Negro Turns Capitalist and Outsources Coal Job
A West 23d Street incident recounted by the New York Times shows a Black man hiring in Pat Coglin for 1.50, then subletting to a White man who performs the coal unloading for the agreed price. The scene includes negotiating work, dignity, and a test of opportunity across racial lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Coglin
Httle
West 23d Street
Lexington Avenue
New York Times
Noora
O. K
Inghes
Billion Dollar Grass and Seed Offers Stir Farmers
A fragmented ad and clippings describe Billion Dollar Grass touted for three crops yearly. An Iowa farmer sold seed worth 3000 and hay from 100 acres. It promotes Salter Seed Co catalogs and sample seeds like Macaroni Wheat and Sainfoin. Also mentions a desk tool and various patent remedies before a Hungary marriage custom detail concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Rsperien
Sly Milley
Victoria
Silver King Bailey
N. Y
Remarkable Man Overcomes Kidney Trouble at 80
Though nearing a centennial, Shepird Kollock of 44 Wallace St Red Bank is praised for kidney relief after 40 years of pain. He reports back pain and nightly awakenings due to a heavy sediment, and credits Dean's Kidney Pills for complete relief. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepird Kollock
Wallace St
Red
Bank
No 1
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Western Canada crops cannot be checked says homesteader
A letter from A Kaltenbrunner to the Dominion Commissioner of Immigration from Regina Sask dated November 23 1907 details strong wheat and oat yields on homesteads near Moose Jaw Creek RouJean and Drinkwater. He reports 70 acres of wheat 20 bushels per acre 30 acres fallow 25 bushels and 9000 bushels oats from 160 acres with 90 bushels per acre on fall plowings. He asserts Western Canada crops cannot be checked despite adverse weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rou- Jean
Drinkwater
Moose Jaw
Western
Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
Chicago
Herald
Cure for Eczema Promises Relief After Six Days
A testimonial from a Nebraska private details fifteen years with eczema on hands arms and legs. After using Cuicineurn Soap Ointment and Resolvent the itching ceased in six days and sores disappeared, with the patient reporting improved health and rest. Chicago Tribune and Strand Magazine quotes appear as accompanying commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrinte
Vata
Aring
Lees Ateutei
Orya 'L
Faward Wovell
Bond
U. S. Infantry
Mort Crook
Nebraska
Catarrh Cure Ad and Quack Remedies Mentioned
An advertisement promotes One Hundred Dollar reward for curing catarrh with Unit's Catarrh Cure. It mentions Druggists selling cures, testimonials, and a price in a dated format. Also contains herbal patent medicine and foot powder ads with dubious claims and names like Allen Olmstead. The passage reads like a collage of old advertisements and testimonial lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KT. Cabney & CO
Toindo
I. J. Cheney
Tifa Fem
Waterad
Kinxay & Marvin
Toledo
Beak
Wall
Speakin of state charities by Uncle Jerry Peebles
Uncle Jerry Peebles opines that state charitable institutions are not as black as they are painted nor as white as they are whitewashed, offering a critical, ironic view. The remark reflects local attitudes toward public charities and racial perception in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Uncle Jerry Peebles
Souvom Miss Frestaigh-I'mt gures and chaperon advice
The text advises moving a spoony young man away, a chaperon role in Rociety. It notes coal hauling costs on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, estimating 30 mills per ton mile for transport and 8 cents per ton for handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Fragmented quotation on work ethic and life insurance
A damaged excerpt presents a speaker musing that when uneasy about work he seeks medical confirmation, then returns to labor. The text mentions life insurance and self-doubt, with sparse dialogue implying a discussion on health and professional effort.
Weerins Probes Brackett for New Office Door Ornament
Mr Brackett, the architect, replies he has designed a new unrave ornamental panto for the outside of his office door and offers to show it presently.
Phrases and Nostalgia From an Odd Coupon Page
A garbled ad card promotes QUIME lemon pie mix and urges readers to buy from their grocer or defer to Derta Food Co. Rochester NY. It mentions silver ingots in Bank of Highland for 200 years, a laxative quinine product, and a quip about the world’s population fitting on the Isle of Wight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noxton
Margaret
Hiram
Hlave
Mirram
D“erta Food Co
Rochester
N. X
Bank of Higland
UOMO
E.W. Grovo
Isle of Wight
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Lord Kelvin
Thera
Canary Islands
Tran
FaeSinile Signature
New York
Soo
Peter
Bears
Tenntearea
Wee Bootama Sxape
Hungary
Western-Canada
Thosc
Baskatchewan
Alberta
Slater
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
C. Broughton
Faure
Sammie Nhwbar
Penelye
Uate
Thomas Communi
Pearis
Massachusetts Aves
MuBwl
Oates
Regina
Sask
Winal’ Es
Eoozdma
Strand Magazine
Norehan
Tralley
Chicago Tribune
Hin
Grimey
Allen
Drangglata
Olmsted
le Roy
Ama As
Wen
Bove
Fishea
Dougiat
Beat Aves
Wrallei
eNe Bahetin
The
Hoe Aoktone Hi
Putnam
Mae
Catore
Monroe
Quincy Hine
Hbbit
Shere
California
Lee
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Paige
State St
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
New York City
Sloans
Ear S.sloan
Boston
Mass
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