Poor Chaps and Advertising Claims On Kidney Cure
A essay argues the poor face growing wealth gaps in the United States and praises advertising's role in publicizing Warner’s Safe Cure for kidney disease. It notes Hon H. Warner’s rise from illness to manufacturing and his $Millions spent on campaigns, claiming proven merit and a fourfold return. The piece recalls England’s 1634 death penalty for forgery and the last English forgery execution on December 31, 1820.
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New York
United States
Warner
H. Hi. Warner
Forcerny
England
Corporate relief schemes expand to secure worker loyalty
Railroads led by Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania lines push compulsory and voluntary relief associations offering medical care, sick pay, and pensions. Benefits scale with contribution, funded by company reserves, drawing workers from local benevolent lodges and reducing court-related costs.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Garrett
Relief Association
Ialding Joan Association
Missouri Pacific
Goodard
Hive Entrances Guarded by Beeson Duty
Entrances to the Hive are guarded by sentinels who challenge arriving bees with their attorney. A thief must pass the test or face danger as bees are nervous and sting at provocation. The old thieves are detected by the sentinels by their manner and use of sugar bribes to slip in or retreat.
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Hoss
Lin
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement promise reward
Now's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Toledo merchants endorse Hall's remedy and advertise testimonies, pricing 75 cents per bottle and selling through all druggists.
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Hall
FLU
Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. L Cheney
Wwe & Truax
Wwe & Truax, Wholesaleruzeista, Toledo, 0. Walding, Kisxan & Mavix
Wax Horse
Toledo National Bank
Hood
Suitor vows marriage vows despite empty purse
A suitor proclaims he will be a model husband to win the merchant traveler’s daughter, but the father derides him for having no money. The exchange ends with the suitor admitting poverty while declaring the daughter his idol, prompting resistance. The note references a Norwalk, Connecticut tale of lavish spending—$500,000 squandered in three years.
The Baker Who Taught Geology To Giants
A Scottish baker from Thurso, Robert Dick, amassed plant and rock knowledge that impressed top scientists like Hugh Miller and Sir Charles Lyell. He studied in a remote Highland glen, walked long miles for specimens, yet kept his bakery running, even when a Duke visited.
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Robert Dick
Thurso Caithness
Scotland
Highland Glen
Hugh Miller
Roderick Murchison
Charles Lyell
Duke of Argyll
Mannea
Piel
Christian Science in Farming Experiment Story
A Chicago Tribune summary reports a tale from a Haitian Christian Scientist about three wheat boxes using the same external conditions. One box is mentally encouraged, one discouraged, the third left to natural growth. Results: 100 kernels germinated in the encouraged box in 15 days, eighty-nine in the discouraged box, and intermediate growth in the third. The piece concludes farmers should cultivate crops diligently and cheerfully rather than worry and mentally hinder them.
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Atchison
Kas
Chicago Tribune
Positive Cure for Consumption Offered by M C Slogum
An letter to the editor from T A Slogum claims a positive cure for consumption and promises free bottles to readers who send their express and postal addresses. He lists 18 Pearl St, N Y as his address and signs as M C.
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P.O
T. A. Slogum
M. C
Jones and Brown dilemma teased in Detroit Bree Press
Jones chides Brown for missing a point in a story told to De TLankhede. Brown retorts with sarcasm about drawing on him. Jones counters that he laughs last, as the Detroit Bree Press notes.
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Jones
Brown
de Tlankhede
Catarrh Cure Offered by Clergyman in New York
A cleric long tormented by catarrh finally found a remedy that fully cured him and saved his life. He offers the recipe free to any reader who sends a self addressed stamped envelope to Professor J A Lawrence at 88 Warren Street New York City.
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Clerzyman
J. A. Lawrence
Warren Street
New York City
Glass Furniture for India Rajah taste
Glass furniture is manufactured especially for India where rajahs favor plattering and showy rooms. Class bedsteads and chairs, large glass sideboards, and other domestic articles are made to suit Oriental taste.
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India
Untitled land sale and distant notices from old Gazette
Mettor Tikaw wKIRNOMA offers 12W acres in the San Luis Valley Southern Colorado under Tener with ditches ready for use. Sold as a whole or in quantities to suit the purchaser, best land for farming or stock-raising. For price and terms contact Henry A. Butters Alamosa Colorado. A python over twenty feet long crawled on the deck of the Norwegian ship Birma at Singapore and routed attackers until pinned by a harpoon. A French doctor in Tonquin used corrosive sublimate for cholera with strong success. Work for workers writings from B F Johnson Co Richmond VA. First submarine telephonic cable about thirty miles long to be laid between Buenos Ayres and Montevideo.
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San Luis Valley
Colorado
Henry A. Butters
Alamosa
Birma
Singapore
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Spider catches snake in cellar web tale of ingenuity
An eminent New York lawyer recalls witnessing a nine inch striped snake suspended alive in a spider’s web between two shelves in a wine cellar. Three spiders feast as the snake is bound by many threads. The tale notes a windlass like knot and a green fly used to haul the victim up. The Fall Mall Gazelle derides American unity while noting the first colonial post office was established in New York in 1710.
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New York State
A Terrible Wreck Hint in a Familiar Heading
A reader ponders whether the line reads a real article or a patent medicine advertisement. The notice hints at a possible new daily paper or an orimary notice, suggesting a curiosity about the headline’s true nature.
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New York Weekly
Decreasing the Death Rate with Cod Liver Emulsion
The article promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver with Hypophosphites as reducing mortality among consumptives and subduing phthisis bronchitis and lung abscesses when used timely. It notes palatability like milk and availability from druggists. It also briefly mentions Lord Coleridge collecting 835,000 for the widow and daughter of Matthew Arnold.
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Scott
Lorp CoLrenmer
Matthew Arnold
Kemp's Balsam Advertised For Throat Ills In US Market
The piece touts Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung affections, claiming widespread US prevalence and urging readers to buy the remedy from druggists with free trial bottles and bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar. It also includes odd lines about girls chewing gum and a Burlington Free Press quip on anatomy.
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United States
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ECL
Ubaee
Maaan Nemanch
Sciatica
Dreagists and Deanens
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore, Tid
Arsericean School of Polygraphy
Madison, Wis
Irlestown
Mags
QEE
Wea. Cireilars
Beyant’s Business College
Buffalo
LE. Bos! & CO. Yoledo, O
Fostile
Circular
Business and Phonographic College
Sterling
Armple
Stan
Joan VY Itoe
Eris
Pate
U. S
Peaston Bureau
Act' v
Joe
Washington, D. C
Aidren
Veaston Bureau
Chile
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Deuggistr
J.C. Nance
Hobbyville
Ind
Asood Health
Anni
Gekslina
Columbus
Swirt Secieto Co
Drawer
Adway
Radway
Radway & CO
Norwalk
Nature
Christian Science In Farming
Lem
M.ger
Matoriston
A. J. Grinnell
University of Vermont
Burlington
Tonquin
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond, Va
Fall Mall Gazelle
Atlantic
Pacific
Gian
Eusta
Birlington Free Press
Thes
Wood
Sean
All
C.J. Wood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Ryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
Peleeloplolea
Nace
Weeder
Towers
T.tower
Simmons St
Boston
Mies
Pierce
Wonto's Dispensary Medical Association
Magee
Macgee
J. A. Magee & CO
Lawrence
F. Caton
Riat
Spaal
Schiefman St
U.S. & Foreign Coum
ALGO
L. B. Rilver OG
Creyecany, G
Brewster's
Incethein
Pat Pestawe
Vintec
Trewsder MP. Co
P. C. H. G. Root
Pearl St
N.X
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Fustis
G.plasc
B.& QB
Chicago
P. Hafitzgerald
U.S
Indianapolis
Indiana
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Chase B. Larbory
Carl Tigges
CHAS
Mfr
Clybourn Ave
Epps
James Epps. CO
Hommopathic Chemisty
London
Eilert
Emuerrt Proprietary Co
Chichester
RED Cross Dismond
Ortalanl
Chickeater Chemical Co
Madison
q.Phila
Pas
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