Peruna and Manatin Promote Cures in Case Testimonials
A New York City reader recounts consulting many physicians without relief before Peruna and Manatin eased her chronic head and throat catarrh. She notes a week of use improved her condition and she shared the remedies with her children. Mildred Grey reports stomach catarrh relief after Peruna restores her appetite.
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Aline Depasse
New York
N. Y
Aiso
Mise Mildred Grey
Welmar Stapleton
Wis
One Giant Cracker: Firecrackers and the Fourth of July
A satirical treatise argues for conservation while calculating the scale of Fourth of July fireworks. It estimates 60 million firecrackers in the United States containing 157,500 pounds of gunpowder and 90,000,000 foot tons of potential energy, comparing to a 60,000 ton building, before cautioning against constructing a colossal universal firecracker.
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United States
Golmus
Jet Ua
New York
Nebraska Parrots Disappeared From Missouri River Region
Fifty years ago Nebraska hosted Carolina parrots along the Missouri river in the southeast. The birds were numerous, tame, and hunted for food and trophies. After early settlement they vanished suddenly, leaving naturalists and territorial settlers as the few who recall the Nebraska parrot, the Carolina parakeet, with green and yellow plumage and striking appearance.
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Nebraska
Missouri River
Notable early American milestones and figures listed
A fragmented timeline references events from 1766 to 1811 including the Declaration slowed in Philadelphia the Wyoming massacre evacuation of Williamsburgh and Philadelphia celebrations for the Constitution ratification J Q Adams first senate address and a pioneer stage trip from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, with a garbled birth entry for Garihahli the nation’s patriot.
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Philadelphia
Clarie
Kankaskia
Wii
Wyoming
Hrrlish
Williamsburg
J. Q. Adams
United States Senate
Pioneer Weekly
Pittabure
Garihahli
Bors
Rookey miscalls during guard duty at Chickamauga
A St Louis drummer en route to the Spanish American War station at Chickamauga bungles guard duty. He tries to call Who goes there but sees the visiting general in full dress and blurts There goes who. The tale, from the St Louis Post-Dispatch, highlights the rookie’s mixups and the formal scene at the post.
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Ronkey
Eleven Years of Eczema Healed by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Eliza A Wiley describes eleven years of cracked bleeding hands with a nail lost. After trying three doctors without relief she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills, reporting full cure and recommending the remedies to others with eczema. Dated Liscomb Iowa October 18 1906.
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Eliza A. Wiley
Liscomb
Targets for Anglers in Central Park Pool
White one foot diameter disks with ting and lead weights placed in the pool by the Anglers' club serve as fly and baitcasting targets. They line the lake near the grandwalk, prompting crowds to misinterpret them as lilypads or idle props. Patrolmen report disturbed tempers among watchers as questions persist about their purpose.
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Anglers’ Club
Adlai Stevenson Travels Across the Country
Adlai E Stevenson Jr a national figure travels through the south visiting relatives widespread in origin and stays briefly at his modest Bloomington Illinois home as part of his time on the road raising support and engaging with communities.
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Adlai Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Legion
South
Bloomington
Freak Statues Made to Order by Self described Sculptor
A sculptor recounts how patrons request bizarre statues including a Western millionaire and wife with spectacle bust, a colored bust of a young girl, and a Boston garden piece of a grandfather in a plum hat spouting water into a basin with goldfish. He notes he creates these to satisfy millionaires with unconventional tastes.
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Boston Garden
Inventors Seek Aluminum Alloy Like Steel to Carbon
The Engineering Record envisions an alloy that would relate to aluminum as steel does to carbon or bronze to tin, creating a new structural material of vast importance in mechanical work. Builders of heavy machinery are seeking this breakthrough.
Christening Jokes Highlight College Girls In Clergy Tale
A clergy man lauds college girls as a boon to the race recalling a wedding christening joke. He describes christening a baby who stayed quiet and smiled, noting the wife and father had practiced with a pail of water for ten days, praising the girls' ingenuity.
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Mrs. Depasse
New York City
Peoru-na
Man-a-lin
Ceed Te
National Lead Company
Wilien
Poston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Lewis
Johal T. Lewis & Bron
Pitterburgh
National Load & OU Co
Bandlad
Frebery
McCornick
Art Seralogue
Plymouth
Puller
Warren
Stewart
Nile
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company
Utah
Idaho
George T. Odell
Salt Lake
Ogden
Logan
Idaho Falls
Montpelier
ST. Salt Lake City, Utah
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