Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aimed at Women
After seven years of illness Mrs. Sallie French of Pancaunta Indian Territory reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy for displacement, inflammation, fibroids, irregularities and nervous prostration, inviting letters for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
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E.pinkham
Sallie French
Pancaunta
Ind
Ter
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Eczema Cure Story From 1907 Letter
A father recalls his son Clyde nearly covered with eczema and limb complications. After six weeks of Culicura products the boy slept through the night and soon recovered fully. The note endorses Culicura and warns to examine bottles for the trademark.
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Clyde
Culicura
Nextmars
Algy
Cockburn
Shitoh
Proof of Prosperity Section Proves Economic Optimism
A farmer in Oklahoma asserts strong profits from a plan to spread a net and capture four thousand dollars from a single eyelone, reflecting confident local outlook.
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Oklaoma
Healthful living booster touts reliable laxative product
An advertisement extols a wholesome family laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a proven product with worldwide approval. It urges readers to buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy through leading druggists and highlights its healthful claims and physician recommendation.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Aly
Forest fires wipe out Michigan towns and flood region
Massive forest fires in northern Michigan, driven by strong winds, destroy the villages of Chase in Presque Isle and Legrand in Cheboygan, with Rondo nearly vanished and Kentucky village wiped out. Dozens of outlying farms and large timber camps are lost as smoke obscures the sun and fires threaten broader counties including Leelanau and Otsego.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Cheboygan
Presque Ile
Leelanau
Charlevoix
Otsego
Chase
Pre
Perilland
Boyne City
Kentucky
Fohihad
Cheboygan County
Richardson Lannier Company
Hikhtfalawe
Panic on a Crowded Ferry Engulfs Detroit
A near disaster occurred on the Detroit river as the Britannia rammed the City of Alpena during a doge by the Wayne Street dock. Passengers crowded the decks and women fainted but no serious injuries were reported.
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Detroit
Mich
Lietroit
Creamer Britannia
Tietroit Company
Mepale
Briannin
Lazy Stree
City of Alpené
Wayne Street
Lefghour
Britaneia
Britannia
City of Alpena
Baby Drowns In Three Inches Of Water
In Crookston Minnesota on June 23 seventeen months Louis Trudeau's baby fell into three inches of water in a wash tub at home and could not rise. In Fort William Ontario on the same date Frederick Jeffrey John Crowley died instantly in a premature explosion in the Lock Limond tunnel. William Jock was fatally injured.
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Tot
Crookston
Minn
Louis Trudeau
Alters
Fort William
Ont
Frederick Jeffrey
John Crowley
Lock-Limond
William Jock
Jilted Girl Takes Own Life in Carbolic Acid Tragedy
In Lehigh County Pennsylvania on June 23 Gertrude Kendie eighteen years old ended her heartache by swallowing a two-ounce bottle of carbolic acid. She died shortly after at a local hospital.
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le, Pa
Gertrude Kendie
Secretary Taft Narrowly Escapes Wreck on Pennsylvania Express
Secretary Taft survived a near miss on a Pennsylvania Railroad eastbound train near Coehocton when a locomotive piston failed and a cracked cylinder halted six cars on a sharp curve. Taft and National Committeeman Kellogg dined after the stop as officials assessed the incident. Taft planned to continue to New Haven for Yale commencement then return to Washington, pending schedules.
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Teniion, Co
Taft
Pennsylvania Myer
Coshocton
National
Yale
Cincian Ali
Oy Jeam
New York
New Haven
Conn Son
Yule
Washington
National Capital
Republican National Committee
Women Hold Big Meeting in Hyde Park Demonstration
Half a million suffragettes gathered in London Hyde Park in favorable weather for a landmark demonstration on June 23. The crowd filled the park and surrounding areas as the event drew intense attention for its size and political impact.
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London
Bean
Hyde Park
Theetty
Missouri River floods threaten Yankton real estate
The Missouri River is very high at Yankton SD and cutting land for miles upstream. In the Pew days about ninety five acres were lost as immense sewage was released to a government dyke, 500 feet under mined and carried away. The original dyke was 2600 feet long but erosion has shortened it, destroying harbor space used by the ferryboat and forcing nearby property to be moved.
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Missouri
Yankton, SD
Lee
Tragedy at Fourteenth Street Rail Station
A man sprang before a six car train at the Fourteenth Street station in New York and was killed. The crowd, many poorly dressed and emaciated, witnessed the incident and several women were overcome by the spectacle causing near panic.
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New York
Fourteenth Atvel
Aime
Fatally Wounds Wife in Cleveland Quarrel Over Money
Police say John Kelley age 75 fatally wounded his wife Margaret age 73 in their Cleveland home early yesterday. Kelley then attempted suicide. The couple reportedly quarreled over money matters.
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Cleveland
John Kelley
Margaret
Kelley
Warship to Tangier Proclaimed by Foreign Minister
Senor Salazar announces by June 23 that the foreign powers will send a warship to Tangier to protect foreign lives and property. He says troops may be landed if Moroc foreign board requests it.
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Tangier
Madrid
Senor Salazar
Mangled Body Found in Hudson River near Harlem Bridge
Unidentified man found dead in the Hudson River near One Hundred Fifteenth Street. Police are unsure if the death is murder or the result of a collision with passing tugs. The body was described as naked and severely mangled.
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Harbor
New York
Hudson River
One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Fire Sweeps Fulton Village in Michigan
Fire destroyed several business houses and dwellings in Fulton village, Kalamazoo County, about twenty miles southeast of here, causing an estimated loss of 50 000 dollars. Fire swept through on June 23, damaging multiple structures and leaving the scene under investigation.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Fulton
Here
Million Dollar Storm Destroys Crops Across Minnesota
A massive storm swept southern and southwestern Minnesota causing crop and property damage likely in the millions. One death reported in Burns township, Brown County, with barns and buildings toppled and grain ripped from fields. Prairie du Chien and McGregor areas near the Mississippi faced extensive losses, with several towns hit by hail and high winds.
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Burns Township
Brown County
Jim Wotdings
Kael
Canby
Yellow Medicine
South Dakota
Pottins Hall
Ina
Ai Irea
Lyon County
Austin
Dwayne Ottrons
Prairie Wi Ohfon
Wis
Qune
Prairie Due Chien
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Mississippi River
Curfew Ordinance for Dogs Considered by Eau Claire Council
Eau Claire Wisconsin reports the city council will pass a dog curfew ordinance at the next meeting. The measure requires dogs to be confined after 6 PM with a five dollar fine for violations. The rule aims to reduce canine attacks on pedestrians after dark.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Explosion Sours Arcadia Tragedy in Philadelphia Dockyard
Aboard the German steamer Arcadia from Hamburg one man died another is missing after an explosion near Philadelphia. Nearly twenty others were hurt in the blast as the ship docked, with crews scrambling to account for the missing sailor.
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Philadelphia
Arcadia
Hamburg
Pioneer of Colorado and Nebraska veteran Matthiae Campbell
Details a Blair Nebraska resident Matthiae Campbell, Civil War and two Indian wars veteran, praising cures from Doin's Kidney Pills and noting back pain and urinary issues. Advertisements for Allen's Foot-Ease and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup appear amid reminiscences and sayings.
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Matthiae Campbell
Colorado
Nebraska Street
Blair
Neb
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Mrs Pinkham Sails for European Trip
Mrs Pinkham of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company sails with her son Arthur W. Pinkham and younger family members for Naples on May 20 for a three month tour of Europe and a vacation.
Sore Eye Salve ad and inane product teaser
An OCR fragment promotes PATIT'S EYE SALVE as curing eye diseases and claims all druggists in Howard Bros Buffalo NY carry it. It presses beware of a manipulative “tight man” and warns deafness cannot be cured, touting a tube restoring hearing and urging readers to trust druggists.
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Patit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Ye
Bord Ny Druggleta
Hal
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