Trajan Column as a model for Kansas City's memorial plan
The Kansas City Mere movement seeks a world war memorial in sculptural form inspired by Trajan's Column in Rome. The article recounts the column's history, architecture, and monumental reliefs, praising its encyclopedic portrayal of Trajan's Dacian campaigns and its enduring artistic significance.
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Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
Rome
Ulpia
Trajan
Appalodorus
Forum
Peter
Fel Constructions
Timpla
Doctor Holmes a Guarded yet Generous Figure
The portrait portrays Doctor Holmes as both self focused and socially engaged. He sought to reach hearts through conversation and books yet guarded his personal life, allowing his wife to shield interruptions while drawing many people to his side.
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Doctor Holmes
Carlyle
Anato Fields
Those Stories In The Kindergarten For Home Use
The piece argues mothers should choose storytelling as a daily feature at home. Stories fuel routines like bathing, dressing, eating and housework, keeping children engaged and transforming idle hours into cheerful, healthful, tender time.
Faithful Resolve Amid Financial Fear
In a dialogue from the Birmingham Age Herald, a suitor confirms marriage for love. The heroine asks if she would stay if her father loses his fortune, and the reply vows patience, noting the father’s determined look and belief he would recover losses.
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Birmingham Age. Herald
Purifies Blood with Haarlem Oil Kidney Cure
An advertisement urges quick action for kidney warning signs such as backaches and fatigue. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a fast relief, claims origin from Haarlem laboratories, and offers money back if no help. It warns against delaying treatment and urges asking the druggist for GOLD MEDAL.
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Haarlem
Holland
Scotsman Seeks Simpler Pulpit Mood in London Nation
The London Nation recalls a noted Scots church member who preferred plain dignity over ornate setting. He disliked the crying sermons and sentimentality, arguing a man with little to say might still stand in such a grand house.
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London
Bayer Aspirin authentic tablets promote genuine use
An article defends Bayer as the genuine Aspirin product with the Bayer Tablets of Aspirin label and proper directions for pain relief. It notes the trade name has stood for nineteen years and mentions a cheap 12 tablet tin. The piece also recounts a sailor nicknamed Jonah and ties superstition to Maritime disasters including the Titanic and Empress of Ireland.
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Bayer
Jonah
England
Admiralty
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Sparks Medical Claim
An old advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a universal kidney liver and bladder cure. It claims quick mild effects, promotes a sample offer for ten cents, and urges readers to buy in drug stores or write for a sample from Dr. Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
California
Tranite Eer Verticulars
White Line Transfer & Storage CO
Vine
Des. Moines
Disappearing Farm Hand Leaves Note From Ranch
A city youth who spent three days on the ranch vanished leaving a cryptic note complaining about being mistaken for a night watchman. The message mentions being woke at three with a lantern and chasing cattle into the stable, ending with a claim that the farm wants no night watchman.
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Richmond Tines- Dispatch
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Featured by Cheney Firm
Ohio notary swears Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorses Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a $100 cure guarantee. Ad copy touts internal use and blood-m mucous surface action. Ends with stray line about some men preferring jail to hustle for a wing.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F.J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Anse
J. Chuniy
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
I. J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
I J. Cheney & Co
High Cost of Hauling Spurs Motor Trailer Savings
The article argues faulty food distribution hikes consumer prices and compares freight costs from New York to cities with shipping from Buffalo. It notes rail and water haul are cheapest, while highway haul offers big savings. Department of Agriculture studies show motor trucks halve costs vs wagons, with trailers potentially doubling capacity.
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New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Illinois
Department of Agriculture
Auto Driving as Right Exercise in Modern Life
A San Francisco physician argues motorcar use promotes physical and mental health and volitional benefits. He cites calisthenic effects on arms chest and abdomen from steering gear and brake work, plus enhanced circulation digestion and oxygen intake from open air driving across urban and rural roads.
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San Francisco
Demountable wheel rim by J N Foster of El Paso
The Scientific American describes a demountable vehicle wheel rim by J N Foster of El Paso Texas. The invention aims to provide a rim that can be locked to or unlocked from the wheel with a single operation and includes means for locking the rim in place.
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Scientific American
J. N. Foster
el Paso
Texas
Mechanical rim lock system with rotary cam ring
A rim from lateral movement and control means for locking using levers pivoted to a folly with cam heads that engage the demountable rim. Moving the levers is effected by a cam ring mounted to rotate on the wheel.
Automobile spark plug invention aims to prevent overheating
An inventor designs a spark plug with a ventilating chamber around the shoulder to permit air circulation and reduce breakage from overheating. The article also cautions drivers about safe driving practices such as maintaining distance, not cutting in, and stopping to help at accidents.
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Jessen
Winona Woman Credits Vegetable Compound for Nervous Relief
Mrs. Albert Sultze of Winona Minnesota reports lasting nerve relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it eased long standing nervousness restored sleep and mornings felt strong enough for daily work. The ad extols the remedy as over forty years standard for displacements inflammation and related female ailments.
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Winona
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
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