Painting Theories And Epigrams From Daily Troubadour
A collage of old notes and illustrations offers a painting guide from National Lead Company and comic vignettes. It includes advice on surface preparation, adulteration tests for white lead, a toothbrush of humor, and anecdotes from Georgetown era papers. It blends practical paint lore with caricature-like snippets and regional humor.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Bids
New York
Houssowner
Trusts Take Half Farmers Fleeced by Tariff Robbers
James J. Hill, railroad magnate, claims trusts will collapse under their weight and that science and higher grain output alone can counter tariff-driven price hikes. He argues tariffs are the backbone of trusts and warns that high tariffs raise living costs while failing to relieve the treasury. Western farmers face rising costs as robber trusts prosper, prompting calls for tariff reduction to balance national income as agriculture feeds the world.
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James J. Hill
Hill
Oor
Sister’s Trick Turns Health By Replacing Coffee
A sister secretly substituted hot Postum for the narrator’s morning coffee. The change restored strength, color, and energy within ten days, leading to praise for Postum as a nerve and heartheal strengthening cereal drink. The reader is urged to look for the book The Road to Wellville.
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Joey
Postum
Weilville
California fruit grower seeks higher duties on fruit
A California fruit grower argues for higher and broader protection duties, saying tariffs defend the industry from rising costs and foreign competition. The Journal of Commerce critiques the logic, noting mutual tariff fear and the risk of economic collapse if protection erodes.
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Journal of Commerce of
New York
California
Journal of Commerce
Tariff Analysis Critique Sparks Objections to New Bill
Chicago Tribune analysis criticizes the new tariff measure as failing to cut duties on wear ing apparel for men and women. It notes the woolen cotton and silk schedules unchanged, while iron and steel saw no relief. Senator Quay warned he would block tariff legislation if the iron and steel schedule remained. Aldrich secured gains for the other three schedules.
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Taft
Chicago Tribune
Senator Quay
Aldrich
Value of the humble hen in Nebraska economy
Nebraska's new labor commissioner Mr Maupin praises the hen as a pillar of society. He cites 18 million dollars in egg sales last year and 1.2 billion eggs produced in 1908. If lined end to end the eggs would circle the earth, and they would feed 600 060 000 people with ham and yield a vast omelet.
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Nebraska
Maupin
Omaha
Ogden
Ben
Cleared Words of a Street Encounter Tale
A speaker recalls a vivid rural anecdote about a defenseless woman facing a street assault. The woman describes how she confronted a man who accosted her, then recounts that he lay in the gutter after being struck. The exchange reveals social roughness and a moment of moral assertiveness.
Deafness Cure Claims and a Police Interrogation
A fragmentary review discusses hearing loss and claims about a cure, mentioning catarrh and a tube, with warnings about unverified remedies. It includes a police scene where an umbrella theft leads to a judge asking the guilty verdict, referencing a man named Thompson and a Quim Uy. An advertisement urges mothers to examine CASTORIA as a safe infant remedy, noting decades of use and the signature.
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J Thompson
Brick
Quim Uy
Reflection and remedies in early 20th century ads
An OCR noisy page fragment showcases moral maxims and multiple patent medicine ads. It references true friendship and discernment, then promotes eye remedies, tonics, powders, lozenges, teething products, Santa patent cures, and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion with dubious health claims.
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Thoron
Taft Chooses White Steamer For Presidential Car
The White Steamer was selected after War Department tests of major makes. W. J. Urquhart of White Co says Taft’s model is a near replica of the 40 horsepower car, with arms on the doors, and a smaller 26 horsepower version available for 2100 dollars.
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Taft
Mr. Taft
President Roosevelt
Roosevele
War Department
MF Taft
Washington
Tat
Fasi
W. J. Urquhart
White Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Fall de Falls
Tate
United States
Mr .Tafte
Fragmented 1910s ad and quotes on medicine and manners
A collage of advertisements and quirky quotes. It includes Rev. J. M. Suffield of Lincoln Nebraska praising Deans Kidney Pills, a claim about backache and kidney relief after other remedies failed, and a testimonial about not hesitating to confirm. Also features lines about politeness interruptions and observations on charity. Multiple stray brand mentions appear, including Lewin Single Bird cigar and references to Quinine products.
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J. M. Suffeld
St. Lincolin
Nebr
Fk Suites
Wade
Suffield
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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Georgia
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Martha
Angie Sarco
Newcastle
Bilan
America
Bill
Biddy
Tia
Hianche Bates
Cleeer
Pleewe
Ameer
Cory
Peter
Deuce
Ufsh
Partoera In
Hin Crime
Mothora
himepif—Mertam
Allen
Winslow
Bote
Woolford
President Taft
Putnam Faceless
Monuroe Drug CO
Quincy
Illinois
Taler
Kansas City Times
Lewin
Idaho
Snake River Country
E. L. Lomax
C.P. A
Neb
Leromares
Albotilo Rians Bok
al Drogpie and
Botee Peste Houses
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Indiana
Beatie
Trinity
York
Watson FE. Coleman
Leek Fren
Millereburg
Deuphin Co
Chas
Gosdon
Lewiston
Midlin Co
Defiance
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