Reminiscences and remedies in old collation of notices
Fragmented clipping outlines patient testimonials for kidney pills, a warning about counterfeit remedies, a notice of Galveston family fate during a storm, and a historical comparison of American bank deposits up to the year 1899, naming DeWitt’s Witch Hazel and Foster-Millard Co as agents. The mixed items reference health products, a disaster reminiscence, and banking statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Aball
Dios
Sam
Qgaman
Piace
Mavinall
West Hanover
Foster-Millard Co
W.Y
United States
Dean's
Monte Carlo notes lure American travelers to season gambling
The article describes Monte Carlo as a magnet for Americans during late winter to early May, with heavy bookings and a cosmopolitan crowd. It highlights the Casino games roulette and trente-et-quarante, recalls M Blanc’s quip on luck, and notes a New York woman reportedly winning 250,000 francs at one table during the past winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Mediterranean
Sahara
Trente-Et-Quarante
M. Blanc
New York
Edith Evelyn Smith-Thompson
Anti-Diuretic ad and assorted 1900s notices
A fragmented advertisement page notes Dr BE. Dichon's Anti Diuretic promising relief for bedwetting, with a Michigan address. It lists rising wholesale and retail beer dealers from 1898-1900 and promotes Kellogg's Columbian Oil for kidney relief. It also mentions scented glove perfuming, Mrs Hawthorne and a Syracuse University student in an orchestra, Campau en bomb fantasies, and Ulster County 1667 kissing games suppression.
Monte Carlo Gossip Misleads About Mrs Smith Thompson
Photo by Aime Dupont from New York discusses Mrs Edith Bemite-Thompson and the claim she "broke the bank at Monte Carlo" as overblown. It notes Monte Carlo's lure for the wealthy, where moneyed visitors mingle with royals, politicans, and actors, and that many visit without gambling. The Monaco principality relies on gambling halls for charm, while Monte Carlo remains a Riviera hotspot for elites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aime Dupont
New York
Edith Bemite-Thompson
Smith- Thompson
Monte Carlo
Europe
Sige
Riviera
Monaco
Carlo
New York Clergy Lead Crusade Against Gambling
Prominent New York preachers led by Rev William Huntington and Rev W J Huntington Push against society gambling citing bridge Whist losses and a girl winning 500 on Sunday They urge reform as an anti gambling movement moves through elite circles in the city Grace Church rector William Reed Huntington a Harvard trained chemist and theologian details the moral costs of gaming and the difficulty of finding disciplined workers amid widespread unemployment and social disarray in business and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ynetropolla
England
New York
William RB
Huntington
Grice Church
William J. Hurtington
New England Society
City of
William Reed Hyuntington
Grace Church
Lovell
Mass
Harvard Graduate
Mpinistry
Boston
Worcester
Bishop Potter
Salvinis Protegee Miss St. Cyr At Local Stage
A foreign visitor, Dirce Bt. Cyr, a young French actress, appears on the literary stage with ambitions. St. Cyr has been in the scene for five years, supporting leading actors and gaining attention in this city via notable performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
St. Cyr
A Dirce Bt. Cyr
Mle
Food of Prehistoric Man Reveals Ancient Diet
An analysis of tartar from stone age skulls identifies embedded food particles. Corn husk fibers and spiral vegetable vessels indicate maize processing, starch grains, fish tooth fragments, fruit cells, wool, and mineral grains from grinding stones. The study, over 4,000 years old, holds archaeological significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charters White
Por Jera
Chambers’ Journal
Opera Glasses and the Costly Viewers
A eye specialist warns cheap opera glasses ruin eyes especially for young theatergoers. He advises avoiding them and sitting farther from the stage for a clearer view as the rear seats often have the poorest glasses. A separate anecdote recalls a minister and boys debating a riddle about a dog as a joke. A Sweden rail line joke notes intoxicated passengers may ride in freight cars labeled as spirits or hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Bo
Luless
Philadelphia
Dickens Supremacy Is Then Is Your Husband's New
The fragment hints at a relation dynamic involving Dickens and supremacy themes. It is unreadable as a complete report and offers no clear event, date, or involved organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Fragmented casualty figures in wartime report
The document lists totals from fear and conflict events: 221 killed and 2,045 injured among a subset, 9,287 killed and 38,749 injured among employees, and 1,680 killed and 6,176 injured among others, summing to 7,183 killed and 47,870 injured overall.
Long Basque Names and Birds in Artifacts
A collage of notes from The Mexican Herald and other sources discusses Basque surnames in Mexico, a humorous quip about English and American exchanges, the tax-collector Francis Norton of Springfield retiring after long service, a Washington function anecdote on Virginia governors, and a survey showing rising horsepower in machinery from 1867 to 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Errotaher Tigorrig
Iturbids
North
South Virginia
Washington
America
North Virginia
Kalloga's Columbian Ointment Promises Quick Cures
The notice extols Kalloga's Columbian Ointment as a universal remedy for kidney rheumatic pains and various ailments. It touts fast relief, life-saving potential, and urges readers to visit F G Seaman & Co for a circular. It also notes Professor W G Johnson resigning as editor of the American Agriculturist to join Maryland Agricultural College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.G. Seaman & Co
American Agriculturist
W. G. Johnson
Maryland Agricultural College
What's in a name Benson's Plaster as cure all
Advertisement praise for Benson's Porous Plaster, claiming it surpasses capsicum and belladonna plasters. It touts universal external remedy status with cures for coughs, rheumatism, back pain, kidney trouble, and more. Cites 5,000 physicians endorsing it and offers pre paid postage for 25 cents. Bensonbury & Johnson Mfg Chemists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banson
Amea
Oliver Ames & Boy
Benson
Benson’s
Draggista
United States
Benbury & Johnson, Mfg
Chemists
N-2
Also Mentioned on This Page
Galvoar Thonen
Stubbs
Galveston
Tex
DeWitt
DeWitt's
BE. Dichon
Elston
State St
Marshall
Mich
Willeawle
Dean
Wormos
Bastable Theater
Syracuse
Syracuse University
Banta Hawthorne
Campbauen
Amsterdam
Ulster County
Rockwood
Salvin
London
Siweden
Sweden
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Audowbon Society
Springfield
Francis Norton
Paria
Joe Chogincki
Eugene Sullivan
Chicago
Greene
J. W. Greene & CO
Steinway Hall
Jah. Halliday, SR
Marshall, Mich
A Smith
Smith Premier
THE
Smith Premier Typewriter CO
Griswold St
Detroit, Mich
Statesman
the Peninsular Lead & Color Works, Ltd
Detroit
J, Nagel
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