Catarah Thirty Years and David Meckison Leader
The piece profiles David Meckison of Napoleon Ohio a longtime mayor founder of the Meckison Bank and prominent Fifty fifth Congress member. It notes his battle with catarrh lasting thirty years and his relief after using Peruna prompting his letter to Dr Hartman.
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David Meckison
America
Meckison Bank
Napoleon
Ohio
Peruna
Hartman
David Meekison
Congress
Peruna Ad and Political Snippet in Early 1900s Tale
An old newspaper fragment touts Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh and cold prevention with endorsements and a free book offer. It also includes a humorous Washington exchange about petrified forests and a handful of brief ads and quotes.
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Hartman
Standing On His Rights in a Defiant Courtroom Exchange
A Chicago Tribune report portrays a witness as a blunt, hard faced man who refuses to answer a question about veracity fearing discrimination. The exchange highlights courtroom tension as the defense questions the witness about his reputation for truth.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Gigson
Chicago Record-Herald
Fragmented Readings From Silly Parlor Talk and Ads
A jumble of quotes and wordplay from various papers and fiction fragments. The items reflect humorous exchanges about phrases and social scenes and include references to jokes about promises and love. The text also mentions a dyed fabrics product and a ram’s horn phrase as curiosities.
Good Roads Bill Aims to Fund National Highway Improvements
The Good Roads bill proposed by Representative Brownlow of Tennessee seeks a 320000000 appropriation to improve public highways with a 20 million set for road work. It envisions state and county cost sharing with the federal government paying the remainder, backed by GOP leaders like Hepburn of Iowa and widespread support from Maryland and midwestern delegations. Brownlow predicts a national good roads organization in time, urging gradual mobilization and highlighting past emphasis on rivers and harbors over roads.
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House of Representatives
Lacey
Committee On Public Lands
Arizona
House
Robinson
Washington
Indiana
Brownlow
Tennessee
South
Good Reads
United States
Representative Hepburn
Iowa
Maryland
Congress
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cheap Fodder Storage Methods For Stover
Read with interest growing in farm storage solutions. Ohio Farmer cites a rail pen with board floor and tarped roof for rainproof stover and self feeding, plus a cheaper five to six foot slatted crib with floor boards to let cattle pick clean feed.
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Stover
Ohio
Maria Learns Lesson From Forgetful Servant
A London merchant uses a stepladder test to teach Maria, his forgetful servant, to notice missing salt at meals. After climbing to the attic to fetch the ladder, she gains a better view and, with the instruction to look around, she realizes the salt is absent and never forgets the lesson.
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London
New York Times
Maria
Herr B
Lionel Arden Novel Attracts Attention In Dil Lingham Co
Malcolm Dearborn’s Lionel Arden, a new historical novel issued by Dil Lingham & Co in November, draws praise for its strong storytelling and well drawn characters. The Boston Beacon lauds its delicate treatment of English history and the portrayal of Lady Jane Grey as a central, attractive figure.
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Lionel Arden
Malcolm Dearborn
Dillingham & Co
Boston Beacon
Ibis
Jane Grey
Doctor Learns Swim Not Cure From River Chase
Wu Ting Fang cites a Chinese tale in which a physician escapes a mob by swimming to safety. The dying patient’s relatives beat him before he slips away, and the doctor warns his son that a doctor must know how to swim rather than to cure.
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Wu Ting Fang
San Francisco
Postmaster Vacancy Leaves Maui Office Unfilled
Since the Keokea Maui postmaster resigned, the fourth assistant postmaster general cannot find a replacement. David, longholding the role since Hawaii became a territory, left for sugar plantation work earning $3 a month while the post earned $24 a year. The name Kaphokohoa kimohokeweonah is claimed as a descendant of King Kahtapokami kokiwealoha noted for favoring missionaries.
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David Bap Bokctonnimon Wken Ree Ah
Keokea
Island of Maui
Hawaii
David
Kaphokohoakimohokeweonah
Kahtapokamikokiwealoha
N. Y. Sun
Sealed verdict in court case noted by jurors
A Glasgow Evening Times cartoon caption shows a lawyer saying the jury has a sealed verdict and a prisoner asking the court not to open it. The Philadelphia Press captions include a humorous exchange about a baby, marbles, and a crowd of women visiting Mrs Gabbie’s house for a sewing circle meeting.
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Glasgow Evening Times
Woman Suffers Kidney Woes and Seeks Relief
A Rome New York woman describes eight years of kidney pain and fatigue. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo with rapid improvement after one week and full cure after five boxes. A free trial offer is available by mail to the United States. Drugs sold by Broughton Graves. 50 cents per box.
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Bright
James Beck
West Whitesboro Street
Rome
N. Y
Dean
Broughton & Graves
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
BR. Paxton Co
Columbus Avs Oston
Mass
Education for Southern Prosperity and Industrial Power
The piece argues for widespread technical and polytechnic education across the southern empire to exploit its vast resources. It cites Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark, England, and New England as models, linking mass hands-on training to per capita wealth, cultural growth, democratic character, and moral foundation. It quotes Froebel and World’s Work on hands-on learning boosting mind and hand work and nation strength.
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Austria
Germany
France
Spain
British Isles
New England
Switzerland
Denmark
England
Froebel
Page
Child Welfare and Civic Power in Early Education
A proclamation by Edgar Gardner Murphy argues that society must protect the child’s nonproductive, receptive stage to safeguard future productive power and national strength. He warns that degrading this stage risks civilization, liberty, and the enduring culture of a nation.
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Edgar Gardner Murphy
Public school funding relative to property value in states
The article compares how states fund public schools by property tax. It lists rates per $100 of taxable property for Tennessee Arkansas Florida Louisiana Missouri Minnesota Nebraska Utah California Colorado Connecticut New York and Illinois, noting southern states generally pay less proportionally while some northern states pay more.
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South
Tennessee
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
Utah
California
Colorado
Connecticut
New York
Illinois
Don’t Postpone School Building
The text argues against delaying school construction, stating that postponing roads and bridges causes only inconvenience, while delaying schools harms knowledge, intelligence, culture, and the nation’s future. It emphasizes that a people may justify delaying infrastructure, but not education during childhood and youth.
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