Telegrams From The Nation In Brief
A mosaic of short notices reports on Protestants in New York City. a Belt Montana bank break in with 31000 stolen. Ada Trehan illness in London. Porto Rican teachers returning to New York. Sweden and Norway officials shuffled. Alger ends senate bid. Hagale collision near Vent. missions tour by Heyl Axnew Jonneton. Queen Margherita Japan visit prep. Campbell Morgan summer preaching in New York. Stockholm riksdag budget crisis moves. Aberdeen fighter Fred Ross dead. revised hymnals linking Methodist churches. unpublished Theodora Mommzen writings readied. Callan v Grow court decision. Waterways convention stance. naval movements from Cavite to Shanghai. rural free delivery routes. Volga reaches Kobe. German emigration up. Peter Sprague dies. Mark Twain noted for smoking while writing.
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New York City
Bank of Elt
Belt
Great Falls
Mont
Deneen of
Tinois
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Portland
Ore
Ada Trehan
London
Ireland
Porto Hico
New York
Philadelphia
San Juan
Oscar
S. Hatge
Sweden
Norway
Washington
Legation
Hague Ig
United States
TN. A. Alger
Senate
Hagale
Vent
Ine
Heyl
Howard Axnew Jonneton
Donnelly
St. Louis
Tross
Denver
Congress
Train
Navy Department
Cavite
Shanghai
Ohio
Wasconsin
Oregon
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Volga
Ban Kranelsco
Yokohama
Kobe
Japan
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Peter Sprague
Pitts‘Dburg’s
Ohio River
Mark ‘Vwaln
Smokes
Absolute Pure Favorite Prescription Endorsed by Doctor Pierce
The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a pure herbal remedy for women's ailments, listing ingredients and asserting its efficacy. It claims no alcohol, uses glycerine as solvent, and notes Dr. Pierce offers confidential, free correspondence from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, NY.
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Pierce
Flerce
Invalida’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Sermon Moved the Stones in Golden Legend Tale
An old and blind Venerable Bede is moved to preach to a heap of stones in the medieval Golden Legend. Believing a crowd is present, he delivers an eloquent sermon, and the stones supposedly cry Amen to comfort him.
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Bede
Dahomy Sweet Potato Varietal Intro At Bordeaux Gardens
A new Dahomy sweet potato variety has been acclimated in Bordeaux experimental gardens. It is native to Dahomy, highly prolific, with leaves usable as spinach substitute. Tubers contain higher sugar percentage than beta and provide excellent livestock feed with a fine flavor.
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Dahomy
Bordeaux
Sisters of Charity Sail for Leprosy Colony
Three sisters of charity departed Vancouver aboard the Empress of India to reach the leper colony at Kumantu Japan. The mission accompanies 400 lepers reported at the settlement.
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Sisters of Charity
Vancouver
B.C
Empress of India
Kumantu
Japan
Dodd's Kidney Pills Credited As Cure In Pa Case
In Kishequa Pennsylvania Mrs. M. I. Davison says thirty years of rheumatism vanished after using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She also reports relief from back pain with no recurrence. The writer notes growing claims that Dodd's Kidney Pills are a universal remedy.
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Kishequa
Pennsylvania
Dodd
M. I. Davison
Mae
Removing Nicotine From Tobacco Method Described
Folsoning nicotine in tobacco is removed by steeping the leaves in a tannic acid solution. This method is cited as the approach adopted by two German chemists.
Defiance Starch Endorsed as Superior Cold Water Starch
Defiance Starch claims superiority as a cold water starch with a 4 oz advantage over rivals, priced only 10 cents more, urging it to be in every household and noting its stronger bleaching and smoother finish.
Real Evil of Poker: Explaining Near Wins
The real evil of poker is the fact that so many devotees waste time explaining how they almost won a jackpot.
The Face That Looked Into Joan's Chamber
Duchess Joan of Hohenstein confronts Theresa von Lynar in a storm haunted chamber. Theresa reveals a long hidden marriage and a dynastic plot tied to Castle Lynar, while Joan discovers a dangerous family history and vows mercy rather than vengeance.
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Joan
Mary
Hohenstein
Sland
Kernsberg
Joan of
Werner von Orsell
Joanna
Werner von Orseln
Werner
Warmarc
von Orsein
Theresa von Lynar
Duchy
Max Ulrich
Theresa von Synar
Count von Lynar
Sutland
Marienfeld
Adrian
Cologne
Holy Roman Empire
Christian
Denmark
Castle Lynnor
Dunes
Henry of
Henry
Maurice von Lynar
Henry the Lion
Castle Lynar
Krernsberg
Joan of the
Nand
Onions Said to Cure Rabies and Smallpox
A New York resident recounts stories of onions curing madness from rabies in a western town and drawing poison out of the body. An elderly Civil War veteran notes onions in a tent supposedly drew out smallpox, though the tales reflect pamphlet folklore rather than medical fact.
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New York
New York Press
Avoid the Cheap Baking Powders Buy Calumet Instead
An advertisement warns consumers to skip cheap baking powders due to inferior materials and inconsistent leavening. Calumet is praised as wholesome, uniform, long lasting, and cost effective, requiring less powder for light results and less trouble for cooks.
Prognostic Canadian house of the future imagined
A Canadian newspaper prophecy envisions a single urban home with no stoves. Cooking, heating, and cleaning would be centralized or powered from a central plant. Elevators would serve all floors, meals supplied by a cooperative center, and rust removed by a pneumatic exhaust system.
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Garret
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promises feet relief
An 1880s style advertisement urges readers to ask dealers for Allen's Foot-Ease a foot powder that rests sore hot and swollen feet and treats corns ingrown nails at druggists and shoe stores for 35 cents with a free sample mailed to Alien S Olmsted LeRoy New York
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Allen
S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
London lodging-house offer to convicts supplies comforts for prisoners
A man from a London lodging-house writes to convicts named in newspapers offering to send them “wrinkles” on prison life to improve their stay. He promises tips on improving the official diet and asks only for cast-off clothing or boots and railway fare paid in advance.
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London
Against the Newest Methods in Medicine History
The passage recalls early resistance to new medical methods, noting Pare’s ligature faced ridicule and abuse and that he was forced to defend the idea by citing Hippocrates to show prior references. It emphasizes the pattern of opposition to innovations in medicine.
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Pare
Hippocrates
Pearls in Clam Shells From Farm Bed Finds
Every thousand mussels yields a pearl worth about $100 while the average pearl brings around $6. Daily finds range from $2 to $20 and a farmer may enjoy steady income from common pearls beyond shell revenue.
Parsees Bar Converts Rule Over Marriages
Parsees announce a ban on further religious converts and refuse recognition of children born to Parsees with Christian spouses. The policy aims to preserve the community's religious identity by not admitting new converts or recognizing mixed-family offspring.
No Claim Made for Longstanding Commenc Prize
A special prize by Commenc remains unawarded on the Lom bardy institute list for the discovery of hydrophobia poison, with no claimant to date.
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Lombardy Institute
Bird Keeps Nest Despite Letters Dropped Daily
A wren sits on her eggs in Mr. D. Bakers letter box as letters are dropped two or three times daily. The bird remains on the nest, undisturbed by the routine mail.
Minister Attributes Sleep Relief to Grape Nuts
A minister recounts indigestion struggles and sleepless nights until six months of using Grape Nuts. He credits the cereal with eliminating discomfort, aiding post Sabbath rest, and becoming a staple for his family, with Postum Co. urging readers to read The Road to Wellville in each package.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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