A New Sea Port in Texas La Porte Emerges as Gulf Hub
A lusty Texas city growing fast draws nationwide notice as La Porte at the head of Galveston Bay is shaped into a major Gulf seaport. Rail and water routes align for vast western commerce with millions in shipper savings expected annually. The bay port’s deep water channel will soon welcome large ocean liners to La Porte docks and wharfs.
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Texas
la Porte
Galveston Bay
Gulf of Mexico
United States
U. S
Bay
Gulf
U.S
Houston
American Land Co
Madison St
Chicago
Winter Excursions to California and Beyond
The Southern Pacific Company and its connections offer premier first and second class service to California Arizona Texas and Mexico. Through Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist Sleepers from eastern cities and conducted tours from major midwestern and southern hubs. For details and literature contact W G Neimyer in Chicago W H Connor in Cincinnati or W J Berg in Buffalo.
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Southern Pacific Company
California
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
W. G. Neimyer
Clark St
W. H. Connor
Chamber Commerce
Ohio
W. J. Berg
Ellicott Sq
Buffalo, N. Y
Louisville and Nashville Railroads Promote Tourist Lines
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad touts unmatched facilities for tourists traveling to Florida Cuba Porto Rico Central America and Nassau. It runs double daily sleeping car trains from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St. Louis to Jacksonville interior Florida points and to Miami Tampa and New Orleans, ports for embarkation to the listed destinations. For folders, contact J. K. Ridgely N. W. P. A. Chicago Ill.
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Florida
West Indies
Central America
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
J. K. Ridgely
Land of Read and Butter pamphlet issued by railroad
The Land of read and Butter is a new illustrated pamphlet issued by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. It covers land along the new line through Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties in South Dakota and is offered free by mail with a 2 cent postage stamp to Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago HI.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Bon Homme
Charles Mix
South Dakota
H. Heafford
Chicago
Neck of the House Dialogue Quip Captures Domestic Power
A brief anecdote presents a husband claiming authority as head of the house while the wife retorts she controls direction, saying she can turn the head any way she pleases. The exchange highlights a witty inversion of domestic power dynamics.
Lane's Family Medicine: daily bowel movement remedy
Lane's Family Medicine claims to promote daily bowel movements as essential for health. It touts gentle action on the liver and kidneys and cures sick headache, priced at 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Charity of which St Paul spoke near to Divine Lord
Rev Father York muses that adopting the charity St Paul spoke of would bring believers close to Christ, urging humble imitation and devout practice as a path to spiritual union.
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St. Paul
Father York
Ayer's Hair Vigor Restores Color and Growth
Have you lost your hair color and vigor? Ayer's Hair Vigor promises to restore dark color to gray hair. It claims to leave hair heavy and long, remove dandruff, and stop shedding. Priced at $1.00 per bottle and available at druggists.
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Ayer
From Aid Society To Alaska Governor A Remarkable Journey
Thirty three years after a New York City youth was rescued by the Children's Aid Society, John G Brady's rise to governor of Alaska is recounted. The narrative traces his orphaned start, education at Yale and Union Theological Seminary, and eventual leadership in Alaska after early reform efforts and missionary work.
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New York City
John G. Brady
Yale
Children’s Aid Society
Brady
Alaska
The
Society
Julia B
Boston
Chatham Street
Randall's Island
Mr. Green
Green
C. Loring Brace
Harrison
Territory
McKinley
You
Cleveland
Ohio
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railroad
New York Mills
Casselton
Cass County
N. C
Northern
New York
Randall’s Island
Andrew H. Burke
Burke
Noylesville
Ind
Greenearth
North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Children's Aid Society
Mr. Ripley
Noblesville
D. W. Butler
Why the Montha Are So Nomad
The excerpt explains month names origins from Saxon and Roman sources. It notes January from Janus and February from Februarius, linking February’s expiation festival, and March to Mars the god of war, illustrating how months derive from mythic and religious terms.
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Janus
From Noblesville to Westward Homes for Orphan Boys
Mary R. M. Richardson recalls a juvenile emigrant journey in 1859. Twenty one boys, including Andrew H. Burke and others, were placed with Hoosier families in Noblesville. The writer describes schooling, religious awakening, and a shift toward ministry after a peacetime schooling, with later memories of Randall’s Island and the Children's Aid Society.
Salary scales for actors and performers cited by Ladies' Home Journal
The piece outlines actor and actress pay across skill levels from star salaries to utility performers. It notes weekly ranges from as high as $500 for celebrity appeal to as low as $12 to $18 for chorus and minor roles, with many mid tier salaries around $75 to $150 for solid talent. It emphasizes rarity of top earnings and market-driven variation by role and recognition.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
America
Women Smokers in London Restaurants
London Truth notes women who smoke in restaurants vary by class. High end and bohemian venues allow female smoking, while many middle class spots ban it as wives dine at fixed prices. The female smoker, the article says, thrives at both top and bottom social levels, with middle ranks viewing it with suspicion.
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London
Swanson’s 5-Drops Promises Pain Relief for All Ailments
An advertisement urging public help to spread Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. Swanson’s 5-Drops as a universal remedy. It claims to conquer rheumatism sciatica neuralgia kidney trouble lumbago catarrh asthma dyspepsia sleeplessness nervousness heart weakness toothache earache and bronchitis with trial bottles 25c and larger bottles 1.00 prepaid by mail from 164 Lake St Chicago Ill. Orders welcomed immediately.
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake St
Chicago
Ill
Latest porte bonheur pendant of a black enamel cat
A tiny goldsmiths work pendant hangs from a lorgnette chain. The black enamel cat with metallic green eyes wears a brilliants collar. The piece is pitched as the very latest porte bonheur accessory for stylish wear.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case, claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats the blood and mucous surfaces, cites the Cheney firm in Toledo, and lists endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and others. It notes testimonials free and price per bottle with druggists selling Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
FE. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Graveyard Stew Prompted by Hungry Visit
A cadaverous man entered a restaurant and asked the waiter for milk toast. The waiter shouted Graveyard stew, prompting a brief, darkly comic exchange as the scene ended with the order.
Universal language proposal at Russian Academy meeting
At a recent academy gathering Professor Dills urged English as a universal language for science. An advertisement warns coughing leads to consumption and promotes Kemp's Balsam with sample bottles, while a marriage quip notes the shift in thoughts after tying the knot.
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Russian Academy of Sciences
Dills
Kemp
Piso a Cure for Consumption Caps Cough Cure Hype
An 1806 notice from George W Lotz of Fabucher Louisiana promotes Piso a Cure for Consumption as the best cough remedy. The ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and gum inflammation, claiming it calms windcolic. An 208 bottle mention appears as part of the advertisement.
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George W. Lotz
Fabucher, la
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Quinetilius
Julius Caesar
Sexilis
Augustus
Mary RE. M. Richardson
Woman's Home Companion
Sterling Remedy Company
Swanson
Eramino
Yi-Kl Co
Crawfordsville
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorefitater
Maan
Hamburg
Balanm
N. EK. Brown
Canada
Canna
Ottawa
C. J. Houghton
Monadock Block
Everett & Kantz
Mort Waye
Tad
LaPorte
Sarter
Lewin
W. Morris
Washington, D.C
U.S. Pension Bureau
Tyra
H.W. Ureen
Atlanta
Ae Ae
Popham
Popham, Phila
Tate
Columbian Institute of Osteopathy
Adams Hirert
Solie
Derfer Bulidine
Caleage
Ramideaith
Thompsons Eye Water
Slocum
Finney & Slocum Chicaco
Alzer
Yen Gan
N.W
Salter
Salzer
Swan Johnas Alzerseed Co
LA Crosse
Wis
Santa Fe
T. A. Grady
California Tourist Service
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Adams Street
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