Trusts and the price boom warning from a conservative paper
A Houston Post editorial condemns monopolies and trust power across railroads oil and meat industries noting 70 million people at risk of corporate control. It argues prices rising 50 percent in meats reflect systemic exploitation urging action to defeat the party aligned with trusts and referencing Havemeyer and sugar protection.
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America
United States
Europe
Houston Post
Havemeyer
Remedy Restores Boy After Severe Cramps, Va. Woman Says
Mrs. Mary Haller of Mt. Crawford Virginia reports her son was near death from cramps before a neighbor gave Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After three doses the boy recovered consciousness and fully recovered within 24 hours. The medicine is sold by Greham Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
Mary Haller
Mt. Crawford
Greham Drug Co
The Printers Towel Woven by Ink and Time
A vivid reminiscence of an old printing house towel. The narrator recalls a stubborn, ink stained rag that bore the weight of workers and miscreants alike. It hung by the door, endured grime and poverty, and finally tore apart one windy morning.
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Moan
Editorial Picxhys A home comic calamity misadventure
A humorous Schulenburg Sun item recounts a neighborly mix up over a home paper leading to a boy dropping a bee stand, a man crashing a barb wire fence, a cow killing herself in a corn field, a churn of cream spilled on kittens, a baby in milk, a carpet ruined, and the daughter eloping with the hired man.
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Editorial
Picxhys
Schulenburg Sun
Dr King’s New Life Pills in a Stunning Range of Cures
Millions marvel at a pill touted to cure stomach liver and bowel troubles including dyspepsia loss of appetite jaundice biliousness fever malaria and other distressing ailments. Edgar Matthews & Co drug store promotes the remedy as a wonder worker with dramatic claims.
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Dr. King
Edgar Matthews & Co. Drug Store
Guns on Houston Streets Demand Citizen Denunciation
A Houston editorial urges residents to report anyone carrying a pistol without entitlement. It argues ignorance of the law is no excuse and asserts safe streets are essential for Houston to grow as a grand city, calling on other Texas towns to follow suit.
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Houston
Texas
Post
Better than Pills Stomach and Liver Tablets Claim
The item asserts that Chamberlain's tablets are easier and more pleasant to take, milder in effect, and more reliable than pills. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach and leave the bowels natural, whereas pills are harsher and often cause constipation. For sale by Graham Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
Graham Drug Co
Dallas News to Print Mammoth Illustrated Edition for Confederate Reunion
The Dallas Morning News will publish the largest Texas paper on April 23 to coincide with the Confederate Reunion in Dallas. It will feature hundreds of illustrations, a historic reunion account, special articles on Texas resources, and a Dallas illustrated write-up. Price five cents. readers urged to prepay and send addresses to the Reunion Department in Dallas.
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Dallas News
Dallas Morning News
Texas
Dallas
Southwest
Reunion
Department of the News
Dalles
Tex
Coal prices ease as furnaces cool
The coal market shows a price drop after demand wanes as fires die down. Analysts note lower consumption shifts and potential relief for consumers, though industrial buyers remain cautious until heating demand stabilizes.
Mixed Recipe and Local Notes on Cooking Fads
A humorous anecdote describes a fashionable young woman visiting a cooking school where dress and cake instructions mingle. The readied cake recipe is bizarrely detailed with beads and lace, provoking the mother’s paralyzing refusal. Also included are short notices about Simmons' Cough Syrup, irrigation plans near New Braunfels, and a rural quip about overdrawing at a bar.
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Michigan
Pain Balm Advertisement Cites Cure for Rheumatism
A Pennville Missouri resident says Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured years of rheumatism after trying many remedies. The testimonial claims three bottles provided permanent relief and notes the product is sold by Graham Drug Co.
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Chamberlain
Philip E. Rhoads
Pennville
Graham Drug Co
Home Gold Cure claims to cure drunkenness at home
An advertisement for the Home Gold Cure declares drunkenness a disease and promises a home treatment without publicity. It touts a pleasant in tea or coffee, no nerve weakening, and a guaranteed cure with full directions and physician advice upon request. Priced at one dollar, sent worldwide from Edwin B. Giles & Co. Philadelphia.
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Edwin B. Giles & Co
Market St
Philadelphia
A. Werman
Baltimore
Baltraoas
Centlemen
Lene
New York
le Werman
Broadway
LA Salle Ave
Chigaqd
Ill
Job Jokes About Illness And Delusion In Old Bulletin
A fragment shows a dialog where a friend tells Job he is not sick but merely thinks so. Job disputes the idea and remarks he would rather be sick than hold a delusion. The line ends with Job seeking a new boil as a fresh symptom.
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Job
Trg
San Francisco Bulletin
Oleomargarine Likely Called Butter by Hotel Waiter
Two hotel guests debated pronunciation of oleomargarine and asked a colored waiter for the term. The ebony-hued dignitary circled the object and, when asked, the waiter replied Butter, adding he must call it butter to keep his job.
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United State Senate
Ennis News
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys in Old Advice Ad
A vintage health advertisement explains kidneys as blood cleaners and links overwork to heart and rheumatic issues. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy and offers sample bottles and pamphlet by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
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Taft Bros. Medicine Co
Rivington Street
S. Raphael
East 129Th St
City
Dallas Weekly News advertising copy speaks of honesty
An ad touts The Dallas Sewi Weekly News as truthful and specially edited, promising brisk, reliable coverage. It urges readers to subscribe to The Leader and The News for local and state news, highlighting value with a one year offer of $1.75 cash in advance.
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Dallas
Sewi- Weekly News
Subscriptions Offer for The Commoner and The Leader
The Commoner and The Leader offer a one year subscription for 1.65 dollars. Regular price for The Commoner is 1.00 dollar. The offer applies to new and renewal orders and urges prompt renewal to avoid missing issues from Mr. Bryan's paper.
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Congressional
Bryan
Leader
Graham
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