Drug Store Held on Carter's Liver Pill Trade Mark Case
Druggist Joseph T. Griffith and his clerk Joseph C. Fore were jailed on bail for court after warrants issued by Irate Jermon for infringing Carter's Little Liver Pill trade mark. The case cites a copied label with a large L and notes $3,000,000 spent on advertising. The Philadelphia Telegraph report is dated January 27, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter's
Little Liver Pill Company
Joseph T. Griffith
Eleventh and Vine Streets
Jermon
Griffith
Joseph C. Fore
Brent Good
West Fifty-seventh Street
New York
Charles
Carters
Carter
Philadelphia Telegraph
Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass Fodder Compare
The item touts Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass as top fodder plants, claiming 14 tons hay and 7 tons green fodder per acre, plus Victoria Rape for sheep and swine feed per acre. An ad from Salter Seed Co. of LaCrosse Wisconsin offers a big seed catalog and farm seed samples after sending 10 cents in stamps. It also references Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a quip about paying compliments versus debts.
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Doea
Victoria
Et Mn A. Salter Seed Co
LaCrosxe
Wis
Very Low Rates From Memphis To Southwest Rail Line
Memphis to select Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis routes offers low one way and round trip fares on the first and third days of February March and April for settlers and home seekers. Tickets valid to points in Tennessee Kentucky North Alabama Georgia and other southeast towns. For details contact A R Smith Little Rock and R C Cowardin Dallas. Pipe freezing joke from Cincinnati Times-Star included.
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Memphis
N.C
St. L. Ry
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
A. R. Smith
Little Mock
Ark
R. C. Cowardin
Dallas
Texas
Engineer McDaniel Endorses Cherokee Remedy Claims
Henry I McDaniel former Atlanta city engineer now heads government engineering in Oceana says he wants relief from a terrible cough using Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein. Sold at druggists 25c 50c and 1.00. He jokes about stock trusts and lack of funds in the N O Times Democrat.
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Henry I. McDaniel
Atlanta
Oeeat
Penoay Taylor
Land for sale in Emmons County Dakota 160 acres
Advertises 160 acres in Emmons County Dakota for sale with options to break 100 acres this spring and plant Salzer flax to yield funds to buy the land. Claims four free farming years for ten such parcels and lists John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin contact. Includes adlike generic quotes and filler notes from period sources.
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Emmons Co
Dakota
Salzer
John A. Salzer
Mrs Hayes Appeals to Pinkham for Help Cure Claim
A Boston woman writes of long fibroid symptoms and pain and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health. She recounts a neighborly testimonial praising the remedy and urges other women to try it while guarding against counterfeit offers.
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Boston
Hayes
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. F. Hayes
Dudley St
Roxbury
Pim
President Monroe's Body and Historic Remains History
A Richmond Times Dispatch piece notes Adolphe Wolfe's Virginiabased book on the grand civic and military removal of James Monroe's remains from New York to Virginia. It recalls Monroe dying July 4 1831 in New York, his reburial in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond in 1858, and ties to Old Stone House and Washington’s Headquarters.
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State Library
Virginia
President Monroe
City of
New York
Samuel L. Gouverneur
Second Street
Marble Cemetery
United States
Adams
Jefferson
Monroe
Samuel L. Gouverneur, Jr
Richmond
Jamestown
Hollywood
Charles H. Read
The
United
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Times- Dispatch
Nacogdoches to Host World Tobacco Experiment Station
The U S department of agriculture will open a tobacco curing baling and warehousing plant in Nacogdoches Texas on August 1 to test tobacco from southern experimental stations. East Texas soil is claimed to produce tobacco equal or superior in aroma and quality to the famed Vuelta Abajo Cuban leaf.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Nacogdoches
East Texas
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Vuelta Abajo
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Louisiana Line
Beaumont
L. H. Sheffer
United States Soil Survey
Milton Whitney
Bureau of Soils and Tobacco Plants
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Shelfer
Education reform calls for rural teacher training in Mississippi
A Mississippi educational bureau urges creating a rural teachers training school, expanded rural high schools, and better country schoolhouses. It argues state support, local districts, and a $100,000 start fund to expand free high schools, with emphasis on attracting and retaining rural teachers and improving school conditions.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Whitfield
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Industrial Institute and College
State Board of Examiners
Louisiana Paper Industry Emphasizes Local Materials
The N O Times Democrat notes Louisiana has two strong paper materials rice straw and bagasse but wastes them. A single mill already converts sugar cane refuse into paper, and expanding this could boost sugar crop value similar to cotton-seed oil’s impact on cotton waste.
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Louisiana
N. O. Times Democrat
Land Rush Warns of Timber Boom and Loss
A Dixie Farmer warns readers about the old policy of cut down burn up and move on leaving millions of acres in the South. He urges small investments as land values and timber quality rise while lumber dealers deplete supplies and push prices higher.
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Dixie
New reporter questioned after Green Street tragedy
The scene at the editor’s desk reveals a new Chicago Tribune reporter defending a Green Street shooting piece. The editor compliments the report while lifting the journalist’s pay for avoiding the phrase smoking revolver.
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Chicago Tribune
Green Street
Yees
Balloons in War Seen Useful Only If Drafts Rise
In a Philadelphia Ledger quip, Senator Depew and a Civil War drafted congressman discuss airships. The congressman asks if balloons will ever be useful in war and the senator replies that some might find them handy in a draft.
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Depew
Philadelphia Ledger
Grippe Epidemic Spreads and Peruna Claims Cure
Advertisements praise Peruna as a remedy for la grippe and its after effects. Letters from readers such as Mrs. Fred Weinberger, J R Guill, S S Lincoln, and Alice Dressler describe recovery and improved health after using Peruna. Doctors offer free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
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Fred Weinberger
Westerlo
Albany County
N. Y
Penma
Alice M. Dregsler
N. Bryant Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Alice M. Dressler
Horatio J. Goss
Hartwell
Gay
H. J. Goss
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Indulgent mother lets boy grab wasp on tram
A New York Times tale recounts a mother on a local tram with her three year old son, nursemaid, and a society magazine. The boy, urged by the mother to indulge his whim, reaches for a wasp and wails when restrained. The nurse yields, prompting amused smiles among travelers.
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New York Times
Local Painter Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for Recovery
C L Smith of 309 Anne Street Sault Ste Marie Michigan reports severe pains blamed on lumbago sciatica rheumatism or lead poisoning. After using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he reduced reliance on canes and recovered fully, praising the medicine. A reporter's inquiry about a boy's accident ends with a father noting the operation required no anesthetic beyond chloroform.
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Sault St
Marie
Mich
C. L. Smith
Anne Street
Dodd
Utien Observer
Notable exchanges on business and wit across eras
A compact collage shows Juxtapositions of business talk and clever quips. References include Missouri frog farms, Chicago chatter, and New Yorker asides.
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Tingaling
Jegalong
Missouri
Chicago
Scrub Eleven Triumphs Over Rival Team
A local scrimmage ends in a decisive victory as a makeshift eleven dominates the rival squad. Judge remarks on the spirited effort and teamwork from Sister Lillian Well and Brother Bob as they celebrate the win.
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Lillian
Bob
Lil
A Woman's Misery Describes Kidney Pain Relief
Mrs. John La Rue of 115 Paterson Ave New Jersey recounts nine years of backache headaches dizziness and nosebleeds from kidney trouble. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she reports relief from the stinging back pain head rushes and other symptoms and cites continued improvement after starting the regimen. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by dealers at 50 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John la Rue
Paterson Ave
Paterson, N. J
Dean
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Thade Mark
Princeton Tiger
Farm Journal
Chicago Daily News
Cincinnati Times-Star
Engineering In
Montana
N. O. Times
Democrat
Puck
Ocean Grove
N. J
O. W. Holmes
Cascarets
Stertixc Remedy Company
Arbuckle
Toad
ST. Louis
Fine Tobacco
Educational Bureau
Paper Mills
Chance For
Peruna
James R. Guill
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Guill
Abraham Lincoln
Silas S. Lincoln
S. Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
S. S. Lincoln
la Grippe
Jean Cowells
Griswold Igow House
Troy
Aubrey Stock Co
Jean Cowgill
George
New Yorker
Chicago Chronicle
GEO. K. Stahl
Quincy
Til
Kali Works
Nassau St
Atlanta, Ga
Broad St
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Ohio
Michigan
North Dakota
Balcer
A. Saleer
A. Balter
Salver
A. Salver
Emmer
Salzer’s
Salzer's
America
John A.salzer Seed CO
LA Crosse
Aircromas
Saint Louis
Union Metallic Cartri Bridgeport
Broadway
New York City
Ruslex
Johnstown
WEW
ST. Louis Seed CO
Plant Seed
Fourth Street
Lats
Gregory
H. H. Green
Sem Bartlehead
Dasa
Washton
D. O. Erald &Coo
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