Veteran of the Black Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars
W. W. Jackson of Washington D C aged eighty three and a veteran of the Black Hawk Mexican and Civil wars reports severe stomach catarrh. He tried remedies before Peruna and after three bottles he saw complete improvement and now endorses it as an infallible cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Jackson
G St
N W
Washington, D. C
8. B. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Hints for Egg Filling and Lettuce Sandwiches
The passage describes preparing deviled eggs by boiling eight eggs, shelling, halving, and filling with a yolk butter chili and mustard mix, then threading with a toothpick. It also provides a lettuce sandwich method using yolk paste with butter vinegar tarragon and salt spread on bread with lettuce leaves, then cut into shapes.
Rifle prices and shop ad at 1111 1st Ave Seattle
An advertising listing offers rifles including a Winchester Repeater at 11.00 and a Remington single shot at 3.50 and 6.00, plus Stevens rifles at 3.00 and 34.50 and 6.00. The ad promotes Winchesters and Marlins of all calibres at low prices from A IL Hall located at 1111 1st Ave Seattle.
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Remington
Stevens
A. IL. Hall
1St Ave
Seattle
Humorous Snippets and Witty Exchanges From 1900s Papers
A collage of light quips and jokes from multiple papers. Includes exchanges about proposals, reading endings, earnings, and manners, with quips from Cleveland Leader Boston Transcript Houston Chronicle and other era sources. Notable lines feature mock debates on wealth and brains and humorous social observations.
Invention’s Fate Tested by Mechanical Genius
The mechanical genius questions early success of his simple, effective device. He notes uncertainty about attracting investors and stock subscriptions while praising the invention’s potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
There Are Others Rhymer Wisecracks On Writer’s Cramps
The dialogue features a witty exchange between Rhymer and Spacer about writer’s block and the frustration of an absent expected check. Both players deliver quick quips highlighting creative strain and financial worry in a light exchange.
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Rhymer
Spacer
Pineapple custard and relics headlined in ad detail
Recipe for pineapple custard with lemon juice and meringue appears alongside drug ads for Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Storer and a note on Stephen Phillips’ Nero rehabilitation. Other items include Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Sir Walter Scott autograph manuscript sold in London, and Piso’s Cure for coughs with pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Scott
London
Devorgoil
Simple Quick Cake Recipe From Pantry
A basic bake mixing one pound flour one quarter pound butter one half pound sugar two eggs one ounce candied lemon peel one teaspoon soda. Rub butter into flour, add eggs peel sugar then milk and bake in greased tin first in a quick oven then moderate about one hour.
Resolution at convention opposes rate legislation harms labor
At the Portland Oregon convention of the Order of Railway Conductors resolutions condemn secret rebates and oppose giving a single body power to set railway rates. They warn such legislation would cause litigation and unfair rate cuts, favoring efficiency and equity for 1 300 000 railroad workers while noting freight rates are a minor part of consumer costs.
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Order of Railway Conductors
Portland
Oregon
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rare Stamps on Old Letters Attract Attention
A Twenty third street stamp dealer urges examination of old letters to uncover rare postmaster stamps worth hundreds or thousands. He cites the ten cent Baltimore stamp signed by James M. Buchanan selling for 4400 dollars and notes other early issues from 1840 to 1863 may remain hidden in envelopes and letters. The New Haven 5 cent Paid stamp and other post office marks are described with their signatures and formatting.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Detroit Free Press
Washington Life
Miss de Style
Philadelphia Bulletin
Phil’ Sheridan
John A. McCall
New York Fire Insurance Company
Liice
Twenty-third Street
Baltimore
James M. Buchanan
United States
New Haven
E. A. Mitchell
P. M
Post Office
New York Sun
Phone aid to matrimony boosts private line use
The Utica Press notes the telephone is essential in business and households with rising private lines. Ads urge its use to aid courtships, claiming phones help arrange dates and enhance social life, a supposed perk for marriageable young women and convenience for all.
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Utica Press
St. Louis
Harry
Laughing Plant of Arabia Causes Hysterical Fit
A curious Arabia plant seeds produce a powder that induces uncontrollable laughter after a small dose. Users show drunken-like antics for about an hour, then collapse into exhaustion and sleep, waking with no memory of the display.
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Arabia
The Boy McCall Faces a Familiar Office Attendant
The dialogue presents McCall as a newcomer with a familiar face and a cautious office environment. Merchant notes the office boy’s manner stands out, while another character dismisses excuses as poor friendship. The exchange hints at social dynamics and wit in a Philadelphia setting.
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McCall
Merchant
Philadelphia Press
The Greedy Cormorant and Stones in the Stomach
A National Zoo keeper recalls a cormorant that stopped eating, later found to have two pounds of stones in its stomach. A surgical removal relieved the bird briefly, but it died days after the operation following interference with sutures. The incident, reported in St. Nicholas, highlights avian greed and medical risk.
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National Zoological Park
Washington
St. Nicholas
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Beatel Business College
Tacoma
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Exposition Accommodation Bureau
Marion Bik
Harold Somers
149Th Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
BROWN
Seattle, Wash
W. S. Kirk
Hilda
Boston Transcript
Cleveland Leader
Indianapolis Star
Jim
Bill
Houston Chronicle
Glasgow Evening Times
Broadway
Manhattan
Tlouisville Courier-Journal
Bengal
Wilkins
Frank Crane
Unitarian
Worcester
Mass
Dr.Kline
Dr. K. H. Kline, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Stephen Rilips
Nero
Mr. Phillips
Arabia's
Ayer
Mks
W. J. Brown
Menomnonee Falls, Wis
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Sarsaparilla. Pub
R. L. Beatty
Seattle Tent & Awning CO
DE Koven Hall
Lake Steilacoom
Idaho
D. S. Pulford
South Tacoma
R. F.D
Lewis Phono-Metric Institute
Fom Stammerers
Detroit
Michigan
William T. Lewis
Western Representative
W. Cor
Eth
Poraa
Lowa
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver CO
Ortland, Oregon
Seareo
Spokane
Boibe
St. Salina
Kan
SSS
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Ernest Kehncke
Newark
Poe Karmer
Prussian Remedy Co
St. Paul, Minn
Portland Seed CO
Obe
Stewart & Holmes
C. B. Williams
Third Avenue
Northwest
SI. N. Y
Wes
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