Peruna Medicine Co letter praises cure by Peruna
A letter from Col. B J Gresham of Herndon Virginia extols Peruna as life saving after catarrh and lung disease. He describes taking six bottles and improving, calling them worth a king’s ransom. The notice claims thousands praise Peruna nationwide and offers a free health book to women.
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Herndon
The
Pauna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Col
B. J. Gresham
Union
Peruna Medicine Co
Utah
The Man With A Hand Like A Gentle Giant
A devotional piece extols masculine fidelity and steadfastness over fashions and wealth, praising a loyal, strong man who keeps his word and stands by his partner through hardship. A Los Angeles Herald reference frames a moral ideal of manly virtue and reliability.
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Beret
St. Gillian
Los Angeles Herald
Minorog for Soap Discovery in British Columbia
Consul General John Bittinger reports natural washing compound found in borax and soda in foothills near Ashcroft, British Columbia. Tests show equal to common washing powders. a syndicate formed to market it. About 275 tons cut from a lake, blocks nine inches thick, weighing fifty pounds each. Lake estimated to contain 20,000 tons. Enormous tusk found in Africa shipped to London for manufacture into billiard balls and toilet articles. weighed over 200 pounds, photographed with four natives supporting its weight.
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John Bittinger
Montreal
State Department
Ashcroft
British Columbia
Big Tree Grown on Salix Iowa Furnishes Winter Fuel
A large tree on the Bigelow ranch near Salix Iowa at Horseshoe lake yielded thirty cords of wood valued at $61 for a nearby school district. The five foot five inch diameter trunk, though hollow in the heart, provided enough fuel to heat the school all winter and more for another season. The tree, believed to be the largest in Woodbury county, drew attention from hunters and fishermen visiting the lake area.
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California
Bigelow
Salix
Iowa
Brown's
Horseshoe Lake
A. F. Bigelow
Woodbury County
River that vanishes in Utah sinkhole described by survey
A Utah stream rising in the Uinta mountains sinks into a rocky opening fourteen miles from its head. Walls rise seventy‑five to one hundred feet around a pool where water moves slowly in a circular pattern. Above the pool the flow measures about ninety-one gallons per second with a faint outlet a few hundred yards away.
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Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
America
Utah
United States Geological Survey
Uinta Mountains
King Edward's Oak in Central Park Stands Preserved
In New York's Central Park a historic oak stands on the west side of the Mall near the Eagles and Goat statue. Planted by King Edward VII over forty years ago during his visit as the Prince of Wales, the tree remains well preserved despite a crooked, stunted growth. Park gardeners have given special care to its condition.
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New York
Central Park
Edward VII
England
Mall
Prince of Wales
Bohemian clock joins world clocks in Chicago after nineteen years
A clock rising over eighteen feet tall features a miniature earth orbiting the dial and a daily sun moon Venus Mars display. At strike, a procession of US presidents emerges, symbolizing growth as figures move with the mechanism.
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Chicago
United States
Velocity of rifle bullets and effects of feasts noted
A report notes that rifle muzzle speed may not be the peak velocity, with ten shots from a German infantry rifle averaging 2068 fps and peaking at 2132 fps a few feet from the muzzle. It also compares large feasts and big drunks, saying both can markedly affect a bus’s performance.
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Kite Hutler
Fasting touted as natural cure for corpulence
A historical medical oddity urges fat people to fast for weeks or a month as the simple, sure remedy. Physicians cite famine victims to argue starvation is not fatal, claiming regular fasting would keep corpulent individuals shapely by using their own fat.
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Decterus
Philadelphia
Have Good Roads in Georgia Led by Convict Labor
Georgia reports vast highway gains with nearly 2000 miles graded in ten years and a law from 1881 allowing chain gangs of misdemeanor convicts for road work. Convicts housed in movable camps and winter barracks, widely supported aside from the convicts themselves, drive the state’s roadway progress in the South.
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Georgia
Survival Operations Mrs Bruce Advocates Ovarian Treatment Views
Mrs Bruce a noted singer describes her recovery after rest and an operation for ovarian troubles, claiming Pinkham's remedy aided her health. The testimonial warns readers that a $5000 forfeit is offered for guaranteed cures and advises writing to Mrs Pinkham for confidential guidance.
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PLAS
Bruce
Ees Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Books to Germany total issued by year list
The record presents a year by year total of books issued in Germany. Figures include 1895 with 23 807, 1894 with 33 399, 1897 with 23 961, 1898 with 23 739, 1809 with 23 715, and 1900 with 23 792.
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Germany
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A.m
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Pew
Eof
Pere Ledelowe
Pias
Ieee
Cate Rockton
Sydney
New South Wales
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Westbrook
Richols
Oder
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Nichols
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Ies
Saskatchewan
Cap
Ottawa
W.Y. Bennett
Ramen
New York Life Blog
Geological Survey
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Cal
Africa
Zanzibar
London
Due
W. W. Reed
Indiana
Betwen
Holloway
Freiburg
Baden
Death Desert
Eagle
N. M
Dean Mas
Poeenaa
Rue de le Pais
Paris
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