Peruna Advertisements Highlight Beauty Claims
Miss L F Acker of Detroit and Dr Robert Douglas of Washington endorse Peruna as a cosmetic and health remedy. The letters claim clearer complexion, relief from skin and digestive ailments, and urge readers to seek Hartman’s free medical advice if results are lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Acker
Second Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Peruna
Washington
Robert Douglas
Sixth and
F Streets
N. W
D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Vs. Cosmetics
Hartman
The Defences of Portland Forts and Batteries
The article lists coastal defences around Portland Maine including Fort Preble Fort Williams Fort Levett Fort McKinley and other batteries. It notes units Massachusetts First Heavy Artillery and Maine regiments with mortars rapid fire guns searchlights signal stations and wireless stations at multiple locations from Cape Elizabeth to Long Island and Broad Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Preble
South Portland
Mills
Kendall
Maine Regiment
Massachusetts First Heavy Artillery
Fort Williams
Portland
Dyar
Fort Levett
Cushing's Island
Massachusetts
Ardois
Fort McKinley
Great Diamond Island
Quimby
Cow Island
Long Island
Broad Cove
Green Island
Fort Gorges
Cape Elizabeth
Pond Cove
Preble
Leavitt
McKinley
When You Pack Your Trunk
An advertisement touts SAN FORD'S GINGER as a remedy for travel related ills including indigestion loss of appetite weak bowels and nervousness. It claims quick relief during hot weather changes in water or climate and fatigue. The copy urges seeking the OWL TRADE MARK and notes the product’s thirty years of purity and availability from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Is There a Mortgage on Your Home
A vintage advertisement promotes a different mortgage method by the Workingmen's Cooperative Bank offering straight mortgages. It claims previous debt can be eliminated through monthly payments with emphasis on independence in a few years. The Boston based bank advertises up to $25,000 monthly loans, no commissions, title examination fees, and an appraisal by a securities committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Securit Committee
Workingmen’s Co-Operative Bank
Tremont St
Cor
Bromfeld
Brank E. Burbank
Walcott Seeks Recovered Diamond in Chicago
Joseph Walcott arrives in Chicago to identify a diamond stolen from him months ago and later recovered by police. The gem valued at $1000 was found in the possession of traveler Robert Perry who says he bought it from porter A. H. Robinson on the Chicago & Northern line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Joseph Walcott
Chicago
Walcott
Omaha
Robert Perry
A. H. Robinson
Chicago & Northern Railroad
Gentleman Burglar Robs Wealthy New York Women
New York police reveal that George Robinson known as the gentleman burglar stole 10000 dollars in jewels and silverware from a wealthy society woman. Mrs E C Benedict loses a 700 dollar ermine cape and a Persian lamb coat linked to a neighbor. Nellie Brooks, Robinsons wife, is jailed in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Langan
Detective Bureau
George Robinson
E. C. Benedict
Malden Man Arrested on Philadelphia Charge
Albert S. Miner aged 39 of 18 Garnet Street was arrested on a Philadelphia warrant for larceny of a horse and wagon and five sewing machines worth 500 dollars belonging to the Eaton Sewing Machine Company of Philadelphia. He is held pending extradition papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Philadelphia
Albert S. Miner
Garnet Street
Eaton Sewing Machine Company
Iron Ox Tablets Claim to Cure Constipation
An old advertisement extols Iron-Ox Tablets as a slow building remedy that normalizes digestion and elimination via the bowels kidneys liver and skin. It warns against habit forming liquids and notes a 25 cent price for fifty tablets plus postpaid mail order from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Mich
U.S. A
Portland coast patrol put in operation tonight for defense
At sunset the coast patrol system from Fort Preble to Bowery Beach began functioning with detachments from Maine National Guard units joining the defense. Mines are in place and mortars at Fort Preble could control other forts, making Preble the key to blocking enemy landings in the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine N. G
S. M
Fort Preble
Bowery Beach
Elaborate naval maneuvers planned near Portland Maine
The Aug 24 report describes the most extensive U S naval maneuvers to date, with multiple phases and fixed defence evaluations. Umpires observers and officers will judge the exercises aiming to test coastal defence, searchlights rapid fire batteries and minefield coverage under day and night conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Long Island Sound
Fort Wright
Board of Arbitration
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L.F. Acker
Dr. Hartman
A Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Io
Fort Georges
Portland Harbor
THE
Torpedo Engineers
Sperry & Hutchinson CO
Java
Tle
Dollis
Hamburg
Melo
First Heavy Artillery
BAY State
Joe Walcott
Bair
Han
Knapp
Washington Street
Oqrangeine
Newport
R. I
Fort Greble
Narraganset Pier
Saunderstown
Army
Fort Wetherill
Fort Adams
Barker
Pilgrim
Papa
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