Colorado Midland Railway Promotes Grand Resorts and Scenery
The passage touts a trip to Colorado with stops in Utah California and the Northwest aboard the Colorado Midland Railway, claiming it as the highest standard gauge line in the world. It advertises exceptionally low summer round trip rates to interior state points and invites inquiries to Mr C H Speers, General Passenger Agent, Denver Colo.
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Colorado
Utah
California
Colorado Midland
Northwest
C. H. Speers
Denver
Colo
Harrigan recalls breakdown over lost son in stage tale
Ned Harrigan, returning to the stage, recounts a moment when a play scene about a mother and a wayward son brought him to tears. He reveals he once lost his own son just before, and the rehearsal scene triggered the grief so deeply that he halted the performance and never played the scene again.
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Ned” Harrigan
New York Mail and Express
System In Drinking And Courtship Observations
Aged senator claims a layered drinking method combining whisky and water with meals. A Herald piece laments overused praise in a young lady’s courtship writing, noting excessive adjectives. It also mentions Lawrence Oliphant credited with introducing the cigarette to England around 1844.
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Augusta ((A
Punishment for Wife Beaters Discussed in New York
Roosevelt proposed reviving the whipping post for wife beaters after collecting records showing its prevalence. The plan was defeated as barbarous by opponents. Also appears as a separate ad offering a cure for catarrh and constipation with claims of universal effectiveness and a 73 cent price.
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New York State
Roosevelt
Grant's Aide and Charity Theme Highlighted
In Philadelphia at 2009 Chestnut Street Mrs. Julia Dent Grant recalls her husband’s surrender to creditors during the Grant and Ward era. A wealthy visitor urged aid to a penniless mother with two children, challenging Mrs. Grant to consider charity in action. Also notes on umbrellas as symbols of power in Siam and among African tribes, a Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders notice, Delany’s telegraph system claim, Lewis’ cigars, and a children’s essay on King Solomon detailing wives and the spread of Masonry.
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Julia Dent Grant
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Mrs. Grant
Siam
Free trips for Defiance Starch trade-mark contest
Defiance Starch Co offers free round trip tickets to the St Louis Exposition for 16 ladies and five ladies per state Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri who mail the most Defiance trade marks from a ten cent one ounce package. Entries must arrive by September 1804 with tickets sent by registered mail September 6th. Starch is 16 oz per package and touted as non sticking to iron.
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Defiance Starch Co
St. Louis Exposition
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Alssouri
Omaha
Nebr
Defiance
Drilling the Persian Army and Other News Snippets
An article notes Henry Savage Landor's view of Persian army drilling as uneven, with well drilled Cossack cavalry but ragged infantry. It also covers printing advances using celluloid, Defiance Starch marketing, George Vanderbilt expanding Biltmore estate holdings, and American hop pickers from Puget Sound and British Columbia earning per box in Washington.
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Henry Savage Landor
Puget Sound
British Columbia
Washington
Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad Prospecting Shoes
Do your feet ache and burn shake into your shores Allen's Pent Eage powder for the feet. It tightens or new shoes feel ease cures swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores two cents. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmetet LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Draggista
2Ic
Allen S. Olmetet
LeRoy, N.Y
Motor Vans for Horses Replace Drawn Transport
The British port authorities plan to substitute motor vans for horse drawn carriages in some Manchester districts. The note urges Defiance Cold Water Starch as a reliable household staple, highlighting its 14 oz per 1000 package content versus 12 oz in rival brands, arguing quality and quantity will win customer loyalty.
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Firitish
Manchester Coloueh
Dominion Exhibition in Winnipeg Attracts Visitors
The Dominion Exhibition in Winnipeg Manitoba will draw hundreds of thousands this year with extensive Canadian agricultural and industrial displays. Rail low rates lure U S visitors and opening day is anticipated to be marked by Hon Clifford Sefton Minister of the Interior. Hotels report ample accommodations for guests.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
United States
Clifford Sefton
Interior
San Francisco Leads In Personal Crisis Reports
San Francisco tops American cities with the highest ratio of personal crisis reports at 9.1 per 100,000 population. Various stray lines reference tobacco, factory prices, Nebraska railroad employes, and a string of nonsensical phrases about rabbits and starch.
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San Francisco
Nebraska
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