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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
6
W P Bane, the tallest G A R veteran in the United States, is seven feet tall, weighs 200 pounds, and wears a size 7 1 2 hat with a No 15 shoe. A Civil War veteran of the Twenty second Pennsylvania cavalry, he has attended all G A R encampments since 1892 except St Paul and jokes that a third of him stayed outside the tent when lying down.
Walter Graham, a young Chicago clerk, falls for a woman aboard a lake trip. He pursues her despite her engagement to another man. A planned outing ends with Graham falling overboard and shrinking his flannel suit, leading to embarrassment and a final reveal of a playful manipulation.
The New York Sun notes Herman Baumgarten longtime seal maker for the Confederacy died in Washington. He recalled serving early 1861 in Montgomery and later Richmond engraving seals and coins, facing blockades, and navigating leathering risks as he sought mint plans abroad. He returned home just as amnesty arrived.
A passerby asks why the occupant calls the spot his cozy corner. He replies a daily ray of sunshine lights the small flat, a small ray bringing cheer.
Quote fragment explores the social meaning of a nobody as a prominent woman's husband, illustrating witty social observation in Washington Life.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes wealth by joke of a revenue cutter that clips coupons. The line hints at a man’s financial abundance using nautical imagery for a cut purse.
The widow of Col. Samuel Colt plans a bronze heroic size monument in Hartford honoring the inventor and his revolver bearing his name.
Arch bishop Ireland of St Paul known as fight ing chaplain served with the Fifth Minnesota at Corinth Vicksburg Red River and Nashville. At Corinth he fed cartridges to soldiers during a crucial counterattack aiding the regiment to hold the line and repulse the enemy.
French war minister Maurice Berteaux plans to abolish drums in the army. General Faure-Biguet backs the move calling drums useless in battle and argues buglers with rifles better-equipped. The note recalls Gen Boulanger’s popularity from reestablishing drums after prior abolition.
Charles Edward Munriem, credited as the inventor of smokeless powder, serves as a chemistry professor at George Washington University. He is recognized as an explosives authority and regarded as one of the era’s leading chemists.
In a chaotic scene outside Interborough Railway offices, hundreds of motormen and guards waited while a assertive wife urged her husband back to his platform job. A supervisor confirmed the man would be examined and returned to work, prompting mixed reactions from strikers.
A woman asks a playful question about why a woman gets off a car backward as the Sphinx riddle is set aside. The moment underscores her quick wit and regained prestige in the exchange reported by the Tribune.
Drummond Wisconsin August 21 Special. Families in Bayfield County praise Dodd's Kidney Pills citing relief from backache and kidney trouble. Mr T T Wold says one box ended his pains and his wife also benefited. The ad claims backache signals kidney disease and Dodd's pills cure and prevent progression to rheumatism dropsy diabetes or Bright's disease.
The Detroit Free Press reports a hostile exchange about a man named Charles described as abstemious. A June Bride asserts he withholds money, highlighting a personal dispute framed as social satire.
Red rough and chapped hands or sore feet respond to a strong hot creamy Cuticura Soap lather soak at night. Dry and anoint with Cuticura Ointment, then wear loose kid gloves or soft cotton bandages. The treatment promises speedy relief and economical long term cure.
A collage of era advertisements and quotes including a sportsmanlike boast about fighting for weapons, a Red Cross Ball Blue laundry ad, Ian Maclaren on life’s sameness, Piso’s Cure for Consumption testimonial, and a wry remark blaming crime on the poor mosquito.
A man urges a philanthropic lost and found notice offering to keep money and papers found, with papers returned. The clerk suggests adding no questions answered and the finder asserting ownership as the finder, referencing a Philadelphia press note.
In a Chicago Tribune dispatch a traveler discusses Wal eringold, described as the most successful and richest man in the state, sparking astonishment from a jolly landlord who questions the stranger’s claim.
Foot ease cures painful swollen feet and helps new shoes fit. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. Do not accept substitutes. Sample free. Address A. S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A playful exchange recalls a doctor remark on a man’s round stomach and a joke about fitting it with a square meal from Philadelphia. The brief line captures humor in dialogue.
Nebraska field sparks gold discovery claim as baseball diamonds turn into profitable spots. The piece notes the nation’s passion for baseball and the value of Ball Blue detergent in keeping fabrics bright.
A delicate woman fears probing questions about private illness yet thousands seek help from Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. A Manning Iowa woman credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after two years of ineffective treatment and severe symptoms. Mountains of proof claim Pinkham's remedy restores women's health.
Dr. Melvin M. Page of Page Optical Co. in Erie, Pennsylvania credits Dean's Kidney Pills with reversing severe kidney trouble after a trip to New York. He recounts acute congestion, headaches, dizziness, and wasting from 194 to 122 pounds, then steady recovery and current weight of 188 pounds since 1896. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents a box.
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