Bequest by Mrs Anna H Wilstach Enriches Philadelphia
The Wilstach estate grants Philadelphia $2 million including a $1 million art collection. The will also benefits schools hospitals churches and many benevolent institutions. Mrs Wilstach grew her late husband’s $2 million estate to $5 million through careful management and lived on her own fortune. She advocated public munificence while cautioning against patronage that increases pauperism. The piece critiques old age pensions and promotes thrift and savings schemes. It notes British pension ideas and contrasts them with the American approach of workers saving and building societies. It ends noting a surge in massive mortgages and the need for millionaires to conduct large modern enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna H. Wilstach
Philadelphia
England
Charles Booth
Bismarck
United States
Her Majesty
United Kingdom
Witnesses Before Grand Jury and Medicine Ad
Notice from 1892 proceedings noting expenses and a testimonial for Dr Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup. A man from Ed. Township Wilton County Monroe reports his wife suffered asthma for years before two bottles cured her, praising the medicine highly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Monroe Co
Catarrh Cure Claims Veruna and Pe-ru-Na Efficacy
The ad argues catarrh is not local and cannot be cured by sprays or douches. It touts Veruna as the root-cure, restoring capillary elasticity, and Pe-ru-Na as a radical, slow-acting remedy. A free 32-page pamphlet from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. offers treatment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona
Veruna
Peruna
Hartman
Vperuna Drug Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Ohio
Storks Hold Mass Meeting Over Goose Hatchling
A Berlin area story tells of a stork pair nesting on a chimney. After a goose egg hatched into a gosling the male stork fled in frenzy while the female cared for the chick. About 500 storks landed for a field meeting and later attacked and killed the goose and nestling before dispersing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Atlantic Monthly
MILT DOUGHERTY Harness Shop Promises Best Stock
An advertisement for Milt Dougherty Harness Shop in Jefferson County touts the largest and best selection of harnesses. The owner cites 24 years as a harness maker and notes his employee Charles Bales, a veteran of 30 years. The shop advertises top quality leather and modern trimmings in nickle, rubber, cellucid, and brass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Chas. Bales
Whips Collars and Horse Goods at the Old Stand
A local ad touts collars in many sizes and types from the Chicago Every one Warranted to whips and lashers of all grades. It promotes steel wire brushes mossaline horse care products and a German medicated stock food. Repairing offered, location given as half block north of the northeast corner of the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson & Beatty
Iowa
1St East Street
Dullam's German Medicine Offered for Skin Ailments
An advertisement extols Dullam's Great German blood liver stomach and kidney remedy claiming a four year skin eruption and chronic constipation were cured. It urges sale by Geo D Clarke and cites testimonials from Mrs Wa Coreland of Slint Mich. The piece also includes miscellaneous notes on legislative sessions and other drug advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dullam’s
German Medicine Co
Dullam
Slint. Mich
Geo. D. Clarke
General Banking Services and Custodian Provisions
The notice describes transacting general banking business with real estate or personal security loans at reasonable rates. It states acts as custodian of wills and valuables without charge and offers 4 percent interest on deposits for at least six months.
Dr Badger Promises Cure for Chronic Ailments and Weaknesses
Dr Badger and a full team of physicians offer treatment for chronic nervous skin and blood diseases by scientific methods. No money upfront for responsible patients. They claim to cure organic weakness, nervous debility, premature decline, involuntary losses, and other sexual health issues linked to youthful vice. Free urine tests, confidential treatment, and mail options available from Ul inton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger
United States
Ul Inton, Iowa
Reports from French Towns May 2 Dispatches
Synopsis of yesterday’s danger centers: Roubaix kept order with indoor meetings, Marseille quiet aside from a Spanish anarchist arrested for talking too much, Lyons shows parade atmosphere with no disturbance, Toulon reports five anarchists arrested for talking blood. all armed with revolvers and knives. Also features a testimonial ad for Bull's Sarsaparilla claiming cures for scrofula and numerous ailments, with endorsements from Vincennes Indiana and Cincinnati wholesale agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Roubaix
Marseilles
Lyons
Toulon
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Pensions For
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Board OF Supervisors
Huffman & Herring
Unkrich
Weikert
Charles Hubbard
Gobble & Co
John Heater
Allmayer Bros
Enne
Howlett
Martin Richardson
Apecerece Sone Wens
Simons
Wood
CE McKee
Bon Gantz
Fordyce
Blakely
Barnes
Dougherty
Louden Bros
Wood $Reseeveersacs
Crawford
Melchi Scott
Brobson
Charles Sutton
Perry King
W Dahlman
Demarsh & Miller
Coal
DH Worthington
P Martin
JW McLean
Wood cPeset Wecense
R Gardner
Jesse Daggett
Veeas
Frank Beatty
Ward Lamson
J 8 Gantz
Samuel Holt
Coffin
Binck
Stanford
ID Jones
Young
H B Lesher
JG Pleenor
Jc Thorne
Goode
Linder
Metford
Knox
Myers
Roberts
Davis Goods
EB Stephenson
Charles Overstream
Promota
Junkin Bros. Funeral Xpenses
LG Myers
Jacary
State of Iowa
Ann Hayes
Andrew Hesser
Sce Boyd
Paul Young
Rosannah Caldwell
Abbie Nixon
Eee Ewes
Eliza McVey
Andrew Olson
State of Lowa
Thomas Hickey
State of
Lowa
Chas Smith
Caceres
Ee Bees
Cannes Seenee
Chas Tegle
Ed Price
Bert Levan
John Schaffer
Lows
Thos Kelley
Frank Briggs
Joe Bailey
Milt. Dougherty
Washington
Reed
Krause
D. G. Uigley
L.trompson
Nate Savings Bank
Fairfield
J. E. Roth
Jas. Sullivan
W. Pres
BE. A. Howard
Cashier
J. BE. Roth
James Louden
E. A. Howard
D. G. Higley
James SullIvan
W. E. Bradshaw
J. 8
McKenney
Ed. Hunt
Jos. Ricksher
T M. Byrnes
T. KR. Howlett
J. F. Loehr
Late Coop
R. W. Larson
Geo. W. Ball
R. F. Rateliff
W. A Lamson
J. W. Burnett
Joseph Roth
F. Simmons
Chris. Roth
D. W. Templeton
Eugene Campbell
H. Watkins
Adam Measer
N. M. Slagle
D. M. Parrett
J. P. Manatrey
Will S. Prewitt
Wm. C. Hawk
Thos. Louden
J. H. Allender
A.C. D. Bradshaw
H. B. Rodgers
J. 8. Louden
A. F. Cassel
F. O. Danielson
August Walgren
Vaught
John McLane
George Mowery
Chas. D. Leggett
DR. Badger
New York
Leggett House
The
University of Buffalo, N. Y
John Bull
Tk. B. Roby
Vincennes
Indiana
John D. Park & Son’s Co
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Bradshaw & Thoma
J. W. Bean, M.D
B. N. Gantz, M.D
Hufford
Calvin Snook
D. G. Highey
G. P. Martin, M.D
D. H. Worthington
Fairfield, Iowa
W. Fordyce, M.D
Hoffstedler & Whitham’'s
First East Street
R. C. Sayers, D.V.M
Fairfield, Lowa
Gordon's Livery Barn
J. B. Monfort
FFICE
Harris & Cuddy’s
T. L. James
Owa
N McElhinny Building
Park
I. D. Jones
Chas. D. Fullen
Law
H. C. Raney
Raney & Simmons
Bell's Grocery
Co. D. Leggett
J. S. M'Kemey
Attorneys AT Law
Robert F. Ratcliff
M. A. McCoid
Parsons College
Aat Tern
Ambrose C. Smith
D.D
First National Bank
Jas
Winson
McElhinny
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