Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertised cure claims
A Park Rapids Minnesota testimonial notes 20 pound gain after six bottles and renewed ability to work after years of illness tied to life changes. Brookville Ohio residents report improved regularity and reduced nerves. The ad asserts the compound, made from native roots and berries, has a record of many cures for female ailments and invites letters for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Park Rapids
Minn
Ep. la Dov
Park Rap
Brookville
Ohio
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Notice of Sale of Unclaimed Animals in Pendleton
The Marshal of Pendleton holds two unclaimed animals: a brown mare about 12 years old weighing around 1000 pounds with a crooked left fore ankle and no brand, and a sorrel yearling colt. If not claimed within ten days, costs and expenses will be paid and they will be sold at public auction for cash at 2 p.m. on February 18, 1910, at the City Pound near Coobie and Webb Streets, Pendleton. Proceeds go to costs of sale. Dated February 7, 1916.
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Pendleton
Coobie and Webb Streets
113 year old Aunt Hester Cordrey still farms near Delmar
Wilmington born 1797, Aunt Hester Cordrey marks 113th birthday working her Delmar truck farm solo. She began field labor at 16, recalls harsh modern life, says strong work keeps women fit, never wore spectacles, has five great grandchildren, guards heirlooms, lives alone 43 years, and remains alert and hearty despite age and hardship.
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Hester” Cordrey
Wilmington
Del
Delmar
Hester Cordrey
Hester
Hamilton Neal
Cordrey
Noted criminals among asylums inmates raise questions
Poughkeepsie N Y The annual report by Dr Robert Lamb of Matteawan state hospital notes a half dozen or more inmates labeled lunatics yet legally sane by the courts. He questions disposition of such cases saying no actual lunacy is evident and that a psychiatrist might find no mental disease on admission or during residence.
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Poughkeepsie
Robert Lamb
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaws
Lamb
Bal lard's Snow Liniment Ad Promising Quick Healing
An advertisement for Ballard's Snow Liniment targets parents with claims it relieves pain from burns cuts and scalds in children like Baby Hanis while speeding healing. It markets the product as a cure for sprains rheumatism and general pain with prices 26e 60c and 1 dollar from A. C Koppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanis
Ballard
Kooppen & Bros
Closed season for airships stirs Paris sports talk
Paris reports a proposed closed season for airships as the latest issue to vex sporting circles. The St Hubert club, devoted to shooting and hunting, participates in the debate amid FRANCE wide discussion.
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Paris
France
St. Hubert Club
Simple home remedy for coughs and colds
A published home remedy claims a mixture of two ounces glycerine, half ounce Virgin Olive Pine compound, and eight ounces pure whisky cures colds and coughs. Marketed as a cure by Leach Chemicon Co of Cincinnati, with instructions to mix in a large bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach Chemicon Co
Cincinnati
Mond Will Reveals Rich Art and Science Bequests
The will of Dr Ludwig Mond of Brunner Mond & Co discloses extensive gifts to art and science. He leaves £50,000 to the Royal Society and the University of Heidelberg for research, £120,000 to Munich's Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, £20,000 to a pension fund for workers, and £20,000 to Cassel for municipal use. On his wife’s death, National Gallery Trustees may select from his curios and paintings, including Raphael's Christ on the Cross, with possible National Gallery renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ludwigg Mond
Messra
Brunner, Mond & Co, Nmited
Royal Society
Davy-Faraday Laboratory
University of Heidelberg
Mond
National Gallery
Christ On the Cross
Raphael
Academie der Bildenden Knenste
Munich
Brunner, Mond & Co
President Helps Orphans at Indus trial and Orphan's Home
In Macon Georgia the president of the Industrial and Orphans Home reports Electric Bitters has aided the institution for nine years. The tonic is praised for stomach liver and kidney relief purifying blood improving digestion creating appetite strengthening and uplifting weak rundown people including pale thin children and women. The product is endorsed as a top family medicine by Taliman & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial and Orphan's Home
Macon
Taliman & Co
Train Robbery Seen as Poor Paying Profession
Missouri Pacific officials report two recent train hold ups. Four men robbed a Eureka Missouri train on January 21 and netted $125 instead of the $10,000 feared by authorities. A separate Pittsburg Kansas passenger robbery on February 5 is cited by officials.
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Louis
Missouri Pacific
Eureka
Pittsburg
Kans
Dr King’s New Life Pills Cure Digestive Ailments
A vintage advertisement notes men wasting money seeking cures at doctors and medicines. Dr King’s New Life Pills are promoted as a quick, inexpensive remedy for stomach, liver, and kidney issues, including dyspepsia, indigestion, biliousness, constipation, jaundice, malaria, and debility. Tallman & Co. advertises.
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Dr. King
Tallman & Co
Cure Your Kidneys Do Not Endanger Life
Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as the remedy for kidney disease symptoms including backache urinary issues and headaches. Pendleton Ore resident Mrs Arthur Hammer testifies to years of relief after using the product and recommends it to friends. Sold by Pendleton Drug Co and Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Pendleton
Bright
Arthur Hammer
Aura Street
Ore
Doan
Pendleton Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Notable Books in Local Public Library
The public library holds Roosevelt's The Winning of the West and two unusual volumes The History of Indian Literature by Albrecht Weber and History of the Scandinavian North by F W Horn. Also available are Coburns Book of Alfalfa and Henry Cabot Lodge's Short History of the English Colonies in America, with Lodge’s work seen as a helpful resource for U S history students.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Albrecht Weber
F. W. Horn
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
America
Fourth edition of India Matter of 1857 in library
Lovers of history may find Colonel GB Maileson’s fourth edition of The India Mather of 1857 in the public library. The author writes in the preface that the work aims to narrate the causes and consequences of a movement unforeseen undreamed of and which taxed the British people to the utmost.
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GB. Maileson
Great Fist Season Begins With Lent
New York markets kick off the Lenton fast as Fulton market handles the day’s bustle. About 1,800,000 pounds of seafood supply retail shops citywide and into the five borough homes before nightfall. An ample fish supply meets demand through Easter Sunday with meat replaced in many homes. Fresh fish will grow as spring advances and refrigeration drops.
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New York
Fulton Market
Metropolie
How An Epidemic Of Cholera Was Stopped
Washington reports on Cebu Philippines where prompt measures halted a Cholera outbreak. Water wells were treated with carbolic acid, infected areas isolated, improvised hospitals built, public and private closets disinfected, and house to house inspections conducted. Cases quickly declined and were stamped out by November 21.
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Cebu
Driscoll Hayes Championship Clash At National Sporting Club
Jem Driscoll enters as the favorite against Seaman Hayes in a twenty round English featherweight title bout at the National Sporting Club London on Feb 14. Driscoll seeks Lord Lonsdale belt with a $500 side bet.
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Driscoll
London
Jem Driscoll
Seaman Hayes
National Sporting Club Tonight
Lord Lonsdale
Market and asset figures from insurance balance sheet
The document lists market value of real estate and bonds, mortgage loans, cash in banks, premium notes, net uncollected premiums, and other assets with specific dollar amounts. Totals show significant holdings and liquidity components as of the report date.
Alleged Brutalities Suffered by Germans in Amazon Mission
Berlin reports allege brutalties suffered by German workmen sent from Hamburg to work on the Marmore railway in Amazonas Central America. Many fled to the forest where hunger and disease followed. About 70 chose the forest path. many died on the journey home. Over 60 of remaining 300 sick in hospitals with tropical diseases. 300 of 600 originally left Hamburg are said to have died.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Amazonas
Central America
Amazon
Matsrin
Salt Miners Visit Kaiser With Sausages And Eggs
A delegation of Halle salt miners called on the Kaiser in Berlin for their annual visit. They presented 130 pounds of sausages and 200 eggs as gifts. The Kaiser welcomed them warmly, tasted the offerings, and thanked them for remembering him. The miners will stay in Berlin for several days at the Kaiser's expense.
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Berlin
Halleres
Halle
Pile Sured in Days with Palo Ointment Claim
An advertisement asserts Palo ointment cures itching burning rashes and protracted skin problems within 6 to 14 days. A money back guarantee is promised if no improvement is shown. The wording foregrounds a claim of rapid relief and a refunds policy.
Roosevelt Jr Engaged to Miss Eleanor Alexander
New York February 11 Colonel Roosevelt hunting in Africa. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. announced engaged to Eleanor Butler Alexander of this city. Mrs Henry Addison Alexander mother of the bride announces the engagement. Miss Alexander is 21. Roosevelt works in a carpet factory in Thomastonville Conn.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Young Roosevelt
Eleanor Butler Alexander
Henry Addison Alexander
Alexander
Paris
Miss Alexander
Thompsonville
Conn
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
A dated advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $1000 reward for a proven failure, and notes testimonials and a Toledo, Ohio address. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Phehene
Hall
F. J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggtets
Tiene Hall
Are You a Good Shot at Pastime Parlors Estes asks
Valuable guns and cigars awarded to top marksmen at the Pastime Parlors. A quick repair shop promises to grind you a new jense. Bring broken items to Hanscom's Jewelry Store for service.
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Estes
Hanscom's Jewelry Store
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