Portland Classifieds Mosaic Reveals Local Shops Listings
A dense array of Portland area ads lists jewelry repair services Haberdashers Bay front hardware cleaners and dry goods stores. It includes furriers shoe makers druggists mills and a medical sanitarium with a note on a gun barrel life discussion.
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Auere
Bra
Ritiga
Hal Ie Goo Meee Tn
Trek Wiky
Pie Motor Parts Mig Co
Hittorien
Loth & Aldersta
Vortland Garpet
Caag
Sige
Mall
UG Co
Union
Joe
Mantel Brien
Morrison Bt
Charty Co
Mit
Sory Lee
Parcola Toom
Upuh Tequesrt
KSKE
Katahnehod
Portland
Lees and Bulliers
Hencock Bash & Ior Co
Firet
Joe Yu Ricen
Druga
Rubber Goode
Trugmes
Postage Pee Vlufamer Drug Co
Port Tara
Wen MacMaster
Hank Huilding
Oregon
Bissingeh A CO
P.O. Box
Waley
Irving
San’ Francisco
Fee Berttle
Salt Lake
Reno
Tiltings
Missoula
Vancouver
Hemstitching
Stephan
Motoring Joy and Odd Encounters on the Open Road
A spirited ode to real motoring celebrates the thrill of long tours and the charm of strange places and quaint people. Practical tip offered for repairing a knife or fork by filling a resin-filled hole and heating the metal to set the fix.
First Thrift Day Observed in 1915 America War
The first thrift day in the United States was set aside on August 11, 1915, with California marking the occasion as thrift day after Governor Johnson’s proclamation. The event opened the thrift congress at the Panama Pacific Exposition, promoting thrift through the new Thrift Magazine and urging personal discipline and prudent conduct.
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America
California
Johnson
Panama- Pacific Exposition
American Rely For Thrift
Thrift Magazine
Cost of Producing Apples in Yakima Valley 1915 Study
United States Department of Agriculture surveyed 120 Yakima valley orchards in 1915 to estimate annual cost per box and analyze orchard practices. Results show clean cultivation costing over 80 cents per box and mulch system slightly less, with yields differing by about 54 boxes per acre.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Yakima Valley
Washington
Department
Northwest
Freezone Offers Quick Corn Relief, Cincinnati Authority Promotes
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a rapid corn and callous remedy. A few drops applied to tender areas stop soreness, dry up the corn or callous, and lift it away without inflaming surrounding skin. Small bottles are cheap and effective for feet. If not in stock, ask your druggist to order.
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Cincinnati
America
Adv
Curious tailor bird nests leaf sewn with thread
The tailor bird of India makes a clever nest from a dead leaf sewn to a green leaf with fiber as thread and its bill as a needle. It escapes snakes and monkeys by forming a hanging nest with an opening at the top. The leaf resembles a twig and may go unnoticed as a nest.
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Tailor Bird
India
Stranger to the Western World Finds Serow in Yunnan
The Asiatic zoological expedition in South Chinese Yunnan reports securing several fine serow specimens. The serow, a dwelling mountain animal akin to the chamois, is wary and fleet, navigating dizzy courses among its native crags.
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Asiatic Zoological Expedition
Yunnan
New York
Take Salts to Flush Kidneys Advice for kidney relief
The ad asserts meat forms uric acid stressing kidneys and urges regular flushing with four ounces of Salts from a pharmacy mixed in water before breakfast for a few days. It promotes Jad Salts as a harmless, inexpensive effervescent lithia-water drink from grapes and lemon juice to cleanse sluggish kidneys and prevent bladder irritation.
Taps on the Cash Register Jest Sparks Businessman Banter
A wit at the Indianapolis Star quips that no sound pleases a business owner like hearing Taps played on his cash register. The remark lampoons brass tinkles of profits in a humorous dig at commerce.
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Indianap
Catteurd Toilet Trio Ad Promotes Powder and Perfum
Ad promotes Catt cura antiseptic and Talcum Powder for skin care. It highlights a Catteurd Toilet Trio including Soap Ointment and Talcum as a convenient economical choice with perfume options.
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Ady
Why wont I do demand in want ad sparks debate
A humorous exchange cited from the Indianapolis Star features a stout woman protesting a housework ad. She questions the employment ad claiming she can do the work despite the ad’s constraints. The anecdote highlights mismatched expectations in job listings.
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Indianapolis Star
Folding Fan Origin tale in Japan noted
The article asserts the folding fan originated with Japanese people and links the utensil to elegant kimono clad ladies. It suggests the common image of a dainty user with a fan is plausible as part of cultural tradition.
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Japan
Get a Man Size Job
A Boston Transcript opinion urges self-respecting people to stop finding fault and redirect energy toward constructive work rather than idle critique.
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Boston Transcript
The Fertile Brain and Time as Doctor
A Daily Thought cites a quip about a fertile brain not guaranteeing hair growth. It also notes Time as generally the best doctor, linking wit with age old wisdom. An Ovid reference is included.
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Daily Thought
Ovid
The Making of a Famous Medicine
A description of a lab making a celebrated women's remedy using herbs gathered at peak season. It details extraction with solvents, sterilization, pasteurization, and sterile sealing, claiming success for female illnesses and citing letters from grateful users.
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Dia E. Pinkham
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Napeer
Portland R Rubber M Mills
Ward
United Grain Chow
Gotro Pacific
Henry Wide
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ZAN Bros
Hotel Alder
W. Warhung
F Alder
Poland
Ore
Shank &C
Elaner Auto Spring CO
Ove
Weilig Theater
Nyaettlen
Conley’s
127Eros Street
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15Th and
Burnside Bs
FORD
Talbot & Casey. Inc
Grand Avenue
Eo City Garage
Fearing & Robne Trupinesat
Tenthot
Stark
F. Friedlander CO
Ncw Kipert Watch and
Chen
Wehington
Coms
Keautifi
Safe Central
Nortonia
Ith and Stark
Portlans
Hirt, Aoe
Izard
Izard Gas Eating CO
Ashe
Tanmals Cibo AG Sank
Tru
Bis
Columbia “Dairy
Front St
J. C. English Co
Morrison
Alder
Otland Matble
Neu Bros
Chas. W. Coodman
Optometriah
Fit Ark-David CO
Third Bt
Klna
Hawthorne Ave
CONEY
Huilding
Abington Ride
Heal Estate
Frank L. McGuire
Avital
Daialogue
MIB Decker
Callose
Altaky Isldg
Hawthorne Auto & Gas Engine School
Ketah’ Tlabod
Bo Round Gilo Co
Dekum
Unique Sailoring Co
Rookt Mountain Teachers Agancy
Frank K. Welles
Asat
Mer
Smith's
Wall Pauper House
Second St
London
Bond Street
Westminster
House of Commons
Crown Willamette Paper Co
Camas
of Merit
Clifford
Kewanee
Opera M.D. Spencer
East Morrison
St. Nicholas
Sixth Street
Renu Wr
Wentworth & Irwin, Inc
Second Street
Taylor
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Taleo
Humboldt
Weltham
Seyneewalker
Busine Fralin School
Yamhill
Morris Brothers, Ince
Morris Building
Stark St
Department of Agriculture
Hazlitt
Cincinnati Authority
Indian Tailor Bird
New Houston Hotel
Everett Sts
Union Depot
New Pontaltica
Chas. G. Hopkins
J. F. Vandenbuerg
Aptis
Batiametion Renteed
West Jessup St
Portland, On
Lydia E. Pinkham
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