Massive antique jewelry mail order scam advertises deep discounts
A long distorted advertisement claims a New York seller established March 1 1376 and offers wholesale to retail jewelry at astonishingly low prices. It promises watches rings bracelets and more with mail order sales and rates like 50 cents 1.00 and 2.20 for bundles, urging readers to act quickly to receive vast assortments by mail with postage paid.
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Chisago
Iallores Sgong
Desloreani
Kat
Aistof
Pius
Betty G
Ay Mabytt
Pat's Kolitairea
Siogla Bruda
Ccaesseen Na Sonatersen
Amd
Toy Chase
Asoanons
Specious Jewelry Offer Targets Agents with Watches
A dubious 19th century style ad seeks “agents” to push a $16 order for jewelry and offers a chance to win a gold pocket watch from a list of four items. It promises a bulk prize for sales, with escalating order payments and a final “Watch FEZ OF FURTOLE Coskax.”
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Orcova
Siewinder
Parettnsinfan
Deere Leary
Ordors
Adil
Furtole Coskax
Advertisers Promoted by Inventors Agency in Chicago Notices
Chicago papers Sept 3 to Sept 11 discuss The Inventors Agency 116 H Washington Street. Advertisements claim to deliver reliable inquiries and stock recommendations. Readers are urged to try their services and refer to listed Chicago addresses for contact.
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Chicago
The
Sentinel
Inventors Apaney
H. Washington Street
Inventors
Tates
Gret
Chicago Express
Sshington Atreet
Clark
Anti Chinese plank eyed by California delegate at Chicago convention
Santa Clara judge Payne pushes an anti Chinese plank through the convention committee amid tense debate. Pixley backs Payne while Blaine and Grant factions maneuver for support as credentials debates loom and the convention adjourns amid hints of evenings sessions and possible shifts.
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Curiaco
Payne
Santa Clara
Pixley
Denver
H. B. Morse
G. W. Miller
Gov. Wilt
Louisiana
Committee On Permanent Organization
Adair Wilson
N. E. Washburne
Illustrated Catalogue Ad Promoting Goods and Agents Wanted
An old catalog ad offers an illustrated catalogue of notions novelties and new goods, with pricing notes on orders under ten dollars and refund policies. It advertises agents wanted and lists address details for contact in Chicago and Frayd.
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Chicago
Ourselver
Agence
A. Kinman
Weatington &J
Chicals
Credentials Committee Deliberations At National Convention
At Chicago on June 3 the credentials committee debated eight Illinois districts and apportioned seats among Grant Sherman Blaine and party members. The platform draft praised the Republicans, opposed land grants subsidies, and suggested an anti Chinese plank. A division within the convention surfaced as eastern prejudices clashed with Pacific Coast immigration concerns.
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Curcago
Republican Party
Hayen
Democratic Party
New England
Pacific Coast
United States
Pacific
Delegates clash over unit rule at Chicago convention
Advance bulletins summarize a heated Grant caucus and a 10:45 AM start as Conkling pushes for binding delegates to the convention winner. West Virginia’s vote draws hisses while credentials debate unfolds, admitting Warmouth, Rapier, and several district contestants but opposing others amid rule and unit controversy.
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Henderson
Iowa
Committee On
Logan
Committee On Credentials
Legard
Thia
Kentucky
Bouthwell
Massachusetts
Sharpe
New York
Conkling
Louisiana
West Virginia
Tenneylvania
Warmouth
Lonizisns
Rapier
Alabama
Dha
Pen ‘Nyylyanta
Garfield
Hoar
Royal visitors and convention tensions at Cariaco rally
Reports from Cariaco on June 4 describe diminishing excitement at the convention while Queen Victoria’s son Prince Leopold and Princess Louise attend events. Receptions for Garfield and Conkling draw large crowds as debates over nomination continue amid shifting alliances and likely balloting delays.
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Cariaco
Queen Victoria
Prince Leopold
H. Collins, Esq
C. B
York
England
Col. McNeil
Louise
Blaine Expected to Lead on First Ballot for Grant
Blaine's friends insist he will lead Grant on the first ballot and far surpass his vote on the second, though they refrain from sharing any special facts that might become public.
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Grant
Edmunds
Windom
Credentials Committee
Eisine
Sherman
Blaine
Pacific delegation Disputes Chinese Question Plank
June 4 1955 Pacific coast delegation outraged as Pierrepont chair backs away from the agreed Chinese plank replacing it with a less forceful version. Continued on page 4.
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Ceicano
Pacific Coast
Pierrepont
Committee On Resolutions
Gad fly infestation in cattle and relief methods
A reader details a cow with up to 500 gad fly larvae in its back causing irritation and reduced milk. The article notes a decline in gad fly numbers, suggests pasture keeping as preventive, and offers removal and treatment ideas including brine, scraping, and a sulfur-rich diet with a bichromate wash for cattle.
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Cole
Butter Makers Use Soda Alum Powder in Churn
English butter makers use a powder of carbonate of soda and alum to firm butter during hot weather. For twenty pounds of butter, one teaspoonful of each is added at churning, producing a clean sweet flavor. The powder acts on the cream and leaves with the buttermilk, not in the butter.
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England
No Grand Entrance for Douglass in Peoria Tale
A New York Herald piece recalls Fred Douglass being refused lodging in a Peoria Illinois hotel due to color. A friend guides him to the house of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, where he is welcomed. The anecdote highlights the era’s racial barriers and unlikely hospitality.
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Noop
New York Herald
Col
Rob. G. Inger- Bell
Fred Douglass
Illnois
Peoria
Mr. Douglass
Robert G. Ingersall
Wolley Sous How Got Over Childied Notions
The New York Iprahi argues that men never outgrow childish notions while women drop such customs after age twenty and marriage. It notes census enumerators remind people of their anniversaries every ten years.
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Wolley Sous
New York
Vault of New York Sub Treasury Holds Vast Coin Hoard
A fragment notes a vast store of gold and silver coins in the New York sub treasury vaults. The implied abundance of wealth is cited as a motive for establishing a saint in New York.
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New York
Saint
English estate dispute over Fovenux million dollars
Contention among the Smitha kin over a large English estate named Fovenux. If the heirs reach a compromise, each namesake could receive about one dollar per person.
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Fovenux Prep
Manx Twain Finds Inspiration in Unfurnished Stable Room
Manx Twain explains he cannot write in a fixed up room and, when needing inspiration, uses his paper and pens to retreat to an unfurnished stable room for creativity.
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Manx Twain
Brown's Liven Viers Claim Political Cure
Advertises Brown's Liven Viers as a remedy promising a clear political end and cures for constipation and biliousness. Claims are directed at dealers to stock small bottles.
Funny Bits and Schoolhouse Quips From Grazing Society Bits
A collage of wry jests and observational quips on education, manners, and politics. Items reference a sheriff in Grahan County levying on a monkey, a Binghamton muskrat catch, and theatre mishaps. The snippets mix humor about lecturers, weather vanes, and social foibles with brief political banter.
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Darwin
Grahan
3.C
Ile
Kaiser German Elixir Promoted For Consumption Croup Warning
Warning issued about the Kaiser German Elixir marketed for consumption throat and lung diseases. It claims to be safe but is accused of being a deadly quack medicine that harmed children in Vallejo Dixon Beaver Utah and other places. Genuine German Elixir bears the Prussian coat of arms and Dr Kaiser signature samples at stores for 75 cents. Cana Laxater Co serves as wholesale agents.
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Vallejo
Dixon
Beaver
Utah
Dr. Kaiser
Alldvon
Cana, Laxater & Co
Doct&tt
Deception Quack Remedy Advertised By Local Firms
An apparent counterfeit medicine pitch touts a product named SUILOILS VISALIZER promising relief for dyepepsia liver complaint sour stomach and general debility. The ad notes price in cents and lists J W McNutt & Co. and O C Craisby as sellers in Logan.
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Tree of Erst
J. W. McNutt & Co
C. Craisby
Logan
Physician praises Brown's Anvica Salve for eye relief
In Nastings Iowa Dr W W Darker extols Brown's Anvica Salve as the most wonderful healing salve, claiming it relieved a severe eye inflammation and has become invaluable in his practice. Davox’s Porman MMept cixes offered by Wm Driver & Son and J W McNutt & Co Ogden Jy.
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Brown
W. W. Darker
M. D
Nastings
Iowa
Davox
Wm. Driver & Son
J. W. McNutt & Co
Ogden, Jy
German Syrup Patent Medicine Promoted by Dr Bordiea
A German physician Dr A Bordiea endorses Good Thing German Syrup as a premier cough and lung remedy. The advertisement claims rapid healing, long-standing reliability, and high yearly sales. It warns against similarly named products and cites a sample bottle price of ten cents.
Dr Boschee's German Syrup Promoted for Coughs and Colds
An advertisement touts Dr Boschee's German Syrup as a universal cure for coughs colds and lung ailments claiming quick relief and safety for children. It notes unprecedented sales and urges readers to ask their druggist about the remedy priced at 75 cents for the large size.
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Hoschee
Boschee
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