Texas Sees Oil and Gas Discoveries Amid Prosperity Hopes
An essay notes Texas finds valuable petroleum east and west with western oil likened to Pennsylvania. It mentions small natural gas deposits and foresees a potential state boom as wealth spreads, while contrasting New York City’s modern growth with rising poverty and a so called squalor line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York City
New York
Insane Asylum
New Yorker
The Book of Divorce by A Parlett Lloyd
A Parlett Lloyd collects divorce laws from states and territories in one volume titled A Treatise on the Law of Divorce. The book shows wide variation in grounds required for divorce, from lenient to rigid, and argues against a single national divorce law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Parlett Lloyd
Washington Territory
Connecticut
Utah
Kentucky
South Carolina
Parlett Lloyd
United States
Chimpanzee Learns Counting and Language Signals in London Garden
Professor Romances reports a chimpanzee in the London Interwal garden counting sticks up to five accurately and up to seven with occasional errors. The ape shows speech-like sounds, three distinct emotions, and notable docility. The piece questions civilization subjugating animals and references gorillas trained in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanes
London Interwal Garden
Romances
Africa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised By Cheney Company
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to the oath that the firm will pay De Men Dollare to any who cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The nostrum is sold by druggists for 75 cents and marketed from Toledo Ohio with testimonials available.
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Brarx
Onto
Crry
Toledo
Lucag County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J.eney &Co
Hall
A. W. Gleabon
SEA Notary
F. J. Cheney & Co
Long Balsam Acknowledged by Van Wert Chemical Co
Clendenin druggist letters Van Wert Chemical Co of Watertown NY praising Long Balsam as a market success with six months of steady sales and strong testimonials from city leaders. Trial size offered free and positive reception noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert Chemical Co
Watertown, .Y
Felt, Sr
Clendenin
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Promoted for Teething Relief
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is the prescription of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. It has been used for forty years by millions of mothers. The product supposedly relieves teething pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, and soothes wind. Priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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Ayer
Eldson
M. D
Middleton
Tennessee
James Birchard
Darien
Conn
California
J. Chandler
Junction
Ely's Cream Balm Advertisement
A nostril and throat inflammation described with acrid mucus burning sensation and sneezing. Ely Brothers offer Ely's Cream Balm as a reliable remedy for 60 cents or by mail from 56 Warren St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Early Union Pacific Division Station Growth in West Region
A 1864 note describes a thriving division station on the Union Pacific line with shops and roundhouse, amid a prosperous farming area. It lists Albert Woopcock as General Land Commissioner and a Western Sanitary Commission report from St. Louis praising remedies for cholera and related illnesses distributed to the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Albert Woopcock
General Land Comm
U P. Ry
Omaha
Neb
Nioe
Wuorress
Land and Eng. Agt
Ellie
Kan
Western Sanitary Commission
St. Louis
Messrs. J. & C
J.G. Forman
Sec
West San. Com
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Eest
Weat
Acattumwa
Oskar Os Moines
Winpee
Bluffs
Ie Sloux
D Yyeron
Fairbury
Hase Reno
Denver
Buteninse
Dad
Chicago
Pacific
Transocesanic
Misecar
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
North Platte
Gehwren Cricage
Crady
California
Pike's
Gorden
Doloredo
Albert Sea
Chi
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Throog
King Obaleo
Sioux
Rock Island
Sioux Falls
Joseph
Chia Leaven
Castoria Through Generations in a Nursery Rhyme
The ad recalls Castoria as a trusted remedy across family stages from baby to grandmother. It states a child’s distress early, the remedy easing crying, and later generations continuing the use for children. The slogan implies enduring brand loyalty.
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Castoria
Miss
Swirt's Practice Brings Brisk Blood Remedy Sale in Sherman
Local druggists Laxxtory and Tormax advertise Swirt's Practice as a rival blood medicine. The mail order Treatiee on Blood and Skin Diseases is offered by Tux Swore Specific Co. from Drawer 3 Atlanta Go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swirt
Laxxtory & Tormax
Sherman
Texas
Tux
Atlanta
Ivory Soap Proves Value Across All Homes
The article asserts Ivory Soap is affordable and suitable for every family, noting it contains no cheapeners or makeweights. It contrasts Ivory with numerous counterfeit white soaps that imitate it but lack its genuine quality and safety.
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Dr. v. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mage
Ruggiots
Fak
Keator
The
American Press Association
Chas. Zimmerman
Tempo di Valsa
Chance
Req
Rowe
Ellis
Kansas
Chinago, Ill
John Sebastian
Gon
Procter & Gamble
BR. Anderson
Gould & Co
Thire
John Deere
Boss Stable
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