Veteran Heller praises Doan's Kidney Pills relief in 1899 Urbana notice
Joshua Heller of 706 South Walnut Street Urbana Illinois reports kidney trouble relief after taking Doan's Kidney Pills in fall 1899. He credits the pills with curing pain in his back and sides and notes continued satisfaction when attacks recur. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the product with price. text includes a cartoon caption from Puck.
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Joshua Heller
Walnut Street
Urbana
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Man Discovers 1000 Errors in First Volume of Encyclopedia
A diligent researcher who studied ten languages examined 35 000 pages of a recently published encyclopedia. He identified over 1 000 mistakes in the first volume, and found thousands more in subsequent volumes, largely without the publishers' knowledge.
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Success Magazine
Why Touch-Me-Not and the Crane Named Plants
The note explains that colimbine, geranium, and rock share bird names the fove crane and crane's din. It notes the geranium seed pods resemble a crane bill and that touch-me-not seeds burst from the pod when touched, spreading seeds. St. Nicholas.
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Epir
St. Nicholas
Rivals to precious stones in jewelers market slump
The New York Press notes a change in trend as semi gemstones like kuznite onyx and jade replace diamonds in popular neck wear. Women formerly loyal to genuine gems now favor colorful mineral chains, with figures like Ms. George Gould showcasing water stones from Uruguay.
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George Gould
Uruguay
New York
Food in Sermons Brings Health and Energy Says Minister
A minister testifies that switching from oatmeal to Grape-Nuts with Postum improved digestion headaches and daytime energy. He notes morning indigestion faded, mental and physical vigor returned, and he has used the product for four years. He mentions others helped by his recommendation and cites a postum company book offer.
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Iem
Postum Company
Bate Creek
Mich
Wellville
The Sorcerer of St. Giles ROF. William H. Peck
In a perilous cliff cave Clarence Darrell confronts Bashfort to save Helen Beaudart. The struggle begins with misled infatuations and ends as Clarence proclaims his true identity the spirit of Claude de Lavet, rescuing Helen and subduing Bashfort.
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St. Giles
William H. Peck
Heaven
Bashfort
Blawéapof
Claude de Lavet
Clarence
le Clercs
France
Raymond Sosia
Clarence Darrell
Helen Beauclair
Badhfort
Helen
Fleet Clare
Menia
Aly
Neill Bashfort
Hiis
Trailers The chase through Man churia ends with names
In a Chicago News report a humorous exchange unfolds as a breathless Japanese soldier boasts of catching Russians only to be told they have merely caught up with their names. The Russian counterclaim notes the distance remains five miles ahead.
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Manchuria
Chicago News
Medium Messages From Husband In Heaven
A widow reports a spiritual message from a medium claiming her late husband speaks from heaven. The medium asserts the husband often visited the wife in life and now continues to communicate after death. The exchange centers on comfort and ongoing spiritual contact.
Modern Society and Tatler Snippets Tangle
A garbled collage of social chatter from The Tatler, Modern Society and Puck. It hints at engagements permissions mothers and a wealthy chauffeur awaiting a larger machine. Names include Rosenvaum Eckstein Cohen and Watt in a light, salon tone.
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Jack
Wax
Watt
Puck
New Uses for Hypnotism in Suppressing Liquor and Smoking
A London hypnotist touts methods to curb alcohol and tobacco desires. He cites cases where suggestions trigger aversion to wine and cigarettes, leading to long-term abstinence. Renowned practitioners like Dr Jung of The Hague, Dr Milne Bramwell, and Tokaraky of Moscow report varied cure rates, and the expert argues suggestion as a key in disease treatment, noting ancient Indian knowledge on faith and psychic force.
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London
Jung
The
Hague
Milne Bramwell
Tokaraky
Moscow
India
Frightened by Degrees in a Kansas Lecture
A Chicago scientist lectured on bacteriology to a small town audience including the leading citizen’s gardener and housekeeper. They attended for magician views, showed no reaction during the talk, then the gardener asked if his wife paid attention and confessed fear, saying she was scared.
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Kansas
Chicago
Maggie
Jes
The
Sunday Magazine
Hard Luck Story From Georgia Prohibition County
Judge Bartlett relates a Georgia case of severe hardship. A resident in a prohibition county traveled fifteen miles to obtain liquor, planned to hide a quart of whisky, and inadvertently dropped it into an abandoned well under a brush pile.
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Judge Bartlett
Georgia
Prohibition
Houston Chronicle
The Draught in a Silent Night Encounter
A night journey along a quiet road reveals a dim figure on the ground. A patient speaker notes a prone man overconsumed by wine, while a friend and the narrator observe with wary curiosity. The scene shifts to a chant of a stronger draught and an endless time in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Dead fish remark jars Boston Herald tale at boarding house
A Boston Herald writer recalls a boarding house guest praising landlady’s fishballe. An elderly lady and a young man debate the dish noting it is made of dead fish. She vows to never eat another as long as five.
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Boston Herald
A Memorial Incident in a Quoted Conversation
An aged Black man recalls a memory as he challenges a younger speaker. The exchange includes a boastful line about never meeting before and a muttered remark on sobriety, reflecting a remembered, lingering impression of a generation prior.
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Darkey
Luminous Shrimps Found By Prince of Monaco
The Prince of Monaco, while deep sea fishing in the Mediterranean, discovers luminous shrimps living at depths of 1100 to 1600 fathoms. They are studded with small phosphorescent spots that glow through the dark depths.
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Prince of
Monaco
Mediterranean
Agony Of Sore Hands Prompts Cure With Cuticura
The Houston Post quotes a relieved user describing cracked and peeled hands caused by water and heat. After trying doctors, one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment restored her hands, enabling housework again, signed Minnie Drew from Barab, Massachusetts.
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Cuthura
Mra
Minnie Drew
Dana St
Barbary, Mass
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received recent patent awards announced by Lothrop Johnson, patent lawyers. Names include George Almond Parker 8 D car door Alfred Andresen Minneapolis Mion cake iron Richard Cushy St Paul Jozeph Lewis Paul eyeglasses Wille Lindgren Litchville Peter McGrath Hibbing siphon John Orr Dillon carburetor.
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Northwestern
Lothrop @ Johnson
Pioneer- Press Building
St. Paw
Minn
George Almond
Parker
Car Doar
Alfred Andresen
Minneapolis
Mion
Richard Cushy
St. Paul
Jozeph Lewis
Baldheaded Man Denounces Grover Hair Tonic Testimonial
A baldheaded man dismisses Dr. Grover's hair tonic claim as a false fabrication in a bold statement. He characterizes the testimonial as hair-raising fiction and notes the remark appeared in the Portland Telegram.
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Grover
Eht
Portland
Ore
Bosthith arte fae gree and unclear dialogue
Fragmentary text presents garbled phrases about a person named WNewed claiming a model wife. It includes a quoted line and mentions a Tribune, with repeated nonsensical segments and no clear events or names to establish a coherent news item.
Economy Preached and Practiced by the Yard
A fragment notes an odd adage about preaching economy to a wife by the yard and practicing it by the inch. The line references OR, J. H. RINDLAUR (Speciallat) and Throat as part of the garbled OCR text.
Nervous Women Sufferings Rooted in Uterine Disorders
Report notes that many nervous women suffer from uterine disorders that are often unsuspected and misattributed to general nerves. Medical experts urge thorough examination and recognition of underlying gynecological causes to alleviate lifelong distress.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A promotional notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous debility and related female ailments. It cites testimonials from women claiming relief from irritability insomnia and fatigue, urging readers to try the remedy.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinks Hham
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