Witty historical quips on fame and fanfare from a London library
A collage of vintage quips and jokes about fame beauty and status. Notable lines involve the Shah of Persia mistaking Westminster Abbey for fame and a duchess, a parishioner and Rev Patton, Dean Swift commenting on swift work, Knollys jokes about admission at doors or ventilators, Bishop Potter on diplomacy with women, and Evarts on women as judges and executioners. The piece closes with Lord Rosebery narrating a library scene about Alfred and a millinery debate.
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Persia
Westminster
Teheran
Westminser Abbey
Lord Roseberry
Alfred
London
Hullo
Florry
King Alfred
A Modest Autobiographer Seeks a Hero of Himself
A jumble of advertising and quips praising depianos staunch starch and herbal tonics. It references a 1902 health claim by Gary Helden and a testimonial from J W O'Brien of Minneapolis. The text blends humor with product pitches and mischief about luck.
Crane to Succeed Gage as Treasury Secretary
Washington December 23 Governor W Murray Crane of Massachusetts to succeed Lyman J Gage as Secretary of the Treasury. Gage retirement confirmed. Long to resign soon. Crane may accept if he can settle Massachusetts matters. Cabinet changes expected. Hitchcock likely to retire west of the Missouri.
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W. Murray Crane
Gage
Massachusetts
Treasury
Washington, D. C
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Ollis H. Roberts
United States
O. L. Spalding
H. A. Taylor
Department
Wireless Locator Invention Claimed By Chattanooga Man
Chattanooga resident Oscar Keller announces a completed invention after sixteen years of work. It allegedly locates and indicates ship separation within sixty miles and enables telephonic communication under all conditions, even underwater. He plans to go to Washington in January to meet Secretary of the Navy Long and foreign naval attaches.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chas
Oscar Keller
Washington
Navy
Long
Chicago Market Report Summary
Wheat finished higher with May prices around 80 and gains mixed across markets. Corn firm, May range 6.0 to 6.63 and close near 7?3c. Oats rose with May at about 44.3 to 45. ... Potatoes and products started weak but showed early improvement.
Distilling Co of America Stock Reduction Approved
A special meeting of the stockholders in Jersey City unanimously adopted a resolution to reduce the company's preferred stock from 53 million to 85 million and the common stock from 70 million to 30 million.
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Trust Steel
New York
Der
The
Distilling Company of America
Jersey City
Death at tannery in Waukegan claims supervisor
In Waukegan Indiana on December 23 William J. Warden, superintendent of the Walder Manning tannery, fell into a vat of boiling tanning liquid and was severely scalded, dying early this morning from his injuries.
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India
Winston Spencer Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
General Tucker
Comibeok
Secunderbar
Churchill
Min
Waukegan
William J. Warden
Walder- Manning
National City Bank Plans New $8.0 Million Building
New York December 23 The National City Bank with a 10 million capital and 71.6 million surplus considers plans to house itself in an 8.0 million building. The Nicaragua Canal bill outlook discussed in Congress. Herbert Symers, secretary of the U S legation at Pekin, arrives in New York aboard the Barbarase from Bremen.
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Hank Vignes
New York
The
National City Bank
Nicaragua
Legation
Herbert Symers
United States
Pekin
Bremen
Piano Buyers Guide Offers Free Booklets From Factory
Very few piano buyers are experts and should seek reliable information. Free booklets explain piano construction care and how makes differ, helping buyers choose a good piano at a reasonable price direct from the factory. Address The A. Th. Chase Co. Norwalk Ohio or Des Moines rep Nathan Ford 1620 Sixth Avenue. Act soon, supply limited.
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A. Th. Chase Co
Norwalk
Ohio
Des Moines
Town
Nathan Ford
1620
Sixth Avenue
Germ Destroyer Claims To Cure Dandruff Related Hair Loss
The ad describes a germ that supposedly invades the scalp and damages hair, causing brittleness and eventual baldness. It touts a product named Terpleide as killing the dandruff germ to restore natural hair growth, appealing to racialized notions of the American Indian.
The King Is Wizard Oil and Other Odd Promises
A fragmentary 19th century advertisement collage notes Wizard Oil and various tonics, patent medicines, and cures for rheumatism catarrh and teething. It includes claims of universal cures, a money-back pledge, and multiple brand names, with stray lines about love poems and political bribery during elections. Public notices mention real estate and land sale appeals in Kansas.
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Philadelphia
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Dr. Patton
New Haven
Conn
Lord Morris
House of Lords
Dean Swift
St. Patrick's
Dublin
Preas
Francis Knollys
Edward
Prince of Wales
Bishop Potter
William M. Evarts
Grover
Gary Helden
J. W. O'Brien
Minneapolis
Minn
Oklahoma
Uhil
Green's Bone
Atlanta
Elkhart
Ind
Re & A. B. Lace Fittont
Tomnson Pub. CO
Dearborn St
Chicago
Heseblough Mfg. CO
State Street
Cary
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Atlas of
Western Canada
Retex
Fedley
of Immigration
Ottawa
N. Barthelypiow
DebMfolnes
John Long
Fiunds—Deane T
Rooosevelt
Buffalo
Arlington
W. M. Grane
Dalien
Mass
Papa
Inamma
Harner
University of Chicago
Pecatonica
Dr. Harper
University School of Education
Goodland
Kang
N. B. Albertson
Dodd
Mr. Albertson
Shay Bluing
Russ Company
South Bend, Jui
Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Santa Fe
Bool
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Canyon
Gince
Bright Angel Trail
Land of Silence
America
Hamlin Garland
Sharlesy I. Lummis
John L. Stoddard
Charles Dudley Warner
American Authors
Major J. W. Powell
Colorads
Clarriot. Monroe
Kitze Mac
Colorado Springs
R. D. Salisbury
Beecher
Yate
Charles 8. Gleed
Kansas
Moran
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Spindia
Kausue City
Piano-Buyers’ Guide
San Francisco
Calouseville, Ky
New York, N
South Mond
Johnson
Avery Thine
Tryst
Toll
Hall
P. J. Chaney & CO
Loledo
Lola
Thy. Hall
Sumner County
Met
Wellington Land Co
Wellington
Kanaan
St.Jacobs Oil
Wright
Halzer
Ww. N. U
Cudahy Packing Company
South Omaha
Vai
Maanerics
Maha
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