Backing It Up and a Fraud Exposed in Town Hall Meeting
A chaotic town hall talk ends with a lecturer presenting a counterfeit card image as fraud while advertising a cure labeled Vegetable Prescription for coughs and colds. The speaker touts samples and a money-back guarantee as audiences react amid mentions of earthquake footage and moving pictures.
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Francisco
Chicago
Tribene
Alberta
Canada
Portland
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Calgary
Dellara
Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company, Ltd
Canndis
Esatien
The Rothschild Start and Early Banking Roots
Amechel Moses Rothschild ran a gin shop at 152 Judengasse in Frankfurt and sold curiosities. His son Mayer Amichel, born 1743 and died 1812, continued in coin dealing and, aided by a court banker, helped establish the great Rothschild banking house.
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Rothschild Famly
Amechel
Moses Rothechild
Judengasse
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Rothschild
Mayer Amechel
Heese
Mayer
Dierent Shades Match Shade My Wife Asked
A playful dialogue unfolds as a celebrated medium addresses a little man asking for a shade to match what his wife told him to wear when he started downtown today. The banter blends whimsy with a fashion theme from a Mileage Daily News item.
Cake Cutter Cuts Many Shapes With No Waste
A New Jersey man created a cake cutter using a roller with interlocking blades forming multiple figures. As the roller passes dough, designs align edge to edge, leaving no gap and minimal waste. Also includes quirky recipe notes and a London walker’s seven year trek record.
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New Jersey
London
Mark All
Fleet Street
Three Kingdoms
France
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Germany
Russia
New Haven
Dieppe
Mark
London Chronicle
Brandreth's Pills Promised to Invigorate Digestion
An advertorial note touts Brandreth's Pills as a long used, vegetable laxative tonic for digestion and bowel relief. One or two nightly doses for a week typically remedy constipation or dyspepsia, with the claim of clearing blood and renewing vigor.
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Brandreth
Notable Patents and Miscellaneous Ad Pitches
An assorted clipping includes an advertisement claiming PAZO OINTMENT cures itching and piles in 6 to 14 days with money back, a stray line about language, a Mothers’ teething product note, and a fragmentary dialog about the weather and prices reflecting disparate notices from a historical page.
Christmastime Confusion Sparks Overabundance of Gifts
A fragmented note reports a denser than usual pile of presents causing uncertainty. The speaker mentions many Christ mas related items and asks how to handle them, reflecting holiday prep clutter without clear names or dates.
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Hood
Bae
Beall
Sea ‘Doskinnd
Jermy City
New S York Sun
Baltimore American
George Bilet
Speeneras
S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gas
F. J. Catteron & CO
Abington Building
Portlend
Oregon
Portland Stock Exchange
Ral Sheewan
Berkshire
White Rocks Pachic Nursery CO
Catatogue Free
Tangest
United States Wealth & Accident Insurance Company of
Fonte, Michigan
Pacific Coast
Ional Bank of Portland
B. L. Aldrich
Mgr
Western
Marques Bidg
Grages
DR. C. Gee WO
Buria
Peya
Sirouiore
Gee We Chinese Medicine Co
First St
Morrison Kention
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