Laundry venture in Skaguay aims to cash in on Alaska boom
Mortimer I Stevens recounts buying the Troy hand laundry in Skaguay for 250 dollars and plans to expand into a steam plant and hotel projects. He and his partner, with two men and two women, report earnings of 62 dollars first week and describe Alaska trade as similar to the states with higher laundry prices and active promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaguay
Chicago Daily News
Skaguay
Alaska
Troy Hand
Pay- Menta
Juneau
Chicago
Some Evils of Auctions
Opinion piece notes risks of auctions for shoppers especially women. It contrasts with reputable stores offering honest treatment and inspection. It warns of deceptive bidding, misrepresented items, and fakers exploiting vanity for inflated prices.
His Own Idea
A humorous exchange in The Sketch where a boy denies the devil suggested his mischief and admits the spitting was his own idea, while the aunt warns against wicked behavior and declares such conduct extreme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Not Guaranteed Beauties in a Daily Exchange
A fragment shows a humorous exchange where Tom remarks on Miss Bloom’s complexion and Clara doubts it will wash, reflecting light conversational mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
The Largest Cannon for New York Harbor Defense
A 126 ton monster gun, forty nine feet long with a sixteen inch bore, is under construction at Bethlehem iron works to guard Romer shoals near New York harbor. It will use 1000 pounds of powder per shot and project a 2300 pound steel shell up to sixteen miles, powered by electricity for loading and firing.
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Bethlehem Iron Works
Pennsylvania
New York Harbor
Romer Shoals
Spezia
Genoa
Krupp Company
Bethlehem
Extracting Gold From the Sea
A Portland Maine company forms with a $10,000,000 capital to mine gold from sea water claiming vast profits from billions of tons of sea water. An Indianapolis scientist asserts local clay beneath the city yields gold worth about 90 cents per ton, enough to generate large returns. The piece also notes humorous quips about Hobbs leaving the harness business and Pat’s cow-related plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Standard Oil Company
Indianapolis
Fire Destroys Sterling Remedy Building in Attica Indiana
A noon blaze in Attica destroys the Sterling Remedy company laboratory and office building, makers of Cascarets Candy Cathartic and No-To-Bac. Manager Harry Kramer orchestrates rapid recovery, moving charred furniture and resuming work. multi-thousand dollar damage plus business disruption.
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Attica
Ind
Sterling Remedy Company
Indiana
Harry Kramer
Eldridge Declares Utah Gilsonite Abundant for All
George H. Eldridge of the geological survey reports in Utah that gilsonite and mineral rubber deposits are plentiful and cannot be monopolized. He says speculators quarrelling is pointless and Congress need not act to protect them. There is enough on the Utah reservation to cover the globe with a coat an inch thick.
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George H. Eldridge
Geological Survey
Utah
Congress
Mr. Eldridge
Uintah Reservation
The Pursuit of Happiness and A New Humane Society
The text cites happiness linked to independence and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure-all for liver issues chills fever constipation dyspepsia rheumatism kidney trouble and nervousness. It notes Wilkes organizing a humane society named The Unclehood of Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Wilkes
Humane Society
No-To-Bac and Catarrh Cure Advertisements Collide
A mixed page of 19th century ads includes No-To-Bac a tobacco quit aid with a Chicago New York address, Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted as internal medicine, and testimonials. Also features liquor merchants Levy Lewin Denver and light gossip lines on bearded ladies and married men.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
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Mortimer I
Stevens
New York Times
Hobbs
Pat
FP. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Hall
Solomon
Levy & Lewin Mercantile Co
16Th and
Larimer Sts
Denver
Billinger
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