Civil War Veteran Recalls Kidney Troubles and Cure
Capt John L Bly of Co B 11th Ohio recalls kidney pain after the Civil War and reliance on Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy relieved his distressing symptoms, restoring health after years of discomfort and cane use. The ad cites a 50 cents box from Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John L. Bly
Et Co
Ohio
East Second Street
Newton
Kansas
WIM
Dean
Milburn Co
Buffalo
Rich Women and Broken Crockery Highlight Newport Anecdote
Fashionable women are shown to feel sorrow over broken glass as Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish notes a dry goods store cement that mends glass and makes it ring. A Cuticura testimonial from Mrs. A. B. Maurer describes relief from persistent hand sores after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Veterans of the Civil War die at about 100 daily, with pension rolls near 3,000 monthly. Chamois skin supply and use are discussed, noting limited animal skins and preference for undyed lambskin lining.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Newport
A Winning Start Affected by Breakfast Diet Change
A teacher recounts digestive distress from a simple breakfast of fruit toast and egg. She adopts Postum Cereal with Grape-Nut and reports improved digestion, steadier nerves, and a ten pound weight gain. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and promotes a health claim.
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Postum Co
Battle Mich
Wellville
Silver Purchase Plan Marks First Government Buy In Thirteen Years
The United States government announces its first silver purchase for coinage in thirteen years. Tenders are invited for delivery to Philadelphia New Orleans or Denver mints with settlement on a New York bullion basis. The treasury warns of possible market impact and reserves power to reject tenders. Since 1879 the nation increased subsidiary coin stock and in 1900 redirected bullion to subsidiary coinage, issuing about $33 million in silver dollars since then.
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Weashington
Hoa
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Murder mystery woman found near Temescal Canyon
Police probe the decomposed body of a thin 25 year old woman found in Temescal canyon near a resort. Bullet wound indicates murder while clothes quality suggests high status. No identification available despite extensive efforts.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Temescal Canyon
Escapee Frank Ball Captured by Kentucky Posse in Washout Battle
Special from Middleaboro Kentucky says Frank Ball who recently escaped jail at Richmond was captured late Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Rice Johnson and a posse after a one hour battle. Ball had previously killed Bolen a Middleboro barber and had fled into the mountains. He was later moved toward jail in Richmond through militia efforts.
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Washington
New York Navy Yard
Department
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Khorville
Tenn
Middleaboro
Journal and Tribune
Frank Ball
Richmond
Rice Johnson
Bolen
Middleboro
Richy Ky
Middlewboro
Silver Mines Will Start Up
The treasury department will resume silver purchases to meet demand for diary coins. General Frank Hall argues this move will stimulate production from existing mines and lead to reopening about 180 mines, with markets stabilizing and prospects for price increases, plus expansion of milling and smelting facilities.
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Denver
Colo
Treasury Department
Frank Hall
Denver Post
Agnes Myers and Frank Hottman Face Execution
Kansas City reports Governor Falk will not interfere with the planned execution of Agnes Myers and Frank Hottman for the murder of a Kansas City man. The state supreme court set the date for Monday September 3.
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Kansas City
Falk
Liberty
Agnes Myers
Frank Hottman
State Supreme Court
Question on Divorce Resolution Adopted by Feder ation
At a Buffalo meeting the American Federation of Catholics adopted a resolution on divorce asking state laws to allow separation or limited divorce where none exist and to permit limited divorce on the same grounds as absolute divorce in states that grant it. The motion notes limited divorce in extreme cases.
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Buffalo
American Federation of Catholics
Federation
Nationwide Crime Toll and Disasters From Various Regions
A windstorm inflicts $50 000 damage in St Louis county Missouri. In Ronald Prussia Silesia fourteen coal miners die when a rope breaks on descent. A band of Chinese bandits clash with a Russian gunboat along the Sungari river. A Cedar Rapids farmer killed his wife with a hammer leaving twelve children. A gun accident near Los Angeles claims M Mackenzie. Tehenser nik in Russian Poland massacres four Socialists. Williston North Dakota banker W H Denny sentenced to three years. A Royal Navy lieutenant Sir Francis Scott found dead possibly suicide in South Sea. Wingenat pirate raid near Wu Chow China yields casualties and loot. Hong Kong reports bankruptcies among firms in Fosnhong after San Francisco disaster. Mad Mullah raids Somaliland, Haron tribe losses. Coroner’s jury hints at possible poisoning of a Chicago contractor’s wife. W H Trebiloux hanged at San Quentin for murder. Mil ton Whetstone and D Mc Geehan die and are injured in a trolley crash near Lansford. A Brazilian crown theft case surfaces in Lisbon. A man crushed by a fall on a Missouri train platform. Taft to speak in Kansas campaign. Omaha house fire kills Mrs Daniels and injures her husband. A Cincinnati father kills his child before dying from injuries. Duel nears in Paris between Generals Andre and Negrier. Napa Valley fruit crops show strong yields. prune production forecast. A 26 year old woman in Oakland shoots and kills her husband then herself. William Wright, accused in a Ban Jose murder, pleads not guilty as his defense is appointed.
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St Louis County
Missouri
Ronald
Prussia
Silesia
Sungari
Wesley Shatr
Cedar Rapids
Lows
M. Mackenzie
B. Nichols
Cahuengs Pass
Los Angeles
Tehensernik
Russian Poland
W. H. Denny
Williston
N. D
Sir Francis Scott
Tmrt
Royal British Navy
Tin
Dunnald
South Sea
San Quentin
Cal
W. H. Trebiloux
Grass Valley
Milton Whetstone
Citizens’ National Bank of
Lansford
Daniel McGeehan
Game Institution
Lisbon
Paris Journal
Guerreiro
Mrx
Mary Riley
Springfeld
Peoria
George Riley
Frank Mullins
Bowleton Station
Mins
Mullins
Sbe
William H. Taft
Kansas
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
Topeka
Thomas Daniels
Quk Park
Omaha
Andre
Neghier
Prince Murat
Faris
Negrier
Napa Valley
Ralph K. Butler
Napa
California
Smoker Handwriting and Deaf Women Clubs Across Europe
The piece notes a former teacher claiming smokers can be identified by handwriting, calling handwriting a mirror of the heart. It reports Berlin women forming a deaf club of over a hundred members who meet weekly with ear trumpets and sign language.
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Saunders
House of Lords
Berlin
Wilelmatrasse
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Inter Sss Sica
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Portland
Oregon
Martie Creal
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Salt Lake City
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Ballard
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