Double Wedding Plans and a Reunited Pair in Boston
In a Boston Post account, Jack Carruthers and Elsa Champlin meet through mutual friends and reconnect years later in New York. Their romance endures despite separations by travel and family duties, culminating in a renewed acquaintance with Elsa as Mrs. Carruthers. An accompanying note recounts Ira W. Kelley’s kidney health improvement after Foley's Kidney Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Carruthers
Elsa Champlin
Eure
Newport
Jack
Bony
Elsa
New’ York
Miss Vanderfelt
Paris
Atlantic
New York
Carruthers
Miss Chaplin
Aurit
Germany
Ira W. Kelley
Manafield
Foley
Noah Martin
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief Sample
An advertisement touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney and bladder troubles including Bright’s Disease. It claims widespread testing in hospitals and private practice and offers a free sample bottle by mail along with a booklet for readers with kidney or bladder issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiline
Svar Hodt
Blader
Kilmer
Bright
Prohibition and National Conventions Travel Fares Promoted
C M & St Paul Ry advertises cheap round trip fares for the Prohibition National Convention in Chicago and Democratic Republican conventions in Kansas City and Philadelphia with specific sale dates and return limits. Also notes fourth of July rates within 200 miles and a powerfully small liver and bowel cleanser claim for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lil
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Bell
J. W. Jones
Powerayille
Mic
Fourth of July Rates on Burlington Route Travel
Advertises July 3 and 4 ticket sales within 900 miles of selling station with return by July 5. Round trip fare one and one third times the regular rate. Claims min selling rate zero cents. Also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a cure for indigestion and stomach trouble with consumer health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Casting Out Devils at Richmond Church
The First Baptist Church of Richmond Missouri bans members who gamble dance attend theaters drink liquor or profit from liquor trades from church fellowship after a congregational vote reported by the Kelbyville Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church At
Richmond
First Baghet Church
Kelbyville
Blood Balm B B B cures blood poison claims
Historic ad endorses Blood Balm B B B as a remedy for blood poison claiming cures of skin eruptions mouth sores throat issues and bone pains. It invites readers to try the treatment with trial bottles and lists price and distributors in Aditta Ga and Monroe & Howard.
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Jane
Poe
tMeif Alii Gil
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Sadeht
Dhrongiata
Ieee ‘Blood
Balm Co
Additta
Kok Sale Loy
White Otter Dance Blessed by Sac and Fox Tribe in Oklahoma
About 400 Sac and Fox Indians gathered on a reservation in Oklahoma for a ten year otter skin dance and ceremony. The ritual centers on a white otter skin placed on a pole, with dancers circling it for hours and final distribution by a medicine man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Indiana
Fast Worker Seeks Job in Hurry and Earnest Promptness
A bright faced boy bursts into a merchant’s office claiming urgency after leaving school the day before. He volunteers for immediate work and is hired, illustrating a swift transition from student to employee. The piece also critiques the amanuensis habit and stresses constant practice to maintain spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anya the
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cockfighting in Spain Gains Noted Public Attention
The article describes cockfighting in Spain as still popular, with birds bred for combat and kept in separate numbered cages. Circo Gallistico is described as a churchlike building with an amphitheater interior where fights occur and animals are spurred after felled feathers are removed. Heavy betting accompanies the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vojrue
Spain
Circo Jallistico
Lack of a Letter Causes Sign to Draw Crowd
A Philadelphia restauranteur posted a sign promising unbeatable diaper deals but a prankster erased the letter B from “best” turning it into “be st.” The altered message drew a larger crowd outside than inside as employees watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Roof Garden at City Hospital for Consumptives in New York
A dense New York neighborhood features a roof garden at a hospital for consumptives. Men in the wards access the roof from their sitting rooms, spend time there tending and pruning a garden, and enjoy outdoor space for fresh air and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hard tack romance born in Spanish American War
William Barber joined Company F at Camp Meade and sent a piece of hard tack with his name and request for a meal to a southern home. The tack reached Cal Ray’s daughter at Chickamauga. Barber visited, courted, married her, and moved to Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
William Barber
Camp Meade
Spain
Barber
Chickamauga
Gome
Cal
Ray
Inventions and Odd Tales From a Lunatic Asylum
A Wellesley asylum patient created useful devices including a faster, reliable anchor and a corkscrew and folding chair. His anchor earned profits for two daughters and funded his care. The piece also recounts encounters with Kruger, the Duke of Abercorn, and tales of the Abruzzi expedition awaiting spring ice melt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley Asylum
London Biewers
Still's American School graduates to Unionville office
Graduates of Still's American School receive a state consultation free in Unionville Missouri. The event highlights educational outreach from Harkins in the area and offers guidance to graduates seeking next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Still
American School
Harkins
State
Unionville, Mo
A Pocket Cold Cure. Work Either Price 2c Lane
A brief item notes a pocket cold cure offered at two cents with mention of Lane. The readable text is fragmentary and provides minimal context or corroborating details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
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Mrs. Carruthers
Boston Post
C. M
St. P. Ry
DeWitt
Dane
Magazine Street
Pittsburgh News
SPORT
Krauss
Hard Tack
Love
G Felsaley
Doynd
Kruger
England
Duke of Abercorn
Qoom Pan
Ireland
Abruzzi
Franz Jozef L.td
Christiania
Erie
Ieee Chaimin Republican
Tracy
St.clair
St. Clair
Ingomar
Nampa
Montgomery
Della R
Chief Ingomar
W. T. Rinker
F. B. Foster
J. A. Quintal
South’ Side Square
Hydes
IE. O
Lemen
NEW Royal
Illinois Sewing Machine CO
Rockford
NCIS
Geo. Roth
al Hom
R. B. Garner
Wured
UNIO
Missouri
Ice
W. H, Perry
H.jackson& Co
K.Q. Depo Phoes
Lewis
Toni Kista
Toni
Ida West Side Square
Berry ‘& Brown
Pry Ettitaxe & Surgeons
Noth Side Square
Mawrer ‘Bulding
Unionville
Seakon
Bayard
Grorck
Mammoth Rene
Usta
Smith
Sante
Trumbello
Trumelio
Pollock
Ey Denon
Vermouth
Ean
Bayar
Wae
Estrada i
Jeat L¢-Blanc
Bayarés
Strabe
Juan-Le-Banc
Sambson Dewey
Limisan
Fag Mo
G* Acie
Brunette
Gyrus
Alex
Duraway
Istcama Fine
Dlos
Colt
Hugyes
Jack Trumbdella
Saat Dewey
Yrua
Milan
Uplonville
Lemopvifie
Jor Stolebarger
H. Warnick & CO
Hartford, Mo
Ee Institute
Banneer
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