Demolition of Shanghai City Wall Sparks Development Push
The city begins removing sections of the ancient Shanghai wall facing the street toward the old yamen. The wall hinders redevelopment and is deemed useless for defense as crews fill the moat and build broad lanes in its place. Officials plan to map houses and residents along the wall and pursue further demolition.
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Ithe Desisen
Shanghai
Coolies
Noeth Chins New
Yamen
Town Hall Works Department
Great East Gate
United Fire Brigade
Casiblican
Gouser
Sandbow phenomena and a drinking tale from the era
A passage discusses sandbows formed by storm particles and the odd light refraction they create, noting pearly spherules and the rainbow-like effect. It then shares a folkloric anecdote about an Inchman who buys chrysanthemums to placate his drunk wife, muttering about asking Romeo.
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Arizowas
Algermine Bay
Beatrices M. Parker
Michigan
Zam-Bak and related cures touted by eminent scientist
An old advertisement extols Zam-Bak and Yam-Bak ointments and their claimed cures for eczema and wounds. It cites a physician's opinion on Zam-Bak’s healing, mentions a Toronto company, and urges readers to buy by mail with payment of postage. The piece intersperses moral aphorisms and promotional rhetoric about success through persistence.
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Joesph French Johnson
New York University School of Caameron
Eam-Dak
ZamBak
Parmele's Vegetable Pills Promote Appetite and Health
An advertisement extols Parmele's Vegetable Pills as a cure for nervousness and weak stomachs while praising their taste and tolerability. It argues pills aid busy men in civic life and family duties, noting benefits for delicate stomachs and overall tonics.
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Tle
Parmelee
Asthma Remedy Promises Relief Amid Imagined Ills
The fragment describes Dust Causes Asthma and praises Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy for easing breathing and thinning mucus. It also recalls a college boarding-house incident where a male student was court-martialed, with a rector's quip about penalties and season tickets.
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J. D. Kellogg
Handreda
Tentimentals
Bootland
Doling Ap
Epeert
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Ad When Women Won Ballots
An old advertisement touts Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills in multiple lines of sales pitch. It claims nerve and general health benefits, mentions boxes priced at $1.25 and promotes domestic use and travel readiness. It also references politicians and workers as potential users and asserts effectiveness against fatigue.
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Ean Lee O
Milburn
Y Col
Worm Powder Promises Fast Worm Destruction and Health
The text touts Miller's Worm Powder as a quick, effective treatment that destroys parasites and promotes health, claiming it leaves no superior for young constitutions. It also contains a scene at a skating rink where a character teases a watch and a pictured jewel in a case.
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George
Pneumonia Prevention and Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup Endorsement
An advertisement extols Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a cure for pneumonia caused by cold and damp exposure. It features a testimonial from Hugh McLeod of Enterhazy and notes the remedy is sold in 35 or 5 cent bottles with a yellow wrapper and pine-tree trademark.
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Wood
Norway
Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Ont
Household Tips and Cleaning Remedies From an Old Page
A fragmented list offers advice on pantry entry guards using koft soap and red pepper, keeping table corners from wearing, soaking and drying mops, dyeing a white skirt with sour milk, cooking tips for tender steak with cream, and avoiding book misplacement by reversing shelf positions to help fasten pages.
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Theo
Bamburg
He Hodge
Eyds
Howels Health pulp shows vegetable pills aid bowels
An old health notice touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a safe bowel aid and claims proper digestion hinges on regular bowel action. It warns many failures stem from digestive imbalance and mocks excuses about a young man’s laziness.
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Parmelee
Headache Remedy Claim From Milburn Ca Advertisement
A historical ad-like fragment touts a headache cure using a bitter tonic from Milburn Co. It claims headaches signal systemic issues and promises complete relief after taking the product. The note promotes a trial and asserts a positive personal feeling after use.
Advertising fades Mammoth Cave once famed attraction
Elbert Hubbard recalls Mammoth Cave in Kentucky where a ruined hotel and dwindling locals mark a once bustling site. He cites the death of the cave’s former advertising manager as a turning point and notes how lack of promotion let the wonder fade from public view. A warning that business and beauty vanish without advertising.
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Elbert Hubbard
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Great Cave
Bow
Wah
Grest Cave
Dial
Grand Rapids
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