Meekison’s Catarrh Battle and Peruna Endorsement
David Meekison, a longtime Ohio politician and congressman, credits Peruna with curing his thirty year struggle with catarrh after using the remedy during a cold. The ad extols Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh and urges early use at first cold symptoms, offering a free book titled Winter Catarrh.
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David Meekison
America
Meekison
Napoleon
Ohio
Peruna
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Almanac Ad
A brief advertisement urges readers to ask their druggist for a free Peruna Almanac. The note points to a complimentary publication likely containing product information or guidance.
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Peruna
Live Stock Market Slips Across Hogs and Sheep
The live stock market shows steady cattle values with a quiet cow trade and limited packer demand. Hog prices opened higher but slumped as day advanced, leaving most sales at 6.70 to 6.85 per cwt. Lambs and sheep show varied quotes, with western lambs at 5.50 to 5.75 and ewes around 4.00 to 4.25. An odd feature notes a man in Le Mans who buries his daily habits with his coffin comedy.
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le Mans
Chapeain
Adminster
M. Chaplain
M. le Sure
Kansas City Live Stock Prices Mixed Across Species
Cattle see steady to strong demand with select futures and feeders higher. cows and canners uneven. Hogs open weak but bulk sales near 6.75 to 6.90 with heavier weights near 6.80. Sheep and lambs trend up with native and western lambs quoted from 3.85 to 6.10 while ewes and wethers show modest gains.
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Texas
News by wireless for ships begins with Lucania
London reports Reuter's Telegram and Marconi arrange a limited wireless news service for Cunard's Lucania voyage from New York. Messages will travel 20 to 30 miles from Brow Head, reaching Queenstown days before arrival, with Minnetonka to follow as it passes Scilly and reaches London about two days later.
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London
Reuter
Telegram Company
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Cunard Line
Lucania
New York
Queenstown
Brow Head
Atlantic Transport Line
Minnetonka
Scilly Islands
Mine slope accident kills two children in Utah
A landslide at the Old Telegraph mine slope in Bingham buried the Johnson residence and split the house in two. Miner James Johnson lost two sons aged 3 and 5 who were playing in the swallowed portion of the building. The accident occurred Saturday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bingham
James Johnson
Johnson
Twain
Engineer Captain Cosby Assigned to Philippines
U S engineer Captain Spencer Cosby who led harbor and river improvements in the Mobile district is ordered to the Philippines. He will be succeeded here by Captain W F Craigill who currently heads the Ohio river improvements in charge.
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Mobile
Ala
Spencer Cosby
United States
Mobile District
Philippines
W. F. Craigill
Frank Cecil Surrenders on Goebel Murder Charge
Frank Cecil of Bell county, under indictment as an accessory before the fact in the Goebel murder case, surrendered in Frankfort. He pleaded not guilty, was examined, released on $3,000 bail, and spirited away after a secret appearance with only a few witnesses present.
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Frankfort
Frank Cecil
Bell County
William Goebel
Cecil
Commonwealth
Justice Harlans Caddy Scandal At Golf Clubs
A caddy story links Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court with a Washington youth who worked as his caddy at Columbia and Chevy Chase. After a day, the boy vanished and a new caddy took the course. The next day a senator's daughter arrived in a carriage, and the former caddy reappeared with an excuse about a luncheon for Senator Depew.
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Justice Harlan
Coombia
Chevy Chase
Washington
Supreme Court
Victoria
Rand
Senator Depew
Live Hat Invites Mice On New York Street Car
A young woman on a suburban car discovers her hat is alive as four mice scramble on the floor after the hat, left unworn for a year, becomes a surprising spectacle. The incident serves as a warning to women about reviving old hats.
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New York
Senator Spooner and Heenan Meet in Senate Test
In a humorous moment Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, shorter than Dr Heenan consul at Odessa, confronted a tall figure as Heenan loomed over him and joked about height. The exchange occurred during a committee scene, highlighting Senate temperament. Gates spent $7,000,000 in a single day in pursuit of sensation.
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Simon
Oregon
Senate
Senator Spooner
Wisconsin
Heenan
Odessa
Spooner
Scott
United States
House Changes in Congress Exceed Previous Records
Since the Fifty-seventh Congress began in March 1901, seventeen changes have occurred due to deaths resignations and unseatings from contests. The tally marks the greatest number of changes in a single session in congressional history.
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Mary House
Fifty-seventh Congress
No man dares hope for a second degree verdict
A brief line notes the odd irony of a defendant facing a second degree verdict when his wife serves as judge and jury, highlighting potential questions of impartiality and conscience in a domestic-moral glare.
Defiance Starch Cited as Leading Brand in Market
Hundreds of dealers report Defiance Starch outselling rival brands due to extra quantity and superior quality. Traders say customers prefer its performance over others, while some grocers note price promotions 5c per package. The ad hints at consumer pride in choosing favored brands and ties slogans to everyday laundry use.
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California Fig Syrup CO
Defiance Starch Promises Superior Quality and Value
An advertising fragment touts Defiance Starch as unique and one third more for 10 cents with a money back guarantee. It also includes unrelated quips about conceit, marriage, and a nerve restorer offer from Dr Kline and a note on Putnam Faceless Dyes.
Omaha doctors offer catarrh cure and nasal treatment
Dra Richards and Ven Camp of 140 Farnam Street Omaha advertise a guaranteed catarrh cure. They claim old established reliable physicians will send free information after you write, with one month of inhaler constitutional treatment available for one dollar. An old bachelor endorses a gold cure for feminine heart troubles.
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Dra. Richards & Ven
Farnam Street
Omaha
Neb
Dr Coffee Offers Home Medicines For Eye Ailments
Dr W O Coffee of Des Moines announces medicines for cataracts and other eye conditions for home use. He publishes an 80 page booklet on Eye Diseases free to readers, promising methods to restore sight and strengthen weak eyes. He invites readers to write for the book.
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W. O. Coffee
Des Moines
Iowa
Stork Reports Three Babies Delivered in Tenements
A Brooklyn Life note records a maternity delivery at a poor tenement, stating a woman received three babies while her husband is out of work and they have no money. The remark contrasts charitable or comic views on improvised family growth.
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Stork
Brooklyn
High Rail Position for John Sebastian
John Sebastian named passenger traffic manager for the Rock Island system expanding to the Choctaw Gulf & Oklahoma and the St Louis Kansas City & Colorado. A 34 year railroad veteran, he began as a ticket clerk on the Santa Fe. The piece reflects then a social caution about love and reputation.
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John Sebastian
United States
Rock Island
Choctaw, Gulf & Oklahoma Railroad
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad
Santa Fe
Chicago Examiner
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
An advertisement claims deafness due to catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and offers 100 dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes contact details for F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. Solf Py
Tac
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PSI
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Evaline
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