Butterfield's store essay contest winner announced
At Butterfield's young entrant Miss Maude Richardson won a prize for a witty essay describing the store’s attractions. The narrative follows a young woman planning a trousseau with Butterfield's goods, praising up to date stock, prices, and a broad array from linens to dresses, as relatives discuss future plans and shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Butterfield
Spencer, Jows
Nome
Derby
Phaston
Edith
Bertha
Marshall Field
Chicago
Wannamaker
New York
Mies A
South Dakota
Iowa
Sioux City
Butterfields
Damask
Christmas Shopping Dreams and a Local Bargain List
A woman in a lighthearted speech plans Sensible holiday purchases to prepare a home for marriage and Christmas. She longs for underwear, stockings, sewing supplies, and gifts for family, imagining a cozy sitting room and a joyous season aided by local bargains from H. D. Butterfield. The verse ends with a festive sales pitch urging readers to inspect the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilbe
Mano
Frank
Santie
St. Louis
Butterfield
Bed Rock
H. D. Butterfield
Hia
Atock
Deafness Cure Claim and Phonograph Ad Fragment
Advertisement fragment claiming deafness cure by constitutional remedies and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Toledo address. Includes a phonograph sales joke and a stray menagerie of ad text. Mentions Druggists and Hall's Pills, with a claim offering one hundred dollars for cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Iron Nerve and Health Credited to Pills
Bismarck house ad attributes iron nerve to splendid health and urges Dr. King's New Life Pills to boost brain and body power. Claims vitality arises from proper organ function and offers two cents at S. H. Scallin's drug store. DeWitt's Little Early Risers praised for purifying blood and invigorating the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
S. H. Scallin
DeWitt
L. O. Gale
Sarah Pike
Broadway
South
Boston
J. W. Loving
Colquitt
THE EVILS OF FLIRTATION AND MACDONALD WIT
The piece cites Frances Evans on flirtation corrupting steadfast love and portrays flirtatious behavior as deceitful and conscience eroded. It recalls Rudyard Kipling and his grandfather Rev George B Macdonald, with a parlor anecdote about propriety and courting Mrs Brown as recalled in the Troy Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Evans
Ladies’ Home Journal
Rudyard Kipling
George B. Macdonald
Macdonald
Soleamly
Story of a Slave and the Power of Remedies
A Manchester Michigan man recounts a slave to disease freed by Electric Bitters for his wife who regained ability to care for herself after five years. The ad touts Eletric Bitters as a cure for female disorders nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backache fainting and dizziness with a 50 cent price and guaranteed results. Testimonials praise Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup One Minute Cough Cure and cough/lung remedies claiming instant relief and prevention of consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oto
George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
S. H. Scallin
It Saved His Leg and Other Patented Cures
An 1880s style advertisement extols Busklen Arnica Salve curing a leg sore in ten days and claims safety for ulcers, wounds, burns, and piles. It also promotes Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup for coughs and bronchial issues, and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion. Testimonials from LaGrange Georgia and Gordon Arkansas corroborate claimed remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C DeWitt &Co
Chicago
L O. Gale
P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Busklen
S. H. Scallin
Hilda Hamilton
Ottumwa
Iowa
L. O. Gale
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Bradfield
Baltimore
KEW Advertisenents
SAM
I & Boty
Aiestor
Zouthful
Kai Dre
Chichester Chemical Cov
Madison Mark
Paila
Houekeepes
Liebig Company
Cook Book
Liebig Co
P. O
Beggs
Puripeir
Munn & Co
Ricenae nuLice
Lue Scientific America
Scientific Journal
All Newsdea Munn & Co
Washington
Pnsumpti
Butterfield’s
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toleodo, O
Ti. Hall
Hin Reference
Myeself
Bismarck
H. N. Williams
Gentryville
Ind
R. R. Wilson
Gordon, Ark
S. S
Ss. S.S. For
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Mitchell National Bank
W.G. Davison
W.L. Davison
U. K
Quigley
WM M.smith
Thaxo
A. H. Pearson
Mitchell
S. D
C., M. & St. P. Railway
D.T. Gilman
O. L. Branson, Cashier
Onal Bank
Mitchell, South Dak
D. T. Gilman
J. D. Newcomer
Daniele A. A. Boynton
M Swan
T W. Seaman
T. A. Duncan
Walrath
Arsanenn
Wheeler & Wilson
Queen
Progress
E. B. van Alstine
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