Trademark Case Ends in Dismissal of Chattanooga Medicine Co Claim
A U S Circuit Court in Atlanta dismissed the suit to enjoin Chattanooga Medicine Co from using M A Thedford or M A Thedford Co in connection with Liver Medicine or Black Draught. An appealed Rome Company imitation case will go to the U S Appellate Court in North Carolina in a few months. The Times praises Chattanooga’s long history and large operations, including McElree’s Wine of Cardui and a 10,000,000 copy Ladies Birthday Almanac, noting extensive sales and hiring practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Medicine Company
Chattanooga Medicine Co
M. A. Thedford
M. A. Thedford & Co
Newman
U. S
Atlanta
Rome Company
U. S. Apellate Court
N. C
Chattanooga Daily Times
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Ohio River
Union
McElree
United States
Times
Facts and Fancies Across Nations and Professions
A compact survey of global society notes 670 000 Freemasons and 650 000 Odd Fellows in the United States, Welsh village choirs with 60 to 100 voices, a Turkish harem rule by the sovereign's mother, mounting farm mechanization boosting one man to feed a thousand, Standard Oil confronted by competition in multiple regions, and Elizabeth Banks revealing domestic service life in a forthcoming London daily series titled In Caps and Aprons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wales
Turkey
Northwest
Standard Oil Company
Mediterranean
India
China
Java
Japan
Elizabeth Banks
Peru
London
Rolled Bread Method For Oysters Or Suppers
Instructions describe trimming crusts from fresh bread, spreading butter on one end, slicing thin, rolling slices buttered side inward, wrapping on a napkin, pinning and chilling for hours. Suggests rolled bread as a fine accompaniment to raw oysters or at a supper or luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo News
A Fortunate Boy in School Prizes
A dialogue from Street & Smith's Good News about Sammy Smart winning all prizes in class. The boy suggests his father helps with arithmetic while another son questions the father’s knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papsa
Sammy Smart
Street & Smith’s
Johnny's Soap and Stomach Bitters Ad Summary
An early 20th century style advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters and Ho tetter's Stomach Bitters as remedies for stomach disorders, liver trouble, anemia, and debility. It markets tonics for dyspepsia, rheumatic pain, asthma, coughs, and colds, praising consistent use and health benefits with claims of revitalized blood and muscle strength.
Queen Queen Ellen Quinn of Queen's Peak Frontier School
Ellen Quinn, an Irish Cherokee in Montague County Texas, built and ran the first frontier school at Queen's Peak. She defended her students against Comanches with rifle and six shooter, dying to save women and children, and the Peak was later named in her honor. A later note records a Kentucky baby named Grover Cleveland Cook, born to Mrs Cook at age 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Texas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ellen Quinn
North Carolina
Carolina Mountains
Montague County
Queen's Peak
Quinn
Oder
Atores
Quinn's Peak
Queen's Peake
West
Clear Creek Canon
Clear Creek
Kentucky Register
Richmond
William Cook
Grover Cleveland Cook
National Capital Notes on Tax Proposals and Tariff Bill
In Washington the Attorney General rules that certain notes issued during the currency famine are not taxable under the bank circulation law. Sugar interests push to modify or defeat the Wilson bill bounty phase while Congress debates the tariff reform. Cleveland names John R. Proctor as civil service commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Senate
House
Cleveland
John R. Proctor
Kentucky
Civil Service
Proctor
Smith
Congress
Roosevelt
Lyman
Washington
Subcommittee On Agriculture
New Orleans
Memphis
Ways and Means
Bissell
Post Office Department
Wanamaker
Bryan
Nebraska
Prairie States
Lehigh Collieries resume operations between Shamokin and Quakley
Four more Lehigh area collieries between Shamokin and Quakley Pa resume operations while other national items include ex State Senator John J Kiernan's death on Wall Street and a Milan to Venice train collision with many casualties. The year also notes a miners strike at Winthrop mine Ishpeming Michigan and a large fire at Shields restaurant Oil City Pennsylvania causing estimated losses.
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Lehigh
Shamokin
Quakley
New York
John J. Kiernan
Kiernan
Miernan
Wall Street
Milan
Italy
Venice
Winthrop
Ishpeming
Mich
Shields
Oil City
Sycamore Street
Warren Foundry and Machine Company
Philllipsburg
N. J
Named and Wool Bill Covers Customs and Admin Features
The bill focuses on named customs and administrative provisions. It leaves international revenue issues in abeyance, with no changes to cross border tax arrangements or revenue sharing outside the domestic framework.
Five Dead in Indiana Family Tragedy as Husband Kills Family
In a country home near Sycamore Indiana Clinton Jordan aged twenty shoots and kills his wife Cora Foster seven, her father Joshua Foster, another son-in-law William Powell, and Mrs Foster before taking his own life. The bloodbath ends with Jordan dead across his wife as his clothing burns.
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Sycamore
Indiana
Clinton Jordan
Joshua Foster
Jordan
Foster
Cora Foster
William Powell
Powderly Resigns Amid General Assembly Debate
A Philadelphia special reports the Knights of Labor delegates tacitly expect the resignation of Mr Powderly tendered Saturday to be nearly unanimously accepted at the general assembly on Sunday.
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Powderly
Philadelphia
General Assembly Knights of Labor
Southern News Items and Briefly Noted Progress
A yellow fever case is reported in Brunswick with four under treatment and warmer weather noted. Raleigh reports Lobdel & Co plans iron furnace and car wheel manufacture with NC Car Co. at Egypt and Raleigh. The Columbia circuit court handles about forty liquor cases. Jasper Ala sees its greatest fire. A wreck near Montogmery Ala injures seven. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway raises pig iron prices. American and London buyers involved. Receivers named for Mary Lee Coal and Railway in Jefferson county. Germany Safety Vault assets $74,347 liabilities $225,000. Gold excitement grows near Helen Blazes Texas with veins three miles long. Judge Ellis rules in Crescent City Athletic Club suit over Fitzsimmons purse. Savannah rail directors elected. earnings and dividend reported. Nashville chancery suit targets Buchanan, House, Allen and bondsmen. U S Navy reports Columbia speed at 22.8 knots nets $350,000 premium. Spreckles Wooley sue Hawaiian Sugar for $1.6 million over misused funds.
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Brunswick
Raleigh, N. C
Lobdel & Co
Wilmington
Del
Egypt
Raleigh
North Carolina Car Company
United States Circuit Court
Columbia
S. C
Jasper
Ala
Western Railway of Alabama
Cliett’s Station
Montgomery
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company
Birmingham
J. M. Montgomery
J. B. Scott
Mary Lee Coal and Railway Company
Jefferson County
Henle
Helen Blazes
el Paso
Texas
New Orleans
Crescent City Athletic Club
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Hall
Fitzsimmons
The
Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad
Savannah
H. B. Plant
R. G. Erwin
H. S. Haines
M. J. Joseph
B. F. Newcomer
H. M. Flagler
J. H. Estill
H. 8. Haines
R. B. Smith
J. Moultrie Lee
R. G. Fleming
Chancery Court
Nashville
Tenn
N. W. Pickle
John P. Buchanan
M. F. House
J. W. Allen
House and Allen
General Assembly
Petron
Royal Baking Powder and cold weather health tips
The piece advertises Royal Baking Powder as essential for light cakes and breads, then shifts to health guidance for cold weather. It warns against cold exposure, advocates nose breathing in cold air, cautions after exercise, and urges regular bathing to prevent congestion and illness. It concludes with avoiding cold feet and avoiding standing on ice or snow.
Meandering Dreams vs Farm Reality in Old Columns
Excerpts reveal a college journalist facing dismissal after trimming dispatches and a city girl’s farm dream clashing with hard labor. The farm piece notes the gap between dream and daily life, including missed support and practical chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zexras
Unconventional Judges and Fatherly Dime Novel Tales
Anecdotes recount a judge halting summing up to ask about a fat man pressing on two young women in the gallery. Another scene has the judge exhausted by a witness’s profanity claiming things are as sure as God made apples. A father reacts to a dime novel prompt by praising a blinding incident with pepper to his son Johnny, who explains the idea came from the same dime novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff
Foreman
Johnny
Not Much Time to Lose
Dialogue excerpt shows a child urging a parent to hurry for a plans moment with a wife awaiting earlier. The scene centers on domestic timing and a playful exchange about dressing quickly.
Syrup of Firsst Claims Permanent Constipation Cure
Olden sources tout Syrup of Firss as a permanent cure for habitual constipation, insisting common laxatives only offer temporary relief and may harm the body. Brown's Bitters are promoted as strengthening, reviving vitality, and safe for adults and youths alike, urging workers to avoid strikes by recognizing danger.
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Johnny’s
Ho Tetter
Bright
Disraeli
Brown
Mlood
Shuffle-Shoon
Amber
Shuffle
Qaoth
Evugene
Ladies’ Home Journal
Queen
Paris
Spuller
President Carnot
Carnot
Raynal and
Burdeau
St. James Gazette
Frank T. Anderson
Queen and Crescent System
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Monroe
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
William Scheig
Phillip Floyd
Minneapolis
Bank of
Bow Street
Foreign Office
Berlin
William
Orleans
von Caprivi
Tammany
Charles L. Fairchild
Southern
Washington Dispatch
Secretary of the Navy
Belknap
San Franciscco
C. W. Spreckles
H. M. Wooley
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company
Farx
Great American College of Journalism
New York Weekly
Mits
Demienne
Hall
F. J. Chane
Toledo
Ohio
FP. J. Cheney & Co
Beecham
Boschee
W. H. Haggerty
Martinsville, N.J
Spersek
Monte Eras
R Mfg.Co
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Eee
Dr.kilmers
Rod
Mmore
Dr. Kiture & Co
Bisquamroy, N. J
Walter Baker & C
Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
J. R. Murpocx
Huntsville
Jeppard
Sheppard
Isaaga
Sheppard 4&4 CO
Baltimore
Widowney
Mandel
Maclean, Curtin & Walker, Maars
California
Poste
Summerland
Santa
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