Town Lots at Shoshoni Promote New Wyoming Town Site
The Pioneer Town Site Company develops Shoshoni in Fremont county Wyoming on the Wind River line of the Wyoming Northwestern Railway. Lots will be sold during the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas October 3–6 1905. P Whitney town site agent will be in Douglas with maps prices and information. The prospectus promises rapid settlement and strong returns for investors. The page also mentions Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets advertising alongside.
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Wyoming
Pioneer Town Site Company
Fremont County
Wind River
Wyoming and Northwestern Railway
Yoming
Douglas
P. Whitney
Balloon Ascensions at Sundown Explained by Expert
An expert parachute jumper explains why country fair balloon ascensions occur near sunset. He notes winds are calmer then, allowing ascent and controlled descent, while afternoon launches risk drift. Experienced parachutists can steer a parachute to land at the ascension spot, unlike balloons which drift.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Witty Atlas of Writers Quotes on Character and Resolve
A collage of literary lines celebrates audacity patience and character from authors Seton Merriman Anthony Hope Hobbes John Oliver Hobbes F Marion Crawford and Rudyard Kipling. The passages contrast slow friendship enmity and the virtue of deliberate conviction.
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Seton Merriman
Anthony Hope
England
John Oliver Hobbes
F. Marion Crawford
Rudyard Kipling
Finding Money in Health and Old Satire on the Jews
A detox of unrelated passages shows advice about Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and lung trouble and a travelogue on Jewish Sabbath satire by Juvenal and Roman attitudes. The wellness ad promotes a smoke and coal dust cure from W C Barber of Sandy Level Va and Bosworth s Drug Store.
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W. C. Barber
Sandy Level
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth’s
Got Off Cheap Drug Store Cure Claim
A promotional brief touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant and certain cure for headache constipation and related ailments. It promises restoration of health and notes the product costs 25 cents at L M Bosworth s drug store with a guarantee.
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Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
Cure for Severe Bowel Complaint With Chamberlains Remedy
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan testifies that her two year old son suffered a severe bowel illness but Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved him. The ad claims it even cures cholera infantum and urges following printed directions for a sure cure. For sale by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
Maggie Hickox
Midland
Mich
Judisch Bros
The Doctor Knows and a Pain Balm Endorsement
A Providence Journal excerpt shows a doctor’s wry view of patients who hide the truth behind illnesses. It also includes Vernon Conn postmaster James N Nichols praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for burns and inflammation after a child’s hand burn, with Judisch Bros. selling it locally.
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Chamberlain
James N. Nichols
Vernon, Conn
Michael Strauss
Judisch Bros
Herring Bones and Dutch Wealth in the Seventeenth Century
The Dutch monopoly of North Sea fishing made Amsterdam prosperous and the era labeled as founded on herring bones. Some 50,000 Hollanders fished from Yarmouth to the Shetlands while 150,000 more were engaged in distribution and sale of the fish. Sir Walter Raleigh warned James I that the Dutch sold catch for English gold to build ships annually.
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North Sea
Amsterdam
Holland
Yarmouth
Shetlands
Sir Walter Raleigh
James I
The Horse's Failing
Hans the ruralist seeks a horse but rejects Bill Lennox stableman's offer of a five year old road horse priced at 175 dollars cash down. Hans, living eight miles away, would not buy and would have to walk back. Norman Voice.
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Hans
Bill Lennox
Norman
Engaged couples warned about digestion and harmony
S A Brown of Bennettsville South Carolina says after marriage improving digestion with Electric Bitters helped his wife’s severe dyspepsia and torpid liver. She gained strength and health. L M Bosworth, a druggist, sells and guarantees them at 50 cents a bottle.
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S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
8. C
L. M. Bosworth
Ancient Roman Bridge Beliefs and Tiber Offerings
A historical note explains that Romans feared bridges harmed rivers and deprived a deity of victims. Propitiatory human sacrifices were offered to Tiber annually, with execution by drowning from the Publi cian bridge, the sole Tiber crossing during much of the republican era.
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Rome
Tiber
Authorship as a Profession in the Times View
The New York Times argues writing must be a vocation with willingness to endure penalties for art. A writer who lies earns it, and one who makes a fortune deserves it.
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New York Times
Dwarf Sees Farther With Giant's Shoulder
A dwarf gains extended vision by standing on a giant’s shoulder, enabling a broader view. The metaphor emphasizes how smaller figures benefit from larger predecessors' support to achieve greater perspective.
The Hindoo Strong Man Bhima Feats of a Child Hero
The Hindoo stories describe Bhima as a boy with superhuman strength. He survives a tiger attack, throws foes into a pond, tears up a banyan tree, snaps bonds, and outlasts a cobra. His greatest feat is defeating Bakasura who could eat a cartload of food.
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Bhima
Samson
Bakasura
How the Condor Is Caught
The article describes trapping condors by a circular pen with a central carcass, forcing the bird to land and unable to rise enough to clear the fence. It notes birds' need for onward motion and air mass to lift wings, then mentions Chamberlain's Salve as a soothing burn and skin remedy sold by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
Judisch Bros
A Quaint Inscription from a London Churchyard
A tomb inscription for Susannah Barford who died in 1652 notes she lived ten years and eighteen weeks. The verse beneath the skull and crossbones says her stage was short and her thread was spun, drawn out and cut, heaven gained, her work done.
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London
Susannah Barford
Insurance and Assurance Joke From Catholic Standard
A quip explains the difference between assurance and insurance. Tommy asks the distinction and a parent figure replies that one is what the agent has and the other is what he persistently tries to sell.
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Tommy
Catholic Standard
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