Contractor’s Recovery After Pink Pills for Pale People
A Jefferson City contractor Herman H Eveler describes years of heart symptoms, debility, and breath shortness. After trying many doctors, he used Williams Pink Pills and reports full recovery after four boxes, regaining energy to resume business. Notary public confirms sworn statement dated May 24, 1897.
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Main Street
Jefferson City
Nol
Dr. Williams
Wiliams
Herman H. Eveler
Adam Poutszong
Eveler
Islands in Lakes and Rivers Count Across Regions
A survey notes Lake Huron hosts about 3 000 islands, Loch Erne in Ireland contains 365, and the Lake of the Thousand Islands is a branch of the St. Lawrence River with roughly 1 700 islands.
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Lake Huron
Loch Erne
Ireland
Lake of the Thousand Isles
St. Lawrence River
Home Seekers Excursion Via Nickel Plate Road
Special excursion tickets for home seekers to designated points Northwest West and Southwest and to points in the South are offered via Nickel Plate Road on June 7 and 21 at reduced rates. Ask agents.
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Nickel Plate Road
Souuth
War era quips and comments across papers
A collage of quotable lines from several papers including Washington Post Philadelphia Ledger St Paul Dispatch Memphis Commercial Appeal Cleveland Plain Dealer and others. Topics span Dewey strategy naval actions Spanish fleet coal shortages Sagasta cabinet relics Maine relics tobacco and wartime morale.
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Washington Post
Merritt
Philadelphia Ledger
Cuba
Madrid
St. Paul
Dispatch
Spain
Memphis
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Co
Dewey
Board of Strategy
Way
Commodore Dewey
Salt Lake Herald
Philadelphia Times
Philippine Islands
Cervera
Flying Dutchman
Sagasta
Washington Star
Maine
Sam
Boston Globe
The Grand Old Man Gladstone Across Newspapers
Readers recall Gladstone as a preeminent statesman portrayed as compassionate, conscientious, and influential across religion science literature and policy. Across cities like St Paul New York Indianapolis and Boston editors hail his bold yet tender leadership and lasting impact on English and Anglo-Saxon political life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Pioneer Press
New York Times
Gladstone
Indianapolis Journal
Ohio State Journal
Kansas City Star
Cincinnati Inquirer
Philadelphia Ledger
St. Louis Republic
Baltimore Herald
Boston Advertiser
Mat
Burlington Hawkeye
Cleveland
England
Springfield
Mass
Boston Post
New York Sun
New Plan Sparks Mixed Reactions On Alliances
The passage cites varied editorials from the Nashville American New York Tribune Springfield Register Indianapolis Journal and Rochester Democrat Chronicle reflecting cautious openness to or rejection of an entangling alliance with Britain. The texts express skepticism about entangling alliances and emphasize US independence and naval power as deterrence.
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John Bull
Joseph Chamberlain
St. James’ Gazette
Nashville
New York Tribune
Great Britain
United States
Springfield Register
Indianapolis Journal
Europe
Rocheater
Democrat
Chronicle
Pause and Reflect Father Warns Against Foolin Around
A besieged father confronts a young man flirting with his daughter in a rustic exchange. The father, coughing and blunt, warns that he supports four sons in law and would eject the entire clan if the romance progresses, insisting the suitor mind his own business.
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Iman
Sirx
Lam
New Navy Book Captures Warship Gallery and Maine Exploits
A new book titled The Official Photographs of the United States Navy offers over 200 naval views by E. H. Hart with a colored map of the East and West Indies. It covers torpedo boats to battleships and includes detailed specs and costs, plus Spanish warships and Maine features before and after the Havana explosion. The volume is mailed postpaid for twenty five cents from Chicago Newspaper Union.
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Army
East
West ‘Indies
Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
United States Navy
E. H. Hart
West Indies
Havana
Chicago Newspaper Union
South Jefferson Street
Chicago
Lil
Origin of the Toast Traced to Medieval Banquets
The term toast arises from medieval feasts when the loving cup held wine and a piece of toasted bread. The host drank after the cup circulated, then honored friends by swallowing the toasted slice.
Ill-fated Victoria to be raised with heavy magnets
A proposal suggests raising the ill-fated Victoria which sank in the Mediterranean with nearly all hands by heavy electro magnets. The projected cost of lifting the vessel would approach 500000 dollars.
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Mediterranean
Stomach Bitters Touted to Cure Dyspepsia
Complaint cites stomach nervousness from inactivity of stomach organs. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters advertised as remedy to cure dyspepsia and nervousness.
Political satire quotes on ancestry and modern life
A late 18th century style note records Simeon Ford of New York decrying the obsession with ancestor lineages. He says he values a single loving child over a whole graveyard of forebears and mocks people who chase pedigrees to Alfred the Great while neglecting practical matters like paying wash bills.
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Simeon Ford
New York
Alfred the ‘Great
Fancied Attributes of the Rose Across Cultures
A historical note surveys beliefs about the rose in various regions. It cites Syrians viewing it as an emblem of immortality, Chinese use over graves, and Tyrol lore linking it to sleep. It mentions rose leaves for luck and French Italian traditions tying a girl’s blood under a rose bush to rosy cheeks.
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Tyrol
France
Italy
Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet and comfort
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure painful swollen feet and bunions and instantly ease tight or new shoes. It reduces sweating callouses and fatigue and offers trial free by mail for 25 cents in stamps from Ailen S Olm sted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Ailen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Oldest City Nip pur Unearthed Their Ruins
Antiquity claim places Nip pur as the world oldest city with foundations said to date to 7000 B C. Recent excavations uncover ruins reinforcing the ancient metropolis tale.
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Nippur
Bel
Babylon
Untarnished Name Warns to Keep Doorplate Polished
A proverb suggests a man seeking an untarnished name should maintain a well polished doorplate as a visible sign of personal integrity.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Health Cure
An old ad claims Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels daily to stay healthy. It states gentle action on the liver and kidneys and treatment for sick headache. Price 25 and 5vc.
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Lane
Obscure 19th Century Clippings From Denver and Japan
Fragmented OCR items include a claim of an ancient Japanese shipyard at Ominato still in operation, a patent medicine mention Piso's Cure for Consumption credited to Mrs. Beltz of Denver dated 1895, a quip about dust and mud, and a Nickle Plate excursion schedule with dates in June plus a generic motto about calm and bravery.
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Ominato
Japan
War Atlas and World Map Promotion Ad from Cedar Rapids
A fragmented ad promotes War Atlas with 16 pages of large maps covering the West Indies Cuba the Philippine Islands Spain and Portugal. It sells through Morten G P T A Cedar Rapids Iowa with postage paid offers and mentions excursion dates July 7 and 21 at low Northwest and southern routes. Also a Kilner cure and Mrs Winslow teething syrup are advertised with prices.
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West Indies
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Spain
Haya
Addres Morten
G. P
T. A
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
I Do My Own Work After Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A letter praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for stopping a persistent flow and crippling illness. The writer, near death and bedbound, recovers enough to resume work and urges other women to seek sympathetic advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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