Dr Williams Pink Pills Said To Cure Anemia
A Maine woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing severe anemia after two doctors deemed her condition incurable. She describes a dramatic recovery from pain, vomiting, and fatigue to restored health and weight gain after three weeks of taking the pills. The advertisement promotes the pills for anemia and other ailments and lists price and supplier details.
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Williams
Nathaniel Field
St. Albans
Somerset County
Maine
Dr. Williams
Man harms hand in religiously inspired guillotine act
In New Albany a young man Sanford Engleman 14 miles northwest of the city severed his right hand with an improvised guillotine claiming religious motive. He fashioned the device using saplings rope and an ax blade. Doctor Duffin says he may survive. Engleman refuses to reveal the fate of the hand. In South Bend Frank Ashley a poultry farm manager is jailed in Chicago for alleged assault on 16 year old Verda Kestetter. juvenile officers take custody of her child and Ashley’s whereabouts are traced between South Bend and Chicago. He faces prosecution.
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New Albany
Sanford Engleman
Burnville
Here
Engleman
J. H. Duffin
Georgetown
South Bend
Frank “Ashley
Studebaker
Verda Kestetter
Chicago
Harrington and
Howe
Rose Poull
Ashley
Wentworth Avenue
Fifty-ninth
Sixtieth Streets
Denver
Cal
Paull
Harrison Street
Former Sheriffs Face Revenue Dilemma After Court Ruling
Indiana appellate court ruling splits fees between sheriff personal account and county treasury causing confusion. Former Sheriff Fasig seeks 3000 for four years while the 25 cent jail intake and exit fee is disallowed or may be collected by counties. Attorney General Miller notes large potential recoveries for counties with cities.
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Terre Haute
Treasuries
Fasig
Miller
Bloomers Cause Church Dispute in Greencastle
In Greencastle the First Presbyterian Church faces a congregation split after Rev. A W Sonne called on Deacon Cammack and was greeted by Mrs Cammack in blue bloomers. A church meeting aimed to oust him. Sonne won 57 to 61 but the war continues.
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Greencastle
First Presbyterian Church
A. W. Sonne
Cammack
Dr. Sonne
Miners Face Card Refusal Over Stock Assessment
The United Mine Workers district No. 8 in Brazil voted at a special delegate convention to deny December working cards to members who fail to pay the national two dollar stock assessment by December 1. The levy, imposed by the national board in Indianapolis last June, aims to replenish the union treasury after stock benefits paid during the spring suspension.
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Brazil
United Mine Workers of District No.8
National Board
Indianapolis
National Treasury
Highland hotel keeper's wife elopes with railroad section hand
Hammond Mrs G De Frees, wife of a Highland hotel keeper, elopes with Peter Van Vliet of the Erie railway. Van Vliet lodged at De Frees home. De Frees, warned by friends, returned to find his wife and two children gone. He swears he will kill Van Vliet on sight.
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Hammond
Laporte Hosts Big Indiana Boy Banquet This December
Laporte will host a large winter gathering of about 400 boys from 22 townships for a corn growing contest banquet December 13 to 15. Invitations are issued and speakers include Prof. Christie of Lafayette E W Davis Senator Crumpacker Representative Faulkner and editors Harry B Darling and Edward Molloy.
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Laporte
Indiana
Prof. Christie
Lafayette
E. W. Davis
Crumpacker
Faulkner
Harry B. Darling
Edward Molloy
Judge Overrules Demurrers in Drug Trust Case
United States v. National Association of Retail Druggists proceeds as Judge A B Anderson in federal court overrules all demurrers and orders defendants to answer on the first Monday in February. The suit, brought under the Sherman act of July 2, 1890, targets alleged members and officers of the Drug Druggists association, tripartite protectors, blacklist manufacturers, and related contractors.
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Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Federal Court
United States
National Association of Retail Druggists
Drug Trust
National Association of Retail Druggists’ Association
Tripartite Protectors
Miner’s Shots Prove Fatal in Indiana
Terre Haute a Midland merchant WW. A. Watson died at St. Anthony's hospital after being shot by Louis Shulley a coal miner who fled from Tower Hill mine. Shulley remains at large with search operations continuing nearby to capture the fugitive.
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Terre Haute
A. Watson
Louis Shulley
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Shulley
Tower Hill
Death linked to personal safety incident in Terre Haute
Mrs. James Frazier died the other day in Terre Haute by her own action after drinking poison. A quarrel with her husband a week earlier is believed to have prompted the act. She reportedly told her husband, If you are a man you will swallow the rest of this.
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Terre Haute
James Frazier
Pinkhams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Cham
Fast Train Strikes Switch Engine in Terre Haute
The New Orleans special on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line struck a switch engine in the yards, splitting it in two and fatally injuring its engineer Douglas MacFarland. Passenger cars stayed on track and the train continued to Chicago about one hour later.
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Terre Haute
New Orleans
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Douglas MacFarland
Delay Inquest Into Wreck Victim in Chicago Ill
The inquest on Dassad Talovicz, 17, who died at Mercy hospital from injuries in the Baltimore and Ohio wreck, was continued by Coroner Hoffman until December 5 due to his inability to set transcripts arranged with Coroner Carson of Porter County Indiana.
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Chicago
Dassad Talovicz
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore & Ohio
Hoffman
Carson
Porter County
Indiana
Girl Changes Mind at Altar in Sullivan
In Terre Haute the bride Miss Fannie Crawford refused to marry Andrew Haynes after Reverend J H Carnes asked if she would take him as husband. She explained she had changed her mind.
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Terre Haute
J. H. Carnes
Sullivan
Fannie Crawford
Andrew Haynes
Funeral of Rev. Father Kaehne in Logansport
Funeral services for Rev. Father Henry Kaehne pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church Logansport were held with 50 priests assisting and about 3000 attendees. City offices and many businesses closed in respect to the dead priest.
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Father Kaehne
Logansport
Henry Kaehne
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Terre Haute Girl Promoted To Kentucky Normal
Miss Sarah E. Scott of the Terre Haute training school department has been appointed head of the department of method at the Kentucky State Normal in Bowling Green Kentucky.
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Terre Haute
Sarah E. Scott
Indiana State Normal
New Kentucky State Normal
Bowling Green, Ky
Grand Rapids Signs Catcher for 1907 Champions
Captain Geeshaw of Grand Rapids Michigan announced the signing of Joe Harris to catch for the champions in 1907. Harris weighs 185 pounds and stands six feet tall.
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Grand. Rapids
Bend
Geeshaw
Grand ~ Rapids, Mich
Joe
Harris
Incomplete Snippet on Medicines and Prices
The text notes debate over circulating theories of pessimism and mentions a Lewis factory dealer in Peoria and a complaint about bills. It references Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and winds of a family dispute, hinting at a far from clear historical ad or column fragment.
Garfield Tea under Pure Food and Drugs Act Standards
Garfield Remedies claims Garfield Tea meets the highest requirements of the National Pure Food and Drugs Act for constipation relief. The notice emphasizes compliance with new federal standards and urges readers to consider Garfield Tea as a certified remedy.
Telegraph Dept. Keeps Error Free Record 14 Years
In the 1905 1906 report the colonial secretary of the Bahamas states no complaint of error or delay has been received by the telegraph department for fourteen years.
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The
Bahamas
Islands
Telegraph Department
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
A 19th century advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness from catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Depew Writes Reminiscences At Ardsley
Senator Chauncey M Depew rests at Ardsley on the Hudson while compiling reminiscences from his fifty years in public life He doubts publication but hopes they will interest his son The memoirs recount many prominent personages and promise readable material
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Depew
Chauncey M. Depew
Ardsley on-the-Hudson
Boy's Head Healed by Cuticura Remedies
Avard Oklahoma merchant A C Barnett writes of his son’s severe eczema on the head. He reports two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent along with Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the scalp sores and restored hair. He praises the products for keeping skin soft and healthy and recommends them for eczema. Dated March 30 1905.
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A. C. Barnett
Avard
Oklahoma
Italy and Spain Name New Ambassadors to London Court
The two great Catholic powers Italy and Spain appoint new ambassadors to the court of St James. Marquis di San Giuliano of Italy comes from a Norman Sicilian lineage and is a culture devotee, Dante student, and Italian Geographical Society president. Senor Villa Arattia of Spain joined King Alfonso in London for the engagement to Princess Ena and earned praise for tact and courtesy.
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Italy
Spain
Europe
St. James
Marquis di San Giuliano
Dante
Italian Geographical Society
Senor Villa Arattia
Alfonso
London
Ena
Etiquette Guide on Soap and Daily Bathing
A early twentieth century etiquette guide defends daily soap use and baths, noting that soap does not irritate the complexion and many fine complexions are washed daily. It laments past habits, contrasts with a great grandmother’s rose water ablutions, and warns the advice applies to those in sound health.
New Year’s Calls and the Rise of Postum Use
A Staten Island doctor notes the old New Year’s visiting custom waning due to overindulgence in egg nog and applejack. He praises improved habits over 25 years, including offering Postum instead of coffee or spirits as a genteel, healthier alternative.
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Staten Island
Postum Cereal Co growth pictured in booklet
A small white barn where the Postum Cereal Co began in 1895 leads to Postumville in Battle Creek Michigan. The booklet The Door Unbolted narrates the rise to a city of factory buildings and a Shakespearean style general office. It notes thoughtful, healthful work spaces and offers the booklet on request.
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Postum- Cereal Co
Little White Barn
White City
Postumville
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum Cereal Co
Mr. Post
German Volunteer Army Corps Receives 87 Automobiles
The German Volunteer Army Corps is issued 87 cars with uniformed drivers to transport staff officers. In last month’s maneuvers the machines were praised by tacticians for speed and convenience as they observed the mimic campaign.
Brandreth's Pills Claim Worldwide Health Benefits
A vintage health claim advertises Brandreth's Pills as a nightly tonic that cleanses the stomach and bowels stimulates kidneys and liver purifies blood. The vegetable laxative tablets suit all ages from children to seniors and have been sold for over a century in plain or sugar-coated forms.
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Lane
Brandreth
Admiral Brownson Likely to Lead Navigation Bureau
Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, who just took command of American naval forces in the East, is understood to be recalled for the post of chief of the Bureau of Navigation. He would normally retire next year but is expected to continue at the bureau during the current administration due to his strong condition.
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Willard H. Brownson
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Brownson
Mix Soap With Dough Tells bakers mix soap in dough
A communication to the Association of Belgian Chemists claims continental bakers mix soap with dough to make bread and pastries light. It notes the quantity varies and is larger in waffles and fritters than in bread.
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Association of Belgian Chemists
Lydia E Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound Legacy
The article chronicles Lydia E Pinkham born Ester in 1819 Lynn Massachusetts a Quaker family educator and herbal medicine pioneer. It details her home remedies later transformed with her family into Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after 1873 financial ruin.
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Isaac Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
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