Inhaler Claim Promises Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement touts Hyomei inhaler as a cure for catarrh sore throat and colds. It asserts germs are destroyed and claims testimonials from Mrs Hopkins and others. A free booklet and sample are offered, with extra bottles obtainable for 50 cents at grocers and Booth's Hyomei Co. of Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S100
Gruggists Everywice
Joe Kamock & Son’s
Ami
da Hopkins
Hyeomeot
Tepelos
Lam
Hyemei
James Oponeer
Hyemed
Jones
A. Haslan
Croton
Lee County
Booth’s
Uyumei Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Ice fishing season opens on Winnipesaukee and nearby lakes
The article describes ice fishing on Lake Winnipesaukee and smaller nearby waters, with trout and salmon season running January 1 to June. It notes rising visitor numbers, seasonal camps or bob houses, and a legislated daily catch limit and sale prohibition implemented to curb wholesale slaughter.
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Bacovia
N. H
Winnipisseogee
Winnipisseoges
Big Lake
Weirs
Meredith
Alton Bay
Wolfeboro
Lake Winnesquam
Child prodigy William Sidis speaks on The Fourth Dimension
In Cambridge Harvard, ten year old William J Sidis, the youngest Harvard matriculated student, addressed the Harvard Mathematical Society on The Fourth Dimension. Accompanied by his father Prof Boris Sidis, the boy impressed gray haired professors with a polished thesis and answered a flood of questions at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
William J. Sidis
Harvard University
Conant Hall
Harvard Mathematical Society
Boris Sidis
Sidis
Immigrants Arrive in Record Numbers at Ellis Island
New York reports 775000 steerage passengers entered America last year under Ellis Island landing agent W. C. Moore. Italians led arrivals with a notable rise from Brazil, while 1907 had higher totals due to many naturalized citizens returning.
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New York
America
W. C. Moore
Ellis Island
Bible as model for journalism admired by Kansas City ministers
Kansas City ministers cite the Bible as a journalism model in a talk by Walter Williams dean of the Missouri University School of Journalism. He praises Moses as a first great editor and Luke as the best reporter, noting the Bible's vivid biographical detail and daily life storytelling.
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Alliance of
Kansas City
Walter Williams
School of Journalism
Missouri University
Williams
Moses
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Sodom
Shechem
Hamori
Judah
Tamar
Luke
Bid on Shadows Get a Girl at New Egypt Event
In New Egypt New Jersey a church and School Improvement association sponsored a shadow bidding entertainment. Bidders offered for the company of a girl for the evening plus a lunch, with profits going to the church and association.
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New Jersey
New Egypt
N. J
Presbyterian
Church and School Improvement Association
Church
Improvement Association
New West Pest Threat Described By Government
Washington reports a new hairy caterpillar pest spreading across the west destroying pastures from northwestern New Mexico to southwestern Kansas. Chief Entomologist Howard notes it has appeared for two years with no known parasites or disease and may fade without intervention. The Agriculture Department seeks funding to study another forage pest, a European weevil harming alfalfa in Utah.
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Washington
Howard
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Utah
End of Historic Garden Sold for Office Building
Madison Square Garden designed by Stanford White and built for 3.09 million dollars has been sold to a real estate syndicate. The structure on the market at 3 million will be torn down for a modern office building, a move that risks the annual national horse show and affects the Madison Square Garden Company led by president Frank K. Sturgis with J. P. Morgan as a member.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden Company
Frank K. Sturgis
J. P. Morgan
Verdict Hits Long Island Railroad For Weeds Case
A Smithtown jury awards 32 200 against the Long Island railroad for failing to cut weeds brush and grass along the right of way. The damages sought totaled 73 000 covering two years. This case is the first under the forest fish and game laws enacted in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Smithtown
L. I
Long Island Railroad
Forest, Fish, and Game
Wealthy Pasadena sermon warns on decline of ministry
Rev. Joseph William Cochran of Boston, president of the Presbyterian Board of Education, preached to Pasadena’s wealthy congregation critiquing the shrinking number of rich parents sending sons to the ministry. He recalled "the good old days" when the ministry was a common path for aspiring young men.
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Pasadena
Cal
Joseph William Cochran
Presbyterian Board of Education
Boston
Mass
Passadena Presbyterian Church
Tepic Bans Large Sombreros Citywide
Tepic authorities issue an absolute prohibition on wearing the massive sombreros favored by working men, aiming to curb the style in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Mexico
Tepic
Edison predicts a brighter world for workers in 2110
Thomas A. Edison foresees rapid advances by 2110 with cheaper commodities, automatic machinery, and scientific farming. He says factory labor will shrink to supervision of machines, eight hour days will prevail, and clothing will be affordable allowing fashion for all.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Medals Planned for 1860 Lady Elgin Heroes
Secretary MacVeagh will award medals for heroism to Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, Bishop Charles H. Fowler’s family, and Edmund Spencer for saving lives during the Lady Elgin disaster on September 8, 1860. Hartzell also saved others in the Storm wreck of 1864. The 1874 law authorized medals but was not retroactive. a change now allows medals to be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Joseph C. Hartzell
Charles H. Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edmund Spencer
Northwestern University
Lady Elgin
Lake Michigan
Bishop Hartzell
Hfe
Department
Silver dollar proves valuable in Kansas City fare dispute
An elderly man paid his fare with a dated 1798 silver dollar. The conductor questioned if the coin was good and received 95 cents change, placing the coin aside to avoid reusing it in change. The article notes the coin bears the liberty head and eagle design with United States of America inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
EH. W. Ellis
Independence
United States of America
Per Capita Money Rumor Calculations in Washington
Treasury estimates a population of 89,644,000 making 34.83 dollars per person if the 3.122 billion dollars in circulation were evenly divided. The total currency is about 30 million higher than last year, with bank notes secured by notes at 688 million and the rest by lawful money. National bank notes outstanding exceed last year by about 33 million.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
National Bank
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Dolly Varden
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Joe K. Smock
Son’s Drug Store
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East Side Sq
Sullivan
Ind
Fletcher
Vgasuu
Law Off
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Lake Winnipisseogee
Bay
Denver
Col
Stephen Mellinger
Mellinger
Stephen
John
Samuel
Harry Rose
Retail Merchants’ Association
Leavenworth
John M. Laineg
Laing
Maj. Laign
Maj. Laing
Masonic Builine
Madison Square
Sea Heeau
Sullyan
Gants
Fess
Union Christian College
Merom
Indiana
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D. C
Schiller
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