Dean's Kidney Pills advertised cure claim in Ohio woman
An advertisement claims kidney failure causes general illness and urges using Dean's Kidney Pills. It cites Mrs. Sadie Mettles of Columbus who reports backache fatigue and kidney weakness improved after taking the product. A free trial is offered by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo with price 50 cents per box in every United States drugstore listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Sadie Mettles
4Th Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Conan’s
Humorous sketches and remarks from famous figures
Anecdotes from Kemble the artist and Rube Waddell about pay for models and study choices. An old Scottish crofter causes laughter with a rent dispute, and a Twain Howells luncheon ends with a witty oyster joke. Multiple figures and scenes captured in light, period humor.
Wiggles Laundry Blue Promises No Spill or Spot
An old laundry blue product boasts non spilling and non spotting performance at 10 cents, claiming equal value to 20 cents of competing blues. It invites readers to mail 10c for a sample to The Laundry Blue Co. in Chicago. The piece notes typical health boasts and mentions Tealk as a superior snip building material containing an essential oil to prevent rusting of spikes and nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laundry Blue Co
Michigan Street
Chicago
Defiance Starch Co offers expo trip prizes to five per state
The Defiance Starch Co offers 26 round trip tickets to the St. Louis Exposition. Five winners per state Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri will be chosen from the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten cent 16-ounce Defiance cold water laundry starch package. Trade marks must be swarled and received by Defiance Starch Co Omaha Nebr before September 30 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance Strach Co
St. Louis Exposition
Illiois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance Starch Co
Omaha
Nebr
Money easier at low rates boosts spring trade in Chicago
Dan's Review of Chicago Trade reports cheaper borrowing and heavier exchanges easing money conditions. While mercantile defaults rose, overall activity steadied with better farm prospects and prompt westbound deliveries. Spring apparel and footwear demand rose as outside merchants became less conservative, while iron, steel, lumber, and leather trades held steady or improved. Grain shipments and livestock receipts remained strong, though grain prices fell and pork and beef prices weakened amid mixed futures. Failures in the Chicago district totaled 32, up from 22 the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dan
West
Bell to show tetrahedron kite at Geographical Society
Washington April 11 Prof Alexander Graham Bell has decided to give a public exhibition of his tetrahedron kite built on Cape Breton Island over a year ago. The open air event will be before the National Geographical Society on Saturday April 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Cape Breton Island
National Geographical Society
Oil Prices Cut by Standard Oil in Various Grades
Pittsburg April 11 Standard Oil reduced quotations across most oil grades. Prices listed include Pennsylvania 1.65, Tiona 1.80, Corning 1.45, Newcastle 1.52, Cabell 1.40, North Lima 1.16, South Lima 1.11, Indiana 1.11, Somerset 1.10, Ragland 0.66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Ragland
Pennsylvania
Tiona
Corning
Newcastle
Cabell
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
Somerset
Tea Famine Fears Eased by Rail Tea Transport
Moscow April 11 reports tea famine fears eased as merchants are informed the railroad can transport 600000 pounds of tea. The stock had been lying at ports awaiting shipment amid earlier outbreak disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Inc Surance
Nye
Stocxmens Indemnity Company
Jackson, Mich
Artificial ear dispute ends with verdict in justice court
In New York a suit over a $26 artificial ear stemmed from fit problems that caused the ear to fall off while a Japanese merchant courted an American woman. The maker claimed payment for molding the ear but the court ruled the ear was good enough for its kind and awarded the plaintiff $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sait
Four Burke Children Burned to Death in Se Bastopol Fire
Wilkesbarre Pa April 11 Four children of Mr and Mrs William Burke were burned to death at Se Bastopol a suburb of Pittston at 1 o clock Saturday morning Helen 14 James 12 Mary 8 Michael 6. Mrs Burke woke to crackling flames and the wall of fire cut off access to the rear rooms. The parents leaped from a second story window to escape but the children could not be reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
William Burke
Sebastopol
Pittston
Helen
James
Mary
Michael
Fair department store destroyed by Cairo fire
Fire before midnight Thursday in Cairo destroyed the Fair department store with a 25000 dollar loss. Building owned by Louis Zimmerman of Chicago sustained 12000 dollars, John Ashley saloon 6900 dollars, building owned by H Bernstein six thousand, L Pfennig tailor 3000 dollars. Total insurance about 30000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Fair
Louis Zimmerman
Chicago
John Ashley
H. Bernstein
L. Pfennig
Record Run Without Stops Plymouth to Waterloo Planned
London April 11 A Southwestern Railway record run without stop to London from Plymouth is planned to carry American mails. The 28034 mile journey from Plymouth to Waterloo will be completed in four and a half hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Plymouth
Southwestern Railway Company
Waterloo
Tragic double fate on steamship voyage
In Juneau two prospectors and old friends James Coggin and Joseph Andries fought on the Cottage City. Coggin was stabbed to death and three days later Andries killed himself. Police report the pair had known each other for years during their Seattle to Juneau journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Cottage City
Juneau
James Coggins
Joseph Andries
Andries
Will funds Christmas gifts for Paris poor children
The will of Miss Cynthia Sizemore directs $1,000 to the Paris Methodist church for Christmas presents for needy children. The money is to be invested and the interest used each Christmas to buy the gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Paris
Ill
Cynthia Sizemore
Rioters Attack Jews in Neustadt East Prussia
Word from Berlin reports anti Semite riots in Neustadt East Prussia where a mob attacked the Jewish quarter smashing windows looting homes and maltreating residents. Gendarmerie intervened preventing a massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Neustadt
East Prussia
Anglo French colonial treaty signed in London reports
Paris April 12 private advices from London say the Anglo French colonial treaty has been signed including agreements on Morocco Egypt and Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Morocco
Egypt
Newfoundland
Strike Brings Riot at Camden Inter State Rr
Huntington W Va April 11 strike at Camden Interstate Railroad provoked lawlessness. Cars were driven across a street and stones thrown at car windows as tensions flared from labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Camden Interstate Railroad
Burglars Steal Near $3,000 in Cleveland Home
A gang of house breakers raided the home of Joseph Goldsmith in Cleveland Ohio on April 11 and escaped with nearly $3,000 in valuables. The incident alarms residents as police investigate and seek suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Goldsmith
State council backs bill on glorifying anarchist crimes
In Berne on April 11 the state council unanimously passed a bill criminalizing the glorification of anarchist crimes, outlining penalties and enforcement measures. The move aims to curb propaganda and promote public order amid growing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
State Council
Free home remedies and assorted ads from a 1900s page
Fragments advertise free home treatment for catarrh by Copeland Medical Institute and other medical appeals. Also touts floor finish Cale, Defiance Starch, and various quips, with claims of perfumes, premiums, and signatures by LEMS. Contains miscellaneous consumer notices and promotional lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Copeland Medical Institute
Walnut St
Des Moines
Iowa
Defiance and household goods flash in a 1900s ad blitz
A jumble of vintage ads touts a coal submarine venture near Halifax and a raft of consumer products. Claims urge buyers to prefer Defiance Starch over competitors, warn of grocery stock choices, and feature health and household slogans alongside jokes about marriage and manners in a period tone.
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Kemble
Georgia
Rube” Waddell
Waddell
Southern Institution
Glasgow
Jean
Pharaoh
Mark Twain
W. D. Howells
Mr. Twain
Grain and Provisions
Prof. Bell
Geographical Society
Heiresa
Tekoa
Buckskin Jim
Coeur d'Alene Reservation
Kansas City
James Brown
Thin City
Brown
Mariottsville
Cale
Chas, Naeckel & Sons
Davenport
Piso
Joan I? BoyEn
Trinity Springs
Ind
Tam
Lems
Halifax
Winslow
Defiance
Os Kemp
Sali
St. Jacobs Oil
Price
Monroe
I. M. Keeniy
Grace Medical Co
Hinta
Arita Ideas Tree
Alabastine CO
Water St. Fe Wi
Roe & Roe
Good Elk
Das Moines
Walston
MG Sixth
den Moines
Byingeond& Wilson
17Th St
D.C
Standard
Standard Scale & Supply Co., Ltd
Market St
Butts & Phillips
Washington, D. C
Washington Board of ‘Trade
Traders National Bank
Vin
Nce Ee
Brighton
Fairfield
Town
Eoria
Fes
Ad Tower CO
Boston
PEASS
S.A
Bess Torento
Can
W.N.U
la Beeld
Savage Rifles
EO ea _AMarerons aares
Catzio
Savage Arms CO
Utica
U.S.A
Taker & Hamilton
San Francisco
Encramento, Gal
Pauizin Coadt Agents
KATY
St. Louia
Omaha, Neb
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