California Fig Syrup Promoted as Safe Child Laxative
Mothers are urged to use California Fig Syrup for cross or feverish children with bilious or constipated tummies. The ad touts its pleasant taste and gentle cleansing of stomach and bowels, noting it suits babies to adults and warns against counterfeits.
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California
California Fig
California Fig Syrup Company
Cascaret advert promises quick relief for bowel and liver woes
An advertisement touts Cascaret as a 10 cent laxative to cleanse constipated bowels and torpid liver. It claims benefits include relief from headaches colds indigestion and yellow skin and suggests the product works overnight and is suitable for children and adults alike.
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Elixir Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a powerful stomach remedy for gas heaviness and distention. It claims to strengthen the stomach and deliver lasting relief with a money back guarantee if it does not help, noting wide availability through local dealers and druggists.
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Dave
Pyorrhea Dentex Free Trial Offer
Advertisement urging readers to request a free trial bottle of Pyorrhea Dentex from The Dentex Company. If not satisfied, customers cancel and pay nothing. otherwise a $1.00 charge applies after trial. Mail to Box 87, Rosedale Station, Kansas City Kansas.
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Dentex
Dentex Company
Box 87
Rosedale Station
Kansas City
Kansas
Pretimed Chapter Plot Reveals Jacobite Plots in London
Harry Ormerod, once a proscribed Stuart partisan, returns from France to rescue Alder man Robert Juggins in London. Juggins, grandchild of a former steward of Ormerod’s father, owes a debt of loyalty. A Jacobite plot led by Andrew Murray and the Frenchman De Veulle targets English interests.
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Harry Ormerod
George
France
London
Robert Juggins
Juggins
Ormerod
American
England
Andrew Murray
de Veulle
Petition and Murray Face Trade Debate in London Court
In a late session a petition from London merchants seeking trade relief with New York is read, with Murray appearing to argue against stringent policy. Master Juggins and others present detailed economic reasoning on how prohibitions could hurt both colonial and imperial trade and relations with France. Raoul de Veulle’s dramatic Paris exile is also noted as context to the proceedings.
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Samuel Storke
Richard Janeway
London
New York
Master Juggins
Murray
Pelham
Juggins
France
New World
North America
Low Countries
Germany
England
Raoul de Veulle
Paris
de Veulle Weil
Lloyd’s
Lloyd's
Bob Juggins
Tom Jenkins
New York Province
New Venture
Abbot
Greenwich
Bob
The French Ambassador and Murray Prepare for Delayed Action
In Whitehall and Strand the petitioners press for corroboration from a French source while Governor Burnet’s approval delays action. Master Juggins suspects Murray will press for delays and bribes as the voyage to New York nears, and he plans to ship the French contact De Veulle with Murray aboard the New Venture.
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Monsieur Murray
New York
Master Juggins
Master Murray
Pelham
Burnet
Murray
Juggins
Whitehall
Strand
Harry
Destruction Runs Over Niagara Falls Vessels
Boston Globe report recalls three Niagara Falls descents. In 1827 an old craft carried a bear fox buffalo dog and geese. the bear jumped ashore and geese survived. The Detroit, Perry fleet, began descent in 1841 but grounded and broke up. In 1887 a burning vessel plunged over the cataract, noted as a magnificent sight.
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Niagara Falls
Boston Globe
Detroit
Commodore Perry
Journey to America as Ship Sails from England
Youth embark on a voyage toward the New World, chasing a new life and promised adventures as the ship departs from Old England.
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America
Old England
Alamo Mission Fortified Complex Described in History
The Alamo in Texas is described as a Franciscan mission built around 1722 with an enclosed convent yard about 100 feet square a church a hospital a plaza covering about two and a half acres and a surrounding wall eight feet high and thirty three inches thick used as a fort at times after 1703 and later.
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Alamo
Texas
Snakes Rare in Britain as England Sees Two Species
A curiosity note claims Ireland and Scotland lack snakes, England hosts only two species, and a phonograph with brass records could be played in 10,000 years.
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British Isles
Ireland
Scotland
England
New Self-Painting Traffic Markers Replacing Pavement Signs
An inventor describes a cotton warp sign system sprayed with color and bonded to pavement by vulcanized adhesive. The three foot tall letters form circles or lines and are visible from a distance, remaining durable after traffic. Vehicles can drive over them immediately, with lettering permanently imprinting beneath.
What Next America The Road Names We Cherish
A letter from J. S. Hodge of Cincinnati argues for preserving historic road names like Three C and Abe Lincoln Trail amid progress. He laments replacing old paths with new monuments and calls for maintaining regional emblems such as the Black Horse Trail and Tip Top Trail.
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Black Horse Trail
Abe Lincoln
Tip Top
Lee Highway
Hodge
Cincinnati
Eradication of Puncture Vine Along Highways
State Highway Engineer Morton of California urges motorists to aid in eradicating puncture vine along highway rights of way. Maintenance forces work with county commissioners to control the pest, urging motorists to report patches to local foremen listed on section markers.
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Highway Commission
Morton
California
Notes on Good Roads and Highway Growth
The piece highlights major highway spending in the United States, noting over a billion dollars invested last year. It cites the Defense highway narrowing Washington to Annapolis by eight miles and reports 1926 added 5,900 miles to 31,700 miles laid previously. Minnesota shows 100,000 miles of public roads with 7,000 trunk highways, and Charles M. Upham is hired by the Mexican national highway commission to reorganize the highway authority.
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United States
Washington
Annapolis
Minnesota
Mexican National Highway Commission
Charles M. Upham
Highway Research Board
Highway Commission
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