Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Adverts Benefit Claims
Suffering from backache headaches and urinary troubles the ad asserts Dean's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys permanently Edward Porsche of Chicago recounts puffiness dropsy swollen face and feet with three months of illness relieved by the pills Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells them for 50 cents a box Remember the name Dean's and buy from dealers.
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Dean
Edward Porsche
Cleveland Ave
Chicago
Ill
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
A Poultry Problem and a Humorous Exchange
A light humorous item features a summer boarder asking which is correct siting or setting in speech and a farmer's wife joking about a hen, with quips on victory statues and a woman’s views on marriage and Ted's extravagance.
Economize Grammar Sparks Mock Battle Over Plurals
A Baltimore American style quip contrasts authority and common sense over pronouns. An ad fragment touts Jiamlins Wizard eargle remedy with three parts water for sore throat. A jab about Senator Jinks charges and sexton bills appears amid humorous lines and Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets nostalgia.
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Jinks
Sexton’s
Baltimore American
Piles Cured In 6 To 14 Days Drugstore Promise
An advertisement claims PAZO using Pintes ointment cures piles in six to fourteen days or money refunded. The copy also jokes about a man who talks of God yet hides wrong. It mentions Mrs Austins Buckwheat Flour for wholesome breakfasts and quips about helping Hottentots versus treating a washerwoman well.
Prominent I C Rail President James T Harahan Resigns
James T Harahan former Illinois Central president resigns on his seventieth birthday after a career as freight clerk engineer and conductor. He will receive about 6000 pension and averages 30000 salary over ten years. Harahan will remain a director of Illinois Central and other railroads. He was born in Lowell Massachusetts January 12 1841 and lives at 3258 Michigan Avenue Chicago. He led troops transport trains during the Civil War and faced hostile fire.
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James T. Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Memphis
Tenn
Harahan
Illinois Central
The
Lowell
Mass
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Pickwick Club
New Orleans
Noonday Club
St. Louis
Homewood Country Club
South Shore Country Club
First Teetotal Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Vezey Strong
Sir Thomas Vezey Strong becomes London’s teetotal lord mayor, abstaining from all酒 except water. He plans a coronation reception role, a baronetcy, and a key part in the Sta Stationers’ guild centennial, with aims to build a city art gallery. His reforms reduced local taxes by unifying 112 parishes into one, saving taxpayers money. He chairs the London Temperance Hospital and has ties to temperance groups.
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Thomas Vezey Strong
London
Sir Vezey
Mansion House
George
Stationers’ Guild
London Temperance Hospital
Independent Order of Good Templars
Perkins retires from J P Morgan & Co after fortune forged
George W. Perkins, age forty nine and a longtime partner at J P Morgan & Co, retires from active business with a fortune in the millions. He began as a Chicago Life Insurance office boy at fifteen and rose to vice president of New York Life before joining Morgan in 1901. He plans to devote time to corporate affairs and public work.
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George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Perkins
Hfe
Chicago
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Morgan
Perkins
Corporation
Resignation of Dr Henry Van Dyke at Princeton
Dr Henry Van Dyke resigns as Murray professor of English literature at Princeton University. He has taught since 1900, is a renowned educator and author, born 1852 in Germantown, educated at Princeton and Berlin, with pastorships in Newport and New York. He may focus more on writing after leaving Princeton.
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Henry van Dyke
Murray
Princeton University
Princeton
van Dyke
Germantown
University of Berlin
United Congregational Church
Newport
R. L
Brick Presbyterian Church
New York
Yale
Harvard
Eas
Flax Profits Highlighted By Prairie Trade Prospects
The article notes a surge in flax shipments from Fort William to Buffalo with 241 000 and 958 000 bushels valued at 583 220 and 720 009 dollars. It emphasizes western Canada’s free homestead 160 acre lands near rail lines and the strong lake movement. It also praises Canadian grain displays in St Louis and urges reading government literature on opportunities.
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Canada
Fort William
Lake Superior
Buffalo
Western Canada
St. Louis
Bo’sun and the Inaccessible Admiral Tale
A boatswain pesters Sir John Fisher at the British admiralty with bold humor. The admiral, famed for being distant, dismisses him with a sharp remark, prompting the boatswain to declare he will meet the admiral later, but must speak now. The anecdote sits among light witticisms about weddings and smoking money in a collage of comic vignettes.
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Admiral Potter
Sir John Fisher
Sir John
Laundryman Mose Describes Work at Eliza Ann Laundry
In a light exchange, Mose explains his job as a laundry manager for Eliza Ann. The conversation touches on daily duties and the nature of the laundry business in casual detail.
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Mose
Eliza Ann
Old Common Sense Change Food When You Feel Out of Sorts
A doctor tells a man with weekly stomach trouble and headaches to stop fried foods and meat at breakfast and switch to Grape Nuts and cream. After a few days he improves, recovers fully, and says he feels younger and healthier than in twenty years. The note promises a new issue and asks if readers have seen the letter.
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Wellville
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Roseford CO
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Big Four Ry
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Pendleton
Indianapolla
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