Geronimo Captured After Five Months Pursuit by Miles
General Nelson A. Miles recalls the long chase across Arizona and into Mexico that ended in Geronimo surrender. He credits Capt. Leonard Wood and Capt. Lawton for key moves, noting how heliograph communication and hostages secured surrender. The account highlights Geronimo’s resolve and the strategic patience of the campaign.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Geronimo
Hig
Arizona
Mexico
Wwe
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Cuba
Natchez
Lawton
Skeleton Canyon
Fort Bowie
Capt. Lawton
Gen. Sherman
Paint and manners in a busy home front
The piece discusses how home owners often undermine skilled painters by hiring incompetent workers, meddling with materials and timelines, and nagging the painter. It notes wasted money from poor painting and promotes a National Lead Co. outfit offering a paint detection manual and guidance. It also includes light social quips and magazine humor snippets about domestic life and misused metaphors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
National Lead Co
Trinity Bldg
New York City
Banquet Quip About Scout Scadds At Western Banquet
A Western trade banquet sparks a sharp exchange over a gentleman named Scadds. One diner questions his birthright claim, the other asserts he has never had a fork in his mouth, noting only a knife at the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scadds
Coffee linked to rheumatic ailments and tooth decay says user letter
A Washington resident claims habitual coffee causes many diseases including rheumatism and tooth decay. After switching to Postum for six months she reports restored health, better sleep, and vanished rheumatism, urging readers to consult The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Kidney pills claim relief for Mrs Roseboom
Mrs Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho testifies that hereditary kidney trouble caused nervousness poor vision bad circulation and restless sleep. She credits Deans Kidney Pills from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY with freeing her from these symptoms after using the product sold at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Roseboom
Washington St
Moscow
Idaho
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Family Health Advice
Ancient ad and brief anecdote mix in this fragment. Hall's Catarrh Cure promises blood and mucus cleansing with a Toledo address, notary stamp dated December 6, 1886, and a note urging readers to try the remedy. An aside joke about walnuts and tight pants appears from a Delineator insert.
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J. Cheney
Subeeri
A. D
É Jinex
A. W. Gleason
Notary Pusiic
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ail Druggista
Tommie
Tomme
A Hairline Sketch of Humour and Health Remedies
A collage of quips and product pitches from vintage advertorials and jokes. Snippets mention Castoria for children, eye salve, liniment, Capucine headaches, Brown's Bronchial Tracheas, Wrigley’s spearmint, Allen’s Foot Ease, Woolford's Sanitary Lotion, and an airship joke, all reflecting early 20th century domestic life and commerce.
Doctor and patient exchange by tub over pills
A doctor cautions the patient about exposure to cold and warns of catching a death. The patient recalls instructions to dissolve pills in water, seeking guidance on proper intake.
Treatment Claims Revolutionary Cure For Centuries
The piece touts cures science has struggled to achieve and promises universal access via free mail literature from Dr May Laboratory at 548 Pearl Street New York City. It includes testimonials and a sensational gun joke about a double barreled weapon.
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Dr. May
Pearl Street
New York City
Hicks Capudine offered as best remedy for colds and grip
Advertisement asserts Hicks Capudine relieves aching and feverishness and cures the cold with liquid effects. Claims immediate action with 2 percent and Scat Drug Stores listed. Ends with a humorous in-house joke about opening a business.
Marine Eye Remedy and Other Patent Medicine Claims
An assortment of old time patent medicine lines tout Marine Eye Remedy and Pettit's Eye Salve, plus Wrigley’s Spearmint and Garfield Tea as cures or aids. The jumble includes quotes, endorsements, testimonials, and slogans urging readers to buy these tonics, salves, and mints.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo,y
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Houston Typewriter Exchange
Prairie Avenue
Houston
Texas
Carter
Sha
Hooper
Hooper Medicine CO
Dallas
Jersey City
N. J
Lake Pats
H.planten& Son
Henry St.brooklin
W.Y
The
Bullwinkle Seed Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Ec Fey
Elizia
Miles
Savage
Samantha
Brooklyn
Mary
Harper's Weekly
Brats
Omo
TeLxpo
Lucas Countr
Frank J. Curver
Mr. Stubb
John
Mrs. Stubb
Mitchell
Freddie
Liniment
Harper’s Weekly
Robertson
Brown
John I, Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
Cupid
Allen
Qeat Zour
Olmsted
le Roy
Woolford
Wrigley
Edmund Burke
Wrigley’s
Bishop
Groyv
Cardus
Fannie Ellis
Foster, Ark
Sloan
Sweeney
Price
Earl S. Sloan
Bosters
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
U.S. A
W.l.douglas
Dodds
Peale
W.N. U
Sears
W. L. Tee
W. L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
National Lead Company
Trinity Building
New York
McCane’s Detective Agency
South
Thompson
Atlanta
Wendell Phillips
Vot
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