Man and Wife Motto Echoes Through Odd Ad Page
A collage of odd advertisements and notes fills space with varied goods and services. Entries mention knife etiquette, accordion pleating, hem and pleat work, jewelry and agate items, theater ads, automobile parts and wrecking services, mortgage loans, medical and optical services, and a brief aside on Epilepsy in literature. The page mixes humor lines with commerce and local business names across Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabtican Mpa
St. Broadway
Stephan
Agate Cutters & Mfg
Pepele
St. Majestic
Broadway
Monr Porta Mfg Co
Burnside St
Lung & Bilva
Hawthorne Ave
Portland
Leon
Lattle
WASH
Oregon Investment & Mortgage
Chamber of Commerce
4Th
Stark
Oregon
Hiors, Wools & Cascara Barker
Kahin
Liberty
bIonde
Trowell and Davis
Optician
Chas. W. Goodman
Morrison
Bolls Wall Paper Co
Morrison St
Lee Dr
Ft. A
Decker
Col'ings
Aulsky Bidg
Morrison Bts
Hawthorne Auto & Gas Engine School
Gs Northwest School Furnitre Co
Unique Tailoring Co
Fourth St
Wintor
Columbia Records
Vern L. Wenger
Pittock Bik
M. D. Spencer
St. Portland
Good Roads Side Ditches and Drainage Principles
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines drainage essentials for roads. Emphasizes wide side ditches with ample fall, proper outlets, cross drains with end walls, and longitudinal underdrainage when needed to prevent springy roadbeds and maintain road condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Sagebrush Transforming West Road Building Fuel
The piece notes sagebrush, long scorned in Nevada and Idaho, being eyed as a new wealth source. Idaho claims yields of three tons per acre at 25 cents cost, with potash yields from 25 to 80 percent when burned. An Idaho poet urged lifting the plant’s curse with a festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Oregon
Eureka
New York Sun
Idaho
Cuticura Talcum Ad Promises Pleasant Scent
An advertisement urges readers to add Cuticura Talcum to toilet requisites. It promotes a scented powder for face skin and baby use, claiming it renders other perfumes unnecessary and notes the Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum priced at two cents each.
Dependence on Good Roads Calls for Reform
The Chicago Journal argues roads will not endure heavy truck use and warns the outlook for automobiles is doubtful. It calls for substantial road building reforms, noting current makeshift repairs fail and urging farmers to value good roads for market access and farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Fragmentary Prose On Morals And Wealth
A fragmentary excerpt discusses reproof of a good man removing character flaws and the limits of wealth. It juxtaposes a quotation about reproof with a dialogue about chewing gum and false teeth, concluding that wealth cannot make a person truly rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
Williamson
Limestone phosphate hot water cure for headaches
An ad advises a home remedy for headaches caused by autointoxication. A glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast is said to wash out poisons, cleanse the alimentary canal, and improve digestion. It promotes limestone phosphate as inexpensive and harmless.
Sage Sulphur Compound Promises Darker Hair At Home
An ad touts Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use product to darken gray hair naturally. It claims easy application with a sponge or brush, showing quicker darker, glossier hair without medicine. Aimed at a youthful look, it markets as a toilet requisit.
Goldfish Die From Artificial Coloring in Rain-Coated Water
An apparent report notes artificial coloring of goldfish kept in water with rain chemicals in Sicily. A quoted saying by Eben asserts optimism not tied to work cannot last and that wealth lies in being charitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Eben
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oko Ene Land Business
Friedlander Co., Jewelers
Rupert
Megambieu
Maeatro
la Vone Mint
Taglieri Similat
G.agler
Bienniars
Artletic Maluh
Reine Bond
Thor
Leer Fundine
Thorne
Malin van Velson
Abby Whiteside
Katenslin
Datyeratty
School of Muse
Hush & Lane Building
Vaudeni
Formnitories i Thea
Dard Tire & AI
Pply CO
BA Stady
Ore
Fist St
Golumbia
Fresen
Ermaked
Walt Fink
Yarnhill
Nothwest Fish Company
Vatej
Iisltors
Poliath and
Alder Streets
Atland
Auto Parts
Alty
Long. & Silva
Hawihwye
Cristian “Brothers
Business College
Corruccini Geanme
Bush & Lane Hldu
Frederick W. Hochscheid
Sherman-Clay
Central
Bath
Inortonia Hotel
Lith
Speel
Southern Pacific Electric
Onrice Ee
San
Pte Volanery
Oriol Pfa & Qan
Portland, Ore
Te Hazelwood Co
Front and
Ankeny Sts
Northweat Daiyyillen
Barret Milkers
USA
N.W. Monron & Crssel
Trent
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Philospher
St. Nicholas
Sixth Street
de Laval
Empire Milking Machines
IMBIA
N. Claude Hampton
Tivkcum Building
France
Portugal
Lusitania
Port Callo
Oporto
Jaeger Bros
Mtolies
Grochea
Catter Donery
Clears
Fostaurants
Bend Me Duscription
HURON
Wowe & CO
Board of Trade
Canin
Landsdek
Ln C
Thornton
Uletrict
Galway Exchange
Raymond F. Watts
Dismane
Wrelington
Amiel
Caesar
Mahomet
Napoleon
Byron
Shakespeare
Cassius
Brick
Morris Brothers, Inc
Morris Building
Stark St. Portland
Obe
Wregley
Goody-Land
St. Louis Globe-Democrate
Outlook
AUTO
Willie
Grandpa
Ealed Tlaht
Wrigleys Delt
Beeeix
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