Peruna and Katarna Compared as Catarrh Remedies
A lay inquiry asks which is better old Peruna now called Katarna or revised Peruna for catarrh. Both are effective. Katarna suits constipation linked cases while revised Peruna suits other catarrh conditions. The note urges buyers to seek either depending on bowel needs and mentions manufacturing firms in Columbus Ohio and Senos Ohio.
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S.mchartman
M.D
Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Katarna
Senos Ohio
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Ip End
Jon W.L. Douglas
EL Douglas
Habeas corpus Idea Quip Sparks Wisconsin Court Story
In early Wisconsin days two leading lawyers, George B. Smith and I. Bloan, clash over a summer case as Sloan interrupts with I have an idea. Smith rises and solemnly moves to issue a writ of habeas corpus to extract the idea from solitary confinement.
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Wisconsin
George B. Smith
Bloan
Sloan
Smith
Popular Magazine
Tuberculosis Day Observance Gaining National Support
President Taft endorses Tuberculosis Day in a letter to Homer Folks, signaling broad church participation across the nation. Observances are expected in nearly all denominations with at least 50,000 sermons planned around October 27.
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Taft
Homer Folks
New York
National Association For Th
United States
Height of Assurance
A man accused of stealing a horse was acquitted after a lengthy trial. Later he sought a warrant against his lawyer, claiming the attorney had seized the horse due to unpaid fees. The judge asked for the charge, and the man replied the lawyer took the horse to atole.
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Atole
Kippincott
Fountain of Beauty and Words Quotes Card
A lyrical epigraph pairing a Nicety about the heart and generosity with a Shakespearean insistence on mindful speech. The two lines offer moral and literary guidance in a compact, period voice.
How He Picked "the Deed" and Sought to Close His Guilt
A Henry C. Terry narrative detailing a famous crime, tracing the suspect’s method and the detective’s unveiling of the path to guilt. The piece emphasizes how evidence and procedural steps narrowed the suspect’s avenues of knowledge to establish responsibility.
Amazing Career Of A Woman Thief
A sensational tale profiles Peg Foster widow of Denny Brady as a prominent female criminal. It recounts her early fame in Connecticut and New Jersey robberies, time with Jimmy Porter and Abe Norris in post office and bank thefts, including a Middletown caper where $250,000 in cash and jewelry were seized after a four hour bank safe entry and a police chase toward New York. She reflects on efforts to avoid capture and her pardoned penitentiary sentence.
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Peg” Foster
Denny Brady
Brady
Connecticut
Elizabethport
N. J
Beg
Philadelphia
Girard House
Alec
Jimmy Porter
Abe Norris
Abe
Jimmy
Xaver
Middletown
N. Y
New York
Britton
Washington
Ban
Hoe
Haid
Secret
Thie
Samuel Hooper
Pittsburgh
Hooper
Peg Foster
Peg
West 15Th Street
Madison Square
Judge Reilly
Pugs
Jimmy Oliver
Peg Foster’s Confession of a Sea-Side Hotel Theft Ring
Peg Foster relates her past partnership with Alec Foster in hotel thefts along the Atlantic coast. She describes casing rooms, tapping doors, and diverting attention with robberies reported at offices while diamonds and cash were stolen. They avoided arrests and used express shipments to launder goods.
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Denny
Peg
Alec Foster
Alec
Atlantic
Express
New York
Chicago
Detective Brittons Tale of the Middletown Robbery
Detective Britton recalls a Middletown post office and bank robbery where a secret service man aided in staging a capture. He tracked Peg Foster and Hooper, used a forged letter plot, then followed Foster to Madison Square where Oliver and Norris were arrested.
Polly Victim of Deception at The Goodleys Home
The Goodleys kept a parrot named Polly for amusement. Polly was cloaked on visits by Mr S and Mr Baintly. On a Wednesday call Polly squawked when the cloth was removed, prompting a humorous remark about the short week.
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Goodleys
Baintly
Polly
Mary Goodley
Diplomacy In Small Things by Little Eloise Cave
A seven year old, Eloise Cave, visits Madison Virginia and carries ice cream to a neighbor. She safely delivers the dish but the adult recipient drops it. Eloise remarks that the grandmother can break the cup herself, reflecting a humorous incident.
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Eloise Cave
Madison
Cloise
Poet's Narrow Escape on Highway Ends in Snicker
A Billville poet recalls a robbery on the highway where the robber took only a poem instead of money. He says the raider read three lines, returned the piece, and joked that the poet needed it more. The teller notes the robber's whimsy overshadowed the danger.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Fragmented Advice and Bland Reports From An Early Column
The passage blends a quip about credit between a New Woman and an Old Man with a remark on an aviating meet that had only minor incidents and no fatalities. It also includes an ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief and wind colic cure.
Woman Recovering After Twelve Years of Illness
A Missouri woman details twelve years of sickness with cramps and bilious spells after eleven doctors, saying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. The ad touts the remedy as made from native roots with no narcotics and invites confidential letters for advice from the Pinkham lab in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
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