Advertising Power Through Newspaper Columns
A Philadelphia Record excerpt discusses advertising as the key driver of business. It cites Marshal Mietd & Co of Chicago praising newspapers for reaching more people quickly and cheaply. Dr Walsh notes Sarcopenia ads boosted sales, while Sphinx Club merchants deem the press the best business medium. A Wisconsin farmer finds ad space connects buyers and sellers efficiently.
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Marshal, Mietd & Co
Chicago
Wis
Walsh
New York
Dle
Vere
Sphinx Club
Wisconsin
Philadelphia Record
Ingenious German school desk promises wide use
A Berlin inventor has introduced a highly adjustable school desk in Germany. The seat, footrest, and writing leaf can be tailored by the pupil, offering flexible ergonomics for both public and private schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Lifting Desk Lets Writer Stand At Work In Easy Steps
A simple desk design can be raised or pushed back to let a tired writer stand at his desk. Light pressure on the desk side enables the transformation, and the device is within the reach of even small children. The piece discusses a toy like mechanism and a humorous note on trades and gratitude in business.
The World Population and Its Implications
A long analytical excerpt discusses population growth in Europe and the United States from the 19th to early 20th century. It notes rapid European population expansion, varied US and Australasia growth due to immigration, and concerns about white demographic dominance. It also covers trends in France and England, ministerial education in Presbyterian churches, and views on Indian populations and survival within the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iil
United States
British Empire
Germany
Russian
Volcom
France
Australasia
Beause
England
Robert Griffin
British Statistical Society
Why There Are Fewer Ministers in Modern Times
A historical analysis notes a six year trend of declining seminary enrollments and similar drops in college and academic prep for the ministry. It questions whether commercialism and worldliness have eroded church appeal and hints at shifts in creed debates and biblical study as contributing factors.
The North American Indians and Colonial Policy
The article argues that in North America the English avoided intermarriage with Indigenous peoples, maintaining cultural separation. It notes repeated wars and alternating peace, claiming invaders neither absorbed the Indians nor were their own bloodlines degraded by contact. It posits white colonists followed a deliberate policy of nonmixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trullan Peninsula
Mexico
South America
North America
England
Woman’s Fashion Critique Sparks Style Debate
ADA C SWEET laments the year's fashion as the ugliest yet with trailing skirts, baggy sacks, and one sided hair and skirts creating a nightmarish look. She notes many women parade ill fitting garments, while hats and hair fail to offset the drab silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada C. Sweet
Poetry Out of Date Says Chicago Professor
Oscar L. Triggs, a professor at the University of Chicago, argues prose has surpassed verse as a finer, broader instrument of expression. He claims poetry's excuse for existing is gone and literal truth lies in nature rather than artificial verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakspeare
Oscar L. Triggs
Chicago University
Cloths From Rock Edge Of Future Fashion
A Philadelphia Record note explores weaving stone into fabric, citing asbestos curtains and chalk cloth. James McGuck of Manayunk demonstrates spinning rock fiber into a tiny sample, claiming it to be the first cloth woven from real rock in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James McGuck
Manayunk
McGuck
Portraits by an amateur fade to lifelike likeness
A Philadelphia Press item notes Miss Passay presents a portrait she considers good by an amateur artist. The faded work is described as surprisingly lifelike, with Miss Slye agreeing on its lifelike quality.
Symbolic Carpet At Gobelins In Paris Exhibition
The Shah admired a three century old Persian carpet gifted to the museum by M. Goupil at Gobelins in Paris. An Iranian manager, visiting to study weaving, translated its legends: a carpet for the ruler of the earth with colors from China, praised as Paradise and brighter than the Academy of Mars.
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Paris
Gobelins
M. Goupil
Imperial Carpet Weaving Factory
Teheran
Earth
Paradise
Academy of Mars
China
London Pall Mall Gazette
Balloon of Toilet Paper Fixture Prepaid by Express
A prepaid offer for a balloon shaped toilet paper fixture with a 50 cent receipt is advertised. Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana is provided for response.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Question to a Stranger at the Gate
A humorous line from Lustige Welt notes a parent chastising a child for refusing to answer a polite question. The child explains a stranger asked if the beautiful young lady present was his mother, prompting the parent to remark on the impoliteness of not answering.
Princess Viroqua endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Dr P Viroqua of Lansing Michigan writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restores health in women and treats ovarian trouble and womb inflammation. He claims it cures many conditions in weeks and urges readers to obtain a bottle and seek Mrs Pinkham's advice. The letter notes a forfeiture claim for authenticity.
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Princess Viroqua
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JAUS
Abner
Chet
Joseph
Puck
Andrew C., Zenos
D. D
McCormick Theological Serminary
American Republic
American
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Felice Ferrero
St. Jacobs Oil
Price, Axe and Goc
Princess Viroqua, M. D
Hadersey
Lydia E. Pinkham
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