Diverse News Bulk From Early 1900s Papers
A mixed dispatch lists hotel fire deaths in Hot Springs Arkansas a London visit by Consul General Wynne and a Milwaukee talk on public telephones. Other items note moves of American Steel Foundries main office to Chicago rail and maritime matters.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Robert J. Wynne
London
United States
Milwaukee
Australia
Chicago
American Steel Foundries Company
New York
Rudolph Lehmann
Hamburg
Williamson
Oregon
America
Joseph H. Hoadley
William A. Duer
Clarence H. Mackay
St. Paul
Savali
German Samoa
Pope Pius X
Peoria National Bank
N. C. Dougherty
United States Grand Jury
Tokio
Baron Hayashi
England
Germany
Nicholas
Baron Rosen
Washington
Hague
Jerome Templeton
Tennessee
Templeton
H. N. Manney
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
San Francisco
San Diego
Cal
Tablo
London Express
Edward
Japan
Prince Arthur of
James Weir Greydon
Way
Hoch
Kansas
Greydon
Kanapolis
Kas
James E. Barnes
Patrick Hanley
Butte
Mont
Pennsylvania
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny
Order of the Garter
Otto Chennelworth
A. C Huldekoper
Medora
N. D
Wyoming
Healthy children through proper feeding and exercise
The piece urges good health for children via proper nutrition and ample exercise. It warns meat is bad for youngsters and promotes Pillsbury's Vitos as a phosphate rich alternative made by leading millers and free from artificial coloring. It claims the cereal suits the whole family and notes a 15c to 20c price in Rocky Mountain Territory.
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Rocky Mountain Territory
Failure Before Success
The passage emphasizes that progress comes through repeated failure and gradual growth. It uses a parable of a child learning to walk and speak to illustrate that achieving success requires passing through several necessary stages of trial and error.
The Modern Gladiator Challenges Minds Across Spheres
An era of intellect over force is described as the gladiator of today battles in venues like the Forum and the Stock Exchange, the Hall of Science and the race course. The emphasis is on brain power and wit as the arena for competition.
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Forum
Stock Exchange
Hall of Science
Brain
Academy
Defiance Cold Water Starch offers 16 oz packages
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry as each 16 oz package costs the same as competing 12-oz or %-pound sizes. The product promises no sticking to iron, no harmful chemicals, and a value advantage over smaller packs. If a grocer sells a 12-oz package, it indicates stock diversion before Defiance replaces it.
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Defiance
Peculiar Chinese Medicines From Wing Dynasty Book
A Wing dynasty Chinese medicine book dating 1568 to 1644 lists 28 739 receipts. It details materia medica materials including vegetables minerals and animal kingdom items such as dragons teeth centipedes scorpions Spanish files roaches beetles tadpoles and more.
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Materia Medica Sinensis
Whistling: An Old Sailor Superstition
Sailors regard whistling as unlucky and a predictor of foul winds and disaster. The belief links to ancient wind-whistling practices and warns that a whistling woman signals wrecks and misfortune at sea.
Enthusiasm in Art and War, From Michelangelo to Napoleon
The passage notes Michelangelo refusing pay for his Vatican works due to zeal for art. It also cites Napoleon driven by enthusiasm, banishing the word impossible from his vocabulary. Both examples illustrate fervor shaping major achievements.
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Michael Angelo
Vatican
St. Peter's
Napoleon
Alas Vanishing Man in London Lady's Picto rial
The writing contemplates a man fading away like opium and hints he may become extinct compared with the woman of the future per the London Lady's pictorial.
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London Lady's Pictorial
From Postum to Replace Poisonous Coffee
A testimonial describes switching from coffee to Postum to cure nervousness and heart trouble. The speaker reports reduced palpitations, sustained vigor, and no ongoing fatigue, noting benefits for family health as well. Mention is made of Postum Co. Battle Creek and the Road to Wellville booklet.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Sufferings Untold Kidney Cure Reported by Mary Cogin
A Kansas City woman Mary Cogin describes years of weakness and edema from kidney sickness. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring health and enabling her to bear a healthy baby after doctors gave up. Sold for 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mary Cogin
20Th St
Cleveland
Kansas City
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Fatigue of the Will Shows in Yawning
A characteristic attitude of fatigue appears as yawning. The description notes a deep, slow inhalation with the lungs filling, then a slow exhale, mouth open, glottis partly shut, creating the distinctive noise feared by orators.
Most Unfortunate of Habits
The text warns that constant nagging quermous ness and complaining ruin character. It condemns endless caviling and focusing on the disagreeable side, claiming such mood erodes spirit and temper.
Train Delayed By Horse Crossing Between Fenny Compton and Kineton
A passenger train from Fenny Compton to Kineton arrived twenty minutes late after a horse trotted in front of the train along the route. The incident caused a minor disruption to service on the line in Warwickshire, England.
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Fenny Compton
Warwickshire
England
Kineton
Life Expectancy of Horses in Civilization Compared to Free State
The article notes that civilization reduces a horse's life. a twenty six year old domestic horse is as old as a thirty year old horse in a free state, implying shortened longevity under human care.
A Teacher's Testimony On Diabetes Cure
E J Thompson a Hinton Ky teacher reports diabetes as curable. He says two doctors warned of diabetes but after using Dodds Kidney Pills his health recovered, claiming the cure proves diabetes is not incurable and that the pills restore kidney function.
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Hinton, Ky
E. J. Thompson
Hinton School
Thompson
Dodd
Real Contentment and Wealth’s Role in Joy
A wry note from the Atlanta Constitution on money’s not buying happiness yet easing delight when enjoying a first-class meal. The quip suggests contentment rises with comfortable dining, not wealth alone.
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Atlanta Constitution
Defiance Cold Water Starch Offers Bigger Pack
To the housewife not yet acquainted with new market items we urge a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch. It is guaranteed superior to competitors and comes in 16 oz per package compared with 12 oz in others. Once used, the Defiance starch is said to win continued use.
Beer and Heart Disease in Germany Cited by Writers
German writers suggest a link between beer consumption tripling over twenty years and a rise in heart disease rejections at army and navy recruiting offices, now nearly four times the 1891 level.
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Germany
Army
Navy
Allen's Foot-Easy Apowder Foot powder advertisement
An old advertisement urges readers to ask dealers for Allen's Foot-Easy Apowder to cure swollen sore hot callous aching and sweaty feet with fogrowing nails. It lists Olmsted LeRoy N Y as an address and notes it is available at all druggists and apothecaries.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Struggles of Life and Personal Salvation
Quote from Newell Dwight Hillis on conscience and character urging ceaseless effort toward salvation. Emphasizes that as one pursues excellence, the required labor grows with patience and discipline.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Cactus Blossoms Gain Fashion in England and Germany
A German writer claims cactus blossoms excel others in variety and beauty of form and color as the plant grows fashionable in England and Germany.
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England
Germany
Business in Lhassa and its female commerce
Lhassa the Forbidden City of Thib et houses ten thousand residents with two thirds women. They conduct all the city’s business, shaping daily commerce and governance in a unique social dynamic.
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Lhassa
Forbidden City
Thibet
Ship Time at College Clock Signals Shipboard Time
A clock in the tower of the new naval college at Dartmouth will mark time as kept on ships with bells and eight strikes per cycle, aligning college timekeeping with naval shipboard practice.
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New Naval College
Dartmouth
England
Nebraska State News Reports Murdered Boy Found on Track
The body of Elmo Stafford was brought from Herrington Kansas to Fremont Nebraska and buried in Ridge Cemetery. His father J. S. Stafford of Norfolk believes the boy was murdered and his body dumped on the railroad track, the upper portion found 75 feet from the lower part.
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Fremont
Elmo Stafford
Herrington
Kas
Ridge Cemetery
S. Stafford
Norfolk
W. J. Dawes
Ww. J. Dawes
Crete
Hershie Ranch
Fritz Kroeger
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Auburn
S. H. Graves
Hall County
Monroe
Northwestern Railroad Company
T. J. Kelley Grain Company
Board of Trade Company
York
Sleuman & Co
Herington
Kaw
J. S. Stafford
Agnes Kmoch
Tillmar House
Scribner
John Krue
Gage County
T. H. Busboom
Champaign
Warnerville
Union Pacific
Eola
Fred Coulter
Hastings
W. A. Cole
Juniata
Fort Crook
Coulter
United States
W. F. Ashford
New Rock Island
Beatrice
Has
Bridgeport Lumber and Coat Company
Cheyenne County
Winifred Hazen
Kazen
Fred Kramer
Central City
Charles Zumba
Columbus
Justice O'Brien
John Jaworski
Burrows Township
Annie
Johnson County
August Schroeder
Minnie Schroeder
Schroeder
T Cage
L Aw
Frank L. Busche
Plattsmouth
George Stadler
Hastnes
Bilding
Nebraska Industrial School advocates praise and purpose
Superintendent Hayward argues at Lincoln that the Nebraska Industrial School is a reform school not a punishment, training boys with oversized brains and strength. He blames parents and public schools for youth crime and says university graduates lack proper teacher training. The school shows former inmates visiting workshops with their wives, celebrating the opportunity.
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Congress
Lincoln
Industrial School
Hayward
Nebraska
Public Documents Added to State Normal School Library
State Superintendent J. L. McBrien donated a valuable collection of public documents to the library at the State Normal school. Miss Stoner assigns students to consult these sources to teach civic from the best materials, expanding reference facilities.
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J. L. McBrien
State Normal School
Young Girl Runs Away After Threat to Self Harm
A teenage girl, daughter of Mrs. Jackson, left home after writing a note that she would cut her throat if pursued. She was last seen near Ansley and is considered missing and in danger.
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Jackson
Ansley
Baby killed as runaway horse throws mother near Crawford
Mrs. D N Jones riding toward Crawford loses control when her team bolts on a curve. The horse and carriage run more than a mile before the year old infant is thrown and killed instantly. The accident occurred in the Chadron area.
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Chadron
D. N. Jones
Crawford
Requisition Issued for Noted Forger Carl Sanford
Fremont sheriff Bauman traveled to Lincoln to obtain requisition papers for Carl Sanford a forger who passed checks at North Bend and Ames and was recently captured at Chapmanville West Virginia The total amount Sanford obtained through his schemes was 160 dollars
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Fremont
Bauman
Lincoln
Carl Sanford
North Bend
Ames
Chapmanville
W. Va
Sanford
Osceola Church Raises Pastor’s Salary Again
Officials of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Osceola rejoice as the annual conference in Nebraska City returns Rev. N. M. Grigsby for another year and raises his salary by 150 dollars to 1,150 with a 120 dollar parsonage, totaling 1,270 dollars.
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Raize
Osceola
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Nebraska City
N. M. Grigsby
First Conviction for Tobacco to Minors in McCook
McCook records the first conviction under Nebraska’s tobacco sale to minors law. A local merchant was fined 20 dollars plus costs last week for selling tobacco to a minor.
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M’cook
McCook
Nebraska
Missouri Pacific Reaching Out to Beatrice
J O Phillipps assistant general freight and passenger agent and J P Barrett traveling freight agent visited Beatrice to sound business leaders. They aim to probe feasibility and gauge support for extending the Missouri Pacific line to Beatrice from Fginis.
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Missouri Pacific
Beatrice
J. O. Phillipps
J. P Barrett
Fginis
Paralysis Cured by Williams Pink Pills Says Amesbury Man
Mr Kenney of 10L Aubin Street Amesbury Mass recounts a dramatic recovery from paralysis after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes initial pains numbness and insomnia followed by rapid improvement after the first box and complete recovery after seven.
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Kenney
Mr. Kenney
Merrimac Hat Company
Aubin Street
Amesbury
Mass
L Dragmists
Dr. Williams Mediving Company
Schenectady
Catarrh Cure Ad and Miscellaneous Slogans
An old advertisement sings of a One Hundred Dollar reward for incurable catarrh through Hall's remedy. It also markets a “Single Binder” cigar and mentions a factory. The text contains fragmented lines about timing and deaths between sunset and sunrise.
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Hall
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Nebraska State News
Nebraska Industrial School
Little One
Nebraska Briefs
Mark T Hunter
Winnebago
Thurston County
R. H. J. Osborn
Warren Hunger
Blue River
Alma
Case
William
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Sli
Beara Walpine
Sinan
Mattress Wwe Druggieta
Tuledo
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Mull
Onca
Gruggist
Mull's Grape Tonic CO
Third Avenue
Rock Island
Ilinois
Tony Pony Line
Michigan Buggy CO
Manufactrer No
Kalamazoo
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