Tourist car service to Los Angeles and California introduced
A new tourist car service runs Fridays at 10 85 p m from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles and southern California with a Pullman berth and a courteous courier. The car travels via Omaha Colorado Springs Salt Lake City to Colorado Utah Nevada and California. Berths for two cost 6 00 from Chicago to California. Contact Geo Heatford for details.
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Los Angeles
California
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Geo
Heatford
Gulf Coast Retreats Offer Winter Escape on L and N Line
Promotion extols the Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans as a mild climate ideal for hunting and fishing. It highlights first class accommodations at moderate prices and through car service from Northern cities via the Louisville and Nashville Railway, with Florida connections.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Florida
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
A Good Road to Cincinnati by Monon Route
Four daily Chicago to Cincinnati trains operated by Monon, Route and C H D RY Leave Dearborn Station Chicago at 8 30 a m 11 45 a m for day service Evening trains depart 8 30 p m and 2 45 a m Night trains feature sleepers and compartment cars Sleeper occupancy ready at 9 30 p m Tickets available via Monon and C H D City Ticket Office 232 5 Clark St Chicago
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Cincinnati
Monon
Chicago
Dearborn Station
C.H.& D. City Ticket Office
Clark St
North Carolina Lands Promised for Home Seekers
Reliable information on climate farming trucking fruit mineral and timber lands in North Carolina will be sent to applicants of John W Shore son Assistant Commissioner Raleigh NC The state offers a fine climate and undeveloped resources making it a bonanza for future settlers
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North Carolina
John W. Shoreson
Raleigh
N. C
John W. Thompson
Senator Sullivan Praises Peruna for Catarrh Relief
In a Mississippi letter from Oxford Senator W V Sullivan reports suffering from catarrh and credits Peru na with clear improvement. He calls Peru na the best catarrh remedy he has tried and recommends it as a tonic. The notice cites The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio offering a free catarrh book and stresses Peru na has no substitutes.
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W. V. Sullivan
United States
Mississippi
Hartman
Oxford
Miss
Peruna
Ww. V. Sullivan
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Guidance on Writing Engagement Congratulation Letters
The article advises that congratulatory letters for engagements should be written to the bride or her mother and to the bridegroom by their friends. It notes that if the groom is unknown to the bride’s circle, generalities are used, and suggests sample openings. It also covers acknowledgment notes by the bride and how teen brides receive more letters through their mothers, while older brides receive more from friends directly.
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Mr. A
Chicago Times
Peddler Challenges Wealthy Wife at Door
A Chicago wife, wife of a prosperous citizen, dismisses her cook and confronts a rude peddler at her doorstep. He demands to see her, she asserts her status as the mistress of the house, and the exchange ends with his blunt remark about soap as he leaves.
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Chicago
Bridget
Mrs. Blank
Chicago Daily News
Hand Painted Coats Start London Fashion Craze
A London artist creates hand painted outfits and accessories for fashionable women. She decorates collars, parasols, fans, and belts with floral designs, notably pink rose motifs on black silk. Demand from society women and actresses is high, with projected earnings around 15000 dollars in the first year.
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London
Washingtons Retired Life Painted in Lovingly Details
William Perrine summarizes Washington’s post presidency life at Mount Vernon noting his still imposing figure, courtesy, and hospitality. Mrs. Washington is described as humble, fond of family tasks like knitting, and proud of cherry bounce recipes. The piece also includes a practical note on beef olives preparing for meals.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
William Perrine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Jie
Virginia
Dowdy Evening Dress Sparks Freshness Debate
A New York Sun critique notes most fashionable concertgoers wore creased soiled gowns while urging fresh immaculate attire. It argues a fresh gown flatters a woman and suggests streetwear if absence of a pristine evening dress. The piece also warns on milk boiling to prevent lung diseases from contaminated milk.
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New York Sun
Scraps of Soap And Toilet Soap Reuse Tips
The article advises saving scraps of soap and toilet soap rather than wasting them. Cut small pieces for boiling into a jelly to make lather for washing and dilute with rainwater. Collect toilet soap pieces separately, melt with a little milk, and reform into cakes for reuse.
Lace and lacework hairstyles gain fashionable traction
Lace scarves weave through hair creating slender, drooping styles that flatter many women. The gray feather boa resurges in New York as a stylish neck accessory, favored for its refined look. In San Jose California the school opening is postponed two weeks to aid salmon cannery labor during the rush.
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Paris
New York
San Jose
Cal
Brain Stimulation Claim Prompts Debate in Europe
A European scientist touts an apparatus that supposedly stimulates the brain, tested on schoolboys and using an electric band. The ad promotes Hosletter's Stomach Bitters as a natural remedy for dyspepsia and stomach troubles, claiming to invigorate the entire system.
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Hosletter
Drummer travels with rope for fire escape
A nervous drummer carries a coil of rope everywhere. When asked by a Shasta county hotel landlord what it is for, he says it is a fire escape and he can lower himself from the window in case of fire. The landlord replies guests with fire escapes pay in advance.
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Shasta County
San Francisco
Hall's Catarrh Cure and testimonials advertised
One hundred dollars reward offered for incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo props. Endorsers Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin say they know Cheney 15 years and believe him honest and capable. Cure taken internally. 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills praised. Also a stray dialogue snippet about a Brown and a gas collector in the Ohio State Journal.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Truax
Toedo
Brown
Tall Man
Ohio State Journal
Grain-O labeled as new grain drink replaces coffee
A grocer recommends Grain-O as a new food drink that can replace coffee. It is described as resembling mocha or java in color but made from pure grains and gentle on stomachs. The text notes it costs 15 cents for a 1-4 package and 25 cents per package and is sold by all grocers.
The Cornfed Philosopher on Paying Bills
The Cornfed Philosopher quips that no one respects a man who cannot pay his debts, highlighting the moral edge of responsibility and accountability in finance. His remark appears in the Indianapolis Journal as a witty economic judgment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lane's Family Medicine Ad and Humorous Quotations
An old ad notices Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement benefits and gentle liver and kidney action with cures for headaches, priced at 25 and 50 cents. It includes misattributed quotes and promotional lines from Chicago papers and a testimonial about Piso's Cure. The piece ends with a corner on Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops touted for quick cough relief.
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Hale
Jloney
Pike
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham compound for relief
A Norris woman writes that after a year of severe illness and failed medical help she found immediate benefit from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports backache, side pain, and stomach issues resolved and urges other women to seek the remedy and Mrs Pinkham's advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Manriaa M. Kine
Norris Attleboro
Mags
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Manila
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Auditorium
Dewey
Hong Kong
Manila Bay
Bay of Manila
Cavite
H. H. Green
Box D
Atlanta, Ga
Price Williams
Williams
Omlo
Demorest
S Magazine
Art Department
Fifth Avenue, New York City
Santa Fe
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
T. A. Grady
California Tourist Service
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Adams Street
Powell &Clement
Cincinnatin
T. W. Herrick
Allston
Mass
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