Say-so of Medicines and Public Confidence
An excerpt argues that medicine claims lose value when sellers alone certify efficacy. Dr Pierce’s remedies are praised for printed ingredient disclosure and professional endorsement. The piece notes letters and free correspondence, ads for papers and healing products, and ends with a quotation on lying’s profitability.
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Rason
Pierce
Piarce
Harti
Hedcal College
Piaren
Neve
Flores
RK. V. Pierce
Nencloth Binding &T
Herce
Deafness Cure Claims Ignore Chronic Catarrh Facts
An advertorial from CHEWKY CO of Toledo promotes a ear cure claim, asserting deafness is curable and blaming catarrh for the condition. It markets remedies and circulars, urging readers to respond for more information and noting a contact in Toledo.
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Catarri
City of Many Languages in Reval Square
A writer recalls walking the cab rank in Reval the Baltic city finding drivers speaking Russian Finnish German Swedish Lithuanian and Yiddish. Ten drachmas were on the stand and the scene shows a multilingual port town in daily life.
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Reval
Baltic
Doctor Cured Of Eczema Promises From Cuticura Remedies
Maryland physician G M D Big Pool writes that Cuticura Remedies cured his eczema after sixteen years in practice and endorses their merit. He states he would publish the letter and notes the Montenegro principality has no railways in Europe.
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Maryland
Fisher
G. M
M. D. Big Pool, Md
Principality of
Montenegro
Europe
Simple Faith of a Child Told by Boston Post
Dr Levi G Broughton recounts a Boston Post tale of a little girl who prays for Santa to bring a dolly and then sees Gods generosity toward her brother. The child vows to share her dolly and let God ride the hobby horse, illustrating gratitude.
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Levi G. Broughton
Atlanta
Boston
Santa Claus
Dolly
Papa
Little Brother
Brother
Boston Post
Foot in Hat Sparks Quip by Georgetown Professor
Nora McGill ex-register of wills for the District of Columbia and Georgetown patent law professor loses his hat in a street encounter with a Nor'wester. A dapper stranger attempts to grab the hat, but only damages the brim. McGill scolds him and jokes that the brim deserves a crown or sovereign.
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St. J
Nora McGill
Register of Wills
District of Columbia
Georgetown University
McGill
Patent Office
G. Street
Nor'wester
Ex-Register
Mr. McGill
Jove
Washington Post
Busy American Women Rise in Workforce Across Nations
Census shows 6 million plus women in industrial employment with tripled stenographers since a decade ago and doubled bookkeepers and accountants. Saleswomen rise, women become treasurers of street railways, bank presidents, secretaries of financiers, and executives in building firms and large stores, all demanding strong numerical talent.
Poem Fragments and a Poet Death at Read Tour
A scrambled fragment of verse appears before reporting poet Read dying during a reading tour with Ben King at Bowling Green. Read notes a curious chain of thirteen, including the month date and supper party, as observers recall superstition surrounding the night.
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Ben King
Bowling Green
Read
Ben
Proclaim New Anesthetic Allypine For Local Pain Relief
Two German scientists announce a new anesthetic named allypine claimed to have all the virtues of cocaine without its secondary effects. The substance deadens pain when applied locally and is said to contain no poison.
Clergyman Accepts Fee in Wedding Gaffe Tale
A young suburban clergyman, recently married, attempts to display wealth by placing $100 in an envelope as a wedding fee. The officiating minister pockets it, breaking the usual custom where the best man passes the envelope to the bride. The bridegroom stays sore, but the joke amuses the rest.
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Dominic
Philadelphia
Boiling Copper At 2100 Degrees Reported By Professor Moissan
Professor Moissan announced before the Paris Academy of Science that he achieved copper boiling at 2100 degrees using a strong electric current. A note mentions a separate claim of a pile cure. A large import value for Britain in 1904 is cited, totalling over 30 million pounds.
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Moissan
Paris Academy of Science
Great Britain
Four Essentials for a Successful Indoor Garden
Indoor gardening hinges on even temperature and cleanliness. Maintain vigilance against insects and water carefully to avoid soil souring and leaf yellowing from drowning or wilt from drought. Poet’s Love for Shakespeare recalls Tennyson dying with Shakespeare nearby.
National Senate Chamber dimensions and capacity
The senate chamber in Washington measures 113 feet 3 inches by 80 feet 3 inches with a height of 36 feet and galleries that can seat up to 1,000 people. An item references the Red Cross Ball Blue and a 24m cent piece. Additional text mentions The Ruxs Company and a Jerusalem Jewish population note about blood history, drawn from an OCR fragment.
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National Senate Chamber
Senate
Washington
Red Cross
Ruxs Company
South D
Swift & Company Year 1905 Sales
Swift & Company outlines 1905 wholesale sales driven by fresh meats provisions and by products from cattle sheep hogs and poultry. It notes a margin under two cents per dollar of sales and wholesale only with thousands of dealers worldwide. The piece details Chicago and other livestock centers, packer advantages, plant locations, employment and sanitation practices, plus Swift brand hams bacons and soaps.
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Swift & Co
United States
Swift
Swift & Company
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