Remarkable Address Read at Leadville Funeral
The funeral of A. D. Sears in Leadville Colorado featured his own prepared address denying religious truth and claiming religion is human in origin. He argued life’s acts influence the universe, praised kindness, and bid farewell without fear of God. The service was held under the local Grand Army post.
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A. D. Sear
Grand Army Post
Leadville
Colo
Sears
Lost in Madrid A Cow Draw Ticket Joke
A humorous anecdote tells of a woman who knows only leche in Spanish. She signals for milk but ends up asking for a bull-fight after drawing a cow on paper, highlighting the limits of signs.
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Madrid
Tiger Struggles Leave Indian Heroic in Malanoor Rescue
In Malanoor, India, a planter's wife walks with a nurse and baby when a dog disappears into the jungle. A native bravely enters, wrests the tiger from the dog, and is knocked down but not fatally harmed. The dog is returned to the mistress badly mauled but alive.
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Malanoor
India
Jemae
Record of the Past Advertises Doan's Kidney Pills
The notice touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney ailments with a 1902 testimonial from Samuel J. Taylor of Goshen Indiana. It offers a free trial by mail and lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and druggists selling at 60 cents a box. Additional short items promote Allen's Foot Base and Defiance Starch claims with brief proverbs and health tips.
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Dean
Samuel J. Taylor
South Third St. Goshen
Ind
Jacob C. Mann
Doan
Taylor
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Aeck CO
Boston
Mass
Columbus Ave
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Defiance Starch Ad Promises Best 16 Oz for 10 Cents
An advertisement touts Defiance starch with a 16 ounce pack at 10 cents. It claims the product is the best option and emphasizes repeat use. Also promotes a cold remedy and various dye products along with a drugstore warning and money back guarantee on Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
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Parte Os A Co
Morris
Adversity as Sauce of Life Ad Featuring Piso’s Cure
Feb 1900 quotation from J W O'Brien of Minneapolis praising Piso's Cure for coughs. The note appears to be a testimonial letter dated January 6, 1900, at 322 Third Ave North, Minnesota.
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J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Germany Applies New Meat Inspection Law in 1903
On April 1, 1903 Germany enacts a meat inspection law requiring the construction of numerous inspection stations and related buildings to enforce the updated standards.
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Germany
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