Testimonial Advertising Controversy Over Pyramid Pile Cure
A prominent politician questions newspaper testimonials while a large paper owner wagers on genuineness. The case of Newton K Young of Pennington New Jersey is cited as cured of piles after fifty years by Pyramid Pile Cure. General George W Scarborough confirms the claim and Pyramid Drug Co of Maryll, Miot., backs it with a thousand dollar guarantee.
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Atar
Lea
Ig Gpeonine
Newton K. Young
Pennington
N. J
Young
W. Scarborough
Br. Scarborough
Mr. Young
George W. Scarborough
Pyramid Drug Company
Maryall, Miot
Genul Senesa
Scarborough
Tentimany
Girl masquerades as boy in Spokane messenger work
Maud Coxhead, a 16 or 17 year old girl, lived four months as a boy named Charlie Scott in Spokane. She worked as a Western Union messenger, delivering papers to saloons and theaters, hiding in plain sight until police rescued her. She hopes to return to girlhood and hair now rests under Salvation Army care.
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Maud Coxhead
Western Union
Chariie Scott
Polley
Charlie Scott
Charlie
SKV
Maud
Salvation Army Rescue Home
Toronto
Canada
J. Coxhead
Nelson
AB. C
Spikane
Ehuda
Northern Pacific
Nick
Po Ncemen
Salvation Army
A & Rhatvel
Kid McCoy Seeks Third Divorce From Same Wife
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy faces a third divorce from Julia Cronelmeyer Selby with Howe & Hummels filing suit for divorce and a related $406 damages claim for alienation of affections against Ralph Thompson. The couple, married in 1900, separated after infidelity amid a tumultuous marital history spanning multiple reconciliations and travels to Europe and Japan.
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New York
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Howe & Hummels
Selby
Ralph Thompson
Thompson
Rossmore Hotel
Japan
Prise Fghter
Europe
Mila
Ming Ellis
Ellis Locomotive Works
Boston
Aulumnn
Belby
Hlawite
Sarato
Rectore
Hopoken
Belby Eye
Baratoge
Thompaca
Saratoga
Atlantic
Independent Booking Agency Plans Nationwide Theater Circuit Next Season
The Independent Booking agency, allied with Harrison Grey Fiske and Maurice Campbell, outlines a wide expansion to tour independent companies across major U.S. cities. It secures four-year bookings for Weber and Fields at the new Glone theater in Boston, and handles numerous venues from Tremont in Boston to the Weat End in Harlem, Brooklyn’s Broadway, and more, with planned theaters in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, and beyond.
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New York
Harrison Grey Fiske
Jams KK. Hackett
Maurice Campbell
United States
Weber and Fields
Glone
Baston
Tremont Theater
Boston
John B. Schoeffel
Tremont
Globe
Harlem
Brooklyn
Weber and Fields Company
Witlara Collier
Weber Aid Fielde
Chicago
Cleveland
Haw
New Colonial
W. B. Lawrence and Company
Avenue Theater
Detroit
St. Falin
St. Louis
New York Capital
Pittsburg
Duquesne Theater
Harry Willams
Balthmore
Thegency
Music Hall
Dramatic Companies
Washington Ia
Montreal
New Orleans
San Francisco
Northwest
Galveston Rises From Ruins with Sea Wall Plan
A century after the Texas coast disaster Galveston rebuilds with a massive sea wall project rising above mean low tide. The plan includes 17 percent taller protection and extensive city raising work funded by bonds and state aid, while rapid rebuilding continues.
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Texas
Galveston
Oh Enorme
Thia Plu
Wea Wat Atwell
Oclly
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New Albany
Anti-saloon League
Orborgers
Kid McOy
Ralph Tompson
Brussels
Sommers
D. Summers & CO
East Washington Street
Texas Coast
Consumpton
Dr. Wood
Stevenson Building
Devore Cu
Bargaina
Gabiwine
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