Peruna Help Said To Cure Stomach Catarrh
Lenora Bodenhamer of Kernersville North Carolina writes that stomach catarrh and indigestion plagued her until she used Peruna and Manalin after medical advice. She reports feeling as well as ever and urges others with similar symptoms to try Peruna based on her experience. The note claims many similar testimonials exist in the company files.
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Lenora Bodenhamer
Box
Kernersville
N. C
Hartman
Has hazing been abolished in schools questioned
In a terse exchange the caller asks if hazing has been abolished in educational institutions and the information editor returns to his desk seeking a precise answer. The line highlights concern over student conduct and institutional reforms amid a changing era.
Exceptional Weather Spur Wheat Bumper Yields in Alberta
A Winnipeg Free Press correspondent reports Pincher Creek District in Southern Alberta as the origin of fall wheat with yields 40 to 60 bushels per acre and many fields producing No. 1 Northern quality. The region shows strong profits, cheap land, and a growing market in nearby mining towns and British Columbia. rail expansion by the Great Northern Railroad is planned. The Canadian lands open to settlers offer 160 acres beyond 160 homestead acres at $3.00 an acre, with rail access. The piece cites the Marshall News Messenger’s July 1908 tour notes praising Western Canada’s vast, fertile expanse and immigration potential.
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Man
Free Press
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Crow’s Nest Pass
British Columbia
Jim Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Canada
Marshall (Minn.) News-Messenger
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
La Montagne Pelee is artistic cliffhanger
A dramatic scene unfolds as a blind woman and a rescuer endure a burning cistern. He recalls the fatal sacrifice that saved her while blaming himself for not saving others. The line between memory and truth sharpens as she asserts the volcano is artistic.
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Pelee
Feela
la Montagne Pelee
Sharpening a Pencil Reveals a Husband’s Temper
A New York Press piece fills a humorous guide for women on choosing a mate by how he sharpens a lead pencil. It links habits to traits, from secrecy and arrogance to impulsiveness, imagination, and steadiness, ending with a compliment to the refined type as a reliable partner.
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New York Press
Student's kiss sparks train intrigue on Kursk to Kiev ride
In a Kursk to Kiev train compartment a student kissed a sleeping lady, causing a clash with a priest and a policeman. The upset woman struck the student, a protocol was drawn, and a Jewish passenger later cleared the priest, ending the incident.
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Russia
London Globe
Kursk
Kiev
Witty exchange on rain and missing umbrella joke
Philadelphia Press notes a humorous exchange about rain and a stolen umbrella carried for two weeks. The excerpt adds a line about a chalking time and a carpenter's kit as a quirky aside.
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Philadelphia Press
The Weekly Historian Chronology 1502 to 1905
A sweeping chronology lists events from 1502 to 1905. It covers explorers, battles, political milestones, and notable deaths, including Columbus naming Porto Bello Drake's voyage Raleigh's execution the Erie Canal opening and Roosevelt era actions. It ends with a dementia tragedy in Pittsburgh.
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Columbus
Porto Bello
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
London
Century Plant Blooms After Long Dormancy and Dies
The century plant blooms only once in its lifetime, with variations by climate. In southern California it flowers after fifteen to twenty years, in colder regions after forty to fifty years, then dies after releasing a tall stalk and tassel-like flowers. Suckers at the base regrow into new plants.
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California
Mexico
Nature
Technical World Magazine
Ethical Remedy Promoted by Well Informed World
An advertising paragraph extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted family laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. The piece urges buying genuine products and credits widespread physician approval and world recognition. A joke about Sagebrush Sam follows, noting his wish to die with boots on and the punchline about missing socks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Sam
Mulch roses with manure before winter in October
Garden Magazine advises a heavy mulch for roses to endure winter, applying enough manure so the settled layer reaches six inches. Do not apply until the cold weather arrives in mid to late October.
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Garden Magazine
Health Returns to Work Through Grape-Nuts Diet
A Michigan woman details years of indigestion and fatigue after surgery. After a year of poor appetite and weak nerves, she began eating Grape-Nuts and regained appetite, stamina, and ambition within two months. The testimonial credits Postum Co. and invites reading The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Well- Ville
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