Defiance Starch offers 25 roundtrip Exposition tickets
A promotional sweepstakes invites 25 ladies to win travel to the St. Louis Exposition by sending Defiance cold water starch trade marks from Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Mail by September 1 1904 to Omaha Nebr. Tickets sent by registered mail in September.
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Defiance Starch Co
St. Louis Exposition
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance
Omaha
Nebr
Defiance Starch Promises Bigger Pack At Same Price
Grocers refuse 16 oz Defiance Starch citing on hand 12 oz brands. Defiance offers 16 oz for the same money and no cooking required. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a quote about broken promises.
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Defiance
Isnt this cherry pie great
A brief back and forth exchange jokes about desserts with light flirtation and a playful tone. The dialogue showcases casual banter over pie and peaches.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertises relief for sore feet
Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight new shoes and cure swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. sample free. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Care of the Hair Says Brush and Cleanliness Best
Advice from Eleanor R Parker urges readers to avoid damaging shampoos and rely on frequent brushing and cleanliness. She recommends washing with Ivory Soap lather, rinsing well, and finishing with cool water to close pores and prevent colds.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Defiance Stared Product Promises Superior Quality
The ad extols Defiance Stared as unlike any other option, claiming one third more value for 10 cents and comparing it to authenticity of a base ball bat. It notes higher price for Lewis' Factory Single Binder cigars from Peoria IL, arguing the cost supports better tobacco and quality. A comedian with a funny face is mentioned as part of the copy.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Defiance Starch Endorsed As Best Value For Homes
A claim that Defiance Starch should be in every household with 4 or more for 10 cents than any other brand and a note on shaping young men’s careers with a stout club.
Casting Trouble On Another and a Clever Filipino Tale
Gov. Chamberlain of Connecticut used a dinner tale to condemn shifting blame. He told of a man who asks a youth to hold a ram’s horns to escape a locked gate and then vanishes, leaving the youth stranded with the dangerous animal.
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Gov. Chamberlain
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Philipspine
Gigantic Rents in London Foresee Four Mile Radius
The article notes skyrocketing rents within four miles of London center. Prime locations near the Royal Exchange, Threadneedle Street, Throgmorton Street, and the Strand command yearly sums from 3 000 to 15 000 pounds. Bond Street remains the dearest shopping corridor with rents that reflect exclusive prestige.
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London
West End
Old Lady
Threadneedle Street
Royal Exchange
Throgmorton
Strand
Bond Street
Charing Cross
Lyceum
Weekend Poker Tale In Rector Sermon
President Fish recalls college days when classmates played poker at Gar rison's. On Sunday, from the Fish pew, the rector read a text about Ephraim going out with a full hand, prompting a crude remark about Ephraim’s aim.
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President Fish
The
Illinois Central Railroad
Garrison’s
Fish
Ephraim
Dreyfus Plans Visit to Fair Amid Humble Gratitude
Captain Dreyfus and his wife intend to visit the St. Louis fair. He wishes to travel in disguise but likely cannot. He repeatedly expresses gratitude for the sympathy shown by the American people and press during his years of trouble and the impact of public talk on his case.
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Dreyfus
Fair
Capt. Dreyfus
St. Louis Fair
Lifes Sunshine in a Little Sunshine Day
Poem fragment by Leigh Mitchely Hodges urges light through gloom. It extols small acts of kindness over gifts of gold and declares deeds, not possessions, make the earth a heaven.
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Earth
Leigh Mitchely Hodges
Marquis of Bute Celebrates Twenty Third Birthday
One of England’s wealthiest bachelors the Marquis of Bute marks his twenty third birthday. Many high born families seek the matrimonial prize but the future marchioness must be Catholic, restricting his lordship’s choice.
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England
House of Peers
Marquis of
Bute
Portugal's King Showcases Tennis Skill and Sharpshooting
King Carlos of Portugal, famed athlete, recently defeated Lieut. E. W. McIntyre of the battleship Iowa in a tennis match during the North Atlantic fleet visit. He also gave an exhibition of pistol shooting for American visitors, who praised his accurate fire.
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King Carlos
Portugal
Epistolary oddities and traveler notes from a bygone era
A mixed row of curiosities and anecdotes spans the globe. The Rev W Bompas endures a Vancouver night on a wharf rather than a hotel. A British warship salutes Costa Rica with 21 guns then awaits a two hour response. In Russia over 40 000 cattle wear spectacles to prevent snow blindness while Japanese ladies ride trains barefoot in their native style. A Dumfield NJ girl battles a five foot black snake with a barbers knife aided by a commenion. West Java Chinamen reuse postage stamps by washing off glue to restore postmarks. A Philadelphia Ledger quip about history lessons and a New Orleans Pajama fashion note cap the item.
War raises costs as Rum Demand from China grows
Customer questions high prices. Dealer cites war between Russia and Japan. Conversation notes Japan plans to civilize the Chinese Empire, predicting a surge in demand for rum.
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Russia
Japan
One Large Cake of Red Cross Skin Soap Ad
Advertisement promotes free one large cake of Red Cross Skin Soap at grocers to introduce Hubinger’s Best and Red Cross Starch. Claims cleansing properties with Vaseline glycerine and Witch Hazel, promising a fair complexion and velvety skin. Mentions upcoming advertisement and German housing blacklist context.
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Hubinger
RED Cross
Uncertain 19th Century Patent Medicine Ads Compiled
A jumbled OCR of old newspaper items promoting Mother Gray's powders, Defiance starch, and Hall's Calarrh Cure. It includes testimonials, addresses, and doctors sworn affidavits, plus generic notes on health products and household goods with scattered regional references. It presents as an erroneous mash of ads and legalistic claims from various locales.
Edgy anecdotes of editors and a presidential fever
A newspaper editor receives a chicken from a reader as a peace offering and later gets a letter asking what the chicken died of. In another quip, William Jennings Bryan answers an insurance form question about fever with a humorous note that he suffered from two attacks of Presidential fever followed by chills and has fully recovered.
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William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Quotable Bits From Vanished Era Figures And Witty Exchanges
A collage of anecdotes features Dean Arthur Stanley confessing his ignorance after a first American trip, Lenbach and a Holland queen in a disputed portrait, Senator Beveridge losing money at a station, Professor William James correcting undergraduates, and a wry remark on misfortune and marital hair color.
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Arthur Stanley
Westminster
America
Dean Stanley
Subjeet
Professor Lenbach
Holland
Beveridge
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