Sayings and Doings Pose Book Fears in Washington Circles
Mrs Crowninshield wife of the navy bureau chief denies her forthcoming book The Archbis op and the Lady depicts no Washington officials or social figures, instead set in a French chateau near Paris. The piece mentions the chateau history and a party with Mme Adams, and covers other brief notes on travel and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Crowninshield
Crowninshield
France
Paris
Mme
Juliet Adams
Crowninshields
Mme. Adams
Russia opens cheap Trans-Siberian fares for emigration
The Russian government will offer very low fares on the Trans-Siberian railway to encourage emigration. A ticket from Russia to Tobolsk costs just over $1 and Tobolsk to any Siberian station costs a small number of shillings, letting travelers cover about 6000 miles for around $4.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Russia
Tobolsk
Siberia
Milk Extinguisher Proposed For Kerosene Fire
A scientist suggests milk can extinguish kerosene fires as it forms an emulsion with the oil, supposedly speeding the extinguishing. The text also touts Tostetter's Stomach Bitters as a quick cure for constipation indigestion dyspepsia biliousness and flatulence and recommends it for malaria fever and ague.
Laundry firm circular targets English buyers in Hong Kong
A clipped notice circulated to potential English customers in Hong Kong by a new laundry business promises thorough washing at low prices and asks for customers' wages to run the venture. The language shows imperfect English usage and is presented as a cautionary example in a discussion of She Is Spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Hong Kong
Louis Erhardt & CO
Atchison, Kans
Winchester Suns
Stevens
Leshan
Benefit of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A Victorian era exhortation urged mothers to monitor their daughters for signs of puberty and use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound during changes. Letters from Miss Good and Miss Pearl Goop in Seattle assert the remedy aids irregular menses and improves health and spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia J. Pinkham
Miss Good
Pearl Goop
Cor
20Th Avenue and
Yestar Way
Seattle, Wash
Miss Pearl
29Th Avenue
Yeslar Way
Seattle
Wash
Purifying Blood and Garfield Tea Adverts as Moral Remedies
An old promotional piece touts A Good Complexins achieved by blood purification and Garfield Tea. It mentions November meteoric showers and political falling stars as backdrop. It claims Russ Bleaching Blue makes clothes whiter and grocers widely sell it.
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Henry C. Townsend
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain
American Association of General
Pittsburg
Bellefontaine Road
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Toledo, Peoria and Western
United States
Peoria
Wabash
Toledo
Wabash, St. Louis
Pacific
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
H. C. Townsend
May
Lucania
New York
Lord
Lady Francis Hope
Lady Hope
May Yohe
Clara
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toe
San Francisco
Idaho
Idaho Colony CO
17Th St
Denver
Cole
J. W. Gunnell
Toledo, Ohio
Kansas City
St. Loui
Palace
Kansas
I. R. Griffin
E. W. Grove
Primley
California
Carter
Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich
N. Y
Parker
Hindercorn
Lovey
Mrs. Pinkham
Miss Pearl God
Saray Publishing
National City Bank
Lynn
Mass
Lupia E. Pinkwam
Standard Gas Lamp Co
Chicago
E. Burlingame & Co., Assay Office
Faschatory
Colorado
Lawrence St
Coles
Eureka Chemical CO
la Crosse
Wil
Colo
Mall
Ocden Assay CO
Betters Cote
Union Pacific
B&. R. Griffin
Hell
Sciatica
Lumbago
St. Jacobs Oil
R. DE. H. H. Green's Sons
Box K
Atlanta
Bosanko
Phila
Agneti
Sianishi
Asfarasa
Isanta Clara Manufacturing CO
Omaha
Neb
J.D. Best & Sons
Denver, Colo
Denver Directory
Fred Mueller
Larimer Street
Frown Palace
Hote Deane
Stradley Institute
N. U
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