London Signs On The Busy Streets Attract Visitors
The New York Mail and Express reports on peculiar London signs seen by a reporter during a summer visit. Doors carry Do Not Ring the Bell Unless an Answer Is Required. another shop offers dropping letters for those not needing an oral reply. A barber proclaims Hair Neatly Trimmed While You Wait, a sign taken seriously by locals.
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Babh
London
New York Mail
Bank of England
Yankie Cyder
Ancient Advertisements and a Utah Natural Coke Discovery
The piece traces ancient ad practices on album walls and reports a Salt Lake Herald note on a new natural coke vein 140 miles south of Salt Lake City. The deposit, 25 to 30 feet surface exposure with a 5 foot wide body, tests pure and smokeless, superior to manufactured coke. Owned by ex Mayor R N Baskin and partners, 640 acres near the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
United States
Richmond
Salt Lake
R. N. Baskin
Forget Their Change Man Chases Quick Exit at Store
A man paid for small purchases with a dollar, hurried out before receiving change. The clerk recalled the tale of a Chicago Times-Herald report noting the store donates unclaimed change to charity. The clerk wondered how such shoppers navigate life and why returns rarely occur.
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State Street
Chicago Times-Herald
Passenger Outsmarts Rude Cable Car Conductor
Crowded New York cable car scene ends with a well dressed woman asking for a nickel instead of five pennies. The conductor refuses, insisting on exact fare, prompting a quick witted passenger to discreetly give the woman the nickel, leaving the crowd amused by the conductor’s discomfiture.
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New York
Genthe
Advertising Rates For Daily And Weekly Notices
Rates list for daily and weekly ads including inch measures and durations. Yearly contracts offered with special local advertising terms and a note on pro rata monthly charges for contracts not carried to expiration.
Kinney & Kinney Windstorm Policy Advised for Columbus
Notice urges Columbus residents to obtain tornado and windstorm coverage from Kinney & Kinney, noting the policy is inexpensive. The message references wind risks and urges action as a precaution against storm damage.
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Kinney & Kinney
To Cure Sick Headache With Cascara Pills
An old advertisement touts Tike Carter's Cascara Pills with a refund promise if they fail to cure, offered by M. GC at Dunnington drugstore. It urges buyers to refuse inferior articles and trust their own judgment in choosing remedies.
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Tike Carter
M. GC
Dunnington
Starjob Print Co Ad Promises Quality Work
An advertising notice from Starjob Print Co promotes fixed prices for reliable printing work using the best materials and guarantees customer satisfaction. The brief claims all work is solicited and performed to high standards.
Special clubbing offer for newspaper subscriptions
The Columbus Morning Star announces a year long clubbing deal with the Twice a Week Courier Journal and Weekly Sivak. Subscribers who renew or new subscribers who pay in advance receive both papers for 1.25 dollars. Sample copies are mailed free upon request.
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Courier-Journal
Sivak
curier—Journal
Peanut Commerce Navy Ship and French Dog Jewelry
Report on the peanut as a worldwide commodity with Judge Christiancy noting its global reach and the African peanut market. Also mentions the battleship Iowa’s official trial near Massachusetts, its speed bonus for exceeding 16 knots, and the Cramp shipyards’ $200,000 payout. Brief note on French poodle 14-carat gold bracelets and jeweled accessories for dogs.
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Iowa
Massachusetts
Cramps
Philadelphia
People’s University near St. Anne Builds Communistic Tests
A commune near St. Anne, Illinois, 60 miles south of Chicago, operates a 640 acre cooperative campus. Students and teachers work with their hands to build buildings and farm, living in small cottages while funding their own needs from cooperative produce and a common storehouse. The project started with 4500 dollars and seeks no gifts or endowments.
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St. Anne
Chicago
People's University
Great Southern Exposition Draws National Interest
The great southern exposition attracts widespread interest with applications for best travel routes. The Bia Four offers direct through trains to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit Toledo Sandusky Chicago Benton Harbor with connections to the Q. & C. Noute and the I. & N. Ry. Full information available on request.
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Nashville
Bia
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Chicago Benton Harbor
Louisville
Q. & C. Noute
Local Merchant Promotes Leadus Dongolia Footwear Deal
A Columbus dealer advertises a sale offering Leadus Genuine Dongolia Roat shoes in all sizes at $1 each claiming unmatched value. The message urges fair treatment, asserts willingness to prove the low price, and markets the goods to the public with confidence.
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Jd. A. Newron
Blind Jersey heiress Alice Holmes inherits fortune
Miss Alice A. Holmes of Jersey City has come into over 500000 dollars at age seventy five. She has been blind since age 14 and plans to use her wealth to aid the afflicted while continuing to live modestly and teach music, supporting herself through years of hardship.
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Alice A. Holmes
Miss Holmes
Pennsylvania
California
Jersey City
Cate Holmen
Big Four Rail Schedule Data Compiled Across Stations
Train times and station markers show mixed pm and am notations for the Big Four line. Listings include Greensburg Ewington Burmeys Hartsville Crossing Hope Miller Lambert Columbus with arrival and departure figures and various prices and times.
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Cinti
Greensburg
Ewington
Burmey’s
Hartsville Crossing
Hope
Miller's
Lambert’s
Columbus Lv
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Old
Miles
Lippincott
Starjob Print CO
Courier Journal
Columbus Morning Star
Ind
Christiancy
Washington Star Reporter
Paris
Italy
Germany
England
Europe
Communistic College
Illinois
Nienaber
Central—169
Anteed
Anderson
Ton and
Franklin
Harrison
Fiegenbaum
Jas.f. Cox
Attorney-At-lLaw
Cramp’s Block
Esst
Court House
Rogers & Bro
Seth Thomas
H. L. Rost
Washingon St
West
The
Columbus Handle and Tool Company
Funkhouser
6Th and
Washington Street
Winans Grocery Store
Roland M.D
OFICE
Griffith
Fifth St
Western Union Telegraph Office
Citizens
Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
To &P m Bell
Jersty S
Agenes Samene Rees
Bomwanza Agency
Sycamore St
Ron M'F
Fifth and
Jackson Streets
Drake
Messinger
Veeder Cyclometers
Morgan & Wright Tires
Brown
Reeves Seward
Silverman’s
Laney
Attorney-At-Law
Irwin's Bank
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