Various 1906 U S News Items From Cities Worldwide
Detroit capitalist R J McLaughlin dies in Seattle hotel room. Los Angeles Douglass building fire causes $70000 in damage. Paris papers discuss Moroccan reforms ahead of Algeciras. Bell donates 76000 to Volta bureau memorial. New York GOP committee to meet. Odell oustered. Philadelphia donor funds Omaha seminary chair with 50000. Brigadier General Campbell death leaves few Mexican War veterans. European royals never crowned. various monarchs noted. Confederate Veterans set reunion in New Orleans April 26 27. Kansas City Gas franchise passed for 30 years. Missouri delegates admitted to U S Supreme Court practice. Painville mill fire losses reach 150000. Honduras health officer post offered Thomas F Richardson assigns salary. Hale Tennessee congressman claims Cromwell ancestry. Mrs Brown dies in Milan. former Seward legislator. British Royal Academy honors Saint Gaudens and Israels. Piedmont Park buildings burn in Atlanta. Charleston receives silver punch bowl aboard cruiser Charleston. Ohio house considers Cincinnati municipal affairs committee. Land claims and forest reserve bills advance Billings land office creation. National Negro Business League formed in New York. Virginia-Caroline Chemical plant fire costs 125000. Salvation Army chief Booth credits vegetarian diet. Augustine Francais to live at Notre Dame. Mrs Stella Brennan sentenced to life for murder of stepchildren.
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R. J. McLaughlin
Detroit
Washington
Seattle
Douglass
Los Angeles
Algeciras
Paris
Alexander Graham Bell
Volta Bureau
D. C
Alexander Melville Bell
White House
New York State Republican Committee
Odell
John H. Converse
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of
Omaha
John Campbell
Italy
Spain
Holland
Bavaria
Saxony
W. E. Mickle
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
Murphy
Fulkerson
Lyndall
Missouri
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Sam F. Jeffries
Stonybrook Box Board Company
Painville
N. Y
Louis F. Payne
Thomas F. Richardson
The
Marine Hospital Service
Wyman
Honduras
Nathan Wesley Hale
Tennessee
Oliver Cromwell
Wathan Towson
George Washington
Seward
D. J. Brown
Milan
O. Mr. and Mrs. Brown Were Until Recently Residents of Seward County. Mr. Brown
British Royal Academy
Augustis Saint Gaudens
Josef Israels
Academy
New York State
Piedmont Park
Atlanta
Piedmont Driving Park
Charleston
S. C
Rhett
Ohio House
Kealy
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
House Committee of Public Lands
United States
Billings
Mont
Natonal Negro Business League of
New York City
Virginia-Caroline Chemical Company
Charlotte
N. C
Salvation Army
Booth
Gilbert Francais
America
Notre Dame
Ind
Stella Brennan
Mimecopolia, Minn
World of Good Pink Pills for Indigestion
Dyspepsia sufferers seek relief as irregular eating leads to severe stomach distress. Mr. J R Miller of Dayton Va reports rapid improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills, noting elimination of post meal distress heart discomfort dizziness and blurred vision. Pills sold by all druggists and Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Williams
J. R. Miller
Dayton
Dr. Williams
A Lesson in Manners From a Brooklyn Office
A Brooklyn office story tells how a lawyer corrected his boy’s rudeness by teaching proper etiquette. The boy, after guidance, asked to leave for a ball game with a polite request and received fifty cents for his park entry. The tale ends with the resolution of manners in that office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Blank
Park Park
Jimmie
Don’t Wait Kidney Pills Warning from Hanna Wyoming
A Hanna Wyoming report urges early action on kidney trouble warning delays can lead to Bright’s disease diabetes and dropsy. Dr W H Jeffries cites a local patient who credits two boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills with relief from tiredness back pain and improved kidney function.
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Hanna
Wyo
Dodd
Bright
W. H. Jeffries
Haow
Ho Bays
Ventilating a Room by Opening Top and Bottom Windows
A guide notes the correct method to ventilate a room is to open windows at both top and bottom. This creates an inlet for fresh air and an outlet for stale air, ensuring air exchange.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed As Mercury Free Remedy
Public advisory warns against mercury ointments for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and effective. The notice highlights internal use and direct action on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and price information.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F J, Cheney& Co
Druggiate
Vince
Teke Hall
Allcock’s Porous Plasters Promoted As Original Cure
Advertisement asserts Allcock’s as the original genuine porous plasters and claims others are imitations. It touts a guaranteed cure for piles with refunds if treatment fails in 6 to 14 days and mentions a court of conscience. Also references Lewis’ Single Binder cigar and a Peoria factory slogan.
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Allcock
Drnate
Peoria
Kidney pills praised by Haverhill woman in 1898
Mrs E W Wright of 172 Main Street Haverhill Massachusetts describes four years of back pains dizzy spells irregular urinary flow and distressing monthly periods. She says Dean's Kidney Pills helped immediately and after three boxes she was permanently cured. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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E. W. Wright
Main Street
Haverhill
Mass
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Piano Sales in Mexico Highlight Practical Homes
In Mexican homes piano sales reflect access to high-grade instruments alongside simple furnishings. The article notes houses often lack carpets and feature modest furniture while featuring prominent musical instruments.
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Mexico
Four Years of Agony Healed by Cuticura Remedies
John M. Lloyd of Alliance Ohio recounts a four year leg injury from 1899 treated without success by doctors. After two weeks on Cuticura Soap and Ointment his limb began to heal and fully recovered after seven months. He notes prior medical costs far exceeded the remedy price.
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God's Earth
John M. Lloyd
S. Arch Ave
Alliance
Ohio
The Darkest Shadows of Ife Are Self-Made Light
A reflective aphorism on how a person’s inner beliefs shape how they view themselves and their world. It suggests that self-imposed limitations and perceptions can cast the deepest shade in life.
Piso's Cure Cited by Minneapolis Resident in 1900 Note
J W O Barrn of 32 Third Ave North Minneapolis tests Piso's Cure as a cough remedy in a dated January 6 1900 testimonial. The short note expresses high regard for the product from a specific local resident.
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Piso
J. W. O'Barrn
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Be Not Too Sensitive and Quick to Take Offense
A reflective piece cautions against chronic irritability and hypersensitivity. It urges adopting a charitable view of others, avoiding the belief that every slight is intentional, and notes how a touchy reputation makes people guarded and life colored by one’s own mood. It concludes that belief in false slights cannot make a lie true.
Man Credits Postum Over Coffee For Health Turnaround
A Duluth man recounts eliminating headaches dyspepsia and nervousness by stopping coffee and starting Postum. He notes rapid health improvements including better digestion stronger nerves and improved sleep and energy. He attributes the change solely to Postum and cites a published book as context.
Nebraska firms told to pay tax or cease business in state
After a conference with Attorney General Brown, Insurance Auditor Pierce announces that five out of state fire insurers refusing the 2 percent reciprocal tax must pay promptly or be barred from Nebraska operations. About 36 companies are affected from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and California. The matter follows a court challenge and possible further hearings, with around $30,000 in delinquent taxes at stake. One Minnesota company owes $4,600.
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Lincoln
Brown
Pierce
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ilnois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
California
Wen Jin
Supreme Court
Holcomb
Butter Disharmony Sparks Nebraska Dairy Debate
Dairymen in Nebraska contend careless handling of cream by shippers and creameries harms butter quality. Secretary Bassett says tens of thousands are lost yearly. creameries beginning to grade cream may aid farmers. Issues include separator cleanliness and the rise of hand separated cream grades.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Bassett
Doubt Over Beet Factory Plans In Lincoln County
Farmers who signed three year beet contracts for 1906-1908 threaten to skip their 60 000 acre pledge citing slow beets intake in 1905. Standard Beet Sugar Co awaits 500000 factory investment and machinery orders, planning spring start if contracts hold. A general meeting will decide the course of action.
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North Platte
Standard Beet Sugar Company
Lincoln County
Standard Company
Hundred Years Strenuous Life in Plattsmouth
Grandma Davis celebrated her hundredth birthday at her son's southeast of Plattsmouth. She visited town with elastic steps, showing a marked life of outdoor work and resilience. Her furrows and slight stoop tell of many years husking corn and driving wagon loads of wood.
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Plattsmouth
Grandma Davis
Prosperous year reported for Oakland in 1905
Oakland reports a highly prosperous year in 1905. A state charter grants Citizens Bank of Giltner. barn fire destroys William Brown’s Nebraska City covey and fine team. Hastings Building and Loan marks twentieth year with no foreclosures and $81 000 loans.
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Oakland
State Banking Department
Citizens’ Bank of Giltner
William Brown
Nebraska City
Hastings Building and Loan Association
E. G. Rathbun
Ellis
Board of Insanity Commissioners
Humboldt
J. C. Hobart
Lincoln
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of
Omaha
John H. Converse
Balawin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Fred Snyder
Vesta Precinct
Johnson County
Jacob Cool
Callaway
van Dyke Wight
Hastings College
Presbyterian Church
Judge Harrington
Ainsworth
Fred J. Zylman
Bert Valentine
Mickey
Adam Breede
Hastings Tribune
Ross Hammond
Fremont Tribune
Nebraska
Salt Lake
Will Neff
Ruby
Albert Fleishman
Otto
Elmwood
Casy County
Auburn
Lafe Higgins
Johnson
Nemaha County Farmers’ Protective Association
Rosebud
Union Pacific
North Platte River
Burlington
North Platte
Paul Jessen
Ollie Holbrook
William Seibold
Edna D. Bullock
Nebraska Public Library Commission
Capital
Em Grove Telephone Company
Hurst
Elm Precinct
Antelope County
Wood River
Treating Wrong Disease With Dr Pierce’s Prescription
The piece argues many women misattribute uterine symptoms to separate diseases and seek multiple doctors while delaying proper treatment. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic and uterine cure, claimed to address root causes, strengthen the system, and relieve nervous and digestive issues. It also advertises Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion.
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Pierce
Cheap Tea in Japan Revealed as Bancha Scraps
The article describes a frugal tea used by the poor in Japan priced at a cent a pound. It is the cheapest form of bancha made from tea bush trimmings harvested after the first crop.
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Japan
Call of the Canadian West and prairie expansion in 1906
The piece extols Western Canada as key for 1906 with wheat nearing 100 million bushels, expanding fall sown land, and rising dairy and cereal production. It notes strong Western migration to Saskatchewan and Alberta, aided by rails, and cites a Toronto Star poem praising Canada's prairie growth and equal liberty under a new flag.
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Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Canadian Prairies
Toronto Star
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Kansas City Gas Company
Court of Conscience
Earth
Cutiura
Duluth
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Nebraska State News
Nebraska Briefs
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