New York Life Faces Contrasts and Surprises
The piece surveys New York’s sharp social contrasts from Fifth Avenue opulence to starving hunger. It notes odd incidents including a deputy commissioner's dramatic station entrance, a piano-driven tragedy in the Bronx, and a disordered maniacal response to fourteen phonographs. It also previews the Hudson Memorial Bridge, a vast future concrete structure with dual floors for subway and traffic, and mentions a quirky marriage by settlement workers and a rising apartment project. Bedford Allison gains police power to curb anti spitting.
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New York
Gothamia
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Broadway
Callahan
Vernon Ave
Hanson
Bronx
Fourten
Hudson Memorial
Spuyten Duyvil
Hudson River
Hendrick Hudson
Spuyten Devil
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Broklyn Bridge
James WH. Hamilton
Etta Brodski
Ethical Society
Althorp
Third Avenue
Bedford Allison
Jersey City
Dean's Regulats: Gentle Cure for Constipation
An old ad promotes Dean's Regulats as a gentle remedy for constipation. It claims the product relieves headache, nausea, dizziness, and languor while not curing the condition, with a price of 25 cents and a note to ask your druggist.
Advertising Makes or Breaks a Store Under Public Scrutiny
The piece argues that shoppers only care about a store when it enters their lives and attention. If a store meets price and reliability tests under publicity, advertising builds trust. failure highlights weaknesses and shortcut avoidance. It contrasts advertised versus non advertised stores.
Frightened Petitioner Faces New Troubles Ahead
A worried group argues the subject may plunge further into danger than he imagines and has little chance of relief, likening his situation to a rabbit fleeing a pack of hounds.
A Religious Author Endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy
A speaker describes years of kidney trouble with a severe winter attack that left him bedridden for eight days. After starting Foley's Kidney Remedy, pain eased, urine returned to normal, and he urges others to use the remedy.
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Foley
Elam, Ordway & Houser
W. E. Lloyd
Reading In Bed Warns Lancet On Eye Health
The Lancet cites Dr Hugo Feuchenfeld of Berlin warning that readers under eighteen should avoid reading in bed to prevent myopia. It adds reading in bed is unwise for all ages and suggests for the bedridden that thoughts be bright with eyes shaded and the head and shoulders elevated while lying on the back.
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The
Lancet
Hugo Feuchenfeld
Berlin
Wellington's Tact and Bonaparte’s Mock Title
In Paris 1814 an army of generals collected around the Duke of Wellington and praised him for never being beaten by the French. He replied that he never met Bonaparte and joked that the emperor was as good as 40,000 men in his view.
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Wellington
Paris
Napoleon
Duke
Welington
Bonaparte
Take Chamberlain Cough Remedy for quick relief
Do not let a bad cold or cough become chronic bronchitis or pneumonia. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for prompt relief. Sold by Elam Ordway and Houser. The Abbe Pradt, a Napoleonic figure, boasted and the Duke Wellington recalled a witty exchange at a dinner in honor of himself.
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United States
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Capudine Liquid Headache Cure Promoted
Capudine is advertised as a liquid remedy for sick headaches including nervous and traveler’s headaches plus stomach and female troubles. The ad promotes immediate effects and urges ask to hold by druggists.
Longevity Claims in Jewish Community Cited in Health Review
A critical scan of vital statistics notes Jews occupy a prominent sanitary position if longevity reflects health. Sources recount longer lifespans and lower disease incidence among Jews, attributing this to sobriety, diet, early marriage, and strong familial care as reinforced by religious hygiene practices.
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Neufville
Frankfort
Stomach and Liver Tablets Praised by Edina Resident
Mr. J P Klote of Edina Missouri says Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are more beneficial than any other remedy he's used for stomach trouble. For sale by Elam Ordway and Houser.
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Chamberlain
J.P. Klote
Edina
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Fare Tale From a Prison Van Joke
A Pearsons Weekly pun recounts a prison van driver nicknamed Black Marta. A would be wit on the causeway asks for space and the fare, but the driver fires back bread and water as before, extinguishing the quip.
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Black Marta
Robert
Pearson’'s Weekly
Great Roman Circus Surpasses Coliseum in Size
The article notes the great circus in the Rome valley between Palatine and Aventine rivaled the Coliseum in capacity with figures ranging from 150,000 to 380,000 spectators. It calls the circus perhaps the most stupendous public spectacle structure ever erected.
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Old
Rome
Palatine
Aventine Hill
New York
Ameriera
Wasn't a Beauty. Tired Traveler to Barber
A humorous note from Harper's Bazaar portrays a weary traveler spending the night in a sleeping car and doubting cosmetic improvement. The barber questions the traveler’s prior appearance, hinting at unchanged looks despite rest.
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Harper's Bazar
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Cures Coughs Overnight
A patent remedy claims Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package cures la grippe coughs that may develop into pneumonia. It asserts the lungs are healed and inflamed tissue strengthened, averting dangerous conditions quickly. W. E. Lloyd, Flam, Ordway & Houser.
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Foley
W. E. Lloyd
Flam, Ordway & Houser
Railway Timetable and Train Departures at Union Station
Northbound connections for Rome and Chattanooga listed with 7 35 and 8 30 departures. Southbound trains include No 130 P to Talladega Selma and local Birmingham lines. Westbound expresses run to Birmingham Greenville and Maumguts with night services, plus local Gadston Calera and Calera South connections.
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Rome
Talladega
Selma Talladega
Childersburg
Birmingham
Greenville
Maumguts
B’ham
Gadston
Gadsden
Calera
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Duke Wellington
Toris
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Mel
General Electro Motor
Anniston Electric
Anniston National Bank
W. H. M'Kleroy
W. A. Davis
Frank L
C. D. Woodruff
R. F. Smith
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18Th St
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the Great Circus
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