Broker Hooley's Fad and Superstitions About Coins
English financier Mr Howley once trusted threepenny pieces with lucky letters, carrying them in his pocket and gifting them to friends. He believed the coins held luck across his dealings, a superstition he kept despite past misfortunes. The tale notes his peculiar habit and mentions gifts to women acquaintances and related trinkets like decorative stationery.
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Hooley
Howley
Vie
Thraeelers
Out of Many Ingredients One Dish Phrase Origin
A historical note traces the saying out of many ingredients one dish to a famed Taniin poet. The author described making a toothsome salad and appended the line Ti pluribus etiam out of many ingredients one dish. The piece discusses how a great nation can dignify such a phrase.
Sleep Loss Warns of Quick Deterioration and Aids
An advertisement emphasizes sleep deprivation harms and promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a solution. It claims laxative effects improve digestion, liver and bowel function, and overall restfulness. Available from druggists with sample offers and mail order details.
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Paris
Ilo
Gewels Porte
Goter
Chicago
Montreal
Can
Hustling Hoosiers and Notable Indiana Incidents
A broad scan of Indiana news items reports deaths from accidents including a fatal tree fall in Bedford, a worker crushed by a corm shredder, and a sidewalk fall causing a broken neck near Renssalaer. Also noted are fights planned in Anderson, train wrecks, and a court ruling on street-improvement assessments. The piece mentions local industry like window glass and tinplate, plus agricultural and gas/oil updates and a public call for agriculture in schools.
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Charles Honnon
Owensville
Ima
PT Cts
Knox
Moore
Michigan City
Rhodes
Church seeks soap ads on wall to fix finances
A Presbyterian church in Scotland asks an English soap maker to advertise on church walls as a method to raise funds due to financial strain. The appeal highlights the church’s debt and the proposed wall advertisements as a solution.
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Scotland
Avuncular remark from Mr Ardluck in frost morn
A Chicago Tribune passage recalls a moment with Mr Ardluck on a frosty morning. A Sweet Young Thing notes his odd habit and his reply Oom as he shrugs.
Grain-O labeled as coffee substitute for children
An ad touts Grain-O as a nourishing grain drink for children that tastes like coffee when prepared properly. It claims Grain-O costs about twice as much as coffee and is sold by all merchants.
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Hava Fou
Cough Remedies and Advertisements in a 19th Century Parade
A compilation of promotional lines and quotes for medicines and tonics including SKemp's Balsam, Laxative Bromo Quinine, Dr Kline's Invigorating Tonic, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and other patent medicines. Also includes miscellaneous ad copy about stationery, teething remedies, and literary quips from periodicals.
Combination Book Case Offered By Smyth Co
The John M. Smyth Co of 150 to 166 West Madison Street Chicago has served Chicago families for decades. It offers an illustrated catalogue with household articles and prices and showcases a combination bookcase for 13.95 and a more expensive example at 15.00. The firm is noted for fair dealing and broad customer trust.
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John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
John Mr. Smyth Company
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R.G Thompson
Fort Wayne
Ind
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Mich
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Lafayette
Geo
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Indianapolis
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Crane
G. P
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O'Farrell
Indiana
Minor
Kems
Das Whitted
Bedford
Alex
Washington
James McCamman
Toithe Font-Baara
Ted
Killin Jim
Fort Washes
Montgomery County Peachers” Association
Jicoel H. Eldeman
New Caste
Baker
Manen
James Charles
George W. Beam
Oakland
William Labh Bond
Fredmnston
Tndignapolis
Parteen Repatir
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Lapods
Isaac N. Tat
Tipton
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Josiah BP. Perkins
Dndiepolis
Jce Crea
Samuel TH. Pero
Parineton
James A
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Jeliases Crs
Hes
Colombo
Cerlon
Empire
Gooids
East Lake Street
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Mae
Miss Younger
Miss Elder
Skemp
Carlyle
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pan
Internal Revenue
E. W. Grove
Hobbs
Dobbs
C. L. Baker
Regent Sq
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Greville
Kline
Kiine
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Auisania
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New York, NN
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T. M. Roberts
Furnis
Minneapolis
Minn
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Druggista
BROS
Warren St. N.Y
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Boston
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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