Shorthand Career Path Promoted by Spalding's College
An advertisement extols shorthand as a fast route to employment in Kansas City. It promotes Spalding's Commercial College, notes salaries from 40 to 60 dollars monthly rising with experience, and offers free introductory lessons by sending Dept. 25 materials.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Spalding
Commerceial College
Commercial College
Spalding’ Commercial College
Xivexa
Aif
Quack Cure Ads Show Early Medicine Pitches
A noisy fragment from a bygone era touts cures for cold and catarrh with promises of free trials and money back. It touts laxatives, tonics, and tonics as miracle remedies, mentions a Toledo wholesale druggists network, and claims Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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Neve
J. Cheney
Toledo
Ohio
Mall
Catarth
Hall
XU. S
M.C. Cutler
South Carolina
Peruna Medicine Co
Washington, D. C
M. C. Butler
Periio
Peruna
After-Dinner Katy Train Change and Local Advertisements
A collage of notices: a train schedule update for the Katy line altering departure to 12 26 p m from Kansas City Union Depot, promoting an After Dinner Train for Texas and connections through Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Also an old Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders ad offering relief for stomach and teething troubles with sample by mail. Defiance Cold Water Starch ad claims superior quality and larger package size.
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Mother Gray
New York
Samiple
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
Kansas City
Union Depot
Texas
Katy
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Patent trends and fire escape boom year 1902
In 1902 the English Patent Office saw 28 976 applications with 353 704 granted. Leading inventions included electric traction and motor car ideas, with wireless telegraphy, gol dalle and cluba and reversible outside seats for trees noted. The Queen Victoria Street fire spurred a surge in patent fire escapes.
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Gentuves
Queen Victora Street
I Used Dodd's Kidney Pills Says Barfoot Cure
A Maplehill woman Nellie Barfoot describes her misery and resolve after illness and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring health and happiness. The note urges suffering women to try the remedy. Mosquitoes plague Paris after wet weather with stagnant ponds blamed. A Buddhist dignitary’s Japan burial is reported with police noting ceremonies. A Los Angeles Times quip critiques football rules as overly technical.
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Maplehill
Docusian Nellie Barfoot
Miss Barfoot
Dodd
Paris
Paria
Florida Gains Congressman
Florida gains a third seat in the U S House as apportionment shifts from two to three members under the new distribution. The change reflects reapportionment after the census and increases Florida’s representation in Congress.
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Florida
Bone of Representatives
Gold In Other Worlds Meteor study finds gold traces aboard
An Australian scientist analyzed a meteor and found traces of gold, suggesting the element is not monopolized by Earth. The discovery implies extraterrestrial presence of gold and broadens understanding of planetary materials.
Grape Nuts Diet Aids Washed‑up Patient’s Recovery
A wartime style testimonial claims predigested Grape Nuts and Postum restored health after years of stomach trouble. The speaker details gains of 16 pounds, better sleep, appetite and digestion, and cites coffee abstinence. The note ends with a push for postal information and a $7,600 cook contest.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Malor
Shees
Desperate Man and Quirky Dinner Talk Humor
A collection of humorous vignettes and misheard exchanges from a lighthearted column. A husband jokes about the baby while dining on lobster salad. A doctor is summoned for an elderly client, and a series of witty misunderstandings light up a social page.
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Te Wan
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