Poisoning at Chicago jail lunch counter shocks inmates
In a Chicago county jail case several prisoners fell ill from suspected poisoned pies served at the jail lunch counter. Tom Shannon and Herman Brand are among the sickest, with doctors and stomach pumps used as doctors treated the inmates overnight.
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Chicago
Tom Shannon
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Herman Brand
Anna Johnson
Haldane Cleminson
John D. Leek
Mary Lavender
Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal Church
E. B. Crawford
Dr. Leek
Skinner & Skinner
Skinner
Faulkner
Utah
Desplaines Street
Andrew Peligrini
Manitoba
Joseph Gibson
Halsted Street
Hoyne Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
Wayman
Cook County
Holland
American Posting Service
Clifford Roe
Mollie Hart
Mollie Fernwood
Armour Avenue
Litchfield
Charles Cole
Panama
Rachel Rufus
Hillsboro
James Cole
Sarah Rufus
Justice O’brannon
Freed at Last From the Awful Tortures of Kidney Disease
Mrs. Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas reports fifteen years of kidney trouble and two years of confinement. She praises Dean's Kidney Pills for restoring health enabling her to work like a healthy woman at nearly eighty, recommending the product sold by Fosses Milburn Co Buffalo NY for 50 cents a box.
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Rachel Ivie
Henrietta
Texas
Dean
Dean’s
Fosses- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Poverty and Consumption and Domestic Lessons
A collage of short items discusses smoking youth paradoxes and domestic missteps at a luncheon, notes German poverty linked illness rates, cites John Burns on charitable relief for London consumptives, and offers a homely reflection on loving one wife with respect to mothers and sisters.
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John Burns
London
Food Question Settled With Perfect Satisfaction by a Dyspeptic
An Illinois wife describes her husband’s stomach troubles improving after starting Grape-Nuts. He regained appetite and energy, missing few workdays, as the family continues purchasing the cereal. The letter ends with the familiar sales hook and note about readers sending testimonials.
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Illinois
Wellville
When to Send Children to Europe
Judge's Library weighs best age for child travel to Europe noting risks of delays and bragging by others. It suggests ideal age around four or five, arguing four covers England France and Italy with time to return for home events.
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Tiffany
Omaha
United States
W. K. Kellogg
Kellogg's
Holden
Iowa State College
Neb
National Corn Association
Europe
Paris
England
France
Italy
Judge’s
Origin of the Word Bible in Ancient Texts
The term Bible derives from Latin biblia treated as singular, from Greek neuter plural meaning little books. The Greek diminutive comes from byblus meaning papyrus, the writing material. The title Bible first appears mid second century in the second epistle of Clement.
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Byblus
Reward for a catarrh cure and cure claim
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a hidden catarrh case that cannot be cured by Tall Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It includes testimonials from Walding Kivnan Manrvis and Hall’s Catarrh Cure details plus a constipation remedy and a quoted aphorism about happiness and energy.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
EF. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinvan & Manrvis
D. Hall
Hali
A Rare Good Thing for sore feet by Allen's Foot-Ease
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Rhode Island praises Allen's Foot-Ease as essential for aching feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. The ad ends with a risqué social note about a widow manipulating a man’s feelings.
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Allen
Matilda Holtert
Providence
R. I
Pettit Eye Balm and Local Slogan Fragments
Antique advertisement notes Pettit’s Eye Balm promising relief for eyes from dust heat sun or wind and a Howard Bros Buffalo outlet. The piece also includes a quip about generosity and Lewis’ Single Binder cigar, noting a large annual sale and a playful fragment about breaking a $5 bill.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Lewis
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State News
Henry—Harley Braden
McCune
Pearl
t-liKe Mogg Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battle Creek, Mich
Ala
Adam Clark
California
Vienna
Sausa
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libb
West
Butte Valley
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
E. L. Lomax
Union Pacific R. R
Omaha, Neb
Neat
Manufacturers,co, Chemists
Goshen
Indiana
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