Kidney Pills Restore Vitality For Old Parkersburg Man
W J Jackson of Parkersburg West Virginia describes long suffering from kidney and urinary disorders. He endured frequent night trips, retention and catheter use before Dean's Kidney Pills relieved pain and restored activity. He claims eight years of cure and remains active past seventy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Jackson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Amusing Adverts From Old British Papers
A collection of quirky notices shows an advert offering old artificial teeth, a Dublin Irish charity appeal via a London newspaper, a Guildford sweep declining concerts due to demand, a Lincolnshire tailor displaying his name on tortoises for a prize, and London Chronicle quips on eccentric ads about washing and “alive when wanted” sales pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Smith
Oxford Street
London
London Morning Post
Guildford
Boston
Lincolnshire
England
London Chronicle
One-Eye Thompson-Wotcher Involved in Barroom Scrapes
In a pithy exchange a Napper boasts of a scrap that left a black eye. One-Eye Thompson-Wotcher questions whether she chased after him, while Napper Smiff-Oh recounts the bit of trouble. The dialogue hints at a local brawl and street corner bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alry Persifiage
One-Eye Thompson
Napper
Coffee Heart Warns Coffee Users in Oregon Letters
A woman recounts severe heart and digestion problems linked to coffee use. She switched to Postum, noting rapid improvement after six months, with clearer complexion and steadier heart action. Her husband also benefited, adopting Postum at breakfast for lighter, stronger mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Denial by Col Phelps on Mutual Reserve License Claim
Col W H Phelps flatly denies ever being employed by the Mutual Reserve Insurance Co to appear before Missouri authorities in 1898 to aid its license effort. He states he never met Eldredge or presented any bill, and he notes prominent local lawyers handle related matters for a leading life insurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fescove Insuranse Co
Dispourt and Ney
Carthage
Col
W. H. .Phelps
George D. Eldredge
Mutual Reserve Insurance Co
New York
Phelps
Insurance Department of Missouri
Eldredge
Mr. Eldredge
Combany
Attorney General
Insurance Department
Missouri
Mr. Crear
Craw
Lcense
Sheriff Rounds Up Berry After Long Girard Car Siege
In Girard Kansas Mrs. Sarah Berry, armed with a revolver, held a Prisco passenger car for over 100 hours. Sheriff Walsh and deputies used ammonia fumes to subdue her, then transported her to jail where she recovered. She identified relatives and claimed James T. Berry as her ex-husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Jim Reasor
Tulsa
J. T
Girard
Kas
Coma
Sally I
Berry
Berry Bays’ Reasor
William H Thompson Dead in St Louis
William H Thompson president of the National Bank of Commerce and treasurer of the Louisiana Purchase exposition died after a long illness in St Louis. He was born in 1830 in Huntington Pennsylvania and built a career from plumbing to banking becoming a leading figure in local commerce and expo planning. His wife Mrs Thompson is seriously ill in an eastern sanitarium and has not been notified of his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Loui
William H. Thompson
National Bank of Commerce
Ror
Thompson
Wiliam H W. Thompson
Huntington
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Missouri Lead and Oil Co
Assassination of Sakharoff by a Revolutionary Woman
London dispatch reports Lieut.-Gen. Sakharoff, former minister of war, assassinated in Saratoff by a woman from the so-called lying columns. She fired three shots at the general at the governor’s house, killing him instantly, alarming St. Petersburg authorities and heightening fears of revolutionary reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Daily Telegraph
Eydtkubnen
East Prussia
Sakharoff
Saratoff
Revolutionary Movement
Count Witte
Rudiger
Madame Sakharoff
Daly Arrested Over Stolen Stamps After Bank Burglary
In St Louis on December 7 Charles P Daly saloonkeeper and ex prize fighter was arrested with a bundle of stamps valued at 735 dollars by Detectives Cremin McFarland and Callahan. Harry Stewart, seized shortly after, confessed the stamps came from the Shelbyville bank safe raid last Sunday night. Stewart says Daly had no part in the burglary and did not know the bundle contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles P. Daly
Walnut Street
Cremin, McFarland
Callahan
Harry Stewart
Daly
Shelbyville
Stewart
Supreme Court Upheld Bartley Bond Case Dismissal
Lincoln Neb Dec 7 The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the district court ruling in the Bartley bond case, releasing the bondmen from liability and ending the suit. The state loses 546 318 tied to embezzlement by former State Treasurer Joseph Bartley after four trials with alternating outcomes. Boston Beans Consumption Figures Declared Stable Through Year End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Bartley
District Court of
Douglas County
Joseph ¥. Bartley
Nebraska
Brown
Smallpox Mentioned Amid Odd Dialogues and Remedies
A muddled mix of quotes and anecdotes includes a Paris style aside about a madame with smallpox, a Chicago Daily News quip about a married man, and a Wyoming notice touting Dodd's Kidney Pills. It asserts the medicine cures kidney troubles and related disorders, with testimonials from Mrs. Mary Taber and global spread claimed.
Merciless itching cured by Cuticura remedies
A man recounts two years of neck sores and hair loss followed by relief after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. He notes the sores disappeared and hair recovered, and says he will recommend the remedies. The quote is signed by Harry J. Spalding of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Spalding
West 104Th Street
New York City
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Parker
Willianson
Wwe
RE Company
Louis
COFFEE _ HEART
Col. W. H. Phelps
Hua
Lexington
Louisville
James T. Berry
Aimrenmaate
Thomas _P. Wickes
Iie
Waa
Louisiana
Sakharof
State of
Losca
Jou. F. Bartley Ways
Saya
Tatler
Chicago Daily News
Hulett
Wyo
Dodd
Mary Taber
Sava
Los
Ieaekaes
N. Y. Prees
Bears
The
Ise
Castoria
Env
W. Crane Dewg CO
Springvield
St. Jacobs Oil
Syewer
Lane
Asc
Soc
Cetsah
Igat
Pune
A. Paxton Company
Masti
Mull's
Third Ave
Rock Island, Ill
Phociaren
Mull’s Grape Tonic CO
Rock Island
Mercantile
Emere Reine Vaa
Chicago
Oman
A.M. Kellogg Newspaper CO
Saks
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