Newspaper advertising and political notes from 1901
A 1901 page item outlines subscription pricing and rates for various ad types. It mentions large country-wide print clubs, preferred rates, and per line charges for business cards and local ads. Obituaries and wedding notices are noted as charged by line, while marriage notices are free. It also reports potatoes selling up to two dollars a bushel in parts of the country, and political mentions of Governor Shaw of Iowa and Senator Dolliver, plus trusts in the Philadelphia Record and Bartley’s parole and return to prison in Nebraska.
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Tegal
Philadelphia
Shovel Trust
Odell
New York
Bartley
Nebraska
Savage
Lincoln
Senator Wittredge Joins Washington Senate Row in Shoreham Visit
Hon A J Wittredge the new South Dakota senator arrived in Washington and checked into Shoreham hotel where attorney James Pierce of New York, a Yale classmate from 82, recognized him. Wittredge born New Hampshire native, trained as a lawyer and described as a robust, 40 year old bachelor likely to be the heaviest man in the senate.
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Washington Post
Shoreham
A. J. Wittredge
South Dakota
Kyle
James (. Pierce
New York
Yale
Platt
Kittredge
Horace Greeley
Dakota
New Hampshire
Senate
Naalwilys
The Waning of Populism in the Fourth Circuit
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports the fusion movement has dissolved the populist presence in the fourth judicial circuit. Only Republican and Democratic tickets remain on the ballot as populists lose official party status. The shift, begun years ago and resisted by some leaders, now appears complete with likely spread to other circuits.
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Sioux Falls
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Ilankinton
Fourth Circuit
Loucks
A Night of Terror and Mrs Lincoln Seeks Aid
A widow of General Burnham of Machias Maine faces imminent pneumonia but, urged by Mrs S H Lincoln, she takes Dr King s New Discovery. The medicine reportedly cured her throat chest and lung diseases after one night s use and a trial bottle is offered at a local drug store.
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Burnham
Machias
S. H. Lincoln
Scallin
No Relief For Twenty Years Brings Danville Woman’s Cure
Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville Illinois says she suffered bronchitis for twenty years and found relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The woman's testimony highlights the product as a remedy for throat and lung diseases.
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Minerva Smith
Danville, Il
Foley
Big Enough to Hit and Stand for Honor in Denver
A small boy defends a flower girl after a man knocks her aside at a Fifteenth street station. The man apologizes to the girl and then praises the boy, saying he is bigger than he thinks and will help keep the world in a state of self respect. The boy supports a crippled mother and invalid sister, selling papers to help them.
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Fifteenth Street
Denver Times
Expeditions Seek Lost North Pole Clue Says Summer Boarder
A summer boarder notes several expeditions are trying to locate the north pole and asks who lost it, prompting the farmer's wife to inquire about the missing object in a Detroit Free Press style exchange.
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Sassafras
North Pole
Detroit Free Press
Arnica Salve Heals Railroad Worker's Injury Quickly
A Williford Arkansas railroad laborer suffered a severe foot crush but Bucklen's Arnica Salve rapidly healed the injury. The ad extols the salve as superb for burns piles and all eruptions. Sold by S A Sailir in Columbus.
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Dr. A. Kellett
Williford
Ark
Cester
S A Sailir
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Vitality and Mental Clarity
An advertising blurb touts Rocky Mountain Tea from Madison Medicine Co priced at 35e. It claims to bring vitality nerves steel clear eyes active brain strength health and happiness, highlighting SHF Scallin as a promoter or endorser.
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Madison Medijcine Co
Diverse world notices span trade, crime, art and birds
A wide array of brief facts covers British brewers output, Vancouver liquor license removals, Oxford law and crime rates, European rain averages, naval honors, fire costs, and U.S. tax data. Other items note Repin paintings banned then purchased, athletic clergy demand, Manila executions, sea bird habitat losses, and the Shetland pony’s adoption. A new New York bank and a Shetland pony feature children’s healthful activity amid a border-state political note on Missouri and Gratz Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
G. C
Munich
Red Cross Hospital
Crown Prince of Lavaria
Scotland
Cincinnati
Mississippi
North Carolina
France
United States
Alexander III Museum
St. Petersburg
Holy Synod
Repin
Count Tolstoi
Moscow
National Art Gallery
London Telegram
Michael
Manila
Beyer
American Ornithological Association
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Apsley House
Slyde Park
George II
John Apsley
Heyer
Empire Building
Broadway
Rector Street
New York City
Ing Y
A Fish That Gives Paint Sepia From Octopus Ink
The common brown pigment sepia comes from a ten armed octopus found mainly in the Mediterranean and Adriatic regions. The dried sac yields a water soluble powder that colors many times its weight. an ancient fossil cuttle fish has also yielded usable sepia.
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Mediterranean
Adriatic Sea
The Power of Superstition in a Nose Mole Tale
A well known young man lusts for removing a mole on his nose to escape superstition. An elderly woman’s lore warns against trying to alter fate, citing fear, luck and a racist stereotype about a mammy figure. The Memphis Scimitar notes the persistent influence of old beliefs.
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Chile
Sarah
Memphis
Scimitar
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An old remedy praised for teething pain and diarrhea in children. The ad claims over fifty years of use by millions, soothing the child, softening gums, and curing wind colic. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle, with demand to ask for this product only.
Consumption Threatened Claim By Champaign Resident
Unger of 212 Maple St Champaign writes that he suffered a year from hacking and consumption. He claims he was treated by physicians for months and after using Foley's Honey and Tar he recovered and has not been troubled since. He advertises Boner Salve as a quick cure for ulcers sores and piles.
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Unger
Maple St
Champaign
Foley
Health for 10 Cents by Cascarets Candy Cathartic
Advertises Cascarets Candy Cathartic promising lively liver pure blood clean skin bright eyes and perfect health. Claims genuine tablets stamped C C C not sold in bulk and available through all druggists for ten cents.
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C.C.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell
the Mitchell Printing CO
Props
W. Downey
Official
Iowa
Chicago
Dolliver
Shaw
Senator Wittredge
Washington
Avoirdupois
Veazey
Young Teller
Columbus (O
Mts- F
Mmwernor Mare
BR. Gratz Brown
Butler
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
S H Scallio
Han, Schaffner & Marx
Asi Tallor
Bidwell Land & Loand
Mitchell, South Dakota
Herrick
Smith & Motley ’'S
Mitchel
Gillis
J. H. Tobin & Sons
Mitchell National Bank
G. Davison
N.L. Davison
E. J. Quigley
M. Smith
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