Bedbound for Months After Illness Cures With Kidney Pill
A Seattle or Washington state fragment describes a patient bedridden for four months with swelling severe pain and secretions. Doctors reportedly gave up, but after using Dean’s Kidney Pill the patient recovered quickly and returned home. Ad text notes the product sold by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The piece also references a Japanese wedding rite and a sensational line about cremating discarded lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Enos Shyfirer
Washington
Saya
Tao
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Rheumatism Potion Prompts Medical Debate in Tribune Notes
A discussion highlights whiskey's supposed rheumatism cure with a Toris Compound formula from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago. The text mixes dubious medical claims with reflections on memory and reality, including anecdotal remarks and a humor piece about barbering in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Upward Start After Changing from Coffee to Postum
A testimonials letter describes a woman cured of stomach distress and nervous weakness after quitting coffee for Postum. She credits Postum with restoring appetite, digestion, and steady nerves and says she now uses it exclusively. The letter promotes Postum’s health benefits and cites The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Palace of Kings Caprile: Neglect Reveals Glories Lost
The ancient palace once built for Cardinal Alejandro Parneny by Jacopo Barocelli in Rome sits derelict in Kann-Mre Moreno Dalawin’s account. Its pentagonal court, 180 foot sides, 65 foot diameter, and five stories show a fortified Tudor style with casements and bastions. Inside a grand spiral stair rises to the third floor, while gardens, casino, and orchards attest to vanished royal patronage and opulent design.
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Moreno Dalawin
Tuty
Maliaze Marios
Caprarelé
Alejandro Parneny
Wrollinet
Jacopo Barcel
Naples
Mmwaluerd Farnese
Chinese coin regulation project reaches New York official
The Chinese government seeks help from New York officials to regulate currency practice. William A. Chant, with a long public career, signs a five year contract. The government will fund his move to China with his family and provide housing in Peking with servants and supplies. He departs New York to sail via San Francisco aboard the Manchuria, accompanied by assistants L. J. Hate and William Gilfell on the mission.
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New York
Colential Empire
William A. Chant
Hobbie
Grant
China
Peking
Manchuria
San Francisco
Orient
Mr. Grant
L. J. Hate
Willam Gilfell
Frescoes and Decay Mark Farnese Palace Visit
An inspection reveals frescoes by Zuccaro and Tempesta depicting the Farnese lineage, battles with Charles V, and Paul III. The palace walls show wear from visitors, with gardens in ruin, statues stolen, and thefts of lead and furniture by tenants and stewards.
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Zuccaro
Tempesta
Farnese
Oragio Farnese
Henry II
France
Ottavio
Charles V
Alessandro
Ottavio Farnese
Paul 111
Metro Farnese
Orazio
Rome
Paul III
Trent
Franely 1
Charles
Africa
America
Perhaye
Palace 14
Ministry of Public Instruction
Dia
European Petroleum Expert Sails for Germany to Standardize Tests
Dr. Leo Ubbelohde, a Karlsruhe Technical high school teacher and general secretary of the International Commission on Petroleum Products, sails to Germany after touring the United States. Named Europe’s top authority on petroleum products, he will visit Pennsylvania oil fields to establish an international system of unified tests, with approval from the German emperor and President Roosevelt.
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New York
Leo Ubbelotde
Germany
United States
Ubbelohde
Technical High School of
Karlsruhe
International Commission On the Products of Petroleum
Europe
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Pay-within streetcars debut in Philadelphia transit plan
David W. Day and Dr. Abbelohde son Bistour described Philadelphia's Hapid Transit Company introducing 50 pay-within cars. Front and rear platforms close while moving, doors open only at stops, and pneumatic door operation with conductors handling. Car steps fold when doors close ensuring boarding only after stopping, with exits at each end and entrance at the rear.
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Philadelphia
Hapid Transit Company
Truth and Quality in a Popular Laxative Claim
The advertisement touts Syrup of Mge and Elixir of Senne as a valued laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility. It asserts pleasant natural action, physician approval, and warns to purchase only the genuine California Pig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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California Pig Syrup, Co
The Newest Mode Baby Welcome Sparks Home Talk
In a playful exchange Susie asks about the newborn at home and if the infant looks well. Sammy brims with pride, comparing the baby to a fashionable new arrival from the milliner, signaling delight in the latest newborn trend.
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Susie
Sammy
Severe Hemorrhoids Patient Praises Cuticura Cure
An 80 year old man recalls a three year ordeal with hemorrhoids and eczema. After failed remedies and hospital surgery, he used Cuticura Soap ointment and suppositories, with gradual improvement over months. He notes the treatments were costly but effective and credits Cuticura for restoring health.
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J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton, N
Plants That Grow in the Air Epiphytes and Air Plants
Fresh air bakes describe aerophytes or epiphytes that live in the air rather than soil. These air plants obtain nourishment from atmospheric moisture and are found on orange trees in South America. They resemble carnations and bloom in spring with pink flowers in small stalked bunches.
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South America
Western Hiccult Co Vanilla Wafer Ad
An odd OCR fragment advertises Western Hiccult Co Vanilla Wafer 100 at grocers. The rest mentions a Mills and nonsensical lines about love, a dainty find, and a school without vacations, showing garbled text and stray phrases.
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Western Hiccult Co
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Cynthia
Hardappie
Hiram
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New Yorker
Williait
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Geological Survey
Dr. Abbelohde Son Bistour
Cutiura
Red Cross
New Orleans
Winslow
Aristotle
Dodd
Western
Canada
Government of
Crawford
K Street
Kansas City
Missouri
Alog
Uate
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Statter
School For
Noandal
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All
N. Y
Wichita
White House
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Brown Shoe Co., Makers
St. Louis
U.S. A
Sloan
Price
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
Lewis
Robert G. Ingersol
Frank P. Lewis
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West
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