Dean's Kidney Pills Help Taunton Man Claim Relief
Mia James French of Taunton Massachusetts age 65 shares that after using Dean's Kidney Pills she found relief from back pain and disordered kidney secretions. She reports being restored to health after eight boxes and notes the product was sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James French
Wetr’ Street
Taunton
Mass
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pulpit Fell As Minister Preached In Pennsylvania Town
A stout pulpit in a small Pennsylvania mining town church broke loose during a sermon. The minister recovered quickly, quipping that he hated the connection, while a separate ad derides starch and promotes Defiance Starch. A streetcar joke ends the clip.
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Pennsylvania
Fight for a Royal Child in Dresden by Ida Kremer
Ida Kremer orator describes her tenure as governess in the Montignoso residence in Dresden. She claims she was compelled to leave by order of the court marshal of the King of Saxony. The book will soon be published and details royal household intrigues.
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Dresden
Ida Kremer
Four Canal Zone Buildings Given to YMCA for Workers
The federal government erected four buildings in the canal zone and placed them under the Young Men's Christian Association to serve as men's clubs for Panama canal workers. Four additional similar structures are planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Zone
Young Men's Christian Association
Panama Canal
Editor notes growing poet ad clash at magazine
In a witty exchange, the editor complains contributors demand poetic placement next to ads. The assistant confirms the trend highlighting tension between verse and commercial content in the magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
yYes
Puck
Coffee Complexion and Postum Benefit Letter
A reader describes dark blotches from long coffee use and claims Postum Food Coffee as a substitute improved complexion and nerves. The writer says the blotches faded after switching and praises the product as a remedy for prior coffee related skin and nerve issues.
Spies Among Miners in Steunenberg Trial Evidence Read
In Boise Idaho Morris Friedman the ex Pinkerton stenographer testified again at the Steunenberg murder trial. The court read to the jury almost all the documents Friedman obtained from Pinkerton records showing spy activity among unions during Colorado labor troubles 1903 04. Wallace and White testified on militia misuse and arson against mine owners as the defense plans to rest witnesses by week end with Haywood and Moyer to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Morris Friedman
Pinkerton
Denver
Steunenberg
Friedman
Cripple Creek
Victor
Globeville
Colorado City
Trinidad
Western Federation of Miners
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
Federation
Pinkerters
Senator Borah
Wallace
K. C. Sterling
Independence Station
M. EB. White
Western Federation
Woodman
Haywood
Moyer
Mark Twain Voices Regret For Lost Nigger-Show Era
Mark Twain laments fading days of a famed nigger-show stars like Billy Rice Billy Birch David Wambold Backus and others in a North American Review excerpt noting the show’s unique vitality and contrasting it with grand opera while expressing a preference for the primitive performance over later arts. He recalls past joy and suggests the show’s absence leaves a void in cultural memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rice
Billy Birch
David Wambold
Backus
Birch
Wambold
Mark Twain
North American Review
Operators Strike May Spread From Chicago to West
Secretary Westey Russell of the Commercial Telegraphers Union said active preparations are underway to expand the strike against Western Union and Postal companies. Kansas City and St Louis are named as potential new strike fields with operators to be drawn from those cities within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Westey Russell
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
Postal Companies
L Plg Telegraph Companies
San Francisco
Kansas City
St. Louis
Equitable Life Seeks Texas Exit Over State Tax Rules
The Equitable Life Assurance Society discloses its asset distribution as it withdraws from Texas rather than meet a 75 percent Texas reserve investment requirement taxed heavily. The report shows $10,958,000 invested in Texas, twice the new-law minimum, with over 87 percent of total reserves invested in southern and western states though only 35 percent of insurance in those regions. Investments span numerous states with amounts ranging from under one million to over eleven million in many jurisdictions.
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Texas
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Ariz
Ent Ark
Cal
Ima
Idaho
Ind. Ter
Ind
Iowa
Kansas
Mich
Minn
Miss
Mont
Neb
New Mex
N. C
N. D
Ohio
Okla
Ore
S. C
S. D
Tenn
Utah
Wash
W. Va
Wis
Wyo
Targets for Anglers in Central Park Pool
Anglers' club placed white one foot disks with lines and lead weights as targets in a city pool near a granite walk. Thousands of visitors asked if they were Hiypads or idle loungers while patrolmen explained the disks are for fly and bait casting practice and the nearby cans are not for fish breeding but targets.
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Central Park
Anglers’ Club
New Automatic Rifle Debates as Infantry Arm of the Future
An article notes the automatic rifle as a serious future infantry arm. At the German War Academy experiments the weapon with a ten-cartridge magazine is discussed. Its loading and cocking use recoil, allowing a soldier to fire ten shots without shifting aim.
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German ‘War Academy
Goldier
York ‘Sun
Once Rich Graven Unmarked Body Found in Mississippi
A former Calmar bank president named McRoberts, once prosperous with assets estimated at 60000 to 75000 dollars, was found among unidentified corpses drifting in the Mississippi near Bellevue. After years of speculation and drinking, he deserted his wife Mrs A McRoberts, and became a tramp roaming Iowa river towns. His wife, living in Charles City, learned through papers that one of the Bellevue bodies might be her husband.
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Dubuque
Bellevue
Charles City
Iowa
A. McRoberts
McRoberts
Calmar
Sabula
Savanna
NO RIGHT TO BURN SEINE IN IOWA JURISDICTION
Clinton District Judge Barker rules Rock Creek falls under Iowa jurisdiction not federal waters. Deputy Henry Burmeister of the state fish commission prosecutes seining near Clinton, seizing two fishermen Huhunin and Johnson and destroying their seines. Judge Barker finds Burmeister liable for the value of one seiner not in use.
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Clinton
Barker
Clinton District Court
Henry Barmeir
Dubuque
Huhunin
Johnson Seining
Rock Creek
Iowa
Mississippi
Missouri
Des Moines
Burmeister
Dexter Gets Three Years In Federal Fraud Case
Judge Reed in federal court sentenced Ira Dexter to three years in Leavenworth for the fraudulent use of the mails connected with a mythical national land company of Algona. Dexter pleaded hardship, noting deafness and his wife and three children, while hinting at hidden associates who would support his family financially during imprisonment. He was taken to Leavenworth.
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Reed
Algona
Fort Dodge
Ira Dexter
Leavenworth
National Land Company
Dexter
Jailbreak Ends in Tragedy at Davenport
Three desperadoes escaped Scott County jail and robbed trains bound for robbery grand jury. Roy Lee was fatally injured leaping from a Rock Island train near the depot after the breakout. Jacob Simmons, captured at Ottawa, and Emmet Hodge, still at large, were among the escapees. Night Watchman Nate Johnson was badly beaten during the incident.
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Roy Lee
Davenport
Grand Jury
Scott County
Jacob Simmons
Rock Island
Lee
St. Luke’s Hospital
Say No Pay for Sunday. Pennell's Sunday toil split county board
George B. Pennell filed a claim against the county for work on county books under Judge Green's order. He was to be paid five dollars per day for twenty days including three Sundays. The board cut his $100 claim by $15, disallowing Sunday work due to an anti Sunday law. He will not finish the task without payment for the three Sundays, with the board split three to two on the original roll.
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Atlantic
George B. Pennell
Lightning Strike Kills Player During St Anthony Game
In St Anthony a lightning bolt struck during a Clemens versus St Anthony baseball game, mortally wounding Albert Laplant at second base and stunning eight others. Spectators saw nine players on the field as thunder boomed. Laplant, 22, died, while several others were seriously injured. Over 100 witnesses reported the tragedy.
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St. Anthony
Albert Laplant
Clemens
Laplant
Board Trade Gambling Ruling In Fort Dodge Court
U S court decides speculation on the board of trade is gambling. Jury finds Pearson not liable to pay losses from Ware and Ware Chicago brokers sought 6000 from Arthur Pearson. Senator Dolliver testified on Pearson’s capacity for business. Judge Reed instructed the jury after denying a key evidentiary motion.
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Fort Dodge
Board of Trade
United States
Ware
Pearson
Leland & Ware
Chicago
Arthur
Dolliver
Megs
Reed
Peruna and Manalin End Long-Standing Catarrh Claims
Aline DePasse of New York and Mildred Grey of Appleton share testimonials praising Peruna and Manalin. DePasse reports seven years of head and digestive catarrh cured after twelve bottles and giving remedies to her children. Grey credits Peruna with relief from stomach catarrh after six bottles, noting initial improvement within a week.
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Aline Depasse
New York
N.Y
Peruna
Manalin
Mildred Grey
Weimar St
Appleton, Wis
Farmer Nichols Dies After Fall From Horse at Afton
George W. Nichols, a well known farmer of Afton, died three weeks after a fall from his horse. He suffered a concussion and a brain tumor which formed was the immediate cause. The body will be taken to Marshalltown for burial.
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Afton
George W. Nichols
Marshalltown
Naioe Aed
Davenport canvass reaches $100000 for new fort
Davenport reports an arduous thirty-day canvass reaching the $50,000 mark and aiming at the $100,000 total for a fort project. The note mentions M.G.A and Crossett alongside names Gota and My Qo de Daliang in a terse historical snippet.
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Gota
Y. M.G
A. Davenport
My Qo de Daliang
Crossett
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Pinkerton Agency
Vanie
Falla
New’ York
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Aes
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Seine
Board Trade Gambling
Pe ‘and
Manailin
National Lead Company
Heston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
John
T. Lewis & Brow. Co
Pittsburgh
National Load & Oil Co
Libby
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