Ambition and old man in a fragmented ad copy
A collage of 1900 era advertisements and testimonials mentions housekeeping products, Defiance Starch, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and a debt notice linked to La Henry A. Salzer seedsman. The text weaves consumer claims with a personal testimonial from Jonn F. Boren of Trinity Springs Indiana and a reference to a Y M C A debt context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piso
Jonn F Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
Wisconsin
Henry A. Salzer
Seedsman
Lars
Crosse
Household health tips and musings from a newspaper page
A collage of ads and anecdotes covers medical tonics and nerve restorers, starch quality claims, quotes about newspapermen, Senator Clark’s musical talents, and banana cultivation notes. The snippet blends consumer pitches with cultural asides and agricultural detail.
Local Drug Firm Praises Dr Caldwell Syrup Peps
Richmond Massachusetts merchants praise Dr Caldwell's Syrup Peps as a four year repeater, sold to families and recommended for constipation indigestion and stomach troubles. Giant Rotomahana geyser in New Zealand attracts awe with a 300 foot water and steam column. Various ads promote Defiance Starch upgrades Brown Quinine and baby teething syrup. Public notices urge prudent consumer caution and advertise poultry goods catalogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Patton & Bro
Richmond
Dr. Caldwell
Rotomahana
N. Z
Greenback Poker Leads Treasury Clerks To Losses
In a treasury bureau on pay day a group of clerks played a makeshift greenback poker game with cash from their bundles. Four fives four eights and a full house sparked bets, culminating in a $2 raise then $5 as aces appeared, depleting several pockets and prompting caution about bluffing with greenbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Treasury Bureau
Average Life Span and Coal Output Across Nations
A miscellaneous 1900s column discusses Paris post offices and ironing shirts, then analyzes world coal production by country and trends since 1883. It concludes with historical views on life expectancy, noting century shifts and centenarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Belgium
Russia
Canada
Sympathy Prevails At Suburban Car Transfer
In a tense transfer scene a nervous conductor, angered by a private vendetta, kept the wrong car from boarding as two women protested loudly. One warned she would file a complaint while the conductor revealed a family connection complicating the dispute. The row ends with the remark that those least deserving may suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewin
New York Evening Sun
Sole Survivor of Grande Armée dies at 126
Nicholas Savin a survivor of the Grande Armée died in 1895 at age 126. Born in Paris in 1768 he lived at Sara toff on the Volga after release from Cossacks during Beresina retreat. His age was verified by the czar in 1887 who awarded 1000 rubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grande Armee
Nicholas Savin
Saratoff
Volga
Beresina
Savin
Paris
London Standard
Louis XVI
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Uee
Red Cross Ball
Defiance
Senator Clark
Montana
Alabastine School
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ohi Anoma Bond and Trust CO
Guthrie, Odle
Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co
Omaha, Neb
Javelle
Dept
D. Parsons
Kan
Hall
Price
Buxton
Oklahoma City
Dave
John L. Short
Oklahoma Drug Co
Oklahoma, O. T
Oklahoma
Reno Reet
O. T
Okiehome Duck and Rubber Co
Ouiehome City
QOME
Treasury
8& Tobacco Store
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Methuselah
Jared
England
Hamlins
Nruggists
Libby
C. CG. Mengel, JR. & Bro. Co., Inc
Lovigville, KV
Erterhouse
Prince
Betue de la
Cvar
Sherman Machinery
Okla
Culver Lumber & Mfg. CO
Bangas City, U. S. A
Brown’s Business College
18Th St
Kansas City
W. U
Esa
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