Peruna touted by prominent women for female illness
An old advertisement-like piece claims Peruna benefits nervous and bloodless women, identifying catarrh as the illness source. It cites Emma Mitchell of Indianapolis praising recovery after seven bottles, and lists Belva Lockwood and others endorsing Dr. Hartman’s remedy with a Columbus Ohio address for free advice.
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Merica
Emma Mitchell
Louisiana Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Perphereon
Hartman
Belva Lockwood
Washington, D. C
Col Hamilton
Columbus
Ohio
F. E. Warren
U. S
Warren
Wyoming
Andreee
Ghost left his mark in tale of a haunted wrist
A granddaughter naps while a dead cousin, LORD TYRONE, appears at her bedside. He recounts fate and shows a cursed mark on her wrist, then vanishes. The story ends with the mark lingering after her death and mentions Lady Betty, famed for her simples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tyrone
Betty
England
Russia's Post Offices Highlight Bureaucratic Haste
Wirt Gerrard's account shows Moscow and St Petersburg post offices with a single stamp clerk, early closing, and inability to make change. a Moscow branch bottlefully full letter box prompts staff to deny acceptance. The piece contrasts ministerial praise with practical mismanagement in Russia's public services.
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de Witte
Russia
Wirt Gerrard
Greater
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Gerrare
Two Lawyers Tales and a Courtroom Quip From New York Times
Justice Gaynor of the New York Supreme Court is noted for dry humor. A petition for an injunction prompted his remark that the relief would not be granted even if the relator asked. Another quip noted that truth may out in an affidavit.
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Gaynor
Supreme Court of New York
New York Times
New Discovery of Science at Jena University
Two professors H Siedentorpt and R Zeigmonty claim a new microscopic observation method that makes ultra small particles visible and measurable. A full description appeared in Annalen der Physik volume 10 in 1903, outlining the method by artificial magnification of the particles observed.
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Jena University
H. Siedentorpt
R. Zeigmonty
Annalen der Physik
Coreulsi Renart
Medicine in Slot Machines In Philadelphia Record
A green sated man on Arch Street drops a cent into a slot machine that dispenses a vial of medicine through a silver spray. The device displays twenty two mild diseases such as cold and headache with a movable dial and an arrow to select, then a coin drop delivers the medicine with cork marked directions. The dealer says the machine is a great success everywhere and the man reacts with delight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Street
Philadelphia Record
English Ideas of Canada and Calm Temper Advice
The piece laments colonists arming for the western frontier amid gunfire and vanished buffalo while noting the Indian fading with gin and churchgoing. A separate note urges readers to cultivate a calm temper, suggesting rest and patience to resist daily irritants.
Postum touted as health aid in Lancaster couple tale
A Lancaster man recounts his wife’s relief from nervousness and stomach trouble after abandoning coffee for Postum Food Coffee. He claims rapid improvement in appetite, sleep, and vitality, urging readers to try Postum as a coffee substitute while noting a promotional contest for readers who request details.
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Lancaster
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
What He Had Missed Chief Regret of a Kentucky Daredevil
Lem Whittaker, eastern Kentucky daredevil known for chasing fun, falls ill with pneumonia. Near death, he tells his doctor he valued past pleasures more than his fate, recalling a bargain over a young woman and a $100 offer seized for three months ago.
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Lem Whittaker
Kentucky
Lem
Baltimore American
Cold Aprils Across a Century in Paris
French meteorologists note a pattern of cold Aprils every hundred years. In 1803 gutters froze and snow fell in Paris, and in 1702 wood prices rose as people froze in the streets. A chronicler recalls Versailles snow and Paris perishing, while evidence suggests 1903 also bears low temperatures.
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Paris
Versailles
Fibroid Tumors Cured by Vegetable Compound
A testimonial from Mrs. E. Hayes of Roxbury Mass asserts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her fibroid tumors and related female troubles. She claims dramatic health improvement and urges other afflicted women to try the product, offering a prize for signed letters.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mee
E.i F. Hayes
Dedley St
Roxbury
Bustos
Mass
NERVE WORN KIDNEYS Doan report on trial Dos's feusbend
A fragmentary medical note references nerve worn kidneys and a trial box of a product named Dos's feusbend. The readable text is garbled but suggests an early medical or promotional discussion. No clear dates, patients, or results are established in the available excerpt.
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Cas
The Country Editor Says Reforms Start in Lancashire
A great British statesman declares reform movements begin in Lancashire and end in London. He adds that national policies emerge from rural seclusion while metropolitan press directors act as middlemen in ideas, akin to city merchants in commodities.
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Lancashire
London
Metropolitan
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Dance origins traced to Revolution era cakewalk
A Paris reporter notes that the minuet arrived in New Orleans with French refugees during Marie Antoinette’s era and evolved into the cakewalk, a fashionable dance later shaped by local influences. The piece mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and a garbled aside about Paris and a circus, reflecting a scrambled OCR page.
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Paris
Nouveau Cirqu
Marie Antoinette
New Orleans
Europe
Turbulent Tennessee governor blames district leader
Governor Bob Taylor criticizes a stubborn district leader as unmanageable while noting party factional strains in Tennessee. The exchange paints a volatile image of Democratic politics, describing the leader as bulllike yet不可 removible, and hints at broader internal tensions within the state party.
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Bob” Taylor
Tennessee
New York Times
Mis sissippi Drainage and Public Health Mentions
Fragmentary OCR text references the Mississippi as a flood risk and the idea of waters from many states supplying one third of national ores, plus garbled names and phrases about care for consumption and local places. The readable items suggest a discussion of drainage, resources, and health notes from Norwich and Magia Stress regions, with uncertain specifics.
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Mississippi
United States
Lamiere Pisc
Magia Stress
Norwich
Cuticura Soap Versus Hair Loss and Scalp Ailments
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as remedies to stop hair shedding and crusts, cleanse the scalp, destroy parasites, soothe itching, nourish the roots, and promote healthy growth on a wholesome scalp. It claims wide reliance by women and positions the products as standard skin and hair cures for various conditions.
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Noce
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Wits
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Manco
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LeRoy, N
English Ideas OF Canada
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Wild West
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