Vegetable Compound Restores Health After Prolonged Illness
Miss Rost Nora Hrexxessy of Lexington Kentucky recounts enduring years of poor health from a lingering cold linked to uterine inflammation. After two months on the vegetable compound she claims full recovery and recommends it to friends, while a $5000 letter authenticity pledge is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Mas. Povey
Rost Nora Hrexxessy
Broadway
Lexington
Rose Hennessy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Prudence and Comedy Tour Canceled Los Angeles Show
Philadelphia Press quotes Prudence and Comedy discussing a canceled Los Angeles date. The dialogue reveals indecisiveness and a plan to visit a nearby farm to see eggs, underscoring a cautious approach to touring plans.
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Love Comerdy
Loas Angeles
Vuiladelphia Press
Salzer Seed Co Catalog Promises High Yields per Acre
An advertisement touts Salzer's Focus seeds claiming record yields across states in 1908 and 1904. It urges readers to request the catalog by sending stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin and notes various seed offerings including oats, barley, millets, potatoes, and fodder crops.
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Salzer
Salece
Ohio
Tenn
Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass Fodder Spotlight
A compact note highlights two prime fodder crops Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass offering high yields per acre and wide adaptability. Victoria Rape also noted for substantial sheep and swine feed. UK audience urged to mail 10 cents in stamps to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for a catalog and seed samples. The Cincinnati Times Star reports a fire question about Slickan’s house resolved with insurance twice the value.
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Victoria
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Three Years After Dean's Kidney Pills Backed by Denver Seller
Eugene E Lario of 751 Twentieth Avenue ticket seller at Union Station Denver repeats his 1900 claim that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his backache. He cites severe attacks from desk sitting and says he has had no pain since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells the pills for 50 cents per box through all druggists.
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Eugene E. Lario
Twentieth Avenue
Union Station
Denver
Col
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Mississippi Senate and House Open Under New Capitol
Kate Power reports the 1904 Mississippi legislature organizing in the new capitol with Har rison presiding in the Senate and E. N. Thomas vs Sidney Smith for Speaker in the House. Young pages and old soldiers fill posts, Miss Mattie Plunkett wins a notable election, acoustics and carpets delay business, and calls arise to separate lobby from lawmakers.
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Capitol
Senate
Harrison
Carter
H. Moore
Bolivar
P. M. B. Selph
Tate County
Mississippi College
Clinton
Belk
Moore
Sanders
Hicks
J. Hiram McGehee
H. J. Thornton
J. J. Ball
John Y. Murry, Jr
Miss Minor
Noxubee
J. W. Power
E. N. Thomas
Greenville
Sidney Smith
Lexington
Delta
Malcolm Franklin
Mississippi
Mattie Plunkett
Land
Leake County
Brussels
House
State Street
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Sligo
Deaf and Dumb Institution
Gen. Longito
Supreme Judge
Kate M. Power
Jackson
Finest Alnwick Castle, home of the Duke of Northumberland
The Alnwick castle in Great Britain is hailed as the finest country residence by many experts. Restored since 1854 by the current owner’s father, it features massive walls with sixteen towers, a guarded barbican, a vast marble staircase, a renowned library, an Egyptian museum, antiquities, arms collections, and superb gardens.
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United States
Great Britain
Alnwick
Duke of Northumberland
New York
New Gate Idea for Cattle Pastures in Three-Wire Fences
James Cotter describes a strong wire gate suited for cattle pastures with three-wire fencing. The design uses three long wires as hinges, three boards forming a sliding gate, ratchets to tighten taut wires, and a stake and internal boards to keep the gate aligned. An optional fourth wire is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cotter
Concrete on the Farm: DIY Uses for Durable Concrete Posts and Floors
A Rural New Yorker piece urges farmers to use concrete to replace mud with durable paths around homes and barns. It describes making stone and concrete fence posts, concrete floors under wooden forms, concrete cisterns, and concrete bases for iron posts, noting low costs and long life for self built projects.
Cheap chicken coop sketch offers simple roasting coop plan
A brief sketch describes a very cheap one by using a 1x12 plank split into pieces to form a simple roosting coop. It notes a detachable bottom with four corner hooks and vents via six auger holes per end, plus shingles for covering and ventilation tips. Merino buckwheat for stock is highlighted as an early, reliable crop yielding 60 to 67 percent per acre but not good flour for humans.
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A. W. Toberman
Otsego County
New York
E. M. Hess
Legal notes on negligence and insurance cases cited
The passage surveys several case references: Tradewater Coal vs Johnson holding master negligence for unremoved loose coal. Fetter vs Fidelity insurer policy not preventing death from accident. Carrigan vs Stilwell liability for missing fire escapes despite tenant possession. Warner vs Modern Woodmen on fraternal beneficiary certificates and lack of equitable rights for creditors or estate.
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Tradewater Coal Company
Johnson
Fetter
Fidelity & C. Company
Carrigan Vs. Stilwell
Warner Vs. Modern Woodmen of America
Neb
Physician Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills in Arkansas
Yorktown Ark January 11 Dr Leland Williamson M D performs rare public endorsement of Dodd's Kidney Pills citing twenty years in malarial country and various kidney ailments It is claimed the pills restore kidneys and purge blood of poisons with prompt cures The statement contrasts with typical patent medicine secrecy Also included is a humorous Boston Transcript dialogue about compliments and Nellie Breese
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Yorktown
Ark
Leland Williamson
Dodds
Williamson
Earliest Green Onions Seed Offer From Salter Co
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts Earliest Green Eating Onion as a new money making vegetable. They offer a plant and seed catalog plus seeds to grow 10,000 plants including cabbages carrots celery onions radishes and flowers for 16 cents postage and 20 cents for a Berliner Cauliflower. The advertisement is followed by a joke caption about a wife admiring a new hat and the bill.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Taylor's Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein Cures Coughs
An old advertisement touts Taylor's Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein as a stimulating expectorant to loosen phlegm for coughs and croup. Sold at druggists in 25¢, 50¢, and 1.00 per bottle.
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Taylor
World’s Fair fast service Louisiana Purchase Limited
The New York Central Lines will run a luxurious fast service for the World’s Fair with trains of a premier pattern. The Louisiana Purchase Limited is being built for this purpose, promising high speed and comfort.
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New York Central Lines
Oldest Man in America Praises Peruna Remedy
A long portrait of Uncle Isaac Brock, a centenarian invited to Waco for his photograph, notes his 115 years and loyalty to Peruna. He credits the tonic with maintaining health amid climate changes, cites la grippe relief, and mentions continued use despite age and vision issues. The piece references biographical writeups in 1898 and a Dallas Morning News feature.
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Isaac
Waco
Andrew Jackson
Brock
Waco Times-Herald
Dallas Morning News
Chicago Times-Herald
Peruna
United States
Notable Veteran Believes Peruna Guards His Health
Born before the United States, this long lived man witnessed twenty two presidents. A veteran of four wars, he kept vigor with Peruna the greatest remedy for catarrhal diseases. At 99 he rode a horse and faced a land suit as a witness, ever convinced Peruna protected him from sudden changes.
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United States
Peru-na
Peruna
SAAC BROCK Ties 115-year record in Texas residence change
SAAC BROCK, a McLennan county citizen, has lived 115 years. He spent many years at Bosque Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, and now resides with his son in law at Valley Mills, Texas.
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Saac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Bosque Falls
Waco
Valley Mills
Neat Trish bull at Philadelphia political meeting
A comic incident unfolds at a Locust street Philadelphia gathering where delegates debate committee size. An aged Milesian delegate proposes increasing the panel to nine to ensure a majority in case of a vote, a quip noted as a neat political misstep.
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Locust Street
Broad
Philadelphia
Nebuchadnezzar and the boy with a lawn request
A joke item from Somerville Journal notes Nebuchadnezzar allegedly eating grass. A neighbor boy asks Mrs Nebuchadnezzar to lend her husband to trim their front lawn, mocking grandiosity and household chores. A humorous collection cites quotes from Somer ville Journal, S. J. Hale and Chicago Daily News.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Somerville Journal
Peruna free book offer and medical correspondence
Offer from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio invites readers to request a free book on catarrh. If unsatisfied with Peruna results, send a full case statement to Dr. Hartman president of Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for his advice.
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Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
One Hartman Sanitarium
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