Forty-Seven American Correspondents Turned Away by Churchill
A Washington Star quote recalls Winston Churchill’s London Ritz meeting during his campaign. A young cabinet minister, with American and ducal lineage, praises American journalists, noting forty-seven correspondents were refused at the board of trade. The Atchison Globe notes habits are hard to drop.
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Winston Churchill
Ritz
London
New York
Board of Trade
Lloyd George
Churchill
Washington Star
Laughter and odd boasts from a chestnut vendor and a humorist
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a chestnut vendor saying Hitch your wagon to a star and a companion replying with a joke about wagons versus a star. A New Yorker admits a life of excess after eating 66 truck wheat cakes and two pounds of sausage and musage, noting he would have fared better if hungrier.
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Philadelphia Ledger
New York
Laxative Candy: Syrup of Fig a District Favorite
The advertisement touts Syrup of Iiga and Elixir of Senna as a healthful laxative regimen for gentle cleansing. It claims medical approval and wide family use, urging readers to buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Hands Crack Open and Remedies Heal Long-Standing Sores
A testimonial tale describes severe hand sores that bled and throbbed, resisted medical aid until Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed them within a week. The piece also touts Doan’s Kidney Pills, Allen’s Foot-Ease, Hicks Carumin, and Rheumacide as cures, with various endorsements and a Confederate reunion travel note.
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Lam & Man
John W. Hasty
So. Effingham
N. H
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted by Testimonies
Park Rapids Minnesota woman reports relief after six bottles with 20 pound gain and renewed ability to work. Brookville Ohio resident says irregularity and nerves improved. The ad claims the compound is made from native roots and herbs and contains no narcotics, with thousands of cures and free guidance from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Cardus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Park Rapids
Minn
Mrs. Ep. ‘la Doy
Park Rap
Brookville
Ohio
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Munyon
Manyon
Manyon'’S
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Marine Eye Salve and Capudine Drug Ads Promoted
Circulars advertise Marine Eye Salve for eye ailments with trial sizes and pricing. Capudine promises headache relief from colds or nervous troubles, with varied prices. A mailing offer from A H Lewis Medicine Co. highlights a free 10 day NR treatment for multiple ailments. The ad ends with a proverb about timidity.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Capudine
Drug Bio
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
St. Louis
Nature
Decimals and Duodecimals in Historical Debate
The piece surveys the shift to the metric system in China and France clinging to traditional measures. It contrasts duodecimal ideas from Herbert Spencer, noting twelve as potential basis with two new digits, and cites old European units like barriques, chopines, canettes, piates, cordes, and the livre.
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China
France
Republic
Herbert Spencer
Spencer
Chicago News
Rare mirrors and women in scarce qualities remark
A historical reflection notes that certain qualities are rare and highlights how rarely women break mirrors despite frequent use, suggesting a paradox in perception and behavior. The saying uses a reflective tone to comment on virtues and social norms, as observed in a bygone era.
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Sarsaparilla
the Atchison Globe
ICC
D. W. Bates
Caldwell, C
Cardul
Hancock
Aquid Sulphur CO
Baltimore
Prery de
Tia
Her
Othr
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Aids
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Sham
Blessed
Emily H. Murdock
Lorraine Place
Rochester
N. Y
Cape Town
South Africa
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Barrie Axe
Hick
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Mobile
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
W. H. Sraug
Atlanta
Bobbitt Chemical Co
John I
Brown & Son
Boston
H. H. Green
Volo
Can
Putnam
Monroe
LUG CO
Quincy
Lili
Ardent
Perry Davis
John Reily
American Fork and Hoe CO
New Orleans
MR. Ginner
DR. Bruce
Edgewood Ave
Georgia Educational Association
Atlanta Music Festival
Metropolitan Opera Company
Caruso
Southern Baptist Convention and Baptists of North America
Georgia
Savannah
Albany
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Atlantic City
N. J
World's Sunday School Association
Washington, D. C
National Baptist Sunday School Congress
Colored
W. H. Leauy
Atlanta, Ga
F. H. Lummus Sons CO
Columbus, Ga
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Matt Orde
Charrea Arenard
Brockton
Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Ind
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