Doan’s Kidney Pills Restore Chicago Activist to Health
Narmon Knight of 33 N Ashland Ave Chicago an orator explains that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured his severe kidney pain and spasms after a week of use and seven weeks to full recovery. He had spent hundreds on prior medicines before finding relief. Free trial address Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Price 50 cents.
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Narmon Knight
Ashland Ave
Chicago
West Side
Doan
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Steam Turbine Adapted to High Pressure Pump
A steam turbine principle has been adapted to a centrifugal high pressure pump. Water enters near the exhaust end and accelerates as it passes fixed and movable vanes, gaining high velocity at the outlet end.
Tailor Joke Sparks Sissy Exchange
A playful comment from young Mr. Sissy at a fitting turns into a joke about how many tailors it would take to make a man. Snipem responds that some people would require more than nine tailors, drawing a lighthearted moral about character.
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Mr. Sissy
Snipem
Onions Said to Aid Sleep in English Home Remedy
A traditional English practice suggests using sweet Spanish onions cooked in milk or celery stewed in milk to help with insomnia. The remedy is valued for calming the nerves and promoting sleep.
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England
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited As Cure In Arkansas Tale
Cleveland Arkansas reports a local claim of kidney health from A E Carlile after 23 years of trouble praising Dodd's Kidney Pills. The notice extols the medicine as a remedy for kidney ills from backache to Bright's disease and includes promotional filler about Defiance Starch giveaways and World’s Fair travel offers.
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Cleveland
Ark
Dodd
Arkansas
Todd
A. E. Carlile
Mr. Carlile
Bright
Quiet End for Two Boys and a Kitten
Ned seven and Budge four keep adopting strays until their father cuts the supply. He demands the kittens be fed with their pennies and warns the cat will go if cries persist. Budge pleads that only half the cat is his and he does not eat the other half.
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Ned
Budge
Engines tested in shop at Great Western Swindon works
A Swindon England testing plant permits locomotive trials without leaving the works. The engine runs on wheels with tire matching the permanent way, using a braking system to simulate line conditions. Invented by J. G. Churchward, it is described as the only such device in Europe.
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Great Western Railway
Swindon
England
J. G. Churchward
Europe
His Thirst for Knowledge
Abe Gruber tours city sights with a young guest. At dinner he scans the wine list and contemplates Burgundy, then doubts expertise comparing it to California claret. The youth replies with a line about thirst for knowledge.
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Abe Gruber
Gruber
New York Times
Admiring the Mower Poem Excerpt from New York Sun
A New York Sun poem extols a mower at work in fields. The speaker admires the blade’s swish and the mower’s stride, noting freedom in labor and the contrast with a sunlit, relaxed observer by a zigzag fence.
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Timothy
To Revive Glories of Long Branch
Long Branch leaders plan to restore the resort by buying ocean front property, building a casino and a board walk. They aim to end the decline caused by gambling crowds and restore former society prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
Real Society
Ocean Front
Brown’s Broomstick Wins Brighton Handicap
Timely and appropriate. Ss. S. Brown owner of Broomstick congratulated after beating Irish Lad in the Brighton Handicap. A friend asks why the horse is named Broomstick and Brown replies it comes from his cook because a broomstick once beat an Irish Lad.
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Ss. S. Brown
Broomstick
Brighton
Mr. Brown
Mr. Browne
New York Times
Real name of D Annunzio imitator revealed in London
The figure known as Gabriele D Annunzio is identified in London as Gaetano Rapagnetto. He is described as a dramatist and musician, son of Duchesa Maria Gallese de Roma, and has a son noted for celebrity as a mandolinist.
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Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’annunzio
London
Gaetano Rapagnetto
Duchesa Maria Gallese de Roma
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Warns against catarrh cures with mercury damaging the nervous system and urges using Cheney Co. Hatalletarrh Cure made in Laleda Ohio. Internal remedy claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Free testimonials and doctor endorsements advertised.
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Cheney & Co
Laleda
Ohio
F Cheney & Co
Druggieta
Defiance Sterch Package Returns for Dealership Swap
A reader is urged to return the Defiance Sterch package if it fails to please the buyer. The note promises one third more value for the same money and claims it won’t stick to the front. If the play is a frost, the audience’s soul will melt away.
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Defiance Starch Co
St. Louis Exposition
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance
Omaha
Neb
Sterch
Defiance Starch Promoted with Quotations and Tips
An assortment of promotional lines tout Defiance Starch for its value and quality, urging buyers to choose 16 oz for 10 cents and citing endorsements and humorous quotes. Various ad snippets mention Piso’s Cure, Dr. Kline’s nerve remedy, and assorted anecdotes, typical of early 20th century advertising.
Ancient Kos Island Tree Holds World Record
The oldest tree in the world stands on Kos Island off Asia Minor. Its trunk measures thirty feet in circumference and is enclosed by a masonry wall that supports its two main branches. Experts estimate the tree to be over 2,000 years old.
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Kos
Asia Minor
Cheerfulness and Grumbling in Daily Life
The piece notes how some people consistently drain the optimism of cheerful friends. It argues cheerfulness, like grumbling, is a cultivable trait that can be nurtured or dampened by surrounding attitudes.
Farmer uses coal oil to protect seed corn
A well known farmer says he wets seed corn with coal oil before planting and the birds and insects do not bother it. He claims the oil does not injure the germ and helps sprout. His experience shows no replanting is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filmore
Tever
Training of Japanese Wrestlers
Japanese wrestlers favor weight gain over dieting to build size. The approach contrasts with other nations and emphasizes that greater mass aids overpowering opponents while maintaining agility.
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Japan
Woman Credits Coffee Replacement for Health Turnaround
An Iowa woman recounts decades of nervous spells headaches and heart trouble tied to coffee. After switching to Postum she notes better sleep weight gain and disappearance of smothering spells and headaches, with both she and her husband now sleeping soundly and feeling healthier.
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Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Cause of Sleep Says Sleep Results From Drugging
French physiologist Raphael Dubois argues all sleep stems from carbonic acid formed within the body. He contends the sleep inducer is a natural drug produced by the system, challenging common views of sleep being a natural state.
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Raphael Dubois
Irrigation In Kansas Promises Crop Boom
The New York Press argues that Kansas drought stricken prairies can become a “garden of the west” through irrigation. It predicts the state’s corn output rising toward 300 million bushels and a livestock value near 180 million dollars as rain shortages ease.
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Kansas
Great State
New York Press
England's Great Artist Watts Dies in London
George Frederick Watts, the renowned English artist, who recently died in London, rarely worked from living subjects and favored fragmentary studies on wax and clay for parts of his pictures. He aimed to take the terror away from death in reference to his principal works.
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England
George Frederick Watts
London
Tit
Labouchere on Intoxicants and Gin
Henry Labouchere states he never drinks spirits and prefers water when possible. He explains he can understand beer or wine but finds gin the least unpleasant of spirits after trying them all, though the experiment was not successful.
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Labouchere
Henry Labouchere
Weight of Dead Sea Water Compared to Sea Water
The text notes distilled water weighs ten pounds per gallon while sea water weighs ten and three fourths pounds and Dead Sea water twelve pounds. It cites eight and a half pounds of salt per hundred pounds of Dead Sea water versus two and four fifths pounds per hundred for ordinary sea water.
Letter praising Lydia E. Pinkham remedy restores health
Mrs Cras of Hot Springs Arkansas writes that three months with Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound cured long lasting womb inflammation and fatigue. She notes renewed strength and marriage happiness and seals with a $5000 forfeit promise for genuine reproduction.
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Mrs. Prinnan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Cras
Brown
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mothera Club
Italian Joan of Arc and Other Vintage Briefs
Italian sculptor Ettore Ferrari completes a relief of Signora Stamara called the Italian Jeanne d Arc for Ancona praised for her courage defending the city during Barbarossa’s siege. Also notes Mayne Reid led Rough Riders and 19th century gear and a starch ad and a medical critique of flannel underclothes.
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Joan of Arc
Ettore Ferraria
Jeanne d‘Arc
Signora Stamara
Ancona
Barbarossa
Women sardine curers in France work long hours for low pay
Sardine curers in France are nearly all women and often work twenty hours a day. They receive about thirty cents for every thousand fish cured.
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France
Mother of Twenty Children Birth in Bohemia
A Bohemian shoemaker's wife at Wraz has given birth to four children, after previously bearing sixteen, with three surviving. The report notes her unusual family size and survival of three of the newborns.
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Wraz
Bohemia
Luminous Numbers for Houses Front Doors Idea
A new idea suggests painting house numbers with luminous paint so front doors glow in the dark, aiding visibility at night. The concept focuses on improving nighttime recognition of addresses for homes and may inspire further decorative and practical outdoor lighting solutions.
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Wabash
Wabash Station
Harry E. Moores
Wab. R. R
Ilere Tell
Mey
New York
Piso
Endsley
Vanburen
Ind
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Dr. Kline
BH. Kane, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
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Rifle Rangers
Mayne Reid
Leonard Williams
London Practitioner
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Duemuage
Worle’s
Baily Fly
Harold Boners
Leliale Avenne
Broehlys
Washington University
Locust Street
Eatate Agency
Billings
Meat
Starry E. Mooregs
Nab
Lewis
Peoria
W.N. U
Phoenix
CRAIR
Oak Phoenix
Phoenix, Chair CO
Sheboygan, Wis
R'y
Tansey City
Hannibal
Missouri and
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwest
George Morton
ST. Lovis, MO
Hudson Portrait CO
W. Madison
Pearce
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FISO
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