A Terrible Experience How a Veteran Was Saved
Veteran B Frank Deremus of Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis recalls lifelong illness after army discharge. He suffered headaches, dizziness, sleeplessness, dropsy and severe kidney pain with swelling to 34 inches around. Doctor advised amputation after swelling rose and urine was difficult. He refused and credits Down's Kidney Pills with swelling subsiding and pain fading. He has remained well for nine years. Pills sold 80 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Frank Deremus
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Braan
Down
Young Down
All Desiers
Foster-Milburn Co
Huftule
N.Y
Quotable Humorous Excerpts From a Patchwork Column
A collage of jokes and quips from a late 19th or early 20th century paper features characters like Good Jokes The Beetle Steady and The Fly, plus snippets about Chicago papers. Jokes touch on manners, weather forecasts, courtships, and day to day fumbles with a brisk, newspaper voice. Notable bits include punchlines about weather predictions, a toy maker going mad, and a wry exchange about marriage and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross
Chinese Secretary Remains On Board Amid Landing Clash
A San Francisco Call report recalls an incident when customs inspectors prevented a Chinese secretary from rejoining Wu Ting Fang on a steamer. The secretary, calm and dignified, declared the insult unnecessary and that he would not return to the country. The inspector remained on duty, and the incident deterred future playful harassment of Chinese visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Ting
Fang
Eal
John
San Franciseo
Patent medicines used by doctors despite opposition
The article argues physicians rely on patent or proprietary medicines, with nine tenths of drugs used by doctors prepared by manufacturers. It cites historical prescription trends from 1850 to 1906, noting rising use, and suggests these medicines are suitable for family use when symptoms are well known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the American Medical Association
A. Jacobi
M. D
Jacobs
Quip Reflects on Voice Pitch and Household Roles
A jokey exchange notes a scientist saying a woman's voice rises higher than a man's, prompting a quip about family prayer roles. A physician warns a businessman patient to leave his work entirely to avoid decline, with the businessman replying he’s a manufacturer of porous plasters.
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Lytesute
Jones
Stryppes
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Fragmentary note on misplaced clothing and odd phrases
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a morning, a missing dress, a request for it, and references to pictures and people. The text is fragmented with unclear names and places, reflecting a damaged page segment with stray words and nonsensical phrases.
Two Ways of Looking at It by Gelett Burgess at NY dinner
Gelett Burgess at the American Booksellers' Association of New York dinner quips on a San Franciscan wife and her money. He also comments on the boomerang as a puzzling weapon arising from practical use rather than high civilization.
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Lonitien
Charity
Lonedom
New York
Ontie
Washington Times
Mamie
Cop
Northwest notes mixed tragedy and labor clashes across states
A wide range of briefs include the drowning of Lucretia Evans in Ohio, a pending Independent franchise bid in Laramie, coal strikes threatening Colorado coal supply, a French gardener shot in Oregon, drownings in Colorado and Montana, a Montana-Colorado marriage, a New York appendectomy death linked to Amalgamated Copper, a murder arrest in Oregon, three unidentified corpses from North Yakima, a railroad worker killed in Montana, a Civil War veterans reunion in Colorado Springs, Seattle lumber fund fights freight rate hikes, and file details from a Cheyenne federal court, with further notes on Goldfield attempted suicide, Telluride skeleton controversy, and a mass update on Wyoming coal peace and Northern Pacific collision near Kaland.
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Lucretia Evans
Laramie
Senititcothe
Ohio
Salt Lake Capital
Colorado
Ernst Bonami
Mill Creek
Ore
Francisco Marquez
Sto Ford
San Juan River
Arboles
Colo
A. Henry Cines
Hanna
Wyoming
Theresa Farnaworth
Fingland
America
A. J. Campbell
Butte
New York City
Campbell
Amalgamated Copper Company
Montana
Gossen
Dakes
Orc
Brnst
Bonomi
Pendleton
North Yakima
Wash
Los Aggregates
Howard Dexter
Forsythe
Mont
United States
Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry
W. J. Palmer
Colorado Springs
William J. Palmer
Seattle
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Cheyenne
J. A. Riner
KE. M. Holbrook
B. E. Lonebaugh
Robert McPhilamey
Monarch
Wyo
Holybrook
Lonebaugh
McPhilamey
Frank Carr
Nevada
Goldfield
Wiliam PD
Cripple Creek
Boise
Bach
Helena
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Wyoming Coal Fells
Northern Pacific
Kaland
B. Carr
Wise
Bradigan
Carl
Tacoma
Bian
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Jack London
Sting
Ass Goddard
American Automoblin Association
Worcester
Gald
George P. Angell
Boston
Will Long
Wald
Uute
Pather
Goodboy
Samantha
Edyth
Mayme
Fred
Hoe
Meteorological Service
Tyro
Pere Collum
Philadelphia ‘Telegraph
Joe
Catter
Chicago
Neo
Lanet
Wight
Tribune
Inaman
Tatler
Kentucky
Wife
Eee Ebad
Standard Oil Co
Frius
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