Rails to Pike's Peak: A Westward Engineering Triumph
A nine mile railroad over steep terrain near Manitou and the Rockies advances the line once hailed by J Edgar Thomson. It promises safer travel via four breaking systems and will open vast vistas to tourists, elevating Colorado’s fame as a wonder of modern engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Thomson
Allegheny Mountains
Horseshoe Bend
Pike’s Peak
Yellowstone Park
Manitou
Rocky Mountain
Pike's Peak
Mount Washington
Mount Penn
Reading
West
Colorado
Tuberculosis and Diphtheria Toll Highlight Koch Behring Kitasato Work
In 1890 the city saw 40 230 deaths with 5 468 from consumption and 1 256 from diphtheria, few to smallpox. The figures underscore Prof Koch and Drs Behring Kitasato, whose efforts may earn lasting recognition alongside Jönner’s work. The poet Campbell muses on distant events and enchantment ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koch
Joenner
The Field of Labor and Working Girls' Societies Growth
A survey of the rise of working girls' clubs across cities including New York Boston Philadelphia and Hartford noting memberships totals stateside clubs and periodicals like the Working Women's Journal Far and Near. the piece also discusses labor issues and factory conditions with musings on eight and twelve hour days and the influence of environment on character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Association of Working Girls
Boston Association of Working Girls’ Clubs
Hartford
Conn
United Workers’ and Woman’s
Paterson
N. J
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Working Wfomen
Working Girls’ Societies of America
Newport
N. Y
Columbia
D. C
London
England
Citizeny’ Traction Company
Pittsburg
Alabama
Brooklyn
Boston Plasterers
Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis
Labor Bureau
Melbourne
Australia
Potent tonic aids digestion and strengthens the body
The passage extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for ailing constitutions. It claims digestion improves, blood enriches, and stamina increases, with relief from constipation, kidney and bladder weakness, fever, ague, and rheumatism. Continuous use is urged.
Bread and milk a cheap nutritious combo for digestion
The Philadelphia entrepreneur who sold bread and milk at the 1876 Centennial is praised as an example for cities. Milk alone is hard to digest when cold and can form compacted curd in weak stomachs. adding bread aids digestion by mixing with saliva and softening the mass.
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Philadelphia
Beecham's Pills Spread to America Amid Wide Claims
A vintage advertisement narrative extols Beecham's Pills as a cheap powerful remedy for indigestion and liver troubles now entering the American market via General Agents in New York. It touts broad literacy stats, foreign reach, and an offer of one dollar rewards for catarrh cures, with testimonials from druggists and misc. notes on products and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayland
America
Beecham
United States
Be. Ahen Co
Canal Street
New York City
Echam Eetils
Thos, Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
England
B. F. Allen Coo
Canal St
New York
Prospectus Post Free
A. Loisette
Fifth Ave
Vacking Thin Ice
A winter note on packing thin ice describes mixed results from last year. It notes that thin ice must be packed tightly to avoid interstices, depends on ice condition, and prefers sound thin ice over rotten thicker ice. If weather warms, expose ice to air minimally.
Syrup of Figs Promoted for Health on Trips
Advertising copy urges travelers to carry Syrup of Figs on every journey for kidney liver and bowel relief and to ward off fevers headaches and illnesses. Sold in 50c and 1 bottles by leading druggists.
Changes of Time and the Married Woman
A quotation from the Philadelphia Times humorously contrasts marriage with change in women. It recalls a wife seeking six new chairs and a sofa after a wedding, implying shifting tastes while noting that during courtship there was little concern for such furnishings.
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Philadelphia Times
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Modernizes Trains
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway operates solidly vestibuled electric lit and steam heated trains linking Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis as well as Chicago Council Bluffs Omaha and Sioux City. The Pullman berth reading ramp is exclusive to this line and cannot be used by others. Contact Assistant General Passenger Agent at 207 and 209 Clark Street Chicago for details.
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Chicagoan
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago
Milwaukee
S J. Purl
Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Siouwn City
Clark Street
Rural Pastor Decries Inhumanity Across Society
A note from Note Work Weekly quotes Mrs. Scribbs arguing that humanity toward one another sinks to inhumanity against all, with she highlighting that cruelty toward women similarly harms many. The item presents a solemn commentary on social decay and its broad mourning.
Kemp's Balsam and Other Remedies Mentioned in Dictionary Folio
A fragmented catalog entry contrasts true balsams from trees with mislabeled cough remedies. It notes Kemp's Balsam as a thick pure preparation, urges buyers to avoid imitations, and cites historical quotations and advertising lines from 19th century sources.
Jenks Dream and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Endorsement
The piece notes a reader’s surprise at a literary item titled Jenks Dream that recommends Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. It claims prompt relief from sick headache and eventual immunity with prolonged use. It touts the pellets as a gentle laxative or active cathartic, says four pills act as a strong cathartic, and asserts they cause no griping. Manufactured at the Chemical Laboratory of the Women’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
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Jenks
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Chemical Laboratory
Womlp
Medsical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
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Campbell
ST. Jacobs
Jacobs Oil
Shiloh
Canada
ADWAY
Adway’s
Field OF Labor
New York Independent
Love
Dresang
Street & Smith
Mamma
Ethel
Bobby Bunce
New York Weekly
Globe
Hall
J. Cheney
Typewriters
Washington
Sti
Population of India
British India
Nile
Theeopore
Timos
Professor Boyeseni
Dr. Bull
Texas Siftings
Sapolio
Texas
Isaac ‘Thompson
Drugeists
Hood
C. 1, Hood & CO
Apathecarios, Lowell
Maes
Kemp
Thomas Passe
Romws Addington Symonxps
Tutt
Park Place
Scott
Ctz
Lexy BR
Ata
Bi Diamond S
Chichester
RED Cross Enny Royal
Asl
Endlen
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Piuladelphia
J. W. Fennimore
Kent Co
Del
Dover
G. G. Green
Woodbury
New Jersey
U.S. A
Tacoma
Taco
Wash
Dress Stone & Wellinueon
Madison
Wis
TAFTI
Taft Bros
Dhhmann
Washington, D. Cc
Kave
Sasen
Hottinger & Kendall
Laux
Atarr
Ensio
John W. Morris
Washington, D.C
U.S. Pension Bureaus
Patrick O’farrell
O. W.F. Snyder
State St
Ashington
D.C
Et ‘Edine Co
Worth Building
Champion CO
Fourth St
Illustrated P
MAFS
Minnesota
Northakota
Bonna Idaho
Wash- Band Gon
Northern Pacific
R. R
Addres
Lamborn
Land Com
Minn
Pas
Civil Service Gazette
Janes Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
Lospex
Sun E. Wesson
Smith & Wesson Arms
Smith & Wesson
Springfield
Mass
Chesebrough Mig. Co
M. Day
Amsterdam
N. Ys
Batis
D. B. Dyche & CO
Sola
Droggiata
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