Inquirer Dims on Love Letters and Dandruff Cure Scams
A scattered old news note recounts a love affair blurred by letters and a breach of promise suit with an award of 000. It mentions Coca Cola dandruff refilling arrests in Kansas City, cures pitched for consumption and teething, maple soap ads, and other midwestern advertisements and notices. The jumble reflects era advertising and small legal notices alongside sensational snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Burgess
Lef
Burgess & van Horn
Harry Lay
W. T. ‘Fuge
Kansas City
Charming Summer Resorts on the Minneapolis and St Louis Line
The notice promotes health and recreation trips to Waterville Lake Totonka and Lake Minnetonka with fishing boating and hotel stays at Maple Point Tetonka Park and others on the M and St L line. It highlights frequent trains reduced fare tickets and contact with A B Cutts G P and T A M and St L R R in Minneapolis. A closing quip adds a joke about a woman and a hairpin unable to sharpen a lead pencil.
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Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R
Waterville
Minn
Lake Totonka
Maple Point Hotel
Tetonka Park
Waconia
Clear Lake
Coney Island
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis & St Louis R,r
Deephaven
Cottagewood
Excelsior
Lake Park
A. B. Cutts
G. P
Minneapolis
Summer Resorts Appeal Across Lake Country Region
In the Lake Country of Northern Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan hundreds of charming summer resorts await thousands of tourists from the South and East. Places named include Fox Lake Delavan Lauderdale Waukesha Oconomowoc Palmyra The Dells Kilbourn Elkhart Madison Minocqua Star Lake Frontenac White Bear Minnetonka Marquette on Lake Superior. A pamphlet titled Summer Homes in 1900 or a copy of the illustrated Summer book In The Lake Country can be obtained by contacting a ticket agent or writing with four cents postage to Gee H Heatford Chicago Ill.
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Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Fox, Lake
Delavan
Lauderdale
TALMAGE SERMON ON CHRIST FINISHING THE WORK
A brisk sermon recounts Christ finishing the work given him, his humble life and opposition, and his victory over nature death and suffering. It contrasts Jesus with worldly status, emphasizes his humanity and divine power, and offers comfort to the afflicted through a sympathetic savior.
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Christ
John
Galilee
Eye
Jesus
Star of Bethlehem
Jairus
Lazarus
Gennesaret
Augustus
Sanhedrin
Tiberias
Emmaus
Enduring Backing From Home and Teachers enriches schooling
A quoted excerpt attributes early American educational advantage to two main forces. Professor Hugo Munsterberg cites scholarly teacher preparation and, more important, the home environment that supported school work. Parents’ respect and praise for schools reinforced students, while books, plans, hygiene, and stimulation aided outcomes but were secondary to teacher enthusiasm and parental respect.
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New England
Hugo Munsterberg
Atlantic Monthly
Help Wanted to Use the Seeds in West District Letter
A congressman from a western agricultural district received a letter praising seeds and requesting two loads of fertiliser and a new barter. The writer, calling himself a grateful supporter, asks for a man to work a couple of days and promises to send produce to the recipient and the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Blank
New York Tribune
Morey’s Liver and Kidney Cordial advert
An old advertisement warns against ignoring back pain and kidney troubles. It promotes Morey’s Liver and Kidney Cordial as a system renovator and cure for kidney and urinary issues, with claims of wide availability through local agents. It cautions against using hot irons for fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morey
Footwear relief and home remedies in a 19th century ad era
A collage of advertisements and brief quotes promoting Allen's Foot Ease powder for tight shoes, Kemp’s Balsam cough remedy, Birdseye product mail offers, and moralizing lines on Indians, aborigines, and dental practices. Includes claims of free samples, druggist sales, and a Liver and Kidney Cordial.
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Allen
Allen S.olmsted
LeRoy, N
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
The Pinkham Remedies for disorders of feminine organs gain renown and wide sales for the lasting good they provide to women nationwide. Mrs Pinkham offers free counsel with practical honest advice from Lynn Massachusetts address. A Minnesota rat catcher advertises a different line.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Ocean Grove
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Skars, Rozpres & Co
Binder Twine
Chicago
Carter
India
Country
World
Westfield
Mass
Gennesep Purg Focb Co
le Roy
Baying
Geo. B. Brown
Ed H. Hardin
China Springs
Tex
Morley
Revenue Officers
Putnam
Talmage
John XVII
Lois Klopsch
Alexander the Great
Alexander
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Antietam
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Austeriitz
Jena
Jerusalem
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Athens
Long Island
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Christendom
America
Walter Baker & Co
T.tu
Dorchester
Australia
The
Pinkham
Reomedies
W.N. U
Des Moines
Lane Street
W. P. Chase CO
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Sweet, Wallach & CO
Wabash Ave
East
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Rv
Ghautauqua Lake
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence River
White Mountains
Atlantic Coast
F. M. Byron
van Buren Street
Boston
Lewis Gas Engines
J. Thompson & Sons Mfc.co
Beloit, Wis
Cartersive
Are
Hiowth
W.H. Copeland
Copeland
United States
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton, Mags
WH. H. Urken
Atlanta
Mrralikr
Capt
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New York Avenue
Washington, D.G
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