Salzer Seed Co seeks names for new 17 inch corn and oats
The Salzer Seed Co offers a $400 prize for naming a 17 inch corn and White Oat prodigy. Send this notice with 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wisconsin, to receive their seed catalogue and 11 new farm seed samples valued at $10. Seed potatoes available for $1.50 per barrel.
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Salzer Seed Co
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.n.a
Sulver Seed Co
Ba Crosse
Reed
Balzer
Galzer Bsfed CO
Seattle Ad Offers Klondike Gear and Local Guidance
A Seattle Chamber of Commerce notice promotes the city as the best starting point for Alaska and Klondike travel. It touts Seattle's facilities, stocks, and prices while noting that strangers are rejected by Public Comfort Bureau.
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Seattle
Alaska
Klondike
Washington State
Public Comfort Bureau
Adess Chamber of Commerce
Wash
A Plebeian Family Revolves Around a New Wheel
Nora visits and departs among a village of peasants as they ponder her disdain and the novelty of a chainless wheel shaping their perceptions and daily routines.
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Nora
Lane's Family Medicine Ends Ills With Daily Bowel Action
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements aid health. It asserts gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief from ick headaches. Priced at 25 and 60 cents.
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Lane
The Heart's Movement and a Quinine Capsule Jest
A brief note compares heart rate when lying down versus standing, stating ten strokes per minute slower in a recumbent posture. The text then records a playful exchange about a quinine capsule, implying a joke or misdirection after ingestion.
5 Drops Rheumatic Cure Promoted In Dearborn Street Ad
A Chicago firm Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co promotes its remedy known as 5 Drops. The ad highlights weather related ailments and includes a testimonial from John G. Martin of Wellsville Missouri. It claims 100000 sample bottles will be sent in thirty days at 25 cents each.
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Chicago
John G. Martin
Wellsville
Dearborn Street
Bright's Smokeless Cigarette Idea Aims for Millions
Bright claims a perfected smokeless cigarette will be worth millions if his idea succeeds, prompting Wright to ask for details of the scheme in Chicago News.
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Bright
Wright
Chicago News
Hiram Hale
Puck
Grain-O: A breakfast substitute that won’t disturb sleep
Grain-O is promoted as a non stimulating grain drink that looks and tastes like coffee. It nourishes and cheers without keeping you awake and is marketed for nervous people young people and children. Sold in 15 and 25 cent packages at grocers.
Man who breaks law finds law evens things up against him
A concise aphorism notes that those who violate laws often face consequences as justice balances the scales against the offender. The quote emphasizes reciprocal risk for lawbreakers.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Touted As Best Medicine
An advertisement extols Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine in the world for curing disease. It cites a Missouri father whose daughter recovered from near blindness after two bottles, and urges readers to request the Curebook from J.C. Ayer Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Johns. Goode
Orrick, Mo
Dr. Ayer
Ime
Aver
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Theatrical Topics Mix of Song and Opera Figures
Society hostess hires a New York singer at 100 dollars a song for a private party. The run of encores draws crowds and praise for Miss Neilson who will star next season in an Herbert Smith opera. Prof. Albert Emerick, notable composer and critic, dies in Philadelphia. The Nicholls sisters May and Luta, Louisville-born performers, join the Wilbur Opera Company in 1887-88.
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Sootlight
Albert G. Emerick
Philadelphia
Emerick
South
Madam Sontag
Ole Bull
Philadelphia Library Association
City
Handel and Haydn Society
Nicholls
May
Luta
Louisville
Wilbur Opera Company
Bennett-Moulton Company
Conried Opera Company
New York
Locer
Pittsburg Dispatch
Hallen & Hart Company
Corinne Opera Compiany
Koster & Bial
Music Hall
New York City
London
Eng
Canterbury
Johannesburg
South Africa
Empire Music Hall
Cape Town
England
Nichols
Lulu
United States
Eastey & Bial’s
Burt Haverly’s
Frohman to direct Hoyt's Madison Square Theater venture
New arrangement gives Charles Frohman absolute control of Hoyt’s Madison Square Theater after Sept. 1 with Frohman, Hoyt, and McKee as joint lessees sharing profits. Alice Nielsen, famed Bostonians soprano, traces a storied career from Nashville to San Francisco, Tivoli, and London before vaudeville, with roles from Annabel to Maid Marian and beyond.
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Hoyt’s Theater
Charles Frohman
Hoyt & Mcfee
Ai. Frohman
Floyt's
Madison Square Theater
Garrick
Hoyt, Mckee and Frohman
Alice Nielsen
The
Bostonians
Nashville
Tenn
San Francisco
Cal
Tivoli Theater
Tivoli
H. Clay Barnabee
Annabel
Revin Hood
Maid Marian
Various Patent Medicines and Music Catalogs Listed
An 1898 catalog note lists Thompson Music Co offerings at 269 Wabash Ave Chicago with popular American copyrighted music and vocal and instrumental hits at half publishers prices, sent postpaid on receipt of price. It also advertises cures and nostrums such as De Rhine’s Great Nerve Restorer and Athlophoros topical claims, plus Laxative Bromo Quinine, Cascarets, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and Sledge Cigarettes with various testimonials and warnings about health and fashion.
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Thompson Music Co
Wabash Ave
Chicaggo
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BOR. W. Wise, Ltd
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Monadnock Building
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Janey
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Pope Mfg, CO
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Clark St
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Peerless Remedy Co
Gbth Street
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Least Money Jones
Binghamton N. Y
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O. USA
Earls Home Training School For Nurses
la Porte City
J. L. Straw
Seward
O'Farrell
New York Avenue
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N. Green's Sons
Atlanta
Gas
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Marshalltown
J. Moffman
Isabella Bidz
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