The Ruby Mine of Baraka and the Desert Stranger
Baraka a Tartar girl loves a bearded traveler studying herbs near Centralia. Her rival cousin Saad climbs down to kill them as the traveler digs toward a ruby mine while Baraka guards the entrance thirsting for water and love. The rival dies, the traveler escapes with rubies, and Baraka roams the gorge with scarce water and resolve.
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Crapter
Baraka
Ture
Ruby Mines
Saad
Stranger
Hyomei Inhaler Ad Promises Quick Cold Relief
An 1909 testimonial extols Hyomei for instant relief from colds, stuffed head, and bronchitis. The ad cites Mrs Mager and a Cincinnati agent praising the inhaler. A full Hyomei outfit costs $1 with extra bottles 50 cents, guaranteed money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon’s
Plague Epidemic Reported in California by Merriam
Washington reports bubonic plague spreading in California for the first time in US history. C Hart Merriam testifies that 25 000 dollars may be insufficient to fund the biological survey while detailing plague transmission via fleas on native rodents and infected ground squirrels near San Francisco Bay. He warns of potential malignant outbreaks in hot weather.
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Washington
Orient
California
United States
C. Hart Merriam
Bureau of Biological Survey
Merriam
House Committee On Agriculture
Congress
Secor
San Francisco Bay
San Franisco Bay
Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
India
Supreme Court Refuses Retrial in 1908 Viegen Uprising
The federal supreme court in Mexico City refuses to grant a rehearing for fourteen men sentenced to death for inciting an armed uprising at Viegen on June 24 1908. Some defendants were prominent businessmen in Viegen. They face execution unless the president grants pardons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Federal Supreme Court
Viegen
Viesen
Bryan Lectures in Panama at National Theater
William J. Bryan delivered a lecture to an immense audience of Americans and natives including government officials at the National theater in Panama. He received continuous applause and spoke on a highly interesting talk. He will sail for Peru and Chile on Tuesday, stopping at Bolivar before returning to New York via Buenos Aires.
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Panama
William J. Bryat
National Theater
Bryan
Peru
Chile
Bolivar
New Yor
Buenos Ayres
Benbrook Elected Captain of 1910 Michigan Football Team
Albert Benbrook of Chicago has been chosen captain to replace the blocked J Joy Miller election. A two year Michigan guard, Camp an All American selection, he is in the 1911 engineering class and earned strong praise this season.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Albert Benbrook
Chicago
Michigan
J. Joy Miller
Benbrook
Michy
Walter Camp
Thaw Sister Offers to Buy Brother’s Trinkets
Pittsburg January 10 Alice Cop ley Thaw sister of Harry Thaw now in Matteawan asylum offers ten thousand dollars for cuff links scarf pins cigar cutter and books from the Thaw estate. Roger O Mara trustee asks court to sell personal effects to satisfy creditors and cites the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Alice Copley Thaw
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Roger O'Mara
Thaw
Marriage creates surprise on campus elopements
Utica reports Robert A. Fish secretly wed Julia Park of Waverly in Elmira. The incident mirrors a Cornell campus pattern as Frederick P. Badger of Scranton, a roommate, previously fled with sixteen year old Charlotte Allen of Utica, later eloping to Buffalo to marry.
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Robert A. Fish
Julia Park
Elmira
Utica
N. Y
Cornell
Waverly
Fish
Frederick P. Badger
Scranton
Charlotte Allen
Badger
Switchmen's Union Leaders Plan Buffalo Wage Talks
Heberling and James B. Connors leave Chicago to confer with Switchmen's Union leaders in Buffalo on the Chicago district wage dispute. They will meet Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neil for discussions today.
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Chicago
BE. Heberling
James B. Connors
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Buffalo
Switchmen
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Neil
New York Auto Show Opens at Madison Square Garden
The opening day at Madison Square Garden drew many exhibitors and attendees for the first all day session of the New York auto show with organizers inspecting displays to ensure order and readiness.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Duck Woman
Anna Anderson of Duck Minnesota writes that about a year ago she was sick and unable to do housework due to Retroflexion. After taking Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as advised she felt much better and could work again.
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Pinkham
Anna Anderson
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advises Women
Advice urging women to avoid surgical operations and to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims thirty years of use, testimonials from many cities, and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Wormer
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Explosion claims life of Shelburn shot firer
In Shelburn Indiana an accidental windy shot caused a mine blast that killed Harry Potts aged thirty four the sole miner in the old Shelburn mine. The disaster underscores dangers in southern Indiana mining.
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Shelburn
Ind
Harry Potts
Indiana
End of Prohibition Stance From Milwaukees Mayor Rose
Milwaukees mayor David S Rose in New York argues the prohibition movement is breaking down. He favors regulating liquor by law rather than total prohibition, citing significant economic losses to government labor and related industries if prohibition ends. He condemns illegal trafficking and calls for orderly, legally run saloons and restaurants.
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New York
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
Tam
Allied Industries
Cure for Indigestion and Kidney Trouble Ad
An advertisement touts a cure for indigestion and stomach misery with a large box of tablets for 50 cents and mentions Foley's Kidney Remedy claiming to cure kidney and bladder trouble not beyond medicine and to strengthen the kidneys. The note references Lemiman's pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Bright
Lemiman
Poise Advice for Children Stands on Feet and Posture
The author urges mothers to teach children proper poise in standing walking and sitting. Correct poise hinges on weight on the balls of the feet and a lifted chest. Observers note many adults carry weight on their heels, showing how habits form from youth.
Snead Disappears After Wife's Death in New Jersey
Fletcher W. Snead, longtime second cook at the New Murray hotel in St. Catharines, has vanished. Police hold two theories death by own action or flight to New York, with self harm seen as most plausible due to perceived mental instability.
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St. Catharines
Ont
Fletcher W. Snead
East Orange
N. J
New Murray
New York
Rexall Orderlies Promise Relief for Constipation
An advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as a safe pleasant remedy for constipation with guaranteed relief or your money back. The odorless tasteless tablets are sold in 46 tablet packs for 24 cents and 12 tablet packs for 10 cents at the Rexall Store Cook & Sherman Washington location. The copy emphasizes safety for children and the elderly, no habit formation, and use as a bowel regulator rather than a laxative.
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Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Washington
Cook & Sherman
S. W. Cor. Square
Dr Shallenberger Aids Wide Range Of Ailments
The text touts Dr Shallenberger as a highly successful chronic disease specialist. It claims rapid diagnosis, cures for catarrh throat and lung issues, eye and ear, stomach, liver and kidney problems, neuralgia, rheumatism, paralysis, epilepsy, Bright's disease, consumption in early stages, bladder and female organ diseases, and liquor and tobacco habits. It also offers stammering cure, a remedy for piles fistula and rupture, surgical case attention, and glasses fitting with cataract and cross eyes treatment.
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Shallenberger
Bright
Nervous Debility and Private Diseases Cure Expert Ad
A sensational medical ad promises treatments for sexual weakness and private diseases. It claims to cure blood poisons syphilis gonorrhea and other conditions with perfect results in many neglected cases and no failures. It appeals to those suffering nervousness memory loss and fatigue.
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Stond
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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Chill
Joy Miller
Brother
S. E. Heberlin and
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Shot Firer
Mayor Rose
Snead
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Biya
Drexel State Bank
South Dakota
George Peck
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