Finley Lawn Rake Offers Leaves and Debris Solution
A 1900 advertisement touts the Finley Lawn Rake with exclusive agency in Joliet Illinois. Omaha businessman Guy C Barton endorses its ability to gather leaves and other debris, promising quotes and noting high satisfaction. The ad closes with a local business, Lininger and Metcalf Co of Omaha, seeking orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley
Guy C. Barton
Omaha and Grant Smelting Co
Omaha
Nbeb
Finley Lawn Rake Co
Joliet
Ill
Lawn Lake
Lininger & Metcalf CO
Ned
Centaur Company Fights Counterfeits Of Castoria In St Louis
The Centaur Company of New York arrests two Palestine Drug Company figures in a counterfeiting case. John Bick and chemist Benjamin Chireaun were taken into custody and later released on bond. Trials will occur before Judge Clark of the Court of Criminal Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centaur Company
New York City
Castoria
St. Louis
Chas. H. Fletcher
Fletcher
Palestine Drug Company
No. 107
South Second Street
John Bick
Benjamin Chireaun
Clark
Court of Criminal Correction
St. Louis (Mo.) Republic
Five Drops Rheumatic Cure Promises Quick Relief
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co advertises 5 Drops as a universal remedy for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and many ailments. It claims instant relief within a day and offers a trial bottle for 5 cents with 300 dose bottles for $1.00. Address: 160 Lake Street Chicago Illinois. Also notes population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake Street
Chicago, Il
Mollie and Kate Escape to the White House
Mollie smuggles Kate from Madame's clutches and they flee across the road to the White house. Reggie, Mrs. Anstruther, and Joyce shield them as Kate sobs, then Mollie mourns Kate’s death and cherishes their shared past while moving forward with life and love.
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Mollie
Kate
Madame
Kattie
Kittie
White House
Reggie
Mrs. Anstruther
Joyce
Cof Chalfont
Chalfont
Mollie Darling
Darling
Night of terror and flight at Beverton
Madam Dubois goes mad with remorse after breaking into Mollie’s room and pursuing her and Reggie. A knife is hidden in Mollie’s pillow, Henri is ill with shock, and Mollie shelters Dubois in an asylum. The tale follows vanished lovers, split loyalties, and a fragile family tied to Chalfont and Beverton.
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Madam Dubois
Mollie
White House
Reggie
Henri
Beverton
Madame
Mrs. Anstruther
Kate
Chalfont
All Beverton
Colonel le Es
Nature stores energy in tiny everyday bundles
Ancient researchers note energy stored in everyday objects. Beans can exert pressure equal to a boiler when used to separate skull bones in water. An ant heap nourishes skeletons by letting insects decompose flesh. Chimney soot aids as fertilizer and insecticide, though results vary.
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Frange Ye
M. Dasserre
France
Steketee's Dry Bitters Promotes Do It Yourself Bitters
An advertisement touts Steketee's Dry Bitters as a Dutch remedy for dyspepsia loss of appetite dizziness purifying the blood and liver and kidney ailments. It claims a perfect stomach regulator and offers a 30 cent postpaid package with a recipe to make a gallon of bitters from imported roots herbs and berries. Be your own doctor and order from G Steketee Grand Rapids Michigan or via druggists.
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Steketee
Holland
Germany
Grand Rapids
Mich
Putnam Faceless Dyes and Nerve Restorer Offer
Ad promises a permanent cure for nervousness and fits after one day using Dr. Cline's Great Nerve Restorer. It claims relief from facial staining and boils, with a free trial and treatise from Lu. R. U. Kurse, Ltd. at 081 Arch St Philadelphia.
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Cline
Lu. R. U. Kurse, Ltd
Philadelphia
Best health tonic ads skimmed from old paper page
A collage of early 1900s advertisements tout a barrage of patent medicines and household products. Claims promise bowel relief with Cascarets and other laxatives, slim warnings about imitations, quick cures for colds, denture and corn remedies, Jell O dessert, Magnetic Starch, and miscellaneous musings on digestion, vanity, and public life.
Boston Plans Monument for Captain Ginty Inventor of Beans
Boston proposes a monument to Captain Ginty of Danbury Connecticut, famed for allegedly inventing baked beans. The odd point is that Captain Ginty never lived in or visited Boston.
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Boston
Captain Ginty
Danbury, Conn
Hall's Catarrh Cure claim and advertisement
The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh with a constitutional treatment that works through the blood and mucous membranes. Proponents offer a hundred-dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and invite readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Wheat-O Promises Pure Gluten Rich Wheat Product
TO HOUSEKEEPERS and all lovers of good food Wheat-O appeals. It is made by a new process that eliminates unhealthy parts of the wheat and retains the pure gluten and strength giving parts. Ask your grocer for Wheat-O and give it a trial. When a barber cuts his acquaintance he generally apologizes for doing it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
New Georgia Colony Plans Vast OFsboma Settlement
Founders of the Georgia Colony with P. Hi Fitzgerald of Indianapolis organize a new venture to furnish homes for thousands in OFsboma Territory. Free information offered on securing good homes. Also notes on labor history and advertising for Jell-O flavors and a dubious moral about books.
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Ofsboma
Georgia Colony
Indianapolis
Indiana
National Magazine October issue praised for poetry and fiction
The October National Magazine is lauded for strong poetry by Clinton Scollard and Nixon Watermar, and fiction featuring Francis Lynde Charles W. Reamer and Elmore Elliott Peake. A new department Commonsense Communication enhances the lineup. Magnetic Starch is recommended for lasting starch performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Scollard
Nixon Watermar
National Magazine
Francis Lynde
Charles W. Reamer
Elmore Elliott Peake
Oklahoma Land Open for Settlement Promised
Ho for Oklahoma 8000 acres new lands to open to settlement. Subscribe for The Kiowa Chief for information about these lands. One year 1.00, single copy 10c. Subscribers receive a free illustrated book on Oklahoma Morgan's Manual a 210 page settlers guide with map. Map 25c. All above 1.75. Address Dicks Morgan Perry Oklahoma. Your clothes will not crack with Magnetic Starch.
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Oklahoma
Dick 'S
Morgan
Perry
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McCord
M. H. McCord
Myron H. McCord
New Mexico
Hartman
Washington, D. C
M. EH. McCord
Perundi
Columbus
Ohio
Eureka Chemical CO
la Crosse
Wis
Carter
Carter Little
James Grier
James Calloway
Liberty Hill
Union Made
Dougas
W.L. Dougles
Douglas
Deeler
Douglas Choca
Isctory
Douglas Shoe Co
Brockton
Ressas
Wi. N. U
Vv Best
St. Jacobs Oil
A. J. Tower
Mass
Leonard
Barlowe
Nature
Putnam
E. W. Grove
Paarker
Beemun
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Mra. Winslow
The
Philippines
Beans
United States
Tailors
Cis
National City Bank
Lynn
Lybia
Pinkham Mepicing Co
A. D. Jarret
Belmont
Mrs. Whitney
Whitney
Aby
Mr. Pinkham
H. H. Green
Box
Aulacta, Ga
Louis
Union Station
Kansas City
Quincy
City
Farnam Street
Paxton Hotel
Harry E. Moores
Omaha, Neb
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms
New Haven
Coxn
Maghetig
Ieee
Aee
Manufactur
Sree NC
Union Lumber Co, “Sien
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