Back Handed Muritielence From the Philadelphia Public Ladget
A garbled set of notes hints at a local collection effort in a Kansas church, with Mr Budd and Brother Todd involved, plus oblique mentions of receipts for kerosene. The text then shifts to ads and jokes about marriage, kidney remedies, and a Financial Dept note on Britain’s November gold trade, noting large exports to the United States and a German gold intervention mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Budd
Brother Todd
Lendon
New York Evening Post
London
Bank of England
Tritish Board of Trade
Great Britain
United States
Inveryone
Transvaal
Bank of France
South Africa
France
Hce
India
Australia
Ingland
Berlin
Board of Trade
Germany
England
Augusia
St. Petersburg
German Imperial Bank
Mira Winstow's Soormmrd Sin oe for Children
Fragmentary text references a product named Mira Winstow's and claims to soften pain and cure ailments for children. The passage includes garbled phrases and a dialogue line about kissing and calling mother, yielding no coherent news event or clear subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira
Winstow
The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remedy
The Well-Informed seek a pleasant efficient liquid laxative with known safe ingredients. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna proven gentle yet prompt, marketed as the genuine product. Purchase from leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Vig Syrup Co
Finest household furniture loses shine in a mover's wagon
A description notes that even the finest household furniture in the world can look dull and red when carried in a mover's wagon, illustrating the impact of transport on appearance.
Commissioner Smith Recasts Oil Rate War History
The piece defends the Standard Oil Company of Indiana against Commissioner Smith’s rebuttal of President Moffett’s tariff defense. It argues the six-cent rate was misfiled and disputes claims of concealment, asserting no proven discrimination against independents and predicting a higher court will uphold the defense. The background cites rates from Dalton to East St Louis and Chicago territory filings and frames the dispute as a broader attack on Standard Oil.
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Herbert Knox Smith
Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
St. Louis
Alton
Ming
Smith
Stigu
Moftet
Trafic Department
Thaf
Chicago
Timate
Dolton
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
Dalton
Illinois
Intrstate Commerce Commission
Se. Louis
Ilinois
Palton
East St. Louis
Commissioner of Corporations
Linnis
Chappell
Harvey
Blue Island
Rork Island
Whitpga
Tate
Patfahor
Sven Ign
Arn Skaernar
Standard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Landis
Fastern
Went Short on Clothes From the Telegraph
An English doctor tells a wife his husband will not live a fortnight and vows to cure him. He then reveals he bought all the man’s clothes for the funeral, sparking a bitter reaction as the wife calls the act cruel.
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Ronan
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure
Advertises a reward for catarrh cure, claims Halts Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo. Includes testimonial of 15 years knowledge of H J Cheney, listing Watkins, Kin yan & Marvin as wholesale druggists. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and price per bottle. Also references Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Khown HK J. Cheney
Fis
Watbina, Kixyan & Marvin
Egotist and seeds prompt farmer interest across states
A teacher questions egotism in class while a strange burst of ads promotes Salzer’s seeds. The text mentions babs, Morman ftarjey and Speitz cereals, Teosinte grass yields, and a push to send 10 cents for seeds catalog from John A. Salzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Speitz
Dak
Mont
Ida. Cole
Salzer
Willian Ont
Jolm A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
CG. N. UL
How He Bid It and a Child's Corrective Lesson
A Philadelphia Ledger report recalls a morning class exercise where pupils corrected sentences. Ignatius, after 16 minutes, rewrote the sentence changing tense and meaning with the response He didn't done it. God done it highlighting humorous missteps in grammar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Ignatius
Cuticura remedies praised in eczema cure letter
A reader from Morrison Illinois reports that Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured eczema on the head after prior trouble, and that Cuticura Resolvent and Pills are a splendid tonic. The note also includes assorted advert-like fragments and jokes from period papers.
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Tramumer
Morrison, Ill
House Work and the Silent Burden on Women
Thousands of American women in homes sacrifice themselves to duty, keeping houses neat and children dressed while disguising pain. The piece frames a female weakness or displacement, noting suffering in silence as women drift from bad to worse.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted by readers
A reader’s letter extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a boon for female troubles noting it helped a Mayville New York woman and a Beaver Falls Pennsylvania woman recover strength to resume work. The piece promotes the product as a thirty year standard remedy for displacements irregularities and related symptoms. It invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. A brief box mentions fox farming on Prince Edward Island with skin values and a prompt about poultry compound and Springfield Illinois. An unrelated adage on aging and patriotism closes.
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F. Ellsworth
Mayville
N. Y
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tever
Lydia
Pinkham
Grandfather's Cure for Constipation
Promotional piece touts Cascarets as a modern remedy for bowel health. It contrasts sawdusting and exercise with artificial workouts and claims Cascarets strengthen bowel muscles, avoid purging, and aid digestion. Boxed in sales language, it urges constant use and warns to buy genuine Sterling Remedy Co. product.
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Sattler Gan
Canada
Acta
Barkatchewat
Alberte
Elley
Laat Best West
D. Scott
Itmigration
Otawa
K.T. Holmes
Jackson J.st Paul
Minn
Ward
N W. Hide & Our Co
Minneapolis
Mra
Morelitia
W. Li
Merritt
Atioka
Mina
Gaya
Doran
Foster-Milburns Co
Buffalo
Evelyn
Iit
Loraine
Earl
Sloan
Boston
Mass
Commissioner Smith
The
Standard Oil Co
Railway World
Ritory
President Moffett
Landis
Grand Jury
Marietta
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Commonwealth
Jarbell
Amy
Big Amy
Fi. W. Grove
New York
Will Kell
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Mr. Goodlice
St. Jacobs Oil
Prince Edward Island
Grant Co
Springfield
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