Former Chief Judge in Georgia Joins State University Math Course
The 76 year old former Georgia chief judge Logan Blekeley has enrolled in a special mathematics course at the state university to refresh his skills while writing a book on the subject. A note on tobacco tastings and a botanic blood balm advertisement are included in the scattered text. A Kentucky farmer reports success growing ginseng, once plentiful in Indiana, now limited in quantity.
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Logan Blekeley
Georgia
The
State University
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and endorsements
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and other Toledo druggists. The ad explains the cure is taken internally and promises testimonials, with a price of 75 cents per bottle and mentions Hell's Family Pills as the best.
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Hall
Cheney ,Co
Toledo
FL J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Dainty perfume bottle jewelry shown by jewelers
A small openwork gold ball holds perfume in a sponge net, emitting a faint aroma. The scent ornament can be worn on a lorgnette chain or muff chain by day and attached to a fan in the evening.
Underground rail line to reach city limits by 1903
New York’s underground railroad is slated for completion in fall 1903 with trains running from city hall to the northern city limits by Christmas. Advertising snippets mention Allen’s Foot Ease for 25c, Garfield Tea for blood purification, and various consumer goods and tips from 1899 era.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
New York
Great Underground
City Hall
Texas manufacture verse urges local factories for state wealth
A Literary Bureau note argues that factories power wealth in the Eastern and Middle States and urges Texas towns to build plants to convert local farm and mineral resources into finished goods. It warns the balance favors regions with manufacturing facilities and calls for statewide industrial development.
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Middle States
Texas
Literary Bureau
Southern
Sunset Route
Governor Sayers invites New York merchants to Texas
The governor’s invitation to New York business leaders to visit Texas signals a broad promotional policy. Texas offers agricultural, mineral, manufacturing, timber, and livestock opportunities, with Edwin Chamberlain coordinating arrangements to showcase the state’s potential to Eastern capitalists and local interests. A second note explains a method to keep water cold without ice using a wet wrapped jug in an open window.
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Sayers
New York
Texas
Lone Star
New York Merchants Association
Commonwealth
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio
Literary Bureau
Southern Pacific
Sunset Route
Scientist Finds Microbe Causes House Cleaning
A scientist reports a microbe linked to house cleaning behaviors. The finding suggests microbes may influence why people tidy, proposing new angles for researching cleaning motivation and microbial impact on daily habits.
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Mitchell St
Atlanta, Ga
Kentucky
Indiana
China
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Madison
Lake County
Siam
United States
Putnam
Solomon
QVCE
Peerless Tobacco
Bedford City
Winslow
Arbuckles
Archaser
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
N.Y
Nation Department
Ames Society
Broadway
Dr. Bosanko
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Philade
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Thompson’s
Eye Water
D. M. Stewards
M’r’a. Co
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Aylmers
Hunt
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Detroit
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