Quick Relief Take Quick Relief Take Gold Medal Haarlem
The piece cites Prof. Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago recounting a Pendleton custom of mothers cutting children’s hair with shears and a bowl. A Pendleton Sunday school lesson on Samson and Delilah leads a boy named Joe to quip that it “don’t pay” to have a woman cut a feller’s hair.
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Charles Zueblin
Chicago University
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pendleton
Samson
Delilah
Joe
Jon
Short men fare better with brevity say British sages
A ponderous piece argues that eminent British men tend to be short in stature and that brevity aids genius. It cites Lloyd George, John Burns, Morley, Asquith, Chamberlain, Hare, Barrie, Kipling, Hardy, Hall Caine, Abbey, Alma Tadema, Pointer, Crookes, Carnegie, Roberts, and Wellesley as examples, noting heights around five and a half feet or less and concluding readers of modest stature share a notable company.
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Great Britain
Lloyd George
John Burns
John Bullish
jJabor
Board of Trade
John Morley
Mr. Morley
House of Commons
John
India
Mr. Asquith
Mr. Chamberlain
Englshmen
John Hare
Barrie
Richardson
de Iver
Kipling
Hardy
Hall Caine
Abbey
Alma Tadema
Pointer
Sir William Crookes
Carnegie
Lord Roberts
Viscount Welseley
Bia
Doctor and Student Exchange About Patient Temperature
A humorous quip from the Cleveland Leader notes a medical professor asking a young man about how far a patient’s temperature can drop. The student answers with a joke about cold feet.
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Cleveland
Baby dies after fall from bed in tragic Sioux City room
Mia Joseph Smith of Sioux City witnessed the death of her infant son Earl who fell from a bed while mother lay unable to aid. The baby plumply reached for the cover and struck the floor, with a relative discovering him unconscious and bleeding from the mouth shortly after.
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Hite Boy
Mia
Joseph Smith
Sioux City
Earl
Munyons Eminent Doctors Offer Free Diagnosis
Munyons offers free medical examination by eminent doctors. Send a postal request to obtain a diagnosis and be advised whether you can be paged. no obligation, advice is free. Address Munyons 53d and Jefferson streets Philadelphia Pa. Steadnant Ther a had cyclone report notes a colonel's unroofed house and fence blown into next county with neighbors commenting on the blast.
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Ilbarty
Munyon’s
53D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pieros
Fire Destroys St Anthony West Main impacts town stores
Fire of unknown origin swept the west side of St Anthony early Sunday destroying the post office and two large general stores. The loss reached 47700 with 17700 insured. Marshalltown and Zearing aided but arrived too late to help.
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St. Anthony
Marshalltown
Zearing
Baby weighs three pounds in Albion home
A tiny infant born to Mr and Mrs Hugh Graves near Albion weighs three pounds and fits in a quart cup. The baby is healthy and crys lustily at meals, with both parents described as average individuals. It is their first child and the family notes the child’s robust development.
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Hugh Graves
Albion
Fire at Sergeant Bluffs Ends in Narrow Saving
Fire sparked by spontaneous combustion in a wetly baled hay crib behind J C Holman & Bro store at Sergeant Bluffs threatened the town Thursday afternoon. A bucket brigade formed by locals prevented disaster. losses run about 1500 dollars with no insurance on the cribs or contents. Four cribs behind the store held hay and 600 bushels of corn, two cribs empty. The Holman store was saved only through hard labor.
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J. C. Holman & Bro
Sergeant Bluffs
Holman Brothers
Holman
Street railway extends to Glenwood and Council Bluffs
The first Omaha and Council Bluffs streetcar extension to the Iowa school for the deaf and dumb arrived Thursday. A half hour schedule starts with round trip tickets at 15 cents. The car will run between the school and Rock Island station with transfers available, tying the institution line to Lake Manawa route.
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Omaha and
Council Blutts
Iowa School For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs Street Railway
Lake Manawa
Institution
Rock Island
Foreign Insurance Firms Face Filing Fee in Iowa
Auditor Bleakley and Secretary of State Hayward clash over foreign insurers needing permits to operate in Iowa and to pay a $25 filing fee for the first $10,000 of capital plus $1 for each additional $1,000. About 223 firms may owe penalties up to $100 a day since the law took effect.
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Iowa
Hayward
Muscatine Keeps Dry as Saloon Petition Fails
Muscatine law enforcement league defeats a saloon petition after the 30 day limit passes without filing. The town is expected to remain dry for another year. In Manchester a "Black Hand" threat demands 3000 dollars under threat of death and arson. Universalists elect officers in Cedar Rapids Boone chosen for next meeting. Mrs. Jennie Garth elected president of the Women’s Missionary association. McCormick indicted for manslaughter in Rock Rapids after a fatal Larchwood row. Northwestern brakeman Will Sanderson dies crushed at Jewell Junction. Mrs. Anna Lind pleads guilty to burglary in Woodbine and receives ten years. Rev B D M Glaygow to take over the Spencey News after November 2.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Law Enforcement League
Universalists
Cedar Rapids
Boone
F. J. Drake
Webster City
Jennie Bartholomew
J. Oldfield
Mitchellville
Jennie Garth
Women'wy. Missionary Association
New Vigor for Bad Backs and Doan's Kidney Puls
A Rochester Indiana reader reports back pain kidney trouble and ankle swelling eased by Doan's Kidney Pills after trying many remedies. The testimonial from Mrs M Working cites relief after using three boxes and urges readers to remember the brand. The note ends with a price of 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
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M. Working
Fulton Ave
Rochester
Ind
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cures and cures all stages of catarrh promise
A collage of patent medicine pitches and civic notes. Hall’s Catarrh Cure touts a $100 reward for cures and claims constitutional action. Other items tout eye salve, soothing syrups, pain killers, and fashion notes from Paris.
Be Just To Yourself And Hold A Jar Under Hot Water
The fragment advises self care and avoiding cough remedies. It mentions a dubious remedy labeled Allen's Lung Bylaw and warns about drugging and improper dosing with bottles. Guidance on heating syrup and handling jars to prevent breakage is included.
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Allen'y Lung Bylaw
Pasteurized milk overrated say Chicago health official
Pr W A Evans health commissioner of Chicago declares pasteurized milk overrated. A string of humorous anecdotes follows, including onion juice as hair remedy and a famed Cuticura tale, before notes on Codex Sinaiticus and a theater fire near-miss reported by St Louis Times.
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W. A. Evans
Chicago
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise Across Colonies
The notice quotes women from Columbus Ohio and Graniteville Vermont praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable remedy during the change of life and for female ailments. It highlights endorsements from Mrs EB Hanson of 304 East Long St Columbus and Charles Barclay of Graniteville VT, noting thirty years of reported use and a general invitation to share experiences.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Columbus
Ohio
EB. Hanson
East Long St
Graniteville
Ciarles Barclay
R.E.D
E. Pinkham
Lydia Brinkham
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