Winter Death Toll From Lung Trouble Surges
The 1900 to 1904 U S mortality report from the Bureau of Census shows tuberculosis and pneumonia as leading death causes with the most lung deaths occurring in winter. Colds are tied to lung trouble. a home remedy using Virgin Oil of Pine Pure, Glycerine, and Whisky is advertised as curing colds in 24 hours. An Anderson Intelligencer note reports South Carolina game cocks being shipped to Mexico for high prices. An anecdote recalls a large crocodile and bodyguards of muggers near London Field. A Colorado town advertises an undertaker business noting high mortality and lack of competition.
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Bureau of Census
United States
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
South Carolina
Mexico
S. M. Pickens
Anderson Intelligencer
California Fig Syrup Company
Senna
California Fig Syrup Co
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Cal
London
England
Handsome Bridal Coach Finished for Pittston Liveryman
Bridgeport manufacturer completes a bridal coach costing 1800 dollars for a Pittston Pennsylvania liveryman. The ornate vehicle features silk upholstery, curtains, carved wood, gilt trim, and twenty heart motifs. Heart shaped windows, two large heart dashboards, heart‑shaped rear springs, and two cupids atop the lamps highlight the romantic design.
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Bridgeport
Coffee Threshed Her With Postum Health Boost
A patient story from a Michigan company ad explains how switching from coffee to Postum improved health. The woman credits Postum with restored walking ease, better sleep, appetite, and outlook after years of spinal irritation and nervous trouble. A friend also tried Postum, changing her view on coffee.
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Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Modern Solcowgn on Bench in a Humorous Alimony Ruling
A Valparaiso court reports a German newspaper tale where a fisherman’s wife, deserted before childbirth, asks for alimony. The alcalde, noting she earned ten pesos as a servant and thirty as a wet nurse, rules she must pay ten pesos monthly to the former husband, remarking she remains better off. Next case.
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Sancho Panza
Valparaiso
Dean's Kidney Pills Still Praised By Women In Jersey City
A reader Mia from Jersey City testifies to relief from heavy backache edema and urinary issues after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as maker. Also includes a humorous piece on quiet cynicism and a Canadian tariff note.
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Mia
Jane Farrell
Ocean Age
Jersey City
N.J
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
British Employes Protected by Workmen’s Act and Premium Shifts
The British Workmen’s Compensation act extends indemnity to domestic servants alongside workers. Death pays up to three years' wages plus board, with total up to 450 dollars. Temporary or permanent disablement pays half wages plus board during incapacity. Insurance premiums shift to employers, about 1.20 dollars per domestic employee annually, with possible reductions by insurers.
Moods of the Four Hundred and a City’s Fashionable Pause
Reading a collage of social scenes, the piece notes crowds at restaurants and Garden events as country guests arrive for picnics or shopping, then depart for golf and cars. It contrasts New York’s workaday pace with seasonal fashion plate visits and social energetics. A short quip about the Deacon-Insomnia and a parson’s remark closes.
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New York
Mary Manners
Broadway
The Vegetable Treatment Promised to Rebuild Blood
An advertisement touts Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. It claims benefits for rheumatism and backache and urges readers to prepare the mixture at home. A coy exchange about a grip and a joke about a pen automibile follow, then a quip about a judge and a missing finger.
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Cawnpore
Colorado
Solcowgn
Dave Potter
Dave
T. Fuller
Franklin
Garfield
Canada
John £. Hamilton
Cornwall
Morrisburg
Stewart
White
Washington Star
Yonkers Statesman
Rivers
Brooks
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Reggy
ST. Jacobs Oil
She Mayer
Mayer
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe To
Milwaukee, Wis
Louisville, Ky
New York, N. x
Thompson's
U. V
Salt Lake City
Ee . Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Chesbbrough Meg. CO
State Street
New York City
W. Douglas
Gamio
W. L Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
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