Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co promotes S Drops remedy
A sample letter from Paris Texas dated January 9 1898 notes acceptance of an order and requests prompt shipping. The Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago offers 100000 sample bottles for 25 cents in thirty days and markets S Drops as not sold by druggists only through agents with recruitment of agents at 167 Dearborn Street Chicago Illinois.
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Paris
Texas
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Chicago
M. J. Jayroe
Dearborn Street
Ill
Ilood
Hood
Allen Stivers
Makanda
Illinois
Hlood
America
Bektashee Dervishes Survive Sultan’s Banquet Test
Sultan Mahmoud the Second hosted a banquet for Constantinople’s leading dervishes to test their loyalty. Each guest received a yard long spoon and, instead of eating, they fed each other across the table. The sultan commended their cleverness and chose not to suppress the Bektashee.
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San Francisco
Mahmoud
Constantinople
Waste Made Help Brings Thrift to Brussels Schools
Trarper's Weekly notes how Brussels public schools collected waste during eight months, turning it into profits. Dealers bought the materials and funded clothing for waifs, health resort trips for invalid children, school books, and city public assistance for the poor.
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Trarper
Jesson
Brussels
Jane Taylor
Financial Proposition in Harper's Bazar Dialog
A line from Harper’s Bazar shows Bennie negotiating with his mother over a medicine and a dime left by the father. The dialogue implies a family transaction with a promise of half the money if kept secret.
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Harper's Bazar
Bennie
Mamma
No Change Probable in Manufacturing Law
Des Moines reports indicate the manufacturing bill is unlikely to pass the legislature. Potter of LBremer faces defeat. governor opposes any manufacturing measure, while Democrats rally with few dissenters. The 2-cent fare bill is stalled, and county printing legislation with donor discretion faces debate and potential opposition from editors and counties with large city papers.
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Des Moines
Power of Lee
Potter
Lbremer
House
Tower Chamber
Senate
Cherokee Strip
Blanchard
Penrose
McArthur
House Committee On
Veneman
Paine
Nevada
Legislation Passes in Iowa General Assembly Highlights
Des Moines reports list of bills approved by both houses and awaiting governor signature or publication. Measures include railroad safety equipment extensions, immediate rate cuts on state printing, county salary for a treasurer, longer school treasurer terms, park commissioner elections for large cities, and clerical pay in large counties. Other items allocate funds for the state house expenses, authorize school fund transfers, and legalize ordinances in Crawford county. War fever rises in Odebolt with calls to form a volunteer company amid tensions with Spain. libel case in Clarinda. street brawl in Webster City. Eldora creamery project eyed. Fort Dodge fire at the Pressed Brick Works.
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Appanoose
General County
Ottumvva
John S. Rugg
Stuart
Senate
State Agricultural Society
State House
Youse
Tlouse
State Agricultural College
Des Moines
General Assembly
Iowa
Whele
Scott Township
Floyd County
Boards of Supervisors
Twenty-seventh General Assembly
Son of Aric
Crawford County
Notorious man slain by stepsons in Dubuque
In Dubuque on March 3, Jack Isari, a notorious character, was beaten to death last night by his two stepsons Charles and Will Redmond. The wife and mother of the youths suffered abuse. she fled across the river and remains at large.
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Dubuque
Jack Isari
Charles
Will Redmond
European Powers Press Spain to Avoid War Over Cuba
Walter Wellman reports European governments urge Spain to accept diplomatic pressure and abandon plans against Cuba. The U.S. weighs intervention to restore order, while creditors warn against funding war, fearing a costly, ruinous clash and possible upheaval in Spain.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
Washington
Ltimes-Herald
Cuba
McKinley
Europe
Spain
America
United States
Vail
Madrid
Patenotre
Great Britsain
Russia
Germany
Ter
Peninsula
Spanish Funds Fall Amid Cuba Tension And U S Moves
Madrid reports a broad stock and bond slide as Spain US relations fuel panic. Treasury bonds Cuban bonds Bank of Spain and tobacco stocks decline while foreign exchange soars to unprecedented highs. Newspapers urge a clear government statement on conditions in Cuba and national defense funding. Castillo in Paris shows European press warming to Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
United States
Treasury
Bank of Spain
Paris
Cuba
Havana
Castillo
No Ultimatum for China Raises Port Arthur Talks
In the House of Commons Sir Curzon said Russia had not sent an ultimatum to China over Port Arthur and Ta Lien Wan. He added Russia was negotiating leases and railway rights but did not demand sovereignty or threaten troops. He denied Russia and France protested the Anglo German loan to China.
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London
House of Commons
Curzon
Foreign Fire
Russia
China
Port Arthur
Ta Lien Wan
Petrna
Kwang Chung Tsu
Mukden
Zurzon
Manchuria
France
In Own Name A Vision of Autumn and Longing
A poem by W H Carruth contrasts science and faith and frames autumn as a mood of longing. It links evolution and God to nature sights, from crystal cells to cornfields and migrating geese, ending with images of consecration and a humble multitude.
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Trohu
God
Socrates
Jesus
W. H. Carruth
Christian Register
Hypnotism in Hospitals and a Personal Marriage Secret
The piece notes hypnotic wards in U S hospitals where a glance can induce trance. It promotes Blostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney and digestive ailments. It also cites a Kansas City case where a man hid a marriage engagement from his wife for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Blostetter
Kansas City
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement says cures various foot ailments
A vintage ad for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promises relief for corns bunions chilblains swollen nervous damp sweating squatting hot and callous feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Stuaple
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Constitution and Lord's Prayer Compare Debates
The remark notes that men who cannot distinguish the constitution from the Lord's Prayer tend to discuss what laws are unconstitutional. It highlights the clash between legal interpretation and moral discourse in public talk.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised as Cure All
Advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for a failure to cure. Includes testimonial solicitation and Toledo address. Also notes Nat Goodwin's third marriage.
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Hall
F.d. Chenmy & CO
Toledo
Ohio
One day cure advertised for a cold
An advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with money back guarantee. A separate odd note mentions a one legged knife grinder in Philadelphia who trained a Newfoundland dog to turn a grindstone.
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Philadelphia
Salzer's German Coffee Berry advertised by mail
An Illinois reader reports Salzer's German Coffee Berry costing four cents yields 300 pounds of better coffee than 30 cent per pound store varieties. The Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a catalog for 15 cents in stamps. A distant note claims wet feet cause little sickness in western Kansas.
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Kansas
Queen Victoria
Cnuton
Alzer Seed
LA Crosse
Wia
AMM
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LA Grippe
Salzer
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mich
Sulzer
Ino. Breider, Mishicott
Wis
Jess
Burnett Vegetables
C.N
Sohn A. Salzer Seed CO
Crosse
Odebott
J. A. Reynolds
Reynolds
Maine
Odebolt
Congress
Joe Mattes
Clarinda
TI. N. Center
C. 8
Keenan
Deater
Fac
Fvo
Shenandoah
Webster City
Frank Draper
Charles Porter
Jake Robinson
Draper
Olmstead
Robinson
Eldora
Jeldora
Marlotte-Clark Company
Algora
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Pressed Brick Company
Great Britain
TOG
Muse
Wa-Lien- Wan
Allen
Nat Goodwin
Hood’s
Evans Chemicalc Moe
Owers
Vay
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Felix LE Brin
W. Franz
West Third Street
Sioux City
Butler
W. Lesslieth & CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Lyon CO
Soni ST
Jacobs Oil
Gandy
Surrey
Elkhart
W. Bb. Pratt
Bec'y
Elemart
Ind
Xatel
Are Rayt Jones
Binghamton N. Y
Sioux City Printing CO
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