Flood relief efforts expand to Memphis New Orleans and St Louis
Washington reports intensified relief planning for flood victims. War Department shifts officers to support purchases of rations and medicines, with distribution on boats overseen by an army officer alongside a citizens committee. New Orleans reports river rise and strong levee protection while Delta residents face scarce food amid ongoing rationing in Tennessee towns including Helena and Marseilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Citizens’ Committee of
Memphis
Washington
Secretary of War
Col
Haines
Gaillard
Maj
Sanger
Craig
Signal Corps
Clarke
Ordnance Department
Martin
Quartermaster’s Department
Lieut
Richman
Ninth Infantry
Rowan
Teenth Infantry
Information Bureau
New Orleans
St. Louis
Sullivan
Capt
Davis
Chicago
Citizen's Committee
Plaquemine Parish
Ga Wourche and
Burns Boards
Louisiana
Madison
Tensas
Mruruts
Tenn
Mississippi Delta
Flower Lake Crevasse
Lulu
t'Helena
Ata
Helena
Ttat
Cairo
Helens
Wonderful Kaya Kaya shrub cures kidney and bladder disorders
A promotional piece touts Alkavis from the Kava Kava shrub as a universal cure for uric acid related diseases, kidney and bladder disorders, and rheumatism. It cites numerous minister and doctor testimonials, offers a free prepaid treatment by mail, and urges sufferers to send name and address to the New York Church Kidney Cure Company for a no-cost trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alksins
A ‘Iver
East
India
South America
Alkavis
New York Weekly World
W. B. Moore
D. C
Washington, D. C
Thomas Smith
Camden
Illinois
John H. Watson
Sumret
Texas
B.C. Wood
Lowell
Indiana
Bir
Wood
James Young
Kent
Ohio
Church Kidney Cure Company
Fourth, Avenue
New York
Parisian bicycle wedding rivals London ceremony
The report notes a Parisian wedding where the bride rode to the church in an electric motor carriage, with the groom, minister, and witnesses in the balloon-tethered scene. It contrasts with London’s bicycle wedding and highlights Mme Adam, a Paris journalist, and her rise from early arranged marriage to fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mme. Adam
George Sand
Paris
la Nouvelle Revue
Ethnographical Society
The Whirring Wheel and Global Bicycle Boom
George Banker retires from racing. American bicycle industry profits from interchangeable parts. Fifty weekly papers now cater to bicycle trade. South Sea Islanders adopt cycling via traders. A Bulawayo club in Matabeleland thrives with 25 members in a 26000 population area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Banker
South Sea Islanders
Irregular Notices and Ad Snippets Collide in One Page
A miscellany of historical extracts blends religious quips, patent medicine pitches, ammunition ads, and proverb quotes. It touts Fall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo, Winchester ammunition, Allen's Foot Ease, and various periodical quips, all framed as punchy one line items from Ram's Horn and Washington Democrat.
Western Resort Book and Special Rail Fares Notice
Contemplating a pleasure trip this season? Read about principal western resorts via Union Pacific lines. Send six cents for a copy of Western Resort Book from J. L. Lomax in Omaha. Also a special low round trip rate for Grant Monument ceremonies on April 7 offered by B and O Railway, with travel April 2–26 and return by May 4. consult B and O agents for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
J. L. Lomax
G. P
T. A
Union Pacific System
Omaha
Neb
New York
Grant
Issy
W. Ry
Conoult
Advertisements and quack cures blur a late 19th century page
A jumble of medical ads and quack cures appears with references to Hostetter’s Bitters Cascarets Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer St Jacobs Oil and various pithy quotes. The clumsy fragment hints at health remedies for rheumatism digestion nerves and neuralgia with dubious claims and promotional asides.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aix Lest
Migsouri
Michael
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Th. Hall
Washington Democrat
Winchester Arms Co
New Haven
Winchester
Allen
All Druggista and
Olmstead, le Roy, N. Y
Atchison Alohe
Atchison Globe
Cattlye
Ieee
Kansas
Ates
Flouor
Westema Onanee Hay—Choice
Io Ork
New Bess
Msaai Settee Reyes
Bodis Vila Wheat
ORN
Kline
Archat
Phila
Cascardta
St. Jacobs Oil
Jeremy Taylor
Waverley
Indiens Bicycle Co
Indianapolis
Tod
Dae ‘Cure
Paes Oa
Prining
Douglas Shoe‘y
Perit
Eluas
Ne’ Ak
cPonch
Mead ‘Gyo
Chicane
Watylesa
Bugat
Jefferson Cri
Adeoa
W. B. Pratt
Sec'y
Elehart
IND
Brett
McCormick Harvesting
Pheught
McCormick
Open Et Riewater
Harvester
McCormick Light
McComick Vision Gorn
McCormick Daisy Reaper
Yucatan
ALN. E.B
Pontine
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