Once a Royal Chef in Denmark Now Out of Work in New York
Eduard Werner, a Copenhagen native and former royal chef to Prince Valdemar, has been unemployed in New York for a year. Despite holding royal household recommendations and an ice cream freezer patent, he struggles to find work while aiding a blind elderly couple in need.
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Czar
New York
Eduard Werner
Werner
Copenhagen
Valdemar
Christian IX
Baltic
Black Sea
Europe
Alexander
Russia
Denmark
England
Germany
Prince of Wales
East Fifty-second Street
Royal Household
Educated Pig Causes Comical Car Delay in McKeesport
In Pittsburg suburb McKeesport a trained pig wandered under a stopped trolley car as attendees left a theater performance. The pig’s owner pleaded with the motorman to delay, while spectators laughed and offered tips. After a milk run to fetch a remedy, the showman freed the animal and the car moved on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Monorail Breakthrough Aims to Transform Transport
An American inventor claims a perfected monorail system could move trains at 200 miles per hour across the continent with lower costs than current lines. He presented plans to the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing safety and superior freight and passenger hauling potential. The idea has drawn notable attention among experts and skeptics alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brennan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pete the Hippo Guards Escape to Keep Keeper Trapped
Bronx Zoo scene as Pete the hippo blocks keeper Richard Richards in a slippery six foot tank. Richards, cleaning the tank, nearly loses exit as Pete chews hay with one eye closed and refuses to move. Keeper Thuman intervenes to rescue Richards.
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New York
Richard Richards
Thuman
Bronx Zoo
Pete
Richards
Bullet hidden 14 years travels in Miss Farragher
Miss Elizabeth Farragher of Youngstown Ohio carries a bullet in her foot that began in her head after a revolver was discharged during a Fourth of July celebration in 1895. Doctors failed to locate the bullet then. it now aches near the skin and will be removed in an upcoming operation.
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Youngstown
Elizabeth Farragher
Miss Farragher
Woman funds restoration of Fort Ticonderoga for 1775 scene
Mrs Stephen H P Pell of East Sixty-ninth street expresses desire to restore Old Fort Ticonderoga to its 1775 appearance. Her father Colonel Robert M Thompson offers to pay, with an estimated bill of 500000 dollars and a ten year plan. Restoration begins with the west barracks as preparations for a July tercentenary visit by President Taft and cabinet. Pell family ownership spans a century and plans to live at the fort in summer.
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New York
Fort Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Stephen H. P. Pell
East Sixty-ninth Street
Coronel Robert M. Thompson
Taft
Ticonderoga
Pell
William F. Pell
Crosses Africa in an Auto to Swakopmund
Lieut Graetz of the Prussian army completes a 620 day journey from Dar es Salaam to Swakopmund in a specially built automobile. He started August 10 1907 and estimates a 5625 mile continental crossing.
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Swakopmund
German Southwest Africa
Lieut. Graetz
Dar-Es- Salaam
German East Africa
Fortune Smiles and Frowns Cautionary Note from Auntonius
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles says Auntonius and do not be dejected when she frowns. A concise moral admonition attributed to Auntonius highlighting temperate, steady conduct in changing luck.
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Auntonius
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Mrs Straw’s Energy
Mrs. Josiah Straw of Canton South Dakota reports relief from rheumatic pains, languor, and kidney irregularities after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She notes her husband experienced a similar improvement and both recommend the product. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Josiah Straw
Broadway
Canton
Dak
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tuberculosis Rates Among Jewish Populations Cited
Dr Mawice Wishberg notes deaths from tuberculosis among Jews are one third of the non Jewish population living in the same urban area. Dr Fishberg attributes the lower mortality and general sickness resilience to two millennia of urban dwelling.
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Mawice Wishberg
Fishberg
Skin Troubles Cured by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Charles Baker of Albion Maine reports two daughters suffered severe eczema with hair loss and arm sores. After using Cuticura Remedies for two courses their skin became soft and smooth, ending a long costly battle with the condition.
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Charles Baker
Albion
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Miss Citykid-Oh Dreams Of A Pet Tiger
A playful verse imagines Miss Citykid-Oh wanting to catch a tiger as a pet and take it home to tame. The lighthearted line invites readers into a fanciful, whimsical scene.
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Willie
Negative Virtues and Moral Balance
Quoted reflection by Oliver Wendell Holmes warns against turning abstention from sin into a business. He argues virtue requires both abstinence and generous practical benevolence, or character may wither without a nourishing active sympathy.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
City Beautiful movement urged to boost civic pride
The Birmingham News urges citizens to back the city beautiful movement and improve public health, property values, and community spirit. It questions readers about their public spirit and civic pride and calls for individual contribution to the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Beautiful
Birmingham News
Light Booze Do You Drink It A minister's wife seeks Postum
A minister's wife recounts switching from coffee to Postum to end bilious attacks and nervous strain. She describes nightly coffee use during nurse training, marriage pressure to quit, and improved health after a year with Postum, claiming clearer thinking and steadier nerves.
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Wellville
Work Ahead for Josh in Farmer Corn Tessel Tale
A farmer plans to employ Josh after school and hopes the boy will spark the team of mules with his college yell. The narrator notes frustration with language and lingering hope for Josh to prove useful.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Hall's Catarrh Cure and motivational ad snippet
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that purifies blood and mucous surfaces, claims success from physician use, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. It also urges young men to seek work and ends with a Spanish maxim about energy and wealth.
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Hall
FOS Cheney .& CO
Toledo
Price
Castoria warning and household sharpening advice
The text urges careful examination of Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It contrasts a scissors grinder who never rests on the whetstone with the grind that dulls, and suggests housewives stay sharp through frequent change and recreation rather than dulling their duties.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised remedy for feet
Mrs W J Walker of Camden New Jersey reports Allen's Foot-Ease cured burning itching and discomfort in her feet after using Allen's Foot-Basin. The product is sold by all druggists at 2 cents.
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ALLEN
W. J. Walker
Camden
N. J
Pigs In Clover by Realism Artist
The critic notes pigs in the scene while the artist explains the clover is gone because the pigs ate it. This exchange highlights a humorous tension between expectation and depiction in the artwork.
Murine Eye Remedy Endorsed by Experienced Physicians
An advertisement promotes Murine eye drops as a remedy for red weak weary and watery eyes. It claims the product does not smart and soothes eye pain, noting conformity to the Pure Food and Drugs Law and urging readers to try Murine.
Garfield Tea offer notice in The Appropriate Place
An advertising notice from Garfield Tea Co. Brooklyn New York offers a 10¢ package of Garfield Tea to readers who mail the notice with their name and address and the names and addresses of 10 friends not currently using Ideal Laxa tive. The item includes a quoted line and a slogan attributed to H. C. Chapman.
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Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed for Female ills
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs and has thousands of cures to its credit. Mrs Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health free of charge. Address Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
E. A. Bishop
Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, N. Y
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Moffett Studio
Chicago
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennessee
Mr. Taft
Ilinois Central Railroad
United States
Arbitration Tribunal
London
Edward Werner
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Bullet
Pete the Hippo
Joker
Gotham
Africa
Cutiura
H. C. Chapman
Libby
Gillard
Elgin
Wateen F.coleman
Patington
D.C
Bel
N. U
Denver
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