Prominent Lady Recites Treatment Claims for Women
A historic medical sales pitch extols Dr. Pierce with claims of world famous medicines for female diseases. The broadside touts relief from weakness, privacy, and fashionable care at a Bulan institute, urging women to seek free medical advice and a famed yet controversial regimen.
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Wbtuis
Roe Mast Ston Medical
Hal Ag
Asta Pn
Strands’ Hotel and Sutaieal Institute
Bulan
N.v
Dr. Pierce
Hawaii and Its People A Letter from Dan Case
Dan H Case writes on Hawaii prospects and conditions in a detailed letter. The piece discusses climate, immigration mix including Japanese and Chinese, land use and lease plans, public services, education, taxes, courts, and daily life. It notes mosquitoes, trade winds, and a cosmopolitan populace shaping governance and culture.
Hawaii Immigrant Labor Trends and Opportunities
Letter from Dan Case discusses Hawaii labor markets and immigration. Warns of competition from Hawaiian Japanese Chinese and Porty groups. Suggests instructions to Mine of Interior Honosula for information and notes letter postage to Hawaii is two cents.
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Bret
Hagenee
Gerond
Puyloe
PIKE
Barkin
Armin
Hawaii
Interior
Honosula
Flawali
United States
Passenger Saves Five in Hotel Elevator Fall
Vicksburg Mississippi one Sunday evening an elevator at the Hotel Piazza fell from the fourth to the cellar with four guests. A passenger, Mr B Kossman of the Sixth United States Infantry, grabbed the cable during the descent and slowed the fall, saving lives though his hand was badly lacerated. All others were shaken but not seriously injured.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Piazza
Kowssman
Mme
Kossman
B. Kossmen
Sixth United States Infantry
Santiago
Travels Far in Wagon Across Midwest to Elkhart
Chicago report details Maggie Darrah of Broken Bow journeying 900 miles in a prairie schooner with two worn horses. She reached Chicago near Indiana Avenue, rested after a breakdown, then continued toward Elkhart to join a married daughter. Her husband and three children died of typhoid on the same day prior to her departure.
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Chicago
Maggie Darrah
Ned
One Hundred and Sixth Street
Indiana Avenue
Celebour
Darrah
Elkhart
Ind
Hves
Broken Bow
Colehour
Warned by Whitecaps at Lost Creek banks near Terre Haute
Notices posted in red ink warn squatters along Lost Creek north of Terre Haute to move due to proximity to a canning factory dormitory district. Officials cite nightly revelries and degraded camps as justifications and describe a skull and crossbones warning on the notices. Nearby Paris reports a camp of questionable repute forming a few days earlier with traveling parties and tents in the area.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Lost Creek
Paris
Bad Renute
Harry Varnell Dead A Chicago figure in politics and gambling
Harry A. Varnell, once a Chicago politician, died at 50. He became a prominent gambling room proprietor and race track patron, part of a syndicate that ran rooms in 1986. Varnell earlier served as warden of Cook County Insane Asylum in Dunbing, was cited with county commissioners in Joliet, served a year, then rebuilt a luxury gambling operation at 119 Clark Street before disrepute from Hopkins crusade.
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Chicago
Harry A. Varnell
Yarnell
Cook County
Dun- Bing
Jollet
Clark Street
Hopkins
Varnell
Chicpse
National Democratic party leaders confront resignations and funds inquiry
W D Bynum resigns as national Democratic chairman amid reports of a salary stoppage and internal fiscal scrutiny. George Foster Peabody elected successor as a committee prepares a public address while funds from the 1396 campaign are detailed, showing a treasury of 358,000 with subsequent expenditures and allocations to Kentucky Iowa Ohio and Kansas.
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Chicago
W. D. Bynum
National Democratic Party
George Foster Peabody
New York
Gold Democratic Party
de Vey Holman
Maine
Bynum
Peabody
Treasure Frensel
Indianapolis
No Monal Democracy
Bynum Bed
Tressurer
Kentucky
Iown
Ohio
Hants
Kansas
Captured in Kansas. Chicago murder suspect arrested
Chicago reports John Schieda, 17, wanted for murder, was captured in a Kansas tent after two weeks on the run. He was brought back to Maxwell Street precinct. Police say they have proof he is Bully, linked to the August 29 killing of Louis Rosenbloom, a Hebrew teacher. details show Rosenbloom intervened to shield a smaller boy, was beaten, died en route to hospital, and Schieda’s family refused to disclose his whereabouts. Detective King traced him to Wilson, Kansas, but the suspect remained elusive until capture.
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Chicago
John Schieda
Kansas
King
Wheeler
Maxwell Street
Postes
Louis Rosenbioom
Schieda
Rosenbloom
Schiecta
Schlecta
Behleda
Captain Wheeler
Sioux City
Iowa
Wilson
Kan
Schleda
Paris Exhibition Plans Stir American Wool and Cotton Trade
A Paris exhibit by American woolen and cotton manufacturers aims to prove superior quality to European goods. The New England Cotton Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Woolen Manufacturers discuss 60th meeting plans, with leaders North and Nord coordinating efforts. Robert J. Thompson travels to Washington to enlist school support for the Lafayette monument, while Major Fred Grackett returns from Minneapolis to take charge locally.
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Iby
Snibien Jobe
Rational
Amsceieiog
New England Cotton 3
Geass
Oreseing
Moaibions
Paris
Ametica
Europe
America
New England
National Association of Woolen
Plan Bs
Mtr
North
McIbbans
Association of Woolen Manufacturers
Crawford
Techet
Robert J.thompson
Paria Fistieregth
Missi Ur Muatia
New Brigands in Sicily Led by a Woman
London reports Sicily buzzing over a new brigand band led by a 24 year old woman named Jane Gerace. After killings and crimes, she fled to the mountains forming a feared gang with Francie Zita and others. Police traps fail as she pursues love and rebellion while gendarmes tighten pursuit.
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London
Sicily
Lotte
Jaze Gerace
Jane
Salvatore Battaglia
Francie Zita
Cupid
Reno
Sardinia
Carbeddu
Carteddu
Corbedde
Manderson Declines Army Investigation Offer
Omaha dispatch reports General Charles F. Manderson declines the president’s offer to join the government committee investigating alleged abuses in the war department. He says he cannot accept and has notified the president of his decision. Robert Tainain of Chicago is linked to the commission inquiry and is awaiting the president’s guidance on his participation.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles F. Manderson
Mckinigy
War Department
Solicitor Kelly
Bo & MM
Manderson
Jo Prindesphin
Alger Claims He Directed Camp Wilcott Evacuation
Detroit dispatch reports Secretary Alger asserting he ordered Camp Wilcott evacuation and challenges a Gen Miles dispatch claim. Alger explains Wilcott was a detention camp for Santiago troops to avoid epidemics and align with health rules, with proper disinfecting and care for the sick.
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Wikoff
Detroit
Mich
Miles
Alger
Washington
Camp Wilcott
Gen. Alger
Santiago
Insurance Commissioners Discuss Plans and Reserves in Milwaukee
The second day of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners session in Milwaukee features addresses by Emery McClintock and Jacob L Greene on general plans reserves and investments and special features dividends surrender values. Judge W S Nichols comments on the need for durable life insurance enterprises. Detroit invites the group to meet next year. attendance rises with interest from leading companies.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Emery McClintock
New York
Mutualite Company
Jacob L. Greene
Hartford
McClintock
Pingree
Michigan
Maybury
Business Men's League
Detroit
Association
Detroit chosen as next Sons of Veterans encampment site
The Detroit meeting selected Detroit as the site for next year's Sons of Veterans encampment, defeating Denver after a tough contest. The group approved changes to rules, adopting a simpler single degree ritual, and rejected restricting membership to male descendants of Civil War veterans. They also approved a plan to petition the Navy Secretary to name a new battleship Lincoln and voted to publish a roll of veterans who served in the Spanish War. John M Thurston was elected life member.
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Sons of Veterans
Omaha
Detroit
Denver
Secretary of the Navy
Lincoln
Spain
John M. Thurston
Clearing Camp Wikoff Moves Regiments to Huntsville and Ft Adams
Camp Wikoff notes the War Department orders rapid abandonment with five infantry regiments moving to Huntsville Alabama and Fort Adams. The Fourth and Thirteenth Infantry depart, Rough Riders likely muster out and depart for New York led by Colonel Roosevelt. Hospital census shows 711 beds, one death, typhoid cases among 40 sick.
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Wikolt
Carp Wika
Huntsville
Artllery
Sim Houston
Tex
Department of Quit
Ala
Ft. Adams
Pt Hamilton
War Department
Roosevelt
General Hospital
Thomas Ingens
Seventy-first
New York
Drunk cider leads to arrest near Kaw Valley fair
Residents found a motionless woman tied nearby and, after a severe shaking, she awakened enough to be helped into a wagon. At the police station the man claimed the name Joan Riley and insisted he had lived in Topeka 29 years. He appeared about 50, well dressed and prosperous. Return fare noted: Lawrence to Santa Fe, $1.05.
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Joan Riley
Topeka
Gelan
Atoe
Riley
Mount Vernon Judge Bans Cigarettes for Youth
City Judge Adams issues prohibition against cigarette use by youths under sixteen in Mount Vernon. He orders police to enforce the law and threatens strict penalties including fines of at least two dollars and potential county jail time for violators and merchants selling to minors. The notice cites New York State law restricting tobacco sales to underage persons and warns of arrests.
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Mount Vernon
Adams
Mount Vern
Rt Clearetts
Merntiic
Vernon
Family trouble in court in Denton divorce case forms
Nashville dispatch reports a chancery court action involving James W Denton and Mrs Mary Virginian Denton. An injunction restraining the husband from approaching the house and interfering with children is revived to enforce proper conduct, with the wife seeking a lasting separation and custody stability.
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Nashville
Denton
Chancery Court
Dentyo
Thomas Barnes
Mary Virginian
James W Denton
Deslun
Denton Ehatmen
Chancery Gott
A Critical Time During the Battle of Santiago Heroes in Supply Lines
A letter from P. B. Butler of pack-train No. 3, dated June in Santiago de Cuba, credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for easing diarrhea and aiding ammunition and rations delivery to front lines. The writer praises the medicine as vital after landing in Cuba and notes it was obtained from Des Moines Iowa manufacturers and sold by druggists nationwide.
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Santiago de Cuba
P. B. Butler
Pack-Trai No
Tampa
Woneins Co
Des Moines
Jowa
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