Munyon Demands Attention at Philadelphia Clinics
Crowds flock to Munyon Laboratories at 53d and Jefferson Streets Philadelphia to seek relief from indigestion rheumatism and other ailments. Visitors recount dramatic improvements after using Munyon treatments and many send letters seeking free medical advice with no obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Munyon
Munyon
Laboratories
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Muniz
Wrong Man in Fake Horse Race Swindle Traced by Victim
New York report of Thomas W. Baille w, a Missouri merchant from Princeton, pursuing thirteen indicted men in federal courts in Iowa over a $30 000 swindle tied to a fixed horse race. Baille w tracked suspects after a two year search, aided by police raids and interstate travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
New York
Thomas W. Baillew
Princeton
James ‘Morton
Baillew
Morton
Iowa
West
Ghostly billiards rattle Meriden club doors
Meriden Conn residents report a ghost at the Home club playing billiards and pool by day and night. Bells ring at the front door and in the grill rooms though no one appears. The pool hall is the ghost’s favored haunt as staff find no living players yet hear crack of balls after hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden, Conn
Meriden
Wealthy Boston Woman Leaves Monument Restrictions
Christie Violette of Boston who died recently directs the executor to erect a granite monument on her Forest Hill Cemetery lot at a cost of 100 dollars and a small headstone but forbids inscribing her birth date age or birthplace on the coffin monument or headstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Christie Violette
Forest Hill Cemetery
Kitten with Five Legs Curiosity in Marquette
A Marquette resident reports a kitten with a fifth leg protruding from its left hind leg. The extra limb appears nearly as long as the normal leg and the animal uses it with full control, showing lively behavior among its litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Clary Nadeau
Traveler's puzzled remark on North Dakota snow
A St. Louis traveler on his first North Dakota trip wakes to a snow covered morning and jokes with the hotel clerk asking when summer arrives. The clerk, replying that he has only been there eleven months, adds a dry local note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
North Dakota
Success Magazine
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Ad Shown for Children
An 8 year old ad promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children. The copy urges mothers to use the product during the teething period.
Easy Way Out
The passage depicts a sultry day in court with restless spectators and an irritable judge. A prisoner in the witness box shouts cries of support as the judge warns that any disturbance will lead to dismissal from the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Pathfinders Exchange Odd Umbrella For a Purchase
Dialogue centers on a quirky umbrella traded by Dorkins to Jorkins-How. Dorkins explains he bought the umbrella from The Pathfinder in a curious sequence. The exchange highlights a humorous street scene and casual streetwise humor.
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Jorkins
Dorkins
Pathfinder
Letting Gye Salve Same Girl Chorus Boy Dialogue
A brief exchange captures a young man announcing marriage to a chorus girl. The father recalls his own youthful wish to wed the same. The mood reflects lighthearted parental acceptance and generational parallels.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised
A Baltimore reader and hundreds of mothers report their daughters health restored after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter from Mrs L A Coreran cites relief from green sickness and lasting improvement after three bottles. The company in Lynn Mass invites others to write for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alice
Lydia E. Pinkham
L. A. Coreran
Rutland Street
Baltimore, Md
Lynn
Mass
Red Gross Ball Blue Makes Clothes Snow White
The prominent wash day solution promises snow white clothes with a solid, leak free package. Advertises 20 year history and nationwide use. A large package costs 10 cents and claims less leather wear, less waste, and greater economy. Ask your grocer.
Function of Religion and Pill Ad Copy
A compact quotation on religion as a value claimed by consciousness. The piece then promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation, asserting cure of the cause cures the disease and touting ease of use.
Astor's Tonquin Opens First American Pacific Settlement
In March 1811 John Jacob Astor's brigantine Tonquin entered the Columbia River and anchored near the mouth, where his men founded the first American settlement on the Pacific near present Astoria, marking a historic moment in American fur trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacob Astor
Columbia River
Astoria
Pacific
Is Really Fame Help That Comes Too Late
A saying suggests aid arriving after trouble is not helpful but fame, highlighting the issue of delayed assistance and attention. The remark contrasts immediate support with public recognition and its hollow value when timing diminishes usefulness.
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Morrison
Portland, Or
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Portland
Ore
Aca
Illestra
Reeley
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Mary's Academy
Aleep Saar
A Valley Nursery CO
Teppenish
Washington
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C. Gee Wo
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China
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Ehriich
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