Defiance Starch and Other Edgy Product Mentions
A collage of ad-like lines notes various products and prompts. Defiance Starch claims safety for fine fabrics and less ironing effort, while other lines reference a cigar trade, charitable giving, and a Chinese remittance figure of 50 million dollars annually. A separate report cites scorpions delaying a tank repair project in Kamalagaram, India, with over 30 workers stung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamalagaram
India
Shanghai Merecury
Questionable Health Advertisements From Singapore Times
A scanned fragment from the Singapore Times mixes medical patent cures with shipping commentary and lunar eclipse notes. It references catarrh treatments, a ship port description of How Kors, and Hindu eclipse beliefs tied to Rahow. The text appears as a mosaic of unrelated items and local notices.
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Singapore
Rahow
Singapore Times
Cured of Gravel by Doan's Kidney Pills
Suffolk publisher J D Daughtrey reports kidney trouble for years with gravel and sediment. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills three years ago he has not passed a stone, noting prior agony and persistent symptoms. He kept 14 stones as a sample, praising the tonic sold everywhere for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. D. Daughtrey
Misl
Suffolk
Wsing
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Beggar Wears Silk Hat On London Street Scene
Visitors from the country stop in Strand to witness a man in a city clerk’s clothes, topped by a silk hat. He stands with one foot in the gutter and offers matches for sale while begging. His refined attire juxtaposes the street pitch, catching astonished onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leiden
Strand
London Evening Standard
Ears Looked as If They Would Drop Off Cure Story
Mrs George J Steese of Akron reports Cuticura cured her daughter’s severe skin disease in two weeks after doctors failed. She praised Cuticura Soap and Ointment, saying sores healed quickly and the child’s face cleared, vowing to buy it again despite small cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Quiet Funeral Turns Out to Be Military Send Off
A spinster Aunt Mary dies in Carlsbad and is to be buried quietly. The nephew opens the casket and finds an English general instead, who has died the same day. A military funeral with six brass bands and saluting guns is arranged for the general. The rest of the piece promotes a starch product with exaggerated copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
New England
Carlsbad
Tie
Hetra
Lady Minto’s New India Work Sparks Nursing Effort
The countess of Minto, famed for aiding the Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada, now begins similar work in India where her husband has become governor general after Lord Curzon. Fielding’s remark about boundless anger references poets and students of astronomy.
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Lady Minto
India
Countess of Minto
Victorian Order of Nurses
Canada
Lord Curzon
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