Noisy Train Stop Sparks Quirked Advice and Ads
A lanky Texan on a prairie train bleats for calm amid a chorus of odd tips and jokes. The page also features health ads for DeWitt’s Little Liver Pills, No-to-Bac quit aid, nursery stock sales, and a light gleam at Paris poultry show crown with a bantam cock that crowed 837 times in an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Indiana
Mineral Springs
Ind
Paris
Mint
France
Beraing
Hair Renewal Claim Promises Healthier Natural Hair
An advertisement claims Beggs Mair Renewer will strengthen weakened hair follicles, reversing brittleness and graying. It promises follicles become vigorous, hair regains its natural luster, and hair turns soft, glossy, and healthy. Sold by Jacob & Junkerman and QO, FL Pia der.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob & Junkerman
Piader
Leisure Hours and the Will Shape Character
The essay argues leisure time defines character, noting time is money to seekers of wealth but character to those pursuing virtue. It cites Verbart on the will as the seat of character and asserts character forms as surely as breathing, stressing weekday, Sunday, winter evenings, and especially summer vacations as moments for character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verbart
Beggs German Salve Remedy Claim
Beggs' German Salve advertised as a great pile remedy said to have cured thousands and promising cure for you with a trial. Also claimed to treat cuts bruises old sores and more. Priced at 2a and sold by Jacob and Junker ABAD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob & Junker- Abad
A Piano Sale at Lyon & Healy in Chicago
Ly on Healy moves to a grand new Chicago building offering used and second hand pianos at fixed prices from 40 to 240 dollars and beyond. Uprights and grands are priced 125 to 300 dollars and up with most items originally selling two to four times current prices. Prominent makes such as Chickering Steinway Weber Decker and Steck are featured. Orders may be placed for delivery from new Wabash and Adams rooms with return allowances and low freight costs.
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Chicago
Lyon & Healy
Chickering
Kuabe
Steinway
Weber
Decker
Steck
Fisher
Wabash Avenue
Adams Street
Stop That Cough With Beggs Cherry Syrup
An early 20th century ad touts Beggs Cherry cough syrup as the best remedy for throat and lung troubles. It lists prices 25, 50 and 1 CG and credits Pfander, the local druggist, for keeping it in stock. The note also claims the government wastes about six hundred thousand dollars yearly on special trains for high officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfander
Illinois Central Harvest Excursions Ticket Details
The focal railroad ticket agent will provide full particulars on Harvest Excursions run by the Illinois Central Railroad. Trips are to points West, South-west and South at the rate of one fare for the round trip, with a $2.00 expense in connection.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Paints West
Excursions and notices from Illinois Central advert section
Arrangements permit visits to railroad lands in Southern Ulindis and Mississippi via special permissions from E R Skene, Chicago, with details on Delta Lands and Oct excursions. Inter-State Fair in Sioux City offered Oct 6–8. harvest excursion folder available from Illinois Central. Also brief notes on a gold artifact find at Albuquerque, Chamberlain remedy praise, and DeWitt Witch Hazel ads.
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BR. R
Ulindis
Chicago
E.R. Skene
Sioux City
Illinois Central
J. Wy. Merry
Ilinois Central RE
Manchester
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsement Claim
A brief endorsement asserts One Minute Cough Cure eases severe cold or cough. It urges readers to choose this medicine for better results and convenience, signed by J. M. Nix.
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Chicago
Charles J. Knukler
Des Moines
Kahler
Jacob & Junkerman
J. M. Nix
California Trees Proved to Reach Thousand-Year Ages by Science
Scientists confirm some California trees reach around a thousand years, marking remarkable longevity. Research highlights oldest rings and ecological significance in regional forests. Findings underscore long term climate resilience and genetic adaptation across species.
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California
Bea
Strange case of paralysis cured by Dr Miles Nervine
A reader recounts a numb creeping sensation starting in the limbs and back feared as creeping paralysis. After three years of illness an advertisement for Dr Miles Restorative Nervine claimed success, with the narrator praising recovery and weight gain. The ad promotes Nervine at 1 per bottle with offers for six, and notes free from opiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beneft
Miles
Dr. Miles
Jamea Kane
la Rua
Milea
Gruggista On & Roalllye Bustantes
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Klkhart
Ind
No Guarantee on Hammocks for Handsome Ladies
A sales clerk dismisses a request for a guarantee as he bluntly says hammocks are not guaranteed when sold to handsome young ladies. The exchange ends with the customer making a purchase.
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Ackley World
Klarper
DeWittt
M. Nix
Boston Courier
Allen Nursery Co
Rochester
N. Y
Silas
Sea
Harper's Bazar
Wwe
Express
Pri
Ptesid
Yodad Divikes Tira
Prutita
Iiram
Ohlos
R. R
Albuquerque
Denver Mint
Joan G. Mauger
the Sun
Jacob & Junker- Ting
DeWitt
Jm, Nix
Atlanta, Constitution
DR. Winchell
Emmert
Csicaco
Sanks
UNS & OC
Salantula
Munn & Co
Tur Tha
Ypor
Sampia
Jas
Boss
Ceve
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Strance
Milly
Sarah
Puck
Office OF
Carl
Agkley
Iowa
Chigago
Gor
Ooera
Bowe Linn
Father Jones
Thea Emmert
Wits
Cimeulard
DE Kalb Fence Co., de Kalb, Til
Chicago Record
Chicago F
West
J. I. Hatfield
Northwestern University
Daily Journal
Madison St
Vna Wielge
Root Hair Grower CO
Souch
Avenue
New York
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