Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin touted for babies and families
An ad-like piece warns against strong laxatives for babies and urges mothers to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It claims safety for infants and benefits for digestion and liver action, citing many testimonials and offering samples and retail details.
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Dr. Caldwell
Lafe Weathers
Indianapolis
Mattie Crouch
Tiptonville
Tenn
Almon Willis
Jamaica
A. B. Cunningham
Fresno
Calif
Flora Hebrew
Bow Creek
Kan
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
T. Cc. Basye
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Harrison Township 1908
Harrison township Spencer county Indiana holds an annual meeting to set 1908 estimates. The board proposes expenditures and taxes for township, local tuition, special school, road, additional road, and other items totaling 4305.42 dollars with 107 cents tax per hundred. Net taxable property listed at 402 470 dollars with 2 polls. Pineules for the kidneys advertised with a 3 day trial and money back guarantee through T C Basye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Township
Spencer County
Indiana
Independence Party movement mocked as joke in Chicago
In a sharp Cold War style piece, Chicago writer Willis Abbot assesses the Independence Party surge inspired by revenge. He contrasts Taft and Bryan, notes Hearst’s weak ticket, and questions the forged Gompers cable message from Paris linking Hearst and Gompers.
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Independence Party
Gompers
Hearst
New York
Arthur Brisbane
Hisgen
Graves
Brisbane
New York State
Independence League
Independent Party
Democratic Party
John Temple Graves
Hamoreous
Kansan
Mr. Graves
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Paris
Chicago
Bryan Campaign Busy Day at Fairview Lincoln Nebraska
William J. Bryan receives reports of broad support as he nears nomination. Notables including Henry George Jr and a Bryan and Kern club visit Fairview. George notes rising labor involvement and possible unions influence in politics. Committee activity in Lincoln centers on campaign planning and textbook compilation ahead of New York headquarters opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Democratic Party
Bryan
National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
William J. Bryan
Ipworth League
Mr. Bryan
Henry D. Douglass
New York
Bryan and Kern Club
Empire State
Douglas
Maryland
Lee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Stevenson
Illinois
Henry George, Jr
George
Kern
Mr. George
Littlefield
Maine
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Kansas
Nebraska
Mack
Wright Makes Good With Flyer In Lemans Flight
Wilbur Wright of Dayton achieves a successful ascent near 8 pm in Le Mans. The flight covers about two kilometers in a minute and three seconds with loops and a figure eight. Earlier attempts ended in minor crashes due to ground contact and engine issues. Spectators number in the thousands as Wright lands before the grand stand amid applause. European aeronauts praise his skill and genius.
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Wright
Mr. Wright
M. de la Grange
Leon Bollee
Mr. Bollee
Tax Evasion Controversy Traces Historic English Duties
A wealth figure boasts of dodging 340000 in taxes while contrasting modern taxes with 17th century English levies. He recalls birth, burial, marriage, and household taxes on nobles and commoners, plus charges on servants, dogs, horses, carriages, hearths, windows, wigs, and more.
Shipping losses as ships damaged in Japanese collision
Two Hong Kong vessels the German steamer Numantia and British steamer Suveric arrived at Shimon oseki damaged from a collision. A passenger train wreck near Shoshone Nevada killed three aboard. Lane-Haggings cotton mill workers strike in New Orleans over wage cuts.
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Numantia
Suveric
Hong Kong
Shimonoseki
Japan
American Association of Opticians
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Northwest
Chicago
Tonopah & Tidewater
Shoshone
Nev
Bank of Afton
Bride Refuses to Marry Polish Count at Fall River Church
At St. Stanislaus church Angela Pawlow refused to wed Basyl Malinski claiming prior infidelity. The ceremony halted as the church cleared while the crowd watched the bride turn from the groom and declare no before fleeing to her mother amid gasps and stunned silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stanislaus’ Church
Fall River
Mass
Angela Pawlow
Basyl Malinski
Russia
Father Basin
Handsome Knight Title Hidden in Nightly Mines
J A Sargent writes of Hollister's Rocky Mountain at night with a verse about a handsome girl and a noble knight. The poem hints at secret roles and daring deeds in a pale literary setting.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
J. A. Sargent
DeWitt’s Early Risers Liver Pills Sold by Basye
An advertisement announces DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills as safe easy pleasant and sure with T C Basye listed as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt’s
T. C. Basye
The Hearty Laugh and a Baby Remedy Ad
A piece extols hearty laughter as healthful and uplifting for workers and friends. It then promotes Cascue sweet as a baby remedy, claiming rapid quieting of a cross infant, with ingredients listed on the bottle and no opiates, sold by T. C. Basys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Basys
Bill Nye Letter to Queen Victoria Prompts Readings Appeal
A long vanished note by Bill Nye to Queen Victoria urged her to attend American authors readings supporting an international rights movement. The public letter aimed to delight readers and praise her tireless reign on a “hard throne,” while remaining unlikely to reach the monarch.
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Bill Nye
Queen Victoria
America
United States
Putnam’s Magazine
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Joseph F. Vaal
Trrave Marne
É&C
Munn & Co
Scientific
Washington
Taft
Willis J. Abbot
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo Times
Urey Woodson
Owensboro Messenger
Haskell
Oklahoma
Omaha World-Herald
Standard Oil Company
Sherman
Congress
Middle West
Coliseum
Denver
Arizona
Missouri
Arkansas
Independent” Party
Mr. Hearst
Hearst and Gompers
Tween
Henry
George, Jr
Wilbur Wright
Pillsbury, Washburn Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis
Elmer B. Dover
Republican National Committee
William Hayward
California
Bride
Massachusetts
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