Practical Savings and Oddities from Detroit Fr ee Press
A fragmentary column urges small daily savings and extra production to grow wealth, citing items like corn and potatoes. It frames practical advice with humorous vignettes on a cold night in Detroit involving an officer, several young men, and a witty exchange about patience and usefulness.
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Wisceman
Nfoward Street
Jim
Tan
Joves
Joe
Momfain
Cass Avenue
Tre
Kier
Ile
Cassievann
Llock
Detroit Free Press
J. W. Butler Paper Company Portraits Chicago Leader
The J. W. Butler Paper Company stands as Chicago’s largest paper firm with mills in Holyoke Louisville and Elkhart and salesrooms at 18 and 183 Monadnock Street. Established 1845, it manufactures fine book and printing papers and runs mills with a combined daily capacity of six tons each and a broad Atlantic to Pacific trade reach.
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Chicago
J. W. Butler Paper Company
John _‘T. Moore
Pres
Louisville
Sky
JW. Butler
Treas
W. C. Tyler
Secty
Mon- Toe Street
Linois
Holyoke
Mass
Elkhart
Indiana
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
America
J. W. Butler, Paper Company
Chicago Trade Journal
From Ragged Beggar to Ex-Alderman in Boston
A penniless man once sent to jail in Boston as a common drunkard was formerly rich and a respected alderman who ran for mayor. The piece laments misery from liquor, arguing against temperance and prohibition and warning that victims suffer from society’s drink-fueled ills.
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Boston
Age of the Earth Sparks Scientific Debate and Legal Ruling
The Age of the Earth debate contrasts Sir W. Thomson's 100 million year limit with Tait's 10 million year estimate as doctors argue over planetary ages. A Quarterly Review writer notes light speed as vast cosmic travel. Judge Mackey grants a preliminary injunction preventing the State Treasurer and Comptroller from paying funds under an appropriation bill, ruling the initiator House lacked legal authority.
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W. Thomson
Tait
The
Quarterly Review
Mackey
Cardoza
Dunn
Mackey House
House of Representatives
Vigilant health ad warns against counterfeit medicines
A 19th century health notice urges early treatment with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to prevent serious ailments. It warns of widespread counterfeits of Holloway's Ointment, threatens legal action, and urges the public to trust genuine products bearing Jos. Haydock's signature on each package.
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Holloway
Jos. Haydoel
Mgr
Jos. Haydock
Tholiowax & Co
Buckeye Good Qualities Coach Sees Rugged Field Use
The description touts a Buckeye machine with a tilting lever to lift guards, raised points for clearance, wrought iron steel faced guard, 3 inch cutting suction, and a Pitman system praised as best yet. It claims efficiency on rough boggy ground with no side-draft and minimal weight on the horses’ necks.
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Lave
Varmere’ Fava
Cemaerte
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