Spain and Germany show divergent views of military service
The article notes that in Spain military men are not revered like in Germany, with 1 in 18 avoiding service and many affluent families buying substitutes. It also mentions a Parisian pestering with a bell and battery, and a laundry starch pitch highlighting Defiance Starch as 16 oz per package and chemical free, plus a German wood preservation method using vacuum filled timber with sulphate and borate of ammonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Germany
Cure for eczema offers relief in Mrs. Howard tale
Mrs. Kate Howard of Little Rock credits Hunt's Cure with permanently curing a long standing eczema after trying many remedies. The ad notes 50c per box and claims lasting effect after two years. The piece also cites historical suicide rates and rising crisis reports among children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Howard
Little Rock, Ark
Free Trip to the World's Fair Highlighted in Kiam's Store News
The May issue of Kiam's Store News promises a chance to win a free trip to the World's Fair. Ed Kiam, Houston outfitter, invites readers to request a copy. The article notes pearl hunting and collection business thrives nine months a year with markets in New York and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiam
Ed. Kiam
Houston
Texas
New York City
Defiance Starch Rivalry Spills Into Local Grist
Grocers reject Defiance starch citing stock on hand of 12 oz packages of other brands while 16 oz packages of Defiance offer more for the same price. They urge customers to choose Delance Storch as it requires no cooking. The text also notes the Welcome Nugget found in 1858 at Bakery Hill Ballarat weighing 2217 oz 15 dwt and selling for £10500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Bome
Delance
Bakery Hill
Ballarat
Australia
X. US
M. C. Butler
South Carolina
Perune Medicine ‘Co
Washington, D. C
Butler
Peruna
Union Pacific Railroad
Louisiana Territory
Union Pacific
United States
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana
Union, Pacific
Overheard on the Pike in a June wedding note
Humorous dialogue about visiting Ax nes at night and Allen's Foot Ease with a streetwise drugstore quip. A footnote hints the twain will be made one in June. The column closes with aphorisms about marrying ideals and friendships tested by life interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Easy
Axnes
Allen
Miss Foote
Noaiest
the Twain
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises Quick Cure for Sick Kidneys
An advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills cure backache fatigue and urinary troubles by restoring kidney health. A testimonial from Mrs. W S Marshall of Dawson Georgia says her husband improved in three days after one box. Free trials mailed nationwide. Product sold for 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Marshall
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sewing machine offers flood of low price deals from Sears Roebuck
Readers are invited to cut out and mail for a handsomely illustrated sewing machine catalogue. Sears Roebuck & Co promises astonishing price propositions on Minnesota Singer Wheeler & Wilson White Standard and New Home machines, urging immediate reply. A varied mix of brief notes follows, including musically aided sociability, soft zinc alloy patenting, Defiance starch promotion, a groom concealing a wedding ring, and a mock prophecy of inflated beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Standard
White
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Considerate Papa and the Splurge The Fortune After Thirty Years
Life Money Spent on American Soldiers notes that subsistence for U S soldiers costs under 20 cents daily per man with clothing around 45 dollars yearly. It adds that total annual food and clothing per enlisted man runs about 115 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Hiram
Life
United States
Fire Gongs in London Draw Mixed Reactions
London fire department tests apparatus gongs but cockneys say they lack the clear street clearing effect of the fireman's vocal Hi bi hi. The article notes public skepticism toward the new sound signaling method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Fire Department
Remarkable Yorkshire farm rears moths and butterflies
A Yorkshire farm grows moths and butterflies for sale and keeps forty thousand caterpillars on hand year round. The enterprise is planted with trees and shrubs to support the breeding operation and fulfill orders anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
England
Peru Plans First Electric Railway to Pacific Coast
The project would run eight miles from Lima to the Pacific and a proposed ten mile line to Callao. It will feature American cars and dynamos, signaling a major modernization of Peru's rail system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Lima
Callao
Boy Healed By Dodd's Kidney Pills After Illness
In St. John Kansas on May 30 Dr. Jesse L. Simes reports a case of a boy from the McBride family who suffered malignant seghetina and semi paralysis in the right limbs with ear deafness. After trials from a traveling doctor the boy worsened with epileptic spells until a course of Dodd's Kidney Pills was begun and seizures ceased within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Kansas
Wm. McBride
Jesse L. Simes
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure
An old advertisement bundle touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for curing catarrh. It includes testimonials, dosing details, price per bottle, and broad drugstore distribution. Also mentions Allen’s Foot-Ease and other products with short, miscellaneous notes and rambling vaudeville-like lines.
Defiance Starch and other ads in a late 19th century page
An assortment of advertisements tout Defiance Starch promising strong whitening and value, Cheatham's laxative tablets with testimonial, opal jewelry claims, factory-direct trunks from Houston Trunk Factory, and a note on South Africa plague mortality payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Main St
Texas
Hunter's Lightning Oil and Defiance Starch Ads
Excerpts praise Hunt's Lightning Oil liniment with 25 and 50 cent bottles. Defiance Cold Water Starch advertised as better value with 4 oz more. Includes stray remarks on railways, London area densities, and a playful note about a penguin's wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Alexander
Brasken, Mo
Mr. Alexander
Damage suit industry grows in Texas railroads
The article surveys the rise of damage suit payouts against Texas railroads from 1891 to 1908, noting rising annual damages and their impact on railroad expansion and equipment. It cites Railroad Commission figures, showing totals from a modest 225,749.94 in 1891 to 1,940,551.41 in 1908, and argues public sentiment fuels the suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Statesman
Texas
Tts
Railroad Commission
Austin
Texas Railroads
Ren
Texas Lines
Weather Barometer Wool and Children’s Syrup Adeds
The text describes a proverb about wool as a weather barometer and references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children with a claim of soothing teeth and reducing irritation. It includes an advisory about not taking things that belong to others and a product claim for a 2508 bottle.
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B.B.B
B.B. B
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Genine Tower
Watercroce Rees
Tower Canadian CO
Wherrett
G. Wherrett Co
Atchison
Ilidita
Colt Rege
Texas Optical Co
H.F Cohen
Duns
Danforth
St. Joseph
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pirkham
Florence Danforth
Miles Ave
Siblige
Standard Oil Company
The
American Tobacco Company
Japan
Athens
F. ©. Penrose
Dijon
France
John Lane
Berlin
London Daily Mail
Ben Johnson
Alchemist
Sir Epicure Mammon
Beware
the Traveling Doctor
Lesert
Arabia
Russia
French Congo
Africa
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Watoiia
Kinxan & Manvin
Yake Hall
Dickey
Chester
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Cheatham
L. M. Duncan
Tibet
Germaany
South Africa
New York
Castellani
Colombo
Ceylon
Wil
Kin Chow
Seoul
Port Arthur
Austin Rites
Joe Gilbert
St. Louis
Scila Opera House
Milan
Italy
U. S
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Monty Beck
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Aeb
Piso
Jonn F Borsa
Trinity Springs, Ltd
Dr.Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
B. Covey
Savannah
Tenn
Pepsim Syrup CO
Monticello, Til
Heisig
Texas Ave
Frank H. Keger
Earth Block
Denver
Colo
Sgmistrat
W. N. U. Houston
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