Doan's Kidney Pills Enduring Kidney Relief
A resident of Estherville testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured kidney pain and backaches, with lasting relief and renewed health after years of suffering. Mrs. EB Bowden confirms the three year old public endorsement, noting persistent misery before the remedy and complete recovery after using Doan's. Also promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and Champherin ointment for rheumatism with local sellers listed.
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Jousanda
Dean
Doan
Eatherville
Igenta
Porter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Poisoned Liniment Advertisement Misleads Readers
An OCR fragment shows a dubious claim about tor White Liniment offering universal satisfaction in every case of illness or injury. The note credits a supposed exclusive agent J. J. and promotes the product at any price, implying deceptive marketing and potential consumer harm.
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J. J
Not All Together A Success A Rainy Home Visit
Fracn Cohen, soaked and far from home, seeks shelter and food. He finds old German neighbor Kremler, visits his dining room with eight others, enjoys a meal, and thanks Kremler before parting. Kremler then offers services for selling property or burial, signed by H. N. Rohde of Estherville, Iowa.
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fRanc Cohen
Kressier
Helne
Kressiere
Ienac
Kressler
Kresaler Alyty
Sis
The Gon of Platter-pool and the Terror of Spook Nurslings
In remote Scotland, parents and nurses deter children with fearsome tales of the gon of Platter-pool a gray aliken spike great caterpillar that haunts windows and sharpens its teeth. It never enters a house unless summoned, but its menace leaves children trembling in the dark and a habit of fearful bedtime refusals.
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Scotland
Polmateer Warns Against Dangers of Croup Remedies
An advisory notes that no heroic effort is needed to shield a child from croup and promotes Chamberlainn's Cough Remedy as a safe solution. The notice lists FL S. Stradle and Company as the sellers for sale of the remedy.
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Ake Chamberlain
Shadle & Co
Chamberlainn
FL S. Stradle and Company
Washing dishes under tables draws Paris rumor
A doctor's wife recently arrived in Paris from Annam reports a curious habit among servants who wash all dishes under the table rather than on top. A note asks for magazines for binding to be brought to the Vindicator and Republican bindery. Kirst Glass work guaranteed.
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Paris
Annam
Pasteur Mnathtuta
Vindicator
Hearing in Animals and a Found Brooch
The article explains how hearing organs vary across animals from mammals to insects, noting the ear structures and sensory nerves that detect sounds and protect against threats. A police notice states a lady's brooch was found and can be claimed at the office after payment.
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Harper's Weekly
Fragmented Victorian notices reflect church society publishing rules
A damaged OCR fragment cites Athenaeum remarks on Lord Tennyson's brother and high nosed high-jinks. It mentions the Vindicator and Republican plan to charge venues for all church and society meetings after February plus bazaars and water turnouts with admission fees. Other notices to be published free.
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Lord Tennyson
Athenaeum
Windom ad hints at prices for hides and pelts
The Windom notice proclaims the highest prices paid for hides, furs and sheep pelts and urges readers to bring in their old ton plus announces a fresh supply of carboy paper and typewriter ribbons. It references The Vindicator and Republic Co. tf
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Carboy
The
Vindicator and Republican Co
Ground Bowl Makes hens say Nothing better on the market
Kept on hand and for sale at A. V. James' mest mar ket. 4tt.
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A. V. James
Iron In Ore and Meteoritic Fragments
Fragmentary text notes iron occurs chiefly in oxide ores and is rare in native form. References meteorites and mineral searches, with incomplete details on location and context.
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Trom
Money Conceived in Petticoat Uncovers Hidden Deposits
Norwich woman Mos Herugn Nicowy reports finding seven certificates of deposit totaling 93,700 in a Petticoat pocket. The funds reportedly belong to her mother's family, triggering a local inquiry into ownership and rightful possession.
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Mos Herugn Nicowy
Norwich
Differeit Baaka-Ameenting
Hq Wouan
Admiral Keppel Spurned Doctors and Surfing
The late Sir Henry Keppel disliked doctors and surfing. He mocked Gladstone’s illness care by claiming to climb eighty atopa, take a cold bath, and sleep with windows open. Once, after an accident, he tore off bandages and vanished for amusement. His wife asked about him. he replied he was well and refusing his doctor as “that beast.”
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Henry Keppel
Edward
Mr. Glad-stone
Harry
Algernon West
CREDENTIALS NOW IN GROER
Burton Holmes reports on Buenos Aires La Prensa's grand editorial offices and a furnished Paris style flat once used to host distinguished visitors The list began with Puccini Amundsen and Doctor Cook Holmes notes the paper has since stopped entertaining guests in the flat
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Buenos Ayres
Burton Holmes
la Prensa
Paris
Holmes
Puccini
Amunsen
Doctor Cook
Opium Habit Prevalent Among Formosa Chinese Population
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette states that under Japanese rule Formosa showed widespread opium use, with 64 percent of males addicted. The educated were most affected, and 92 percent traced the habit to medical prescriptions. Initial public hostility faded as measures curbed the evil.
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Formosa
Making the Best of Things in Punch and Life
A compact reflection on optimism and its limits. The piece contrasts a curate praising an egg with the stubborn virtue of always seeing the bright side, noting how such cheerfulness can become wearisome. It cites a Punch cartoon and an Atlanta Monthly quote about extracting positivity from life’s rough edges.
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Punch
Atlanta Monthly
Ted Marks Story Tells of Theatrical Circles
A Kansas City hotel lobby tale about the late Ted Marks as recalled by a New York drum major. A youth offered to buy theater tickets for several companions, but the box office cashier refused entry without swift action, prompting the group to leave after Marks paid their way elsewhere.
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Ted” Marks
Metropolis
New York
Kansas City
Teddy Marks
Kodak Fiends Meet in a Channel Island Standoff
A retired commodore on a Sound villa estate forbids trespass and sets bear traps while a Woodsdale broker’s son and a widow’s daughter, both avid Kodak enthusiasts, photograph wildlife on the grounds. Their paths cross when the young man helps free the girl from a trap, ending with the commodore’s grumbling prediction that the pair will ruin their lives together.
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Commandora Binbridge
Hia Villa
Naval Service
Parker
Clara
Wall Street
Commodore
Harry Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Mise Parker
British Tafa May Rise in Naval Promotion Debate
The London Chronicle reports whispers that steps may open wider access to naval officer ranks. Commons questions show the admiralty wary yet not hostile to reform, amid discontent over tower deck promotions and calls to widen entry for less privileged Osborne and Dartmouth entrants. No concrete plan has emerged.
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London Chronicle
House of Commons
Admiralty
Osborne
Dartmouth
Perhydrometer to Measure Coal On Naval Collier
A new English perhydrometer to weigh coal on board the naval collier Neptune at Norfolk will be installed for testing. The instrument uses a near-center gravity tube with a float and lever system like a scale to show weight added or removed, indicating cargo transferred.
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Neptune
Norfolk
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J. J. Clinite
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Groer
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Kodak
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