Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure for stomach ills
Promoter asserts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures bad stomach biliousness and blood impurities, claiming lasting effects without alcohol. Includes testimonials from Buffalo and New Jersey patients praising relief from pain headache indigestion and vomiting and recommending the product and accompanying medical adviser book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Defiance Starch cuts iron sticking and costs less
An advertisement from Yonkers Statesman-style prose touts Defiance Cold Water Starch 16 oz packs for 10 cents, claims chemical free, argues grocers push 12 oz stock, and urges demand for Defiance. Also promotes Brother Gray powders for children and a quip on cooking know-how.
New At Home Treatment for Chest Ailments Promoted
An ad describes a home inhalation system for ailments such as catarrh bronchitis asthma and consumption offered by Dr. J H Hunter at 10 Main St Houston. The copy notes a list of questions and books to use with the treatment and ends with a quip about trouble returning when you are free.
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J. H. Hunter
Main St
Houston
United States Area Figures Include Pacific Territories
The gross area of the United States including Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands totals about 3 622 938 square miles covering land and water surfaces according to the report.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
The
United States
Respiratory Health and Folk Remedy Ad Across The Times
Vital statistics warn lungs are weak points and lung diseases cause high fatalities. An advertised remedy, Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein, promises relief for coughs, colds and consumption with bottles priced at 25c 50c and 1.00. An old man laments winter suffering among the poor in a clipped regional voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Vernal Remedy promotes cure with San Palmetto Berries ad
An advertisement touts Vernal mettona from San Palmetto Berries claiming cure for stomach liver kidney and bladder diseases. It offers a free trial bottle from Vernal Remedy Co Le Roy New York and notes druggists carry the product. Also included are miscellaneous notes on stables in Persia Costa Rica wildlife and a saying about lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Gray
Gray
New York
A.s.olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Pey
Vernal Remedy Co
Hunt's Lightning Oil Promises Quick Relief for Ailments
An advert mentions Hunt's Lightning Oil as the main cure for sprains cuts burns bruises and pains and urges readers to try it. It also references Defiance Starch and notes a German statistician's claim that European longevity has risen more for women than men over fifty years.
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Hunt
Europe
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Remedies and Market Notes
Mercury in catarrh ointments damages smell and the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Also noting brisk demand for used coal mines in England and Defiance Cold Water Starch offering 16 ozs per 10c package versus 12 ozs others.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hio
Druggiste
Price
Zsc
England
Defiance Starch advertised as 16 oz per package
A grocery ad notes Defiance Starch is larger than other cold water starches and costs about the same as 12 oz brands. It urges buyers to seek the product when stores stock is low and promotes the McCane's Detective Agency in Houston Texas as a service. It ends with saying a woman’s remark adds 50 percent to the good and a quip on bread in a balloon.
Let Him Hit the Ball Chief Tells of Pink Hawley Peculiarities
Chief Zimmer recalls Pink Hawley a famed Pittsburg pitcher and a generous oddball. He recounts Hawley offering to let Zimmer hit, visiting his cigar store, and joking about Zimmer's .149 average before Zimmer drove in Cleveland's lone run.
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Chief Zimmer
Pink” Hawley
Pink’ Hawley
Zimmer
Pink
Pittsburg
Hawley
Publishing of the banns traces to early church times
The article outlines how publishing banns of marriage began in the primitive church, citing Tertullian and early Christian practices. It notes widespread use before laws, mentions Gregory IV, and describes introduction to France in the ninth century with Paris enforcement. England’s first statute appeared in Westminster in 1200, made universal by the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.
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Tertullian
Gregory IV
France
Paris
England
Westminster
Rome
Patent on Paris Tailors Measuring Method
A Paris patent describes a photographic tailors measuring system. A subject stands before a camera with a network acting as a standard between them. Hidden parts must be indicated by external visible objects and multiple viewpoints are used. A harness or direct markings provide comparison points to keep the subject on a constant scale.
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Paris
Senator Helps Lost Woman In Washington Corridor
Senator McLaurin guided a frightened woman in a long basement passageways at Washington after she cried she was lost. He compared the moment to a Mississippi woods tale where a lumber man said the camp was lost not he. The rescuer asked if he was lost and the reply was the camp is lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator McLaurin
Washington
Mississippi
Francis I. Henry Dares Danger for Duty in Early Arizona
Special U S district attorney Francis I. Henry earned a reputation for integrity. In early Arizona days he defended a woman in a cruel husband divorce, then confronted the same husband in the street and killed him with a quicker draw, after the man drew a revolver.
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Francis I. Henry
United States
Mitchell
Oregon
Arizona
Henry
Money in Handling Old Cordage Trade at London Docks
The article notes large dealers in old string and rope in London and says thousands are made from old fishing nets. It explains that cordage associated with sailing vessels costs 10 000 to 15 000 dollars and must be renewed repeatedly, indicating a vast ongoing trade at the docks.
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London
Beyond the Sunset Glow Poem by James Owen Tryon
A poetic meditation on travel and reunion. The speaker recalls travelers passing by and anticipates joining a beloved one beyond the sunset, awaiting the moment when their staff will lead them down the valley to reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Owen Tryon
New England Magazine
Why Pen Wouldn't Write Indignant Customer
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts a fountain pen complaint. A woman demanded her money back for a pen she could not use. the clerk found it was never filled and demonstrated how to use it, after which the customer admitted she had not known ink was required.
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Brooklyn Eagle
No Doubt About His Line in The Brass Monkey Tale
Julian Mitchell recalls Charles H. Hoyt and a failed audition in Elmira. Hoyt offered a part in The Brass Monkey, the actor claimed the role was in his line but Hoyt judged the performance rotten, noting the actor’s line was not his.
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Julian Mitchell
Nordland
Charles H. Hoyt
Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
Town Decline Voices in a One Horse Store
In a Seafield Republican excerpt Hiram Hicks and Rastus Green lament a stagnant town. For over twenty years residents have waited for growth while a grocer Bill Jones proclaims the place cannot rise. They debate enterprise, trains, boarding, and the fate of the taown with stubborn irony.
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Hiram Hicks
Bill Jones
Rastus Green
Allus
Joe Cone
Sense and Figures in School Arithmetic
A short humor tale contrasts common sense with arithmetic. Tommy Jones, not bright but practical, mocks Willie Smith who says eight-sixteenths of an apple equal half. The teacher asks, Tommy prefers half an apple for more juice, explaining the juiciness is lost when cutting.
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Tommy Jones
Willie Smith
Willie
Tommy
Senator Stewart Seeks Nevada Fortune in Tonopah
After eighteen years in the U S Senate William M Stewart at 78 travels to Tonopah Nevada to pursue mining returns to political life with hope and a strong patriarchal presence. He stands six feet tall with a full white beard and owns mining properties in the district.
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United States Senate
William M. Stewart
Nevada
Tonopah
Truth on the side of truth, not self serving
Whately once asked a youth why truth is rarely found. He replied with a lesson: men prefer truth when it supports them, not when they stand for truth itself.
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Whately
Dublin
Tishn't Much Later Excerpt Exchange
Dialogue snippet shows a domestic exchange with a wife reproaching Harold for staying out late aloud. Harold pleads that he will be home sooner tonight, indicating a light humorous domestic scene. The dialect suggests an old fashioned or comic context.
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Harold
Two Women Escape Pelvic Catarrh With Peru Na Aid
Mrs. Mable Bradford of Burlington Vermont praises Peruna as a remedy for female ailments. She describes years of back and periodical pains alleviated by the medicine and claims regained health and youthfulness from Peruna. The ad extols Peruna as a natural beautifier improving mucous membranes and facial symmetry.
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Peru
Mable Bradford
Church Street
Burlington
Whittier Oratorio Society
Thousands of Women Cured by Hartman Correspondence
Dr Hartman offers to help women by free correspondence treatment for catarrh and related female ailments. The piece cites thousands of grateful letters and claims catarrhal illness is central to many female health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Free Port System Across Europe
The term free port refers to districts at continental ports that allow the import and export of goods without standard tariff duties. Germany maintains nine duty free ports with Hamburg as the principal one. Austria has two. Denmark and Romania have one each.
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Germany
Hamburg
Austria
Denmark
Roumania
Independent widower seeks match with wealth and ornaments
Indian matrimonial ad from Lahore Tribune lists a 36 year old independent widower from a wealthy family seeking a suitable wife. It highlights his handsome fortune and numerous keepsakes from his previous wife.
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Babu
Lahore Tribune
Sarsaparilla claims to make you well and strong
An advertisement touts Simmon's Sarsaparilla as cleansing impurities to improve looks and health and stimulate appetite. It notes a tax measure in an Argentine state intended to push bachelors toward marriage, with an exemption for those who have been rejected three times.
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Argentine States
Effects of Prosperity 1897 to 1903
The Interstate Commerce Commission report details six years of rising prices for breadstuffs meats dairy garden products and clothing with farmers and stockmen gaining most. Metals rose for miners while railway freight rates fell 4.4 percent. Railroad employee pay rose about 8.5 percent. A final line notes a backhanded compliment from a borrower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
No Quarter Fight Indigestion With Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin
Advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a quick relief and permanent cure for indigestion biliousness and constipation. Distributed by druggists 50 cents and 1.00 money back if it fails. Mentions Dr David Kennedy Favorite Remedy from Rondout New Jersey and Wardell Burnsville New Jersey. Ends noting families often keep a black sheep in the home.
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Caldwell
David Kennedy
Rondout
N. J
Wardell
Burnsville
Peruna Advice Offered by Dr Hartman Sanitarium
The notice invites readers to write to Dr Hartman President of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for free advice and promises strict confidentiality of all correspondence. It presents a medical consultation offer tied to the Peruna remedy.
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Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto
Canada
Bryn Mawr Nursery
Texas Optical Co
H. F. Cohen
Moore Crossant Thompson’s Eye Water
W. N.A. Houston
Uncle Ephraim
Persia
Costa Rica
McCane's Detective Agency
Peru Na
Lizzie Redding
Clifton Place
St. Louis
Peruna
TRS
Bradford
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Winchester
U.s.army
Manhattan
Standard Oiled Clothing Co
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