Works in the Garden: Kidney Pill Ad And Library Giveaway
Robert Scollan of 56 Garden St Seneca Pails N Y thanks Down s Kidney Pile for his sound back. Mrs Goethious six daughters suffer kidney trouble and jumbago. Ho Dewan cured after Down s Kidney Pilla. Ad promotes 50 cents a box from Fowter Milburn Co Buffalo N Y and claims libraries are given away by James J H Gregory of Marblehead Mass rivaling Carnegie. Also promotes Allens Foot Ease powder for feet and ingrown nails with trial package offer.
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Robert Scollan
Garden St
Seneca Pails
N.Y
Down
Mra Goethious
Ho Dewan
Fowter Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
James J. H. Gregory
Marbiehead
Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Valuable Relics Unearthed at Pergamos in Jerusalem News
Jerusalem papers report graves opened at Pergamos yielding rare relics. A golden torc, wreaths of gold oak leaves, a gold wolf head, farming utensils, swords, and other weapons were found. The Hauities were sent to the Museum of Constantinople. Prof George W Jones of Cornell plans retirement at year end and seeks a pension from the Carnegie endowment. He joined Cornell as mathematics head in 187? and remains one of its oldest faculty. He authored several treaties and textbooks.
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Jerusalem
Pergamos
Museum of
Constantinople
Professor Jones
George W. Jones
Cornell University
Trascon
Carnegie Endowment Fund
Jonea
Cornell
Rockefeller guest of honor at Chicago decennial gala delays
A long sequence of events during University of Chicago decennial celebrations kept sliding late by one to four hours per affair. Rockefeller, guest of honor, spoke at the banquet and recounted a tale of a Boston business man delayed by a heavy snowstorm who sent a telegram saying he would not be in the office yet.
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University of Chicago
John D. Rockefetler
Air
Tockefeller
Thare
Moston
Guburba
Dansengers
Boston
Montreal Herald
Mother endorses Grape-Nuts for children’s health
A mother writes that using Grape-Nuts for herHitie ones would reduce medicines and sick days. She claims infants benefit from the cereal, claiming fewer stomach troubles and indigestion. The piece quotes a child asking for Grape-Nuts at breakfast and notes the family’s belief in its value.
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Panade
War on betting rooms and horse racing ban bill passes
Tennessee House approves felony for keeping places permitting horse race betting. California Senate backs crime to dock horse tails, and Hearst seeks election reform. Roosevelt eyes Alaska hunting trip post term. Count Cantestine appeals divorce case. coal mine and avalanche disasters reported. arson and political corruption notes amid European Russia elections.
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Tennessee
Spain
Chicago & Northwestern
Des Moines
Iowa
Museel
Transylvania Mountains
Central America
San Salvador
State Senate of
California
Hax
Hearst
Roosevelt
Alaska
Robert M. Wiley
Wonder of Plant Memory Says Desert-Plucked Specimen Responds
The Dundee Advertiser notes a squash family plant moved from Sonora to New York in 1901 or 1900s and kept without watering. In a six week desert rain period it grows leaves and flowers to form seed, then dries to a water filled gourd with a hard shell. It seemingly remembers the rainy season and reawakens annually.
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Dundee Advertiser
New York
Sonora
Mexico
Readable ad promising cure for constitutional disease
An old newspaper advertisement offers a $100 reward for proof that “Catarrh Cure” cures a constitutional disease. It claims to treat the disease by acting on the blood and whole system, promising dramatic restoration of health.
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Leara
Aildrena PF Chen KY & UU
Toledo
Autor
Hostess' Trade Union
A concept of a hostess union where society women pledge to uphold self respect and punish male lapses in courtesy. The idea notes a drawback that many women are not respected by men or by each other, undermining self respect.
A Man of High Principle Scotsman Weekend Peculiarities
A fragmentary UK style clipping shows a Scotsman reluctant to attend music hall on Saturday to avoid laughing in church on Sunday. The text jumbles references to London Opinion and mock medical cures, then notes Mrs Winston’s soothing syrup for children and cautions about social polish versus behavior.
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London
Still More Proof of Dr Williams Pink Pills Cure
A Indianapolis man recounts a serious head injury followed by yearly neuralgia causing vision issues and pain. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with relief after trying others, and notes his wife uses them for nervous headaches. Pills sold by druggists, 60 cents a box, six boxes by mail.
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Ixteen
Otto H. Rose
Lexington Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Piano in His Lungs: Odd Musical Man on Pacific Coast
A man named Pearson in a Washington town can emit piano like melodies with a melodeon accompaniment from his lungs. He tours fairs and gatherings, claims practice can teach others, and is noted as a strong barker. Also endorses Brandreth's Pills for women, praising their long history and universal sale.
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Pacific Coast
Pearson
Arkansas
Washington
Antiseptic Tablet Request Triggers Poison Register Rule
A father asked a drug store clerk to sell antiseptic tablets without restricted chemicals. The pharmacist replied that a minor cannot buy such items and an adult must personally sign the poison register. The exchange highlights age restrictions on chemical sales.
English Tongue Twisters Show Language Quirks
A discussion of peculiarities in English phrases designed to puzzle foreigners. It notes confusing sentences such as It was put in case In case it should rain andTwii come by-sind-by and buy a bicycle while pondering how a German might parse metaphors like Being unhorsed he dogged his man and soon had him cowed.
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Allen
le Roy
Guides Children
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
London Board of Trade
Awhio
Japan
Texas
Count Bon de Cantestine
Anna Gould
John W. Smith
Rayon
I T
Raymond Moyer
Brooklyn
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Goal Company
Wanaiie
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Russia
Conservatves
William Alden Smith
Alger
Smith
San Francisco
United States
Patrick
Nurnery Atook
Pepin le
Seed Co
Eoin Gso
Pano
Mra. Winatow
Pacific
Brandreth
Gary
Taltalion Paint
Wiss
Jaques Mfg. CO
Chicago
Ballard
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