Operation Her Only Chance
A woman recounts suffering from a female ailment and choosing Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over surgery. The ad claims decades of cures for displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and nervous prostration. It offers confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham and lists agents, needles, music, and land irrigation prospects from Linwood Land Co in Wyoming.
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Adrian, Ga
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adrian
A Sort of Cousin In Court
A lawyer questions a witness about how closely she is related to the defendant. The witness offers a tangled family chain, mentioning first and second wives, aunts and uncles, and multiple cousins, finally saying she always viewed him as a sort of cousin. The judge nods, deeming the explanations satisfactory.
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Aled
Joe
Farry
Man Finds Himself in New City After Binge
A disoriented man, reportedly on a week long jag, wandered blindly until he stopped a police group and asked the town name. A nearby officer replied Anaconda, prompting the man to groan that he had “got ’em again.”
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Anaconda
Chitavo Tribune
Color schemes for houses guide by National Lead Co
The article stresses color choices for exterior and interior painting as crucial to appearance and value. It invites readers to request free color scheme books and the Homeowner's Painting Outfit No 49 from National Lead Company at 1902 Trinity Building New York.
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National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Thomeowner
White Rhinoceros may not be truly white in Africa
A writer notes that the so called white rhinoceros is not white but yellowish gray. It is taller with a larger squarish snout and more herbivorous, with one horn sometimes absent. Early fiction spoke of a one horned African rhinoceros. By 1890 it had largely vanished from eastern Africa, surviving only in Zululand reserves.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Zululand
Rain and Resilience in Indian Life and Baron Munchausen
The piece cites G. W. James on Indians enjoying rain and health, noting their fearlessness and outdoor robustness keeps them vigorous. It contrasts with a Bar on Munchausen quip about lying for fun, denying spite or profit, highlighting wit and truth.
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G. W. James
Taft addresses floward university graduates and lays cornerstone
President Taft spoke to the colored graduates of Floward University near Washington confirming a brighter future for African Americans. He urged self improvement and civic value, noted improving southern conditions, and emphasized earning white respect while government owes education efforts. Taft handed parchment rolls to over 100 degree recipients and helped lay the Carnegie library cornerstone with others assisting.
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Uowara College
Floward University
Washington, D. C
Taft
Carnegie Library of the Universty
Bailinger
Leger
Halti
Thirffield
University
Illinois Deadlock Ends as Lorimer Is Elected Senator
The Illinois general assembly ended days of deadlock when Congressman Lorimer was chosen senator. As the session opened unrest spread among members. Early balloting showed Lorimer leading 53 to 47, rising to 77 to 61 by 2 p.m., with Hopkins trailing.
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Illinois Assembly
Lorimer
General Assembly
Hopkins
Two Shot to Death in Laurel Township Duel
Arthur and Andy Franklin were shot in a four cornered duel with the Tweed brothers in Mordison County North Carolina. Andy Franklin was killed instantly. Arthur Franklin died next day from wounds. Maj. Tweed wounded in the thigh. Beverly Stanton bystander also shot.
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Arthur
Andy Franklin
Laurel Township
Mordison County
N. C
Franklins
Tweed Brothers
Robert Tweed
Arthur Franklin
Maj. Tweed
Arthur Frankiin
Beverly Stanton
American Red Cross sends ten thousand to quake relief
The Portuguese Red Cross has received $10,000 from the American Red Cross to aid victims of the recent earthquake in the Ribato district. Shocks continue intermittently in the region, with two violent quakes on Wednesday but no damage reported.
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Portuguese Red Cross
Ribatjo
Presbyterians debate church growth and Bible study
Dr I G Steffen of Dubuque urges endowments and compulsory Bible study in sectarian schools as the Presbyterian assembly in Denver weighs budget shifts and immigrant outreach. Reports show high home missions receipts while critics rail at temperance funding and policy changes.
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Supreme Court
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Steffen
Tie
Executive Commission
Temperance Board
Missionary and Benevolent Board
Assembly
W. N. McEwan
Board of Home Missions
Charles I. Thompson
New York
United States
Congressman Bennett
Thompson
Robert Watchorn
Evi Island
Women Storm Forsythe Stanton Schoolhouse
A panic induces nearly 1000 women and relatives of about 500 pupils to storm the east side Forsythe and Stanton Street Schoolhouse in New York City when a fire breaks out in a nearby tenement. The janitor closes the doors, teachers quiet the children, and no injuries are reported.
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East Side
Forsythe and
Stanton Atreats
New York City
Paces Murder Charge Ends Life in Suicide at Huntsville
Irving Carter aged 28 percent? ends life at his Huntsville home on eve of murder trial. He had killed Thomas B. Bagby a year earlier, blaming Bagby for wronging his sister, and lured him to the fatal spot where the shooting occurred.
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Irving Carter
Huntsville
Thomas B. Bagby
Bagby
Carter
Train Holdup Suspect Held In Cheyenne Arrest
A man calling himself L. A. Steinhoff was arrested in Cheyenne Wyoming Monday night on suspicion of aiding in the Union Pacific mall robbery near Omaha Saturday. He carried $800 in currency.
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Ll. A. Steinhoff
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Mall
Omaha
Unitarian Meeting Dominates Boston Anniversary Session
The annual meeting of the American Unitarian Association filled most of Wednesday’s anniversary week session in Boston. Forenoon discussions covered nominating and business committee reports and the election of officers.
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Boston
American Unitarian Association
Eight Promoters Are TH and Parson Davies Illness News
Almost simultaneously with Pat Sheedy’s illness news in New York, his former partner in many enterprises, Parson Davies, was quietly moved from New Orleans to Chicago and is said to be seriously ill in that city.
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New York
Pat Sheedy
Parson Davies
New Orleans
Chicago
Car Crash Kills Mrs Warren Jones and Nephew in Stockton
Mrs Warren Jones wife of a wealthy farmer and her sister's 3 year old son, Isaac Hobinson, died when their automobile overturned in Stockton California. The vehicle plunged into two feet of water and drowned both occupants.
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Warren Jones
Isaac Hobinson
Stockton
Cal
Four Drowned After Gasoline Launch Capsizes at Grand Rapids Dam
Four persons were drowned and four rescued when a gasoline launch capsized while being carried through sluice gates at the Consolidated Water Power plant dam in Grand Rapids Wisconsin Tuesday night. The craft dashed against rocks below the dam, state officials reported.
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Consolidated Water Power Company of
Grand Rapids
Wis
Deadlock on Ninety-Fourth Joint Ballot in Illinois Session
On the ninety-fourth joint ballot in Illinois the total vote of the joint session was Hopkins 88 Foss 7 Mar gson 2 Shurtleff 19 Stringer 40 4 J Kelly of Chicago 11 M J Collins 16 scattering 17 The joint session then arose.
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Illinois
Hopkins
Foss
Margson
Shurtleff
Stringer
J. Kelly
Chicago
M. J. Collins
Scattering
Retired farmer kills wife with hammer in Jewell City
Samuel Klyen, a retired farmer, killed his wife early Tuesday in Jewell City Kansas with a hammer. Neighbors described him as bordering on insanity for years but not dangerous. The woman was his second wife.
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Samuel Klyen
Jewell City
Kan
Lynching Report From Pine Bluff Arkansas
Special report from Pine Bluff Arkansas states Lovell Davis a Black man was lynched at midnight Monday after being accused of attempting to assault a 25 year old white woman. Local authorities did not intervene as mob action occurred.
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Arkansas
Pine Blurt
Lovell Davis
Five Children Fatally Burned At School Event
Five children were fatally burned during commencement exercises at a private school in Central City Kentucky on Monday night. Police and fire responders arrived to find the ceremony halted and the building damaged by fire. Investigators are reviewing the blaze and identifying victims.
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Central City
Hog Cholera Cure Adopts Lincolnshire Remedies
An excerpted notice details Hog Cholera or Swine Plague and promotes Sloan's Liniment as a cure. It includes testimonials from A. J. McCarthy of Idaville Indiana and G. W. Balsbaugh of Peru Indiana praising rapid improvement in hogs after treatment. It mentions a free book by Dr Earl S Sloan and provides a Boston address.
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Sloan
A. J. McCarthy
Idaville
Ind
G. W. Balsbaugh
Peru
Earl
Boston
Mass
Defeated Candidate Plans Weekly Newspaper Venture
In a bitter post election exchange, the defeated candidate vows to launch a weekly newspaper to prove naysayers wrong, declaring his bold plan with spirited intent.
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Hebdhman
Ead
A Notre Dame Lady's Appeal for Home Cure
An appeal urges readers to write for a home treatment promising relief from rheumatism and related pains. The note claims uric acid removal and blood purification, with testimonials and a French general anecdote from Success Magazine.
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Notre Dame
Guffererva Friek
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Chicago Scale Co
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