Rhodes dream of Africa as world power takes shape at Victoria Falls
The article describes plans to harness Victoria Falls for electricity, linking Rhodesia's future to a Cape to Cairo railway. It cites Willis and Prof Forbes, notes potential 400 mile transmission, and envisions Rhodesia becoming a major industrial center with mining, agriculture, and growing population in fifty years.
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Niagara
America
Victoria Falls
United States
Mazoe
Hartley and
Lo Mag
Victoria
South Africa
Rhodesia
Mr. Willis
Califor
Nias
London
Zambesi River
Niagara Falls
George Forbes
Africa
England
Rhodes
Cape To Cairo
W. A. Willis
Nia
Congressman Aldrich Endorses Peruna Tonic
Congressman W F Aldrich of Alabama writes from Washington praising Peruna manufactured by The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio as a safe vegetable remedy that builds up the system and aids digestion. H S Emory of Omaha also commends Peruna for catarrh kidney weakness and nervous debility noting it tones the system and aids sleep amid hot summer months.
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W. F. Aldrich
Alabama
Washingn
D. C
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
H.S. Emory
Omaha
Neb
North Sixteenth Street
H. S. Emory
Side Light on the Same
Upgarson and Atom react to a tiresome bore whose history repeats itself, noted in a Boston Journal exchange.
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Upgarson
Boston Journal
Clever Cure Refuted by Honest Ad and Candid Minnie
An advertisement claims COLE'S COUGH CURE is guaranteed with a money back offer if relief is not found. A Brooklyn Life anecdote describes Minnie a ten year old resisting a revival call saying she fears being born again as a boy next time.
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Cole
Minnie
Brooklyn
Foolish man in drowning boat backs a Childlike Moral Tale
A man in a row boat is thrown into a stream and cries for help while a bystander on the bank tosses him a sledge hammer and a crowbar, mocking his rescue. A second tale from St. Robert Missouri notes E R Langendorfer cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills after doctors failed. Also cited is a Washington Star quip about revolutions replacing elections.
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St. Robert, Mo
E. R. Langendorfer
Dodd
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad Prompts Reading Scene
Ad copy touts Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25c. The piece also notes an entertaining program with a man singing and a woman reciting poetry as the Detroit Free Press reports an entertaining affair.
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Detroit
Uncertain Promises and Quack Remedies Featured
A collage of sensational lines touts non warranted cloth for bathing use and a free trial of Dr Kline’s nerve restore with mail order offers. Other items promise medical cures and a quip on uncertainty as a safe bet alongside a political aphorism about generals and money.
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Dr. Kline
AL Elink, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Peruna promoted as the cure for catarrh and fatigue
An advertisement from the Peruna Medicine Co at Columbus Ohio urges Peruna as the safest tonic to keep blood pure digestion sound and sleep regular. It claims Peruna renovates nerves and brain when the system is run down by catarrh and offers a free booklet on summer catarrhal diseases. It also notes 50 000 testimonial letters praising its merits.
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Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Took Him Up
Sandy Pikes questions what a lady replied when called an old acro bat. Billy Coalgate jokes she told him to go out to the woodpile and split.
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Sandy Pikes
Billy Coalgate
Woodpile
Chicago News
Patents Granted Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received patent grants for a type casting and setting machine by George Gondson of Minneapolis and an apparel caps device by Charles W. Gordon of St Paul. Other issued patents include a dilator by J T Hamilton of Sioux Falls a top spinning device by Frederick Kranz of Minneapolis a can washer by Fred Pierce of Geneva an animal poke by Cornelius Trooln of Hendricks and a draft rigging system for engines and cars by Edwin Washburn of Minneapolis. Patent attorneys Lothrop and Johnson provided the service.
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Northwestern Enventors
George Gondson
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles W. Gordon
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Frederick Kranz
Fred Pierce
Geneva
Cornelius Trooln
Hendricks
Edwin Washburn
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
Blde
Bt. Paul
How I Escaped from the Brigands Lecture
The summer landlord plans a talk by a famous missionary woman titled How I Escaped from the Brigands to entertain guests. A star boarder quips that a talk on How to Escape From the Summer Hotel Man would please them more.
Remarkable Love at First Sight Quip and Boil Cure Ad
A Washington Star quote ponders love at first sight versus long familiarity. The reader Hallenbeck of Chicago credits Cole's Carbolisalve with curing boils without medicine, praising its topical remedy.
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Washington Star
Hallenbeck
Chicago
Ill
Cole
Model Haahnad and Wife Decline Elsewhere Together
A fragment from a 1900 Mississippi era item shows a younger woman declaring her husband avoids clubs unless accompanied. The exchange notes their seven week marriage and contrasts with a claimed perfect cure for consumption.
To the Queen's Trate Ocean Chat
A brief humorous exchange notes the ocean feeling close as waves “hug” a speaker, capturing a light seaside mood from the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Aids Teething Pain Ad
Advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, claims to soothe gums and relieve wind colic, priced at 25 cents per bottle. Sly line compares underdog sympathy to top act, noting gate receipts.
Halls Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
An early advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. It also promotes a horse race betting tip suggesting not to bring money to the pool room.
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Halls
Ferfet
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