Prominent Minnesota Merchant Uses Dawn's Kidney Pills
C Hayden of Albert Lea Minnesota reports marked relief after using Dawn's Kidney Pills for back weakness and night pain. The ad notes 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y as distributors. The page also contains a comic exchange about a sick woman seeking her minister and a child wanting to see her father.
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Minnesota
Dean
C. Hayden
O. C. Hayden & Co
Albert Lea
Minn
Dawn
Sil
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Muamma
K. Paxton CO
Boston
Mase
Patents Last Week Issued to Northwestern Inventors
List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors reported by Lothrop Johnson patent lawyers. Names include James A Coutts Colton Fremont N Jaynes El mer H Johnson and others from Minnis Minn Sioux Falls and Duluth. Items listed include an envelope sealing machine lampburner slide valve washing machine threshing machine and a conveyor.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
James A. Coutts
Colton
D. Harrow
Benjamin F. Fowler
Minnelis
Minn
Fremont N. Jaynes
Minneapolis
Elmer H. Johnson
North Branch
John H. and
T. Schoresge
Sioux Falls
Joseph F. Schuch
Round Grove
Josiah B. Scovell
Duluth
Precocious Cannon Jokes on a Century of Youth
Speaker Cannon, commenting on his seventieth birthday, joked about the twenty first century child. He predicted a baby recently weaned would praise its nurse and offer a dollar as thanks, praising past services and vowing to recommend the caregiver.
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Speaker Cannon
Extinguisher Tale From a Seminary Student
A humorous anecdote recalls Rev. Mr. Standaloue as a theology student who sold fire extinguishers during a vacation. He faced rebuffs yet charmed many with his sales pitch, even as a surly broker mockingly cursed the extinguisher’s power before politely defending its merit.
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Mr. Standaloupe
Standaloue
Harper’s Weekly
Oregon man credits Postum with ending coffee related illness
An Oregon man recounts decades of stomach trouble blamed on coffee. After switching to Postum in December 1902 his health rapidly improved, allowing him to eat and work again without headaches or heart sickness. He endorses Postum and invites verification from local banks and merchants, urging a ten day trial. There’s a reason, and readers are told to look for The Road to Wellville.
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Oregon
Ames
Postum
Nat'l Bank
Trust Banking Company
Grant's Pass
Orc
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Blood Flows at Cameron Dam Family
A report from Cameron Dam details a fatal or serious incident affecting a family. Authorities closed nearby areas as emergency crews responded. The event prompted inquiries and ongoing investigation into the cause and timing of the blood flow incident.
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Cameron Dam
Wisconsin sheriff faces armed clash with Dietz clan at Cameron dam
Dietz opens fire to defend family as six militiamen led by Sheriff Gylland clash with the Thornaply clan at Cameron dam in Sawyer County. Governor Davidson orders potential militia deployment as Clarence Dietz is wounded and the stand-off continues, with conflicting accounts of who fired first.
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Ladysmith
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Joly
Cameron Dam
Spagger County
Jota ‘Dietx
Gylland
Clarence Dietz
Wilillamen
Wisconsin National Guard
Dietz
James O Davidson Hitself
Gyland
James Woodrington
Janina Rica
Mississipi
Dam Watchers
Dietz Pady
Acer
Dam Peter
Stantey
Leslie
Nlost
Dluta
Diet Te Hew
Thomas Rive
Diets
Endler
Sheri Gylland
Ender
Dietz Battle At Cameron Dam Ends In Skirmish
Dietz resists arrest over Thorn Apple river dam logging dispute near Cameron. Gunfire erupts for an hour. one militiaman wounded, Clarence Dietz killed. Dietz says he acted to defend his family and property as armed forces near the dam prepare to move in. Public sympathy grows in Rice Lake.
Governor Emphatic on Militia Action in Thornapple incident
Gov. Davidson refused to call out the militia yet approved a $500 use from the governor's contingent fund to aid in capturing Dietz at Thornapple dam. Sheriff Gylland hired six militiamen as deputies. five reached Winter, with one, William Vackavita of Milwaukee, shot. Vackavita wounded in hip, neck, and leg. condition critical if missing. Earlier reports claimed all militiamen captured or lost in the woods.
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Dietz
Thornapple Dam
Cam*ron Dam
William Vackavita
Milwaukee
Vackavita
Condi
Tion
Gylland
Bis
Fragmented Swing Bank Robbery Dialogue at Upper Broadway
A garbled OCR text describes a woman entering a branch bank on Upper Broadway and pressing a teller, with the teller demanding identification. The fragment includes disjointed lines about a suspect’s identity, family references, and money, but is largely unintelligible.
Merit is the best advertisement for Egg-O-See
An early 20th century ad touts EGG-O-SEE as the best breakfast food. It claims merit and common sense advertise the product, praises its ease of use, and notes a 10 cent pack containing ten servings. It targets housewives and children, asserts health and strength benefits, and offers a free book titled Back to Nature via HGG-0-SEE Company in Quincy, IL.
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Vie Mudwid
Nature
Hgg-0-See Company
Flist St
Quincy
Engagement Delayed by Creditor Pressure
A witty exchange between a couple reveals her wish for a long engagement while he cites creditors as the real hurry. The man reassures timing is his concern, not theirs, hinting at financial strain behind plans for marriage.
Too Much for Him Inmate Sent to Insane Asylum
A comic exchange reveals Nay was sent to an asylum last week after attempting to study Greek and shorthand simultaneously. The joke centers on him mixing the characters, highlighting the humorous misfortune. The brief dialogue underlines the era's lighthearted framing of mental health as a punchline.
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Jack
Tom
Sea Cow Back as Marking Pad at Zoo
Visitors at the zoo on the Fourth annoyed the sea cow keeper by poling the manatee with canes and pencils. He hired a tramp for 50 cents to track the crowd, noting over 5,000 visitors. The hobo claimed he kept accounts on the animal's back with a soft lead pencil, likening it to a blackboard after exams.
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Stephen
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cure- all Ointment Claims Foot Recovery After Injury
A 1905 patient describes four years of agonizing pain after the right foot was severed to the calf. Doctors failed to close the wound, leaving only proud flesh. She credits Curley Sun ail Ointment with saving the limb after trying many physicians and remedies, and notes a purchase price of six dollars from Wm. Lloyd in Arch Avenue, Ohio.
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Iil
Chile
Polina M. Lloyd
Diogenes and the Pass Question on the Road
A famed traveler resisted inquiry as a seedy man demanded a pass. Fisk challenged a clerk to grant any pass for free travel, praising the first honest reply of the day.
Chemistry pun at lecture about Lot's Wife
A chemistry professor tests students with a riddle about Lot's wife. A quick-witted pupil answers that she changed first into rubber and then into a pillar of salt, leaving the professor puzzled.
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Lot
Pyle
Lot Woider
Lady of the house and cook discuss job references
A householder tells a cook applicant she is not satisfied with the references. The cook replies that he is the best available, noting the small man often audits the universe’s books.
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Nayber
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