Lydia Pinkham testimonials and Taft electoral notes
Reader letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from tumors and inflammatory conditions, urging its use before surgery. In political notes, the piece lists governors in Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont and Delaware and analyzes Taft versus Roosevelt prospects for 1908 electoral votes.
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Peoria
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Christina KeeEp
Mound St
Peoria, Ill
Taft
Pennewill
Delaware
Veene Tener
Pennsylvania
Pothier
Rhode Island
Mead
Vermont
O.c.s.ncccene
12 G. O. P. States Are Against Taft
Washington March 23 A report on Taft campaign prospects notes Republican governors in twenty two states show varying levels of support. Twelve say Taft cannot win their states which hold 116 electoral votes. Six doubt Taft can carry their states but concede Roosevelt could win 69 electoral votes.
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Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Taft
Dewware
Uiont Powder Trust
Roosevelt
Elec
Johnson
California
Kansits
Chibponn
Michigan
Arve West
Hardlev
Missouri
Washington
McKinley
F Roosevelt
Cadillac
Cadilliac
Elf
Roots and herbs for private disease cures offered
A sales pitch touts root and herb medicines as safe cures for asthma fever cancer and other private diseases. It claims hundreds of testimonials from prominent people are on file and open for public inspection.
Wilson gains momentum in three western states
Dispatches from Wilson headquarters report strong Wilson sentiment expanding in Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois. Wisconsin Democrats favor Wilson as strongest candidate amid Republican bosses backing Clark-Harmon. Iowa notes increasing Wilson support with Des Moines figures endorsing him as a capable executive. Illinois locals describe central and southern regions as solidly behind Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
Wisconsin
Clark
Harmon
T. J. Cunningham
Chippewa Falls
Iowa
Woodrow Wilson
Clark-Harmon
F. M. Hubble
Dés Moines
Irving Shuman
Sullivan
Hinois
Heavy Decrease in British Birth Rate 1911 England Wales
The 1911 registrar general report shows births at 881,223 and deaths at 527,664 in England and Wales. The natural increase is 353,559, with a population rise of 852,369, but birth rate at 24.4 per 1000, down 6.7 from 1910, the lowest since records began. Death rate stands at 14.6 per 1000, up 1.1 from 1910.
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England and
Wales
London
Chicago Merchant Announces Peruna Cure for Catarrh
J G Becker of 124 Van Buren Chicago states after decades of catarrh and costly remedies Peruna cured him permanently and his wife also recovered. He endorses Peruna as the sole lasting relief and keeps it at home for colds.
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Chicago
J. G. Becker
van Buren &J
Peruna
Escape By Rope From Prison Shed Heist
A prisoner crafted a rope and ladder from string and a folding ladder to climb walls, swinging from a rope to a grilled window and escaping with accomplices. Since the escape there has been no trace of him. Also noting advice on treating colds with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by dealers.
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Thomas
Thought dead man Eddy seen alive in Louisville
A Wooster native Ralph E Eddy disappeared in August 1908 on the eve of his wedding in Chicago. A national search and life insurance claim followed amid murder theories. A Louisville hotel sighting by a traveling salesman suggests Eddy is alive, contradicting earlier death claims.
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Wooster
Ralph E. Eddy
Obert E. Eddy
Chicago
Eddy
Louieville
Napoleon III described as a practical joker in Paris notes
The Revue de Paris prints curious souvenirs from Dr. Farther about Napoleon III. It notes his walk leaned left, he jerked his arms when running, and his head tilted. The physician recalls the emperor teased his entourage, including the empress, and the back of his head is described as disproportioned.
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Paris
Revue de Paris
Napoleon III
Prince Imperial
Napoleon
Empress Eugenie Birthday Banter and Noted Painters
A dinner conversation recalls Empress Eugenie and remarks about trees planted on her birth day. Napoleon jokes about her age while praising painters Horace Vernet Melle Sonnier and Rosa Bonheur. An aside notes insomnia stems from stomach disorders and Chamberlain's tablets are advertised as a solution.
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Eugenie
Napoleon
Napoleon Tit
Horace Vernet
Mellesonnier
Rosa Bonheur
Father barred from funeral by divorce suit ruling
In Des Moines a supreme court decision says a father who lacks custody under a divorce cannot claim the right to attend his child’s funeral. J D Trader of Boone sued his father in law after being refused entry to the service for a child by his divorced wife. The lower court ruling was upheld. Also an ad notes relief from rheumatism with Chamberlain's Liniment costing a quarter.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court of Town
J. D. Trader
Boone
Baby Receives $500000 Inheritance Case From Baltimore
A Baltimore widow, Mrs. Marie S, wins a sizable trust dispute after a child earns a $500000 inheritance. The case details a contested birth, a will, and the involved guardianship. Public records show the awarded sum to the infant, highlighting legal actions and parties in the proceedings.
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Baby
Baltimore
Marie S
Old Time Remedy Darkens the Hair
An old home remedy using sage and sulphur is described to darken hair and treat dandruff and thinning. Modern druggists offer Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, sold for fifty cents a bottle with a money-back guarantee if it fails to meet claims. Pendleton Drug Co. is named as a special agent.
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Wyeth Chemical Company
New York
Wyeth
Pendleton Drug Co
Read to inherit $500000 estate after mother's death
A Montgomery Alabama man W Nash Read will receive his wife’s entire $500000 estate since she died without a will, leaving their child to rename the mother’s heir. If the child predeceased the mother, the father would have inherited one third of the estate.
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Man’s Hospital
W. Nash Read
Montgomery
Ala
Headless Ghost Joke Ends in Student Nervous Collapse
A Chicago University student suffered a nervous breakdown after a prank in his dorm. A white shrouded figure with a detachable head, created from sheets, red paint, a cabbage and a mask, scared L. D. Dunlap into distress and prompted faculty to consider expulsion of the perpetrators.
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Hioax
Chicago
University of Chicago
L. D. Dunlay
Bath
Howx
Dunlap
Sweden to Build 12000 HP Wig Iron Smelting Plant
Experiments in Sweden have warranted the erection of a 12,000 horsepower electrical smelting plant for wig iron, signaling a major step in industrial ore processing and energy use.
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Sweden
Parson Confronts Mayor After Village Election
In St Paul Minnesota Rev Martin Kinney accuses Mayor Pat Murphy of letting saloons stay open on election day. The mayor responds with arrest threats and Kinney sits on him in the post office, ending with Kinney challenging authority before retreating home.
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St. Paul
Mian
Paul
Martin W. Kicsey
Pat Murphy
Kinney
Mr. Kinney
Cure a Cold in One Day Hype Sign Promises
An old advertisement touts a claimed one day cure for a cold using laxative bromos quinine tablets. It warns druggists to refund money if not effective and features W. Grove’s signature on every box as credibility.
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W. Grove
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