Doctor Ensor Endorses Peruna Tonic in South Carolina
A letter from Dr J F Ensor postmaster and physician in charge of the State Insane Asylum at Columbia S C endorses Peruna as a cure for catarrh and a tonic. Other testimonials praise its efficacy for coughs weak stomach and general strength with directions to seek free advice from Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio.
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J. F. Ensor
Columbia
S. C
W. Butts
Confess
North Dakota
Washington, D. C
C. W. Butts, Jr
R. Robbins
Muskogee
I T
Hartman
Vir. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Love of the Prairies From Anna C Gray Letter
Anna C Gray formerly of Michigan now resides in Western Canada writes from Didsbury Alberta about prairie life. She notes mountains on the horizon, rapid settlement, a warm spring climate, cold frosty nights, a four church town with a new Evangelical church costing 2500 dollars, a local literary society and strong musical talent. She predicts growing fondness for the prairies and a sunlit land.
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Anna C. Gray
Michigan
Western Canada
Brown City
Mich
Alberta
Miss Gray
Didsbury
Prairie
Prairies
Baptist
Presbyterian
Evangelical
Notable lyric line by William Cowper popularized
The line There is a fountain filled with blood is the best known of Cowper’s hymns and a staple of English religious poetry. It is widely regarded as a classic lyric in the language and is frequently cited in discussions of Cowper's work.
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Cowper
Putnam Faceless Dyes Offer At 10 Cents Per Package
A short promotional note advertises Putnam Faceless Dyes priced at ten cents per package. The piece also includes prose about seizing the hour and collecting ideas, plus quotes about breakfast and thinking from Mrs. Austin and Madam Swetchine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Rubber Stamps and Accessories Offered in Fort Wayne
Advertisement lists custom rubber stamps self locking daters ink and inking pads and invites readers to request a catalogue from Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. A quoted motto from R S McArthur praises hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Permanently cured claims in trial on unknown remedies
Fragmentary text reports alleged permanent cure claims and trial notes involving unknown names and locations. Details are unclear, with garbled words and unidentifiable entities. No verifiable patient or treatment information can be confirmed from the legible portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibotsie
Gok Ho
Areb
Phiadelphin
Chicago Policy Gambler Shops Drain Poor and Bridge to Power
A Chicago correspondent reports policy gambling drains about 30 000 every twenty four hours from poor residents including school children. The syndicate controls 1 400 shops with branch dens, operatives in many districts and aggressive tactics near schools and churches. Specific gig bets and numbers are described with a rise in church attendance among Black residents linked to policy tips.
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Chicago
Chicag
Milbwaukee Avenue
Madeon Street
Ogden Avenue
Halsted Street
North Clark Street
Clybourn Avenue
South State and
Dearborn Streets
Armour Avenue
Various global and domestic musings on power and society
A collage of satirical and critical notes mentions Kaiser Britain and Morocco Rome and Chicago and Minneapolis. It touches on economic booms political disapproval and social vice with quick jabs at public figures and events. It hints at naval armaments debates and a Philadelphia citizen’s claim about Gen Funston.
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Cleveland
Mark Hanna
South
Chicago
Ames
Minneapolis
Morocco
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Funston
Sherlock Holmes II and kidney remedies in a 19th century ad
A dialogue excerpts a detective scene with Chief Millikin and Inspector Casey noting a math professor’s interest in stage figures. An advertisement for Dean's Kidney Pills claims to relieve kidney back and secretion issues, featuring Mrs. C. B. Pare of Glasgow Kentucky and an offer of a free trial by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Chief Millikin
Inspector Casey
Chief Milikin
C. B. Pare
Corinkia Avenue
Glasgow
Kentucky
Dean
Pare
United States
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
It Would Seem So Waggshy Mule Music Comment
Dialogue notes Waggsby and Naggsby discuss a mule and music. Waggsby praises the animal's ear for music while Naggsby notes the mule’s heel splits the air. The fragment hints at opinions on a mule performer.
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Naggsby
Waggsby
Nagesby
Laundering the Baby Clothes Warns Mothers
A notice urges mothers to wash infant garments at home under mother's directions and use Ivory Soap only. It warns that strong washing powders and impure soap can cause serious injuries to babies and criticizes careless usage of ordinary wash.
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R. Parker
Conversation Exchange Brings Gallows Humor to Light
In a terse dialogue Browning jokes about wasting time through a revolver while Greenan challenges the notion. Browning notes the only way is to patronize a merry-go-round, delivering a dry social quip on time and danger.
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Browning
Greenan
Foot care ad and pantry jokes from a historic paper
A collage of old newspaper bits includes Allen's foot ease powder promising relief for tight new shoes corns and bunions plus marketing lines for pancake flour and teething medicine. Snippets mention a transit project from Maiden Lane to Nassau Street and a self sticking dating stamp offer.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. X
New York Rapid Transit Company
Maiden Lane
Nassau Street
Brooklyn
Nickel Plate Sunday Horse Races Begin April 19 1908
A race horse gallops at speed on the Nickel Plate Road from twenty to twenty four feet per bound. Rides start April 19 and continue Sundays until further notice with fare one dollar per person in groups of five or more traveling together and returning the same day. Tickets valid between stations within one hundred miles. For details contact a ticket agent or C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Ind. 48. Glaciers are the largest crystalline structures known. Use Eagle Linen Paper for letter paper.
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne Ind
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Doctor Ensor
South Carolina State Institution
Peru
W. L. Douglas
WL. Douglas
Retuil Ehoe
Douglas
Wes
Goodyear
Walt
Western
Canada
Ottawa
Dancan
Room
Indianapolis
B. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Ondee
Ely's
Athrupyista
Ely Bros
Warren
NW. Y
Libby
Pacific Coast
Wabash Line
Los Angeles
San Mega
San Francisco
Cal
Billings
Livingston
Montana
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Helena
Butte
Portland
Asthand
Oregon
Victoria
Vancouver
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pullman
Wabash
Crane
Gen Pass
Louis, Mo
Anna Gray
Mrs. Austin
Madam Swetchine
R. S. McArthur
He i Am
Ethel
the Jawyer
Jahmson
Lydia Ee Pinkham
Selah Stowell
Wellington St
Kingston
Ont
Prxxuan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anyon
Paxtine
Dragglera
B. Paxton CO
Columbus Ave
Boston
Mars
FW. N. Y
Aa Peri
Alias
Sterling Remedy Co
New York
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