Roosevelt Named Progressive Party Nominee for President
Theodore Roosevelt is the Progressive Party nominee for President with Hiram W. Johnson of California as Vice President. The convention launched a bold platform, promising the most progressive agenda in national history. The piece predicts battles with Taft and Wilson, noting Roosevelt’s vow to push the third term effort and the fight to come.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
MacDuffe
South
Chicago
Successful Salesmanship and Polite Service Tips
The piece extols courteous, attentive sales practice. It emphasizes rising to greet customers, allowing them to enter first, listening carefully, and avoiding rude replies. It stresses reliable information, neat appearance, polite phone conduct, controlled temper, and the link between health, charm, and business success.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
The advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease cured only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as affecting blood and mucous surfaces, prescribed by physicians, and not a quack medicine. Addressed to readers, it promises testimonials and lists Toledo, Ohio as the company location with drugstore availability.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cups for sanitary drinking water sales
Advocate Pub. Co offers sanitary drinking cups for businesses to avoid inspector violations. Contact by phone 74 to stock up before a visit.
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Advocate Pub. Co
For Rent Four Rooms on West 33 Main Street
Four room rental with water and gas available on West 33 Main Street. Apply to B. F. Mark. Phone number 635-y.
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Main Street
B. F
What’s the Use of Loving song free of redemption sales
What’s the Use of Loving is a popular love song praised as one of the greatest ever written. It’s trending in New York and expected to spread nationwide. The piece questions love’s value if desire cannot be fulfilled and hints at a price. Copies cost 50c with 1c postage to Globe Music Co. Broadway New York.
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New York
Globe Music Co
Broadway
N. Y
Molesoff
Old-Fashioned Domestic Advice On Making Soda Biscuits
A dialogue from the New York Evening Sun shows an old-fashioned domestic woman instructing a young housekeeper on making soda biscuits. She covers milk or sour cream amounts, flour with baking powder, dough stiffness, butter incorporation, shaping, oven heat, and judging readiness by appearance.
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New York Evening Sun
Local Offer Makes School Aide Happen For Ten Cents
A terse market-style pitch uses dialect to offer companionship for social access in exchange for a dime. The line suggests improvisational barter linked to schooling.
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James
Compliments for the Bride a Quaker Guest Remark
A Quaker dry goods merchant greets the unseen bride at a wedding with a sharp remark about discernment. He notes the groom’s qualities require penetra tion to see, while the bride’s are obvious at a glance.
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William
Premier Asquith Hidden Charm Shocks House Observers
The article notes that Premier Asquith of Great Britain seems unimpressive in appearance yet plays a pivotal role in European politics. His disheveled clothes and casual demeanor contrast with sudden fiery, eloquent bursts in parliamentary sessions.
Quote on democracy and nutmeg graters by European royalty
A satirical remark highlights the tension in democracy and consumer trust as the speaker notes consumers prefer products endorsed by European crowns. The line mocks authority and public opinion in a playful, pointed manner.
Speed mania observed in the neighborhood growler rush
An illustration asks what speed mania has been seen locally and answers it as people rushing the growler. The dialogue notes a hurried, comic rush rather than a serious event.
Mt Sterling Bluegrass League Schedule Includes Paris Lexington and More
Mt Sterling baseball list shows remaining schedule by opponent Paris Lexington Richmond Maysville and Frankfort with dates in June July August and September Abroad games listed for Paris Lexington Richmond Maysville and Frankfort Also an ad notes Dr Thomas Electric Oil claims quick sore throat relief.
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Mt. Sterling
Paris
Lexington
Richmond
Maysville
Frankfort
Slogans and ads mix in odd local roundup card
A jumble of ad taglines and quips from a historic newspaper page cites Best Home Killed roasts and steaks at Vanarsdell's Sutton & Son home furnishing, misquoted proverbs, and lines praising courteous delivery and printing services.
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Best Home
Vanarsdell’s
Steamship adds anchors fore and aft for safety
A new steamship built for the West India trade carries anchors at both bow and stern to reduce drift in exposed anchorage areas. The note cites past wrecks caused by boats losing their hold during storms, including the loss of US warships Trenton and Vandalia in the Apia hurricane years ago.
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United States
Trenton
Vandalia
Apia
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Cardui
Rae Vardu
Effie Graham
Willard, Ky
MI. Sterling
Arkansaw Thomas
Europe
Sutton & Son
Misery
S. E. Kelly &Co
Advocate Publishing Co
Agg. WI
Advocate Publishing Company Incorporated
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Oly DS
Mooola
Florida Distributing CO
Dept. A
Pensacola, Florida
Kentucky State Fair
Liberaus Band
Farmer Boys School
J. Ll. Cent
Paul Jones Building
Louisville
Cincinnati
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