Letters From Women And Travel Notes In One Page
A mix of reader letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and a travel note from J Addison Baker about a San Francisco to Chicago rail journey. It highlights the Rio Grande Western Railway service, dining car quality, and through Pullman sleeping cars with commentary on schedules and rates. Also includes a brief humorous exchange from Brooklyn Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Carlton
San Francisco
J. Addison Baker
Salt Lake Tribune
Rio Grande Western Railway
Chicago
Salt Lake City
J. D. Mansfield
Washington Street
Porthind
Ore
Geo. W. Heintz
Women Voting Rights and Old Colonial Quotas
A discussion tracing property based voting back to Maryland and Kentucky. It notes 1840s shifts ending property qualifications for white male voters and the earlier reliance on property for women suffrage, with memories of 19th century voting practices in Talbot County. The piece contrasts historic franchise criteria with later progress. It closes with a fable about jackals and a fox and a moral about taking offerings indirectly.
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Kentucky
Maryland
South
New England
Talbot
Easton
United States
Boston Transcript
Substitutes for Perfume and Fashion Notes
The passage surveys substitutes for liquid perfume like tiny silver heart sachets and perforated pellets, noting limited usefulness and lingering ornamentation. It mentions sachet bags in gowns and Paris dressmakers placing scent in corsages, plus quips about seaside travel and cigars.
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Paris
Excellent Combination Syrup of Figs advertised remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a superior laxative. It claims gentle, effective cleansing of the system, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and permanent relief from constipation by using senna and aromatic plants. It warns to buy only under the company name and lists locations San Francisco Louisville New York with a 50 cent bottle price.
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California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N. Y
Odd Bits From The Nation And Aids For The Feet
A collage of brief items includes Allen’s Foot Kase touting relief for painful feet with testimonials and mail orders. Biographical note on Gen Caleb J Dilworth, Omaha, who died at 70 after civil war service and Nebraska tenure. Short jests about glasses on the nose, wedding fashion turning away from gloves, a judge quip about Kentucky politics, and assorted notes on drinking, labor, and Victoria’s boots.
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Kase
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Caleb J. Dilworth
Omaha
Neb
Illinois
Ife
Nebraska
Merchant Marketing Boost Noted In Local Advertisers
Local readers recall weekly ads and stores inviting purchases via column promotions. The piece questions whether merchant advertising holds value for business growth in the community.
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Mr. Merchant
Varied global facts and oddities from the era
A collection notes shoe production in Haverhill Massachusetts rail and government control in Japan and land leases for oyster beds in Rhode Island. It cites typhoid inoculation trials in India and South Africa, high profits in some firms, a corn accident in Little Rock, a fatal blood infection from dyed stockings, and a satirical line about poetic justice and testimonials.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed By Local Merchants Reward Offered
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case curable by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from West & TruVax Toledo and Walding Sinnan & Marvld Toledo attest to F J Cheney Co and the firm’s honesty and ability to meet obligations. Claims explain Hall's Cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. price modest. testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
I’. J. Cheney
Businss
West & Trvax
Walding,sinnan & Marvid
Tial
T Ken Nornally
Ists
Plans to expand Colorado smelter to 1000 tons daily
Classified note reports plans to expand the Boston Gold Copper Smelting Company plant in Colorado from 200 tons per day to 1000, aiming to become one of the state's largest smelters. The operation is described as independent of the trust.
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Boston Gold Copper Smelting Company
Colorado
Trust
Horseless Age and Distant Echoes in a Modern World
Snippets from a newspaper page mention a quote about a horseless age from the Boston Transcript. It notes peculiar items: mice dislike peppermint odor. 96 translations of Paradise Lost in the British Museum. Austrian diphtheria serum reduces mortality to 15.89 percent versus 39.50 without serum. Boston post master George A. Hibbard avoiding public dinners. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. a cartoonish exchange about a Hibernian and a Jersey Farmer reply on bells and cows.
Saloons Close Sundays in South Australia
South Australia enacts Sunday closing for public houses across the colony by latest liquor act. Saloons are forbidden Sunday opening unless local vote allows. A Thracian car from the fourth century AD is unearthed near Philippopolis Bulgaria with bronze fittings and horse harness and human remains. A Montreal Cotton Company strike affecting 2000 workers ends with 5 percent raise. James J. McNamara plans a Federation of Labor university in Baltimore to educate union members.
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South Australia
Rhoilopus
Philipppopolis
Bulgaria
James J. McNamara
Baltimore
The
Federation of Labor
Reading the Word and the Spa of Bethesda in Spurgeon Tone
The passage urges both communal preaching and personal scripture reading as paths to grace. It likens reading verses to being in Bethesda’s pool where an angel might stir the Word, blessing each reader who pauses to reflect.
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House of Prayer
Bethesda
Spurgeon
Rivalry Over Ideal Man Among Colleges
An essay discusses rivalry among colleges to produce a vigorous honest intellectual man who will improve the world. The text claims faith first ensures brain and achievement and endorses Postetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive disorders and protection against malaria fever and ague.
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Theaith
Postetter
Sincerity, Milk, and a Royal Auction Tale
A country pastor known for bright remarks attracts a wealthy summer guest at the parsonage where he milks a cow in overalls. A Yale student at Moody memorial in New Haven notes sincerity as power. A copy of Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands sold in London for $500.
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Yale
Moody Memorial
New Haven
Queen Victoria
Highlands
Charles Dickens
London
The Warning of Ease and Tenement Life
The piece contrasts pain as a warning with ease as a danger to progress. It urges striving and not dumbing down effort, noting that excellence comes from challenge. Then a social statistic: about half of Brooklyn residents live in tenements, with 31,687 dwellings sheltering 574,959 people.
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Kingdom of Heaven
S. S
Brooklyn
Alabastine Wall Coating Promoted as Durable Alternative
An advertiseable description touts Alabastine as a durable rock base cement wall coating available in white or fourteen tints, ready to use with cold water. It claims easier sealing, wall paper, and painting replacement, and notes hospital use for its disinfectant properties while contrasting with traditional kalsomines.
Alabastine Endorsed for Interior Walls in Public Halls
The ad promotes Alabastine as the durable pure wall coating for churches schools and public halls. It claims it does not rub or scale off and lasts long. Builders are urged to ask dealers for tint cards and request a free booklet from the Alabastine Co in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pinkham’s
Lydia E. Pinkham
Christian Experience
Jesus
United Presbyterian
Becker
Uncle Bkli
Reynard
New York Sun
Detroit Journal
Henry Clews
Detroit Free Press
Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago Daily News
Victoria
Haverhill
Mass
Rhode Island
India
South Africa
Japan
John Murtha
Little Rock
Poetic Justice
Chicago Times-Herald
Peetic Justice
Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Mr. Newman
Tommy
Puck
Brown
Robinson
British Museum
Austria
George A. Hibbard
Boston
Mrs. Winslow
Jersey
Thing
Dr. Pfander
Dieionfjigon
Punter
Montreal Cotton Company
Valley Field
Quebec
Chas. Stedeford
Pittsburg State & Deposit Co
Pittsburg
Sterling Nemeidy Companys
Montreal
Ce Sraneh
Vonneco
Steven 3
A.co
Washington, D.c
Icago
Cleveland
Detroit
Minnesota
America
Sulzer
Aicus
Jotiva Salzer Seed CO
LA Crosse
Wis
Mieukira
St. Jacobs Oil
Portland Directory
Portland Wire & Tron Works
Wire and Iron
Fencmi
Miling
Sb Alder
Cawston & CO
Portland, Or
POOLE
Pormnann
Oricon
Moore
Wietguam
Warrington
BD. C
Tatum & Bowen
First Street
Portland. OR
DreBosanko
Mall
Bosanko
Philada
Gonorrhan
Gleet
Pabst
Pabst Chemical CO
Itt
Contazion
EVA.8 Chemical CO
Cincinnati
C. F U
N.pln
Hen
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