Advertised Letters From Brunswick List and Remedies Endorsements
A list of names to be sent to the Dead Letter Office on June 14 1909 is included with notes on various recipients. The item promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey with testimonials claiming health benefits. A customer letter from Thomas Jr of Brunswick Georgia praises Pine Tar Honey. Sold at Murray’s Drug Store.
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Say Solorio
Margarite Solaris
Adolfo Calderon
Saff
Harry
DeWitt
R. F. Billings
Bell
Brunswick
Sel
Thrilling Rescue of Bert R Lane From Fatal Lung Trouble
Bert R Lane of Cheny Washington recounts a desperate fight with lung trouble that resisted a Spokane lung specialist and a California cure before using Dr Kings New Discovery which cured him. He praises it for bronchitis coughs colds asthma and related ailments with a trial bottle offered.
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Bert R. Lane
Cheny
Wash
Spokane
California
R. F. Billings
Shipley to Open Season at Alden Opera House
Guy A. Shipley leases the Alden opera house and plans a September first season with first class shows, new scenery, and electric effects to deliver Corona top entertainment.
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Guy A. Shipley
Immigration Study Series At Congregational Church
In June the Men's Class will study immigration topics including facts of immigration the immigrant and the city exclusion laws and the church and the foreigner. All men are cordially invited to attend and participate.
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Congregational Church
A Microscope Sparks Natural Wonder for Boys
A simple pocket microscope, with two or three lenses, can keep a boy out of mischief and spark interest in nature. It reveals beauty in even ordinary flowers, fairy-colored nasturtium interiors, and tiny aquatic creatures, sharpening observation and expanding what he perceives beyond the surface.
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Nasturtium
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Silent Cranes and the Pride of Quiet Birds
In a mountaineering tale a mountaineer contrasts talkative Mount Taurus cranes with silent ancient cranes. Eagles lie in wait as cranes chatter. the loud birds are hunted for their noise while the silent cranes fly with stones in their mouths to suppress speech.
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Mount Taurus
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Endorsed Here
A vintage advertisement claims DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills are superior to all rivals for kidney and bladder ailments. The ad warns of back pain rheumatic pain and urinary disorders and offers a free trial box from EF DeWitt Co. Chicago and sale locally by R F Billings.
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DeWitt
DeWit
EF. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
R. F
The King and the Cavalry General Diagram
Frederick the Great asked for campaign plans. Hans Joachin von Ziethen drew a black blot diagram to show a strategy. The king scolded him, then Ziethen explained the blot represented him and the four lines the enemy could strike from. Frederick accepted the explanation.
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Frederick the Great
Hans Joachim von Ziethen
von Ziethen
Frederick
Early rise of statistics in government administration
The piece notes that early governments taxed and numbered fighting men, leading to the growth of official statistics. It cites Greece, Rome, and Egypt, and argues that systematic data use for investigation only began in the last two to three centuries, not just administration.
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Greece
Rome
Egypt
New York American
English Trading Spirit Shapes Aftercare in Wars
Quote from Dublin Irish Homestead notes that England’s post conflict approach hinges on commerce rather than forgiveness. It argues the drive to resume trade after hostilities overrides past resentments, framing peace through economic reintegration.
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Dublin
Alexander the Great and modern investors debate dividends
In a Washington Star exchange Mr. Dustin Stax remarks that while Alexander the Great conquered the world, some moderns could have shown him how to make it pay dividends.
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Alexander the Great
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Adored One Dialogue Between Father and Daughter
A dramatic exchange centers on a father denying his daughter access to someone she loves. The daughter pleads, recalling past promises, while the father asserts he can give nothing and thus allows the beloved to come near only as “nothing.”
Government Civil Service Positions Open Nationwide
Government employees wanted for 200000 civil service posts under Uncle Sam. Pleasant conditions with prompt pay for men and women 18 years and over. Clerks mail carriers stenographers bookkeepers guards messengers storekeepers watchmen and more needed at once. The Washington Civil Service School offers exam prep and salary lists by mail. EARL R. HOPKINS president Washington DC.
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Uncle Sam
Washington Civil Service School
Civil Service
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised as Universal Healer
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as unmatched for cuts burns bruises sores and more claiming it surefire for sores eyes chapped hands and piles sold by R F Billings at 26 cents with confident superlatives.
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Pilégs
R. F. Billings
Dr Kings New Life Pills Claim Health Powers
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a universal health tonic. It claims to regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood strengthen nerves and cure constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headaches chills and malaria. 25c at Billings Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Billing
De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Ad
Advertisement urges customers to choose De Witt's original Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns bruises and especially piles. Sold by R F Billings.
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de Witt
R. F. Billings
Notice for Publication of Time Appointed for Probate of Will
In Riverside County California Superior Court the estate of John Kyle deceased. The time and place for proving the will and hearing Margaret Kyle s application for letters testamentary is Saturday June 17 1909 at 9 30 a m in the probate courtroom at Riverside Court House. A B Pilch Clerk B Allen Deputy William G Randall attorney for petitioner dated May 29 1909.
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Riverside
State of California
John Kyle
County of
Margaret Kyle
A. B. Pilch
B. Allen
William G. Randall
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International Correspondence School Instruction Department
Brown & Kirby
L. C. Smith & Brothers
Rae
THE
Every. L. C. Smith Typewriter
L. C. Smith & Bros
L. & M. Alexander & Co
Pacific Coast
South Spring ST
Los Angeles
Cal
Statistics
England
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Scranton, PA
S. W. Garvey
Hively & Hull
Earl R. Hopkins
Washington, D.C
Smashes Ali
Imperial
Ron
W. H. Fairbank
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Nature’s Wonderland of America
Yellowstone National Park
San Francisco
J. H. Burtner
Glenwood Elk
Independent
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