Peruna Praised By Women and Public Figures
A St Paul saleswoman testimonial lauds Peruna for pelvic catarrh symptoms and general fatigue. Senator Mark H Dunnell and others endorse it as a tonic and cure. Readers are urged to write to Dr Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for guidance and advice.
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Mark H. Dunnell
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Peruna, Write At Once To Dr. Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Viartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Rector's boxing pledge sways bishop bid in Newark diocese
A Nay delegate to the Newark Episcopal convention recounted a tale of a rector who offered a boxing bout to win a skeptic athlete. The narrative claimed the rector knocked the man into regular church attendance, and the delegate argued such strenuous preachers are needed for bishops.
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Newark
Dr. Lines
New Haven
Withal
Episcopal Church
New York Sun
How the Pelican Feeds by Charles F. Holder
Naturalist Charles F. Holder recalls a Florida pelican he once owned and its perpetual hunger. He details feeding behavior, plunge diving for sardines, the pouch drainage, and the gulls and man‑of‑war birds that repeatedly rob the catch, leaving the bird often hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Holder
Florida
Fitzs Head Swim Memoir of Two Maher Fights
The article recalls Lanky Bob Fitzsimmons recounting two legendary ringside battles with Peter Maher. He describes a brutal 1892 New Orleans clash where a head blow left him dazed yet he fought on to win in the twelfth round. He also recalls a decisive 1896 Santry Texas rematch with a single, fatal blow that floored Maher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitz Simmons
Peter Maher
New Orleans
Fitz
Maher
Santry
Tex
Fritz
Nerve Fails Yet Grace Under Risk Feats of Rope and Sailor Aid
A vivid account notes how open air performers such as tight rope walkers risk nerve failure. It recalls a daring episode where a sailor hoisted a fallen female artist from a sagging rope using ladders, saving her as she fainted.
Ambiguous Birth Incident Shocks Oklahoma Paper
An Oklahoma paper reports a minister and congregation involved in a curious event after a baby’s birth. Officers paid $50 in cash to the minister, and the next morning the church saw two competing prayers praising both the money and the baby, with the choice of winner still undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Freight Haul Rates On Major Railways
The cost of hauling freight per ton per mile on London Northern is 1.49 dollars in cents. Pennsylvania Railway charges 404 of a cent and New York Central 416 of a cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Northern Railway
England
Pennsylvania Railway
New York Central
Langley Airship Work Captures Attention
Prof Samuel Pierpont Langley secretary of the Smithsonian Institution draws notice for forthcoming airship experiments near Washington. Known as a respected physicist and astronomer, Langley has long studied air navigation with cooperation from Dr Alexander Graham Bell. Born in Boston in 1834, educated in Cambridge and Oxford, he has authored works on astronomy dynamics and neodynamics.
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Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Alexander Graham Bell
Boston
Cambridge
Oxford
Wabash Excursions and Other Trade Notices
Train fares reduced for home visitors to Indiana Ohio and Kentucky with special dates for Sept Oct and Oct. half fare to Baltimore and return. Nameseekers' excursions to South and Southeast. Wabash claims direct access to World's Fair grounds. Agt Harry E Moores Omaha Neb. Local window ads compare Chauncey Depew's uncle and Defiance Starch. Japan mill labor and wages cited with U S contrasts.
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Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Little Rock
Ark
Baltimore
Wabash
Wabash City
Farnam Street
Harry E. Moores
Omaha
Neb
Paris School for Dogs Draws Fashionable Patience
The piece notes a dog education trend in Paris as high society seeks canine schooling. It describes a Paris school where pampered pets learn to bark properly bow greet guests and fetch items for their mistresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Parallel Headlight Adds Vertical Beam To Locomotives
A new locomotive headlight shoots light both forward and straight upward, creating a pillar of fire visible from afar even over hills. The vertical beam borrows the ships searchlight effect, signaling an approaching train at night with a dramatic and practical blaze.
German Farmer’s Case Heard in Rich Fountain
Rev Joseph Pope of Rich Fountain Missouri shares a German farmer George Hoellerer testimony about Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Hoellerer suffered rheumatism denying mobility until medication improved his pain and ability to work. He reports recovery after taking multiple boxes and is able to perform farm tasks again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Fountain
Joseph Pope
Dodd
Jamie
Spoonerisms and Witty Mixups Highlighted in Verse
Rev William Archibald Spooner is quoted with playful transpositions such as there came up grass pillary and caterhoppers innumerable and loving shepherd into a dark glass and a few more. The piece also mocks patent remedies and a quip about biographies written while you wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spoonersome
William Archibald Spooner
Oxford
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts constitutional cure via Hall’s Catarrh Cure and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured, urging readers to send for circulars and buy Hall’s Family Pills from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiall
F.J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Chamberlain’s Conservatories Display Remark on Flowers
Joseph Chamberlain shown a lady over his Highbury conservatories. A guest remarked on his fondness for flowers and he replied he would not allow anyone to have better flowers than he.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Highbury
Mr. Chamberlain
Starch Stock Conflicts and Legal Insight
Grocers avoid Defiance Starch 16 oz in favor of 12 oz brands they can sell. A father may disinherit his children but cannot disinherit the lawyers, a remark on legal rights and consequences.
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