Noted Physician Praises Lydia E Pinkham Drug in 19th Century Letter
A Lansing Michigan doctor endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female disorders, claiming cures for ovarian issues and barrenness. The letter also mentions Mr George Ade and notes pronunciation variations, reflecting reader amusement and regional speech.
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DR. Wanata
Lansing
Mid
Raven
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wanara
Mich
Lydia
Sardou who rose from medical training to wealth and power
Autocratic Victorien Sardou trained as a doctor but became a successful playwright. He lives in a summer home worth 150000 and governs all details, from stage alterations to actresses wardrobe, with uncompromising authority.
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M. Victorien Sardou
Sardou
Telegraphists Benefit Show Features New Telegrapher Key
The Lightning Jerkers' Benefit introduces a novel telegraph key with a hand friendly handle and adjustable angle. Inventor claims it equals the speed of the Morse key, promising rapid operation. The quip about the average man’s guardian angel adds a humorous note.
Bartholdi’s Equestrian Statue to Stand at Clermont Ferrand
Sculptor Bartholdi plans a colossal fourteen foot high four ton equestrian statue of Vercingetorix to be erected at Clermont Ferrand, 250 miles from Paris. Since rail transport is impractical the piece will be moved in one block by an automobile wagon from Paris.
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Bartholdi
Vercingetorix
Gaul
Clermont-Ferrand
Paris
Victoria's Handsome Son The Duke of Connaught
The Duke of Connaught, over 50, appears vigorous and healthy due to outdoor life and sport. He is popular with the army and regarded as the best looking of Queen Victoria's sons.
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Duke of Connaught
Great Britain
Southern Cadets Dominate West Point Top Honors
The Savannah Press reports the first five cadets at West Point in merit order are all from the south, with Mississippi claiming two top ranks including the head of the class. North Carolina South Carolina and Maryland are also represented.
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Savannah Press
West Point
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Chicago Teachers Trail Illinois Supreme Court Tax Ruling
Miss Margaret Muley and Miss Catherine Geggin led a litigation that reached the Illinois Supreme Court. The ruling increases taxes by millions for corporations operating in Illinois, shaping state fiscal policy.
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Chicago
Margaret Muley
Catherine Geggin
Illinois Supreme Court
San Jacinto Survivor James Hill of Austin
James Monroe Hill of Austin Texas is identified as one of the few survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto He was born in Georgia and was a cousin of the late United States Senator Benjamin J Hill of that state.
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San Jacinto
James Monroe Hill
Austin
Tex
Texas
Georgia
United States
Benjamin J. Hill
Emperor William Sleeper and Dr Stevens Kidney Pills
The piece notes Emperor William as a uniformed sleeping soldier and records Rev E P Stevens of Fredericksburg Indiana declaring a kidney remedy. Stevens claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cure kidney and urinary ailments including Bright's Disease with widespread success.
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Fredericksburg
Ind
E. P. Stevens
Dodd
Bright
Miss Braddon Refuses Photo and Keeps Private Image
The English novelist Miss Braddon will not be photographed and only one known image exists. Once she produced at least two long novels a year in younger days, but lately she limits herself to one book annually.
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Miss Braddon
Allen's Foot-Fase advertised for foot relief
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Fase powder to relieve swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It urges asking druggists and shoe stores for the 25 cent product, notes free samples, and gives Allen S. Olmsted in LeRoy New York as the address. A stray line on luck turning friends into acquaintances appears at the end.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Defiance Starch Offers More Per Package At Lower Cost
The ad claims Defiance Starch is superior to Cold Water Starch and provides 16 oz per package while marketed as a 12 oz size. It warns that the seller avoids it until stock is sold and suggests mixing cornstarch with salt to prevent shaker clogging.
Mary the Maid of the Inn Chapter Eight Scene
Mary discovers murder near the abbey as Parker and Foster hide a body. She follows a moonlit procession carrying a victim and a hat with a cockade she made for Richard Parker, then returns to the inn to reveal the grisly scene to her relatives.
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Parker
Foster
Whitby
Yorkshire
London
Mary Lockwood
Mary
Abbey
Duel on the road ends in murder and flight
Squire Bellingham is ambushed on a narrow road by Foster and Parker. A struggle over a gelded wallet ends with Bellingham shot by Foster and Parker, while the pair debate the loot and escape as the man lies dying.
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Squire Bellingham
Foster
Parker
Dick Parker
Bellingham
Yorkshire
York
Mystery of Mary Deepens as Ward Reveals All
In a crowded room Mary faints at the sight of her lover’s guilt. Morley hints at Gentleman Parker a “fine young chap” while Wilson and Jack Meadrow search for answers. Mary claims she won a wager and declares murder frightened her as the scene ends with newshoys in Detroit learning a golfer’s caddie plan.
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Wilson
Mary
Barnsley
Richard Parker
London
Gentleman Parker
Old Morley
Jack Meadows
Goodby
Kirkstall
Star and Garter
Jack
Morley
Not Getting Her Share
A child Eunice explains to her father that the United States consumes about 2 600 000 tons of sugar annually and that the per person average is about sixty pounds a year. The father, skeptical, halves the disagreement with a quarter for candy.
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Eunice
Papa
United States
Chicago Tribune
Wabash wreck near Seneca Michigan claims many lives
Detroit reports estimate 80 to 150 killed after two Wabash passenger trains collided near Seneca and burned. Survivors and officials dispute tallies as bodies and fragments are recovered. Italians aboard train No. 13 add to confusion over death counts and survivor reports.
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Detroit
Michigan
Wabash
Senaca
Adrian
Continental Limited
Seneca
Mich
George M. Burns
Burns
Associated Press
Omes
Lfe
Roosevelt proposes sugar tariff cuts for Cuba and Philippines
President Roosevelt told visitors he will urge in his message a reduced duty on Cuban sugar in exchange for trade privileges when an independent government is formed and a reduced duty on Philippine sugar to stimulate industry there.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Cuba
Philippines
Wedding Party Drouwa in Tonga Schooner Wreck
News from Tonga reports a schooner carrying a wedding party of forty people including men women and children was wrecked near Nelafu and all aboard drowned as it returned to FHlaabai.
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Drouwa
Honolulu
Victoria
Tonga
Nelafu
Fhlaabai
Western Packing Statistics Price Current Report
The Price Current notes hog marketing rose as western packing totals reach 735,000 head this week, up from 665,000 the prior week and 625,000 a year ago. Cincinnati observers report continued strength in hog prices and processing activity through late November.
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Western Packing
Cincinnati
Mow Honors McKinley Monument Fund Reported
The state department received word from the consul general in Shanghai that silk tea and cotton piece goods guilds contributed to a fund to erect a memorial to President McKinley in Shanghai. The act marks an unprecedented gesture of appreciation for his stance toward China.
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Mow
McKinley
Washington
State Department
Shanghai
China
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Omaha
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Wright
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Taylor
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