South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna in Letter
United States Senator from South Carolina endorses Peruna stating relief from dyspepsia and stomach troubles after using the medicine briefly. He cites catarrh of the stomach as the root cause of many dyspepsia cases and notes an added laxative quality to Peruna to enhance its beneficial character.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Tlon
M.C. Butler
U. S
Washington, D.C
Peruna Medicine Co
Peruse
Friends of
B. Hastwas
Japanese reception for Pueblo night school Jap members
A reception for Japanese members of the local night school was hosted by the Young People's League at the Northern Avenue M. E. church annex. Rev. C. W. Hewitt spoke in both languages and Japanese guests sang love and war songs. About fifty colony members formed a club to arrange regular teaching by a noted instructor currently in San Francisco.
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Pueblo
M. FB
Young People's League of the Church
C. W. Hewitt
Japan
San Francisco
Subterranean Lake Found Beneath Richmond Charlestown
Richmond and Charlestown residents face anxiety after blasting revealed a cavern under the city with a substantial lake. J M Mily of Standard Oil and workers explored the chamber, then returned to surface with a small boat. Experts confirmed the lake and limestone features similar to Luray caverns while uncertainty remains about the cave’s extent and safety.
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Richmond
Charlestown
W. Va
Winchester
J. M. Mily
Standard Oil Company
Mily
MAIL MATTER GOES WRONG IN SOUTH MCALESTER
Post office plans to rename South McAlester to McAlester after a congressional change cause local firms to vote on dropping South from their official titles. Mail and freight chaos persists as railroads and postal authorities lag in recognizing the new city name, with many items returned to the old town.
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South McAlester
I. T
Post Office Department
McAlester
Congress
South
Great River Drying Up In Zanzibar Region
The Zambesi River in East Africa shows signs of drying, making navigation difficult in non rapids segments and leaving vessels stranded on mud. Trade suffers as riverborne seeds take months to travel upriver toward Blantyre, 375 miles away, prompting a proposed railway from Quilimane port to Port Herald to remedy the trend.
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Zanzibar
East Africa
Africa
Zambesi
Blantyre
British Central Africa
Quilimane
Port Herald
Lost Leg Restored to Wilkesbarre Man After Wreck
Louis Felter of Nanticoke lost a wooden leg in the Pennsylvania railroad wreck near Pottsville when the locomotive derailed. The limb, scratched and dented but sound, was returned by company officials after Felter was freed from the wreckage. He had only just bought the leg in Philadelphia and was taking it home. Col Thomas Johnson veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars and last surviving member of the Confederate congress died in Mount Sterling Kentucky aged 96. He served as state senator and representative and left a large estate.
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Wilkesbarre
Louis Felter
Nanticoke
Pottsville
Felter
Philadelphia
Col
Thomas Johnson
Confederate Congress
Mount Sterling
Col. Johnson
Baltimore
Kentucky
Grave Diggers Banquet in Paris Promises Hidden Dinner
A lively group of Paris grave diggers dined at a popular boulevard restaurant under secrecy. The menu used tomb and cemetery references while toasts praised death. A newspaper writer glimpsed the scene, fled with a dirge like chorus, and the revelers reported the event as enjoyable despite the eerie theme.
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Paris
Exports of U S Agricultural Products Rise in Eight Months
A Commerce and Labor bulletin shows U S agricultural exports for eight months ending February 1906 at 700 million dollars, up from 570 million in 1900 and 664 million in 1902. Breadstuffs lead gains, with 70 million, provisions 21 million, and cotton 50 million, mainly to Europe, while overall export percentages from manufactures remain low.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Fruit diet debate and odd charity tale headline
Dr Noel Paton warns pure fruitarian diets may be hard to sustain for the English, citing cases of enthusiasts losing weight on bananas grapes and apples while a California girl thrived on nuts and olives. A nine year old in Trenton saved 1200 pennies for a hospital fund, and Lulu Robinson's 41 year Civil War era service marks a notable record. White Cloud’s mother, longtime Chippewa chief, dies at 100.
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Lowadon
Noel Paton
Sisters of St. Francis’ Hospital
Trenton
N. J
Raymond Shasnon
Institu Gon
Labor shortage and city lure threaten rural health
The piece argues the United States faces a labor shortage as demand outpaces supply, driving workers to congested cities while crops in the West rot. It warns urban migration harms national health and morality, notes farmers sell land, and cites persistent complaints echoed by western leaders. Garfield Tea ad ends the brief.
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The
Chicago Journal
United States
President Hill
Great Northern Railroad
West
Chicago
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Praised by Doctors
The article quotes Dr John Fyfe of Tur Eetecric Mepica praising Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It cites Unicorn root Helonias Golden root and Golden Seal as key ingredients claimed to invigorate the reproductive system, relieve uterine and menstrual issues, and aid women with chronic conditions.
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Pierce
John Fyfe
Tur Eetecric Mepica
Kaevisen
Pyte
Finley Ellingwood
M. D
Beahelt Medical College
Chicago
John M. Scudder
Cincinnati
Bartholow
Jeffersonical College
Prompt Laughs Fade as City Lawyer Seeks Room Name
A prominent attorney asks a leading citizen for a name for the new lawyers club room. The response begins with a courteous offer but ends abruptly with an odd phrase about a cow and wind caves, leaving the naming idea unresolved.
Classical music losses and patronage in early 20th century
A report notes the Boston concert series ran a loss of 1800 dollars while the Pittsburg Symphony owed 40000 dollars. Chicago’s Theodore Thomas troupe barely covered costs with rentals, reflecting widespread financial strain. The piece critiques public appetite for orchestral music and laments patrons needed for growth. It ends with a cartoonish interlude about tobacco ads and a comic exchange about sleep talking.
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Boston
Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra
Chicago
Theodore Thomas
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