Untitled Humorous Clippings and Ads Mix
A garbled collage of fleeting witticisms notices and product pitches from a 1900 era page. Contains jokes about age and health, patent items from Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth firms, teething syrup, herbal remedies, and calendar offers. Includes stray quotes and small ads reflecting the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brown
Angus
Minn
John Derug
Minneapolis
Benjamin Spowler
Alexander McDougal
Duluth
Vestel
William Newman
Alexandria
B. D
Toot, Lothrop
Johnach
Pioneer Press Bidg
St. Paul
Monterey Glory and Adna Chaffee’s Rise From Orville Roots
Orwell Ohio correspondent recalls Adna R. Chaffee born 1842 who rose from a farmer family and snow forts to command U S Army forces in the Philippines. His early service began 1861 with the Sixth U S Cavalry and he earned distinction at Bull Run and in the Caney charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen
Chafere
Orwell
Ohio
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Adne R. Chaffee
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Dl Caney
China
United States
Our Republic
Adna
Cheffee
Chaffee
Western Reserve
America
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Howard Chaffee
Trumbull County
Ohio Cavalry
George Chaffee
Nashville
Tenn
Fourteenth
Bull Run
Chaffac
Philippines
MacArthur
Memory of General Chaffee and Ohio Heritage
The passage recalls late President McKinley's view of General Chaffee as a suitable leader for a crucial role, notes Chaffee’s elaborate dedication to the Okinawan ceremony, his island tour recommending government changes, and cherishes the Orwell birthplace home of Chaffee in Ashtabula County. It also references notable Ohio figures Giddings, Wade, and Ben Wade, linking past anti slavery and military service to present acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Chaffee
Goa
Elgil
Gen
Chaffes
Orwell
Ashtabuls
Ohio
Giddings and Wade
James P. Wade
Ben Wade
America
Frank McClure
U S Cuba damages claims reach nearly five hundred names
The Cuban claims commission filed 495 claims seeking 57 million dollars for damages to property in the last insurrection against Spain. Individual sums range widely, with the largest at 4.18 million, and many claims centered on plantations, livestock, and even alleged imprisonment costs. The volume features humorous and exaggerated valuations, including dams on estates and personal sufferings, as noted by the St. Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Spain
Cuban Claims Commission
New York
Maine
Uncle Sam
Commission
Mark Twain
Havana
City of
Garden of Eden
Mantanzas
St. Louis Republic
Navy vessels revive old figurehead tradition on Cincinnati
The cruiser Cincinnati, commissioned December 1, displays a life size Liberty figurehead crafted at the New York yard under Rear Admiral Bowles who now heads the bureau of construction and repair. Earlier, the Olympia at Boston yard bore a Victory figure with an American eagle in outstretched arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Liberty
Bowles
Bureau of Construction and Repair
New York Navy Yard
Olympia
Boston Navy Yard
Victory
A Grateful Man and a Humphi Joke in News Excerpts
A collage of quotations and anecdotes from The Baltimore American and The New York Times, including Mrs. Peck’s quip about Christmas gifts and a lawyer Thomas Reed on juries interpreting intent. Also recounted is Frank M. Russell’s recovery from kidney trouble after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecks
Henry Peck
Henry
Baltimore American
Thomas H. Reed
Story
Thomas
Reed
Mr. Reed
Blackstone
London
New York Times
Cox
Wis
Jan
Frank M. Russell
Dodd
Neighborly Mrs Ascum Probed by Pokes of the Press
A Philadelphia Press item notes Mrs Ascum as a very neighborly woman yet logs that she often pokes into other people's business. The column reflects light sarcasm about local character and community chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pho
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted Despite Mercury Warning
The ad warns against mercury based remedies for catarrh and lauds Hall's Catarrh Cure from Wells Warner Cheney Co Toledo. It claims no mercury, works internally on blood and mucous surfaces, and lists Toledo as the place of manufacture and price of 75 cents a bottle. It ends with a humorous aside about All's Family Pills and a cat remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
WW. J. Cheney & Co
Tolado, C
B.J. Cheney &Co
Dragglata
All
Advertising copy from old patent medicine era
A collage of product pitches and quips promoting Bromo Quinine Tablets and Wizard Ol for pain. The text includes a suggestion that some statesmen would be better citizens on a cooling board, and a generic moral about roses and thorns, reflecting era advertising style.
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Congress
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised by Mrs Jakeman
Mrs Hulda Jakeman of Salt Lake City credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing her menstrual pain after six bottles. The testimonial stresses relief from monthly agony and asserts lasting health, followed by a Q and A about marriage to a nobleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakeman
Eldora
The
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean Mas
Hulda Jakeman
Lydia W. Pinkham
Hurva Jakeman
The Worst Yet
It is admitted that Napoleon Bonaparte can get along without that statue that they propose to give him in St Louis. Ot Corsican. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Louiis
Cleveland Plaindealar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoff
Ike Seing
Joodrich & Jennings, Anoka, M
Smith
Rang
Biking
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Edwards, Wood & Co
Manhattan
St. Paul, Minn
Philadelphia Bulletin
Brooklyn
Janeth
Garfeld
Clara
Maude
Urs
Winslow
Colon
van Braam
Pittsburg
Piso
Jolly F Boras
Trinity Sprites
Ind
R. Stickum
Chicago News
Putnam
Mike
Washington Star
Poiadelphie
Faulta
Star Theater
St.Jacobs Oil
Sec
Ata Boy
Gon Chaffes
Sounhall
Ore
Monterrey
Monterey
Montérey
Wizard Ol
Mrs
Julge
Western Wall Paper House
Eighth and
Jackson Bta
Pank
Queen's Rong
Box R
Atlanta
S. Thompson's Eye
Mote
Ghent
Chesebrough Mfg
State Street
Noer Hing Bank Socount
Copade
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchawno
Alberta
Oanada
F. Pel Sty Ir
Dearmigrason Otters
Cen
Bea Davies
Jackson St
St Paul
Ora O
Currie
Callahan Bidg
Jimeuloe
Wie
New-York
Ricard A
Charles Kingsley
Literary Digest
Dodd, Mead & CO
Naeapolis
California Fig Syrup Co
Louisville
New York, N. Y
Woodward & Co
Crain Commission
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