Two Virginia town characters pass in a small Piedmont county
In a Piedmont county town, Ben the inn keeper and Hymen Levy the grocer are remembered as old Virginia figures. Ben dies of pneumonia after a day of football, with Hymen harrowed by his profanity. Hymen quips that the Lord should take Ben now as he never will be good again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen. T. Rice
Hymen Levy
Virginia
Piedmont County
Ben
Hymen
Main Street
Earth
Itching scalp case heals with Cuticura Remedies
Miss Lillian Brown of Liberty Maine describes a two year scalp disease with severe itching bleeding and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for weeks the condition subsides with no further scalp trouble and hair growth resumes to her knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthura
Lillian Brown
Liberty, Me
Oct
Remedies Too Costly in Bruises and Felons
The Atchison Globe urges readers to discard outdated cures such as raw beefsteak for bruises and bacon for felons, noting the waste of such remedies in modern times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Red Cross Ball Blue and Pierce’s Pellets Ad Snippet
An ad fragment touts Red Cross Ball Blue a 2 oz package for five cents and Dr Pierce’s Pellets described as sugar coated ease to take. The copy also offers a quote about friendship and a proverb about a girl not being a jewel for her ways.
Bolcourt lake drained for wild rice growth and future duck season
Paola Gun club owners plan to drain Bolcourt lake to sow wild rice this summer. After growth, the outlet will be dammed and the lake refilled. While drained, local men and boys fish for carp and buffalo weighing 8 to 21 pounds, with renewed hunting prospects this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolcourt
Paola Gun Club
Roosevelt warns on modern civilization during Berlin lecture
In Berlin Col Roosevelt warned that signs bode ill for modern society as machinery and tension rise. He contrasted current civilization with past epochs and urged productive work and stable family roles to prevent state collapse, noting dangers from accidents or wear in the system. Emperor William attended the conferment and Roosevelt received an honorary doctor of philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Col. Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Emperor William
Roosevelt
Carnegie hero medal for Junction City brakeman saves boy
Robert M. Young of Junction City received a Carnegie hero medal and 1000 dollars for saving nine year old Roy Benham after the boy walked onto a train track. Young, a Union Pacific brakeman between Junction City and Ellis, pulled the boy from under a moving freight car on April 20 1909, dragging him to safety before the car stopped. The boy was badly injured and may lose a leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hero Commission
Robert M. Young
Junction City
Ray EK
Benham
Abilerte
Robert Young
Union Pacific
Ellis
Young
Cedar Street
Roy Benham
Oklahoma Attorney General Sues Santa Fe Over Land Contracts
Guthrie Oklahoma attorney general in Washington to file suit in the U S supreme court to cancel Santa Fe land contracts in Oklahoma alleging the company charges higher rates on lumber salt and cement. He also seeks injunctions to bar railroads and express companies from accepting interstate liquor shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Oklahoma
West Seft
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Kansas Enjoyed Extremely Dry April
The University of Kansas at Lawrence reports April was notably dry, ranking among the driest since 1868 with 1.69 inches of rain, 1.35 inches below average. The month saw a high of 94 degrees on the 29th, a mean of 57.08, a low of 31 on the 18th, and a temperature range of 63.5 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas At
Lawrence
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Texas User
John L. Perry of Columbus Texas reports severe backache and swelling tied to Bright's disease and dropsy. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills he says he was relieved promptly and credits them with saving his life. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Perry
Columbus
Texas
Bright
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Proposed Partnership in Matrimonial Suitor Banter
A brief comic exchange centers on a father doubting a suitor who cannot support his daughter. The bland reply suggests pooling resources to marry, highlighting humor over financial reality.
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller for summer ailments such as cramps and bowel trouble. It highlights household use and available bottle sizes 25e, 35¢ and 50c, ending with a Spurgeon quote about perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Mississippi steamer sinks near St Louis with 13 drowned
The City of Saltillo sank in the Mississippi river near Sulphur Springs 24 miles south of St. Louis. Thirteen of the 26 on board drowned, most of the crew escaped. The vessel struck a submerged rock after leaving St. Louis for Tennessee river points, carrying many Nashville pleasure seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri
Tennessee River Points
Nashville
Tenn
Wamego Celebrates Booster Day Tradition
Wamego marked its second annual Booster Day with a festive crowd and holiday atmosphere. The Commercial club started the event last year and merchants offered one day bargains attracting shoppers from town and the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamego
Commercial Club
How Is Your Appetite Today
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for loss of appetite and digestive trouble. It urges prompt use to restore vigor, noting the product has long been used for indigestion heartburn flatulency and related ills for over 56 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Salina Firm Buys 21 Elevators From Peavey and Midland
The Shellabarger Mill and Elevator of Salina buys 21 grain elevators from Peavey Grain and Elevator of Minneapolis and Midland Grain and Elevator of Kansas. The assets cover Lincoln branch and Union Pacific main line west of Salina to the state line. Price exceeds $100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sShellabarger Mill and Elevator Company
Salina
Peavey Grain and Elevator Company
Minneapolis
Women in Marketing Contest Hits Egg Sale Record
In Salina, a contest run by local merchants invited Salina county women to market their own hens eggs in April. A total of 6 718 dozen eggs were sold with Mrs Edward Slater of Kipp taking first prize for 515 dozen and $108 total earnings. Mrs Frank Hoeffner and Mrs Samuel Hockings won second and third prizes with 415 and 350 dozen respectively among 28 contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Salina County
Edward Slater
Kipp
Frank Hoeffner
Samuel Hockings
Heinze Goes Free After Bank Fraud Case
Fritz Augustus Heinze walked from the U S circuit court free after a jury found he did not certify over 500000 in checks as Mercantile National Bank president for his brother's brokerage or misapply funds to further a United Copper conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Fritz Augustus Heinze
United States Circuit Court
Mercantile National Bank
United Copper
Drowning tragedy at Huntington Mills high school outing
Five or six teenage students drowned when frightened by a disturbance at an old mill dam near Huntington Mills, Wilkes-Barre. Twelve youths aged 16 to 18 from Huntington Mills high school went on a lunch hour outing. four boys escaped exhausted after attempting rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbayre
Huntington Mills
Freli
Wellington Will See Private Hospital Funded by Subscriptions
The Commercial club approves plans for a new $20,000 hospital to be erected in Wellington by private subscription. The hospital will be managed by the Christ's Hospital corporation of Topeka with Dean Kaye of Topeka Cathedral in general supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Corporation of Christ's Hospital
Topeka
Dean Kaye
Topeka Cathedral
The Right of Way at the Grand Opens Week of May 15
For the first time at popular prices the Right of Way will be presented at the Grand during the week beginning May 15. The play has been a decided success from the start.
Roosevelt to Speak at National Republican Clubs Meeting
A letter from President John Haymond of the National League of Republican Clubs states Col. Roosevelt will deliver his first political speech since leaving the White House, at the biennial meeting of the clubs in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Ohio
John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
Col
White House
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella
Stella
Plautus
Dodd
Guarats
Defiance
Kansas
Kansan
Dean
Spurgeon
Mississippi
F. Augustus Heinze
United Shoe Machinery CQ
Boston
Mass
Allens
Allen
Gray
Kansas City
Arkansas
American Trust Company
Jonesboro
Carter
Canada
Shaw
United States
United
Manitoba
Atchewan
Alberta
Gup't
Imm
THE
Paxton Toilet Co
Louie Dalonge & Co
Duane St
Rot
Fitzgerald & Co
Pat.Attys
Per
Fhreravua
Thompson's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!