Favorite Prescription for Nursing Mothers and Women
A 19th century advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a potent restorative for nursing mothers and women with weakness or gynecological issues. It emphasizes that the glyceric extract contains no alcohol, lists claimed benefits, and invites readers to mail for a free booklet to learn more about its composition and endorsements.
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Pierce
Poe
R. V. Pierce
Affaio
N. Y
Fairy tales keep Santa Claus alive in childhood
In Passaic New Jersey a school board attempted to ban books by Aldersen Grimm and Arabian Nights but failed. The piece defends imagination as essential to progress arguing that fairytales from Mother Goose to Aladdin nurture invention and truth. The unseen is eternal and imagination educates beyond the five senses.
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Santa Claus
Passaic
N. J
Aladdin
Spain
Kriss Kringle
Public Farm Goods Auction Near Washington October 27
Having sold the farm, a public sale on the Washington Coppock road begins at 10 o clock Tuesday October 27 1908. Readily available stock includes horses cattle hogs hay corn oats chickens and farm equipment with terms of credit over 10 dollars and cash for smaller amounts. Auctioneers C J Bickford Teeter and Lathrop clerk Arthur Therion lunch on ground.
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Washington
Eureka Church
Washington and Coppock Road
Poland
C. J. Bickford
Teeter & Lathrop
Arthur Therion
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonial note
One hundred dollar reward offer for catarrh cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo O. Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse the firm. Cure taken internally and recommended by druggists. Price 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Bryan Tours West Virginia In 1900 Campaign Swing
William J. Bryan toured coal districts in West Virginia, speaking to farmers and miners from the Ohio and Kanawha valleys to Charleston and Thurmond. He critiqued Roosevelt and Gompers, defended labor rights, and mocked the “full dinner pail” slogan while urging voters to back the Democratic ticket.
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Bryan
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
New River
Thurmond Bryan
New York Central Railway
Taft
New York
Grand Prix d Aviation Prize Set by Aero Club of France
The Aero club of France plans a autumn 1900 aeroplane meeting to award the Grand Prix d Aviation valued at 2 666 dollars. The Beauce region will host the course, and flights will be judged on speed and duration.
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Paris
Aero Club of France
Beauce
London
Perrin
British Aero Club
St. Louis
American Aero Club
France
England
Montenegrin Women Demonstrate War Fever in Ce tiinje
In Cettinje on October 23 Montenegrin women staged a street march led by Princesses Zenia and Vera, daughters of Prince Nicholas. They carried Montenegrin flags and urged men to defend the nation, then the princesses formed a Red Cross nurse enrollment committee.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austro-Hungary
Zenia
Vera
Nicholas
Red Cross
Typhoid Epidemic Overwhelms Montreal Hospitals
An outbreak of typhoid fever in Montreal has filled all hospitals, with about 200 hospital cases and doctors overwhelmed by calls. Deaths remain relatively few, though the epidemic grows in scope and urgency.
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Montreal
Taft Captivates Indiana Crowd In Taft Campaign Stop
Taft spoke to thousands in Evansville and other Indiana groups during the first campaign day. He, energized after rest, defended Republican hope and called employer promises for more work business, not bribery. He addressed labor audiences with educational remarks.
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Linton
Terre Haute
Taft
Republican Party
Great Britain
Evansville
Grand Theater
People’s Theater
State National Bank
Red Fire Adub
Ind
Indiana
Bryan
Princeton University Observes 162nd Anniversary
Princeton New Jersey October 23 observed the 162nd anniversary of the founding of Princeton University. The college traces its charter to October 22 1746 following a Philadelphia synod movement in 1789 to create a rival to Harvard Yale and Williams and Mary.
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Princeton
Varsity
N. J
Princeton University
Philadelphia
Harvard
Yale
Williams and Mary
Two Held for Robbery in Ridgeville Post Office
Bloomington Illinois October 23 Charles Drake and Leo F Kindig of Ridgeville have been held to the federal grand jury in bonds of 1000 by United States Commissioner C C Herr on a charge of robbing the Ridgeville post office last month Most of the plunder was recovered.
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Bloomington
Charles Drake
Leo F. Kindig
Ridgeville
Federal Grand
United States
CC. C. Herr
Duke of the Abruzzi Arrives in Naples in Secrecy
The Duke of the Abruzzi reached Naples on Oct 28 with minimal public notice. He traveled unseen and went by cab to Capodimonte palace for a private conference with his brother, the Duke of Aosta.
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Naples
Capolimonte
Duke of
Aosta
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