Caticura Remedies Claimed Relief for Eczema and Poison Oak
The letter from Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Tennessee recounts using Caticura Soap Ointment and Pills after her daughter’s eczema healed in six weeks and a boy’s poison oak sores cleared in three weeks. A separate farming note from Coaldale and Warner Alberta reports crop yields for winter wheat oats and other produce, with detailed per acre figures and total values.
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Giri
Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden's Ridge
Tenn
Alberta
Coaldale
Alta
W. H. Pawson, JR
Warner
A. I. Warner
Tenny Brothers
Leffingwell
Billion Dollar Grass Seed Offer Attracts Iowa Farmer
An Iowa farmer with 100 acres sold 3800 dollars of seed and produced 300 tons of hay from Billion Dollar Grass advertised by the John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. The notice promotes an original seed catalog including Macaroni Wheat Sainfoin Victorian Rape and Silver King Barley with a mail order offer and 14 cent seed package incentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Sly Miller
CU. N. U
Reduced Colonist Rates for Travel to Major Western Points
One way tickets at special low rates on sale daily through March and April from all points on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Daily tours in tourist sleeping cars via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. Double berth only seven dollars through from Chicago. Contact A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago or nearest ticket agent.
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North Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Puget Sound
Chicago
Union Pacific & North Western
A. Hutchison, Manidger
Tourist Dept
Clark St
Chicago, Il
Post Card Offer From Milwaukee Zoo
A set of eight attractive post cards in five colors showing wild animals in the Washington Park zoo Milwaukee will be mailed after twelve cents payment. The offer targets eos people and children and requests readers address The Evening Wisconsin Company Milwaukee Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park Zoo
Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin Company
Wis
March and April Rail Freights to Western Points
Rail line announces short lines via Nickel Plate Road on Tuesdays in March and April to West Northwest Southwest and South. Contact agent or J C Metenbacker T P A Fort va.
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J.C. Metenbacker
Fort Va
Aristocrat Overboard Joke Sparks Global Snobbery
A witty tale contrasts English aristocracy with German pride. A German passenger falls from a Hamburg American liner, the deck crew cries man overboard, and the German era aristocrat asserts his lofty status even as he sinks.
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Graf Hermann von Finkenstein
Duke of
Swabia
Holy Roman Empire
Mary E. H. Rouse Recovers After Kidney Pills
Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse of Cambridge New York describes five years of back hip pain and kidney disorder after a fall. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief and complete cure, noting renewed health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Mary E. H. Rouse
Cambridge
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Modeaty and the Whispering Customer at the Pawnshop
An exchange unfolds between Modeaty the Watch Producer and the Avuncyular Patriarch as the latter hints at a prank on the honest pawnbroker. The dialogue hints at trust and mischief within a tense, reflective moment in a small shop.
Delicious Lemon Fis Pie Endorsed by Our Pie Co
A recipe pitch extols lemon pie mix labeled OUR-PIE from D Zerta Food Co Rochester NC. It promotes easy preparation and low cost. The ad also notes a reusable paper kettle from a Japanese invention for the German army and suggests Mrs Austin pancake flour for quick breakfast use.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. C
Sustaining His Reputation and Adjective Rules
A tale of the Prince de Conti famed for cruelty shows a bailiff proposing two years in a dungeon and 100 stripes for a poacher to preserve a reputation while the prince secretly orders clemency for the man and care for his family. The piece also discusses gendered language choices and shifts in English adjectives.
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Prince de Conti
Illinois surgeon quits coffee to save steady hands
An Illinois surgeon recounts how coffee caused tremors and insomnia and led him to switch to Postum. He notes his own relief after three years, his friend’s praise, and urges proper preparation. The ad-style piece promotes Postum as a safer national drink and mentions Battle Creek, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Page
Will and deception shadow a kenspeckle aunt in court intrigue
Anthony Keene narrates a tangled episode in which Lynn Yeames seeks to secure Miss Dalrymple and Laure’s fortune while Flexmore’s will hangs in the balance. A misfired draft, a staged tell, a broken gig, and a fogbound dash converge as the plots of guardianship, love, and money tighten their grip.
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Miss Dalrymple
Lynn Yeames
Miss Dalrymple Home. Two Mornings After the Concert Dr. Awdrey
Flexmore House
Flexmore
Laure
Slexmore
George
Tony
Andrey
Gertrude
Keene
Yeames
Dr. Andrey
Miss Dalry
Dr .Andrey
Dr. Awdre
Doctor and Will Set in Motion Outside Town
A narrator rides to a doctor's residence near the town edge in dense mist. He notes Flexmore's a few miles beyond Beagle Woods and relies on a trusted doctor's horse to navigate the foggy, uneven road back to a planned will.
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Flexmore’s
Beagle Woods
The Beggar and the Deaf Man A Lesson in Fraud
A London beggar feigns paralysis to plead for aid and is challenged when the man he addresses writes a plea for help. The exchange reveals a confrontation over deception as the questioned party exposes the beggar as an impostor. The second piece explains the origin of reading the riot act, detailing 18th century British law and the standard proclamation used by authorities.
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London
New York Tribune
George
King
Chicago News
Divorce discussion turns alarming in Yonkers chat
A Yonkers dialogue raises concern over pending divorce proceedings. The speakers discuss marital separation and timing with cautious tones about their family’s plans and future.
Garfield Tea and Bromide Quinine Ad Claim
An ad touts Garfield Tea as guarding against chronic ill health and purifying the blood. It also promotes Bromine Quinine as a universal laxative and notes a signature by E. W. Grove. A foreign report claims several months storage improves eau de cologne production in Cologne before market.
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Eng de Cologne
Ean de Cologne
Cologne
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Nickel Plate Road
W.groveon
Frank Barrett
Anthony Keene
Coneyford
Trap
Sam Martin
Master Keene
Myles
Styles
Lane
Berryshere + TOWER
Boston
BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax Co
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Crucgists
Hall
India
Prairie Districts
Canada
E. W. Grove
Dodds
Lael Vas
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