Eastern strikes loom as switchmen ready to strike
In St Paul Minnesota President Hawley says Eastern switchmen are prepared to strike on short notice. Railway traffic slows due to snow with freight trains delayed two to four hours and Great Northern and Northern Pacific reporting limited movement and wheat shipments into Minneapolis resuming.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Tacoma
Seattle
Slade
Vinager Gruber
Minneapolis
Minnesota Transfer
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Shooting Near Normangee Claims One Life
A shooting four miles west of Normangee Texas left Ben Moon dead and Watt Hamilton gravely wounded likely fatally. Authorities described the incident as a shotgun attack with both men hit by the same weapon.
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Normangee
Tex
Ben Moon
Watt Hamilton
Bryan Delivers Prince of Peace Lecture in Corpus Christi
Hon. William J. Bryan spoke to a full pavilion crowd on the lecture Prince of Peace. He planned a brief stay at his Brownsville farm after the event.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
William J. Bryan
Prince of Peace
Bryan
Brownsville
Robbery by Assault Shocks Alvin Texas Community
A Mexican woman living in a box car in the Santa Fe yards at Alvin Texas was attacked Saturday night by unknown assailants who beat her about the head and robbed her of about 90 dollars kept in the car.
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Alvin
Tex
Santa Fe
Callahan County Goes Dry in Local Option Vote
In Baird Texas Callahan county voters chose dry by sixty eight majority in a local option election held Saturday. The race was hotly contested by both sides and marks a substantial shift from two years ago.
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Callahan County
Baird
Tex
Uvalde Votes Dry After Countywide Result
Uvalde county voters approved a dry measure by about 550 ballots. Sabinal precinct reported 260 in favor and 22 against, while three small precincts remained uncounted but expected few votes.
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Uvalde
Sabinal
Tex
Port Arthur Begins Electric Street Railway Grading
Grading started Saturday on the Port Arthur electric street railway project in Port Arthur Texas and steel laying will begin soon. Local officials push completion and transit improvements for the gulf port.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Simple home remedy for coughs and colds
A cited remedy mixes two ounces glycerine half-ounce Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and eight ounces pure whisky. Advertised by Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati as a genuine Pine compound supplier, the mixture is said to break up a cold quickly and cure any curable cough.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Maud Muller Chooses Poetry Over a Judge
A light verse moral tale from Puck features Maud Muller preferring immortality in verse to marrying a judge. She works the meadow to prove her point while the judge rides by and lets her decisions stand, much to her family's chagrin.
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Maud Muller
Puck
Skin Rash Cured By Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Yukon Oklahoma mother recalls her two year old son suffering a severe rash with large blisters and intense itching for three months before using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She reports complete relief with no recurrence for over two years. August 28 and September 17, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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J. W. Lauck
Yukon
Okla
M Mothe Senders Store for Children Advertisement
An old advertisement promises cures for constipation fevers stomach troubles and worm infections with 30 000 testimonials from a nurse at a New York Children’s Home and free samples from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York WRIGLEY S SPHARMINT is advertised as a cure for smoking urges and nerves with notes on taste and digestion pointing readers to sample offers and promotional lines about enthusiasm and flattery as guidance.
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M. Mothe
Bae Gray
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
One Thing for Will Live Forever Sold in 1807
Howard Bros. of Buffalo N Y through Pettit's kK Salve first box sold in 1807 a century ago sales rise each year a giggling girl warned could become a cackling woman
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N.Y
Double Tragedy Headline Calls Father of Twins
A reader writes to the editor claiming paternity of twins and prompts the paper to publish a cheeky item under the label Double Tragedy. The exchange underscores tabloid style and community reaction to personal notices.
Reward Offered for Cure of Catarrh by Hall's Cure
Advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure by F J Quinney and Co Folate Cheney and partners claim eleven years of reputable business and offer testimonials. Hall's Family Pills touted for constipation and a George Eliot quote about settling with oneself.
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F. J. Qhenney & CD
Cheney
Ea Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Bermeemen
Hall
Hicks Capudine Remedy Ad for Colds and Gripp
Hicks Capudine advertised as the best remedy for colds and grippe, relieving aching feverishness and headaches. Claims liquid effects immediately with a 10 percent and 60 cent price, sold at drug stores.
Imitation goods vs real WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT compared
The note mocks price parity between counterfeit versions and real WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. It jokes that if beer glasses could improve eyesight, an optician might lose work.
Fragments on flirtation and illness in a late issue
A garbled fragment mentions a cold sore throat and quinsy avoided by steps tied to Perry and Aeetna. It then notes a girl’s view of a man who flirts as impertinent and indifferent if he does not. The text mixes health and social observations in a disjointed way.
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Phew
Perry
United States
R. V. Pierce
Pierce
Bac Dispensary Medical Association
Jo, N. Y
ENCH
Maupassant
France
Poe
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Maes
W. L
S.am
Wrigley’s Spearmint Ad Claims Key Benefits
An advertisement touts Wrigley’s Spearmint as a cure for tobacco habit and a digestion aid. It hints at money as a central concern in a man’s life and mentions an alarm clock as an eye opener in a fragmented, period-style ad.
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Earson’s Magazine
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Eleanor Tuart
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Robert Barr
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