Nebraska Notes From Peru And Surrounding Areas
Local notes report Neal Wyne named principal at Chester schools, wolves captured near Peru, and a new bank building planned for Siua. Bishop Williams of Omaha preached in Stella, while Mason City sees grip and pneumonia and scarlet fever cases. Obituaries include Mrs. Flanry Henry and Henry families arrive in 1875. Beatrice and Dawson area activity covers lawsuits, debuts, fires, debates, and telephone company updates with various local officials and schools involved.
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Mason City
Dodd's Kidney Pills Touted By Local User
Halo Indiana February special reports Mrs. L C Bowers says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her Diabetes after severe weight loss thirst and tooth loss. She credits the remedy with complete improvement over three years and claims protection from Bright's Disease Diabetes and Rheumatism. The note ends with a general claim of courage arising from fear.
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Halo
Ind
Dodd
L. C. Bowers
Bright
A Clear Complexion with Cuticura Ointment and Soap
A home treatment for blackheads pimples red rough or oily skin and disfiguring humors. Gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water and bathe. Repeat morning and evening for soft white clear skin and healthy complexion.
Arkansas hat rule fines for women with birds in hats
A historical note states Arkansas women wearing stuffed birds in hats face fines from 825 to 50 dollars. It also lists murder rates per million by country and gives approximate child growth measurements for a baby turning three, including head and chest circumferences.
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Arkansas
England
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Spain
Wealth and War Engines Highlighted in Snippet
The note contrasts a dream of wealth with a wife’s influence. It predicts widespread adoption of the automobile as a war engine. The Austrian War Department orders an armored car with a swiveling gun and a driver’s seat adjustable to fire from cover.
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Austrian War Department
Reward Offered for Cure of Catarrh by Hall's Cure
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Culney & Co claim validity and reliability of the treatment. Local druggists and wholesalers endorse the product and 75 cent bottles are sold with testimonials available.
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F.j.culney & CO
Props
Toledo
F.J Chene
Weot &Urnax
Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Toedo
Ohio
Hall
Government Impostors Pass Up 59 Million Live Animals
Government impostors handled 59,158,149 live animals last year at a cost a little over one cent per animal.
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Promises and Refund
A druggist offers Pazointment as a guaranteed cure for piles including bleeding and protruding forms. If the remedy fails to relieve, customers may receive a refund within a stated period. The wording emphasizes a money back guarantee and quick relief claims.
Chhur'bD Dedication in St Paul Costs 87,000
A chhurbD in St Paul was dedicated at a cost of 87,000 dollars raised by 10,000 donations of 1 cent each.
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St. Paul
Peril in the Situation Ties Up War Munitions Factories
The article reports growing terror threats and labor strikes in Russia. Grand Duke Sergius remains to be interred in Moscow’s cathedral while safety concerns keep officials away. Strikes and factory closures impede munitions production and force foreign orders.
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ST. Petersburg
Sergius
Chaudoff
St. Peters and St. Paul
Trepoff
Empor
Moscow
Kremlin
Oastantine
Pau
Tsarskoe Selo
Vladimir
Alexis
Winter Palace
Russia
Rrussia
Putiloff
Wreck Not Worth The Cost
Kingston Jamaica Premier returned from Gonaives Haiti after examining the sunken gunboat Crete a Pierrot sunk by the Panther in September 1902 The president Nord declined to raise the vessel due to high costs and the project was abandoned.
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Kingston
Gonaives
Hayti
Crete-a-Pierrot
Panther
Nord
Poison Plot Targeting Jane Stanford Revealed
The Bulletin reports an attempted murder of Mrs Jane Stanford at her California street mansion within the last month. A bottle of mineral water was poisoned and she drank it three times before the poison acted as its own emetic. Authorities found poison capable of killing many more if used broadly.
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Putiloff
Putiloff Works
France
Germany
San Francisco
Cal
The
Bulletin
Jane Stanford
California Street
Polson
Blood Remedy Promises Cure For Rheumatism
Mr. Thomas Stephenson of 115 Greenwood Street Springfield Mass credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his rheumatic pains after failed external treatments. He reports immediate improvement and lasting relief, urging others to seek the blood purifying remedy sold by all druggists.
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Stephenson
Thad
Thomas Stephenson
Greenwood Street
Springfield
Mass
Williams
A Likely Combination and Odd Exchanges
A fragmentary collage shows dialogue on partnership and earnings with Scribber and Rev M Saintlie. Other bits include a musician learning, a mistaken Mandy remark, and a perverse missive about persistence. The collection echoes quirky, era-tinged humor and aphorisms.
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M Saintlie
Bandits Attack Railway Abutment Near Yaomyin
A party of Japanese and Chinese bandits damaged the Yaomyin railway abutment and destroyed two telegraph poles. An unexploded gun cotton charge was found nearby and traffic resumed by evening. The incidents are thought linked to movements of Chinese bands across Mongolia. Separately, a large student assembly in St Petersburg debated reform and urged liberty and an end to the war.
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Harrin
Yaomyin
Frontier Guards
Mongolia
Sergius
ST. Petersburg
Revolutin
Russia
Nevsky Prospect
Kazan
University
Basil Island
Neva Ball
Meno
Avyain Ana Avalon
Janary
Mine Blast Traps Hundreds in Virginia Crews Rush Aid
An explosion in Virginia mines traps 200 to 250 miners, with 107 dead reported later. Special relief trains from Bessemer and Birmingham are sent to the scene. The mines lie seven wires below Bessemer and are owned by Alabama Steel and Wire Company, owned by the Schulers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Bessemer
Th Alabama Steel and Wire
Compan
the Schulers
Midshipman Dies During Dinner Formation at Naval Academy
At Annapolis Maryland Mia Wesray Battle son of Surgeon General Sareue W Battle a U S N retiree from Asheville North Carolina collapsed in heart failure as midshipmen were called to dinner formation He had just assumed the post of third petty officer of the second battalion when he was struck and died before aid could reach him.
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Annapolis
Mia Wesray Battle
Naval Accademy
Sareue W. Battle
U. 5
Tetired
Asheville
2N. C
Young Bare
Pickea Uy
Bipmas
Odd Foods and Oddities Highlight 19th Century Notices
A jumble of clipped notes reports a pricey auction of extinct Scandinavian auk eggs in London, a potbellied turkey given royal table status after sixteen years, and a claim of relief from inflammatory rheumatism via Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Local items mention Mabel and Philadelphia Ledger quips, along with stray European trade mentions from Troy, Sweden.
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London
Iceland
Greenland
Pottstown
Wien
Salzer's Tome Builder Corn Record Hailed Across States
Salzer's remarkable corn yields cited across Indiana Ohio Tennessee Michigan with outputs per acre of 157 160 198 and 220 bushels respectively. The article notes the 50 acre field produced so heavily its proceeds funded a fine home and that these figures set a record to be challenged in 1905.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la ‘Rosse
Wis
U.N.L
Ragged Remnant Letters From Old City Scene
Fragmentary letter dump hints at trade talk and railroading jokes. Mentions names like Yoroon'tsey and Hommy and a reference to Oct 1901 mail. Worn handwriting and stray phrases suggest a near-random collection of notes rather than a single events story.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Neal Wyne
Peru
Chester
State Bank
Si’ Ua
Pew Bank
Bishop Williams
Omaha
Stella Surday
Episcopal Church
August
James B. Smith
Beatrice
Nebr
Union Pacific Railhad
Line Jo
Kathleen Mavourneen
Uozid Nehr
Bia Knights of
Nebraska City
Jake Tanner
Humboldt
Loth
Ralph Smith
R. J. Smith
Lagh
Albuquerque N. M
Lawrence Weaver
Ileta Bivens
Samuel M. Rivaker
Grace Onrre
Oris Simmus
Chris
Nims City
Humberdt
Fantz Lemm
Ciming County
West Point
Platte Center
Alivnn
Madison
Opera House
Albion
Dawson High School
Stelli High School
Fartera
Miles Ranch
Sam Conover
Girls
Crabtree Florensic Club
Girls’ Debating Club
Stall Freshman
Lawrence
Clancy
Kidd
Doobs
Dawson-Nemaha Telephone Company
Jseph’ &. Heim
J. McGinnis
Tinas Heim
N. B. Judd
Messrs
D. O Ayers
G. W. Wiltse
W. G. Humml
Mrs. Oldactt
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia Ledger
Becker
New York Sun
Amn
Gregory
H. Gregory
Sen
Marblehead
Hess
Ma Lwadoles
Coveland
Western
Canada
Searon
Ottawa
Thompson
Scribbler
New York Weekly
Brown
Green
Philadelphia Press
Perserverancah
Philadelphia Telegraph
MARX
A. J. Tower CO
Boston
Wass
U.S
Tower Canadian CO
Toronto
Cror FR Sale Payaient
S J. Musuall
Sioux City
Salaer
Hille America
Barky
Rodin
Lats Cauiaages
Shealey Turvipa
Rick Wolty
Jowm A. Salier Seed Eo
Icnu
la Crosss
Vis
Peeles
Sk Sae Kemp
Ures
N.N.U
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Bandits
Rvesians
Gun 'Gotnon
Stoessel
Spirix OF Revolution
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Port Arthur
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sweden
Allen
Deusgista Ang
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
South London
Cuba
United States
Ina
Mabel
Mabse
Philadeptia Ledger
Sam
David Kennedy
Garrett Lansing Troy
Coulon
Poan’s Kt
Neal Kling
I . Mehip Lee i
Odta
Dan
Mirbursey
Cnet
Josh
Schumacher
Jame
Weilo
Jones
P.sos
John W. Henry
Grove
Baker’s Cho Chocolat
Walter Baker
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
Europe
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