Carter Medicine Co. Wins Injunction Over Label Imitations
Carter Medicine Company wins a final injunction with costs against Chicago Label and Box Company over label simulations of Carter's Little Liver Pills. The case, two years in court, was heard by a Master in Chancery for final accounting and marks a key victory for the proprietary trade and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Good
Carter Medicine Company
Chicago
Messrn, Lowdon, Estabrook & Davis
Chicago Label
Carter Company
Carter
New York Press
Effects of a Late Supper In Stroud Gloucestershire
A well known townsman, after a long supper with friends, fell into a mud filled pond on his way home in Stroud. Bystanders threw a rope but he refused help, declaring he could swim and telling them to save the women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroud
Gloucesshire
Weekly Telegraph
SEE TO THE WALLS A Danger in Schoolrooms and How to Prevent It
A warning about interior walls in churches schools and hospitals collecting disease germs and the remedy. It advocates coating walls with a pure disinfectant cement like Alabastine noting easy renewal and comparable initial cost.
Possession Tale Sparks Engagement Rumor
In Cleverton a sensational note from Harper's Bazar claims Hin Possession possesses Teller Dolly Hunnigirl who acts as if controlled. The item ends with Cleverton confirming an engagement to the author, creating a curious local chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teller
Dolly Hunnigirl
Cleverton
Harper’s Bazar
100 000 AGENTS WANTED AND METHODS CLAIMED
Advertisement notices promise large earnings for all ages across the United States with claims of easy money and prizes. Includes mail solicitation by C Marshall & Co Dep t 10 Chicago. Also references a nervous cure product and a trial offer from Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer and a Philadelphia physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
C. Marshall & Co
Chicago
Dr. Kline
R. H. Kang
J Td
Arch St
Philadelphia
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other 1900 Advertisements
A collage of early 20th century ad blurbs promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as constitutional with price 75c, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Mia and Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Parke's hair balm,Undercons, teething remedies, and various claims. Mentions a Norwich address and a jailbird remark.
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Hall
Price
Shingle Production Shifts Northward As Cedar Scarcity Grows
The article traces cedar and shingle production from New Brunswick and Quebec toward northern forests as cedar becomes scarce in southern Maine and nearby states. It notes machine innovations, mill expansions in Fredericton, Edmonston, Cabano, and Notre Dame du Lac, and American ownership of major mills near Rimouski. It cites rising Boston shingles prices from 1888 to 1900 and U S consular shipments totaling over 124 million shingles in 1899 valued at $221126.40.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Gardiner
Bangor
Great Northern Forests
Phoenix
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Calais
Edmonston
Aroostook County
St. John River
Dalhousie
Cabano
Notre Dame de Lac
Quebec
Temiscouata
Rimouski
Bonaventure
Gaspe
Acre
Nova Scotia
Boston
United States
St. John
N. B
Campbellton
Cabana
Notre Dame du Lac
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Hypnotist Claims Total Mind Control Over Subject
A New York World report quotes a hypnotist declaring the subject is fully under control. He asserts no one can awaken him from his hypnotic sleep despite hair pulling pinpricks or theft attempts, while the subject offers a grim reply about robbery stakes.
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New York World
Quietus and a Saucy Ring Incident
A Boston Transcript item describes Freddy-Miss Smarts as a funny girl who ignored a greeting. She removed her ring and gave a saucy look before curtly ending the encounter as a telephone girl would by ringing off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quietus
Freddy
Miss Smarts
Arthur
Boston Transcript
Stray Stories Excerpt Reflects Savage Bachelor Scene
A fragment from Stray Stories depicts a confrontational exchange where a savage bachelor erupts after a young woman speaks softly. The woman remains composed, prompting the man to ask if anything worse could be said.
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Sai
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carter Medicine Coo
Mia
Parken
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mase
Baker
Minnesota
Baker Drug Company
Fergus Falls
Minn
Japan
J.c.hart & CO
Grand Forks
N. Dak
Aker
Addrem Sterling Remedy Company
Ayers
Ayer
Eva N. Hart
Buffalo, N. Y
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