One Kidney Gone No More Sufferer Tells Of Cure
Sylvanus Verrill of Milford Maine credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function after a long paralysis and severe back pain. He reports improved urine, use of crutches then walking unaided, and full recovery after three months. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Sylvanus
Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Calamity Missed Yet Leg Breaks on Meeting House Steps
Mrs Silas Bennett, noted as a philosopher, reflects on family counts and smallpox fears while a reporter notes her misfortune. She recalls worrying about appendicitis and then unexpectedly breaks her leg in two places after slipping on rotten meetinghouse steps. The tale comes via a Youth's Companion quotation rerouted through the New York Times.
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Silas Bennett
New York Times
Bennett
Fragmented Dialogue Hinting at Change of Climate
A dialogue fragment shows She-John urged by a doctor to seek a climate change and Her Husband referencing a colder forecast from the weather man. The lines imply a spouse agreement on relocation for health or comfort.
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John
Not Always What They Seem
A Yale president en route to a New York address rehearsed his speech in a train car hour and twenty minutes long. A sympathetic matron nearby whispered to Mrs. Hadley that she sympathized with her plight, claiming to have a similar situation at home.
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Hadley
New York
Yale
Mrs. Hadley
New Life Found In Change to Right Food
A New York woman and her young son recovered from sour stomach after a stomach specialist prescribed Grape-Nuts. They improved quickly, regained weight, and report clear mornings, rested days, and daily meals with Grape-Nuts. They credit the cereal as the key to a new life.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
University of Kansas seeks budget for new buildings and maintenance
Chancellor Frank Strong has sent the biennial budget request to the state auditor detailing a $300,000 two year allocation for new buildings and sizable increases in maintenance salaries and equipment. The Kansas University board of regents unanimously approved the figures and urge a definite plan to provide ongoing growth funds.
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University of Kansas
Frank Strong
Board of Regents
Strong
Iowa
State University
State Agricultural College
Masons Lay Corner Stone for Kansas City Temple
The corner stone of a new $100,000 Masonic temple in Kansas City was laid with about 1,000 attendees. Henry I. Mason, grand master of Kansas, delivered the address, with greetings from Missouri and Western Missouri leaders. Dr. E. J. Lutz closed the ceremony as president of the temple board. The temple is planned for completion June 1, 1909.
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Kansas City
Henry I.’. Mason
Kansas
Ethelbert F. Allen
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Missouri
E. J. Lutz
Temple
Wichita ministers debate deity amendment for pastors
At a Wichita Ministerial association meeting an amendment to bar pastors not believing in Christ's deity was introduced. A vote was postponed for four weeks. Currently all evangelical pastors are eligible, with Unitarians and Universalists directed to be excluded by the proposal.
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Wichita Ministerial Association
Unitarians
Universalists
Science Hall Stone Layed at Wesleyan University Salina
The coroner stone of Science hall at Wesleyan University Salina was laid recently by Prof. T. W. Roach former president. Frank Hageman presided with the board of directors assisting. Addresses were delivered by Dr. C. B. Spencer Dr. B. T. Winant Dr. C. W. Winant Dr. A. N. Lee and Rev. U. S. Brown.
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Wesleyan
Wesleyan University At
Salina
T. W. Roach
Frank Hageman
C. B. Spencer
Kansas City
B. T. Winant
C. W. Winant
A. N. Lee
U. S. Brown
State Auditor Estimates Fiscal Year Expenses
James M. Nation reports state expenses for the coming year total 3 614 663 dollars, down from last year’s 3 808 036. Appropriations cover all departments and reflect estimates from each department head to the auditor, who recommends allocations to the legislature.
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James M. Nation
Whisky Slot Machine Confiscated in Wichita Raid
Police seized a patent vending slot machine in Wichita that looked innocent but had been altered to dispense bottles of whisky. The mechanical aluminum device was intended to push out bottles rather than labels during a raid conducted recently.
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Wichita
New Wichita Election Commissioner Named to Succeed Downing
Gov Hoch appoints J. W. Blood as Wichita election commissioner to replace the late Capt. B. H. Downing. Blood is secretary of the Sedgwick county Republican county central committee.
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Wichita
B. H. Downing
San Jose Scale Eradication Plan Driven by Wichita Meeting
A Sedgwick County Horticultural Society meeting in Wichita spurs a state wide drive to eradicate the San Jose scale. A bill to authorize orchard and nursery inspections by the state entomology department will be prepared for the next legislature with a $50,000 appropriation to cover inspection and eradiation costs.
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San Jose
Canada Law, Wages, and Wheat Fields Noted by Laurel Editor
The Laurel editor praises Canada for law bound obedience and orderly society. He cites strict liquor regulation and strong churches and schools in Western Canada. He recalls high grain yields—forty to fifty bushels per acre—along with cheap land and favorable railway rates offered by the Canadian Government Agent.
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Canada
Gazette
Fulton, Nev
Western
England
Western Canada
Laurel
Charles Dickens
Lewis' Single Binder cigar promoted as fresh foil-wrapped balance of quality
An advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder as a hand-made cigar with foil wrapping to stay fresh. It claims superior tobacco, notes higher price supports quality, warns against imitations, and urges buyers to insist on Lewis' Single Binder.
Realism and Starch Advice in Old Humorous Snippet
The excerpt combines a discussion on realistic touches in a woodland scene from Harper's Weekly with a promotion for Defiance Starch and a quip about laundry starch. It ends with a Lord Acton remark on judging teaching by more than the teacher.
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Harper’s Weekly
Pettit's Eye Salve advertised for eye relief
Pettit's Eye Salve sold for 25 cents promises quick relief for tired congested inflamed and sore eyes from Howard Bros Duffalo New York. The ad adds a note that money isn't everything but is hard to realize without money.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Duffalo
N. Y
Advertisement snippets and aphorisms from a vintage page
A collage of ad copy and quips including laundry product pitches for Red Cross Ball Blue, Mia Winslow's Teething Syrup, Allen's Foot-Ease testimonials, and a motto about time and promises. Also notes a legal-sounding line about Anacharsis and a stray address fragment.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Lena Yeary of Norristown Ga credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles after fearing surgery. The ad urges other women with displacements inflammation or irregularities to try the product and write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lena V. Yeary
Norristown
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia ER
Pinkham
There and Back and White Goods Care
A humorous note about a tramp at a college cookery and a quip on how bad cooking may push drink. The piece shifts to care of fine wash goods noting home laundering with strong starchsike Defiance Starch can improve appearance and stiffness.
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Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Editor Heads a Commercial Club Election
At the Hiawatha Commercial club annual meeting Ewing Herbert editor of the Brown County World was elected president. The club will host a banquet for the volunteer fire department members early in December.
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Hiawatha Commercial Club
Ewing Herbert
Brown County World
Fire Department
Extra Pay to Thresh Boys at Bel videre School
Five dollars a month bonus awarded to Miss Bessie McQuey for disciplining the wayward boys at the country school north of Bel videre.
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Bessie McQuey
Belvidere
Miss Emma Nutter Ordained at Methodist Protestant Conference
Emma Nutter of Atlantic City was ordained into the ministry at the Methodist Protestant conference. She served six years as a licentiate preaching at a small Atlantic City church while studying theology.
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Atlantic City
Emma Nutter
Methodist Protestant Conference
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Lewis
Lord Acton
Mia. Winslow
Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
Bears
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Samuelputcher
the Centaur Company
Pees Tienen
Castoria
Parker
Aila
Defiance
Putnam
Monroe
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