Beulah Sands Minds and Millionaire Banker Returns Home
In the Virginia tragedy aftermath Bob Sands reopens his life at a new Fifth Avenue mansion with Beulah still childlike in mind. Doctors doubt recovery while Bob fights to shield her from news of the world. He astonishes Wall Street with bold trades and a seismic market panic.
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Bob
Sand Landing
Great White Sands Mansion
Judge Sands
Sands
Sands Plantation
Beulah Sands
Beulah
New York
America
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second
Forty-third Streets
Jim
Randolph & Randolph's
Randolph & Randolph
Cat
Lee Sands
Tom Reinhart
Seaboard Air Line
Brownley
Virginia
Victoria
Advertising and the Home Trade League Boosts Rural Merchants
A country merchant explains how advertising with prices in a local paper draws customers, reduces clerks’ time, and may cut costs. He forecasts trade gains of about 60 percent as small towns adopt city-style publicity to compete with Chicago catalogue houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Trade League
Chicago
Trade League
Something for Nothing: A Universal Temptation and Its Downfall
The piece argues that the urge to obtain value without fair pay drives corruption across society. It cites railroad favors, political favors, charity allotments, and department store bargains as examples. It warns that this fallacy tempts leaders and common people alike, undermining judgment and integrity.
Sharp Practices in Selling Baking Goods and Premium Schemes
An article warns against aggressive sales schemes for baking powder flavoring extracts and similar products. It describes premiums offered to club raisers, vasings and bond requirements to secure goods. The goods are cheap, adulterated, and unwholesome, with agents urged to buy back unsold stock to cover losses. Avoid such schemes offering too much for too little.
Charm the Town with Well Kept Stores
Opinion piece urging merchants to improve storefronts by clear signs clean sidewalks and neat windows. Emphasizes attractive exterior drawing in strangers and reflecting business worth advising signs awnings cleanliness and regular upkeep as long term investment.
Pays to Keep the Town Neat
The town should maintain clean streets and sidewalks to improve impressions on visitors. Well kept residential and business areas reflect well on residents and the community.
Heritage of Civil War Veteran Cures Kidney Trouble
Capt John L Ely of the 17th Ohio recalls kidney pain after Civil War. He used Dean's Kidney Pills starting in 1901, later fully recovering. The testimonial notes backache and urine retention, claiming complete cure and no further symptoms. Sold by dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Company Buffalo NY.
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John L. Ely
Oc BE
17Th
Ohio
Allas
East Second Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Peaceful Joy of the River
A quotation attributed to an ingenious Spaniard extols rivers and water life for wise minds while warning fools to pass by. The author aims to offer short contemplations on rivers and fish, sharing observations collected while sitting on a flowery riverbank, hoping to provide pleasant, thoughtful hours.
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Isaac Walton
Three Boys Sick With Eczema Heal After Treatment
Mrs. Kate Keim of New York reports her three sons suffered eczema for five months with itchy head sores. After visits to the N-Dispensery yielded no help, she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and within weeks the heads cleared and sores disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Keim
West 29Th St
New York
N. Y
Nicknames for War Vessels From A Historian’s Note
The New York Press records ship nicknames used by sailors. Vessels include Murlel dubbed Mer ry Hell by crews, Georgia named Jaw-Jaw, Pennsylvania called Billy Penn, Kearsarge as Cuss-Age, Washington known as Papa George commanded by John Adams, Indiana titled Red Annie, Terror named Tear Her, Cleveland nicknamed Grover, Des Moines as The Mine, Galveston called Shirtwaist, Amphitrite the Ample Tight, and Solace known as The One Ace.
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New York Press
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn
Kearsarge
Washington
Papa George
John Adams
Indiana
Red Annie
Cleveland
Grover
Des Moinzes
Galveston
What the Poet Says After the Honeymoon
After a Niagara Falls honeymoon the couple settles on the old farm. Cynthia asks why Sile is in a bad mood and he grumbles that butter making is hard work. She reminds him love makes the world go round, but he notes it does not make the churn go round.
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Niagara Falls
Sile
Cynthia
Millionaire Rejects Ruby Hearts Ring for Truthful Gift
Gobsa Golde, a 90 horse power limousine owner, enters a shop seeking an engagement ring. The clerk shows a superb ruby heart piece, but Golde dismisses it, insisting the situation centers on his wealth and the girl marrying him for money.
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Gobsa Golde
Trained nurse touts Postum as coffee alternative
A Wilkes Barre nurse explains her health gains from Postum Food Coffee replacing coffee. She notes relief from headaches and indigestion after two weeks and reports milk flow benefits for mothers. She adds tips on preparation and cites The Road to Wellville and "There’s a Reason" as context.
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Wilkes Barre
Wellville
Plogs
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Monroe Weekly Times
Emery A. Odell
Thomas W. Lawson
Doubleday, Page & Co
New York City
Bellevue
Wall Street
Union
Union Pacific
Reinhart
Exchange
Buelah
United States
Senate
Heritage OF Civil War
Cherie
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