Frances Willard Hospital endorses Peruna for stomach issues
Miss Georgiana Dean, a three year Liberia missionary and nurse, writes from Chicago praising Peruna. She notes remarkable cures of obstinate catarrhal dyspepsia and urges physicians to consider the remedy as reliable. A free booklet by Dr Nortman is offered by mail in Columbus.
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Georgiana Dean
Liberia
M. ©. Church
Chicago
Frances I. Willard National Temperance Hospital of
Columbus
Nortman
Startman
Use Bulger's Blood Bitters in Hospital Bulletins
A stranger pressures a physician to add an advertisement line to hourly medical bulletins naming Bulger's Blood Bitters. The physician protests that the bulletins are not ads, while the caller demands his name be removed and exits in anger.
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Bulger
Peppe
St. Louis Republic
Burglary in the Fatuare and Germicide Cure
A Detroit Journal excerpt describes a burglary attempt in the Fatuare interrupted by an electric spraying device that drenches the intruder with germicide, curing his ill fortune. The piece also nods to spring fashions and a stolen pair of shoes noted in various papers.
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Detroit Journal
Philadelphia Presa
L. A. W. Bulletin
Hair Lock Ornaments Cause Scandal For Clergyman
A venerable white haired clergyman recounts how a church visit led to multiple requests for a lock of his hair. He sent a hair to five admirers, including a note to his wife. His wife receives a letter asking for a lock to craft lilies of the valley hair flowers, revealing the unintended humor and social tension in the affair.
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Jess
Cincinnati Inquirer
Georgia Paper Details Office Accident With Bullet Wound
The Georgia newspaper recounts an office incident where a bullet passed through the foreman James’s chest but narrowly missed a plate-glass window, an event framed as a costly accident amid a locale where gunfire is common.
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Georgia
James
Minneapolis Journal
Missing Captain Rockefeller Feared Captured Near Caloocan
Washington May 2 dispatches report Capt Rockefeller Ninth Infantry missing since April 28 near Caloocan while on reconnoitering duty. Personal papers found two miles from Caloocan raise fears of capture by insurgents. Rockefeller, a Civil War veteran, would have earned a major soon. Admiral Dewey notes ten Yorktown crewmen possibly captured.
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Capt. Rockefeller
Ninth Infantry
Caloocan
Yorktown
Washington
War Department
Otis
Philippines
Rockefeller
C Doocan
Charles A. Rockefeller
Seventh New York
Te Has al- Wirs
Infantry and
Cavalry
Manila
Uir
ANOTHER TOWN CAPTURED IN THE PHILIPPINES
Manila reports Gen. MacArthur sending officers to Gen. Antonio Luna under a truce to exchange prisoners, with eighteen Americans believed held. Two Filipino officers and sixteen others possibly include Lieut. J. C. Gilmore and 11 Yorktown crew members. Maj. Bell’s scouts seize Macabebee, about four miles southwest of Calumpit, as crowds cheer. Lawton leads a 40-strong scout band. Dewey Day observed with ships dressed overall. Secretary Gage takes a two week vacation to Hot Springs Virginia with Mrs. Gage.
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Manila
Alay
MacArthur
Antonio Luna
J. C. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
Macabebees
Maj
Bell
Macabebee
Calumpit
Lawton
W. M. Young
Diamond
Harrington
Somerfield
Murphy
Oregon
Dewey
Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
Grain-O preparation directions and user experience
The Chicago Tribune recounts Grain-O usage with one tablespoonful to two cups water, mixing with half an egg, boiling fifteen to twenty minutes, and serving with cream or hot milk. A user and Uncle Allen Sparks share that ten days of consistent use makes Grain-O preferable to coffee, concluding it proves habit forming.
Lane's Family Medicine Claims Daily Bowels Health
An advertising line from the Detroit Journal touts Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement health benefits and gentle liver and kidney action. It asserts cure for sick headache and sets price at 25 cents with due payment. Whisky is suggested to relieve dyspepsia with a humorous note about a brick in the hat offsetting a brick in the stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motte Barger
St. James
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lane
Detroit Journal
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot comfort
The notice promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes, claiming relief for corns, swollen and sore feet, sweating, and ingrown nails. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a mail offer and address in New York. The piece ends with a quip about levity in funerals from L. A. W. Bulletin.
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Allen
Saimple
Alen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Coughing Leads to Consumption and Quick Cures
Coughing leads to consumption prompts claims Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once with sample bottles free from the druggist. Large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents. Delays are dangerous. A Yonkers note jokes about affection. Grove's Tasteless Chol Cart Tonic touted as simple iron and quinine with no cure no pay. A man named George Saxton loses a finger to a buzz saw and then to love.
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Grove
ALABASTINE wall finishes urged over cheap kalso mine
Ladies prefer ALABASTINE for walls and ceilings because it is pure clean and durable. It comes in five pound packs with directions and dries as a pure plaster finish. Dealers selling similar cheap calcined products may mislead customers and risk damage from inferior materials.
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ADIES
Mnhware
Eayvsa
Ensible
Alabastine Co
AE Interio
Actrolhouse
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Frances Willard Hospital
Navy
Gilmore
vAm
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Truax
Toedo
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
O Hall
Atchison Globe
Gen. Lawton
Gage
Virginia
Allen Sparks
Chicago Tribune
Yonkers Statesman
George Saxton
Atchison
Lea
Spalding
N. Young
A. G. Spalding & Bros
New York
Denver
Capsilaris Manufacturing Co
N.yy
All Marsfield, Act
Gilen Bridge
N. J
Carter’s
Carter’s Ink CO
Boston
Mass
Buckingham
R.P. Hall & Co
Nashus
N.H
Hood
Llood
Alabbastine CO
Grand Rapids
Michigan
A. J. Tower
Jester
Winchester Repeating Arms Cod
Winchester Ave
New Haven, Con
Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Too
J. Broughton
J. S Crawford
9Th St
Kansas City
Everett & Kantz
Fort Wayne
Ind
Whiting
Teethina
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