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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
3
An advertising feature notes French railways replacing old boxlike compartment cars with vestibuled cars. It also promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch, highlighting a 16 oz package for 10 cents and claiming no sticking, superiority over 12 oz and lack of harmful chemicals.
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch promising the best starching results and 4 oz more for the same price with no cooking required. It claims white clothes with 16 oz for 10 cents and cheekily contrasts clever humorists and marrying a rich milliner with self interest and time.
An old aphorism states that acts of courtesy plant kindness and reward. It links generous behavior to lasting goodwill, suggesting that thoughtful deeds cultivate happiness and positive feelings in a grateful mind.
An early 20th century health note urges spring zoning to fortify against summer fatigue. It touts Sim mon’s Sarsaparilla as a tonic to build strength and prevent the urge to lie down. It mentions a marketing price of $1.00 per bottle and notes bamboo stalks sometimes hide flintlike crystals resembling opals and Philippine cocoanuts yield tiny pearl-like minnows.
Advertisement urges enrollment in Tyler College Tyler Texas for bookkeeping and shorthand with promises of good salaries as fall business nears. Nearby Paris water sewer probe warns travelers to demand fresh water on arrival due to microbial swarms in hotel waters.
Defiance Starch claims top quality for every home with 4 oz offering for 10 cents, asserting more starch per cent than any competing cold water brand. The message targets frugal households seeking superior starch performance.
A note claims Putnam dyes color more goods with legal work than rivals. It states Asia and Africa show flowers thrive where grass fails. Bradstreet notes 84 percent of merchants who failed in 190% did not advertise in newspapers.
An early 20th century tempted advertisement promotes a Star Washing Machine with wringer priced at 1.9 and a modern hand waving line about health and beauty. The ad cites John A. Salver Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin and includes a slang quip about money and sensible driving.
The Texas Road line promotes G N to St Louis World Fair 1904 travel time and savings. It claims 100 to 200 miles shorter routes and 4 to hours quicker trips from Texas with agents D J Price and L Trice announcing special plans from Palestine Texas.
Central R R offers Colonist tickets to California at 25 dollars from March 1 to April 30. Sleeper service available North South East and West. For details contact M L Robbins G P A or Wm Doherty A G P A Houston Texas. Gas coal use noted in London company facts.
An OCR fragment showcases several vintage ads and oddities including Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin praised as mild and effective, Defiance Cold Water Starch marketed, a Shakespeare folio price, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, a taunting question about a boy’s pace, a World’s Fair hotel contact, and Hindoo school boys punished by standing and holding a pole.
An Adams county advertisement touts Peruna as a spring medicine that strengthens blood circulation, steadies nerves, and regulates bodily functions. It claims it does not irritate or simply stimulant, and invites readers to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for free advice if results are unsatisfactory.
Hull's city owned tramway system, serving a population of about 250000, operates at two cent fares across all distances and nets over 12000 dollars annually for each mile of double track.
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