Rattle of the Riveter Featured in Kansas City Star
A Kansas City Star excerpt describes a man and his nephew on Grand Avenue as a riveter machine on a tall steel structure speeds up. The old man reacts with astonishment while seeking the source, joking about a woodpecker in the city’s skyline.
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Crisis of girlhood and Lydia E. Pinkham’s claim cited
A fragmentary report discusses Miss Emma Cole praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as saving her life and making her well. The text questions how many young girls have sacrificed their lives and how many cities or displacements have occurred in this period, implying a broader social crisis.
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Lydia Bi Pinkham
le Rane
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A dated reader letter extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to ease pain and restore health for young women. The note urges mothers to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham and promotes free guidance from her daughter-in-law on women's wellness.
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Fever in Havana and other far ranging 1906 news
A digest of scattered 1906 reports notes Havana yellow fever troubles, a drowning of five St Paul scholars near Montreal, famine distress in Russia, looting and arson at Keyford West Virginia, and a Denver National Grange meeting setting Hartford Connecticut in 1907. Other items include wrecked steamship Psnaina on Lake Superior, loggers drowned in Cumberland River, salary rises for deputies, and various political and legal developments.
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No Favors May Be Shown Russian Jews
St Petersburg reports rising threats from reactionary parties against expanding Jewish rights. The central council of the League of the Russian People disclaims responsibility for possible outrages and releases dispatches sent to the emperor from localities. The note highlights tensions between reactionary and monarchial factions and Premier Stolypin's administration amid calls for restraint.
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Five Hundred On Board Burned Ship In Toulon Fire
In Toulon France the torpedo schoolship Algesiras with 500 men aboard was destroyed by fire. Officials said all were saved except three sailors who did not respond to signals and were presumed burned. The ship, 5047 tons, built in 1858, had served as harbor vessel and torpedo training ship.
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Norway Safe From Attack and Diplomatic Pact Expected
A proposed international compact to guarantee Norway’s inviolability and preserve its neutrality is to be recorded in diplomacy, with Norway’s frontier defenses and Sweden accord discussed amid fears of aggression. A Prague dispatch reports Servian political shifts showing royal opposition to the Karageorgeviteh dynasty. In Bellevue Ohio a rooming house double tragedy unfolds as James E Scott Mitchell and his wife are found dead. initial coroner verdict of suicide is reconsidered amid drugging suspicions.
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Small Bunch of Cuban Rebels Take to the Hills
Information received that a band of ten to fifteen Cuban rebels has moved into a town near Clenfuegos. Rural guards are pursuing them with available forces as authorities assess the incident's seriousness. Guzman and other leaders are said to have offered their services.
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The Marrying Squire Judge Married 1400 Couples
A column notes Justice Geo B Law of Brazil Indiana gained notoriety as The Marrying Squire for having officiated at about 1400 marriages. It recalls his earlier role as deputy county treasurer and cites an anecdote about kidney trouble cured by Dean's Kidney Pills in 1897. There are additional brief items on reception costs, Allcock's Plaster, Reynard the fox, polyglot Jeremiah Curtin, storage flowers, and Zionist leadership.
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Doctor’s Trials Highlight Grape-Nuts Recovery Tale
An overworked Ohio physician recounts health collapse from heavy practice and business duties. He credits daily Grape-Nuts with rapid, lasting improvement in weight, stamina, and mood, and praises the pamphlet The Road to Wellville handed to patients.
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Worst eczema patient finds cure with Cuticura Remedies
A Boston reader from Piermont New Jersey describes a severe eczema case starting at four months. After failed doctor visits the family used all three Cuticura Remedies and the child recovered within six months. Oct 24 1905.
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RL Risley
Piermont
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Artist Laments Solitude On Tours
The article notes Mme Bernard and Signore Duse dislike being alone while traveling. Tenor Carico, described as of a volatile temperament, travels with a companion who handles planning, advice, and all logistical duties for the artist.
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Weeds Multiply Across Patchwork Fields
A wartime era note explains weed propagation with numbers for pepper grass 13 000 serds dandelion 12 000 shepherds purse 37 000 wheat thief 7 000 common thistles 65 000 chamomile 16 000 ragweed 5 000 plantain 47 000 burdock 42 000.
Beare the Signature of y oa Use Porter 30 Texts
A physician in the British Medical Journal notes a trend of self prescribing aspirin. The piece compares familiar remedies to acetylsalicylic acid and jokes that such practices would blur medical memory. Also referenced is William Mayer, Australian educator in America, and Gen Plequart’s gentle nature in French service with the nickname Georgette.
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Boston
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Austalia
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Anny
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Cactus Timepieces and School Policy Notes
Reading fragments describe diverse cacti with teethlike spines used as combs and as timepieces. A school board plan requires principal administration with parental written permission. The piece lists cactus varieties and their imagined timekeeping patterns, with archaic spelling and scattered prose.
Rheumatism Cured by De Williams Pink Pills
Mrs Henry Oita of West Cheshire Connecticut credits De Will Williams Pink Pills with curing her rheumatism after years of pain and bed rest. She reports quick improvement after starting the pills and full recovery after a few boxes, praising their effect on nerves sleep and vitality.
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