Southern Winter Resorts Attract Tourists In Health Seekers
Readable fragments describe trips to Asheville Tryon Orsonville and Pinehurst in North Carolina to escape March weather. Southern Railway advertises reduced tickets and a winter homes guide by Alex S Thweatt. Also notes population counts and a Jell O dessert promotion.
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Asheville
Tryon
Orsonville
Pinehurst
N. C
New York
Southern Railway
Griver
Alex. S. Thweatt
Agt
Broadway
Wow's Whist Reward for cure of Catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure
A 100 dollar reward offered for any catarrh cure not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo props advertise the remedy, with testimonials from Toledo wholesale druggists a century old, claiming internal action through blood and mucous surfaces and urging purchase from local druggists. General Wheeler of Alabama departs for ast. Point from New York.
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Hall
FJ. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F.j.cheney
Aee & Troax
Jo. Walding
Kinnan
General Wheeler
Alabama
Point
New York
Best Prescription for Chilis: a bottle of GnoveE’s TasteLiss Todno
Folklore remedy described as iron and quinine in elixir form. Claims no cure no pay and a 50 cent price. Odd comparison with a rider dismounting another to pass.
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Gnovee
Added a Cubit to Stature by a Leg Maker
A maker of artificial limbs accidentally mailed long legs to a tall switchman while short legs went to a shorter motorman. The short man kept the misfitting legs, claiming the extra height made him a person of consequence, while the tall man’s proper order was returned.
Rockefeller Named Richest Man by Carnegie Comment
The New York World notes Andrew Carnegie called John D Rockefeller "the richest man in the world" in a Lotus Club speech. It cites legal and corporate figures showing Rockefeller and Carnegie accumulated vast income from Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel, with Rockefeller potentially earning $32 million from dividends and Carnegie about $24.5 million in profits for 1900.
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Andrew Carnegie
Lotus Club
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Sid
Philadelphia
Rockefeller
Aly. Rockefeller
Frick
Carnegie Steel Company
Alt. Frick
Carnegie
Mr. Rockefeller
New York World
Distinguished Casal Boat Becomes Navy Vessel Hector
The Hec tor, formerly the Spanish warship Pedro captured by the cruiser New York, has been commissioned as a coal transport. After being condemned for 200000 at Key West and converted at Charleston, the ship later lay idle until appraisal and sale following the war’s end.
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New York
Hector
Pedro
Havana
Key West
United States Navy Department
Navy Yard
Charleston
Paradox Student Delivers Odd Sentence
A Chicago Times-Herald item notes Johnny’s teacher asked for a paradox sentence. After mental and physical wringing he submitted: Billy, the foxy looking kid, came out of his mother's pantry lookin' sheepish.
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Johnny
Halsted Street
Billy
Chicago Times-Herald
Way to Make Money Is to Save It Proverb
A short adage promotes saving as the path to wealth. The text mentions securing funds and accumulating wealth through prudent money management.
Medicine in New York in 1800 and its quirks
At a New York Historical Society talk Dr. Sydney H L Carney Jr describes 1800 medical practice in Manhattan. Remedies include nutmeg and brandy for sleep, fresh bugs for toothache, and dire antidotes for mad dog bites. Fees ranged from one dollar per visit to ten dollars for an in-town trip, with opium used as a salvage, and tadpoles cited as dietary curiosities.
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Carney
New York Historical Society
Sydney HL Carney, Jr
New York
Maclson Square
City Hall Park
George I
George H
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Vermont
The Soldier's Parole and Its Limits
The article explains that parole is a voluntary agreement between captor and prisoner. A parolee pledges not to serve during the war, limited to active service against the enemy. A prisoner may be released on parole or remain captive, and any pledge must be for a limited time and approved by one's own authorities.
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