Kern Known as Unstoppable Political Storyteller
Indianapolis born John W. Kern, Democratic vice presidential hopeful, famed for clean humor and sharp satire, recalls a Washington expense quip about Vice President Fairbanks. A former school teacher from Howard County, Kern helped shape Indiana politics, built a slender, healthy persona, and is noted for affable bedside manner and his distinctive whiskers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
W. J. Bryan
Kern
Washington
Fairbanks
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Kern
J. W. Kern
Curran
Indiana
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Harry P. Haunaugh
Mr. Curran
John VW
Howard County
Indiana Normal School of
Kokomo
Mr.Kern
John Kern
Prohibitionists Pick Chafin as Presidential Nominee
Chicago Wisconsin native Eugene W. Chafin known as Genial Gene tops Prohibition party list. An attorney and former Wisconsin candidate for governor and attorney general, he relocated to Chicago in 1901 and has long led state Prohibition efforts and written Lives of the Presidents.
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Chicago
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Wisconsin
Mlinois
Prohibition
Illinois
Walworth County
University of Wisconsin
Waukesha
Wis
Epworth League
Good Templars
Lincoln
The
Odd Fellows
Train Accidents Here and Abroad Compare 1906 Figures
A 1906 Atlantic Monthly comparison shows the United States with 13 458 collisions and derailments nationwide versus 239 in Great Britain. US passenger deaths total 146 and injuries 6 000, while GB reports 58 deaths and 631 injuries. Employee fatalities and injuries were 13 and 140 in Britain and 79 and 7 483 in the United States.
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Great Britain
United States
Atlantic Monthly
Leap Year Laugh and Teething Remedies Parody
A quirky item mocks leap year dating fears with a heroine of three proposals and Mrs Winglow’s Soothing Syrup for teething. The piece endures a spoof of patent medicines boasting playful cures and dubious health claims.
Woman credits Pinkham's remedy for cure of female troubles
Lena V. Henry of Norristown writes of severe female ailments and an operation fear. After trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improves and is fully cured. The letter urges other women with female troubles to try the remedy and seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
One of the Essentials of happy homes information
A promotional note extols a health product as essential for happy homes. It emphasizes knowledge of world‑approved goods and promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted, physician endorsed family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold by leading druggists.
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California
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Sige
London
Cellasterone
Re Towne &Co
Sydneys
India
B. K. Cylcuttas No
Korg
Moruya, Ltd
Tokio
Ricewla
Ferrera
Monowi Fe
John W. Morris
Thompson
W. N. Us
Denver
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