International musings mix finance and politics
The passage notes that foreign nobles may seek retainers without virtue, Canada fears financial stringency, and a wave of American embezzlers is not as large as expected. Piso's Cure is advertised as a remedy for various ailments. Count Beni de Castellane loses his seat in the French Chamber of Deputies. Admiral Beresford believes England and the United States could beat the rest of the world, though others mind their own business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Beni de Castellane
Chamber of Deputies
France
Beni
Admiral Beresford
England
United States
Lively Liver Boost Adist and Political Stage Dustup
An old fashioned spellbinder becomes a political factor as the crowd watches a row over a team led by McGlabbert y and McGlabberty. The scene contrasts a liver tonic advert with a chilly audience and a small flag debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGlabberty
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with reward and testimonials
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle with a $100 reward for any case of catarrh cured. It cites endorsements from Weist & Truax and Walding Kinnan & Marvin Toledo wholesale druggists and asserts the remedy works through the blood and mucous surfaces. It also notes Hall's Family Pills and includes a quip about an American marriage market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Weist & Truax
Walding Kinnan & Marvin
Break in New Shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease Aid
A jumble of ads, anecdotes, and observations notes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort and toe health. It touts cure claims for chilblains damp feet corns and bunions and directs purchases at druggists for 25 cents with a free sample offer. The text contrasts misaddressed mail and poor handwriting with a dead letter office report showing millions in mail and money, urging better care in business correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen S. Olmstead
LeRoy, N. Y
Peruna Ads Highlight Chicago Women and Foreclosure News
The snippet reports testimonials from the Woman's Benevolent Association of Chicago and Mrs. Henrietta A. S. Marsh praising Peruna for lagrippe and recovery, plus others detailing relief from dyspepsia. It notes Dr. Hartman offering free medical advice and mentions Alfred Austin’s poem Good Night and Hetty Green’s attempt to foreclose on a Chicago church.
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Henrietta A. S. Marsh
Woman’s Benevolent Association
Jackson Park Terrace
Woodlawn
Chicago
Henrietta A
Marsh
Order of Good Templars
Washington
T. W. Collins
Everett
Wash
Hetty Green
Heaven
Rural sociology course links farms to town welfare
A Western university offers one of the first rural sociology courses for students. It covers farmers organizations like the Grange, church and school roles in farming communities, the impact of telephones and rural mail delivery, farm sizes and machinery, and related issues affecting rural life and town prosperity. The urge is that all citizens are members of one body.
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Grange
Trumpet Call of Duty and Moral Maxims
A devotional piece lists admonitions on virtue and duty. It contrasts spiritual effort with worldly pride, notes that charity and humility endure, and warns against ritualism and hollow church rolls. It advocates reverence, mercy, and genuine piety over spectacle.
Pocket typewriter promises easy note taking for all
A New York inventor, Eugene McClean Long of Charlottesville, unveils a pocket typewriter able to record speech and notes with four keys and a space key. Patented in several countries, the device targets reporters, detectives and travelers, with manufacturing plans and a $160,000 capital company.
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Eugene McClean Long
Gen. Long
Charlottesville
United States Steel
St.aul Building
New York
Ile
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
New York World
Kikuyu Country: Africa’s Equatorial Highland Realm
Major Crawshay praises the Kikuyu in East Africa calling them the finest African people he has met. The region lies 4 000 to 18 000 feet high with fertile lands and abundant streams. Joseph Thomson described drought free zones with vast yields of sweet potatoes yams cassava sugar cane and millet in the 6 000 to 9 000 foot belt.
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Africa
Kikuyu
East
Mount
Kenya
Equator
Kenia
Europe
Richard Crawshay
British East Africa
Major Crawshay
Joseph Thomson
New York Sun
Identified by six photos Miller Case Sparks Bank Debate
Mrs Miller argues with a bank teller who cannot cash her small check because she is not recognized as a known customer. Her husband explains bank rules require identification, while she cites six photos as proof of identity and laments the teller’s perceived stupidity.
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Mrs. Miller
Mr. Miller
Annie
Historic Hitching Post in Washington D C Landmark since 1862
An iron Chinaman figure at a Sixth Street liv ery stable between Pennsyl vania and Louisiana Avenues is a city landmark. It tied generals steeds during the Civil War and has hosted notable figures at inaugurations since Lincoln era. The area near Louisiana Avenue witnessed Lee’s farewell to Scott. Hot water also piped from wells to Boise homes.
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Washington
Chiaman
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania
Louisiana Avenues
Grant
McClellan Hooker
Lincoln
Louisiana Avenue
Robert E. Lee
Winfield Scott
McClellan
Baltimore American
Invincible Kansas Grasshoppers Fuel Turkey Boom
The Utica Press notes Kansas grasshoppers, once pests, are now encouraged to multiply. Turkeys in western Kansas thrive on grasshoppers, with each bird reportedly eating a pint to a quart daily as thousands are raised.
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Kansas
Western
Utica Press
Surprising Cure Attributed to St Jacobs Oil
Chicago readers recount a dramatic Rheumatism case where a gravely ill man near forty recovered after his wife used St Jacobs Oil. The physician failed to help, but within two days the patient was well, prompting discussion over the remedy's effectiveness and a jokey blame on Dr Jenkins.
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Chicago
C—— Street
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New York Board of Health
Sir Arthur Doyle
A. Conan Doyle
Benevolent Associations
of America
Woman's Benevolent Association of Chicago
Alfred Austin
Mrs. Winston
Atlanta
Valdosta
Swift Specific Co
Cc. H. King
Ram
Cates
Reverent Sons
Ne Ding
Boise
Idaho
Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Jenkins
Detroit Free Press
Box
Seattle
J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Go. W. Bowles
Baird
Migs
Cheementat l Viana Oe
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
G.W. Arney
Parker, S. D
Farmer's & Stockman's
N. Y
Bears
Davis
the Centaur Company
New York City
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