Extreme cold grips Fairbanks and Alaska posts record lows
A reader from Fairbanks reports a brutal Alaska winter with December days at minus forty to minus fifty eight degrees. Frost coats nails walls and windows while water freezes, horses die from the cold, and birds and animals vanish. The piece also notes extreme physiology mysteries, including a delta turcica in the skull once thought to house a sixth sense. Other items report a tonic, a cure for respiratory issues, and a note on New York to Denver long distance telephony.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Delta Turcica
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Claims Bold Success
The advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for female ailments and claims vast testimonials from women restored to health. It notes the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts holds over a million letters, asserts prevention of surgeries, and urges women to seek relief through the herb based remedy with Mrs John Wentland cited as a testimonial.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Colonia
Wisconsin
Sam
Lydia B. Pink
Liam
John Wentland
Winslow
Bishop Woodbridge
Kentucky
Judge
Jem Lewis
Hanke Budds
Bud
Jem
Hank
Low Barry
Larry Stover
Lou
Max
Egypt
Clephren
Reisner
Chephren
Harmachis
Shepherdstown Hardware Listing Exhibits Broad Stock
Readable items include hardware and supplies such as White Lead Stoves pumps Putty Glass Oils Paints Leather Rims hubs spokes bar iron nails and various farm and building materials. The long inventory mentions oils tar gasoline hardware tools and construction goods with many specific product names.
Do You Have The Right Kind of Help Foley Kidney Pills
A fragment from a 1910s style page notes quack remedies and odd anecdotes. Mrs. M C Dunlap from Leaditl Tenn praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for constipation and female trouble. Gertie May Davis of Wayne County weighs 635 pounds and marries C M Mel Coy in Cragston. The Marion County court sues the United States for 104500 damages over river locking and damming.
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Foley
J. H. Hill
Douglas County
Ill
Horace W. Sorrells
Dolson
Tuscola
Sorrells
Courtly
Dr. King
M. C. Dunlap
Leaditl
Tenn
Hill's
E — Gertie May Davis
Wayne County
W.va
Cragston
C.M. MelCoy
James
Cawthorne
Kanana County Court House
Charleston
W. Va
Joan
County Court of Marion Couunty
United States
Monongehala
J. W. Lentz
Criders
William Mionich
Pendleton County
Dr. Moyers
Oak Plat
Mr. Mionich
Ieee
Sensa Sioner
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Fletcher
Cero
Milton Kohler & Sons
Hagerstown
Crossett “Oaakes Lfe
Ai. T. Hodges
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Troy Laundry
Lehner
Pendleton
Shepherdstown
Diehl & Bro
Charles Town
Old Reliable Marble and Granite Works
Charles Town, W. Va
Lyne & Irvin
Lyne
Shenandoah Junction
C. H. Whiting
Watson
New York
W. Fayette Street
Baltimore
Whiting
C. Angong Sanding
Iso
Pont Free
Clieeeepee Scientfic Hineian RandaomalfiNnstratad Weadls
Tareeat Ct
Sergung Srarual
G. T. Richardson
Richardson's Mills
Ala
Central Park
Vermont
Ee Foley
Denver
San Francisco
Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil
Tommy
Cas
Catholit
Miles
Dr. Miles
O. L. Russell
Agt
Miles Medical CO
Eikhart
Ind
Bright
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Jefferson County Mutual Fire Insurance Co
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Washington & Alexander
J. S. Fleming
Harper's Ferry
Gromistow
Bucklen
Aive
H. C. Marten
Hardware Department
Macys
Jane Jana
International Stock Food
Gleason
Frank Miller
Keystone and
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Conierst
the Times
Eienie
Bea
Bs Mail
Hardy County
Moorefield
King Lumber Company
Charlottesville
Havana Straw
Knode
Ely
Coca
Abreiaura
Ce Ely Brothers
Warren Treet
Harmonburg Duty News
Cardu
Maxwell Johnson
Tampa
Fle
Wrry
Johnson
Norfolk &WesternRy
Bristol
Pullman Sleep
St. Louis Express
Pullman Slee
Columbus
Cincinnati
Shenandoah
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pullman
Roanoke
Blueheld
Pocahontas
Norton
Welch
Gary
Eien
W.brevill
M.F. Bragg
Tioanoke
WM. R. Miller
Jefferson County
Jeans County
Getzendanner
Minnesota
W. N. Lemen & Son
Shepterdstone
M. Grantham East
Ps Ares Ae Ani
M. Cetin
Sherr
Istown
EllieTens
Dr.King
H.L. Snyder
Shepherdstown, Waa
Jessup
Freien
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Toon Labs
Siaenene
Wael
Pervons
Cane
Regeter
Snyder
Moore & Na
Tuourporsted Charles Town, WI
Harvey H
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