Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Relief Across Cities
Readers from Oakland to New Orleans report success with Doan's Kidney Pills for Bright's disease dizziness and back pain. Testimonials praise free trial boxes and urge others to try, noting improved urine clarity and general well being.
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Gsandes
Doan
Oakland
Cat
Bright
New Orleans
C. L. Cusack & Co, Ltd
Sidney
Gro. Jusnoyive
Preston & Stauffer
Abbreviated Notice and Advertisements Roundup
Contains a mixed set of notices and ads for travel rates, city office contact, clothing care products, a branding motto, a Toledo drug firm pledge for Hall's Catarrh Cure and endorsements, with legal notations and a general sales pitch.
Johnny and His Doctor Relative Lesson in Body Parts
A child named Johnny explores anatomy through teacher prompts and family talk about interior exterior and back-terior parts. The narrative ties to a political note about J M Gudson, elected in North Carolina, whose brother serves as United States consul at Panama and supported Aloody’s reelection.
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Johnny
Miss Brown
Father
Jim
J. M. Gudson
Congress
North Carolina
Panama
Aloody
Defiance Starch Promises White Clothes At Low Cost
A 16 ounce box of Defiance Starch is advertised to keep clothes white at 10 cents. The text notes art sales in London with Rembrandt and Velasquez works fetching high sums, and includes two light anecdotal vignettes involving a college janitor named Bob and a street encounter with a young woman and a bird nest.
Lincoln quips on capturing Jefferson Davis in temperance tale
President Lincoln recalls a tale from General Grant about capturing Jefferson Davis. He mentions a Father Mathew pledge Irishman who asked the barkeeper to add a little brandy to lemonade unbeknownst to him, saying Davis should not escape if possible.
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Jefferson’ Davis
General Grant
Lincoln
Father Mathew
Bill
Mr. Lincoln
Davis
Newborn Brother Mix Up Prompts Grocery Gaffe
A five year old boy sent to a store for leaf sugar receives granulated sugar by mistake. The clerk jokes about the boy's new brother while correcting the order. The child says he does not like the crying baby, noting they cannot replace him since he’s been with them three days.
Try One Package Defiance Starca Dealer Offer
An item discusses a promotional slogan for Defiance Starca and urges readers to try it. a claim about satisfaction and clear vision through God is included. The piece also recounts a tragedy where Mrs. Fannie Urhouse of Passaic New Jersey sold her three week old son for 35 due to poverty after her husband was killed in a Pennsylvania strike. the baby purchaser is named Mrs. John Urban of Wallington. Fore-thought is praised as superior to after thoughts and inner thought is deemed best.
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Fannie Urhouse
Passaic
N. J
Revolutionary sword owned by Col Tarleton linked to Hampton family
In Columbia South Carolina a Revolutionary War sword with a storied past surfaces. It originally belonged to British officer Colonel Tarleton and was captured by Wade Hampton ancestor of the late General Wade Hampton. The weapon has passed down through the family and was used by General Hampton in the Civil War.
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Columbia
S. C
Tarleton
Wade Hampton
Nebraska Senate debates municipal water plant and health bills
The Nebraska Senate introduced bills on metropolitan water systems, creating a water board, and penalties for interference with water employees. Other measures address county boards of health, public health safeguards, medical practitioner exams, and county officer standards. A joint session canvassed election results and set a noon Wednesday agenda.
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Senate
Lincoln
Imowell
Douglas
Water Board
Sheldon
Cass
Nebraska
State Board of Health
O'N Vail
Lancaster
Marshall
Otoe
Toamerna
Hastings
Butler
Hall of Douglas
Supreme Court
Beghtol
Senate Bills Introduced Amid Committee Appointments
In the senate on Thursday little work occurred outside committee appointments. Bills introduced include Hastings of Butler Act to amend statute on agriculture. Marshall of Otoe to repeal pay of Grace. Marshall of Otoe to amend title bond abstracts. Marshall of Otoe to define Deaf and Dumb school scope. Senate adjourned to meet at 2 o clock Tuesday.
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Senate
Hastings of Butler
Marshall of
Otoe
House opens with prayer and committee on employes named
On Wednesday morning Speaker Mockett rapped the house to order at 10:00. Rev. George Scott offered prayer. Nemaha moved to appoint a five member house committee to determine needed employes and relay guidance to the Speaker. The motion prevailed with Rouse Hall Nelson and Anderson of Knox to join a senate committee to notify the governor that the legislature ...
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Caldwell
Clay
Wishback
Sweesy
Webster
Ford
Thayer
Ergenburger
Fillmore
John R. iMusick
Nucholls County
Rouse
Hall
Atwood
Seward
Morsman
Douglas
J A. ‘C. Kennedy
Douglas R
Joint Committee On
Savaga
Nouon
Senate of the
State of
Nebraska
Mortensen
Lyman
Maddox
Stolley
Weston
de France
Dale
Lippencott
Prout
Broady
Clark
Berleigh
Follmer
Brennan
O'lworth
Adams
Fowler
Smith
Howard
Spencer
Burkett
Isanks
Fraser
Christensen
Soc
Mercer
Hitchcock
McCaffrey
McCarthy
Robinson
Beveridge
Scattering
Hinshaw
Stark
Farley
Norris
Shallenberger
Stoddard
Kinkaid
Barry
Swander
Wisely
Fourth Judicial District
Day
Read
Harrison
Secretary of State
House
Burt
Mockett
George Scott
Nemaha
Nelson
Anderson
Knox
Senate
Lincoln Aide Arrangements For Governor New Year Reception
Governor's reception set for January 8 at the capitol. Capitol offices and senate chamber open. national guard will guide guests. The retir ing governor will meet the people in the senate chamber with state officers and staff. west stairs used for access, others for departure.
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Lincoln
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Representative Hall
National Guard
House of Representatives
Disown Fleeing Archduke in Hapsburg Family Row
Vienna reports the Tus can branch of the Hapsburg family resolved to cut Archduke Leopold Ferdinand from the family fortune and dismiss him after he accompanied his sister the crown princess of Saxony when she eloped.
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Vienna
Hapsburg
Leopold Ferdinand
Saxony
Laughter Theory and Humorous Tales Cited by Sully
James Sully argues laughter comes from incongruity and shocks of the unexpected. He cites a tale of a man arrested for cards, cheered by friends who forget he is a prisoner, and a pair of burglars who poke each other as evidence mounts.
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Erofesgo Esger
James
Sully
Professor Sully
Preacher Impromptu Sermon Gaffe Stirs Church
Rev John McNeifl notes a common idea that any man can preach an amusing incident in church. An elder, covering the pulpit, began with Brethren and stuttered, then joked If any of you wants the conceit taken out of you come up here, eliciting a ripple of laughter.
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John McNeifl
Dodd's Kidney Pills Advertised As Quick Cure In Indiana
In Oolitie Indiana January reports claim Dodd's Kidney Pills cure kidney and bladder trouble. W A Terry a grocer says four months of illness ended after starting the pills with noticeable improvement by the second day and urges others with kidney complaints to try them. The note ties medical advance to local belief and faith.
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March of Science
Oolitie
Ind
Dodd
W. A. Terry
Defiance starch touted for superior results and value
Advert claims Defiance starch outperforms competing brands and yields about one third more product for the same money. It asserts that fools find faults while the wise recognize virtues.
Cure for Consumption Offered by Kalamazoo Firm
The advertisement asks sufferers from consumption to write Derk P. Yonkerman & Co. in Kalamazoo Michigan for a remedy. It promises a wonderful cure and asserts forgiveness without forgetting as a moral parallel to a pardon without stay of punishment.
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D. P
Youkannan
Michigan
West
de Derk P Yankerman
Shakespeare
Kalamazoo
Mich
Derk P. Yonkerman & Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
Defiance Starch Offered To Consumers In 16 Oz Bags
Some grocers report they do not stock Defiance Starch because they already carry other brands in 12 oz packages that sell first. Defiance provides 16 oz for the same price and requires no cooking.
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Defiance
Queen of Belgians famed for horses and riding
The Queen of the Belgians, like the late Empress of Austria, was fond of horses. She could break a colt and raised her daughters to ride and drive. At Laeken she ran a large riding school and maintained a stud farm to breed Hungarian horses.
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Austria
Laeken
No Gentleman Weighs More Than 200 Pounds
A friend misreads the tall Thomas B. Reed’s weight. Reed asserts with finality that no gentleman weighs more than 200 pounds, correcting the misconception with a witty remark about his own stature.
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Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Reed
White Clothes Sign Red Cross Ball Blue Use
A housekeeper uses a Red Cross Ball Blue large 2 oz package costing five cents to keep white clothes bright.
Oldest US magistrate in Rushville enters new term
Thomas Poe, the 92 to 93 year old justice of the peace in Rushville Indiana, is likely the oldest magistrate in active service in the United States. He has held the office since 1854 and for the past forty years has kept the same office. At the last election he won another four year term.
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United States
Thomas Poe
Rushville
Ind
Prayer Intercession Fundraisers Backed by Local Donors
Community religious groups mobilize to support others through voluntary giving from members. Leaders emphasize personal sacrifice and collective faith as the means to deliver aid and blessings to those in need.
Winter Pleasure and Health Resorts of the Southwest
The Missouri Pacific guides readers to warm winter getaways across Arkansas Louisiana Texas Old Mexico and Southern California via its palatial trains. Hot Springs Arkansas stands out as a national sanitarium and popular resort, while New Orleans Galveston Houston and Texas coast cities offer Gulf salt air pleasures. San Antonio Laredo and the border Rio Grande region add sub tropical varied attractions. The Gould system Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain routes connect these destinations for travelers and health seekers this season.
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Southwest
Missouri Pacific
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Old Mexico
California
Middle West
Ozark
Hot- Springs Mountain
Hot Springs
United States
South
Gulf
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Guadalupe Mountains
Laredo
Rio Grande River
Egypt
New World
Alao
New Mexico
Arizona
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Missouri ‘Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
Walks on the Water by Tenby Seaman Inventor
William Llewellyn of Tenby in Pembrokeshire has created boots with a steering gear that let him walk on the sea in rough weather. He demonstrated the contraption from a pier head before thousands, marching for about thirty minutes with balance intact.
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Tenby
Pembrokeshire
William Llewellyn
Llewellyn
French Pied Piper Delights Village with Rat Barrel Trick
A French rat charmer in Rosenthalles Choux near Dunkirk shut himself in a barrel with a hundred rats at a country fair. Minutes later he emerged unharmed as the rodents clustered around his chest. He claimed a musical charm kept the rats from harming him.
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Rosenthalles- Choux
Dunkirk
France
Ray
London
Tinley Family Laughs Silent Since Hanging Curse
In a digressive report from Indianapolis, a physician notes the Tinley family and their ancestors have never laughed since a clergyman cursed Ti ley for ill timed merriment at a thief’s hanging in Oliver Cromwell era days.
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Indianapolis
Tinley
Tiley
Olver Cromwell
Loubet Not Attending U S Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The Paris Messenger reports no foundation to the claim that President Loubet will visit the United States for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. It states the only probable trip next year is to Algeria and Tunis.
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Paris Messenger
Loubet
United States
M. Loubet
Algeria
Tunis
Girls Study Scientific Farming At Minneapolis College
More than fifty girls pursue scientific farming at the Minneapolis College of Agriculture. The program includes botany chemistry physics and geology with two terms per year in the first two years.
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Minneapolis College of Agriculture
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