Terrible Great Northern wreck at Nyack Mont kills dozens
A runaway freight train of 28 cars crashed into a rear of a passenger train at Nyack Montana on a Friday evening. Thirty four dead and ten or more seriously hurt with many more injured or unaccounted for. Fire and wreckage burned for hours. Wreck details describe cars, laborers, and superintendent Downs among the victims.
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Downe
Great Northern Railway
Nyack
Mont
Luther
Downs
Kalispell
Essex
Havre
Hayre
Jennings
Guthrie & Co
Vmomperor
Yshyndred Meq
Japan
Peruna Cures Nervous Prostration Says San Francisco Official
A San Francisco education official, J A Simpson, secretary of the board of education, testifies that Peruna is an ideal tonic. He describes neurasthenia from overwork and says Peruna rebuilt his system, praising Hartman’s Summer Catarrh book and offering free copies from The Peruna Medicine Co.
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J. A. Simpson
Education
San Francisco
Board of Education
Cal
J. A.’ Simpson
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Peruna Medicine, Co
Columus
Trumpet Calls and Warnings on Redemption and Godly Life
A devotional fragment argues that genuine faith requires confession of Christ and Godly work. It insists happiness in hardship marks the heavenly man, warns against godlessness, and links soul value to inner life. It notes rest in God comes through diligent labor and warns against self examination as mere room sweeping.
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Thrace
Christ
Earth
Deadly train crash toll and injured workers listed
The private car of Superintendent Downs carried a cook who perished. Of 13 injured, three are said to be beyond hope and three others have slim chances. Downs’s body was identified among the dead, found with a watch bearing his name. Wounded workers include D M Cooley Peter Lachance Dan Maahan and others with G H Burke a Kalispell resident. In Helena a Chinaman named Yung Un postponed his China trip after eight masked men robbed his trunk containing 800 dollars at a poultry farm departure scene.
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Helena Mont
Young UN
China
Toston
Helena
Chung Quin
Yung He
Yung UN
Lawton Portrait to Grace New Stamp Issue
Washington Sept. 2 The war department reports postal authorities will place a portrait of General H. W. Lawton, who died in the Philippines, on a new postage stamp. Over 800 miles of new steam railroad will be built in the United States this year, with Oklahoma and Indian Territory totaling 612 miles on the list.
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Washington
War Department
H. W. Lawton
San Mateo
Philippines
United States
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Loyalty and blood donation inspire employer heroism
A young man offered a portion of his blood to save his employer illustrating heroism and the value of good blood from the stomach. The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and constipation, claiming it helps produce rich red blood. It also notes Jack Winters received a 15 year sentence at Folsom for robbing the Selby smelter recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Winters
Folsom
Selby
Blood Poison Remedies and Treatments Advertised
An old ad repeats claims about Contagious Blood Poison and cures. It promotes a home treatment book, Swift Specific Co remedies, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with endorsements and testimonials, urging readers to seek guidance and pay nothing upfront. It also mentions deserte d soldiers and other health-focused products in a scattered mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
O. We
F. Cheney
Ae & Truax
Toco
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Land Jumper Killed in Idaho Ranch Dispute
A Mountain Home special reports Bill Little was shot dead by Sam Calloway of Fletcher and Calloway eight miles below Dixie on the South Boise. The fatal conflict stemmed from Little claiming and later selling a ranch, leading Calloway to cross the land and Little to threaten him with a revolver. Little was killed as Calloway fired from the cabin area after a failed rap at the doorway. No inquest yet. Calloway heads toward Boise. In Missouri, a manhunt continues after the Mary Henderson murder in Johnson and Cass counties, with suspect Bessie Francis missing.
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Boise
Idaho
Mountain Home
Bill Little
Sam Calloway
Fletcher & Calloway
Dixie
Little
Calloway
Mr. Calloway
Meteher & Calloway
Kansas City
Johnson and
Cass Counties
Missouri
Mary Henderson
Chapman Hyatt
Bessie Francis
Medley of Patent Claims and Notions on Health Remedies
A fragmentary chatter of claims includes a panacea named Pramaeapenlee Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay and a price of two cents. It also mentions silk culture in Madagascar and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic with a plainly printed formula. The text comments on the mosquito as a small danger not always implying larger troubles.
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Werke Orie
Grove
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Nate
P. T. Downs
T. Kirk
Peruna
Lawton
Carter
Sega
Carters TW
Sapuree
Fac Simile Signature of
New York
Castoria
Cy Best
Bears
The
Candy Cathartic
WEVER
Rterling Rempdy CO
Chicaoo
New Torr
Great Britain
Madagascar
Arch St
Philadelphia
Mrs. Winslow
Piso
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
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