Is a Hen a Bird A Court Toying With Tariff Rules
Washington D C debate on classifying items for duties stretches to hens eggs frogs and capers as the customs court weighs what counts as a bird or a fabric or a drug. The piece notes the shift from the board of general appraisers to the new customs court and the potential impact on tariffs and imports.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
United States
Board of Generg
Customs Court
Judicia
Board of General Appraisers
Cour
Custom House
Cracker Trust
New York
China
Indigestion relief with MI-O-NA stomach tablets
Many suffer headaches dizziness and nervousness from a disordered stomach. MI-O-NA tablets claim to stop fermentation and indigestion in five minutes with a 50 cent box and a guarantee from Elam-Hamrick Drug Co.
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Elam-Hamrick Drug Co
Elam-Hamtick Drug Co
Miss Henrietta French May Lose Suit for Heart Balm
Pierre South Dakota heiress Miss Henrietta French faces potential cut to a ten thousand dollar heart balm award from a New York jury in her breach of promise case against David H. Decker Jr. Evidence centered on lurid love letters while she reportedly spent little on wedding attire.
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New York
David H. Decker, Jr
Golden West
Miss
Reach
Decker
West
Broadway Cast Advances and Plans for Next Season
Eddie Foy may return to vaudeville with Man to Man starring Frank Keenan. Cohan plans a Chicago theatre, Haney writes The Man from Tammany, Fairfax drafts for Tully Marshall, and Patterson pens Rebellion. Broadhurst’s The Price chosen for Helen Ware, Belasco to adapt Corsica, Belasco’s next season includes new David M. Belasco drama.
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Felix Haney
Man From
Tammany
George Broadhurst
Helen Ware
Keep Thy Shop or Lose It to Advertising Might
The piece argues that modern merchants must invest heavily in advertising to attract customers or risk losing business. It recalls early shopkeeping and stresses current marketing as essential for survival.
Vinol Advertisement Promises Strength From Cod Liver Oil
An old style classified ad claims Vinol strengthens weak digestive and backsliding organs, boosts blood and energy, and revitalizes life. It asserts Vinol is cod liver medicine with the nauseating oil removed and offers a money back guarantee if not effective. The notice cites Searbrough Dragon of Anniston, Alabama.
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Searbrough
Anniston
Ala
Watch Confiscation Dispute Draws Letter From Methvin
In a letter to the editor from Dd. R. Methvin of Anniston Alabama he rebuts a Star article headlined Chief Surrenders Watch Methvin Must Pay Costs. Methvin says his son found a gold watch and denies claims that he or the boy stole it or knew the thief. He explains costs amount to a dollar ten and asks for publication of these facts to set the record straight.
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Anniston
Ala
Anniston Evening Star
Alabama
the Star
Methvin
Leon
Glosson
Mr. Glorson
Mr.Glosson
Mr. Glosson
Dd. R. Methvin
Pecayed Lineages and Declining Nobility in English History
The text recounts how some noble families faded into poverty while others maintained dignity. It highlights Conyers, last baronet Sir Thomas who died in 1810, nearly ending the male line, and Grenville, once prominent in the Caroline wars, later reduced to parish relief with a High Sheriff appointment while pauper status persisted.
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Morleys
Conyers
Sir Thomas
Chesterlestree
Robert Surtees
Mainaforth
County Palatine of Durham
Grenville
Sensory sense lies in upper nasal region, not nostril
A brief note states that smell is sensed in the upper nasal area rather than the nostril itself. It explains how the nostril lining shifts color from red to brown and becomes more sensitive in that region.
TIZ Cured Mrs. Crockett’s Sore Feet After Two Treatments
Jeffersonville resident Mrs. Crockett says after the second TIZ treatment she could walk downstairs one foot at a time, a breakthrough after five years. The remedy claims to draw out poisonous exudations from pores and sells for 26 cents a box via Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago.
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Earth
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Advertiser Persistence Wins Out in Long Run
The saying underscores that constant effort by advertisers yields results. Persistence builds awareness, trust, and market position over time, reinforcing brand presence even amid competition and shifting consumer attention.
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Europe
Customs House
Aldrich
Birmingham
Patent Office
Henrietta French
Pierre, S. D
Eddie Foy
Frank Keenan
Oliver White
George M. Cohan
Marion Fairfax
Tully Marshall
Joseph Medill Patterson
Fred F. Shrader
F.C. Whitney
London
Corsica
Frances Starr
David Belasco
John T. Kelley
Liebler & Co
Mabel Hite
Jerry Fogarty
Hugh Ford
O, Henry
Ralph Herz
Madame Sherry
Joseph M. Gates
Charles Klein
W. A. Brady
Alexander Pantages
Pantages Vaudeville Syndicate
Mississippi River
San Francisco
Pritzi Sehert
Joseph Herbert
Eugene O'Brien
Ethel Barrymore
Trelawney
The
Wels
George Graham
Anna Wheaton
Charles Frohman
Raffles
Kyrle Bellew
the Wells
J. M. Barrie
Philadelphia
Seattle
Powers’ Theatre
Communications
Chichester
Tiz
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