Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Promotes Easy Cure For Coughs
The ad promotes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as the great family medicine for sixty years addressing asthma croup bronchitis consumption and all coughs. It lists three sizes 28c 50c and 1.00 and offers mail order if a local druggist cannot supply it.
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Ayer
Caretreats Candy Cathartic Ad Boosts Bowels
Best for the bowels. Cascarrets help nature cure you without a gripe or pain. Produce easy natural movements and cost just 10 cents to start. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine metal box tablets stamped with C C C. Beware of imitations.
Office Seeker Faces Leader Over Campaign Efforts
A dialogue in the Philadelphia Press shows an Office Seeker claiming credit for campaign work and the Leader challenging the claim. The Seeker says he spoke on twenty-one occasions to bolster his bid for office.
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Philadelphia Press
Lane's Family Medicine Ac Moves the Bowels Daily
A brief note describes Lane's Family Medicine Ac claimed to promote daily bowel movement for health. It states gentle action on the liver and kidneys and curing a sick headache. The price is listed as 25 and 600.
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Lane
Rubrics and Red Ink In Medieval Manuscripts
A note explains rubrics come from the red initials in medieval manuscripts. A breakfast tip promotes Mrs. Austins pan cake flour. An advertising line touts Air Cushion Rubber Stamps as best and cheapest with orders to Lock Box 210 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Why Mrs Pinkham Promises Help for Women Ailing
A historical newspaper blurb promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites Mrs Chappell of Grant Park Illinois endorsing the remedy for ovarian inflammation and womb conditions. The ad notes Pinkham’s Lynn Massachusetts address and free advice.
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Sician
Mia
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
White House Reception Celebrates Diplomatic Corps
President and Mrs McKinley hosted a noon to afternoon reception for 36 nations at the White House with Marine and Eleventh Infantry bands performing. About 5 000 guests, including Lord Pauncefote and other ambassadors, attended as the line extended beyond the gates. The event featured military dress uniforms and a final escorted exit for Mrs McKinley.
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Washington
White House
Diplomatic Corps
Marine Band
Eleventh Infantry Band
Lieut
Santelmann
Meliiley
Army
Navy
Miles
Adjt
Corbin
Admiral Dewey
Mrs. McKinley
Lord Pauncefote
Lady Pauncefote
Missy Pauncefote
Baron Java
Dr. von Holleben
Congress
United States
Free Homes Out West The Last Great Homestead Race
A long range plan to open Fort Sill country for settlement as part of Oklahoma’s Indian lands release. About one third for Indians and sections for schools and government, leaving 1.6 million acres for settlers. Entry likely to be limited. Wichita reservation may also open to boost prospects for thousands seeking homesteads and town sites.
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Fort Sill
Texas
Oklahoma
Alte
Cherokee Strip
State of
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Fort Sii
Wichita Reservation
Child recalls Wellington funeral boots riddle tale
A reader recalls a story from the Duke of Wellington funeral about a little girl who watched from Lord Ashburton's house. The child asked if there would be nothing left but boots after death as the procession passed, with the Duke's saddle empty and boots reversed in the stirrups.
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Duke of Wellington
Lord Ashburton
The New Cap Defender Build Sparks Secret Speed Hype
A boastful note claims a new cap defender is under construction and will be the fastest ever, kept secret yet promising to hold the cap. America rises to the front, and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a half century health defender against dyspepsia indigestion constipation nervousness biliousness and grippe.
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America
Ford
Great Fish Facts From Cleveland Leader
The Cleveland Leader notes that if Cleveland residents averaged 150 pounds each the total would rival the weight of Lake Erie catches in the past year. It critiques permitting babies to average over 100 pounds and argues the fish weight may equal the combined populations of Cleveland and Toledo.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Toledo
Ely's Cream Balm Tames Nasal Catarrh And Hay Fever
The advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a gentle cure for catarrh and hay fever, claiming it cleanses, soothes, and heals irritated nasal membranes. A trial size is mailed on request, with 6.00 box available through Ely Brothers of New York.
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Ely
Ize
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N.Y
Social satire overheard in Detroit humor column
In a witty exchange from the Detroit Journal, a deacon scolds Mrs Wadburn for objecting to a sermon on social extravagance while the pastor insists the critique targets general manners, and not her personally.
Hall's Catarrh Cure ad offers $100 for incurable cases
State of O10 Toledo. Lecas Cousrr, senior partner of F J Curser & Co, swears to business in Toledo and offers one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J Cheney and J Cheney & Co claim cure via blood and mucous membranes, with testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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City OF Toledo
Lecas Cousrr
J. Coxzxty
F. J. Curser & Co
Toledo
Dim
Hany
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Tree
J, Cheney & CO
Toledy
Druggiate
What a Horse Can Do
An ordinary horse can draw a barge of 23 tons at two and a half miles an hour or a wagon weighing half a ton with a load of one ton at the same rate on an ordinary road.
Various 1900s Advertisements and Humorous Snippets
A collage of late 19th and early 20th century ad blurbs and jokes. Prominent mentions include Kewp’s Balsam promising to stop coughing, Piso’s Cure, Carter’s Ink, Putnam Dyes, and Kiln’s Great Nerve Remedy. Also features quips about marriage, golf humor, pancake flour, and general consumer notices.
When Writing to Advertisers Please Note Advertisement Ownership
The notice asks readers to acknowledge ownership of advertisements in this paper. It emphasizes that readers who place ads retain rights to their content and may need to reference their copy when communicating with the paper’s staff.
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