Neighborhood Guild Founded by Dr. Coit in Forsyth Street Work
Harper's Weekly notes the Neighborhood Guild in New York, led by Dr. Stanton Coit, evolving from Forsyth Street efforts into the University Settlement alliance at 26 Delancey Street. The piece traces Coits education, London tenure, and ongoing social outreach through classes, entertainments, and housing as a public welfare model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanton Coit
Columbus
Ohio
Amherst College
University of Berlin
Amherst
Berlin
London
Toynbee Hall
America
Adler
Society For Ethical Culture
Forsyth Street
University
Seth Low
Columbia College
Coit
Ethical Society
Delancey Street
Chicago Rebuilding After 1871 Fire Sparks Urban Renewal
The 1871 Chicago fire prompted rapid reconstruction as workers from all walks of life joined builders crews to clear debris and erect shelters. Within months blocks vanished and later permanent structures rose, transforming the city while many early post fire edifices disappeared. Cattle shortages emerge as well bred herds dwindle amid mass slaughter and shifts to beef packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Nicholas
C. F. Curtiss
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Campaign and Endorsements
An advertisement offers a 100 dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from West Truax and Walding Kinnan in Toledo Ohio and notes the plan to take the remedy internally at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials, dated 11 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krause
Aswe
Norman Lichty
Des Moines
Iowa
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheeney
West & Truax
Walding Kinnan & Marvin
Flall
Hill
Hoops PILL8 crafted for perfect composition and look
A claim that Hoop's PILL8 are handmade and flawless in composition, proportion and appearance. The note blends bee folklore with a claim about honey production requiring 3 750 000 bees and 62 000 blossoms, alongside a testimonial praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a child's diarrhoea and general endorsement, plus a local distributor in Trenton Texas. The snippet ends with a tally about the United States having three cities over 1 000 000 residents.
Castoria and Cure All Claims In Old Classifieds
A collage of old notices tout medicines Castoria and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with cures for piles burns sores and ulcers. Anecdotes praise Chamberlain’s remedies for diarrhea colic and cramp, plus regional notes on bank stability and a proverb about Oxford University.
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de Witt
DeWitt
L. M. Bosworth
Dow
Dover
N. H
Gunner
London Theatres
United States
Park's Sure Cure and Other Remedies Sold Here
A local druggist L. M. Bosworth promotes Park's Cough Syrup Hood's Sarsaparilla Park's Sure Cure and King's New Discovery with guarantees and refunds. Advertisements claim cures for throat lungs liver and kidney issues and note prices 25 50 and 1.00. Also mentions Emperor of Germany visit to the Columbian exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bosworth
Dr. King
Bucklen
Park
Parks
Emperor of
Germany
Stanford
DeWitt’s remedies dominate early 1900s ads and claims
A jumble of patent medicine pitches features DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and Little Early Risers from L. M. Bosworth, with testimonials on headaches, digestion, and complexion. Mentions Mrs. Bartlett Davis and Mrs. Cooper, Castoria use, and various consumer goods and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Bostonians
DeWitt
L. M. Bosworth
Elizabeth Mallett
London
DeWitt’s
Cooper
San Francisco
Youngest US bank president Annie Moore of Texas
The passage notes Annie Moore of Mt. Pleasant Texas as the youngest bank president in the United States. It also references De Witt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for sick headache and biliousness, and includes various short notes on business figures and trotting news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Annie Moore
Mt. Pleasant
Texas
de Witt
L. M. Bosworth
Domestic Servants and Mistresses in a Living Lesson
Advice from Demorest's Family Magazine August on paying servants promptly, keeping clear accounts, treating maids with respect, providing proper work conveniences, and cultivating tact and generosity to secure good service from hired help. It stresses that a good mistress can improve a servant but a bad one can spoil one, and that mutual respect governs effective work relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
German Elections and the Army Bill in the Reichstag
The article analyzes the German election results and their impact on the Army Bill, noting no single party majority in the Reichstag. It highlights the rise of the Social Democrats, the emperor's potential dissolution power, and the uncertain path to passing the bill amid shifting group alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Social Democrats
International Tribunals
Deliberative standards urged for state Republican convention
The Iowa State Register calls for a true deliberative state Republican convention with top lawmakers from all 99 counties. Delegates should be honest, impartial and strong, representing business and patriotic interests, not individual counties. The state party must be chosen by statewide consensus, not local factions, and conventions should inform and unify Republicanism across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republian
Des Moines
State Central Committee
Republican League
Ripans Tabules Health Claims Highlighted
The piece catalogs Ripans Tabules as remedies for flatulence dyspepsia indigestion bad breath biliousness sour stomach and constipation. It notes gentle cathartic action and pleasant laxative properties with availability at druggists and a promotional rate from The Intellicencer and the Des Moines Weekly Register.
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NTE
Shepp
Epp
Thomas L. Martin
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mason City
Peoria
Ity and
Peoria Ex
Marshalltown
Sun
St Louis
Kansas
Kansa
Aity
Alinneapolis
BE. McNeics
A. F. Banks
Ass’t
E Bakery
G. P. A. Marshalltown
Apeho Medicine CO
Lesterr
Ames
VIOLA
G. C. Bittner & CO
M. Ricord
M.C
Masonic Temple
Scientific American Agency For
ANN & CO
Broadway
Idest Bureau
Eincinnati SN
Skcycles
the Intelligencer
K. Wilson, Publishers
Cliffora Blackman
Boston
Hood
Canker
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Charles Street
Chamberlain
J. E. Hare
Trenton
Tex
L. M. Lan
Pitcher’s Castoria
Mohammed
John Hertzler
Bethel, Berks Co
Europe
Oxford
Elder
Beaver
McAllisterville Juniatta Co
California
Spokane
Missouri
The
Boston Browning Society
Ella Gailard
Maryland
Minnesota
Redwood Falls
Minn
C. Miller
Millston
Wis
P.S
L. M. Ge
Treasury
Raby
Castoria
Miss
Annie C. Heager
Inter Ocean
Don D. Donnan
Clark’s
Horse Review
Western Resources
Maine
Reichstag
Northwestern
Peter Valely
Robert Kenny
Hill Gaston
Squire Kennedy
Gaston
Kennedy
U. P
P. Lorillard Company
Ohio Chemical CO
Opera
Lima
Sane Caracapas Co
Bar
B. M. Jaylord
Leslie
Mich
Doris Ferry
N. Y
Orio Chemical Co
Mathew Johnson
P. O
Pittsburgh
Helen Morrison
Cincinnati
Orlo
ORL0 Chemical CO
Ww. L. AY
Opera Block
Nti
Intellicencer
Des Moines Weekly Register
Child's Medicine
Skookum Root
Bose
Skookum Root Hair Grower CO
South Fifth Ave
New York, N. Y
Memphis
Ilinois Central Railroad
J. F. Merry
L. Pass. Agt
Manchester
A. H. Hanson
L. Pass
Pantry Lady
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