Cured by Cuticura Remedies After Severe Skin Trouble
Mrs Bertha Sachs details years of itching pain and failed treatments before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. She reports complete remission after two sets and urges others with similar disease to try the products. Signed Aug 20 1999.
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Bertha Sachs
Second Ave
New York
N. Y
Morris Sachs
E. 89Th St
Deutsch-Ostroweer Unt.-Verein
Kemp Mer Hebrew Benevolent Society
Shady Character in Our Secret Police Network
A cryptic remark attributes a familiar figure as the town secret police. The quote suggests a pervasive yet unnamed authority, prompting questions about who holds unseen power and how it shapes local life.
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Fleigende Blatter
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Graniteville Vermont reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restoring health during changes of life. Letter claims complete recovery from nervousness and female ailments and urges others to try the preparation. The ad touts 80 years of cures and low cost as essential support for women through menopause.
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Graniteville, Vt
Yaiakam
Cuns. Barclay
R.F.D
Graniteville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wonders and dangers of the Colorado desert
The Colorado desert offers adventure and study with miles of dunes and rare salt beds. It hosts ancient salt crusts, mud volcanoes, and active solfataras near Cerro Prieto, plus wind sculpting and extensive sand drifts.
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Sahara
Balton
Yuma
Salton
Mexican
California
Alh
Cerro Prieto
Hades
Calexico
Gulf of California
Luxuries Among Chinese Immigrants Trade and Diets
Historical notes describe Chinese dietary imports in the United States, listing chop suey rice and shark fins as luxuries and noting sweets from the Celestial empire. The article claims chop suey is not common in China and highlights eggs imported from Hong Kong in 1908 for Chinese consumption.
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California
Hong Kong
Reform Aimed at Early Marriages In China
The Peking Daily News reports the Chinese Ministry of the Interior will investigate prohibitions on early marriages. A law may set the minimum age at 20 to curb perceived evil results.
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China
Peking Daily News
Chinese Ministry of the Interior
Hot clash in the D A R Joseph G Cannon battle far from home
In Washington a fight within the Daughters of the American Revolution erupts as Mrs. Matthew T Scott of Bloomington challenges president general authority over clerk Agnes Gerald. Congress members expect the Gerald issue to spark a larger clash than the Cannon rebellion.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Danville
Washington
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
Crow Files
Scott
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Donald McLean
McLean
Martha R. Wilcox
Miss Agnes Gerald
Miss Gerald
Wilcox
Gerald
Blind House Chaplain Serves Amid Capitol Storms
Rev Henry Noble Couden, house chaplain since 1893, is blind from a Civil War wound. Known for his prayers, he guides members through fiery debates like the Cannon ouster fight, as he remembers a kinship with Noah Noble and a lifelong role in Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Henry Noble Couden
House
Cannon
Couden
Noah Noble Couden
Henry
Clay
Noble
Clark Aims at Speakership and Books The Curiosities of History
Champ Clark plans retirement in name only and eyes authorship with a book titled The Curiosities of American History and What One Vote Can Do. He spoke at the National Press Club about history as his hobby and the idea that future presidents may not exceed two terms. He argues hobbyists drive progress, and predicts no president will serve three terms until the republic declines.
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Champ Clark
Congress
House
United States
National Press Club
Washington
Clark
White House
John Adams
Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Russian Duma elects Alexander Goutchkoff as Speaker
The Russian Duma appoints Alexander Goutchkoff as Speaker, a businesslike leader known for promoting Russian goods in the Far East and backing a tough stance on the Manchurian railroad question. He possesses deep knowledge from war front experience and time in Japan, and aligns with Octoberist principles through contact with the czar.
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Russian Duma
Alexander Goutchkoff
Goutchkoff
Moscow
Russia
Far East
Japan
Nicholas
Ays
Basse
Ate
Quaker Oats Urges as Ideal Food and Strength
An advertising blurb promotes Quaker Oats as an ideal food. It highlights taste appeal and strengthening qualities, portraying the product as appetizing and nutritious for daily meals.
German American English on a New York street car
Passengers hear a stout man recount a prior night with mangled phrases such as twelf o glock it wass and de toor rap. His friend notes the humor as he jokes about medical advice and leaving the house while the speaker claims he called the man every name he could lay hands on.
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New York
Dot
Morgan's Wealth Spotlighted by Subway Gift
A broker recalls telling J. Pierpont Morgan of a mutual friend's death and the magnate's reaction. Morgan asked about the deceased’s fortune, estimating five to six million, and remarked on how deceptive circumstances can make wealth seem.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Mr. Morgan
Metroplitan
Fifth Avenue
Newfoundland’s Bad Record and Tuberculosis Fight
The Newfoundland Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis undertakes a vigorous campaign as the island faces a high death rate from tuberculosis. About one in five residents die from the disease, and in six years the rate rose about 50 percent, worsened by a widespread fear of fresh air in homes.
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Newfoundland
Newfoundland Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Love at First Sight in a Beach Encounter
A reminiscence from the New York Weekly recalls a couple's instant attraction on a Long Beach promenade. The narrator describes meeting her future husband as a decisive moment witnessed by her father who called him "a man worth ten millions."
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Get
Papa
Long Beach
New York Weekly
Settlement Refers Personal Squabbles to The Hague
The exchange notes a person who treats private disputes as significant enough for international diplomacy and possible legal action at The Hague, highlighting perceived self-importance.
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The
Hague
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