Peruna Promises Relief From Colds and Catarrh
A letter from Miss Florence E Kennah Otawa Ont praising Peruna for curing a severe lung cold and catarrh within three weeks. Another note from Miss Rose Gerbing Crown Point Ind lauds Peruna for rapid relief after a long country drive. Readers urged to write Dr Hartman for gratis advice if results fall short.
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Florence E. Kennah
Maria Street
Otagawa
Ont
Rose Gerbing
Crown Point
Ind
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Friday lore links explorers to a common day
A Kansas City Star piece links many historic events and figures to Fridays from Columbus to Gates and Cornwallis to Grant, noting Fridays mark landfalls, commissions, battles, births, and key moments. It cites Baxter's Bull Head cigars and a joked exchange about Charlie's champagne induced groans as casual inserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Paris
New World
Cabot
Henry VIII
England
Providence Bay
Massachusetts
America
Jamestown
Virginia
Great Britain
Congress
Gates
Burgoyne
France
Cornwallis
Perry
Great Lakes
Grant
Fort Donelson
Washington
Webster
Monroe
Pierce
Hayes
Reed
United States Senate
William P. Frye
William Waldorf Astor
Astor Fortune
August Belmont
Rothschilds
Gladstone
Leo XIII
Kansas City Star
ITS Permanently Cured Nofits or nervousness ad copy
An assortment of vintage advertisements and brief quips appear, including Dr Kline Grost Nerve Restorer claims and marketing lines for Defiance Starch and Baxter's Bullhead Cigar, plus wedding notice humor about nee Jones and Reginald Smith.
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Kline
Dn Roh
Kiing, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Reginald Smith Nee Jones
Nee
Exercise for Fat Persons and Proper Form
Advice on balancing exercise to avoid obesity and fatigue. Highlights include skipping, battledore and shuttlecock, lawn tennis for women, and baseball cricket football golf for men. Walking stairs scrubbing and short brisk walks before breakfast are urged as fat prevention for both sexes.
Mrs Grant's Apt Reply and Practical Philanthropy
When Mrs Julia Dent Grant lived at 2009 Chestnut street she was told of a rich woman's pity for a wardless young wife. Mrs Grant asked if the pity extended to aid and questioned whether assistance truly came from the pocket. The anecdote ends with a test of charity and right action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Dent Grant
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Persian Army Drilled Only For Parade Day
Traveler Henry Savage Landor describes the Persian army as mostly ragged and lazy though some Cossack cavalry were drilled by Russian officers. He notes drills occur rarely, with summer and winter too hot or cold, and troops trained mainly around the shah's birthday to appear presentable for parade.
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Henry Savage Landor
Whipping Post Debate For Wife Beaters Rises Again
New York lawmakers again debate reviving the whipping post for wife beaters. President Roosevelt once pressed a bill to reintroduce this punishment after compiling records of widespread cruelty. Opponents warn it would restore barbarous methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Roosevelt
Monument to Benton Statue Funding Request Sparks Capital Debate
The Commercial Club of Kansas City asks Missouri lawmakers to appropri ate 20000 for a Thomas H Benton statue to be placed in Kansas City near the 1856 prophecy site. Benton predicted the continent would be tied by iron bands and that products would feed vast multitudes, pointing toward the setting sun and declaring there is the East and the road to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Commercial Club of
Kansas City
Missouri Legislature
Thomas H. Benton
Orient
India
Scotland Man Tries Bible Verse as House Motto
An English correspondent reports a Scotsman ordered the door to bear My house shall be called a house of prayer. On return he found the verse extended to But ye have made it a den of thieves. The men added a final line to fit the space saying We had a wee thing mail room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Emerson's Memory Cherished in Concord Centenary
Arrangements are under way in Concord Massachusetts for the centennial observance of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson born May 25. The Social Circle long affiliated with Emerson formed a committee to set the program. Morning activities will honor children in the town hall and afternoon rites will be at the Unitarian church.
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Emerson
Concord
Mass
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unitarian Church
System in Drinking Shows Bibulous Senator’s Regimen
A Augusta Georgia Herald item recalls a senator who claims to regulate his drinking with a layered approach. He says mornings begin with a layer of whisky followed by water and breakfast, then the rest of the day consists of whisky layers with meals but no water.
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Augusta (Ga
Harrigan recalls breakdown in stage memory
Ned Harrigan, returning to the stage, shared a tale from a past production. He described the moment a scene with a dying mother moved him to tears and forced him to halt the performance after his own recent loss resurfaced.
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Ned” Harrigan
New York Mail and Express
Returned with a bare skin hunter and a bear
A hunter leaves camp promising to return with a bear skin. In the woods a bear attacks after a missed shot, the hunter fights with a knife, and the bear strips his clothes. Wounded, the bear flees to its den while the hunter limps back to camp. Moral: there is more than one way to fulfill a promise.
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Adam
Printing From Celluloid Revolutionizes Italian Press
Italian publishers and newspaper owners show strong interest in a new printing process. Bacigalupi of Genoa has acquired all rights and Milanese printers witnessed highly satisfactory practical tests. The method uses celluloid instead of lead and antimony to reproduce from plates and blocks.
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Roman Tribune
Bacigalupi
Milan
Engineers see Grand Canyon of the Colorado as power field
Colorado and Arizona engineers deem the Grand Canyon of the Colorado a premier site for water power development. They foresee using tunnels to capture the main stream’s fall with about 5,000 feet of drop in under a mile, near a point seventy miles north of Williams.
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Colorado
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Williams
Moses Leads Children Across Red Sea to Hunt Agates
A seaside camping tale recounts Roy’s mother guiding him through the Bible story of the Israelites. As they reach the Red Sea, Roy interjects that Moses led the Children of Israel across the Red Sea to hunt agates, reflecting a child’s playful misunderstanding.
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Agates
Roy
Israel
Red Sea
Moses
H. A. MacLafferty
Little Chronicle
Andrew Jackson Relics Collected by Louisiana Societies
Patriotic groups in Louisiana unite to buy a large Andrew Jackson relics collection from Col. Andrew Jackson. Items include a Washington desk chair once owned by Jackson in the White House, a Lafayette snuff box, and a bronze statue by Napoleon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Patriotic Societies
Louisiana
Col
New Orleans
George Washington
White House
Jackson
Lafayette
Napoleon
King Solomon's Lady Friends Essay Draws On Legend
A young narrator recounts a humorous anecdote about King Solomon. The piece claims Solomon ruled a distant country and built a grand temple. It asserts he fathered many wives and lady friends, linking them to the spread of Masons worldwide.
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Solomon
Vanderbilt Expands Biltmore Estate With New Davidson Tract
George Vanderbilt extends Biltmore in North Carolina by purchasing a large tract on the upper Davidson river. The addition includes several water powers and requires riverbed excavation on Swannanoa to prevent overflows as part of planned improvements.
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Vanderbilt
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
North Carolina
Davidson River
Swannanoa
Chinese To Erect Monument For Baron von Ketteler In Pekin
A large monument honoring Baron von Ketteler is being built on Pekin's busiest street, funded entirely by the Chinese government. The gateway-like "polla" spans the entire road, with a top stone measuring 27 by 3 by 3 feet. One hundred eighty mules pulled the top stone, and fifty seven mules pulled each smaller stone. The project costs China $160,000 in gold.
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Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
China
Beard Seven Feet Long in New Brunswick Man
Alexander Wilkie of upper Craigie Perth New Brunswick is said to own the longest beard, seven feet two and a half inches, still growing. A book about the West is praised, with reprinted chapters offered free by sending four cents in stamps to Zeph Chas Felt Denver.
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Alexander Wilkie
Upper Craigie
Perth
New Brunswick
West
Colorado
San Luis Valley
Zeph. Chas. Felt
Majestic Building
Denver
Colo
Advantages of steel framing raise tall building height
The article notes that modern steel framing enables a building to safely carry seven and a half times its base diameter, allowing an ordinary business building to reach about 1500 feet in height.
One Year for 10 Cents Rocky Mountain Magazine Launch
A new Denver magazine promises a year of adventure stories engravings and mining finds in the West. The first issue mailed soon with a solid publishing backer. Subscriptions at 10 cents for a year or six for 50 cents and mail to Rocky Mountain Magazine Denver. Briggs Bilkins joke ends the item with a quip about marriages and credit.
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Peng
Colorado
Grand Main
West
Rocky Mountain Magazine
Denver
Defiance Starch Slogan and Tobacco Ad Snippet
An old advertisement snippet extols Defiance Starch as superior in the eve household, touting a price advantage over competitors. It also promotes Haxter's Bullhead five cent cigars and humorously urges readers to quit work if smoking hampers it, ending with a wry note about a widow pursuing number one.
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Haxter
Chicago Rowdy Argument and Defiance Starch Ad
A fragmented 19th century style pane shows a Chicago woman with a volatile remark about a husband and a note praising Defiance Starch. The copy uses witty quips from cousins and a quip about a 16 ounce package versus 12-ounce rivals. A brief teacher and a bright girl joke conclude with a mortgage definition for farm.
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Peruna
F. BE. Kenah
Florence Kenah
Salzer
W. L. Douglas
Heyl
Corona Colt
Steve W. J. Douglas
Hlus
Ferry
Detroit
Mich
Loch New Yorker
Crosse, W
Gory’s “Seeds ” & Sune
Emma
Druggtats
Baxter
Charlie
Clent
Putnam
Defiance
Ne -U
Wes
Harrigan
Hunter
Briggs—Bilkins
Griggs
Chicago
May
Jack
John A. Salzer
Omer
L. A
Waz
Ee, Dairy and Poultry
Supaidgne
NS Merchandise CO
Ee St
Ana
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Paradox Machinery Co
E. Division St
Planters
Barteldes & CO
Fifteenth St
BES Tau
Rocky Ford
D. W. Burrell
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