Health claim for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A testimonial from Mrs. Laura L. Brewen of Crown Point Indiana praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing longstanding spinal pain and female organ derangements. The letter claims renewed health after drinking three bottles and urges other women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
I. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Laura L. Brewen
Crown Point
Indiana
Ladies Relief Corps
Syren
Mass
Return of a Father Triggers Little Girl’s Simple Greeting
A stray passage from the Washington Times notes a father named Roman returning home after a long absence. His whiskers impressed the household, but the child greeted him with plain, uncomplicated warmth, asking why she should salute Uncle Will. The fragment shows a family scene and a mother guiding polite respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman
Gil
Washington ‘Times
Quixotic Ad Snippets From A 19th Century Paper
A collage of satirical lines and medical advertisements appears, featuring mock quips about courtship and marriage, spoof quotes from Chicago Daily News, and cures for coughs and dropsy. The fragment includes product pitches for laxatives, tonics, and bitters, with stray names and places.
Artist Finds Bread and Shelter on Connecticut Barn Visit
A sketching artist on a tour in Connecticut sits on a stone wall to work when the farmer and wife appear at the door. He loses his rubber eraser and asks for dry bread. The farmer’s wife urges him inside and offers a hearty meal, saying she cares only that he is hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ictarenige
Connecticut
Cii
Rmer
Blood Purity and Health Warned by Hamburg Drops
The article argues blood quality underpins life, beauty, and strength. It lists symptoms like skin eruptions headaches and tinnitus as signs of impurity and praises Dr August Kevenige's Hamburg Drops for cleansing the blood and removing toxins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Kevenige
Hamburg
Amateur family declares engagement ring in old note
A clipped note reveals a family scene with a mother naming daughters Clara Dora Elvira and Tam An as amateurs in piano photography astronomy and finance. The speaker presents a first engagement ring as a keepsake in a candid, affectionate exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Dora
Elvira
Pisteburg Presa
Free Trial Promises Big Kidney Pill Cures
Advertises Dean's Kidney Pills claiming cures for back pain swelling and urinary issues. Includes testimonial snippets from multiple readers praising relief and sleep after using the pills, labeling it the world’s greatest kidney medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Reeve
Hepores Minis
Bath
Jno
L. Hill
Mob Hangs Suspect Near Sullivan Indiana
A mob hanged James Dillard later revealed as George Moore near John Lemon’s farm one mile east of Sullivan. The governor’s order to mobilize Vincennes militia arrived too late to stop the execution after identification by Mrs Lemon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Navy
Jas
Dillard
Mary Davis
Sullivan County
John Lemon
Knox County
Lawrenceville
Ill
Robinson
Vincennes
Oaktown
James Dillard
Kentucky
George Moore
Indianapolis
Senate Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Socialists Near AFL Convention Control After Bitter Vote
The Socialist faction came within 400 votes of controlling the American Federation of Labor convention in New Orleans. The debate stretched all day with speeches from Gompers and Hayes against socialists and Berger Wilson and Hayes for the resolution. A roll call ended 4 744 to 4 344 in favor of the Wilson amendment. Miners backed the measure, and no business beyond debate and the Gompers Shaffer inquiry report was conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
D. A. Hayes
James Duncan
President Gompers
Victor Berger
Max Hayes
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Delezate Berger
Delezate Wilson
Berger
Mr. Wilson
Gompers-Shaffer
Record Raid Destroys Illicit Distilleries in Dark Corner
Greenville district revenue officers and state constables swept the Dark Corner section destroying six large stills and 75 fermenters. They found three stills in operation but moonshiners escaped after warning sentinels. 8,000 gallons of beer and mash and 60 gallons of low wines were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville, & C
Boy Carrying Revolver Held by City Marshal
The Metropolis city marshal arrested Luther Maynor for carrying a revolver after a boy produced a card from a bogus Indianapolis detective agency and claimed full detective status. The revolver was seized and the card sent to postal authorities. the boy had paid $5 for the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
Luther Maynor
Indianapolis
Death of Maj. Wainwright in Manila
General Davis reports Maj. Hubert P. P. Wainwright Fifth Cavalry died in Manila November 13 from cardiac embolism. The note about Paul Leicester Ford's daughter references a fatal incident and an inheritance totaling $214,691 with $137,048 to the daughter born a month after the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Gen. Davis
Division of the
Philippine Islands
Hubert P. P. Wainwright
Fifth Cavalry
Manila
Paul Leicester Ford
New York
Malcolm
Jett
Gypsy Elephant Kills Keeper Near Valdosta
Savannah Ga November 2 Gypsy the elephant belonging to Morris killed keeper James O Rourke six miles from Valdosta after the train wreck at Tifton. The animal was shot after fleeing into the woods and the keeper's body was sent to New Orleans for burial. Gypsy was shot multiple times and the elephant's skin and bones were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Desy
Ypsy
Morris
Chicago
AEO
Valdosta
James O'Rourke
Tifton
Gypsy
O'Rourke
Big Beast
New Orleans
THE COMING CONGRESS EXPECTED TO OPEN SHORT SESSION
Washington officials say Senators and House members arrive in advance of Congress opening a week hence. President plans talks with leaders before delivering his message. Speaker Henderson expects little legislation beyond appropriation bills. He believes a constitutional amendment may be the only path on the trust issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Washton
Congress
Henderson
Stanton mine to resume operations after flooding
The Stanton mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania has been pumped dry after March floods and will resume work in a few days. The mine employs 700 men and boys and its restart will add 700 tons to daily coal output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Stanton
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co
War ships gathering in the Caribbean fleet
Washington reports the largest American war fleet assembled in the Caribbean Sea. Over 50 ships of war and more than 15 000 sailors and marines prepare for maneuvers seen by diplomats as a show of U S strength and readiness to defend interests in any potential canal plan and to assert dominance in the American Mediterranean region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caribbean Sea
America
Three Men Die In Fire At Wisconsin Central Docks
Ashland Wisconsin, November 24. A blaze at the Wisconsin Central ore docks killed three men. Others jumped into the bay and were rescued or swam ashore while many workers stranded by flames found safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Locomotive Boiler Exploded in Thompson Pa
One man was killed and seven others seriously injured when a locomotive boiler exploded at Thompson on the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania railroad. John Markovisch of Duquesne, a trainman, was the man injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Thompson
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Markovisch
Duquesne
Damara Sinks Shamrock Schooner After Collision
The Damara collided with and sank the Shamrock off St Johns while entering port. The Shamrock carried cod fish and its crew were rescued by the Damara. One killed and several injured reported. In Spartanburg a wreck occurred when a train collided with freight cars, with fatalities and injuries.
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St. Johns, N. F
Damara
Halifax
Liverpool
Shamrock
Stock raising prospects in Mexico report by Vice Consul
The report details profitable stock raising in Chihuahua near the Sierra Madre with rainfall and accessible water. Government wastelands cost 45 cents per hectare with scrip at 20 percent discount. private land sells cash at favorable prices. Grazing land supports one head per 10 to 15 acres. yearling steers fetch about ten dollars gold at El Paso. cattle ranching should yield at least 15 percent.
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Mexico
Wesche
Ciudad Juarez
State Department
Chihuahua
Sierra Madre Mountains
Terraras
Casas Grandes
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Ping Poodle Takes Chicago Suburban Transit by Storm
A Chicago exchange reports that commuters and suburbanites now play ping poodle, an elaboration of spots. Players mark squares, the last mark loses, and losses are paid in spots worth five cents each. A pensioned railroad man owed $6.40 after a 128 spot game and spent the night with his opponent to dodge arrival-time penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Exchange
Girdled by Cables Extends Across World Telecommunication
A treasury department report notes 1 750 submarine cables totaling nearly 200 000 miles with over 6 000 000 annual messages. When combined with land lines total telegraph mileage reaches 1 180 000 miles and 400 000 000 yearly messages. Most seas connect, except the Pacific, and landing sites at Hawaii Wake Island Guam and the Philippines enable a trans Pacific cable to run from the United States to Asia with a length less than the France United States link at 3 250 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Wake Island
Guam
Philippines
United States
Asia
France
Creamy mishap at Savoy dinner with Duke of Fife
Caterer M Bortsch recalls spilling thick cream down the Duke of Fife’s back during a private Savoy dinner. He steadied the scene with serviettes while the duke continued talking to guests, the incident blamed on a poor valet later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Fortsch
Carleton Club
London
Duke of Fife
Edward
Savoy
M. Bortsch
Bortsch
Duke
Ace
Laurier Warns Against Canada United States Annexation
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, visiting Paris, warns in an interview printed by The Journal that annexation to the United States would erase French Canada. He argues French language and identity require keeping Canada separate and notes no current signs of incorporation. He seeks greater Franco Canadian commerce, proposing a 15 percent tariff cut for Canada and French minimum tariff on Canadian goods, plus subsidy for a Canada France steamship line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid Laurier
Paris
Canada
United States
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
France
Dominion
Peruna Claims Universal Cure For Catarrh
The advertisement asserts catarrh is the same disease wherever found and that Peruna cures it in any location. It invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio for free medical advice, promising prompt and satisfactory results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stubenvoll
Elkhorn
Wis
St. John'’s
Stubenvoll
William
Germany
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Startman Sanitarium
Your Daily Trains to Minneapolis via Chicago Northwest Railway
Westbound service from Chicago with multiple daily departures including the North-Western Limited. Electric lighting throughout and dining car service. Fast schedules and luxurious equipment marketed as the most complete in the West. tickets and pamphlets available from agents or W. B. Kniskern, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North - Western Limited
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Fond Mother Praises Young Sketch Artist In Delight
A mother asks for candid views on her child’s sketches and praises a recent drawing of a horse and cart as remarkably lifelike for such a young artist. The tone mirrors a humorous Punch aside about parental pride in child talent.
Family talk in a 1900s informal quarrel
A Cleveland Leader excerpt shows a tall tale of sibling marriage jokes as a young man asks about an older sister and a parent jokes that the first suitor may win her. The dialogue highlights family dynamics and rural humor of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella
Cleveland
Prominent Southwest Travel Pamphlets Offered Free
Illustrated pamphlets on Indian Territory Texas Old Mexico and trade routes will be sent free by James Barker Gen's Pass & Ticket Agent at M K and T Ry 520 Wainwright Building St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Indian Territory
Texas
Old Mexico
James Barker
Gen’s Pass
Agi
M. K
T. Ry
Wainwright Bldg
S. Louis
Two Women Registered at Local Hotel
The hotel proprietor asks who registered. The clerk names Mrs. Mary McGinnis and her daughter Miss Meym MacIinees, according to the Philadelphia Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary, McGinnis
Meym
Philadelphia Press
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Third Ave
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Girtia
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Tarvan Lampoon
HH. Green
Stlanta
T’easant
Hale
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Stephen Schaefler
Andre Axparewa
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Gvizard
Tesswe Elt
Federation OF Labor
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Wainwright
Ge Ae
Stanton Mine
Europe
Shariotte
N. C
Market Report
Cincinnati
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Pe-Ru-Na
Rev. H. Stubenvoll
J. Paul
Chicnzo
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Meic Or CO
York, NY
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