Penmanship a Fine Art and a Royal Riddle
The piece discusses a revival of penmanship as art in and beyond exhibitions with elaborate illuminations and new interest, notes the Duchess of Oxburghe Miss May Goolet building a zoo at Fleurs castle, and recounts a court contest over Mrs. Katherine Powers Beaverhooker Hooker’s will with estate details. It ends with a quip from a Russian official about a fortune teller.
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Oxburghe
May Goolet
New York
Fleurs Castle
Nettle Indy
Witt
Isabelle Dearher Hooker
Henry Ward Beecher
Katherine Lurton Powers
Brookline
Mass
Mra. Hooker
Edward FR. Hooker
Hartford
John C. Day
Hooker
Daugher
Washington Star
Lydia E. Pinkham
Aug. Lyon
Mra
Augustus Lyon
East Enel
Tinkham
Postum Cereal Company Letter Contest Ad
An odd advertisement invites letters sharing experiences with Postum coffee substitute. It outlines topics on coffee behavior, effects, and preparation tips, with promises of prizes including a $10 gold prize and other greenbacks. Writers must be honest, not poetic, and mail to Postum Cereal Co Lith, Matte Creek, Mich.
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Poston
Tastani
Ehardeterlewa
Alan Dive
Judee
Poetuma Cereal Co
Pheip
Tve
Postum Ia
Pold
Poastum Cereal Co
Lith
Matte Creek
Mich
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Enormous Advances in Farm Prices and Lands 1906
A political tract arguing huge gains in farm land values and farm product prices from 1895 to 1906 under protection, citing billions added to farm real estate and product markets. It contrasts Republican protection prosperity with Democratic tariff years, claiming massive farm losses under free trade.
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United States
Hareau of Statisitics
Department
McKinkey
Nebely
Etiites
Indieteles i
Topoloconeamie
Defoe
Fuerses
Anales
Republican Party
Party of Protection
Peteon
Mey
Free Trade Party
Party of
Preacher and the Poet in Shakespeare’s Time
Theodore T. Munger, writing in the February Alliante, argues Shakespeare did not fully align with the town church’s Presbyterian leanings. He notes Shakespeare avoided preaching, favoring walks by the Avon with his wife and a mingling of poetry and religious doubt, suggesting the preacher and poet were not the same.
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Shakespeare
Stratford
Avon
Susanna
Judith
Perhod
Cardinal Newman Ayga
God
Theodore T. Munger
Vegetable Treatment and Starch Advertisements in Odd Blend
An odd collage of medical patent remedy claims for blood disorders labeled The Vegetable Treatment, a tonic mixture with dandelion and sarsaparilla, plus a sales pitch for Doe fiance Starch claiming superior strength and economy. The piece also includes a trivial campus exchange about generosity and a brief, misquoted joke.
Cuticura Remedies Featured In Household Experiments
A letter from Mrs Lezlie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Tennessee praises Cuticura soaps ointment and pills for treating eczema and poison oak, claiming rapid relief and no doctor needed. The clipping also includes unrelated ads and a fragment about undertakers in an unhealthy town and assorted marketing pitches from early 1900s periodicals.
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Mra
Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden’s Ridge
Tenn
Colorado
Handsome Bridal Coach Built for Piiteron Liveryman
Bridgeport Connecticut manufacturer completes a bridal coach for a Piiteron Pennsylvania liveryman. The $1800 vehicle features heart shaped windows two large heart dashboards heart shaped rear springs 20 heart motifs on the wood carved gilt trimmed upholstery curtains and two Cupids atop the lamps.
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Bridgeport (Conn
Piiteron
Cigar Ad Promises Quality Tobacco from Peoria Dealer
An old tobacco advertisement extols Tewis' Single Ninder straight Go cigars and extra quality tobacco. It urges buyers to ask their dealer or Lewin' Tuetors of Peoria for the product. The copy contains rustic proverbs about men and horses to imply strong characters resisting control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewin' Tuetors
Peoria
Company Withdraws from Canada and Tariff Shock
Consul John F. E. Hamilton of Cornwall reports an American tinplate and iron works project at Morrisburg abandoned after Canada’s tariff schedule protection was rejected. The item promotes Defiance Starch for home laundering and clothes care, citing textile sheen and stiffening strength. Spurgeon quotation closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
John FE. Hamilton
Cornwall
Morrisburg
Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Health For Woman And Daughter
Mrs Jocle Robbing of Decatur reports weakness headaches and numbness improved after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She says the pills revived her vitality and helped her daughter who suffered anaemia and weakness. Pills priced 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
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