Paris Debt Reaches Record World-High Total
The report states Paris carries the largest city debt globally, totaling £80,000,000. The note contrasts this with other claims and mentions a bold assertion about a product described as the best due to a unique process.
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Paris
Stockholm
Roumanian Hospitality and Frugal Peasant Meals
The Roumanian peasantry lead a simple life with maize cake as the staple. Each person shares a small portion, onions, beans, watermelon, plums, and water, while wary housewives guard against guests who seem underfed.
Don’t neglect that cough Treat your lungs with Simmons Cough Syrup
The ad urges care for lungs and promises relief from coughing to help sleep. It contrasts a medical claim with statistics about personal crisis reports in France and Italy and notes fortune tellers in Paris earning over £400,000 annually from about 2,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmon
France
Italy
Paris
Allen's Foot-Ease ad promotes foot relief and samples
An advertisement urges customers to ask their dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to rest the feet and cure swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrown nails. It sells at 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample mailed to Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. The piece ends with a stray aging reflection about Japanese becoming illustrious ancestors.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Defiance Starch Praised as Best Value in Household Use
A promotional claim states Defiance Starch should be in every home and offers 4 oz more for 10 cents than rival brands. The note also mentions the Empress of Russia favoring violet scent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Empress of
Russia
Violet
Tender Conscience and Hard Sell Echo in Old Letters
A fragmentary column recalls a typist who defends a sharp fundraising scheme as business and a three decade old adage about conscience. It notes town land sales near Casper Wyoming and signs off with a medical testimonial and a printer error about Deacon Hall's health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catarrh cure fraud and local business ads from 1910s text
A collage of advertisements and notices promising Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and prices, plus local business promotions and a joke about gratitude and mortgages. Contains names like F J Cheney Co and Toby's College and mentions Jacksonville and Waco Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toby
Practical Business College
Waco, Tex
Jane
McCane's Detective Agency and Various Promos
McCane's Detective Agency in Houston boasts the largest detective force in the South and offers written opinions on cases. An advertisement contemplates a London center hotel with luxury for two dollars daily. Also promotes Cherokee Remedy for coughs and lung troubles, Defiance Starch, Red Cross Blueing, Piso's Cure for coughs, and a 1900 Minneapolis testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCane's Detective Agency
Houston
Texas
South
Sir Alfred Jones
London
Woman Recovers From Kidney Sickness After Dean's Pills
Mrs. Mary Cain of Kansas City Kansas City Missouri describes years of weakness swollen ankles and frequent kidney secretions followed by treatment with Dean's Kidney Pills. She says she recovered completely and has had a healthy baby after doctors gave up. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Mary Cain
30Th St
Cleveland Ave
Kansas City
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Cultivate Habit of Silence and Steady Thought
The Weekly Scotsman urges the value of silent thinking as essential to mental growth. It notes that most people struggle to concentrate on a single subject for even a few minutes and may talk for hours about nothing.
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Weekly Scotsman
Cure for Eczema Noted by Addington Woman
Mrs. I B Jones of Addington Ind reports two years of severe eczema ending in a permanent cure after using Cuticura Ointment and Re Solvent with Soap. An anecdote about Phillips Brooks includes a fisherman’s tale ending with a moral quip from Brooks.
When Hats Were Always Worn in Church and Love
An essay notes seventeenth century practice of hats in worship as Pepys observed men and women wearing head coverings. It cites a minister preaching with his hat and a personal discomfort from removing a hat at dinner while reflecting on love and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Marblehead
Pepys
Lightning Oil Endorsement From Red Rock Resident
John P. Thompson of Red Rock Oklahoma Territory praises Hunt's Lightning Oil as the best remedy for cuts burns sprains and aches both twelve years ago and today. He extols its superior effectiveness across time.
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Hunt
John P. Thompson
Red Rock
O. T
Thought Birds Misperceive Life Beyond Slums
A New York Times anecdote recalls slum children misbeliefs about country life and a country excursion when a boy, watching birds fly overhead, asks if the birds have cages and pities them for lacking one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Barber Stephens
East Side
Paralysis Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills in Amesbury Tale
Mr Kenney describes a near hopeless paralysis episode ending in recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He suffered severe pains numbness and sleepless nights before relief after seven boxes. He now works at Merrimac Hat Co lives in Amesbury Massachusetts and notes the pills sold by pharmacists or Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady. Reading note Switzerland’s 1900 elderly cohort shows only 59 survivors from 562 aged 90+ as of Dec 1 1900.
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Mr. Kenney
Switzerland
Radio-Sulpho Co
Flack
Denver
Cole
Waterman’s Narrow Escape Outsmarted by Automobilist
A water-loving man recalls a close encounter with a reckless driver who knocked him down and mocked him. The driver later sought a river crossing, but the man refused, jokingly rowing away with his boat as the roadster hurried off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh with Blood Balm Remedy
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for rheumatism and catarrh claiming the blood toxin causes symptoms from joint pain to deafness. It offers free samples and medical advice, with price details and Atlanta contact. Other items promote Defiance Cold Water Starch and Red Cross Bag Blue, plus a note on Stockholm deaths from alcohol and King Edward’s Victoria medal for his chef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Avoiding Operations With Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
An article touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ovarian and womb troubles and as an alternative to surgery. It cites patient letters praising relief from symptoms and urges readers to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Margrite Ryan
St. Andrew's Society
Margret Merkley
3D Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Abe Ee
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Mad dog mauls child of Harrisburg post master
A dog ripped most of the clothing from the Post master Reynolds’s child in Harrisburg but did not bite. City Marshal Kearner killed the dog. The Lover’s remark and a Friend’s comment hint at political tensions and an upcoming election.
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Reynolds
Harrisburg
Kearner
Defiance Starch Promoted for 16 Ounce Value
Grocers report not stocking Defiance Starch due to existing 12 ounce brands on hand yet Defiance offers 16 ounces for the same price. The ad urges customers to choose Defiance for no cooking required and notes a child’s mischief with a baking powder box as a closing anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Australian Leap Monthly Regulator for Women's Health
A nurse in New York promotes AUSTRALIAN Leap as a monthly regulator for female ailments including backache kidney and urinary troubles. The Mother Gray Co. sells through druggists or by mail for 50 cents with free samples. The piece also notes mint profits from shillings and penny pieces.
Cotton Trade Urges Rapid Decision on Lots
The memo urges quick judgment on each cotton lot as market circumstances shift daily. It emphasizes moving goods promptly and adapting to evolving conditions to optimize outcomes.
Shipping to Our Services and Facilities Urged
The notice invites suppliers to ship goods to our services and facilities, assuring reliability and command of shipments. It emphasizes correct routing and confidence in fulfilling orders without error.
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Albany Street
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Castoria
Moea
Fac Smile Signature of
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Bears
Idine Patton
Norahon Drug Co
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M.D
Springfield
Omaha
Nebr
Casper
Wyo
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Wind River Reservation
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Franklin, la
Wallingford
Conn
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Waalking, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesafe Druggiste
Mall
Morgan County Teachers’ Association
Jacksonville
D. J. Staley
Dennis Whalen
Clara Rinkey
Senator Sorghum
Taylor
Maud
Clara
Audubon Boy
Piso
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
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Rosalind
Duke of Wellington
Liberty
Tommy
New York Times
Case
Dr. Williams
Red Cross
Edward
M. Menager
Margrite RR
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Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D. C
A. Paxton
Mage
Vere
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
W. L
W.l.douglas
Thompson
Putnam
Monroe Dru
Unionville
Missouri
W.L. Dougas
ALL Towers
Flower Sanapun
James
Tower
Mai
Coney Island
Coney Island Postal Card Co
W. N.U. Houston
Wm. D. Cleveland & Sons
Houston, Texas