Ballard’s Horemound Syrup and Other Remedies Ad for Riley’s Drug Store
An old catalog-style notice touts Ballard’s Horehound Syrup 25 and 50 cents, Ballard’s Snow Liniment, Herbine and White’s Dream Vermifuge from Riley’s Drug Store. It also notes Buckeye Pile Ointment and parlor stage quips about a New Yorker’s subway ride and lawyers finding $1,000 in a trunk.
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Ballard
Riley’s
Riley’s Drug Store
Parler
Riley
White
Japs Press Port Arthur Assault Amid War News
Reports from Tokyo and London describe Japanese artillery assault on Port Arthur hill positions with high expectations of quick occupation. General staff view possible major action near Mukden while Katsura says Japan will sacrifice all for the war and budgets a large diet spending plan.
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Mukden
London
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Katsura
Japan
Associated Press
Port Arthur
Russia
Assassination of Col R Francisco Chaves Shocks New Mexico
News from Slocquerque New Mexico reports the shooting and death of Col R Francisco Chaves a prominent Republican politician at a supper in Pinos Wells. A posse and officials pursue the assassin as political enemies are suspected in this violent incident.
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New Mexico
Slocquerque
N. M
R. Francisco Chaves
Pinos Wells
Chaves
THREE LOST ON PIKE'S CEEK AND FIRE
A trio of Chicago youths in Colorado Springs faced a tragic mishap near Pike's Peak. Flames enveloped two men and a woman as their coats caught fire, with bystanders aiding as she suffered severe burns and the others battled the blaze through a cold night.
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Chicago
Colorado Springs
Calo
Shienge de Cotte
von Pike
Pei
Tie Getty
Viatidee
Tutonet
Miss Arnold
Moki Tea Claims Aid for Digestion and Skin Care
A vintage advertisement touts Moki Tea as curing indigestion and constipation and improving complexion. It promises refund if not satisfied, priced 26 cents and 50 cents at Riley's Drug Store. The copy also remarks on a runaway air ship with a satirical line about not harming elderly passengers.
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Riley’s Drug Store
Syrup of Figs touted as gentle laxative remedy
The text touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative preferred for children, claiming it is the true remedy made only by the California Fig Syrup Co. A Brooklyn horse is described as reacting to a bell at Greenwood cemetery, suggesting local superstition or ritual.
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Catornia Fig Syrup Co
Brooklyn
Greenwood Cemetery
Relief from Crutches After Ballard's Snow Lini
Ed C Nud of Iowaville Kansas reports severe affliction and crutch use until Ballard's Snow Liniment relieved pain. He credits three 50 cent bottles for restoring his ability to walk and perform farm labor. Druggist Kiley sold the remedy.
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Iowaville
Sedgwick Co
Kan
Ballard
Kiley
The Young Actress and the Arm of Man in Food Debate
A dramatic note plays on a young actress who married with a sandwich during a great washout. The piece questions if a beautiful damsel would yield to a proteid cutlet or a contine stew, debating vegetarianism.
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Santa Fe Direct
Gompers Re-Elected AFL Leader Amid Close Vote
At the San Francisco convention Samuel Gompers was nearly unanimously re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor. One delegate Victor Berger of Milwaukee opposed the vote and asked for his ballot to be counted as a negative. Morrison and BoLennen were re-elected secretary and treasurer. The convention voted to meet next year in Pittsburgh.
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San Francisco
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Frank Morrison
Johhn Bo Lennen
Pittsburg
Cured Paralysis Claim From Texas Letter
A Texas reader reports his wife with five years of arm paralysis was cured by sailors Snow Lips. He also says it helped old sores frostbite and skin eruptions. The ad notes Riley stores sell the product.
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W. S. Baily
P.O. True
Texas
Sailord
Riley the Crag
Primi
Overland Service Aboard From San Francisco to Chicago
A new daily overland service operates via Union Pacific and the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway with three trains each day between San Francisco and Chicago.
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Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Cor. Williams
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
KOGW
Second South St
Salt Lake City
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