Paint and led white armor for homes in old ad style
An archival advertisement extols pure white lead paint by National Lead Company with Dutch Boy trademark guarantees to shield wood from sun and rain. It discusses painting as essential to house value and references a humorous Victorian anecdote about a woman and eggs during a medical scene and a doctors’ orders joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Midlands
To Day’s
Chas. H. Fletcher
B. Halstead Scott
Chicago
Ill
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
R. J. Hamlen
Detroit
Mich
Fletcher
Wm. J McCrain
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Clausen
Philadelphia
R. M. Ward
Kansas City
Conuine
C ‘Astoria
Westbound Colonist Fares Announced by Union Pacific
Union Pacific Passenger Department announces Colonist Fares from Sept 15 to Oct 15, 1909 to all West and Northwest points. The offer encourages land purchase and westward visits with liberal stopover plans. Descriptive literature available from E L Lomax, G P A, Omaha. A Useful Baby. Judge McEwen cites four cases where a baby aided acquittals, noting repeated use across cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Passenger
Department
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Neb
Williard M. McEwen
Illinois State’s Attorneys’ Association
Free Lands in Wyoming Seeks Homeseekers and Investors
An ad offers free government land in Wyoming up to 330 acres with irrigation project guidance and dry farming methods. It promotes direct Chicago train service and homeseeker rates, attributed to W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., Chicago. The page also features a humorous classroom exchange about a new teacher's knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Chicago
W. B. Kniskern
Midland Valley R R opens vast Oklahoma lands for settlement
Restrictions lifted on about one million acres with plans for ten million more in eastern Oklahoma. The Midland Valley Railway routes through Fort Smith Arkansas to Kansas City and Muskogee Tulsa Pawhuska, inviting inquiries to the General Passenger Agent in Muskogee. A stray, unclear note follows about hunting stories and an obituary fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Valley
R. R
Okla
Ft. Smith
Ark
Arkansas City
Kasbro Muskogée
Tulsa
Pawhuska
Midsland Valley
Muskogee
Oklah
Taft Starts Birthday Tour From Beverly to West and South
President Taft began a 13,000 mile journey from Beverly Massachusetts on his fifty second birthday. The trip will take him to Chicago Minneapolis Seattle and the Mexican border with Diaz, featuring stops in Milwaukee Madison Portage Denver and Los Angeles among others. The presidential party includes aides officers reporters and a 1,400 strong Chicago bodyguard.
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Chicago
Seattle
Diaz
Beverly
Mass
William H. Taft
Boston
United States
Taft
Archibald Butt
Wendell W. Mischler
J. J. Richardson
Washington, D. C
James Sloan
L. C. Wheeler
Secret Service
Maj
Arthur Brooks
Commercial Club
Hamilton Club
West Side Ballpark
New York
Congress Hotel
Orchestra Hall
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Madison
Portage
Winona
Minn
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Desne
Iowa
Omaha
Denver
State Capitol
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Thomas F. Walsh
Wolhurst
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Mount Shasta
San Francisco
Sacramento
Oakland
Cal
Berkeley
Yosemite Valley
Los Angeles
Fresno
Grand Canyon
Albuquerque
N. M
el Paso
President Diaz
Mexico
Mexico City
Ciudad Juarez
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Coroua Christi
Charles P. Taft
Mississippi River
Houston
Ilinols Manufacturers'’ Association
Firat
Cairo
Hickman
Memphis
Tenn
Helena
Ark
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Cape Girardeau
Mon
Natchez
Miss
Physicians Recommend Castoria For Health and Safety
Hall's Journal of Health notes Castoria receives strong support from physicians pharmaceutical societies and medical authorities. It highlights harmlessness effectiveness in easing stomach pains quieting nerves aiding digestion and as a safe non narcotic substitute for castor oil. The journal urges public protection against dangerous options and endorses Castoria as a wholesome regulator of the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
Godfrey
Hall
Journal of Health
Daughter's wedding causes friction in family home
A sympathetic friend consoles a mother over her married daughter. The mother laments that Julia and her husband have already claimed the best room in the house, reflecting tensions as the daughter starts her new life.
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Julia
Government homesteads opened in Dakota lands
One and a half million acres of farming and grazing land will be opened for settlement in the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations from October 4 to 23. Fast daily through trains direct to Pierre and Aberdeen, South Dakota, the registration points, via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Write for descriptive pamphlets with maps and full particulars to W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M. C. and N. W. Ry., Chicago, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Pierre
Aberdeen
S. D
Chicago & North Western Ry
W. B. Kniskern
N. W. Ry
Chicago
Ill
Sub Rosa Confession Sparks Secret Telling Tangle
A cryptic exchange reveals whispered secrets among several parties. One says she told another that a secret was shared, while another vows not to reveal the disclosure. The dialogue hints at trust issues and potential breaches of confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sub Rosa
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Free Lands
Chicago & North Western Railway
Osage County
Oklahoma
President Tafts
NUL Saow W
President
Wonder
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Montrose
Great Gunnison River
Grand Junction
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon
Pécatello
Idd
Butte
Mont
Haye
Balt Lake’ City
Castoria
PecSinde Siguanne of
Veeledi
Pat
Murray Strest
Row
Putnam
Monroe Drug OO
Lester Cohrth
Dodds
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
Carters
Booksellers Company
South Broad St
Eee
Meier & Shoemaker
Cincinnati
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