Cures Ronogo Woman Reports Relief from Nervous Prostration
A letter touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous wrecks and bearing-down pains. The writer credits the remedy with stabilizing nerves, preventing fainting, and easing backache and other female ills. Similar testimonials from other Missouri readers praise relief from weakness and related symptoms.
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Ronogo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Louis
Lydia
Pinkham
Atriast
Tough Luck and Vision Trouble in Odd Dialog
A quirky exchange reveals a hopeful young man’s dream of becoming a prize fighter and a driver’s boast about sharp eyes after starting work. The chauffeur grimly notes eyes improve quickly and jokes about spotting a policeman from afar, highlighting a stubbornly comic tone about eyesight and luck.
Prominent Debate and Hidden Societies Satire
A social gathering introduces Senator Julius Burrows of Michigan to a man who recalls the famed Mudville bell game. The exchange hints at fame and mock-lecture about secret societies. Banks and Rivers debate the idea of secret societies among women and the satire of the average man.
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Julius ©. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Senator Burrows
Caser
Mudville
Tom Gordon presses control move at Chiawassee
Tom Gordon confronts Caleb Farley and Vincent Farley in a Boston to Europe plan and demands the legal transfer of Chiawassee Consolidated control before the Baltic departure. At a North Tredegar iron works assembly, he argues a temporary halt in operations to avert a market collapse, warning workers of hard times and a possible shutdown.
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Tom
Shane
Chiawassee Consolidated
America
Hboy
Farley
Vincent
Tom Gordon
Chiawassee
Baltic
Dyeckman
Gordon
Ips
Will
Vom
Major Dabney
Arden
Gaston
Ale Farley
Alr
Croeswell
Fim
Raama2
Avenue Tratel
Carricc
la Om
Ab Dabney
Ciawiassee
Deer Traias
Caleb Croreton
Gordonis
Maj
Henern
Font
Gordonia
South Tredegar
North Shore
Michigan
Europe
Parley
Ludlow
Caleb Cordon
Flo
Caleb
Oon
Monolithic Heights and the Red Mark of Danger
A passage from the New York Press describes ironworkers on a skyscraper being reminded of danger by a red paint mark on each high girder. Engineers explain the risky life 500 feet above the street with workers braving wind and slips as they move along narrow beams.
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de Diginerr
Tian Taal
Furgeden
Para- Iran
New York Press
Russians Debate Emigration Policy and Its American Flow
St. Petersburg reports on The Future of Russian Emigration to America by Julius Nelldoff. He urges Russia to direct migrants to Siberia or to prepare returnees for homeland gains, warning a half‑million Russians may leave yearly and predicting Slav immigration will reshape American society. A separate note from Hardin Illinois details a hog pen pearl worth $960 found by James Onlis, the pearl later sold to a buyer after being fed to hogs.
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St. Petersburg
Ireland
Russia
America
Novoe Vremya
Julius Nelldoff
Nelldoff
Siberia
New York
Nelidaff
St. Louis
Hardin
Calhoun County
James’. Onis
Onlis
Fitts
Onis
Illinois
Vast Washington Timber Wealth Estimated At Billions
Reports from Washington counties show 219 billion feet of standing timber in the state. Tax cruisers estimate annual cut at 6 billion feet with lumber worth about 15 dollars per thousand last year, totaling around 350 million. Washington leads U S lumber production with 1909 shipments of lumber and shingles worth millions, and the forest density described as unequaled worldwide.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Glallam
ChehaHs
N. Clallam
Pacific
Mississippi
Tidal Effects on the Land London
Professor Milne and team report tidal tilt recordings at Bidston Observatory near Liverpool. Using a modified seismograph, they captured photo recorded deflections synchronized with high tide, showing shores drawing together and land tilting slightly. The measurements suggest greater Earth elasticity and responsiveness to tidal forces than previously thought.
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London
Milne
Bidston Observatory
Liverpooll
Irish Sea
Bidston
New York Museum official leads hunting party for dinosaur bones
New York Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History has left town with two associates on a hunting trip for ancient bones. They aim to locate the remaining bones of a mammoth creature and set them up with a seven foot skull brought home two years ago. The expedition heads to Glasgow Montana then toward the Bad Lands along the Missouri River.
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New York
Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural
Glascow
Mont
Missouri River
Eight-Year Courtship Ends in New York Attorney Marrying Miss Sellers
After eight years of pursuit and rebuffs, New York attorney Thomas C. Riley, formerly of New Metamoras, wins the hand of May Sellers of Wellston. Sellers, who studied at Denison, Wooster, Oberlin, and Rochester, endured years of letters before finally agreeing to wed.
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Wellston
Thomas C. Riley
New York
New Metamoras
May Sellers
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Hitey
Dentaos
Rochester
Riley
Miss Sellers
Indiana
Lost word reunites old alster pair in Hackensack
A local notice reports that a word tied to Hackensack resurfaced after 40 years, leading to a reunion of two separated individuals. The feature notes the serendipitous sighting and the emotional payoff for those involved.
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Hackensack
UC Star Fullback Sets Sail for Philippines Rinderpest Study
Former California Golden Bears fullback Dr William Boynton leaves Oakland on the steamship Siberia to study rinderpest and other cattle diseases in the Philippines. He will work under combined War and age cultural department agencies.
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Oakland
Cal
William’ Boynten
University of California
Siberia
Philippines
Sister Reunites After Long Separation from Germany
Mrs Henry Metzel left Frankfort at fifteen with her eight year old sister. They settled in Canton after marriage. The sister later moved to the United States and married John Lamp of Hackensack New Jersey. A letter to Hackensack refreshed memories and brought an answer from the sister.
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Henry Metzel
Frankfort
Germany
America
Canton
United States
John Lamp
Hackensack
N. J
Metzel Fost
Kansas poverty report shows gaps in county aid programs
A state board of control report finds 28 county poor farms have no finia ter aid and four counties lack puschery tinder. Statistics reveal a remarkable absence of eriaet and poverty in a state of 1 549 000 people with limited relief programs.
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Kandaa -Jalla
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Th Tate Board
Puschery
New
Nce
Aid
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