ilinois
Chicago Yard Men Seek 5 Cent Hourly Wage Increase
Grand Master P. H. Morrissey and Vice Grand Master W. G. Lee arrived in Chicago to aid the 7,000 yard men in the district. The workers demand a five cent an hour raise and have informed railroad officials an answer is expected by next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P. H. Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railway
W. G. Lee
Missing Consul Returns After 10 Days Lost in Sierras Madre
United States Consul Alonza Garrett of Huntington West Virginia returned to the embassy Saturday night after a hunting trip in the Sierras Madre with friends. He and the party wandered for ten days, mostly without food, and were water bound for much of the ordeal. Garrett, a native of Huntington, was located and brought back safely.
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Huntington
W. Va
United States
Alonza Garrett
Lando
Mex
Sierras Madre Mountains
Garrett
The Czar's Visit Plans Through Europe
A Copenhagen correspondent reports the czar of Russia after Italy will travel to Montenegro Athens and likely Constantinople. An interview with the pope is planned during Italy. The piece notes author Frank Norris is dead in San Francisco on October 2.
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London
Copenhagen
Russia
Italy
Montenegro
Athens
Constantinople
Frank Norris
San Francisco
Ake Wo Nor
Carnegie funds private labs at Woods Hole for life origins study
Andrew Carnegie plans a major infusion from his 16 million gift to the Carnegie Institution in Washington. A private network of top scientists will conduct pioneering work at Woods Hole on plasmabirth and the origins of life, with state of the art laboratories and endowment support. Dr Whitman of Chicago will lead the Wood's Hole group.
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Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
Washington
Chicago
Marine Biological Laboratory
Wood's Hole
Masq
Wood's Hote
Jacques Loeb
University of Chicago
Woods Mole
Albert DP. Matthews
America
Elizabeth Islands
Aeh
Whitman
Biological Department
Wood's House
Cobra Eats Snake At Philadelphia Zoo
A large Indian cobra at the Philadelphia Zoo attacked a female cobra after shedding its skin. It coiled around her neck and broke her back before gulping her down. A keeper forced the cobra to disgorge the first snake, then the monster swallowed a second snake head first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens
Hess
Indignity to death by own action urged by minister
Rev W F Lloyd of Louisville Kentucky urged indignities upon the bodies of suicide as a deterrent in a sermon. He said many would dread infamy more than breaking God's law and urged society to condemn and execrate suicide rather than commiserate those who fail. He called for a revolution of sentiment to deter self destruction.
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W. F. Lloyd
Louis le
Gel’s
Kidney Health Reform Story From 1896 Ad
Mr Boies describes major kidney and back pain relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Lamparter & Co. A public 1896 statement praised the cure and claimed no recurrences since, urging a free trial mail offer from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and nationwide druggist availability at 50 cents per box.
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Mr. Boies
Dean
Akron
Boies
United States
Foster-Milburr Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Fruit Abundance in New England Orchards
The orchards in New England yield heavy crops with branches bending under fruit and the ground littered with rotting drops. In rural areas sellers offer apples at about half a dollar per barrel, while thousands of bushels go to cattle and cider mills. The piece hints at renewing Dr Hale’s fruit giving scheme to aid the poor in Boston and notes the surplus ready for the asking.
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New England
London Conversation on Cable Shares and Marconi
A London discussion among financiers recalls Lord Kelvin and Marconi. One critic mocks Kelvin while recounting a tale of the scientist Thomson and his brother testing a ladder theory, ending with a farmer’s practical remark about hens and a tight holdfast.
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London
Lord Kelvin
Marconi
Billy
Thomson
O'Connell
Chromatic Affliction a Moonshine Tale from Linden
A hard riding Englishman settles near Linden Virginia to beat a drink problem but clings to moonshine. He becomes a connoisseur of illicit distillations while his manners hide a troubled life. A fall leaves him battered as his wife cries for the doctor noting all the diseases of the rainbow.
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Virginia
Alban S. Payne
Philadelphia Times
Linden
Lionel Ardon by Malcolm Dearborn novel review
One of the new novels of exceptional merit, Lionel Ardon, is set in England during Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth. The hero Lion el Ardon seeks court life amid duels, loyalty, and notable figures like Lady Jane Grey, described as the real heroine. Published by G. W. Dillingham Company, New York, price $1.50.
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Lionel Ardon
Malcolm Dearborn
England
Henry Viiii
Queen Elizabeth
Lionel
Lord Ardon
Lord Raven
Jane Grey
G. W. Dillingham Company
New York
Emporia hunter heckled by a crazed man in jail yard
An Emporia sportsman passing a jail yard is accosted by a mental patient who questions his kills and price. He reports a meadow lark and two doves sold for sixty dollars and asks how an $85 hunting outfit could be worth only 25 cents of game. The inmate laments unfair confinement.
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Emporia
Fama
Train Tickets to California and West Coast Points
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offer one way Colonists and Settlers tickets to California and North Pacific Coast points, plus Missouri Arkansas Indian and Oklahoma Territories Louisiana and Texas. Tickets valid first and third Tuesdays monthly from October 21 to April 31 at half standard first class fare plus $2.00. Contact nearest Agent or H. C. Townsend G P T Agent St Louis MO.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
California
North Pacific Coast
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian
Oklahoma Territories
Louisiana
Texas
H. C. Townsend
St. Louis
Advertisements and quips echo in crowded Philadelphia edition
A collage of humorous quotes and patent remedies appears in the issue. Items praise Burdock Blood Bitters, Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup, Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike’s Toothache Cure, and other almanac style cures while light political banter and verse snippets drift through the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Pe-ru-Na Endorsed as Universal Catarrh Remedy
Letters from across the United States praise Pe-ru-Na as a cure and preventive for catarrh and colds. Dr Hartman reports hundreds of testimonials. governors and professionals endorse the remedy and urge households to keep it for coughs and winter ailments. The letter asks readers to obtain Dr Gartman’s free book "Winter Catarrh."
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Atlantic
Pacific
Hartman
Statesman
Perunz
Oregon
Pe-ru-na
W. M. Lord
United States
B. Paxton
Colaumbus Ay
Boston
Masa
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Protahir
Wes
Philadelphia
Happinest
Aliwaukee Sentice
Hamlin
National Association of Manufacturers
Havana
Qage
Saya al
Gov. Yates III
Chicago Yard
Lando, Mex
Czar
Thes
Market Report
Cincinnati
Bright
Lamparter & Co
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe
Savings
W. L. Do
Rae
Tonype
Payavte Vo
W. L. Donging
Hfe
Montgomery Ward & CO
TES
Casey
Philadelphia Bulletin
Washington Star
Theough
Dr. Wood
Thackeray
Pike’s
J. W.o'brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Milten
Capitol Building
Salem
Ntry
Office of
State OF Oregon
Pe-ru-na Medicine Co
Columbus
Winchester
Cel Bey
Brad
Tribune Building
Chicago Post
Barthelmey
Lapland
Colton
Emerson
Cervantes
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Bruyere
Noah Webster
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