Dear Mrs Proxnan Lettter Endorses Vegetable Compound
A testimonial letter from Mme Cras F Brown of Hot Springs Arkansas praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing chronic inflammation and womb decay after nine years of suffering. The writer credits restored health and renewed husband affection, ending with a forfeit claim to prove genuineness.
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Mrs. Proxnan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mme. Cras
F. Brown
Cedar Terrace
Hotprings
Ark
Olsab
Remarkably liberal offer to women by Keokuk firm
A newspaper item notes J. C. Hubinger Co of Keokuk Ia offering a liberal deal for housekeepers. It touts reliability and value for money, including a Defiance Starch offer at 10c for 16 ounces and various short items on remedies, curiosities and oddities from society lore.
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J. C. Hubinger Co
Keokuk
Coffee cure story from Iowa woman with Postum
An Iowa woman recalls years of nervous spells headaches and stomach and heart trouble from coffee. After switching to Postum she notes improved sleep weight gain and vitality and says both she and her husband now sleep soundly and feel healthier.
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Iowa
Tig Road
Former Premier Waldeck-Rousseau WIL Be Long Remembered
The former French premier Pierre Marie Waldeck-Rousseau died in Paris on August 10 at age 60 after an operation. Born December 2, 1846, he served in the chamber of deputies for Rennes, was interior minister 1881 to 1885, left for the bar in 1886, and reentered government in 1899 to form the ministry. His politics dominated France’s domestic policy, championing anti-reactionary republican ideals and religious order restrictions.
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Waldeck-Rousseau
Paris
Pierre Marie Waldeck-Rousseau
Chamber of Deputies
Rennes
Bar
Ministry
France
Gambetta
Yerry
Center
Ikennes
Continent
Twain Poses as Green Horn on River Trip
On a later Mississippi journey Mark Twain traveled incognito to gather material for a book. He slipped into the pilot house where the wheelman teased him, revealing he knew the famous author even before he spoke and warned him to stop playing a stranger.
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Mark Twain
Mississippi
Greenhorn
Mark
Mr. Clemens
Father Gives Up Son to Obtain a Reward
Irwin Pennsylvania August 15 The elder Stack admits he told officers Tom Stack was in the house to aid his own capture The younger Stack 23 is accused of murdering Thomas Riskin after a whisky dispute Stack hid in a church basement and a large search followed before being arrested The father claimed half the county reward for his son's capture
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Irwin
Tom
Thomas Stack
Burgess Rodgers
Stack
Thomas Riskin
Risbin
Build Flats for Children for Babies Born on Premises
William O Smith in New York plans a six story flat building at Anthony Avenue and Echo Place adapted for children. A top floor playroom and back yard with swings will serve residents. Parents of babies born in the building receive a month's rent free for single births, twins receive two months, and triplets three to six months.
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New York
William O Smith
Anthony Avenue
One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Street
Echo Place
Golden Rule Shop to Live in Toledo Society
Mrs Helen Beach Jones announced at a meeting of the S M Jones Company that shop affairs will follow her late husband’s ideas and the golden rule. She plans to receive employees’ families one evening each week at her home, a move notable in Toledo society.
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Toledo
Ohio
S. M Jones Company
Helen Beach Jones
Big Combine in German Coal Firms Formed
Berlin August 15 The consolidation agreement uniting Gelenkirchen Coal company and Schalker Coal and Iron company Westphalia has been published. Gelenkirchen is Germanys largest coal company with capital 17.5 million dollars and an annual coal allotment of 7.5 million tons. Schalker company has capital 2.56 million dollars and its debentures amount to 2.7 million dollars.
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Berlin
Gelenkirchen Coal Company
Schalker Coal and Iron Company of
Westphalia
Germany
Schalker Company
Mislaid Fortune in Jewels Leads Society Scandal
Mrs. Ogden Goelet, a leader of New York 400 and Newport society, locked away diamonds worth 200000 dollars then forgot the incident and reported a theft. The episode cast suspicion on prominent Newport residents and threatened serious consequences. Some jewels were said to belong to May, Mrs Goelet's daughter and now Duchess of Roxburghe.
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Ogden Goelet
New York
Newport Society
Newport
Goelet
May
Russians Massacres of Jews Reported in Poland
A Warsaw letter to the Jewish Morning Journal details two Russian massacres of Jews. On July 13 at Ostrowicz a riot escalated into a massacre with twenty Jews killed. A second massacre occurred July 30 at Potseveh, leaving more than a hundred Jews wounded and an unknown death toll.
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New York
Russia
Warsaw
Jewish Morning Journal
Ostrowicz
Potseveh
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations Reported Today
Chicago August 13 quotes on the Chicago Board of Trade were issued with price movements and commodity levels across seeds, grains, and futures contracts. Market activity reflected typical summer trading, with traders noting supply considerations and shifting demand signals.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Convicts to Make School Books at Joliet Penitentiary
Joliet Illinois August 15 Warden Murphy announces plans to employ convicts in the state penitentiary to manufacture school books on a large scale. Under state law the books would be sold to the public at cost.
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Joliet
Murphy
Surveyor Killed in Yellowstone Park Fall
Livingston Mont August 15 John R Murphy of Chicago government surveyor on road work in Yellowstone national park fell from a high precipice and was instantly killed.
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Livingston, Mont
John R. Murphy
Chicago
Yellowstone National Park
Ten Drowned in Upper Potomac Regatta Disaster
Ten persons were drowned in the upper Potomac when the steam launch Recreation capsized during the Potomac regatta. Reports from Washington dated August 15 describe the tragedy as the vessel sank with multiple sailors aboard.
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Washington
Upper
Potomac
Defiance Starch offers trips to St Louis Exposition
Free travel awarded to 25 ladies from five states Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri who mail in Defiance starch trade marks from a ten cent 16 ounce package received by September 1 1904. Exposition visits planned for October November with tickets mailed by registered mail. Defiance boasts 16 oz per package and no sticking to the front. Starch sold by all dealers.
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Defiance Starch Co
St. Louis Exposition
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance
Omaha
Nebr
Sensible Housekeepers Prefer Defiance Starch Quality
Sensible housekeepers switch to Defiance Starch for one third more value and superior quality. The ad suggests ignoring faults in friends, urging buyers to focus on product merits rather than personal flaws.
Ohio Department Store Burns
Marysville Ohio August 15 The department store of J W Lakins of this city burned The stock was valued at 60000 partly insured.
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Ohio
Marysville
J. W. Lakins
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