Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham remedy for health rise
An Indianapolis woman describes severe illness and weight loss, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength from 103 to 133 pounds, and encourages other women to seek the remedy. Also includes a quip about actresses and husbands from a theater scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Indianapolis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Crewe
WM. Green
Addison Street
Indiana
rai E._Pinkhim Medicine Co
Lynn
Astoria bottle safety claim and old humor note
An old collage snippet discusses Astoria infant remedy safety, Fletcher's Castoria advertising, and a Boston Evening Transcript quip about marriage and home life. Also mentions a man escaping trouble by growing whiskers and a gag about holidays and chores.
Invents New Game by Dr James Naismith at Kansas University
Dr James Naismith, KU professor, introduces a new sport blending football and soccer with eleven players per side and a rugby style ball. The rule allowing hand use only above hip height aims to reduce injuries. Anxious anticipation grows for adoption by high schools and interclass contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nilemith
University of Kansas
Aml
Reid
Scaring
Dane
Naismith
Farmer Kills Daughter Then Burns Farm in Kansas Tragedy
In Chanute area a 83 year old farmer shot his daughter Lena Becker 41 and wounded another son before setting farm buildings ablaze. A posse pursued him, with Jesse Bennett fatally shooting the gunman as he hid in a hedge. The elder Becker was wounded and captured after the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Becker
Portheast
Chanute
Lena
Ren @ Dughbor
Posse
Decker
Probiie Fudge
Allén County
Misa Becker Ak
Parl Dimer
Kas
Reid
John Becker
Becker
Bert Miles
Dan Stites
Reeker
Hert
Dan Miles
Jesse Bennett
Osh
Warden
Hecker
Letters that change lives through faith and effort
A story of how personal letter writing and Christian literature moved individuals and communities. A Worchester businessman joined a church after a letter, a Connecticut mission grown into a chapel, and a Canadian woman helped form a Sunday school and church. A praying farmer's wife and a lettered inmate program spread Bible study and conversion across prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Day Trumbull
Christ
Worester
Mays
Lttle Mission
Connecticut
Canada
Connecticut School
Little Mission School
Christian Endeavor Society
Ieas
Peru
Dogs Save A Kansas Girl From Attacker Near Shawnee
Hulda Prucimer, 11, daughter of Fritz Prucimer, fought off an un identified white assailant in a pasture three miles west of Shawnee Johnson county at 6 30 pm. A posse of more than 100 men and boys pursued the suspect, threatening deadly force if captured. Hulda was bound by the neck with barbed wire to a tree but escaped, then walked home and reported the incident to her sister Florence. She was treated by Dr. C W Quiring in Shawnee and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda
Fritz Prucimer
Shawnee
Johnson County
Olathe
Éile
Florence
Gil
C. W
Lesson on sowing and restoring temperance guidance
The lesson discusses Galatians themes of law and grace, the law of Christ, and bearing one another's burdens. It urges gentle restoration of erring believers, warns against spiritual pride, and explains sowing and reaping as a universal law with practical, moral and spiritual applications for living under the Spirit. It links patience, humility, and perseverance to eventual eternal life with emphasis on communal support and selflessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Galatia
Christ
Limbs in trees and shore regions noted in odd text
An unclear passage mentions limbs seen on trees and shorelines, described as possibly bark covered and used in various ways. It suggests limbs of cork, wool, or bone, with cork limbs as preservers and woolen or bone varieties for defense or mobility, though many details are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trom
Etege
Greame
Red Rough Skin Health Ad Promises Free Sample
A garbled advertisement touts fagrest muper creams for skin scalp and hair. It claims to clear blotches redness roughness dandruff and chapping with a free mail sample from Culture Department Boston. Ends with odd dialogue about finances and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutiture
Boston
Fragmentary report on per capita wealth data and local library
A garbled OCR style note cites per capita wealth around $308 and later $1,965, with unclear context. It mentions a man trying to make funds while a woman is told to be cautious. The fragment refers to Osh Schoharie area and a public library project or operation.
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Astoria
Gramp
Ethel
Boston Evening Transcript
Eczema
B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Tet
Carter
Eadache
Arters
Iver
Kishor
Pree
Dr. Naismith
Ruby
George S. Banks
Independence
War Department
Missionary Hidge
Kansas
George Brown
Augusta
Wellington Hoe
Public Drary Board of Wellington
Carnegie Lbrary
Andrew Carnegie
Hiawatha
Marie Jeanette Scott
Minneapolis
Termeler
Prett
Ninnescah
Saratoga Millrace
Gell Hunter
Tragie
L. R. Gilbert
Salina
Wichita
Weber Yard
Farmer
Johason County
Quinter
Gore County
Hays
State Normal School
Nd Agricultural Experiment Station
W_ C. Rigby
Topeka
Sam Graybill
Hutchinson
W. R. Long Olan
R. J. Nolsin
Herington
John J. Saunders
Harrison Parkman
Emporia
John Laphan
Labette
J. T. Bradley
Labette County
Parsons
Belpre
Edwards County
State Hospital For the Insane
Larned
Pawnee Creek
Dice—G. R. Hoffman
Whsworth
Kansas State Board of Pharmacy
Berial
Elieworch
Sellers
Moody Trate
Chiomsro
Ostetter
Trak Fem
Jack
Bios
Schoharie, N
Oper & Fom Public Lbrary
Missouri
Kansas City
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