Orrine Promises Sobriety for Drink Habit
Orrine is touted as the standard home remedy for the drink habit praised by many women for restoring sobriety and enabling family finances. It is sold by J. L. Wikle at 1010 Noble Street with a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen, available in two forms and priced at 1.00 per box. A free booklet is offered from Orrine Co Washington DC.
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J. L. Wikle
Noble Street
Orrine
Orrine CO
Washington, D. C
Local Hauling Service Ad Promises Quick Dispatch
Anniston Alabama advertises W. A. Russell G. P. A. based in Louisville with telephone 72 offering Watson hauling. Multiple teams wagons drags and men available for prompt careful service in transportation work.
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Watson
Asphalt Roads In Massachusetts
The Massachusetts highway commission plans to extend asphalt use for the upcoming season. Engineers found asphalt more reliable than tar and lasting longer, leading to repairs of worn macadam by filling ruts with asphalt mix, oil, and aggregates and coating surfaces with hot asphalt then sand or screenings.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Wall Street Farmers Target Reciprocity in Senate Probe
Washington dispatch reveals that so called farmers are wall street operators whose real crops are dividends from lumber and paper trusts. Allen and Graham admitted they lobby for big tariff interests and can sway Washington to block or pass measures. Lumber paper and wool trusts funded the crusade while clients include Whisky Security and Standard Oil led by John D Rockefeller. The piece also notes evolving medical views that no drug is a universal cure and treatment must be tailored to stage and patient.
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Washington
Wall Street
Senate Finance Commit
Allen & Graham
National Grange
Allen
American Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
The
Pulp and Print Paper Association
American Wool Maufacturers’ Association
Lumber Trust
Paper Trust
Wool Trust
Ers
Whisky Security Company
Whisky Trust
Standard Oil Company
John PD. Rockefeller
Captain Cuttle
Woods Hutchinson
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Itch Relief Ad for Ballard's Snow Liniment
If you have the itch do not scratch. Ballard's Snow Liniment relieves itching instantly and a few applications remove the cause for a permanent cure. Price 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
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Ballard
J. L. Wikle
Healthful Jobs and Remedies in 19th Century Beliefs
A Harper’s Weekly style survey claims health benefits from occupations like salt mining lint by turpentine and lavender work. It asserts copper mining prevents typhoid and that sheep exposures ward off whooping cough. Lavender is praised for vitality while salt miners reportedly never catch colds.
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Harper's Weekly
Man who renamed himself after fear of mistaken identity
In Manchester a man once named John Buwith took the alias Gagadig Gigadab to avoid being confused with bad John Smiths. After an embezzlement story mislabeled a bank accountant, he felt his fear validated and fully adopted the new name.
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Gagadig Gigadab
Manchester
England
John Buwith
John Smiths
New York Tribune
Attention to minutest details drives theatrical success
A New York interview quotes a playwright declaring that even the virtue of attention to details must be moderated. He recalls a rehearsal anecdote where a leading man questions applause while the playwright insists on rehearsed timing and dramatic effect.
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New York
John
Helen
Washington Star
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Eases Whooping Cough Epidemics
Whooping cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loose and ex pectoration easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect success, or sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Young Man Becomes IT After Candy Gift
A playful note from The New Primer shows a young man winning status by giving a pretty girl a pound box of candy. The crowd wonders how long his IT will last before another suitor presents larger gifts, a two pound box.
Price Dialogue Overbilling Exorbitant Bill
A client protests an overly high bill asking for explanations. The lawyer offers to explain but warns the session will cost $100, underscoring a sharp fee dispute over specific items.
Catherine Parr and Her Clever Handling of Henry VIII
Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, relied on intellect and tact more than looks. She calmed the king and softened officials, averting arrest by deft flattery and reconciliation after a heresy charge, driving away officers with curses and threats.
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Catherine Warr
Henry VIII
Neighbor Deciphers Dispute Over Wordsworth Laureate Address
A Cumberland yeoman long ago traveled to hear Wordsworth speak. On learning who held the title he exited in anger, muttering that the laureate should be Wadsworth Rydal, a comic misnaming that sparked a noted local rebuke.
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Wordsworth
Llaureate
England
Cumberland
Wadsworth Rydal
Paradox Paragon and Paradigm: Three Husbands Narrated
In a Chicago News sketch a speaker describes a woman speaking of her three husbands as the three P s. The first a paragon a fine fellow, the second a paradigm, and the third a paradox noted for his different behavior.
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Chicago News
Remarkable Herbine Relief Promises Quick Vital Reform
Abilious, half sick feeling and constipation relieved by Herb ine. First dose yields improvement, a few doses restore vigor. Price 50e. Sold by J L Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Report of the Condition of the First National Bank
Financial statement for the First National Bank of Calhoun County Alabama dated June 9 1911 sworn by cashier H A Young. The report lists assets and totals including cash on hand loans and discounts and deposits with a final total of 1 401 670 08 verified by notary Hubert B Dent and directors A W Bell FE L Turner J B Goodwin.
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Alabama
Calhoun
H. A. Young
HW. A. Young
Hubert B. Dent
U. S
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United States
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McKenna
House of Commons
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