Millions of stamps and post figures reveal year 1898
A long column of calculations estimates annual stamp production, noting about 2.5 million two cent stamps issued in 1898 and likening their length to a belt around the world. It covers special delivery stamps, per capita postage by state, and ends with ads and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
New York City
Europe
Asia
Bombay
India
Isis
Winak
Senliv
Vaon
Kvernst
Post Office Department
Massachusetts
New York
District of Columbia
Colorado
Connecticut
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
North Carolina
Washington Star
Toledo
Blade
Household Department
Talmage
Question Bureau
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Toledo Ohio
Have You Had the Grip Aids with Foley's Honey and Tar
An advertisement advises readers who have had the grip to use Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable medicine to soothe the slungs and stop the racking cough associated with the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Hazardous Advice and Troubled Beauty Claims From Old Papers
A fragmentary OCR style item cites and mocks moral judgments on women and widows, then shifts to a health ad urging Sulphur Ditt ers as a cure for facial skin humor and pimples. The tone mirrors late 19th century newspaper quirks and sensational remedies, with scattered misspellings and partial quotes.
Physician Tests Chest Expansion In Life Insurance Interview
A physician asks an insurance applicant to measure chest expansion to assess health. The applicant recalls his chest has grown from 32 inches ten years ago to 48 inches now, a 16 inch expansion. The scene is recounted with a humorous miscommunication and a segue to a Kidney Cure advertisement.
Expansion Views from Cleveland Bryan Carnegie
The Semi-Weekly Journal will publish Philippine views from ex President Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan and Andrew Carnegie. Cleveland urges caution against imperialism and urges informed press warnings. Carnegie condemns the influence of a superior race, advocating Washington and Henderson era principles. Local note recounts a Georgia rural travelers tale with a hotel charge for possums.
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Cleveland
Hogan
Carnegie
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
W. J. Bryan
Andrew Carpegie
Tropics
Periatisan
South
Washington
Sleilerson
Pine Tar Honey Restores Strength to Weak Lungs
I suffered for 25 years with a cough and spent hundreds on doctors and medicine until Dr Beil's Pine-Tar-Honey. This remedy makes weak lungs strong and has saved my life. J. B. Rosell Grantsburg.
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Dr. Beil
J. B. Rosell
Grantsburg
Ratified treaty follows months of anxiety and defeat
The treaty has been ratified after weeks of irritation with the country not harassed. Twenty nine senators who voted against the measure gain by their defeat as the government is embarrassed. the act will be a faded memory with time. Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve promises swift relief for styes granulated lids and sore eyes, sold in tubes with a druggist guarantee.
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Springfield
Lincoln
Sangamon County
Pappsville
James A. Herndon
Salem
Abraham Lincoln
Boston Journal
Card of Thanks for Kind Friends and Departed Wife
We return our thanks to kind friends for their assistance and tender sympathies to us and our dear departed wife and no USC.
Foley's Kidney Cure Salves Desperate Kidney Cases
Description touts Foley's Kidney Cure as curing many kidney disease cases once deemed incurable. Claims widespread physician support and usage by practitioners. Mentioned seller W. H. Coerver druggist.
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Schottle Foley
Foley
W. H. Coerver Duggist
Salaries Denominated in Pelts Under Franklin Law
The excerpt presents a mock 1788 Franklin state law setting salaries in animal skins. It lists the Governor at 100 deer skins per year, the Chief Justice at 300 deer skins, the governor’s secretary at 400 raccoon skins, a county clerk at 800 beaver skins, the Clerk of the House at 200 raccoon skins, Assembly members at three raccoon skins per day, and a justice’s fee for serving a warrant at one mink skin.
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State of
Tennessee
Franklin
General Assembly
Commonwealth
House of Commons
Assembly
Lincoln legends on currency and a livery rider tale
A cabinet discussion weighed legends for greenbacks similar to In God We Trust and Lincoln advised a Peter and Paul inscription. A rival livery driver then failed to derail his political trip, leading Lincoln to quip about funerals. The ad then shifts to Dr Bell’s Pipe-Tar Honey claiming to cure consumption and strengthen lungs for 25 cents.
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Lincoln
Peter and
Paul
Lme
Prospect of Prosperity Amid Warmer Trade Hopes
A New York dry goods executive reports cautious optimism for continued recovery in trade across the country citing improving business conditions and a generally favorable outlook. The note stresses a solid overall commercial climate with room for prosperity, while acknowledging a single exception in pricing stability. Kansas City Weird. lunt's Lightning oil advertises cures for cataarrh neuralgia sprains and other ailments with a money‑back guarantee.
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New York
A S
Conmercia
United States
Ani
Kansas City
Burn Eupion Oil Sold Only by Local Dealers
The Burns Eupion family Safety Oil promises no chimneys or wicks smoking or scorching. Available exclusively through listed local dealers including W G Pulack W H Over W H Galesale J A Redeven W C Bergmann and many others.
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Eupion
W. G. Pulack
W. H. Oerver
L. H. G.aesale
J. A. Endeven
W. C. Bergmann
Martin Vasterling
Aug Keuipe
J. FE. Schwepker
Desin
Vogelsanger
M. A. Warnes
E. S. Lilly
Doyle Broa
W. A. Trickey
J. Ben Miller
Flentye, Johnston & Co
FLW
Vogt
J. St. Avit & Son
Tom Moore
A. D. Blomeyer
Hirsch Bros
Mere & Prov
Vogel & Brunkhorst
B. Bahn
H. P. Peironnet
No 10 Dr Humphreys' Dyspepsia Remedy Highlighted
Heart burn relief claims appear from the first dose of No 10 Humphreys Dyspepsia remedy advertised for indigestion. Mice all druggists.
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Humphreys
Land and dwelling sale near Egypt Mills in Missouri
Two lots in Stroder sville with a dwelling house and timbered tracts of eleven, eighty and forty acres near Egypt Mills are offered for cash or good paper. For full details contact Bex H Adams at the Cape Girardeau office. Also a note on Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve promises clear sight and is sold by dealers for 25 cents.
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Strodersville
Hickory Ridge
Egypt Mills
Bex H. Adams
oPie
Cape Girardeau
Death and memory tribute to a fellow member
A memorial resolve honors a deceased member, promising to inscribe a memory page, send copies to his children and city papers, and support his helpless children toward useful lives. The note is signed by committee members Shelton and Shrodes and reflects communal duty. The passage also includes advertisements for a medical book and for the Toledo Blade weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Garringer
Tia
Coteny
Jons
Wanted Good Girl For Kitchen And House Work
Classified notice by N Wichterich seeking a capable woman for domestic duties at Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertisement promises relief for croup and whooping cough. Claims a cure for the worst cough during cold season and notes Wilson Drug Store as seller.
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N. Wichterich
Ballard
Wilson Drug Store
Self Government for Indigenous Peoples Debate in Senate
Senator Heveraxse argues that self government must be cultivated among Indians to avoid barbarism and piracy. He claims the republic cannot retreat from the Philippines, warning that retreat would betray humanity and threaten global order. The speech contrasts liberty with orderly governance and stresses enduring American leadership. The ad promises a skin disease cure with money-back guarantee.
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American Republic
Aguingua
Republic of Piracy
Erin
Earth
America
Pacific
Manila
Omdurman
Jericho
Republic
Assignee Notice of Allowance of Demands in Cape Girardeau
Notice given that assignee Robert G. Ranney will on March 27 28 and 29 1804 in Cape Girardeau Missouri proceed publicly to adjust and allow demands against the estate of the assignors Frank H Dunlop and Mary Dunlop Those with claims must attend and present their demands or be barred from benefits A February 13 1899 notice from Rev F Brooks mentions Sulphur Bitters as a remedy for malaria in his family.
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Frank H. Dunlop
Mary
Ropert G. Ranney
Morton House for sale by Henry A. Astholz
Eight room brick dwelling with slate roof and modern improvements. Located on lots 7 and 8 in range A, 60 by 180 feet, known as the Morton house. Apply to Henry A. Astholz.
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Morton
Henry A. Astholz
All Colds and Grip Relief Patents in 19th Century Ad
An old advertisement claims all colds are tainted with Grip when it prevails and that 25c preparations break up Grip and lingering colds. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as quick relief for asthma sufferers and other cases, a common medication tone of period drug ads.
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Foley
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