Kaiser Wilhelm's wardrobe for every emergency
A century old feature notes Kaiser Wilhelm’s obsession with ready regalia, two complete outfits, one at the palace and one in a wardrobe car on his private train, with a tale of a wardrobe car detachment and loss on a frontier border. It contrasts his strict etiquette with travel requirements and honorary commissions.
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Sarah
Busy Bee
Kaiser
Europe
Germany
New York Sun
Lydia Pinkham Advertisement Claims Kidney Cure
Patient Louise Gipson from Chicago reports relief from kidney trouble after six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and accompanying pills. Ad encourages writing Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice and asserts widespread cures of female trouble.
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Louise M. Gibson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Louise Gipson
Langley Ave
Chicago
Peruna endorsed by women in testimonials from across the country
A letter from Migs Mattie Douglass of Memphis credits Peruna with curing headaches and boosting health after long use. The ad cites many testimonials praising Peruna’s winter and spring fortification and offers free medical advice from Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Migs
Mattie Douglass
Thomas Memphis
Tenn
Uartman
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Seed purchase yields ample tomato crop return
Wa Keey of Lawrence County Illinois bought 81.00 worth tomato seed from John A Salzer Seed Co of LaCrosse Wisconsin last summer. The investment paid off with a yield valued at over 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa. Keey, Lawrence Co
John A. Salzer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Early cucumbers among best paying vegetables and seed catalogs
The clipping mentions cucumbers as a top paying vegetable and advertises John A. Snizer Seed Co. of LaCrosse Wisconsin offering 150 kinds of seeds and a mammoth catalog. It references wild violets, a nurse Mother Gray, and various small ads including a line about pale violets, Mrs. Austin, and a Lapidary note on dyes, with a variety of miscellaneous product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Snizer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Mammoth
N. UL
Peruna Claims Cure For Catarrhal Diseases
Peruna advertisement asserts the product clears mucous membranes and permanently cures catarrhal diseases. It explains mucous membranes line internal organs and that catarrhal inflammation can spread from one area. Neglected colds or slight catarrh may lead to lingering, dangerous conditions.
Low Rates to the Northwest in March and April 1902
Great Northern Railway offers one way second class settlers tickets at deep discounts west of St. Paul Minneapolis with Chicago connections. Fares to Montana start at $15 to $30 and up to $33 to Washington. tickets valid for ten days with start date on sale day. Details and free illustrated information available from GNR agents or Max Bass in Chicago.
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Northwest
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Great Northern
Chicago
Montion Points
Washington
Great Northwest
Max Bass
Mark St
FPI
Whitney
GPL & TA
Minn
Happier Days in a Leather Joke
A brief comic note from Lustige Blaetter recalls happier days with a shoemaker Meyer Muller lamenting tough leather like sole leather and a sigh about the current material shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Muller
Coughing Leads to Consumption and Druggist Offer
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing and consumption with a free sample bottle from druggists. It promotes 25 and 50 cent bottles and warns against delays. The Duke of Newcastle is noted as clinging to tradition and mentions a domestically made machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Duke of Newcastle
Unclear fragmentary item on habits and etiquette
Fragmentary notes reference a neighborly scene and practical advice about printer paper and proper behavior. No clear persons or events emerge from the readable text.
Printing Outfita and Stamps Catalog Fort Wayne
Air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits offered with a catalog and price list. Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. The oldest ruins on the Western Continent believed to be Copan ruins deserted before conquest and origin forgotten. Mrs Winslow’s Baby Teething Syrup advertised for teething gums inflammation pain and wind colic, 9 cents a bottle.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Copan
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W. D. Quinn
Marseilles
Ill
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Maas
A.j.tower CO
Boston
Mass
Capsicum
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
CANDY
C.C. C
Sviaz
Toledo
Detroit
Defiance
Huntington
Wabash
Peru
Wabash R
C. 5S
CRANE
Tkt. Agt
Loura, Mo
Superior Glover
Clover
Timothy
A Great Ohn
John “Alz A Seed Co
West
Barng
Kvaneville
Flo
I Ucres Southern Ohio
John T. ‘Marbing, Jr
Xeniay Ohio
Kaiser Wilhelm
Ladies’ Home Journal
Ili
Fiji Islands
Mrs. Prysnama
Peruna
Mgs
Lenore Allen
Crowell Street
San Francisco
Cal
Cheek
Mrs. Austin
Plato
ELY
Druggists
Big Bros
Warren Street
Ew York
Colorado
Putnam
Cuzco
Austin Fo Fine
Alls
Elvis, Ltd
Arch Bt
Philadelphia
Smith Barton
Western Canada
Manitoba
Asviniboin
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Pedley
Ottawa
Can
Joseph Young
KE. T. Uoulmes
Indianapolis
Indiana
Government of Canada
Forthia
Melly
Salzer
Ida Wnd
Pophaw
Storr
Mohawk St
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