On the Trail of the American Missionary in Japan
A 1906 travel narrative follows eight American missionaries through Kusatsu Shiba and Nagano, describing first impressions of Japanese police, local hospitality, and Christian outreach in towns where Buddhism and Shinto dominate. The piece highlights rough travel, cross legged kneeling, and the missionaries’ encounters with villagers, temples, and relics, ending with reflections on faith’s appeal versus established religions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph ‘B. Bowles
Karuizawa
Japan
Kusatsu
Dean's Kidney Pills Cited By Swainsboro Merchant
John C. Coleman a Swainsboro Georgia merchant reports long standing kidney trouble and backache improved quickly by Dean's Kidney Pills with lasting relief. Ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and states price fifty cents a box sold by all dealers.
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Dean
John C. Coleman
Swainsboro, Ga
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Young Naples Couple Wed Despite Age Barrier
In Naples a 15 year old Ce lestino Giordano and his fiancée Ghelia Nappi married after producing a royal decree of dispensation from the king. The commissioner hesitated but the document allowed the union attended by parents and a crowd.
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Naples
Celestino Giordano
Ghelia Nappi
Cure For Itchy Baby Skin Brought By Cuticura
A Chicago mother reports her infant's year long dermatitis improved after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. She tried many doctors and remedies before finding relief, noting a marked transformation in her daughter's health.
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A. C. Brestlin
Lincoln St
Chicago
Ill
New York Church Cornerstone Ceremony Captured On Film
Moving picture crews recorded a New York church cornerstone laying with large crowds and precise recreations of the dedicatory exercises. A prominent congregant praised the films, noting they spared viewers from lengthy sermons.
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New York City
Echoes of Lost Lakes Across Nevada Basin
The region between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas holds remnants of vanished lakes with only Great Salt Lake Lake Tahoe and Bear Lake remaining. The Southern Pacific trail crosses the ancient Lahontan lakebed, showing fossil terraces as travelers observe ruined crystal treasures from ages past. A humorous vignette about a girl and a stolen umbrella adds a witty aside.
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Great Basin
Rockies
Sierra Nevadas
Great Salt Lake
Lake Tahoe
Bear Lake
Southern Pacific
Lake Lahontan
Grape-Nuts Endorsed By Board of Health Leader
Dr talks of food says much disease comes from poor diet. He links his recovery from malnutrition to Grape-Nuts with milk. He urges its place in rational feeding and cites personal improvement in heart action sleep and digestion. Read The Road to Wellville in plogs. There's a Reason.
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Wellville
New York Law Opens Life Insurance Field to All
The new New York life insurance law standardizes policies and bans rebates, replacing the old broker system with commissions paid to a professional agency. Paul Morton of Equitable Life promotes energetic, truthful recruits, both men and women, to build a vigorous nationwide agency.
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State of New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton
Pike Maps Peak Named for Him in Early Westward Quest
General Zebulon Pike sought the peak that bears his name and claimed he was the first white man to see it. He noted the absence of patent medicine signs as he departed to continue his march and overlook the surrounding gold rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. McNair
B. R. Miller
Kusatsu
Pennsylvania
Hail
Shiba
Shirane
Colorado
Zebulon Pike
Patent Medicine Oath Seeks Catarrh Cure Rewards
Oath sworn by Frank J. Cheney attests that I. J. Cumney & Co. will pay $100 for each case of catarrh cured by Hans Catarh Cure. The document, dated December 6, 1886, claims the remedy is taken internally and targets the entire system. Includes endorsements and directions, typical of 19th century patent medicine notices.
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Cunney
I. J. Cumney & Co
Toledo
Hans Cavangg
Fyrank J
Chenty
A. D
W. Glierson
Malis
F. J. Cheney & CO
Hal
Tiny Sister and a Downstairs Hurry Scene
A fragment from a Woman’s Home Companion page shows Tiny Sister rushing to alert Lulu about Mr. White downstairs while Ema delays and jokes about shaving. The lines convey a domestic urgency and family dynamic.
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Tiny Sister
Big Sister
Lulu
Mr. White
Ema
Woman
Krause's Cold Cure Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Krause's Cold Cure for head cold throat chest or back with a 25 cent price. It claims best remedy for La Grippe and includes dealer contact details. It also contains a slogan about value in a Lewis' Bingle' Binder straight Go cigar and a stray line about love and fellow service attributed to Arthur Hugh Olough.
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Krause
Lewis’ Vactory
Peoria
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. I. Walsh
36Th St
New York City
Lydia I. Pinkham
Special Trains to Pacific Coast Depart in July
Personally conducted trains via the Chicago Union Pacific and North-Western Line depart early July for the Pacific Coast. All-expense round trips at low rates with sleeping car and meals. Fully arranged tours in congenial company. Write for itineraries and fall particulars. A Hutchison Manager Tourist Department 213 Clark Street Chicago.
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Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
Pacific Coast
A. Hutchison
Tourist Department
Clark Street
Survival of the fittest opinion from Senator Sorghum
The senator jokes that belief in fitness depends on his own mood, while a detergent ad touts Defiance Starch offering one third more starch per package for the same price, claiming superior value.
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Senator Sorghum
Garish Quack Ads and Pithy Prose Snippets
A collage of perceived wisdom and product pitches from an old page. Garfield Tea Co. touts a blood purifying tonic made in Brooklyn while Defiance Starch promises no sticking or blotches on ironed goods. The text mixes aphorisms with sales lines and social commentary.
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Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars and Defiance Starch Ad
An old advertisement promotes Lewis' Single Binder Straight cigars from Lewis' Factory Peoria Indiana and a Defiance Starch offer of sixteen ounces for ten cents. The ad touts tobacco quality and comments on balance of ideas as a humorous aside.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Defiance
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Shibu
Fifth Avenue
American Bible Society
Nagano
Harvard H
Ghosts of
Dead Lakes
Board of Health
Starr
Onto
Ory
Touxse
Caan
Nike
Whipple
St. Vitus
Love
Service
Arthur Hugh Olough
de Erote
Levipe
Ali
Tae
Bears
Castoria
National Editorial Association
Christian Endeavor
Garfield
Dodd
Ars
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren
Thompson
Proad
Carters
Iver
Jan Government Free Farms
Joe Soamgctene
Canada
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Quincy Bld
W. J. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. O. Currie
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Wis
la Cie
Daisy
Red River
Texas
Board OF Trade
Clarksville, Texas
Gunnison Tunnel
Colorow Investment Co
Olathe
Beckban
Dos Moksos
Ins
Seattle
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Julie Florence Walsh
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