Fat reduction method praised after tragic death of Agnes Steudtner
A physician urges a drugless weight loss system as a safe alternative to dieting and drugs following Agnes Steudtner’s death from obesity. Dr Turner touts recent scientific advances and shares patient letters, offering a free booklet titled How I Reduced My Weight 100 Pounds for stout readers who mail a coupon and two cent stamp.
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Agnes Steudtner
Stout
Bright
Dr. Turner
Miss Steudtner
Turner
J. W. Moore
Monticello
Minn
H. E. Purdell
Gloversville
N. Y
Elizabeth Newkirk
Carmel, II
Thomas Lock
Cleveland
Fat Hoboken Woman Dies After Obesity Tragedy
Agnes Steudtner thirty two tall five nine and over four hundred pounds died Saturday at 614 Washington avenue Hoboken. Her family says obesity weighed heavily on her life keeping her indoors she tried many remedies but failed. Funeral official described an oversized coffin two feet seven inches wide inside two feet deep and six feet long.
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Agnes Steudtner
Washington Avenue
Hoboken
Frederick Steudtner
the World Reporter
A. J. Volk
Turner
Reader enclosures 2c stamp for free weight loss book
A reader from Syracuse encloses a 2 cent stamp to help pay postage for a free book on weight reduction offered by The San Antonio Light. The note includes the writer's name and address but lacks full contact details.
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F. Turner
M. D
Clark Bldg
Syracuse
San Antonio
Hotel Arrivals Gathered From Across the Nation
A long list of hotel arrivals includes guests and visitors from cities such as Wheeling New York Kansas City Oakland DallasChicago St. Louis Fort Worth Decatur San Marcos and More with names like B H Hagedorn Miss Angert Mrs Hallory and J Blair among others. The roster shows travelers from diverse states and regions, reflecting a steady stream of guests at hotels across the country.
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St. Anthony
B. H. Hagedorn
Wheeling
W. Va
Allen Campbell
New York
B. A. Leitz
Kansas City
Charles F. Goetz
Minneapolis
Alice C. Coffin
Oakland
Cal
E. B. Kimball
Piedmont
James J. Durick
Brooklyn
N. R. Hickman
Fort Worth
W. H. Marshall
Chattanooga
A. Frank
Austin
Chester Chatterton
Kate Chatterlon
Springfield
Cleveland
Stanley Wilson
Menger
Mary Angert
St. Louis
A. A. B. Hallory
A. M. Asher
E. B. Schoomacher
L. M. Schoomacher
Grants Pass
Ore
C. H. Camstalk
Indianapolis
R. L. Neville
Alpine
RB. K. Michael
Houston
J. B. Huff
Bexar
H. Becker
Kerrville
Jesse B. Farrit
Cuero
A. P. Dar
Dallas
T. L. Bowes
G. W. Olivar
San Marcos
W. H. Crader
Fremont
F. H. Tuscany
Ida M. Garber
Chicago
D. Mayer
New Orleans
Savoy
C. T. Hollinger
E. E. Sowers
Denison
J. ©. Blair
J. A
Perfection in Dress Inspires Enthusiastic Gown Praise
A social exchange reveals a friend praising a new gown as perfect and delicious, claiming it makes the wearer look absolutely helpless in a Judge's Library context. The dialogue highlights fashion critique and social exchange around attire.
Rich old suitor offers marriage while proposing adoption
A tale line from Judge's Library shows a rich elderly man declaring he wants the girl, who asks how to become his. he suggests marriage but she quips about safety in adopting her, highlighting a curious negotiation over ownership.
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Judge’s Library
Italians Open Campaign to End War With Turkey at Beirut
Italian warships bombarded Beirut Syria for under an hour killing about 100 people and wounding many others. Several Turkish gunboats were sunk and widespread property damage occurred. No foreigners were harmed and foreign institutions remained safe including the American Protestant college led by Dr Edward Bliss the son of founder Rev Dr Daniel Bliss.
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Beirut
Syria
Italan
Turkey
American Protestant College
Daniel Bliss
Edward Bliss
Magnificent Illustrated Dictionary Promises Mastery of English
A lavish dictionary boasts up to date content with monotones commercial charts and colored plates. It claims thousands of dollars worth of value and asserts no other dictionary matches its wealth of new ideas and language mastery aids.
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Noah Webster
Italian Fleet Bombards Constantinople Port Surrender Demanded
Beirut dispatches say the Italian fleet bombarded Constantinople after demanding surrender at 9 am. The Availlah, the first Turkish vessel hit, burned and sank with crew saved. Shells damaged the Ottoman bank building as gunboats opened fire.
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Constantinople
Beirut
Availlah
Fail to Storm Italian Trenches at Homs
Forty Turks and Arabs were killed when an assault on Italian trenches at Homs Tripoli failed. The allied force attacked the redoubts but was driven back by artillery. Italians then charged the retreating troops with bayonets. Only two Italians were wounded.
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Rome
Homs
Tripoli
War Office
Beiruts Bombardment Triggers Market Decline
Special to The Light reports Beirut was bombarded today causing a sharp market drop with consols leading the decline. What follows is a belief that the Italian fleet may bombard Turkish coastal towns.
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Paris
Beirut
Woman Fights Car Accident Injury In Queens Court
Miss Margaret Griffiths of Brooklyn sues for 10000 after a street car crash damaged her left hand. In a courtroom range test she hits her ear but not her nose, with doctors and lawyers debating whether she faked the loss of finger to nose accuracy. A sealed verdict is ordered.
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New York Herald
Margaret E. Griffiths
Brooklyn
Queens County Supreme Court
Philip F. Brennan
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Marean
Edward E. Hicks
Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made
A playful exchange mocks a new car claimed to be stealthy and silent. Van Swagger extols flawless performance while Van Wagger questions perceptible evidence of the vehicle’s existence and sensations.
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van Swagger
van Wagger
Judge’s Library
Rabbit Cook Transforms Rabbit Into Pie Recipe Tale
A fragment from a Judge's Library notes a cook named Rabbit describing a pie method. The steps include mixing salt lard and flour then baking for an hour. A stray line mentions catching the rabbit before cooking.
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Rabbit
Judge's Library
Daily Hunt for Trouble Poem Fragment
A fragment from a Frances L. Garside piece contrasts a crowd of troubles passing a man who waits with courage. It questions where troubles go when one is belated and speaks of those who mope and lose hope facing an expected fate.
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Frances L. Garside
First Application Darkens the Hair and Warns of Trouble
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy promising quick grisly-free restoration of natural hair color and dandruff relief. It sells a fifty cent bottle and guarantees refunds after fair trial. The piece expands into musings on fear, luck, and trouble, contrasting optimism with paranoia.
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Wyeth
W. C. Kalteyer
Along a Razor's Edge in snail observation
In the February Strand Professor Ward details experiments with a snail on a razor blade. The creature crosses the sharp edge with steady pace, using its delicate sense of touch, small feelers extend then retract near the edge as it navigates the blade.
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Ward
Profitable Paper's Cardboard Fortune Revealed
A comic chat notes a candy maker nicknamed Glookoaze who earns profits selling cardboard to wrap and display candy. The friend points to the man and jokes about eighty cents a pound for boxes and partitions.
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Glookoaze
Judge’s Library
Exuberant buyer questions new car quality
A buyer voices concern to an automobile agent, complaining about a newly sold car after driving it 200 miles without trouble. The exchange hints at possible hidden defects or dissatisfaction with performance.
French Scientist Invents Temperature-Independent Tuning Fork
A French scientist unveils a tuning fork designed to remain accurate regardless of temperature. The device promises stable pitch measurements under varying environmental conditions.
Free Rheumatism Cure Offer from Syracuse Advertiser
In 1893 the writer claims long lasting relief from muscular and inflammatory rheumatism after trying many remedies. He asserts a cure found that works for others, offers free trial by mail, asks for no payment unless satisfied, and provides address Mark H. Jackson No 63 Alhambra Bldg Syracuse NY.
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Mark H. Jackson
Alhambra Bldg
Syracuse
N. Y
Jackson
Pub
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