Congress on Consumption London Meeting Aims to Fight Great White Plague
An international congress on tuberculosis to be held in London the week starting July will unite leaders from many nations under King Edward VII. The four panel topics cover state and municipal action medical climatology pathology and veterinary aspects with a display hall of models hospitals and disease charts.
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London
New York Journal
Edward VII
Frederick Hammann
Adolf Hoff
Vienna
William Broadbent
Hammann
West African Cotton Experiments Revisited by English Shipowners
Consul Boyle reports to Washington that cotton growing began on Africas west coast in the early sixties due to U S trade disorganization from the Civil War. English shipowners plan to send American cotton growers to renew experiments, though the venture is viewed as experimental and not guaranteed to succeed.
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Dfe
Canary Islands
Africa
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Liverpool
London
United States
Kusland
Boyle
State Department
Washington
New Teeth Drawing Method Promises Painless Anesthesia
Paris report to the Academy of Medicine describes Laborde’s method using two small phonographs fitted to the ears to play strains of music during anesthesia. The technique aims to replace terrifying nightmares with pleasant dreams, addressing objections to anesthetic use.
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Laborde
Academy of Medicine
Leasant
New York Herald
Paris
Dr. Lgborde
Seventeen year locusts predicted to visit next summer
Prof Blatchey warns Indiana will host a large locust invasion next summer. The seventeen year cicadas emerge after 17 years underground, feed on tree sap, puncture twigs, and lay eggs within 3 to 4 weeks. The insects have a beak but no sting, causing skin wounds similar to a kiss.
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Indiana
W. S. Blatchey
Verlogit
Puis
Blatchley
A Successful Ruse by Mark Twain to Aid Consul Mason
Mark Twain used a clever ruse to alert President Cleveland about a potential patronage injustice against Consul General Mason in Frankfort. He wrote to Ruth Cleveland, who replied with thanks and support, advising sharing any similar cases to help protect capable officials.
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Clark Twain
Cleveland
Mason
Frankfort
Rapp
Illinois
Mark Twain
Ruth Cleveland
Captain Mason
Clemens
Consul Mason
Steady Girl Wanted and Theatre Tickets Wrecked
Several young men complain that they start with a girl only for her to be sick with a headache. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is advertised as curing stomach trouble and sick headaches. Curls A word to the wise. Your Friend.
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Wvirl
Why Modern Tea Hurts You
A charge that imported tea in large quantities is inferior prompts calls to close the customs door against such tea. Machinery in tea curing is blamed for poorer quality, as mass production sacrifices finesse. Experts warn that delicate handling across withering rolling firing is essential to avoid degraded tea.
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China
Good Do Nots For Town Growth From Old Notes
A satirical list advises against meddling in town affairs and urges supportive civic action. It mocks cynical behavior toward home enterprises, public officials, newspapers, and donations, suggesting cooperation and constructive effort instead to foster growth.
Saves Two From Death In Remarkable Cure
Mrs W K Hlavi land of Armonk New York credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving her daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis after other remedies failed. Her niece with advanced consumption is now well. The ad touts the medicine as infallible for coughs and colds, priced 50 cents and 1.00 with trial bottles free.
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W. K K. Hlaviland
Armonk
N. Y
Dr. King
C.F. Miliott
Parliament Costs Across Europe and the United States
A comparative look at legislative pay and expenses across nations. France spends about 1.5 million dollars yearly on its parliament with 300 senators and 584 deputies. The United States allocates 2.56 million in salaries to 100 senators and 360 congressmen. Britain has no salaries for MPs. Austria reports two chambers costing 800 thousand annually with 10 florins per member per day.
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Europe
France
United States
Reichstag
Russia
London
Parliament of
Holland
Austria
Vienna
Buda-Pesth
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies Claim
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases and notes distribution through F J Cheney & Co and local druggists.
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Hall
Remarkable Will From Niles Township Seeks Righteous Reward
Curiously filed documents in St Joseph county reveal a prewar will by a prominent Niles township farmer. The will includes a striking clause leaving fifty cents to his daughter's husband to buy a rope to hang his old self with.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Niles Township
Lightning Calculator Griffith of Indiana Born on Milford Farm
Warsaw Indiana correspondent reports Arthur F. Griffith known as the Lightning Calculator, hailed as Indiana’s greatest mathematician. Born July 1, 1880, near Milford, he began counting as a child and mastered algebra at Indiana University and Yale. He claims 8 addition methods, 10 division methods, 64 multiplication methods, can raise 970 to the 1st power in 39 seconds, and recalls every problem worked. He can add three columns mentally, divide quickly, and extract roots in seconds, with a freight train test ranking among his hardest.
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Arthur F. Griffith
Indiana
Milford
Griffith
Ernest H. Hadley
Indiana University
Lindley
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Criffith
Warsaw
Ind
Indianapolis News
Quiet remedy promises liver revival and appetite return
Dating from an advertising span, a claim promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for torpid liver and dull digestion, priced at 25 cents with free samples at Elliott's drug store. The second excerpt dramatizes a gypsy dancer in Seville as described by Arthur Symons with vivid sensory detail.
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Chamberlain
Price
C. BE. Elliott’s
Stomach Health Ad Promotes Dyspepticide Remedy
An advertisement claims most illnesses stem from the stomach and urges use of Dr. Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide to restore stomach function, sold by John Gifford.
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Loyal Ford
John Gifford
Ben Hur near miss before Harper's print run
Booth Tarkington recalls how Ben Hur nearly failed publication after Harper's readers predicted poor sales. Mrs. Harper intervened to authorize printing, a gamble that paid off. He notes a similar fate for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which also faced rejection.
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Mackinac
Wallace
Harper
Booth Tarkington
Washington
The Poet Exhorts Life and Hood’s Sarsaparilla
The piece contrasts living with mere existence and extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine that builds up the whole system. It claims the tonic makes life more abundant and urges the weak and debilitated to take it, presenting a favorable note to readers.
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Hood
Farewell to the Kentucky Pike Becomes Free Roads
The county court has purchased the turnpikes of Jefferson county from private owners, ending tolls and opening roads into Louisville. The Louisville Courier Journal notes that tollgates cease to obstruct travel and old landmarks fade away as roads become free.
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Jefferson County
Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promotes Piles Cure
Advertisement notes that a surgical operation is unnecessary for piles and promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a reliable remedy. Warns readers to beware of counterfeit products and signs with KE elliott.
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DeWitt
KE. Elliott
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