Rhodesia's Emergence as a British Imperial Colony
The piece notes Rhodesia drawing attention in England with inquiries in Parliament and rising investment from English capitalists into Bulawayo and Salisbury. It describes the British South Africa Company expanding administration and mining prospects, with the territory seen as a bulwark for the empire. It also reports on France imports and various trade figures, plus a long digression on mineral springs research in Russia and Kamchatka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodesia
Ngland
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
House of Commons
Bulawayo
Salisbury
British South African Company
North American
Hudson Bay Company
Canada
Government of
Board of Improvements
England
Transformation of Jake’s Family on Jefferson Street
On Jefferson Street a worn two story frame building houses a junk shop on the ground floor and a residence upstairs. A traveling junk dealer and his family, once seen in work clothes, were spotted on a Sunday in a costly car with well-dressed children, revealing a drastic shift from charity and hardship to appearance and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Street
West Side
Jake
Mrs Toke
Jakes
Trandau
Eo Otte
Fae
Cure claims and tonics for coughs and fevers from 1900s ads
An advertisement offers refunds on Greens Warranted Syrup of Tar and a trial bottle of 26c syrup if not effective. It touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and asthma, Electric Bitters for female troubles, and Whites Cream Vermifuge, with prices and the seller names Clendenin and Battles Pharmacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battles
Sandstrom
Jennings
Lima
Peffer
C.J. Hetty
Santa Clara
Cal
Feffer Medical Ass'n
Chicago
Itl
J. Clendenin
Moline
Buckeye Pile Ointment Promises Quick Relief
An ad touts Cabwebbs cut remedies and Buck in Arnica Salve as infallible for wounds and sores. It claims cures at Clendenin's drug store and Battles Pharmacies. Also promotes Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a painless cure for piles priced 60 cents and 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnica
Clendenin
F. J Clendenin
Battles Pharmacies
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hlgland
France
United States
Tahoe
Zambesi
Frome
Tie
Tha Coontery
Bobo
Theria
Ministry of
Ekea
Zaleaks
Chita
Nerclimsk
Crreuin-Baikal
Obama
Japan
New Zealand
Zalessky
Kamchatka
Serebriamko
R. T. Greendr
Great Britain
United State
Germany
Belgium
Turkes
Swartzerland
Turkey
Austria
Government Hoube
J Clendenin
Eures
Remkco Peal Medicing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
B. W Unrua
Ith Street
Nervigor
Iear
Humphreys
York
Orice, Sta
America
Ww. C. Allen
McKinnie Block
Avenue Rock Island
Speidel
Cigars
Lendenin
Third Ave
Summers
Moline, Illinois
Pretty Maid
Air
RV Hanfiton
Moline Electric Laundry
3D Avenue
Ostrom
Ilinols Theatre
uMenger Market
Frank Haynes
Friedman
Hammond
Fones & Erickson
Twelfth St
Duncan & Ransom’s
Third Avenue
Whee
Ken
Renin
Chicazo, Ill
E. J. Bronson
Tri-Cities
California
Rock Island
Los Angeles
San Jagm
San Francisco
EL Paso
Oregon
Colorado and Scenic Line
Davenport
J. W. Warr “Baccensor ‘Plowman Pybualing Gombany
Pel “Duvatnaat
Thidda
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