Peruna as a catarrh remedy reviewed by US Dispensatory
A historical note questions Peruna’s claimed efficacy for chronic catarrh and cites ingredients such as hydrastis canadensis corydalis formosa cubebs cedron seeds and oil of copaiba with their listed uses in the United States Dispensatory. It invites readers to request a free book of testimonials to gauge public opinion on Peruna’s effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Péruna
R. Paxton ,Co
Boston
Mass
The Motor Voice and Modern Disabilities
A fragment discusses modern ailments from conveniences. It cites a young woman on a motor omnibus who discovers the “motor voice” barrier when she tries to talk aloud. The piece mentions tennis elbow bicycle foot and a clergyman's sore throat in passing. The Reader 41 to 7.
Col Burt Named President of Civil Service Reform Group
Col Silal W Burt, recently elected president of the Civil Service Reformation, previously served as a naval officer under the Grant administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Silal W. Burt
Civil Service
Grant Administration
Relief for neuralgia through Dr Williams Pills
A Detroit woman, Mrs Evelyn Crensere of 811 Boulevard West, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing years of neuralgia. After doctors offered little help, three months on the tonic restored her weight and nerves, and she remains in good health. Pills sold by druggists or by the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Crensere
Boulevard West
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Mystery surrounds $173000 theft at Chicago subtreasury
Reported theft of 173000 from the United States subtreasury in Chicago puzzles officials as Capt Porter and Deputy Treasurer Bartz probe potential bookkeeping errors. George Fitzgerald, an exchange teller, first reported the shortage and named several questioned colleagues while investigators seek how large denomination bills could have vanished from the cage and vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
T. S. Porter
Secret Service
William. Boldenneck
G. C. Bartz
Washington
George W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
F. J. Walsh
C. A. Banker
H. T. Ledden
H.S. Lock
W. S. Cable
Boldenweek
Nicaragua Forces Capture Strong Honduran Town
Managua reports San Marcos de Colon, a fortified Honduran town led by Solomon Ordonez, Honduras War Minister, fell to Nicaraguan troops at four oclock Monday afternoon. A US Mexico mediation offer prompts Honduras and Nicaragua to consider arbitration to avert possible intervention. A second note to both presidents warns of potential action.
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Managua
Nicaragua
San Marcos de Colon
Solomon Ordonez
Honduras
United States
Mexico
Inferno consumes Hickory Inn hotel in North Carolina
A large Hickory Inn hotel in Hickory North Carolina was destroyed by fire early Monday. Twenty guests on the second and third floors had to leap from windows to escape. Five were seriously injured and a traveling gatekeeper may have suffered a broken back. Loss estimated above 50 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Hickory Inn
Hickory
Missouri House Passes Two-Cent Per Mile Rate Bill
Jefferson City Missouri after amending the two cent per mile passenger railroad rate bill Monday the house passed the measure. The senate concurred in the amendment and it was sent to the governor for approval with penalties set from 100 to 4500 dollars for violations.
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Jefferson City
House of the
Missouri Legislature
Senate
Goymene
Mrs Annie Bradley Pleads Not Guilty in Utah Senator Killing
Mrs Annie M Bradley indicted for first degree murder in the alleged killing of former Senator Arthur M Brown of Utah. She was arraigned before Judge Stafford in the criminal court Monday and pleaded not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Washington
Annie M. Bradley
Arthur M. Brown
Utah
Stafford
Five-year-old and mother found dead with suspected cyanide
In this city on Monday, Col Mrs Benjamin C and her five year old daughter Gadevinus were found dead and Wright was dying. Traces of cyanide or potassium suggest double murder and death by own action or possibly triple death by own action at the family home.
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Wetter Col
Benjamin Cright
Gadevinus
Wright
Denver Steel Chief Frank Hearne Dies After Night
Frank J. Hearne president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company died at 7:45 o clock Monday night in Denver. The executive led the firm known for its steel production and mining operations in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Frank J. Hearne
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Mexican Revolutionist Escapes From Authorities
A Mexican revolutionist, Antonio Villareal, escaped in El Paso Texas Monday shortly after being handed over to immigration officials. He is reported to be en route toward the Mexican line for deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el ‘Paso
Tex
Antonio ‘Villareal
Rand
Floating kidney report prompts relief with a pill remedy
A patient describes back strain and kidney pain linked to a floating kidney. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, New York, lasting relief followed and the patient claims to be entirely rid of kidney trouble, with pills selling for 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Value of the Newspaper in Congress Debate
Republican congressmen discuss the presidents proposal to block mails to indecent Thaw trial papers. Mr Littlefield of Maine praises the press for its vital role in democracy and keeping Congress in check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Littlefield
Maine
Washington
Congress
Home Remedy Promises Relief for Rheumatism and Kidney Ailments
An old home concoction claims to ease rheumatism and backache while cleansing and strengthening the kidneys and bladder. It combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla in equal measures with doses after meals and at night, advised by a known authority as largely plant based and inexpensive.
Inventor Dr Claiborne Fires Up with Hot Potatoes
New York physician Dr Herbert Claiborne endears himself to winter crowds with a novel warming method. He tucks two hot potatoes in silk handkerchiefs in his overcoat pockets and marches at five miles an hour to keep his hands warm, claiming the tubers stay hot for hours and suit football games and sleigh rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Claiborne
New York
Good level dry farming land offered on easy terms
Homeseekers' excursion tickets available on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Map and details provided by D. Clem Deaver, General Agent, Land Seekers' Information Bureau, 1004 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri River
D. Clem Deaver
Gen'l. Agt
Land Seekers’ Information Bureau
Farnam St
Omaha
Neb
Name shifts of Manhattan in colonial era
The island of Manhattan was named New Orange for 15 months after the Dutch lost control during the mid seventeenth century. English forces then renamed it New Amsterdam before the Dutch briefly recaptured it in July 1673, calling it New Orange again. In November 1674 the English restored the name New York, which has endured.
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New York
Manhattan Island
New Orange
New Amsterdam
Employment Prospects in Joliet Illinois
Job seekers in Joliet and Isokings can obtain free information on work conditions and remunerative prospects by contacting P. O. box 1523. The notice encourages readers to inquire and states it will be advantageous.
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Joliet
Ill
Isokings
P. O. Box
Des Moines Judge Receives Carnegie Pension
Judge C C Cole of Des Moines long dean of Drake University law school receives a Carnegie pension of 1230 dollars annually. He is a Harvard Law School graduate.
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C.C. Cole
Des Moines
Drake University Law School
Harvard Law School
Booth Tarkington Writes At Sunrise
The author is described writing from five until nine in the morning with cocoa, stating that nearly all his best passages are written at sunrise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Man who knows nothing outside let a good
A fragment appears to discuss a man said to know only a narrow range of things, implying a judgment about his worldview or intelligence. The text is incomplete, offering few clear details about context, names, places, or events.
Flea Pest Solution Promises Certainty in Flyers and Walls
A mixed flea treatment claim describes a solution used at three percent and sixteen percent for flea control. The 16 percent preparation allegedly destroys all fleas with perfect certainty when sprayed on flyers and walls. animals washed with it are said to be relieved of pests.
Cure for Eczema Promised by Cuticura Trio
A Chicago woman reports three months of use of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cured a severe eczema. Mrs Florence BE Atwood of 18 Crilly Place credits the remedies and urges others to try them. Witness L S Berger. October 2, 1905.
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Chicago
Florence BE. Atwood
Crilly Place
L. S. Berger
Young Vassar appointee Corliss Babson high jumper and poet
Miss Corliss Babson, one of Vassar's youngest assistants to President Taylor, is also the champion woman high jumper. A 1905 graduate, she set a 1904 class games record of four feet two and a half inches, surpassing the former best by a woman. She won the class poem prize two years in a row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar College
Corliss Babson
Miss Babson
Taylor
Stimulate the Blood with Brandreth's Pills
Brandreth's Pills purify blood by acting as a laxative tonic for the bowels kidneys and skin. They cleanse the system through natural outlets and help the body expel morbid humors. One or two pills nightly prove invaluable. each pill contains extract of sarsaparilla and other vegetables.
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Brandreth
Life and career of Senator Pettus described
The text recalls Senator Pettus as a long lived figure and a Confederate general. It notes he served as a lieutenant in the Mexican war, rode with the forty-niners to California, and rose from major to brigadier general. It mentions admission to the bar at Gainesville Alabama at age 21, and places these events in a period when Texas was independent, California was Mexican, Britain disputed Oregon, and Andrew Jackson led politics ahead of Polk's presidency.
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Senator Pettus
California
Gainsville
Ala
Texas
Mexico
Great Britain
Oregon
Andrew Jackson
Polk
United States
Personally Conducted Excur sions to the Pacific Coast
Colonists may buy one way tickets from Chicago to the Pacific coast via the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern line for 33 dollars. Tours run daily in March and April with low rates from all points. Double berth tourist sleeping car is seven dollars through to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. No extra charge for guided tours. Write S A Hutchinson Manager Tourist Department 212 Clark Street Chicago Ill.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
Northwestern
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
S. A. Hutchinson
Clark Street
Mysterious heart disease troubles Dutch district
A contagious heart ailment with high fever has broken out in Ouddorp near Utrecht. Prof Spronck of Utrecht reports over 100 cases and says blood tests show no identifiable cause or origin for the epidemic.
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Ouddorp
Utrecht
Spronck
John A Salzer Seed Co Announces New Oats Ahead
The John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin unveils a new oats variety this year. The catalog promises a remarkable product and highlights features that would attract farmers seeking improved yields and quality.
Seed Catalog Free Offer From John A Salzer Seed Co
Our mammoth 14S page Seed and Tool Catalog is mailed free to all intending buyers. Send 6 cents in stamps to receive free samples of new Two-Foot Long Oats and other cereals. John A Salzer Seed Co Box W La Crosse Wis.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Spetz
Erica
John A. Salzer
From the feminine viewpoint an engagement ring found
An fragmented ad style text lists various products and opinions on marriage, remedies, and daily life. It references a promoter Lewis from Peoria, offers Bromine Quinine laxatives, Garfield Tea, and claims about digestion and blood purification under the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
California Prune Crop Surges in 1906 Records
California produced 185 million pounds of prune in 1906, up from 62.5 million in 1905. The 1906 crop is among the largest in 17 years, with the only higher total in 1902 reaching about 197 million pounds.
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California
Poetess Mille Andre Corthis Named France Poet Laureate
Mille Andre Corthis, author of Gemmes et Moires, is chosen poet laureate of France for the year past by a vote of eminent literary figures. The young poetess holds the honor as the annual distinction for the most distinguished poet of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mille
Andre Corthis
France
Mlle
Corthis
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proclaimed The Remedy
Columns extol Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for female ills citing letters from Mrs W S Ford and Miss Grace E Miller. The ad invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for free advice and treatment guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
W. S. Ford
Lansdowne St
Baltimore
Dydia E. Pinkham
Grace E. Miller
Michigan St
Buffalo, N. Y
Mrs. Pinkham
Piles Cured in Sixteen Days Advertisement
An old ad promises piles cure in six to fourteen days with FAZO OINTMENT. It guarantees relief from itching burning bleeding and protruding piles. The offer claims money back if not cured and appeals to discouraged readers seeking quick results.
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Warren Street
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San Marcos de Goton
North Carolina
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Nooy
Lewis
Peoria
E.w.geove
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National Lead Company
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
John
T. Lewis & Bros. Co
Pittsburgh
National Lead & Oil Co
Atling Women
Grace E.miller
Buffalo A.L. O
Buffalo Oil Paint & Varnish CO
Peewee Sea Ae
Elkhart Carriage & Sacrauces Mig
Elkbert
Indiana
Graemer
Casa de
Agas
London
Charteshouse Sa
G. A. Park
Gen. Im
Ind
Agt
Louisville
Nashville
Louisville, KY
Monarch
Monarch Typewriter Company
Madison Street
Syracuse
N.Y
Moxon’s Liniment
Earth
Moxon Liniment CO
MT Clemens
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