Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for Female Weakness
Advertises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a potent tonic for female weakness with symptoms like headaches dizziness and pelvic discomfort. Claims alcohol free glyric extracts of native medicinal roots with endorsements from medical writers and patients. promotes Pleasant Pellets as original purgative.
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Pierce
Kang Bee
Ehough
Fife
Dr. Pierce
Ald de. Pierce
Andy
Sunflower Fever Remedy Claim Cited by Scientists
An eminent Spanish professor reports sunflower extracts as a fever remedy and quinine substitute. Historical notes mention Moncorvo’s Paris talk and Russian use of sunflower coloring matter and extracts for fevers in children, suggesting potential therapeutic value.
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Fins
Moncorvo
Therapeutical Society of Paris
Peru
Mexico
Diet and beverage substitutes gain favor in conservative column
A Massachusetts reader extols Postum Cereal as a meat substitute and tonic for rheumatic pains and nerves. She credits a hot water infusion and pecan, noting improved health after six quarts daily and praising the book There’s Reason as supporting wellness theory.
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Sears
Tie Wong
Diewitiac
Weicht
Postum Cereal Co
The Charity Girl Escapes Scandal In Secret Flight
Audrey Fraser uses her charm to win over Mrs. Fraser and her circle while hiding a hidden past as the daughter of Allys Fraser. A chance encounter with Jack Glendirwood ends violently when he is struck down by Henry Downs. Audiences gossip as John Glendirwood is robbed and left for dead while Audrey is revealed as a noble heiress.
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Fraser
Salex
Tverne
Hess
Lars John
Audrey
Tack
Sheila
E Grate
Jean
Constance Fraser
Mrs. Fraser
San O
Shela
Heyer
Romeone
John Crendnryond
Sayle
Labways
Glendurwood
Andres
Androv
Jack
Henry Downs
Mountbercy
John Glendirwoordk
Dinglenoail
Andrex Maxse
Dipglewood Fiouse
Gus
Misers and Treachery Across a Country Village
Audrey leaves her mother’s Hes for a fragile romance in a rural setting. A half-sister, Lady Anstruther, has two sons and a dramatic claim to wealth and love collides with duty. An invalid aunt, a regiment, and a looming departure raise questions of loyalty and heartbreak.
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Audrey Leard
Vosstanea Cros
Gillize
Khon
Constance
Anstruther
Franks
Pocketpiece Gun and Indian Attack at Nashville Fort
Major John Buchan commands a fort ten miles from Nashville as Tudians attack. An aged mother, brave wife, and commander use a crude pocket pistol in a desperate defense. The improvised gun misfires repeatedly before a final blast shifts the balance for the settlers.
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Poulret-Pitce
Enrlie
John Buchanah
Los
Nashville
Ain
Tleselfliess
Hein
Jerald
Grandiamia
Jim O’ Connor
O'Connor
Hlo
Dealing In Futures and a Wedding Bargain
A terse exchange centers on a loan of 85007 Tm Boing for a marriage deal. Shortleigh demands security while Longan seeks the girl's father’s name as part of the arrangement. The fragment hints at dealings and familial approval in a veiled negotiation.
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Shortleigh
Longan
Chronicle of Historic Dates and Disasters Compiled
A dense list of year by year notes covers crowns, battles, treaties, explorations, disasters, and officials. It records events from 1306 to 1903 including monarchs crowned, wars, territorial changes, fires, floods, and notable crimes or accidents.
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Robert Bruce
Scotland
Florida
Tonce de Leon
Thomas Seymour
England
Amboise
Cannada
Acadia
France
St. Germain en-Laye
Philip
Providence
Laye
Cairo Council approves Assuan dam height rise plan
The Council of Ministers in Cairo approved increasing the Assuan dam height by about 80 feet to store more water. It could irrigate about one million more acres in the north, boosting cotton output valued at roughly 17.5 to 20 million dollars annually. Construction would take six years at an estimated cost of 7.5 million dollars.
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Council of Ministers
Cairo
Egypt
Assaan
Will of Dr Dowie devises wall of estate for church
The will of John Alexander Dowie filed for probate in Lake County Illinois directs the estate to fund the Christian Catholic Church he led. Most of the property goes to a trustee John A Lewis to continue church work, with small legacies to his widow Jane Dowie and son Gladstone Dowie. A loyal attendant Darnett Burleigh receives 1000 for saving Dowie in Jamaica. The text notes ongoing litigation over the estate and outlines commissions to allocate remaining assets.
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John Alexader Dowie
Lake County
Waukegan
Zion City
Jane Dowie
A. Gd
Gladstone Dowie
Dowie
Darnett Burleigh
Jamaica
Permene
Dehis
Diladstone Dowie
Barnete Turkeigh
Bowie
Iitp
Umates
John A. Lewis
Lewis
Fielding
Wilhite
James
Indiana Supreme Court frees James Gillespie on murder case
The Indiana Supreme Court granted a new trial and released James Gillespie of Rising Sun after ruling an error occurred in the original proceedings. He had been serving a life sentence for the 1903 murder of his sister Belle Lewacd, with co defendants previously tried and others later acquitted. A juror's relation to a deceased defendant was noted as a procedural issue.
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Indiana Supreme Court
James Gillespie
Rising San
Seate
Ner
Aliss Mligabetl Gillespie
Fler
Elle Edoward
Myron Harbour
Gillespis
Urdal Stad
Belle ‘Lewacd
South
John D. RockpfeHcc
Shaw
South Carolina Society of New York
Toke Smith
Georgia
Cincinnati Receivers’ and Shippers’ Association
Sound
Hale
Tennessee
Joe Cannon
United States
William J. Stone
Kansas City
Japan
Philippines
Swettenham resignation noted amid long standing unpopularity
Reports from Jamaica indicate Gov Swettenham's resignation is welcomed amid longstanding unpopularity. Secretary Taft announces Col Goethals will lead the Isthmian Canal Commission with a $15000 salary, while George J Woodruff is named assistant Attorney General for the Interior. Kentucky Court of Appeals strikes down redistricting, complicating Beckham's Senate bid.
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Swettenham
Hng
Taft
Col. Goethals
Mr. Stevens
Estiminn
George J. Woodruff
The
Forest Service
Interior
Frank L. Campbell
Department of Justice
Kentucky Court of Appeals
TME
J. G. Beckham
United States Senate
Thunderer and Times Nicknames In Old Paper Fame
A London Daily Chronicle excerpt notes how The Times earned the nickname Thunderer while other papers carried monikers like Mrs Gamp and Jeanie. It credits Captain Edward Sterling with starting a Times article that declared we thundered forth on social and political reform.
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Times
London Dally Chronicle
Itching Epidemic Ends After Cuticura Cure
Walter W. Paglusch of 207 N Robey Street Chicago reports a yearlong battle with eczema and itch that kept him awake at night. After using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Resolvent Pills and related products he states he was completely cured.
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Walter W. Paglusch
Robey Street
Chicago
Customer Scolds Dining Prices Prompting Proprieter Quip
In a Chicago Tribune clipping a regular customer questions why the restaurant claims pure food while prices rise. The proprietor dodges admitting a possible truth, while a note recalls that since 1852 over 26 000 convicts were sent to French Guiana with 84 4 percent dying from disease and food scarcity.
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Bo’ Ha
Chicagso Tribune
French Guiana
Western Canada record shows farmer's 1906 crops and assets
Swan River Manitoba November 21 1906 a farmer reports 80 acres wheat 26 oats and 124 barley grown in 1906 with yields 40 bu per acre for wheat and 46 bu for oats total crop value listed. He itemizes costs receipts and total assets and liabilities on the farm near Swan River.
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Soram Rives
Swan River
Manitoba
Canada
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