Moonlit Manufacturing and the Smiling Nature of Progress
The piece muses on humanity's emulation of nature and future power ideas, from waves lighting a city to moonlight as a commodity. It notes a New Jersey corporation seeking to light a city with tidal power and imagines future moon production and heated homes via starlight. It contrasts rapid technological dreams with social oddities such as the English executioner’s fees and aging women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
Uch
New Jersey
Hunt's Cure Promises Universal Relief From Itching
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a universal remedy for itching skin diseases with one application claimed to cure any case. The note pledges payment for unresolved catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure, laxatives, and travel tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Farmer in Missouri
A. A. Boyce of near Trenton Missouri credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing severe kidney and back pain. He reports rapid relief after years of worsening symptoms and ineffective medicines. The ad also mentions Defiance Cold Water Starch claims of being 16 oz per package and chemical free. Heavily promotional tone and multiple product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Boyce
Trenton
Bays
Doan
Guaranteed Mining Investments Promises Investor Assurance
An advertisement from Arbuckle-Good E Commission Company promotes the Investors' Guarantee Association formed by nine associated mining firms with five million dollars capital to guarantee investors against loss. It invites readers to request free prospectus and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weet
Investors’ Guarantee Association
Arbuckle-Goode Commission Company
Long sermons and cyclone sails in old city notes
A fragment from 825 Olive Street St Louis reports on extreme sermon lengths by Scottish preachers and a new cyclone sail design for boats. It also mentions Dowlais nonconformists, a local coin collection, Defiance Starch opinions, and cheeky quotes about old maids from a Washington Star item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowlais
Scotland
Free Church Council
Lighthouse on Leonard Island to be the nation’s strongest beam
A lighthouse near Leonard Island off Vancouver Island will be the most powerful in America with 750000 candle power and visibility up to twenty five miles. The item cites varied, miscellaneous ad copy and quotations from 1900 including medical potions and harsh social maxims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Island
Vancouver Island
America
Quips and Quirks from a Gentleman's Evening Talk
A pithy reminiscence features humorous exchanges among family and townsfolk. A child questions a dog at a neighbor’s house while a singer’s performance prompts a conductor’s action. A tale casts doubt on a counterfeit coin in a church plate anecdote.
Quick Witty Exchanges and Jests from a Bygone Paper
A string of light humor vignettes features a schoolmaster ill, a one armed youth with a clever reply, a cabbage joke in a romance, a stork rumor, and a matchmaking swell. Quips cover love money and platonic affection with snappy dialogue and social pretense.
The Usual Complaint in Courtroom Banter
A humorous exchange features a magistrate asking a defendant to support his wife. The defendant laments the insupportable spouse, while a witty remark about betting losses and broken promises is shared. The dialogue blends marital tensions with legal phrasing in a playful tone.
Leeds woman regains voice after electric treatment
A young Leeds woman who had not spoken for five years regained her voice through electricity. A hospital surgeon notes some patients are mute due to hysteria and can be cured by a strong electric shock, though genuine cases exist without organic voice loss. A woman criticizes a doctor for focusing on the tongue instead of listening to her symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora B. Frazier
Althea St
Providence
R. L
Dr. Williams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Leeds
Simmons Cough Syrup Promises Sleep and Relief
A vintage ad style notice urges care for lungs and promotes Simmons Cough Syrup as soothing and strengthening, claiming it stops coughs and helps sleep. A Georgia climate quip from the Atlanta Constitution frames a social joke about courtship and deceit.
Frozen man and loyal dogs on Lake Erie
A fisherman lost in a fierce Lake Erie storm perishes while three dogs survive. One dog that remained harnessed goes mad and is killed. The piece notes dogs often aid search and risk, but harsh conditions claim lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
Harper’s Magazine
GREAT MEN AT CLOSE VIEW IN 1880 DINNER TALK
Rt. Rev Mandell Creighton recalled John Bright’s sharp remark about cabinet members and a future parliamentary career push from Gladstone. He also recounted Ruskin’s railway journey critique and lack of facial happiness among seven hundred fellow passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandell Creighton
London
John Bright
Gladstone
Postum and Grape-Nuts Promote Happy Healthy Children
A testimonial from Alabama praises Postum Coffee Substitute with Grape-Nuts added, claiming it suits even weak stomachs and regulates bowels in children and adults. The letter cites a four and a half year old and a two and a half year old, plus a nudging note about Postum replacing coffee for nervous stomachs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of the Magnolia
Alabama
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
H & T R R Rate One Fare Plus Returns Texas
Tickets go on sale December 20 to 26 1904 with a 30 day limit from sale. Round trip rates available between Texas points with sale dates December 23 to January 1 limited to January 4 for return. For details contact local agents or M L Robbins Houston Texas. The note ends with a line about English pauperism costs per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
T. J. Anderson
Jos. Hellen
Vwia
M. L. Robbins
Houston
Defiance Starch Promises Better Results and More Value
An advertisement claims Defiance Starch yields better results than any other brand and offers up to one third more for the same money. It adds a note that some men find it easier to start a paying business than to build a good reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Dengise
W. J. Douglas
Mecar
Dept. Coll
Int
Revenue
Richmond
W. TL
Douglas
Corona Coltakin
Corona
Colt
Brockton
Massachusetts
Winchester
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Advert
A drugstore promise offers PAZO OINTMENT as a cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles with a refund if it fails within 6 to 14 days. An Englishman ends up in an insane asylum after overindulging in newspaper puzzles.
Defiance Water Starch Ad and Miscellaneous Bits
An assortment of brief notices includes an ad for Defiance Cold Water Starch touting 16 oz for 10 cents and comparisons to 12 oz rivals, a self improvement claim about women, a Houston detective agency promotion, Beecher quotation on effort, a remark about Jews speaking Spanish in the East, and population figures for Constantinople Salonica and Smyrna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Constantinople
Salonica
Smyrna
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Porto Rico
Cheek & Neal Coffee Co
Nashville, Tenn
Tiga Aun
Webster
Eeman Abbott
D.D
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Springfield
Mass
Farmers
Central Telephone & Electric Co
Lucas Ave
St. Louis
SCS
Main Street
Houston Optical Company
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
the Sun
Germany
Svate
Onto
ToLopo
Lucas County
Franx J. Cueney
F. J. Cueney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Catanan Carr
Frank J. Cheney
W. Gleason
Norang Prwnte
Gene F.ja & Co
Ran Draggists
Haji
Cordelia
L. C. Glover
Milwaukee, Wis
Business Woman’s Association
Oakland
Cal
Olive Street
St. Louis, Mo
Cheatham
Boston
Washington Star
Pise
N. W. Samuubl
Ocean Grove
N. J
Peb
Robert
Deadon Swiggerton
Young Robert
Johnny
Las
Willie
Papa
Elsie
Polly
Detroit Free Press
Georgia
Billville Exchange
Atlanta Constitution
Ruskin
Carnforth
Oxford
Drors
Castoria
Fac Sumile Signature of
New York
Bears
L.drougi
Mall
Aooness
Sears, Roebuck & GO
Cuicaco
England and
Wales
McCane's Detective Agency
Beecher
Russia
England
France
F. F. Collins Mfg. CO
San Antonio
Pioneer Water Supply Material House of Texas
Mexico
Dallas Commercial College
Dallas
IT. T. Glaze
Jora X-A
Texas Ave
W.N. U. Houston
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