Sinking of Hern and other world events
The North Sea sinking of the German steamer Hern costs twenty one lives. Denmark debates metric adoption while Russia completes the Manchuria evacuation. Suffragists protest in the House of Commons, and a Cleveland hospital staff attack case leads to indictments. A train collision at Turushhidhe kills seventeen and injures thirty five. A brutal murder in Fairmont, Georgia, shocks locals. Taft's Panama trip plans include the Mayflower. Peasant unrest in Botostabnel erupts with fatalities. Fort Dodge ordains marriage as mandatory for ages 25 to 45. Berlin reports long distance wireless word exchanges. Western Pacific engineers map Ely to main line. Belasco partners die in San Francisco. A Mississippi leader is killed. a Santa Fe boiler wreck kills Fireman Kerr. A Carnie murder trial opens for poisoning a child. Reading Railroad raises employee age limit. A Kentucky baby dies in hot water accident. Missouri bills criminalize bucketshops. A North Baltimore ax murder and suicide occurs. Lena battleship inquiry pins explosion on spontaneous powder ignition.
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Fort, Dodge
Hennett
Count Arco
Berlin
Corps of
Western Pacific Engineers
Ely
Nevada
Western Pacific
Fred Belasco
Alcazar Theatre
Juliet Crosby
San Francisco
M.r. Mayer
Open the Windows Danger: simple remedy misleads readers
A historical clipping urges open windows in winter and summer as essential for tuberculosis prevention and promotes a home remedy of glycerine, Virgin Oil of Pine, and whisky for colds and coughs. It warns against impure oils and notes origin labeling and druggist sourcing. The piece also riffs on miscellaneous tips and anecdotes from the era.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Indigestion Sufferer Becomes Well After Grape-Nuts
A Montana man describes years of indigestion and nervousness until he tried Grape-Nuts cereal. He credits brain and nerve renewal, steadier nerves, clearer vision, improved mood, and younger feeling after using the product daily. Read the booklet The Road to Wellville for more.
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Montana
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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North Sea
Denmark
Manchurin
Harbin
House of Commons
State Hospital
Cleveland
Turushhidhe Station
James Tolbert
Tolbert
Fairmont
Taft
Warty
Panama
Cuba
Porto Rico
Navy Department
Botossabnl
Edward Howell
Mississippi
People’s ‘Bank
Hattiesburg, Miss
Santa Fe
Simms
Cal
J. B. Kerr
P. Barnum
J. L. McElory
Carnie
Ills
Jennie Burch
Wilbur Winship
Baer
Reading Railroad Company
Pornsylvania Railroad Company
Levi Jett
Ashland
Folk
Missouri
Arthur Bean
North Baltimore
Bean
Lena
Winslow
Salem
Masa
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Australia
Argentina
Russia
Cremona
Dod
Bears
Castoria
Casiori
AL Alee
New York
Bernbiy
Hall
Pamily
Btatesman
Herr Bebel
Garden City
la Crosse
W. Douglas
Prigess Douglas
Foat
Mass
Kew
sigeeTeahst
Sedagatsuetbea
Defiance
N. U
Salt Lake City
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. M. Hagermann
Bay Shore, S. 1
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia B. Piniham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Defiange
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