Deserted Office in Nogales Turns Outa Prison
A traveling salesman for Guggenheimer & Co recounts buying a bare four wall building in Nogales as an office. He pays a hundred dollars to a friendly Head, signs a deed, and finds eight men occupying the place. A police inquiry reveals the “builder” was a deserter jailed days earlier, now released, and the building a military prison calaboose rather than an office.
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Mexico
House of Guggenheimer & Co
California
Guggenheimer
Nogales
Arizona
Creo
Hovse
Hke
Woman's Power Grows In Brazil And Abroad
In Brazil higher education for women expands with a new women's college modeled on North American lines and government access increasing. In Emmitsburg Md Cardinal Gibbons urges women to focus on domestic missions over politics while lecture notes critique suffrage. Fashion notes span one piece garments, color schemes, and evolving lingerie and accessories.
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Brazil
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Missionary
Siaters of the Sacred Heart
Rio de Janeiro
New -York Preas
St. Joseph’s College
Emmitsburg
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Ife
Thaiso
Boston Post
Do It Yourself Home Table and Cleaning Tips
A Richmond era column offers DIY furniture ideas using broom handles and barrel heads to make a small child table, detailing assembly and finishing. It also shares magnesia cleaning tips for delicate fabrics and lace, plus skin care and table setting advice, including polishing and decorative touches for a dining table. The note includes sources Boston Post and Denver Post and mentions New Haven Register.
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Heston Post
Boston Post
Preservation and handling of meat and other home foods
In hot weather buy minimal meat and wrap for immediate use. Store meat on clean plates, avoid paper wrapping, and use paraffin paper if wrapping is needed. Wash poultry with vinegar and water and use thick black pepper as a preservative. Includes several recipes and a sermon excerpt about conscious reliance on God and living rightly, with notes on food preparation and domestic tips.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Always At It Mrs Benham Wenin's Work
A fragmented news item notes Mrs Benham Wenin's persistent efforts and a remark about her appeal to men, alongside a brief line on German school children totaling 9,000. The text references a New York press angle and hints at social commentary.
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New York Press
Benham
Ehe Jy
New York
Presa
New York Farm Prosperity Pushes Prices to Record Levels
Prices for staple farm goods climb with wheat and cotton leading gains while flax seed, hay and buckwheat rise. Potatoes and some staples fall. hop growers hold stocks awaiting higher values as Pacific markets stay strong.
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New York City
New York State
Pacific Coast
Names That Fit Trades From Old Newspapers
The London Chronicle notes examples where surnames match professions or roles. Exeter shoe maker Last, Hammer smith Tredaway, Bristol schoolmaster Rod, Liverpool lawyers Dodge and Wynne, and the Primitive Methodist preacher River Jordan illustrate names aligned with calls.
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Exeter
Tredaway
Hammersmith
Bristol
Rod
Dodge
Wynne
Liverpool
River Jordan
London Chronicle
Vitalizer Restores Lost Powers And Confidence
A vintage advertisement promotes MUNYON S VITALIZER promising renewed vigor for nervousness irritability and low self confidence. Each bottle contains 75 tablets priced at 1 postpaid from Munyon 53rd and Jefferson Pa. It also notes distribution of 3000 copies of Oklahoma game laws in Cherokee and Choctaw to Southeastern Oklahoma Indians.
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Nike
Munyon
53Rd and
Jefferson
Bn In
Oklahoma
His Days Numbered How a Youngstown Man Disappointed the Peasimists
John H. Trube of Youngstown Ohio recounts severe kidney illness diagnosed as Brights disease with swelling and painful symptoms. After three doctors warned he would die he used Doans Kidney Pills, recovered fully and has stayed healthy for two years. Dean’s is sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. Since its introduction in America the pest has spread along the west coast of Africa.
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Asquith
England
Herbert Asquith
London
America
Puppsts
James Brown Potter
Ehere
Sufrogette
Scylla
Charybdis
Merry Widow
Baltimore Sun
Brooklyn
Robert Rogers
Church of the Good Shepherd
Christ
God
Earth
Java
Browning
Wordsworth
Ruskin
Job
David
Israel
Heaven
Hell
Robert Fulton
Hudson
St. Paul
Son of God
Jesus
St Paul
Ife
John H. Trube
Harvard St
Youngstown
Ohio
Bright
Doan
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Africa
Thurts
Judge Wright
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Virginia
United States
Maryland
Wright
Baltmore Sam
Wasteful Philanthropist Scorns Library Grants
A multimillionaire philanthropist questions the value of funding library buildings noting that education comes from books rather than grants. Reporters ask why money is spent on grant houses when five feet of books suffice for learning. The exchange reflects a provocative view on public libraries and education.
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Canoggy
All & Man
Chicago Tribune
Dark lamps and aviator praise as a New World wonder
A Chicago Evening Post clipping notes a French so called dark lamp promising phosphorescent rays to illuminate objects like a statuette when activated. It also sentimentalizes aviation hero Ay rider with a tribute stemming from life the wizard of the air and the Legion of Honor.
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France
Chicago Evening Post
Not at Custer Massacre Says Doane Robinson
Doane Robinson of South Dakota history notes Sitting Bull was a medicine chief and Sioux influence, arguing he did not fight Custer but stayed on a ridge making medicine between the Little Big Horn and the Big Horn, per the Indian School Journal.
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Custer
Doane Robinson
Department of History
State of
South Dakota
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn
Big Horn
Indian School Journal
Cured by Cuticura in Three Weeks After Severe Itch
A patient describes eruptive itching starting as pustules, tearing skin in agony, and sleepless nights. After trying many remedies, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, reporting all itching ceased within days and eruption vanished in about three weeks. Includes address and dates, Chicago 1907. Also notes about Potter Drug ad and 1909 currency figures.
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H. A. Krutahoff
Wabash Ate
Chicago
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes its laxative mix claiming full disclosure of ingredients to physicians and public, asserting purity and uniformity through an exclusive manufacturing method. It notes California figs provide taste while medicinal principles come from beneficial plants and urges purchase only from the genuine company.
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California Fig Syrup Co
California
Putnam faceless dyes claim brighter faster colors
An advertisement touts Putnam faceless dyes with brighter faster colors that stain less in cold water and offer a free booklet How to Dye Leach and Mix Coloma. The muddled copy mentions Quincy Illinois and Coloma as associated places and firms.
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Putnam
Sanety Olbridge
Coloma Monmor Ulug CO
Quincy Ulinois
Coffee's Secret Worker Replaced By Postum, Reader Says
A Memphis wife shares how her husband recovered from stomach and heart trouble after quitting coffee. The doctor ordered Postum in its place and within a year he gained 35 pounds. the wife notes it improved his health and urges boiling Postum fifteen minutes. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and urges readers to look for it.
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Memphis
Chdege
Wellville
Rough on Rats and Patches of Invasive Vermin Control
An OCR clipping cites Rough on Rats poison mixed on boards placed under floors to deter rats and other vermin. It mentions a $0.15 to $0.50 price range at Druggists in Jersey City and references a druggist supplier Wells. The passage also retails Mrs Winslow’s B offr not yet clear, plus Boohn’s Distemper Cure and general drug advertisements. It notes Alpine air in Switzerland claimed microbe free and marks Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for itch and Mark Train’s lifetime earnings.
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Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Boraca
Boohn
Agenta
Spahn Med. Co
Goshen
Ind
Switzerland
Woolford
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Booinas R. Ybarra
Transaction
Housew&k
Harven Register
Gertrude Hunt
Socialist Party
Church of the Advent
York Avenue
Buttonwood Street
Hunt
Philadelphia Ledger
Fashion Notes
Eldom
Sethe
Denver Post
New Haven Registar
Robert Rodgers
Imperial County
Cal
Leonard Phelps
Robert Gale
Imperial Desert
Gale
Pirs
Charles Strine
Weighistown
New York Mile
Pittsburg
Aluminun, Company of America
Aleshire
Washington, D. C
J. W.jenks
al Cornett
Los Angeles
National Ginners’ Association
Kentucky
Australia
Blacksmithy International
Dutitr
Ayaaz
Jersey
Baldwin
King
Couer
Ati Ray
Wong Island
Duluth
Weskins
Berweek
Dressei
Ronan Ah
Paris
Barbizon
London Globe
Mr. Ayrider
Legion of Honor
Folomai
Sa Salle
Detchon
Japan
N.Y
Marte
Bret Harte
Jove
Harte
St. Louis
Dispatch
Eskimos
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Telephone
A. W. Greely
Boston
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Columbia College
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Mark
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Cistovren
Dr Copes
Eas
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All Drogylata, Or Palatal Co
Stone St
Douglas
Tut
Weny
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Maas
W. L. Douglas
Sampou
W. L. Douglas S
Perfection
Syite
the Atlantic
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Aalaserdaroeer Eer
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