Peruna praised by congressman in Spring catarrh cure
In a Washington letter Dan A Grosvenor and Louisiana Congressman H W Ogden endorse Peruna as a superior tonic for catarrh. The ad highlights spring as optimal for treatment, notes systemic effects, and offers free medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
Dan. A. Grosvenor
Jon
IF. W. Ogden
Louisiana
Washington, D. C
H. W. Ogden
Ohio
War Department
Toy bank that pays car fare to kids
MeJdigger-Tredley unveils a toy bank that refuses to open but dispenses car fare to children's allowances, prompting speculation of a fortune for inventor Meddigger-Ile. The Philadelphia Press notes the odd device and Papa Will Buy It headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
MeJdigger
Tredley
Fort Wayne Stamp and Printing Outfit Catalog
An advertisement offers air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits including daters. Catalog and price list available by mail from Lock Box 21h in Fort Wayne Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dive Over the Front Sign Draws Curious Crowds
A local note quotes a man warning his son about a Cameron establishment labeled Pool. He clarifies it is not a swimming bath, though described as a dive venue where patrons perform aquatic stunts and plunge beyond their depths.
Three Grades of New York Society Recalled
The Ladies' Home Journal reflects on Curtis and Potiphar Papers and classifies New York society into three groups. The first holds wealth, the second comprises enduring old family fortunes, and the third consists of youths invited for social dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Society
George William Curtis
Potiphar
New York
Mark
Ladies’ Home Journal
Love Me Love Me Not Folly in Floral Exchange
A playful exchange mocks romance as a suitor spends fortunes on flowers only to have them torn apart with the age old refrain love me or love me not. The banter highlights cautious affection and comic doubt in courtship rituals.
Cuban Post Office Embezzlers Sentenced to Ten Years Each
Three men Rathbone Neely and Reeves were found guilty of embezzling Cuban post office funds after being chosen for key posts. Each received ten years imprisonment and hefty fines Neely 56701 Reeves 35516 Rathbone 5824. They used staged accounts and burned stamps to divert funds during U S control. Reeves testified helping convict the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiavana
Cuba
Rathbone
Neely
Reeves
Co. F. W. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuban Post Office Department
United States
Spain
BE. OG
Op Dee
Tsas
Washington
Postal Committee
Savana
Munrie
Ind
Perry S. Heath
Postottice Finance Bureau
Isli
Reeves Creme
Postottice
Llavana
Rathhony
T Rathbone
Sigo
Geronimo the Apache seeks release and citizenship
Geronimo aged eighty, prisoner at Fort Sill, may be paroled and become a U S citizen. General Armstrong supports release. Geronimo already lives on a small farm under surveillance and draws $35 monthly as a government scout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geronimo
Miles
Fort Sill
O. T
Washington
Rank Armstrong
Regular Army
Florida Everclades
Fort Sil
Deafness Cure Claim and Garden Fertilizer Advice
An ad claims deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube can only be cured by constitutional remedies and offers a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It also promotes bonemeal as a substitute fertilizer, advising half a pound per square yard for city gardeners and instructing to work it in after spading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ladies’ Home Journal
Rail fares to Pacific coast and western cities
Advertises tourist sleeping cars daily to the Pacific coast with rail fares from Chicago to multiple western destinations including $33 to Pacific Coast Chicago and Northwestern Railway, $30 to Helena and Ogden, $30.50 to Spokane and $383 to West Coast cities. maps and details via ticket agent or W B Kniskern at 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Ill
All in the Name
A dialogue contrasts social ascent with origins as a haberdasher. One character mocks the other for crying to join society while noting the father ran a gents’ furnishing store and later a haberdashery.
Earliest Russian Millet Promises Rich Hay Yields
Advertisement for Millet seed from Levi Freisht and John A. Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin. Promotes Russian millet as a hay producer claiming 5 to 8 tons per acre. Prices listed at 50 pounds for £1.90 and 100 pounds for $3.00. Includes a quip on saints and sinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Freisht
John A. Salter
Red Cross Ball Blue and Transit Ad Mix of Miscellany
An assorted 1902 advertisement fragment touts Ball Blue laundry aid and Nickel Plate Road travel to the West with March and April departure notes. It also mentions quotes on wheat costs, Emerson attribution, Piso’s Cure, and Mrs Winslow’s teething syrup with price hints and postal references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate
California
Northwest
North Pacific Coast
C. A. Asterlin
T. P.A
Fort. Wayne
Ind. Ce
Missing Advertisement Note in FWN U No 24 1902
A brief notice requests readers to mention the newspaper when writing to advertisers. It cites F. W. N. U. No. 24 1902 and instructs readers to reference the paper in correspondence with advertisers.
Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Cited By Local Woman
Mrs Francis Podmore of Saranac Lake New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of weakness ovarian pains and headaches She notes relief within six weeks and urges others with similar symptoms to use the remedy and its accompanying wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Podmore
Saranac Lake
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Francis Popmoree
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Slartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Cameron
Alabastine Co., Department D
Grand Rapids, Mich
Joan W. Noiebers
Dension
Washington, D.C
Ratiogepatully
Proecutes
Ting Claires
Atty Sinca
Fortune
Osman
Chillicothe
Lew Adams
Westerville
Lund
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
F. Pedhey
Ottawa
Can
Joseph Young
State Street
Eost
Columbia Ohio
H. M. Williams
Toledo
Michigan
M.W. McInnes
No. 2 Avenue
Detroit
Jas. Grieve
Sault Ste. Marie
C. A
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Kew
York
Vo Iettaen
Smeervine Wye
Cottage Grove, Caléage, IL
Neely, Rathbone and
Havana
Edci
Ile
Rochester
N. Y
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo, C
Tac. Hall
Buffalo
Emerson
John W. Henry
Fustoria
Urns Lumber Co
Chicago Avenue
G | Pratt Carriage & Harness Company
Elkeart
Filen
Aftairs
California Fig Syrup Co
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