Bowser's Nationwide Probe Ends With Mob Night Watch
Mr Bowser forms a national investigating committee to probe the rise in prices. He questions grocers, a hardware dealer, an undertaker and a tailor about profits and practices. A midnight crowd gathers at Bowser's home, but the inquiry ends with a stray billygoat and a quiet, unresolved close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowser
Bowser National Investigating Committee
Congress
United States
Mr. Bowser
Undertaker's
Trust
Experimental Senpine offer cures asthma and catarrh
Generous offer from The Woodworth Co New York invites requests for a free experimental Senpine package touted as a cure for asthma hay fever bronchitis and catarrh. Claimed to aid long standing cases regardless of climate and previous failures with other treatments. Included are references to a Vienna University professor and widespread endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senpine
New York
Woodworth Co
Broadway
New York City
Vienna
Handsome Scarf-Pin Free Offered by New York Firm
Thousands nationwide respond to Gotham Companys offer from 1165 Broadway New York City to receive a gold plated scarf pin free of charge by sending name and address plus five two cent stamps. The gift aims to introduce a wide catalogue of general merchandise household goods jewelry and novelties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gotham Company
Broadway
New York City
The Tolerant Graduates and a Croup Alarm
The piece notes graduates with solemn mien listening to a warnings speaker who bores the audience. It shifts to a household fear as a croup cough strikes at night prompting moms to keep Foley's Honey and Tar ready for danger without opiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain
Foley
Carroll Drug Co
Man Unhitched Plans to Stop Marrying After Decree
A judge questions a man who lost his case about future plans. The man quips he will stop marrying and settle down. An advertisement from Carroll Drug Co. promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy, claimed to relieve severe lumbago after injections and back pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
J. W. Greer
Greenwood
Foley
Lumbago
Carroll Drug Co
Training for patience and love in domestic life
A Baltimore American note reflects on how George uses a steady courtship through shopping with his wife to cultivate patience. It contrasts steady character with impulsive behavior and ends with a wry joke about sharing possessions in marriage. A Yonkers State Take Care ad warns kidney trouble threatens life and cites a Rochester testimonial praising Foley Kidney Pills from Carroll Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Baltimore American
M. Mayer
Rochester
N. Y
Foley
Carroll Drug Co
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Stevens County Meat Co
Colville
W. H. Martin
Henry C. Rukgaber
Frank B. Goetter
Colville Wash
The
Colville Abstract Co
Colville, Washington
Stevens County
Friede & Schinner
Stone Workers
Hotel Colville
Lawrence
Stevens Street
Spokane
Foley's
TOF
M. Quad
Associated Literary Press
Colville Examiner
Chicago Tribune
Hank Stubbs
Anne Green
Bige Miller
Anne
Boston Herald
Sor
Yonkers State
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