Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Healthful Kidneys
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as the best remedy for healthy kidneys. It claims kidneys filter 500 grains daily when well, cites a Mrs O W Erwin of Little Falls Minnesota praising relief from swelling breathlessness and back pain after using the product, and notes price at 50 cents per box from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
O. W. Erwin
Third St
Little Falls
Minn
Doan
Between Women Excerpt Sparks Witty Exchange
A playful dialogue from Puck features contrasting lines about cleverness and homeliness in a witty exchange between speakers. The excerpt hints at social observation and humorous tone.
Daily Fly Killer Advertisement Promises Season-Long Control
An advertising pitch touts a product called a daily fly killer that kills thousands of pests and lasts all season. It instructs readers to send 20 cents to H. Som at 150 DeKalb Ave in Brooklyn, New York, to obtain the product.
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H. Som
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Better Days In A Winter Conversation
A dialogue snippet shows a couple discussing seasons with light irony. He sighs about the third winter and she reassures that summer will arrive soon, reflecting hopeful domestic mood.
What Did She Mean At A Wedding
A guest told a bridesmaid that babies are a nuisance at a wedding causing annoyance to guests. The bridesmaid angrily replies she would print in invitations a note reading No babies expected. The remark was made as the bridal party left the church.
Note With Roses Sparks A Wardrobe Debt
A young man, sending roses to his sweetheart via a gardener for free blooms, learns she found a note with the flowers blaming him for not paying for them with a pair of pants. She reads the blunt message and rejects his gesture as humorless.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clergyman Endorses Grape-Nuts For Health And Energy
A hardworking minister testifies that Grape-Nuts breakfast improved digestion headaches and morning vitality. He notes better focus for sermons and study and credits the cereal with restoring mental and physical vigor. He mentions others helped by his recommendation and cites Postum Co. as sponsor.
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Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Poole Confesses Killing Kemper in Farmhouse Shooting
John W. Poole, wealth owner jailed in Fowler Indiana, admits shooting Joseph Kemper in self defense. Neighbors fear his farm hides other missing workers. Emory Poole, his son, alleges threats against family prompted arrest amid high rural tension.
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John Poole
Fowler
Ind
John W. Poole
Joseph Kemper
Kemper
Poole
Rensselaer
Emory Poole
Gunness
Laporte
Charles Clark
Charles Mack
Scranton
Emory
Ratification of Anglo Japanese Commercial Treaty
Ratifications of a new Anglo Japanese commercial treaty were exchanged in Tokyo on May 6. The pact will take effect July 17 and replaces the existing treaty expiring July 16. It ends British merchants' opposition to Japan’s tariff by granting reductions from 12 to 30 percent on many British imports.
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Japan
Great Britain
Tokyo
Soldier earns life saving medal for Chicago boy rescue
Private Charles M. Morris of Company G signal corps U S A received a silver life saving medal from the treasury department for saving the life of Benjamin Levin's little son who fell into New York harbor near the Statue of Liberty.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Charles M. Morris
Company G
Signal Corps
Benjamin Levin
Chicago
New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
McNamara Brothers Indicted Again in Los Angeles
Ort ie E McManigal testified before the grand jury providing information leading to 21 indictments. One charges McManigal with dynamiting Llewellyn Iron Works on Christmas morning. J J McNamara faces charges of funding and planning the attack. Nine teen indictments accuse J B McNamara and J J McNamara of murder in the Times disaster. Corroborating hotel registers supported the new information. The indictments replace prior charges against the McNamaras and McManigal.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ortie E.cManigal
McNamara Brothers
McManigal
Llewellyn Iron Works
J. J. McNamara
Nineten
J. B. McNamara
Times
McNamaras
Joy ride disaster leaves one dead in Newburg
Newburg New York May 6 one woman killed and two others fatally hurt when a garage car driven by chauffeur John Campbell and Frank Minerly with Mrs Anna Tomer and Mrs Pearl Grant overturns after crossing four miles from the city Minerly is missing Campbell faces charges of taking the car and manslaughter under the new state law Mrs Tomer died under the car Grant was injured.
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Newburg
N. Y
John Campbell
Frank Minerly
Anna Tomer
Pearl Grant
Tomer
Grant
Campbell
Fisher Sinks After Collision on Detroit River
The steel steamship Fisher sank after a collision with the Stephen Clement opposite Wyandotte in the Detroit river. Chief Engineer W. W. April, steward Louis Sugden and Sugden’s wife, who aided him, are missing and presumed drowned. The Fisher went down in minutes leaving a large hole amidships. a Clement boat rescued the surviving crew members who fled in night clothing.
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Detroit
Mich
Fisher
Wyandotte
Detroit River
Stephen Clement
Cleveland
W. W. April
Louis Sugden
Sugden
Clement
Four Garner sisters to attend Pilcher funeral in W VA wreck
Four sisters widowed by rail wrecks will travel to Huntington for the funeral of Engineer Thomas Pilcher of this city. Pilcher was killed in a Chesapeake & Ohio wreck near Thurmond, one of four engineers who married the Misses Garner of Albemarle County. Each engineer and his fireman died in the incident with no passengers harmed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Thomas Pilcher
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Thurmond
Pilchfer
Garner
Albemarle County
West Virginia
Wheat Helps Trade Outlook Brightens But Trade Slows
New York based R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade finds wheat crop optimism improving sentiment for the future, yet current trade activity remains slow and uneven. Metals, iron and steel show dull demand while pig iron markets are steady. rail buying is spasmodic and a mill closes for May. Curtailment persists in cotton goods, woolens suffer from tariff talk, and the shoe trade remains fair but not strong. western weakness lingers despite good crop prospects.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Trade And Industry Quiet As Weather Dampens Demand
Bradstreets reports trade and industry remain quiet with cooler weather and excess moisture suppressing retail and crop progress. Reorder activity in wholesale and jobbers for apparel and spring goods is dampened by weak retail demand and crop tariff uncertainties. Textiles pricing shifts have prompted limited responses, while final distributor stocks stay high. US weekly business failures total 234. Canada reports 26. Wheat exports reach 1,944,827 bushels. twenty four week total 101,724,105 bushels. Corn exports for the week 275,059 bushels.
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Bradstreets
United States
Canadia
Cincinnati Markets Report on Grain Live Stock and Miscellany
The Cincinnati market notes grain prices for flour patents and various wheats, corn, and oats with multiple No. classifications. Live stock values list cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep and lambs with price bands, and miscellaneous items cover poultry, eggs, butter, fruits, vegetables, honey, and produce pricing across local categories.
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Cincinnati
Calery
Michigan
California
Ohio
Thirteen Ward Champion Ignored by Old Gentleman
A street scene lines up as a boy boasts the 45-pound champion of the Thirteen ward, while an elderly man questions the boy's claim and fails to recognize the young fighter.
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Thorteenth Ward
Barber Recovers Thick Hair Using Cuticura Remedies
John F. Williams of Dorchester Boston reports severe dandruff scalp itching and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap for washing and Cuticura Ointment on the scalp thrice weekly he achieves thick hair growth and no itching. He claims the Cuticura remedies cured him and recommends them to customers.
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John F. Williams
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Boston
Mass
Archimedes Bath Exclamation Prompted by Soap Discovery
A classroom exchange revisits Archimedes shouting Eureka after a bath as a teacher explains the meaning of the exclamation and a student misreads it as finding soap. The moment blends history with humor in a pupil’s guess.
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Archimedes
James
Christian Intelligencer
On the Level by Woman's National Daily
A humorous aside frames a social quip about eating habits and integrity. The narrator contrasts assimilating food with buying it openly and honestly, reflecting satirical tone about manners and phrasing.
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National Daily
Preparation of Hamlins Wizard Oil for Night Cold Prevention
A quoted adage encourages taking Hamlin’s Wizard Oil at night to ward off morning colds, paired with a moral remark on life and a price note for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup teething remedy at 25 cents. The text blends homely advice with product pitches and a quotation about happiness.
Immigrants Pour Into Canada From US and Europe
The Canadian Immigration Branch reports 325000 arrivals in the past year with about 130000 from the United States and the rest from Britain and Northern Europe. New reception halls exist in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta while surveys open up districts for 160 acre free homesteads and railways extend to support newcomers. A Winnipeg arrival described as the Vanguard of the 1911 settler army brought 25 families with 41 carloads of gear, horses, cattle, and gas tractors ready for prairie farming. Officials anticipate continued monthly increases and demand for department literature rises.
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Canadian Immigration Branch
Canada
United States
British Isles
Europe
Western
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Antwerp
Atlantic
Red Star
America-Canada
Gothland
New York
Rotterdam
Winnipeg
Man tests joke theory on British guest
A Cleveland man joked with a British guest about Mark Twain’s supposed remark on his death being exaggerated. The guest eagerly asked for the joke, not realizing the story is a humorous anecdote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland
Mark Twain
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fairly Won Refers to a Hard Fought Feat
A snippet from Life quotes a tense exchange about a black eye and fighting for it, capturing a rough, wry tone. The brief line hints at a boastfulpone sense of pride in enduring a hard struggle without naming names or details.
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Jim
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