An Old Pastor Persuaded By a Rheumatic Cure
An Ohio pastor of the Second Baptist Church credits his improved health to Peruna a nerve tonic he used for rheumatic troubles. In a letter to Dr Hartman he states he was urged by a druggist to try the remedy and finds it effective. The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio offers a free book on catarrh.
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Ohio
James Poindexter
Second Baptist Church
Hartman
Cook
United States
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Maidie Stuart Secures 150000 From Bakersfield Land Deal
Chicago August 28 Maidie Stuart a poverty struck chorus girl living at 3765 Wabash avenue has just secured 150000 She drew 75000 today and will receive the remaining soon The Metropolitan Opera Company occupied Sunny Side Park where Miss Stuart sang in the chorus Years ago her father bought 320 acres of land at Bakersfield California hoping to profit The land lay forgotten until Bakersfield oil excitement led Edward OBrien a Chicago attorney to arrange the sale He sold the land recently for 150000.
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Chicago
Maidie Stuart
Wabash Avenue
Metropolitan Opera Company
Sunnyside Park
Bakersfield
Stuarts
Edward O'Brien
Electric Bitters credited with cure in Bennettsville tale
Editor 8 A Brown of Bennettsville D C recalls his wife’s recovery from dyspepsia and stomach trouble after four bottles of Electric Bitters. The tonic is praised for digestion liver strength and laxative effect. Also a political jab at Hanna’s mercenary Republican leadership.
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A. Brown
Bennettsville
D. C
W.T. Younger
Hall's Catarrh Cure marketed as blood remedy
Advertisement copy claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Promotes the product as a nonquack medicine prescribed by leading physicians with testimonials available. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills as best. Also notes famine in Russia with 43 million people needing food and vast areas affected, stressing transportation barriers.
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Hall
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Every trade has its quack and every joy its pain
A reflective verse attributed to Rev J Ed Balsley BD presents a catalog of paired opposites. It links universal contrasts across life, work, belief, and nature, concluding with a fate that expects continual hardship and challenge as part of existence.
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J. Ed. Balsley
Consumption Causes and Fat the Key to Health
Esteemed London authority Dr. Hughes Bennett links consumption to butter prices and pastry abundance, arguing the poor lack fat while the rich struggle with fat digestion. He then advocates Scott's Emulsion, made by Scott Bowne, as a digestible, palatable fat source that purifies blood and serves as nourishing fat.
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Hughes Bennett
London
Scott & Bowne
Ashland Woman Climbs 155-Foot Steeple For Personal Feat
Miss Jennie Foote ascended the frail laddered stairway to the top of the 155-foot Methodist Church steeple in Ashland and patted the top notch three times before descending calmly. Painter Chase Gallagher had marked a weak point on a ladder to aid her caution. Earlier she had also stood atop the 175-foot chim ney at Dwight Company's plant after its completion.
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Ashland
Mass
Jennie Foote
Chase Gallagher
Miss Foote
Dwight Company
Chamberlains Colic Remedy Praised By Emporia Pastor
Rev A A Power of Emporia Kansas testifies he cured severe bilious colic with two doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He notes a neighbor failed with two doctors before one dose cured him. For sale by W T Younger druggist.
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Chamberlain
Rev
A. A. Power
Emporia
Kan
W. T. Younger
Plow Trust suit filed over profits and formation
Frederick M. Pease of Chicago sues Charles R. Flint Joseph Auerbach Geo W. Young and the American Plow Company in New York seeking an accounting of profits from the Plow Trust formation and to stop further steps in its creation. Pease states he conceived the idea in 1597 and was not consulted when the company formed.
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New York
Frederick M. Pease
Chicago
Charles R. Flint
Joseph 8. Auerbach
Geo. W. Young
American Plow Company
Plow Trust
Pease
Messrs. Young, Auerbach and
Flint
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised for Liver Trouble
The ad claims liver trouble causes a sallow complexion and blotches. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate the liver, purify the blood, and improve the skin and complexion, available for 25e at W. T. Younger's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
W. T. Younger
Tobacco Spit and Smoke Cure Claim Extends Life Again
An advertisement promises to cure tobacco use and related ills with TOBAC, asserting rapid gains in strength and vigor. It touts testimonials of over 600,000 cured, urges men to seek treatment through STARLING REMEDY CO. in Chicago or New York at 437 a nl.
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Starling Remedy CO
Chicago
New York
Roosevelt name to stick with GOP delegates after coyotes
The remark suggests Mr. Roosevelt may gain a popular label among Republican delegates for his Westward move after coyotes. Had he gone South, that tag would likely have stuck, highlighting how regional paths influence political nicknames and public perception.
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Roosevelt
Elephant boards a street car in Chicago incident
Three young elephants from a traveling show wandered from their tent near Chicago. Pinto the clown led the way as the animal entered an electrical street car on tracks. Motorman and bystanders urged the creature off, circus attendants forcing it back away from the front seat.
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Chicago
Pinto
Modest Women urged to seek private medical care
An advertisement promotes Dr. R V Pierce’s private consultation for women’s diseases. It touts Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as remedies for female weakness, inflammation, and ulceration, with letters of patient endorsement and a note that consultations by letter are strictly confidential. Also mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for biliousness.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Swordfish Sinks Weighty Prize Catch Near Isles of Shoals
Boston dispatch reports the Carrie F. Roberts landed a swordfish weighing about 680 pounds and nearly seventeen feet long after a two hour battle southeast of the Isles of Shoals. The fish carried a three foot rapier and fought fiercely before being brought aboard.
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Boston
Mass
Carrie F. Roberts
Isles of Shoals
Insanity Committal of John Moore in Scott County Jail
John Moore of Gate City was committed to Scott county jail on an insanity charge. He had become engrossed in a book claiming the negro is a beast without a soul, spending days arguing biblical passages to support it. His condition worsened, a physician board declared him insane, and he was confined for treatment at a hospital.
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John Moore
Gate City
Scott County
Wise County Post
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Warning
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic with the slogan C. C. C. On every tablet text urges buyers to look for the mark and avoid bulk sales or fraud. It claims the product is sold by all druggists for roc.
Georgia Peach Crop Predicted To Reach One Million Bucks
State Entomologist Scott projects Georgia peach production at about 2 000 cars or 1 100 000 baskets with net profit near 1 per basket. He notes rapid shipments from North Georgia and abundant large fruit. A health advisory promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a druggist price of 25 cents.
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Scott
Georgia
North
Chamberlain
W. T. Younger
Drageist
Old Kettlefoot Bear Slain By Huntsmen of Tennessee Mountains
Bristol August 22 Old Kettlefoot the famed big bear that roamed East Tennessee and Western North Carolina was killed by a determined band of hunters after a long pursuit. The 900 pound beast weighing 24 inches across the head and 12 inches on the foot was dragged to a road and shipped to Nat Wills. In ten years the bear killed forty sheep two steers one cow and hogs, and measured seven feet from head to tail. Captain A S McNeil had joined expeditions against the bear earlier mounting gun on the hunt.
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Bristol, Va
Kettlefoot
East
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mamely
Nat Wills
Old Kettlefoot
A.S. McNeil
Sulkerson
Captain McNeil
Blood Balm promises cure for many diseases in bold ad
A historical newspaper ad promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood and skin diseases including cancer ulcers eczema rheumatism and syphilis like conditions. It offers a free trial by mail from Blood Balm Co Atlanta and notes thousands of testimonials and 30 years of testing.
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Blood Balm Co
Mitchell Street
Atlanta
Will be Old Enough When Me is Elected
Richmond August 28 The Republican Convention at Roanoke nominated Robert W. Blair of Wythe for Lieutenant Governor. Blair, a Constitutional Convention member and lawyer, is only twenty seven, below the constitutional age of thirty, prompting the remark that he will be old enough when elected.
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Richmond
Roanoke
Robert W. Blair
Wythe
Blair
Bob
Jim” Marshall
Incontinence Remedy Promises Bedding Protection
An advertisement claims a cure for nighttime bedwetting, promising the product saves bedding and stops the trouble at once. Sold by Dillard & Porsinger, Druggists. It markets a high value benefit to parents seeking quick results.
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Dillard & Porsinger
Virginia’s Red-Headed Year Sparks Carmine Campaign Tone
In a season dubbed the red headed year, Virginia politics heat rises as campaigns lean into bold color branding and aggressive messaging signaling a pivotal state race with heightened voter engagement and party activity.
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Virginia
Kiss Her and Tell Her So A Home Loving Wife
A verse urging John to kiss and tell his faithful wife, praising her as a home loving partner who keeps house neatly and bears life’s trials with undemanding grace. It reflects on life’s crossroads, comfort in care, and the solace of affectionate words at life’s end. A medical testimonial from Deming Ind endorses Chamberlain’s remedy for infant illness.
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United States
D&c
J. S. Persinger
D.C. Shanks
H.W. Kime
Salem
John
Confederate generals in Virginia not all Republicans
A Roanoke convention note claims four of five surviving Virginia Confederate generals attended and supported Republicans. The Petersburg Index Appeal doubts this, noting Bolling was not a Confederate general and Gro ner held only colonel rank. Other listed figures remain unreconciled with partisan labels per Richmond Dispatch.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Petersburg
Walker
Rosser
Groner
Bolling
Sixty-first
Virginia Infantry
Fitz Lee
Custis Lee
William H. Payne
Eppa Hunton
Bradley T. Johnson
T. T. Munford
Gabriel C. Wharton
Johnson
Maryland
Amelia County
Lomax
Washington, D. C
Richmond Dispatch
Dyspepsia Cure Touts Digestive Rest in Testimonial
P. T. Thomas of Sumterville Alabama says he suffered from dyspepsia and after taking several bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure can digest anything. The ad claims Kodol contains all natural digestive fluids and restores the stomach’s natural condition as a permanent rest. W. S. Dillard.
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W. B. Dillard
P. T. Thomas
Sumterville
Ala
Dillard
Remarkable man with two functioning hearts discovered after blast
Karl Wamblet of Chicago aged 34 learns from an X ray expert that he possesses two hearts, one on the right side and one in the normal position. Doctors note the right heart functions properly and there is no disease. Medical records reveal no prior similar case.
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Chicago
Ill
Karl Wamblet
Weinbold
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