Guardsman Davies praised for service and cure claim
In the Detroit Journal a Detroit resident Max R. Davies is highlighted as a popular first sergeant of Co. B. He recounts using Dr William s Pink Pills for Pale People to cure his chronic digestive trouble and endorses the remedy with a testimonial. The ad notes pills sell for 50 cents a box or six boxes for 2 50.
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McKinley
Spain
Detroit
Max R. Davies
Co. B
Third Avenue
Farrand
Williams & Clark
Williams
Davies
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, &Chenectadv
N. Y
Bowled Out
A quotation from the Philadelphia North American recalls a recruit barred from taking a bicycle to join the war, citing a heartless recruiting officer as the reason for the restriction.
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War
Philadelphia
Cascarete Candy Claims to Clean Blood and Skin
An old advertisement promises clean blood and clear skin through Cascaretsbeauty. It urges starting today to banish pimples boils blackheads and a sickly complexion by using Cascaretsbeauty with prices listed as 10c and 25c at druggists with satisfaction guaranteed.
A Hearty Meal of Shad Roe Quips
A Philadelphia North American quip by a speaker claiming to have eaten eighty to ninety million shad in his time, but clarifies the quantity refers to shad roe. The remark underlines hearty appetite and humor in a local column.
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Philadelphia
We Pay Expenses and Liberal Commissions for Sales
We offer cash refunds for unsatisfied goods and long credit terms. First class salesmen wanted with no bond. Sales by photographs. We guarantee $50 per month on mail orders. Address with stamp to The Piso Co. Warren Pa. We forfeit $1,000 if testimonials are proven false.
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Mf. Co
Iowa City
Iowa
The
Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Bath and soap pricing in a pantomime context
A bath with COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP is praised for soothing benefits. The text notes some first class pantomime costs totaling $15,000, highlighting a tidy sum for niche performances.
British Bacon Market Will See Growth in Imports
The Department of Agriculture report notes the British demand for bacon exceeds 500 million pounds yearly and is met mainly by the United States Denmark and Canada. U S shipments have fallen while Danish and Canadian bacon gains favor for leaner cuts, with price premiums paid abroad. To boost profits American producers should align with British tastes to expand exports.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Denmark
Canada
Great Britain
St. James's
London
England
America
Ploceorrees
Nutriotone fails to boost milk or flesh yield in trials
Vermont and Maine Experiment Stations report no milk or fat gains from Nutriotone in cattle feeding trials. Maine results show 2264 pounds of milk with Nutriotone versus 2281 without, and butter fat unchanged at 100 pounds. Authors caution against medicating healthy stock and note cheaper tonic alternatives.
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Vermont
Maine
Jersey
John B. Lawes
Rothamsted
England
Feeding Brood Sows and King’s Canvasback Ducks
A Breeders' Gazette piece urges brood sow management with laxative grain rations, bran and roots, plus daily exercise. It notes roots as a valuable adjunct and debunks feeding sows solely from fattening cattle droppings with proper supplements. A separate item recounts a king of Prussia ordering canvasback ducks and offers a humorous, antiquated dining guide for their preparation and service.
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Breeders’ Gazette
College
Gen Wheeler's Remedy for Insomnia
A friend recounts a wartime tale about General Wheeler using a simple nighttime cure. He reportedly drinks beer stirred with salt before bed and then sleeps through alarms, with the claim that he rarely drinks in daylight and awakens at the breakfast bell.
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Gen. Wheeler
South
Appearances Deceive at inn as servant mishaps
A servant at an inn mistakes a warming pan handle for a dangerous device. She yanks it from the bed only to expose a traveler with a wooden leg shouting in surprise.
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Martha
Halloa
Will Yan
Boy Carer Goes to Grocery for Nibbled Purchases
A young helper accompanies an adult to the grocery to pick items he can nibble on the way home. The fragment notes the boy as a carer figure in the routine errand.
Reduction in Bicycle Prices Sparks Capital Talks
Western capitalists ponder forming a company to build first class wheels and sell them for ten dollars. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is praised as a premier remedy for stomach liver and kidneys and as a specific for fever and ague. Many runaways who join circuses later return home. A bold remark on cremation ends the note.
No To Bac Tobacco Cessation Ad Prospects
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever be magnetic and full of life take No To Bac the wonder worker. All druggists or 81 cents. Cure guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
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Adreasa Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Cosmo Buttermilk Toilet Soap Claims Soft Skin
Advert says Cosmo Buttermilk Toilet Soap makes the skin soft white and healthy and is sold everywhere.
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COSMO
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