Munyon Paw Paw Laxative Pills Offer Free Samples
An advertisement touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills as a cure for stomach and liver ailments including indigestion jaundice and biliousness. It claims concentrated fruit juice content and best laxative qualities and offers two free sample packages by requesting via post or letter to Munyon's Homeopathic Company Philadelphia.
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Mun- Yon
Tan
Munyon
Aed
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
First Appendicitis Operation by Dr Webber in 1866 NYC
In 1866 Dr Carl Webber performed the first appendicitis operation in New York City without antiseptics on primitive tools. The patient survived. modern readers note no knowledge of stomach cuttings at the time and the case reflects early surgical practice. Other brief items include a eyelid granulation caused by winds and sand and an advertisement for PET TITS EVER SALVT remedies.
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Carl Webber
New York City
New York
Land in Canada an Investment
Canada farm lands rise in value this spring from fifteen to twenty percent, making them a profitable investment and occupation. Railways connect settlements, prices stay strong, and government rates help reach world markets. Free homesteads of 160 acres at ten dollars entry yield $100 to $200 per acre value with steady profits. Immigrant interest grows, but available land remains abundant near rail lines. Government literature and agent offices aid location choices.
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Canada
Railroads Withdraw Tariff Increases After White House Meeting
President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham brokered a pact with 24 railroads to suspend rate hikes. The government will drop the Missouri suit after tariffs enjoined or new ones post June 1 are halted, pending a new railroad bill becoming law and ICC powers to suspend rates.
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Western Trunk Line
Federal Circuit Court
Missouri
White House
Taft
Wickersham
Interstate Commerce
Western Trunk Line Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. F P. Hipley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Walker D. Iines
Frederic A. Delano
Wabash Railroad Compay, and
Felton
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Dedicate Kentucky's Capitol in Frankfort Exercises
Kentucky's $2,000,000 capitol was dedicated with a full day of ceremonies. Special trains from all directions brought thousands to Frankfort including a Louisville high school train of over 2,000 girls. Ware opened the day with a signal gun, followed by Bishop Lewis W Burton of Lexington, Gov. Augustus E. Willson, and U.S. Senator William Bradley.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Louisville High School
Lewis W Burton
Lexington
Augustus E. Willson
United States
William ©. Bradley
Cotton Crop Nearing Normal in May Report
The first cotton condition report of the season shows May 25 conditions at 32 percent of normal. Area planted totals about 33 million acres, up 162.5 percent from last year, with about 904 thousand more acres planted.
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Heard
Crop Reporting Board
Death of Professor Goldwin Smith in Toronto
Professor Goldwin Smith died in Toronto Ontario after a long illness following a fall. He was 87 and had not left his room for weeks, except to be carried to his library. He slipped on the hail and fractured a thigh bone, with surgeons declining to attempt repair due to age.
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Goldwin Smith
Toronto
Railroad Bill Passes Senate Amid Debate and Deliberation
The Senate approved the administration railroad bill by 50 to 12 after weeks of debate. Democrats Bacon Fletcher Frazier Hughes Money Newlands Purcell Rayner Shively Smith of Maryland and Smith of South Carolina voted no. The bill now heads to conference as supporters call it a step forward while others favor prioritizing public land withdrawal and statehood measures.
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Senate
United States
Beeveridge
Beveridge
Gummins
la Follette
Dolliver
Clay
Paynter
Simmons
Gore
Newlands
Bacon
Political notes shape Republican and third party actions
Minnesota Dairyman editor W F Schilling seeks Senate seat in his district on the Republican ticket. In Ohio GOP primaries eleven of twenty one Congress nominees oppose Speaker Cannon, nine are noncommittal, one Keifer backs Cannon. The Socialist convention in Chicago opposes immigrant exclusion and favors asylum for persecuted foreigners while opposing contract labor and strike breakers. Cummins and Dolliver attack the railroad bill. Bryan condemns liquor interests for pushing county option and forecasts rebuke for impudence and sordidness.
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Ohio
Congress
Cannon
Keifer
National Congress
The
Socialist Party
Chicago
Hilquit
New York
A. B. Cummins
Dolliver
Iowa
Washington
Uquor
Willian Ji Byran
Nebraska City
Carroll and Porter Win in Iowa Primaries Distribution
Partial returns show Carroll for governor as Republican and Porter for governor as Democratic candidate. Congressional races list many progressive and stand-pat nominees across districts with John Darran and J. C. Murtagh contesting claims. Seventh District Prouty leads Hull by about 1,000 votes, while Ninth District Smith leads Byers by about 2,000 as returns remain unofficial.
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Iowa
Carroll
Porter
Sstorm
Staun
J. A. Dearmann
John Dennison
J. C. Murtagh
D. D. Murphy
Tifth
C. Hubek
Daniel W. Hamilton
Clint L. Price
J. Q. Stuart
Wy. T. Cleveland
Fanth
Prouty
Hull
Ferty
Smith
Byers
McKinley Syndicate Buys Atchison Railway and Power
The McKinley traction syndicate led by Congressman William B. McKinley of Champaign Illinois completes purchase of the Atchison Kansas Railway Light and Power Company properties for an estimated 500000 to 700000. A murder case involves Aston Vasele a Romanian arrested in Carton Ghiso at Watertown authorities request. A petition seeks to rename Turner village to Harriman in honor of E. H. Harriman.
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McKinieys
McKinley Traction Syndicate
William B. McKinley
Champaign
Tih
Atchison, Kan. Railway
Léisht and Power Company
Field
Watertown
WV. C
Aston Vasele
Carton
Ghiso
Harriman
Post‘office Department
Turner, N
BE. H. Harriman
Taft Warns Against Socialism in Jackson Speech
President Taft labeled socialism the greatest problem facing the United States and urged that the Republicans must solve the next big issue. He spoke at Jackson during the unveiling of a bronze tablet marking the 1854 birth of the GOP. He warned that party conformity is needed to avoid rule by groups. In Monroe, Mich., he also honored Major General George A. Custer with remarks at the unveiling of a bronze statue.
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Pres Dent Taft
United States
Republican Party
Taft
Jackson
Monroe
Mich
Yakt
George W. Custer
Little Big Horn
Colleges and universities note, names and enrollments across regions
The piece lists the North Central Minnesota Editorial Association outing at Glengarry Springs on Leech Lake near Walker, El Ashar University in Cairo founded 955 with 10 students, and Iowa teachers association on spelling simplification. It mentions Missouri Valley conference invitees for Des Moines, Minnesota debaters beating University of Minnesota Forum Literary Society, enrollment shifts at Wisconsin and Beloit College faculty moves, a Manitoba mathematics professor death, and a Tri-Community Association meeting urging rural school funding and medical inspection. It also notes Wisconsin University enrollment rise to seventh in the US and a lecture tour by Japanese scholar Toyokichi Ivenaga at UW Madison.
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Minnesota Editorial Association
Glengarry Springs
Leech Lake
Walker
el Ashar University
Cairo
Egypt
Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Games Committee
Des Moines
Thomas Colege
Forum Literary Society
University of Minnesota
Engineering
Ti. Cochrane
Manitoba University
Tie
Santa George Cochrane
Leg Aanseles University
Br. John CC. Parish
State Historic Department of Laws
J. W. Parish
Cedar Fells
Beloit College
Mis
Tri-Comond A
Grados
SS. P
State Legislative Assembly
University
Wisconsin
Teu Tanta
Smallpox Debate Reflects Vaccination Trend Worldwide
The article notes widespread concern over smallpox in 1908 with 35174 cases in the US and varying state rates. It highlights vaccination as a turning point, citing German army eradication and Philippines reports of dramatically reduced deaths after province-wide vaccination.
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Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Minnesota
Kansas
Montana
John W. Trask
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Philippines
Cavite
Batangas
Cebu
Bataan
la Union
Rival
la Laguna
Widows of Presidents Train for Europe and Education
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison sails with her 13 year old daughter Fitzebeth to Europe for two years of schooling while Mrs. Grover Cleveland also seeks education for her children there. A Minnesota survey crew studies water power potential near Fergus Falls. Secretary Nagel plans a two month Northwest and Alaska trip. An air drying plant may be installed in the Capitol during the summer. A Taft Tawney accord targets a Taos Pueblo cavalry troop to restore order.
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Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Puroape
Fitzebeth
Blarrison
Europe
Grover Cleveland
Dr. Stratton
Bureau of Standards
Senate
House
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
House Committee On Appropriations
President Diaz Confident in Re election Despite Challenges
President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico shows little concern for moves in state capitals to replace him. He believes the people will vote to re elect him and that his 50 years in office confirm his leadership. Opponents have made weak attempts to name a successor, but no serious campaign is evident.
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Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Ding
Bends and Bets From Diverse Sports Headlines
QDS defeats Tabor College in a wet game while horse and billiards news fill the page. Custer’s trotting season is teased with a 2 10 mile time. an international billiards tournament is planned in New York. and Ohio Racing Circuit announces its summer slate.
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South Dakota University
Tabor College
Tabor
Iowa
Sair
Upper Marlboro
Ald
Southern Maryland Fair Association
Custer
New York
Calvin Demarest
The
Agricultural Society of Douglas
Han Sas
Ohio
Hamilton
Dayton
Zenia
Springfield
Lima
Findlay
University of South Dakota
Sioux City
Towa
Nebraska
Morningside
Dakota
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Renate
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Minnesota Dairyman
Republican Light
Carroll and Porter
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Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Alaska
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Dickinson
Taos, N. At
Porfirio Biaz
New York Board of Education
Alfred de Oro
Thomas Hueston
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Empire Track
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