Grateful Detroit Woman Credits Peruna Cure
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit writes of five years of uterine trouble and hysteria finding relief after using Peruna. She reports six months of use and fifteen bottles leading to full recovery, claiming Peruna cures pelvic catarrh as it does head catarrh and attributes success to treating the underlying catarrh.
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Muriel Armitage
Greenwood Ave
Detroit
Mich
The
Royal Templars of Temperance
Peruna
Swandon
Peruana
Female Weakness and Pelvic Catarrh Described in Ad Tone
An 19th century style medical advertorial describes pelvic catarrh as the cause of female weakness and nervousness. It argues catarrh can affect the whole body, urges prompt treatment, and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman for free medical advice about Peruna.
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Hartman
Convict Crafts Paper Cane From Old Newspaper
A Utah state prison inmate sends the editor a paper cane made from old newspaper copies. The core is a steel octagonal rod with a threaded end and ferrule. Paper squares are punched and slipped onto the rod, stacked to form a cane about five to six inches tall per section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah State Prison
Making a Paper Cane by Compressing Squares on a Rod
A detailed description from Scientific American explains forming a cane from paper squares. Pieces are mounted on a threaded rod, compressed by a nut, with discarded spools to transfer pressure. A horn handle, square to fit the nut, wrenches the process, finishing with sanding, polishing, oiling, and pumice for shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Witch Doctors Fined at Exeter Assizes
Two defendants were fined 500 each at Exeter assizes for undertaking to cure by magical powders and prayer. Clients were told the Lord's prayer would cure ill luck while a Herefordshire charm supplied the formula. The case highlights lingering superstition in rural areas despite scientific progress.
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Exeter Assizes
Herefordshire
Bridge to Span Long Cantilever Across St Lawrence
Quebec plans a cantilever bridge across the St Lawrence river with a main span of 1300 feet. The longest span to be used is 771 feet in the forties era, noting connections to Scotland.
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Quebec
Iringe
Acrose
St. Lawrence
Forth Hritee
Scotland
Belfast pupil’s wild trip ends in Teheran through wit
A Belfast seven grade pupil, limited geography knowledge, wrote an imaginary journey from Belfast to Teheran. He began in Belfast in an automobile, listed stops to New York, and his car exploded in New York, landing him in Teheran. The teacher marked the lesson perfect on guidance from the grammar school principal.
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Belfast
Teheran
Mars
New York
New York City
Kennebec Journal
Notable Coroner in Allegheny and Free Passes Tale
The老 story recalls Peter Dressler a longtime Allegheny coroner famed for rail passes. In a high profile case a neatly dressed young man, George Black, testifies and is asked his name and job. The coroner then asks his clerk if there are passes remaining, hinting at favors.
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Peter Dressler
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
George Black
The
Uneducated Children in Russia Reach 17 Million
Official statistics show that 17 million children aged six to fourteen in Russia receive no education. This startling figure highlights gaps in schooling and the need for nationwide educational reforms.
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Russia
Big 500 Pound Steel Range Offer Declared
A promotional notice touts a one dollar deal for a 500 pound steel range. The offer promises free returns and emphasizes value for households while warning against misleading or unsafe uses. The message stresses a domestic home use focus and urges caution against unsuitable kitchen appliances.
Immigrant Ads and Odd Notices Scatter the Page
A compiled slice from a late 19th century paper shows ads on cheap lemon oil extraction labor in Sicily, Pills, and immigrant recruitment costs. It includes stray quips about a Chicago divorce suit and a joking reply about not speaking to a wife since marriage.
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Sicily
Cause of All the Trouble in California Studies
A California professor who studies water adds marine biology cases within days. The text notes contradictions and mentions a feud in Kentucky and vendetta in New York, reflecting social conflict and sensational framing.
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California
Red Sea
Kentucky
New York
Fragmentary sci fi dialogue on energy and purpose
A fragment shows a conversation about energy and matter as manifestations of energy. A woman asserts a dramatic claim about a professor and her husband, implying a dangerous or coercive scene set in a Sunday setting.
Mrs P Bronze Recovers After Fifteen Years of Kidney Pain
Mrs P Bronze wife of Brunzel a Black dealer living at 3111 Grand Ave Everett Washington describes fifteen years of terrible back and groin pain. She credits Daan's Kidney Pills with quick relief after five boxes and says a week of renewed symptoms followed by three days of treatment restored her. A free trial offer and 30 cent price via BrumzeI Co Buffalo NY is noted. She recommends the pills to others.
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P. Bronze
Brunzel
Grand Ave
Everett, Wash
Daan
Dean
Brumzel
Orn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Jl Druggiers
An Original Grace at Seminary Blessing Gaffe
A past tale from a theological seminary recalls students asking for blessing before meals. One blind spot led to laughter when a young student prayed for strength to eat this meat, revealing the family’s softened yet surprised response.
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Nur Theological
Cheap Passenger Rates Via Santa Fe Route Headline
Cheap passenger rates via the Santa Fe Route to Boston Baltimore Minneapolis Detroit Atlasta and other places. For details contact C. F. Warren General Agent A. T. & S Ry 411 Dooly Block Salt Lake City Utah. Absolute zero defined as thirteen degrees below hydrogen freezing point. gas solidifies at 260 degrees below zero.
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Boston
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Detroit
Atlasta
C. F. Warren
A. T
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mother Gray’s Powders and Uncle Allen Quips in Ad Spread
An old newspaper advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children addressing feverishness headaches teething and worms with free sample offers. It includes Uncle Allen’s quip about courage and a one day cure claim for colds using quinine tablets and a promise of refunds if not effective.
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Mother Gray
Sil Druggists
Allen 5
Oimmmed
le Roy
N.Y
Captain Hemphill in Great Race Aboard Kearsarge
The navigator praised by the Kaiser proves his fitness by steering the battleship Kearsarge across the ocean at speeds rivaling ocean liners. Captain Hemphill credits the crew, especially stokers, for the feat, noting forty eight hours of continuous duty without delegation.
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Hemphill
Kaiser
Oregon
Cape Horn
New York Evening World
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