Attacked on All Sides Could Rockefeller Defend His Position
Ida Tarbell in April McClure's notes Rockefeller dominance of the oil business. By 1878 J D Rockefeller had four years of major growth and power but faced fierce critics who claimed the empire harmed rivals and used courts and legislatures to press their case. The piece tests his defensive strengths against ongoing oil industry battles.
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John D. Rockefeller
Ida M. Tarbell
McClure
Hunts Lines
Joly D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard
Empire Transportation Company
Rockefeller
That Man Move Up Forward Leader on Street Car
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip recalls a street car conductor famed for saying Move up forward please with every boarding. The gag likens a daily quacking speaker to a transit worker enforcing space on crowded cars.
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Cincinnati Commercial ‘Tribune
Smithers
Hygiene Lesson From a Teachers Convention in Oklahoma City
A group of young women at a teachers convention in Oklahoma City learned about health after a sister teacher described giving up coffee for Postum. She credited improved stomach health and clearer heads, noting others at the boarding house also tried Postum with positive results. Names reportedly provided by Postum Co.
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Oklahoma City
Postum Co
Battle Creck
Mich
Descendants Seek Century Old Rum on Mt Katahdin
The Patten family of Bangor plans a 100th anniversary ascent of Mt Katahdin to unearth a buried jug of rum left by Amos Patten in 1803. Six decades of Pattens have searched the summit for the elusive liquor, with fife and drum and patriotic songs marking each expedition.
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Amos Patten
New York Sun
Bangor
Maine
Pattens
Columbia
Amos
Mt. Katahdin
Georgia
Mrsb
One for the Shopwalker Tit Bits
In a large shop a stern shopwalker rebukes a junior for not helping a lady seeking a purchase. He reveals she wanted half a crown to subscribe to the Life of Moses, a detail the junior failed to obtain before she left.
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Moses
Red decor takes hold as table styles tighten in New York
Simple table decorations rise in fashion with red as the dominant color. The shift from lush centerpieces to minimal greenery and scarlet poinsettias reflects a trend toward elegant restraint, seen in high society settings from the Garry musicale to the Astor ball and royal receptions.
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New York
Hermann Oeltichs iI
Willie K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Astors
Garry Musicale
Miles
Washington
Lady Herbert
Mrs. Roosevelt
The Merry Magnate and the Complaints
A playful street railway magnate reads a letter signed by “A patron of twenty years’ standing” about service complaints. The scene juxtaposes two magnates as they laugh at the request, while an unrelated line notes the orthodox Russian calendar of 18 holidays.
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Hal
First Street Railway
Second Street Railway
Peruna Advertises Cure for Catarrh and Barrenness
An 1890s style Peruna advertisement extols Peruna and Manalin as cures for catarrh of the pelvic organs and infertility. It quotes letters from women in Idaho Missouri and other places praising improved health and successful pregnancies after using the remedies. The message claims maternity as a peak of virtue and presents Peruna as a life changing tonic with testimonials and urging readers to contact Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio for cures.
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Israel
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Manalin
Reflections of a Bachelor in New York Press
A satirical take on gender roles and vanity contrasts a pundit’s views with comic quips from the Chicago News about an oculist. It notes a baking mix of social clichés and a cartoonish scene about a man facing bankruptcy, with a playful jab at a mock inquiry to see Dr. Sprinks.
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New York Press
Chicago News
Dr. Sprinks
Do you think that cigaret smoking causes a deterio ration of mentality
A Washington Star exchange mocks public opinion with a debate about smoking and intelligence. A senator quips that some people lack the charm to pay the price, while a running joke about maps and prices frames the humor. An ad for Allen's Foot Ease promises foot relief and comfortable shoes. A London bound liner, the Lord Lansdowne, dodges sixty icebergs off Newport News.
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Washington Star
Sorghum
Newport News
England
Lord Lansdowne
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful in Back Pain Case
A reader from Everett Massachusetts reports relief from persistent back pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Multiple testimonials note improved urination and reduced ache, with claims of rapid relief and renewed comfort following trial samples.
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Everett, Mass
Doan
Ally Day
Geo. A. Buncess
Belmont Street
Aspny, Corp
DT. Starsapr
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