Variety of remedies and notices fill late news column
Medical cures claim success for catarrh and constipation with Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills. A Cambridge factory explosion kills one and injures several with losses over 250000. Foley’s Honey and Tar touted as safe under national law. Rail merger rumors link Canadian Pacific with Chicago Great Western. Preventics cold remedy praised for rapid effect. Sylodine rheumatism remedy offered with money back. Eliza Bragg widow of General Bragg dies in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Foley's Kidney Cure and Other Health Notices From 19th Century Ads
A collage of advertisements notes Foley's Kidney Cure claims to cure kidney and bladder trouble, with a $5 million Paris deal cited. Noah Martin promotes health products including Oring Laxative, Urino Laxative Syrup, and Dr King’s Discovery. Reports mention Yon Shanah, a Manila mining engineer’s optimism on Philippine gold, a Maine man praising cough remedies, a large train wreck near Billings killing nineteen and injuring many, and a coastal Central America earthquake shock with Steamer Radmer casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whit
Highland Ave
Houston
Maine
Dr King
Luoy
Noah Martin
Pacific fleet drops Manila visit over ciliers clash
The Pacific fleet will skip Manila due to ciliers presence after extensive preparations. The costly plan for a grand reception was abandoned, though a future stop is possible if disease is eradicated and the fleet returns from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Pacific
Japan
Lincoln High Pupils Strike Over Desegregation in Topeka
Sixty white students at Lincoln High School in Topeka Kansas walked out last Thursday after being required to share a room with Black pupils. The protest highlights early desegregation tensions in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln High
Topeka
Kansas
Train Derailment Kills Engineer and Fireman near Carthage
A Frisco railroad train derailed on a dangerous curve near Carthage Missouri Thursday morning, plunging over an 40 foot embankment. Both engineer and fireman were killed. The text also promotes Dr Shoop Restorative and Pink Pain Tablets, and notes a Missouri postmasters meeting in St Louis. Pittsburg Pennsylvania to celebrate its 100th anniversary is mentioned.
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Carthage
Death of Melvin A Gould Nabbed by Poverty in California
Melvin A Gould cousin of railroad magnate George J Gould died a pauper at a county hospital near Los Angeles last Friday. Three Gould friends paid his funeral expenses or he would have been buried in the potter's field. An Alaska bound ship carrying 147 aboard and 45000 cases of salmon wrecked west of the Prince of Wales Archipelago last week. 110 men perished and cargo lost.
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Melvin A Gould
George J Gould
Los Angeles
Calif
Gould
Potter's Field
San Francisco
Alaska
Prince of Wales Archipelago
Reidsville Man Praises Bucklen Arnica Salve as Ulcer Cure
Knocker Goodwin of Reidsville New York credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing a severe leg ulcer after a summer bout. He notes no scar remained and endorses the salve as guaranteed for piles sores and burns priced 26 cents at Noah Martin's drug store. The immigrant port NYC studies claim one third never leave the city for a home.
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Goodwin
Reidsville
Nyc
Bucklen
Noah Martin
Port
New York
Health Coffee substitutes and Boston fire shock readers
A notice touts Dr Shoop Health Coffee as a healthful substitute with toasted cereals and nuts. Boston Chelsea fire losses cited at over 1 million. a Chicago man praises Electric Bitters for his feeble mother, claiming gains in flesh and sleep. Wireless messages reportedly travel 2000 miles in business.
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Globe
Chaotic Fragments Mention Cholera Checks and Sales
Fragmentary notes reference cholera checks in St Petersburg and a striking death list. Mentions Sylodine claimed to cure rheumen am and an item Forsale by N. Martin.
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St. Petersburg
N. Martin
Woman Restored to Health After Seven Years
Mrs. Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes that after seven years of female troubles she was run down and nervous. Doctors did no good until she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and she is now strong and well.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
Facts on Pinkham remedy and balloon race notes
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female illnesses and invites letters for advice. The piece also covers the Gordon Bennett cup balloon race in Berlin with 23 nations competing and plan to award a Victor statue to the winner along with earlier races in St Louis. It includes anecdotal praise for Foley's Honey and Tar as a relief for hay fever symptoms and notes a small voter turnout in a St Louis precinct during a recent primary.
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America
Germany
England
France
Spain
Belgium
Switzerland
Italy
Berlin
St. Louis
J C McCoy
Alan R Hawley
August Post
St Louis
They Take the Kinks Out of Stomach and Bowels
A Pittsfield resident praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as effective for stomach liver and bowels with no fuss or friction and guarantees satisfaction at Noah Martins drug store. Wilbur Wright, injured in a recent aeroplane accident, is slowly improving.
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Dr King
Fi Brown
Pittafeld
Noah Martin
Mi o na stomach tonic promises rapid relief for dyspepsia
An advertisement extols Mi o na as a perfect stomach tonic that cures dyspepsia within twenty four hours and treats vomiting, seasickness, pregnancy sickness, and constipation after a treatment. It cites Herbert H. Taylor of New York City as a satisfied customer and notes a large box costs 60 cents at L H Howards.
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L. H Howard
Unionville Republican
New York
Herbert H. Taylor
West 143 Street
New York City
L. H. Howard's
David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem Sunday School
A Sunday School lesson analyzes 2 Samuel 6 1 2 and Psalm 1004. It notes David’s 83 year reign in Jerusalem in three periods and details the ark’s move from Kirjath Jearim to Obededom’s house amid a nation rising in religious reawakening.
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Tine David
Jerusalem
Ussher
Beecher
David
Kirjath-jearim
Borek
House of Obededom
Kiryath Jearim
Perusalem Davny
Ahithophel
Nathan the Prophet
Joab
Palestine
Joshua
Shiloh
Bethel
Samuel
Eli
Dagon
Israel
Sorek
Kiryath Jeayim
Abinadab
Saul
Shihor
Gaza
Sod
Hamath
Lébanon
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Martin
Eliza Bragg
Bragg
New Orleans, la
Frida
Paris
Heise
Manfila
Washinton
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Billings
Mont
Bright
Central America
Radmer
Missouri
Pitesburg
Beara
Centralia
Boston
Chelsea
P J Daly
Congress St
Chicago
A J. Neusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Wilbur Wright
Nacion
Uzgah
Abipadab
Kilmer
Swamp-Root
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Grace G. Wilson
Howard's
W. J. King
Unionville
Robbins’ Barn
J. C. Jackson
Graysville
Martingtown Road
Martinstown Central
S. J. Holliday, M. D
Pennville Drug Store
L. D. Thomas
J. D. Hayward
Jackson
W. O. Underwood
Justice OF the Peace
A. F. Keene Notary Public BP
Red Bird Poultry Farm
Unionville, MO
Rhode Island
W. C. Underwood
Shoop
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