Rheumatism relief through Pink Pills in March to October tale
A foundry worker exposed to dampness suffers rheumatism with painful joints and heart palpitations. After his mother gives him Dr Williams Pink Pills in March 1908 the pains swell and swelling subside by June, restoring appetite and color. by October he resumes outdoor work and feels well. The ad claims the pills treat sciatica locomotor ataxia paralysis and other nerve disorders and are sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williamis
Ime
St. Louis
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Widow and Lawyers Spark Estate Worry in Tit-Bits Snippet
A witty exchange notes how a widow frets over estate disputes and lawyers after John’s death. A visitor asks if lawyers bother her, she replies they worry her to death and suggests she wishes John hadn’t died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Virtuous Citizen Clarifies City Duty Over Tax Oath
A fragment shows a character debating arrival home to punish Willie for a lie and choosing to step aside as the city ball and swear off taxes. The text hints at social norms and civic duties in a domestic scene.
Nickel Plate Passenger Service Highlights Comfort and Dining
The Nickel Plate lines promote a popular passenger service with attentive uniformed porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers on all trains, and an excellent dining service offering club meals or a la carte at moderate cost. Tickets via Nickel Plate Road depart from La Salle Street Chicago. contact General Agent J. Y. Calahan for reservations and info. Also commentary on liberal education spreading widely and cautions about pointing out faults affecting friendships.
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Nickel Plate Road
la Salle St
Chicago
Y. Calahan
Adams §T
Kidney pain relief claim from Mrs. A Taylor of Wharton
Mrs. A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey describes severe kidney trouble with back and side pains dizziness feverish headaches and frequent burning urination. After eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills her symptoms disappeared and her strength and health returned. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hearing Test Reveals Remarkable Ears in Kansas City Tale
An examiner tests a job applicant by ticking a watch from close, then far away. The candidate insists he hears the ticking clearly, though the watch had not run for three weeks. The doctor praises the unusually keen hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas’ City
Soli Eyef
No Rest Night or Day Ends in Cure for Itchy Skin
In July I suffered relentless itching all over the body as hair fell out and nights were sleepless. After trying baths and remedies, Cuticura Remedies provided dramatic relief with four weeks of nightly baths and ointment, ending in complete recovery. signed by D. E. Blankenship of Indianapolis, October 27, 1905.
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D. E. Blankenship
N. de. St
Indianapolis
Ind
Hotel Horror Sparks Stray Stories Quip
Daren spoke of a trip to a tiny town and the worst hotel he ever knew. He woke to escaping gas and quipped that he would have escaped himself if another hotel existed.
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Daren
Allen's Foot-Ease cures sore feet and aids shoe fit
Advertisement notes Allen's Foot-Ease relieves painful swollen feet and sweating and claims to make new shoes fit easily. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer. Address A. S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen’s
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Laughing remark on preface of poems volume
A witty exchange recalls a writer claiming no enemies in the world while a friend jokes that someone read the work before publication. The banter turns on the idea of critics and the timing of straying tales.
Garfield Tea Ad Promotes Purifying Digestion
An advertisement for Garfield Tea touts digestion improvement and blood purification through a mid laxative herbal formula. Garfield Tea Co. of Brooklyn, New York, markets the product to readers seeking health benefits.
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Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mountain county residents boast good lungs, Doctor notes
A brief quip contrasts mountain life with death as a medical joke. An advertisement promises a cure in 50 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and mentions a lever failure and mail order sales through Dr. Detchon of Crawfordsville Indiana.
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Woolford
Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
One-Armed Applause and the Paris L Aiglon Night
Mme Bernhardt recalls her greatest triumph on opening night in Paris for L Aiglon when a top gallery roar drowned by laughter. A crowd in the front row used one arm each to applaud, turning disdain into praise and showing a curious sight of synchronized applause. The piece ends with a reflection on how perception shapes value between junk and bric a brac.
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Mme Bernhardt
Paris
L'Aiglon
Great storm devastates Colorado mining districts and plains
The great storm sweeps Colorado causing widespread destruction from Ouray to Durango. Mines, mills, and property are ruined, thousands face starvation, trains are stranded, and communications are cut. Two men are found dead frozen near Pages Springs while another rider remains missing.
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San Juan
Silverton
Camp Bird
Ouray
Coal Basin
Durango
Alamosa
Edward Kleckner
Pagesa Springs
Ernest Barnes
Walden
Notable Clergy and Travelers in a Patchwork Of Tales
The piece sketches various figures: a CELEBEIS ib shop worker balancing church duties with weekdays, a 19th century priest Father Boulet planning church building in Blaine, Anna Gardner and Sam Acre’s wedding, Father F Ramsey’s Africa to America voyage and shackles memory, Rev. Robert Hurley as a noted London Athenæum member famed for math, yet slow to learn multiplication.
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Anna Gardner
Sam Acre
Father Boulet
Oregon
Blaine
Lyndott
Father F. Ramsey
Ashantiland
Africa
United States
Ramsey
Francis Named Ambassador to Austria Hungary in Place of Storer
Washington sends Charles S. Francis of Troy New York for senate confirmation as ambassador to Austria Hungary to succeed Bellamy Storer. The World reports Roosevelt removed Storer over Arch bishop Ireland carding ambitions and Storer wife influence.
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Charles S. Francis
New York
Austria Hungary
Washington
Troy
N. Y
Greece
Senate
Austria-Hungary
Bellamy Storer
Francis
Austria
Troy Times
the World
Vienna
Roosevelt
Ireland
Ambassador Storer
Storer
Lincoln Pays Final Tribute to Gen John M Thayer
Gen John M Thayer. Civil War veteran. former U S senator. Wyoming territorial governor. Nebraska governor for four years from 1887. died Monday night at 86 after an illness that worsened last Saturday. Survived by two sons who traveled to Lincoln. funeral plans await their arrival.
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Lincoln
John M. Thayer
United States
Nebraska
Thayer
Wyoming
Oil Trust Weakens as Standard Forces Testimony
St Louis Standard Oil and the Republic Oil Company along with Waters-Pierce admit a community of interests under state order. Henry Clay Pierce of Waters-Pierce ends subpoena dodges to testify. Evidence shows Republic stock held for Standard, Waters-Pierce territory split with Standard, and most Waters-Pierce stock owned by M M Van Buren, relative of a Standard officer.
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St. Louis
Standard Oil
Trust
Republic Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Concern
Standard
Henry Clay -Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
State Supreme Court
Republic
Waters- Pierce Company
M. M. van Buren
John Archbold
Fire guts Gnau and Reutter store in Detroit
A fire of unexplained origin gutted the ary goods store of Gnau and Reutter at 226 230 Randolph street in Detroit causing estimated losses of 75000 dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
Gnau & Reutter
Randolph Street
Reward Increased to Two Thousand for Simpkins Arrest
Boise Idaho Gov Gooding raises reward to 2000 for arrest of L J Simpkins in Steunenberg murder case. Initial reward was 1000. Florence Oregon Burned Dorcas custom ore mill north of Florence destroyed by fire Monday afternoon valued at 300000.
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Boise
Idaho
Gooding
L. J. Simpkins
Steunenberg
Florence
Col
Dorcas
Scientific Notes on Experiments and Celestial Changes
The article reports on Landolt's pursuit of weight loss anomalies in reacting substances, acetylene flame temperatures exceeding exhydrogen, sun shape changes tied to sunspot cycles, Ball's ice age forecast for 200,000 winters hence, and hydrogen gas produced by water electrolysis suitable for railway shipment at high pressures.
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Landolt
Berlin
Gottingen
C. L. Poor
Robert Ball
Europe
America
Tax taric truths rhyme in mock wisdom
A verbose monologue offers cynical maxims on ancestors shifts, drinking, wealth, marriage, and gender tactics. It wittily critiques the idea of boasting, irresponsibility, and the fate of those pursuing riches or marrying for money. The piece combines ironic observations about social vanity.
Woman credits Postum for health after coffee sunken vigor
An Unio woman recalls years of illness from coffee and says cutting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee Improved her health. She reports stronger body and clearer mind within weeks after following directions and embracing the beverage change.
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Unio
Letter Endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy for Female Ills
A Newark nurse Mme Martha Pohlman recalls personal recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges sick women to try the remedy, citing extensive professional experience and many cured patients, and notes Mrs Pinkham's confidential guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Martha
Pohlman
Chester “Avenue
Newark
N.J
Blockley Training School
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hospital
la Pohlman
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkleham
Lydia _E. Pinkham
Lydia Erinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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