Houseowners Guide to Painting Adulteration Issues
A cited guide explains common painting problems from improper surface prep to adulterated white lead. It promotes National Lead Company’s Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49 for detecting purity and offers a free complete painting guide with color schemes and specifications. The piece also notes humorous clippings about daily life and a quip about a beggar’s speech.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Bidg
New York
Postum Turns Health Around A Coffee Fiend’s Tale
A sister secretly replaces morning coffee with Postum a hot cereal drink. The coffee fiend improves after gradually drinking Postum, gaining strength, color, and clearer eyes. The account credits Postum with reviving health and vitality formerly lost to coffee.
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Glater
Berne
Taft Sees Aldrich Draft Tariff Bill Changes
President Taft reviews the first draft of the Senate tariff bill schedules with Senator Aldrich. The measure lowers most duties from the Payne bill, classifies articles by use, and adds duties on luxuries and some goods. Tea and coffee are free, and belts on dry goods and high end items are adjusted.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Senate
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
Payne
House
Dingley
Saad
Zinc interests push duty case before Senate finance panel
In Washington, D. C., Republican finance committee members heard Missouri zinc interests led by Senator Warner. Elias B. Gatch of Granby Mining and Smelting presented for the zinc owners and smelters, arguing the duty on zinc products was properly fixed in the House bill and a hearing from the delegation was arranged.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
Warner
Elias B. Gatch
Granby Mining and Smelting Company
Sinc
Gatch
St. Louis
Finance Committee
Wolf story a fake confession clears tragedy
In Harper Kansas Willer Hotch 10 was reported killed by wolves but George Nichole 10 confessed he shot the Botchkisa boy and invented the wolf tale to avoid truth. Coyotes found near the body aided the fabrication.
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Harper
Kas
Willer Hotchkiss
Here
George Nichole
Young Nichols
Nichols
Value of the Humble Hen in Nebraska's Economy
Nebraska's new labor commissioner lauds the chicken as a key pillar of society. She cites 1.2 billion eggs laid in 1908 and a farm value of 18 million dollars, comparing it favorably with corn and other crops and proposing a hen emblem for the state seal.
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Nebraska
Maupin
Omaha
Ogden
Blanche Bates Memoir Anecdote About Street Harassment
A friend of Blanche Bates recalls a vivid incident in which the actress defends a defenseless woman by striking a man who accosted her in the street. The tale highlights Bates’s fiery temper and quick defense of dignity.
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Augusta
Mr. Taft
Georgia
Martha
Loulaville Times
Blanche
Blanche Bates
Toledo
Partners in His Crime Umbrella Theft Case
A hard looking customer was arrested for stealing an umbrella. At the police court the prisoner admitted guilt saying I’m one of the guilty ones. The umbrella bore the name J Thompson on the handle and GQ H Brickley on the cover, taken from a man named Quimbly.
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J. Thompson
H. Brickley
Quimby
Safe eye and infant remedies and medical tips in ad form
The fragment promotes Castoria for infants and children, mentions meriam and eye soothing products, asserts safety under pure food laws, and includes assorted lines about remedies, friendship, and Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion with a note on paint removal. Contains multiple brand mentions and advice in a dated ad-like tone.
Taft Chooses White Steamer for Presidential Car
Article details President Taft's selection of a White Steamer after officer tests and factory visits. It notes Roosevelt's recommendation, the White Company's model details, and the possibility of duplicating Taft's car for different budgets.
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President Taft
Taft
White Company of
Cleveland
Washington
National Capital
W. J. Urquhart
The
White Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
Not A Weight Lifter Sparks Lively Local Banter
In a humorous aside, residents remark on a baby showing surprising strength as a speaker teases about power and prowess. A chorus quips that the infant’s voice is tremendous and notes repeated playful lifting of a small weight.
Doan’s Kidney Pills cited by Rev J M Suffield as lasting cure
Rev J M Suffield of Lincoln Nebraska confirms a 1900 statement praising Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney trouble after other remedies failed. Advertisement notes 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also includes brief quips about manners and Garfield Tea for digestion.
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J. M. Suffield
St. Lincoln
Nebr
Doan
Rev
Suffield
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Boos for Charity Giver Caught In Act
A reader notes that generous donations can mask theft and mocks the scene of someone being caught in the act. The letter suggests skepticism toward apparent charity and exposes a distrustful view of moral behavior.
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