Salzer Seed Co advertising blurb for 1904 harvest yields
A verbose promotional notice from the John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin extols high yields from Salzer seeds including oats barley wheat and potatoes. It touts per acre outputs across many crops promises big catalogs free samples and stamps for postage. It also markets a cream separator at low prices and urges readers to send stamps for the catalog and seeds.
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U. S
Victoria
Salzer
Farmar
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
C. L
John A. Salzer Levd Co
L.J
Patent medicine jingle hints at old time ad pitch
An excerpt markets Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and gum relief with claims to ease inflamed gums and wind colic for 25 cents a bottle. The text shifts to a boast about a woman's influence on a man's emotions, reflecting dated gender stereotypes.
Russians Mistake Conductor Politeness For Entitlement
A London reader recounts a Russian railway scene where peasants misinterpret the polite instruction to take seats. After each bell ring, they justify seating themselves, until the conductor storms with insults, and the peasants rally to obey, highlighting social misunderstandings.
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Russia
London
Dimitri
Ivan
Steven
Diagnosis in a Pacific trip remark by Ed Howe
Ed Howe recalls an encounter in a Pacific region smoking room where an old man told of visiting a famed Frisco doctor who bluntly said the man was simply old. The old man grew pale and contemplative, lamented growing older, and left haunted by a blank graveyard seen from the window.
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Pacific Region
Howe
Frisco
Kansas City Journal
Ram''s Horn Blasts And Moral Reflections
A London Press item notes John Long, stabbed to the heart over two months ago, walking into Worship Street court in good health after a heart repair at London Hospital. It cites rare prior similar cases and a remote chance of saving his life, with reflections on the sermon topics and moral disciplines.
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John Long
Worship Street
London Hospital
Long
London
Exudation in Sweet Gum Tree Cures Coughs and Croup
An exudation from the sweet gum tree is claimed to contain a stimulating expectorant that loosens throat phlegm. Taylor's Remedy of Sweet Gum and Muillein is advertised to cure coughs and croup, sold at druggists for 2½c, 5c, and $1 per bottle. Also notes on why people prefer can not over can’t and a report that Rev Father McKeever will award gold medals to firemen who save lives.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Farnpanss
South 7Th St.arineapolle
Minn
Taylor
Father McKeever
St. Rose of Lima
Newark
N. J
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Notary notices and advertisements from Toledo 1886
Paaux J. Carsay swears he conducts business in Toledo Ohio and pledges to pay fines for each uncured condition by Matt's Catarrh Cure. Testimonials advertised for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Seed company offers Earliest Green Onion and large seed catalog for 2 cents postage. Offers include thousands of plants and seeds across many vegetables and flowers from John A. Salter Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin. Portage notice urges retention for test offer and Berliner Cauliflower sample.
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Onto
Toleno
Lucas County
Paaux J. Carsay
Toledo
Frm
Matt
Franx J. Cupwer
A. W. Gugason
Hall
Cuewer & Co
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Greenland NH a healthy town with many long-lived residents
Greenland New Hampshire with a 606 population records ten percent past ninety, two over 90, six between 85 and 90, twelve between 80 and 85, and forty three between 70 and 80. Most of these elderly residents enjoy good health.
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New Hampshire
Greenland
N. H
Floating schoolhouse rides flood twenty miles with furniture
A Mongaup River schoolhouse was carried by the Delaware flood to an island fifteen miles downstream. The floor stayed intact with desks and a dictionary untouched. A butter jar and four ships of bees remained aboard, the honey and comb undamaged as the vessels rested upright and active.
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Carriey
Delaware Valley
Matamoras
New York Sun
Mongaup
Sullivan County
N. Y
Delaware River
Dlecey
Old Fire-fighting Relics From Augusta Owner
Joseph Williamson of Augusta preserves two antique fire buckets once used before hand tubs. The vessels belonged to his grandfather Joseph Williamson of Helfast, who served in the Helfast fire department in 1821.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Williamson
Augusta
Mr. Williamson
Helfast
That Place
Dean's Kidney Pills Backed By Denver Ticket Seller
Eugene E Lario of 751 Twentieth Avenue Denver says Dean's Kidney Pills cured his backache from long desk sitting and has prevented any pain since 1899. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo markets the remedy for 50 cents a box with nationwide druggist distribution.
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Eugene E. Lario
Twentieth Avenue
Union Station
Denver
Col
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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High Point
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Reisterstown
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God
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J. Boyd Pant
New York Herald
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J. Woe
Bel Pasa
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Wville
N.C
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Washington
EAGLE
Munger. Winship
OLL
Continental Gin Co
Birmingham
Ala
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Mweek
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