Des Moines Typhoid Epidemic Traced to City Water
A U S Public Health report details Des Moines typhoid cases, linking the outbreak to municipal water. It lists patient data and housing, explains milk and food roles, and recommends boiling water, city water testing, and official supervision of case containment.
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the Moines
Lowe
JL. le Lumsden
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Public utilities act cited as fix for unfair rates
Colonel Walker Moren supports using the Public Utilities Commission to obtain just and reasonable rates from Pacific Power and Light. The act requires fair rates, adequate service, and nondiscrimination. It allows the commission to examine company books to determine proper rates and requires filing of schedules.
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Moren
Pacific Power & Light Company
Public Utilities Commission
Walker Moren
Railroad Commission
Public Utilities Act
Nort Yakima
Fairchild
Yakima
Col. Moren
Freight car plan cuts government mail costs and speeds delivery
Railway Mail Service and Post Office tests show shifting bulky second class mail to freight cars can cut costs from about 9 cents to 1 cent per pound with minimal delay. St Louis as central hub for Missouri and surrounding states. Six points including Chicago and Kansas City will receive bulk mail by July 1, yielding potential annual savings of $800,000.
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Railway Mail Service
Post Office Department of
St. Louis
Cescumiena
Cago
Kansas City
St. Paul
B. R. Billings
St. Louis Annex
Louis
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Doess Backache Worry You
North Yakima readers are urged to suspect kidney trouble if back pain and urinary symptoms appear. A testimonial from Mrs A Dean claims Dean’s Kidney Pills cured her weak back after trying other remedies. Sold by dealers with Foster Milburne of Buffalo as sole U S agents. price 50 cents.
Not Good Enough to Be Your Husband
Dialogue from the Boston Transcript hints at romantic friction with a groom speaking of self-doubt and disapproving parental views about the match amid a tense commitment.
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George
Boston Transcript
Cardus Claimed To Relieve Persistent Female Ailments
Adel woman Mrs Renfritz writes that after three years of female troubles she found relief by taking Cardus. She says lying down caused breathing difficulty and exhaustion, but Cardus enabled her to work without suffering. The ad claims Cardus treats backache headaches nervousness and dragging sensations and offers relief and cure.
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Adel
Tia
J. Renflz
Cardus
Bradstreet Notes Trade Gains but Slower Momentum
Bradstreet reports continued favorable crop prospects and gradual trade improvement. While retail sales rise with seasonal weather, gains fall short of expectations and some regions show only modest recovery. light stock areas see inroads from bad weather prompting heavier reorders, though mostly small-jet buying to fill gaps.
Cardui credited by Mrs Eliza Epperson for relief
Mrs Eliza Epperson of Madbiseh Okia-tl-Myelieve credits Cardui with preventing death and easing pains in the head shoulders back and limbs. She says the tonic has improved her health beyond four years and endorses Cardui as the best tonic for women.
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Eliza Epperson
Cardui
Curious Domestic Pets in Japan Include Dancing Mice
The New York Herald describes Japanese pets: bamboo cages with singing insects and a black and white pinkeyed mouse that waltzes continually. Mice whirl around a peg, sometimes with two or more dancers, spinning rapidly and covering a dinner-plate area under a tumbler.
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New York Herald
Pentecost Teachings on World Blessing Through Messiah
Pastor Russell outlines two Pentecostal outpourings with the world blessed under Messiah's kingdom through Israel. He argues the first blessing came to the church at Pentecost and the latter will come to all flesh after the Gospel Age, culminating in earth restitution and universal enlightenment.
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Messiah
Israel
Earth
Adam
Mas
Brooklyn
N. Y
Russell
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Whitsunday
St. Peter
Joel
Jesus
God
St. Peter's
Satan
Jehovah
Abraham
Isaac
Apostle
David
Apostle Paul
St. Paul
Zion
Jacob
Sarah
Christ
Church
Pentecost
Isaiah
Jease
Mt. Zion
Jerusalem
Pastor Russell
Felix
Knickerbocker Myth Behind New York’s Dutch Roots
The New York Times notes that a Dutchman named Knickerbocker likely never existed in early New York. Washington Irving created the name for his Knickerbocker History to satirize the city’s Dutch settlers, a work purportedly by Diedrich Knickerbocker that offended descendants.
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Knickerbocker
New York
Washington Irving
Irving
Diedrich Knickerbocker
New York Times
Boiled Oysters Recipe in Swift Letter to Stella
In Social Life In the Reign of Queen Anne Swift recounts Lord Masham guiding a call to dine on boiled oysters and shares a recipe: wash oysters, place shell down in a pot, cover, boil in a kettle so they cook in their own liquor without mixing with water.
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Anne
Swift
Stella
Masham
Cardus touted as remedy for womanly weakness in Deskins letter
A Deskins reader Mary A Van Dive reports relief from long lasting female troubles after using Cardi Soon TP and Cardus. The ad claims Cardus can lift misery from womanly weakness and improve vitality, urging readers to visit their local druggist for a purchase.
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Deskins
Mary A. Vandive
Cardi
Owell
Cardus
Vicarious Relief and Doctor What Your Husband Needs
A witty exchange features a doctor advising complete rest for Mrs Nugget and a husband, with a humorous ending where the doctor suggests she prepare the sleeping draft herself rather than giving it to him. The Throne delivers the quip in a playful tone.
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Iron and Steel
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