End of the World by Steam and Madness
In a humid June night Von Minden unveils a steam antidote to lunacy. A labor melee erupts as McDavitt’s ball is burned. steam calms the narrator, but genius malfunctions the next day. Across Washington, mobs seize power, and the steam cure falters as mass frenzy consumes all.
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von Minden
McDavitt
Mullen
Mallen
von Mirden
Rnt
Anson
Union
Congress
United States
Washington
Washington Monument
Eowith
What Comes From Hard Times A Kansas Family Triumphs
In Kansas during the 1880s drought a family endures illness and poverty. A daughter’s typhoid nearly destroys them, but local pharmacists and grocers extend credit and kindness, keeping faith with neighbors. They burn a costly Chicago catalog and vow to support local stores and community merchants.
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Alfred C. Clark
Farmer Williams
Chicago
Kansas
Elsie
Doc
Huston
Mixture of Nations: Louis N Parker Birth Background
Louis N Parker, noted dramatist, born in France to an American father and a Chinese mother. His upbringing spanned several languages, with Italian as his oral language, and he received education in Germany.
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Louis N. Parker
France
Germany
Cures Claimed for Kidney Ailments by Captain Hogan
Captain J W Hogan, former Indianola postmaster now in Justin Texas, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing years of kidney pain, eye trouble, and urinary issues after failed climate changes and medicines. Also mentions remedies Laxative Bromo Quinine and Garfield Tea as cures or aids, and notes Azorean alcohol from sweet potatoes at about 13 cents per liter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hogan
Indianola
Justin
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn, Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Azores
United States
Mercury Free Cure for Catarrh Promoted in Toledo Ad
An old advertisement warns against mercury containing remedies for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urging readers to ensure the correct product. The note includes price and distribution by druggists and testimonials offered free. It also mentions a French president's double found in Paris with a similar appearance and entourage.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hto
F.J Cheney &Co
Head Shaping Proposed by German Doctor
At a German naturalists and doctors convention Dr Walcher of Stuttgart outlined a theory on artificial head shaping in infants. He claimed that resting position and surface affect head form, producing long or short heads over time, while inheritance also plays a role.
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Walcher
Stuttgart
Stimulants Compared to Mortgage on Energy
A 66 year old western resident denounces stimulants as ruinous to energy. He credits quitting coffee and using Tum Foed coffee with relief from rheumatism better sleep steadier nerves and clearer brain and testifies to its food value.
Grand Trunk Pacific to Aid 1907 Western Wheat Shipment
C M Hays president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway states the line will move Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba grain to tide water for the 1907 harvest. He toured from Portage la Prairie to Edmonton covering 735 miles in eighteen days and anticipated larger transportation needs as Western Canada's wheat crop rises to about 125 million bushels in 1907.
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Western Canada
Seaboard
C. M. Hays
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Hays
Portage la Prairie
Edmonton
Grand Trunk Pacific Road
Canada
Archduchess Maria Annunciata Leads Prague Convent Nuns
The first lady of the Austro Hungarian court now heads the Theresian Convent of the Noble Ladies in Prague. Nuns enjoy social prominence, private apartments, carriages, opera boxes, and annual salaries of 500 dollars for each nun and 10,000 dollars for the abbess. They attend court balls in black evening dress with a light blue ribbon.
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Prague
Maria Annunciata
Maria Josefa
Otto
Cure of lifelong itching eruption by Cuticura Ointment
A man recounts a decade of widespread scaly eruptions and intense itching on his body after initial sores on his legs. After ineffective treatments including arsenic, salves, iodine, and baths, he finds relief and hair regrowth following three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, ending fourteen years of suffering.
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Len Gee
Hiram Oe Ek
Dak
Trade-Mark for Ireland Stamped on Products
Ireland adopts a national trademark to stamp goods with legal protection. A penalty may be indicted for improper use of the mark.
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Ireland
Jreld
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Joseph B. Bowles
OPEN
Farmer Williams’ Lesson
Ezra
Foster
Harlow
Williams
Folk
Jefferson City
Missouri
Mr. Williams
B. V Rove
Faubourg
Saint Honore
Grand Trunk Pacific Rail Road
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