Golden Medical Discovery and All Healing Salve Claim Blood Cure
An archaic medical advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for impure blood affecting skin and glands, and promotes All-Healing Salve for open ulcers. Includes ordering details from Buffalo, New York, and asserts known composition and oath-attested ingredients. Also touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for digestive health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Boy's Head Severed in Carnival Train Death
Eight year old Raymond Sauers was killed near B Street tracks in Monmouth Illinois. He and Charles Gaul Jr were playing when Gaul warned him to stand aside for a Great Cosmopolitan Carnival Co freight train moving east. The incident occurred at 3 45 PM as the cars rolled by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Iil
Raymond Sayers
B Street
Chas. Gaul, Jr
Gaul
Great Cosmopolitan Carnival Co
Galesburg
Burlington
Sauers
Foley's Kidney Remedy Offered as Aid for Elderly
A Bona to elderly people claims Foley's Kidney Remedy eases kidney and bladder troubles. It stimulates urinary organs corrects irregularities and tones the body. Commence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and be vigorous Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Humboldt man revived after being found dead beside haystack
J L Callahan of Humboldt, a retired farmer and clothing store operator, was found apparently dead beside a haystack near Badger after a night of exposure. He awakened before the coroner's arrival and is now recovering, while neighbors noted his prior ill health and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa
J. L. Callahan
Humboldt
E. K. Johnson
Badger
Callahan
Johnson
Wanted: Stay Another Year for Reverend Smith
At a recent M. E. church conference meeting the Rev. A. Smith was unanimously asked to remain with the congregation for another year. He is regarded as an able minister whose talent is praised by all who have heard him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church Conference
A. 5. Smith
Awaken the Liver with Chase Kidney and Liver Pills
An old advertisement promotes Dr. A. W. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills as a remedy for liver sluggishness and related digestive woes. It claims one pill per dose, 25 cents a box, with testimonials from Z. M. Taylor of Port Chester Maryland praising their liver-regulating effects. The ad urges use to restore liver action and digestive balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W
Chase
A. W. Chase
Z. M. Taylor
Port Chester
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sperry of the Pacific Fleet a Big Man for Navy
Rear Admiral Charles Sperry commands a sixteen ship world cruise from Honolulu to Auckland and beyond. His methods, from coal economy contests to wireless links, underscore a growing American naval prowess and the new school’s promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperry
United States
James A. Edgerton
Bob’ Evans
Charles&. Sperry
Spain
Charles 8. Sperry
Honolulu
Auckland
America
Pacific
Mexico
Canada
Great Britain
Alaska
Siberia
Russia
Japan
China
John Hay
Hawaii
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Metcalf
California
Admiral Sperry
The
Mark Twain
Washington
Suva
Fiji Islands
Ocean
Vancouver
Glacier
Uncle Sam
Sperry leadership and the world cruise philosophy
The article lauds Admiral Sperry for an unprecedented 3 850 mile coaling free voyage of sixteen ocean giants and a highly efficient, well trained command. It frames Sperry as a multifaceted naval leader, capable of diplomacy, administration, teaching, and combat, while stressing peaceful intent and global naval presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperry
Philippines
Annapolis Naval Academy
War College
Newport
Lmelight
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Sperry
Episcopal Wit and the Oxford Hood Lie
A Cleveland Leader anecdote recalls a Garden City man praising Bishop Burgess as one of few American clergymen with an Oxford hood. At a service another Oxford man noted Burgess wearing the hood and whispered that the wearer is not entitled. Burgess calls it a false hood, sparking a witty exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Burgess
Garden City
University of Oxford
Oxford
Cleveland
Booth Tarkington Epigram On Marriage From Supper Speech
A Tarkington epigram notes that before marriage a girl’s opinion of a young man mirrors his mother’s, while after marriage she leans toward his father’s view. A playwright praised Tarkington’s remarks as epigrammatic and well spoken at a theatrical supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarkington
Booth Tarkington
Prohibition Leader Eugene Wilder Chafin Leader in Reform
Eugene Wilder Chafin of Chicago, Prohibition party candidate for president, is a veteran campaigner with thirty years on the lecture platform. He has devoted eleven years to Prohibition reform, a Wisconsin native who grew up on a farm. his father died when he was twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miral
Bob Evans
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Sperry
Eugene Wilder Chatin
Chicago
Prohibition Party
United States
Wisconsin
Mr. Chafin
Wisconsin Leader Chafin Leaves Law for Reform Work
He is the eldest of thirteen children and ran the family farm before joining the Good Templars at fourteen, serving as grand chief templar of Wisconsin for four years and Illinois for one. Seven years ago he left law practice to move to Chicago to head the Washingtonian home, reforming many of the 3,000 drunkards he met there, and he later drew strong votes for Illinois governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Good Templars
Wisconsin
Illinois
Chicago
Washingtonian
Chafin
Fertile plant to test peat fuel as brick kiln power
Develop Peat Fields in Mason City reports the Fertile Peat and Brick plant will rigorously test peat as kiln fuel. Despite thousands of acres of peat land in the northwest, preparation methods have been imperfect. Kilns already burned peat showing superior heat, and directors expect a satisfactory process soon to market as a northwest fuel solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa
Fertile
Northwest
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised in 19th Century Toledo
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of W. J. Cheney & Co. to pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses the oath on December 6, 1886. Cure marketed with testimonials, price 75 cents, and a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
W. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Seal Notary Public
I. Cheney & Co
Unique Theater Opens After Sale of Half Interest
James Wooley proprietor of the Star Pictorium sells a half interest to Ralph Humble. The theater will be renamed The Unique Theater and open for the fall season next Saturday evening. Special arrangements promise a finer program each night and an enjoyable showcase of pictures for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wooley
The
Star Pictorium
Ralph Humble
Wooley
Mr. Humble
Unique
Electric Bitters Praise From Mrs Davidson In San Jose
Mrs M M Davidson of 379 Gifford Ave San Jose California declares Electric Bitters a superior family remedy for headaches biliousness and torpor of the liver and bowels stating a bottle provides more digestive health than any other remedy she knows. Sold under guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Davidson
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Youth Attempts Suicide Over Family Dispute
Willie Campbell aged eighteen in Waterloo Iowa tried to kill himself after his mother in law Mrs Charles Levin forced him from her home. He inhaled chloroform and drank carbolic acid from a tumbler. He left a note to his child wife and baby boy begging forgiveness. Doctors revived him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Charles Levin
Willie Campbell
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Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pagopago
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Mediterranean
Port Arthur
Charles Stillman Sperry
Gompers
Democratic National
American Federation of Labor
National Civic Federation
London
England
Unons
Cigarmakers’ International Union
American Federation of
Samuel Gompers
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Rojestvensky
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Cabsasiwd
Episcopal Wit
Eugene W. Chaffin
Bowmans
Popham
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland, C
McElhinney Drug Co
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