Collector seeks penny sketches from artists amid bank ties
A letter from an Indiana man claiming bank connections requested drawings from US newspaper artists for a collection. He offered to trade ten and twenty dollar bills for framed pieces, singling out Ohio and Indiana as targets. The peculiar exchange mentions a Cleveland Pint Dealer and a Cadie-like request for a ten dollar bill from Indiana.
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Indiank
Cleveland
Indiana
Ohio
Notics
Borax cleansing dairy utensils and farm care tips
Borax is praised as a pure cleanser and surface sweetener for dairy utensils and rooms. It is described as antibacterial and mould-preventing, used in mixtures to wash farm churns, dairy rooms, cream crocks, and separators. The text also advertises Mule Team Borax seed offers and reflects on photography as a nostalgic pursuit connected to nature.
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Pacific Coast
Preacher Seeks Safe Pulpit as Desk Collapses at Sayville
The Rev J B Hammill of Hanson Place M E Church Brooklyn preached at Sayville L I from Look well to your foundations when the pulpit desk collapsed sliding toward the altar nearly striking seated worshipers. He barely escaped a fall as Bible and notes scattered among pews. Also note Lord Curzon's first Oxford act a million for urgent needs of the university.
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J. B Hammill
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Sayville
L. 1
Lord Curzon
Oxford
W J Harahan Leaves Illinois Central for Erie Road
W J Harahan fourth vice president of Illinois Central and son of J T Marahan resigns from IC in secrecy. He is believed headed to the Erie road for a higher paying post. No friction with IC president. vacation planned in Atlantic City. No other staff changes announced.
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Chicago
W. J. Harahan
Illinois Oc
J. T. Marahan
Erie Road
Linois Central
Harahan
Erie
Cem
Atlantic City
Road
Harahee
Ilinois
Big Companies Will Quit Texas Over Robertson Law
After a New York conference, Eren EL Lowe, attorney for most Texas life insurers, announced that all major companies will withdraw from the state due to the Robertson law. The measure, to take effect July 12, requires 75 percent of Texas reserves to be deposited inside the state and taxed locally, with additional tax on gross premiums.
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Imlias
Tex
New York
Hetr
Earen EL Lowe
Erger
Teses Dalyth
Texas
Boll Weevil Spreads Across Texas and Louisiana
New Orleans reports remarks by Dr. W D Hunter government entomologist on the boll weevil. He cites a mild winter and wet spring boosting weevil numbers about thirtyfold versus last year and notes the pest now stretches from San Antonio to the Louisiana river and seventy miles into Indian Territory aided by volunteer cotton.
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New Orleans
W. D. Hunter
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Texas
San Antonio
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Hampton officer fined for breach of Jim Crow street car law
Fort Monroe Virginia Capt J Pigman paymaster of the battleship bows faced a Hampton police court for refusing a conductor’s request to move to another seat on the Newport News and Old Point Railway line. He was arrested but allowed to bail. Acting Mayor Richardson dismissed the case and urged compliance with conductors.
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Fortress
Monroe
Virginia
J. Pigman
Hampton
Pigman
Newport News and
Old Point
Guatemala Seeks Confiscation of Ten Executed Men Wealth
Advices reach City of Mexico that Guatemala's government filed proceedings to confiscate the property of ten men condemned to death for alleged complicity in the Estrada Cabrera assassination. The estimated wealth of the men totals 10 million dollars.
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City of
Mexico
Guatemala
Estrada Cabrera
Three Midshipmen’s Bodies Recovered From Minnesota Launch
A navy department dispatch from Hampton Roads reports the Potomac recovered the bodies of Midshipmen Henry Field and William Hollister. The third body is unidentified, presumed to be Midshipman Holcomb. Also noted is the sentencing of Frank H. Jones in Atlanta Federal Prison for bank fraud, and the death of Col. Alexander Hogeland in a hotel, likely accidental due to a gas exposure.
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Charlotte
N. C
Frank H. Jones
Charlotte National Bank
Atlanta
Jones
Percy G. Fonville
W. B. Bell
Omaha
Neb
Alexander H. Hogeland
Louisville
Murray Hotel
Hogeland
Umbrella mix up shows a congressman's wife in revolt
In a domestic vignette from Baltimore to Washington the wife reproaches her husband for misplacing her umbrella, mocking his national duties. The anecdote, attributed to Success Magazine, contrasts political clout with personal care. Also includes an old Cuticura remedy testimonial from Selma Alabama praising skin eczema cure.
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Dlank
Baltimore
Washington
Congress
Success Magazine
Double Enders Stir Smokers in Mexico and Cold Fashion
A humorous column notes Mexico's influence on matches with double ended wax lighters and threats to a smoker’s luck. It includes quips about Ume matches, a Quaker’s scarf against cold, and a joke about breastpins. Also an advertisement promotes Leonardi's Golden Eye Lotion for sore eyes with a refund guarantee.
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Leonardi
Honest Words and Foot Ease Offer Spark Market Quip
Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete trade quips about honesty and lawyering in a world weary cartoon vignette. An Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promotes a foot cure with trial package offered free and a 25 cent price at drugstores.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Willing to Reason in a Witty Widow Exchange
A pretty widow declares she is inconsolable while deflecting strict beliefs. The other speaker notes she was never fanatic on any point, prompting a terse but pointed exchange.
Pittsburg Seeks 700-Foot 40-Story Tower
A proposed project aims to erect the world’s tallest building in Pittsburg, a 40 story structure reaching 700 feet above the sidewalk, surpassing a New York tower under construction. A separate note recalls a comic exchange about red tape and string at a post office counter.
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Cone
Pittsburg
New York
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female weakness and childbirth recovery. It features testimonials from women like Mrs Sadie Abbott and Mrs Pree McKitrick praising relief from monthly pain irregular cycles and general weakness. The copy emphasizes home duties and the product as a path to health and womanly strength.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Abbott
Jeannette
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Pinkham Offers Free Advice To Women In Lynn
Women urged to report symptoms to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for diagnosis and guidance. Her vast experience in treating female ills is cited as the source of quick and reliable recovery, with free, helpful advice and claims of success where others fail.
The Lie And The Truth In Mr Dooley’s Quip
A collection of quips and witticisms on truth deceit and language includes Mr Dooley’s remark about truth as currency and counterfeiters in circulation. Also quoted lines cover engagement jokes a teething remedy ad and a proverb about man shaping circumstance.
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Mr. Dooley
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Castor
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S.S.S
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I. C
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Congressman
Lingle E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Sunday Magazine
Mike
Pete
Cardus
Cardui
J. F. Stone
Wrence, Kas
Hewitt
Jewett
London World
Ealing
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la Farge, Wis
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Rich
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Marshall & Bruce Company
Dequeen
Ark
Lane List
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McBean
Great Southwest
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Arizona
Eny
Mozley
Mozley Lemon Elixir Co
E. Ashley St
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Miss Knox
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