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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
7
An American firm produced the largest sheet of paper, a continuous roll named Jumbo. It measures ninety six inches wide and fourteen miles long, weighing over twenty three hundredweight. The unbroken roll required twelve men to move it into a wagon.
An assortment of old advertisement blurbs touts bromides for nervous disorders especially in women and children, a remedy named Elixir Six Bromides, along with other patent medicines, foot care powder Allen’s Foot-Ease, and quack cures for colds and beauty culture. The page includes vendor names, addresses, and promotional claims.
In a Portland theater a sign appears after the overture urging ladies to remove hats. The page also advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute, touting stomach-friendly grain base, low price, and grocer availability. Also notes on Andaman Islanders, horse sale prices, and railway executives with scattered product and travel ads.
Patent lawyers Higdon Fisher and Thorpa report Missouri Kansas Nebraska inventors with patents issued week ending March 21 1999. Names include Baumann Headley Couley Hodges Knight Garrett Meier Poyton Ranz Seubert Shoemaker Winspear Mesmer Polka Marsh Winspear etc. Also mentions chair, harness buckle, wall paper tools, tree clamp, corks receptacle and more. Public notice requests price lists and catalogs.
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