Cuticura Soap and Ointment Endorsed for Skin Ailments
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as a comforting treatment for eczema rashes itchings and other skin irritations. It promises immediate relief soothing sleep and notes global depots and distributors including London Paris Sydney Calcutta Hong Kong Tokyo Moscow Cape Town and Boston for Drug and Chemical Corp.
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London
Charterhouse
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Australia
R. Towns Co
Sydney
India
B. K. Paul
Calcutta
China
Hong Kong
Nice Man Hand Misunderstanding on Streetcar
Two young women on a crowded streetcar stood together when one grabbed a hand she thought belonged to a friend. She realized she was holding a man’s hand and exclaimed I’ve got the wrong hand. The man responded with a smile and offered his other hand.
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Washington Post
History Rewritten After Shiloh Umpire Decides Victory
The text recalls the Shiloh battle where generals argued if it was victory or defeat. A cigar smoking general proposes leaving it to the umpire, a Boston style. The result shows the victors were admitted as the winner and settled by that admission.
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Shiloh
Boston
Georgia Alabama Industrial Index reports twenty nine new corporations
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index lists 29 new chartered companies in Georgia and Alabama in the past week with a minimum capital of 2 217 500. ventures span banking lumber insurance dry goods automobiles drugs mills laundry mercantile and more. notable sales include a 50 000 Sumter county plantation and 200 000 central business property in Atlanta.
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Columbus
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
South Georgia
Sumter
Atlanta
Mobile County
Jacksonville
Ala
Foley
Augusta
Montgomery
Macon
Mobile
Baldwin County
Star Want Ads Bring in Business Testimony
Hundreds of patrons will testify to the effectiveness of Star Want Ads in boosting local business activity and attracting customers.
At the Half Century Mark by John Philip Sousa
The piece reflects on turning fifty as a balance of youth and experience. The author insists youth remains in imagination while judgment matures, with perspective shifting toward past and future, yielding calmer nerves and softened feelings in midlife.
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John Philip Sousa
Dresden China and the post office guide mix up
A correspondent recalls a clerk misdirecting a telegraph funds inquiry to Dresden in Germany and confusing geographic sections with celestial empire references. The exchange highlights unfamiliar town entries and suggests gaps in local knowledge at suburban post offices.
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Germany
Celestial Empire
China
Dresden
Labor That Aids the World
A reflection on wealth arising from labor and the role of intellect in invention. The text credits a portrait painter with the telegraph and a college professor with the telephone, noting intelligently directed energy advances society toward progress and a millennial dawn.
Nicaragua a Country of Wealth and Resources
A summary of Nicaragua detailing its area of 49 200 square miles slightly larger than Holland Belgium and Denmark combined its coastline on two oceans with 300 miles on the Caribbean and 225 miles on the Pacific its population of 600 000 and main centers such as Bluefields Greytown Cape Gracia a Vios Leon Managua Matagalpa Granada and Corinto port plus a single railroad from Corinto to Managua to Granada.
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Nicaragua
International Bureau of American Republics
New York
Connecticut
New England
Washington
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Caribbean
Pacific
Chicago
Mississippi River
Bluefields
New Orleans
Colon
Greytown
San Juan River
Cape Gracias A Vios
Corinto
Managua
Granada
What is Hyomei and its use in Nicaragua travel notes
Hyomei is touted as a powerful antiseptic that soothes the mucous membrane and relieves catarrh within minutes. The text also covers travel routes to Nicaragua, its exports and imports with the United States, and notes on Nicaragua’s government, geography, and climate.
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Australia
Nicaragua
United States
Midwestern Terrain Rich in Lakes and Coastal Proximity
The western section housing most residents shows varied latitude and a rugged geography with many lakes and close proximity to the sea. The landscape challenges simple map impressions and highlights a salubrious climate.
Food Fish of Havana Count Surpasses England Variety
Havana boasts about 400 kinds of food fish while England has about 50 types. The note contrasts the diversity of Havana's seafood with England's narrower catch.
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Havana
England
Wooden Shack Beats Tent for Hygiene in Desert Camp
An old notice argues tents are less hygienic than wooden shacks for invalids camping in dry regions like the Arizona desert. It describes four posts with wire netting woven into tree branches to admit light for reading and touts selling high grade coal with prompt delivery by R. O. Watson, telephone 72.
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Arizona Desert
R. O. Watson
Dear Old Mother Eve Clinic Sketch
A racially charged regional humor piece depicts a conversation between a chocolate darky and a gallery girl. The dialogue plays on fear and a suggestive kiss with comical misrule about household items and a turkey.
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Chocolate Darky
Rastus
Partition of Poland in three partitions
The passage notes that Frederick the Great of Prussia initiated the partition with Catherine the Russia and Maria Theresa of Austria Hungary. It says Poles weakened, leading to seizures of provinces in 1772, with further partitions by Russia and Prussia in 1792 and, by 1798, Poland ceased to be independent as its remaining lands were divided among the neighbors.
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Poland
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Catherine
Russia
Maria Theresa
Austro-Hungary
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Anniston
Elam, Ordway & Wouser
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Henderson-Sturges
Knabe
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Haddard
Marshal & Wendall
Clarendon
Temple
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J. H. Snodgrass
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Velva
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