Publicity on Dr Pierce Medicines Prompts Reader Interest
A 19th-century promotional notice by Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo explains his practice of publishing full ingredient lists for medicines like the Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It touts endorsements from medical authorities, offers a free pamphlet on medicinal plants, and promotes Give Away copies of The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
People's Common Sense Medical Adviser
B V. Pierce
France as a World Banker at Alge ciras Conference
Stoddard Dewey argues France gains real world power from the Alge ciras conference and recent financial actions. He notes French banks’ gold reserves and foreign lending, the impact of a Russian loan, and tourists contributing gold, suggesting France could sustain peace and deter war despite parliamentary delays.
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Algeciras
France
Morocco
Stoddard Dewey
Atlantic
Wabash Time Card at Howell Works Westbound
Time schedule lists GOING WEST and GOING EAST passenger and freight trains with departure times. Local freight at 12:20 PM and 8:50 AM note passenger rights. contact C. S. Crane for details.
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Howell
St. Louis
F. C. Memitzan D. P
F. A. Des Moines
Who Are the Real Owners of a City
A historical reflection by Frank Putnam argues that labor unions should shape San Francisco’s rebuilding. It defends workers’ voices to improve housing, condemns exclusive city control by revenues, and asserts that cities belong to both builders and inhabitants, not only the few with wealth.
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San Francisco
Toilera
Frank Putnam
National Magazine
Jamaican Lock Invented Safe With Four Alphabet Sets
St Louis Post Dispatch reports on Neuman Tobias's invention a safe lock using four sets of twenty four letters or numerals. If set to 3 0303 030303030 the decoding time would be 96 090 278 years 269 days 80 minutes and 80 seconds at 60 numbers a minute leaving no time for food or sleep.
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Jamaica
Neuman Tobias
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Cough Syrup Promotion
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds. It emphasizes that the syrup is non opiate and sold by H M Langerak, highlighting its original laxative formula.
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Kennedy
H M. Langerak
Rock Island Lines Offers Summer Tourist Rates from Pella
Rock Island lines announce summer tourist tickets from Pella Iowa to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo at 21.75 dollars for round trips from June 1 to September 15 with return by October 31. A special 19.25 dollar round trip from Pella valid July 10 to 15 and for Elks meeting in Denver July 16 to 21. Tickets limited to August 20 return. Extra discounts to Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Yellowstone and Pacific Coast with side trips. Full details available from Pella ticket agent.
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Rock Island Lines
Pella
Iowa
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Elks
Glenwood Springs
Col
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Yellowstone National Park
Pacific Coast
Rock Island
Colorado
Con
Gem City Business College Ad Promotes Career Training
The Gem City Business College in Quincy Illinois advertises as the largest business college in America with twenty teachers and 1400 students. It offers bookkeeping shorthand typing penmanship banking and related courses. Graduates secure employment. a free 64 page illustrated catalogue is available from president D L Musselman.
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America
D. L. Musselman
Pres
Quincy
Ilinois
Grasping Power Makes Forest Animals Clever
The text argues that squirrels elephants parrots monkeys opossums and similar animals share a rare grasping power that aids their intelligence. Elephants use trunks parrots with claws monkeys hands feet and tails opossums hind feet and tails squirrels use their paws to manipulate objects. This ability helps them thrive in woods and jungles without human companionship.
Water In Grinding Explained By A Boy
A summer hotel porch discussion on sharpening explains that water in grinding stones improves blade contact and smoothness. Water fills gaps between stone particles and softens the surface, reducing uneven friction and yielding a smoother sharpened edge.
Understanding the Meaning of a Leading Question in Court
A leading question is one that guides a witness to a desired answer rather than eliciting independent testimony. It is not about order or importance but about steering the response through phrasing such as "Did he have on a black hat," which invites an affirmative answer.
Whirlwind Game Description In Circle Chairs
A game for any number of players with one center stander and one empty chair. Players shift clockwise to adjacent chairs as the circle moves rapidly. The center player then tries to grab a chair, forcing the neighbor to face inward and the game to restart.
Fancy Table Ways in a Good Town
A Columbia Herald note celebrates social progress at table. It cites eating ice cream with a fork, salad at dinner, coffee in the library afterward, finger bowls used for years, and even breakfasts with finger bowls. One family uses them daily, signaling refined manners.
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Columbia Herald
Relic of the Constitution Recovered From Delaware River
Divers on a dredger off New Castle Delaware recovered a china water urn once given to the frigate Constitution by Philadelphia in 1797. The urn bears the Pennsylvania coat of arms and was long thought lost. How it sank remains a mystery.
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Delaware
New Castle
Del
Philadelphia
State of
Pennsylvania
Great Western Offers Half-Rate Homeseeker Tickets
The Chicago Great Western railway announces very low rates every Tuesday through the year. Homeseekers may buy tickets to Minnesota North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest at about half the usual price to other territories. Apply via any Great Western agent or P. Elmer G P A St Paul Minn state number in party and when going.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Minnesota
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Great Western
P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
The Largest Cannon Taken by English in India Conquest
The largest cannon, cast around 1550 by Chubby Koomy Khan of Abdatuggus, was seized by the English during the conquest of India. The immense gun houses seated interiors and serves as a popular quiet noonday giesta spot for English officers.
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India
Chubby Koomy Khan
Abdatuggus
Little Old Gray Dobbin Ride Described in Verse
A short verse depicts a gray cob named Dobbin trotting all day with Little Billy riding along. The lines praise the horse as reliable and true, offering a pleasant, steady ride on its back.
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Old Gray Dobbin
Billy
Gray Dobbin
Old Dobbin Travels Fast and Never Slows Down
A quirky verse about a gray horse named Dobbin who is described as slow to clock yet travels very fast, never needing a Nok as he moves along. The lighthearted doggerel emphasizes the horse’s unusual speed and steady pace in a playful tone.
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Dobbin
Klok
Red White and Blue Verse in Bible Inquiry
A reader asks how many boys can locate a verse in the Bible mentioning the terms red white and blue or de red and blue. The inquiry notes the challenge of finding a verse that ties all three colors together and seeks guidance on where such a verse may be found.
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R. J. Fleener
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Bank Pella
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Wweasseday
Sata
Washington Post
M. Porter Auctioneer
Kieins Shoe ‘Store
East Side of Square
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H.C. Payne
M.D
Adam French
Drs. Payne & French
Citizens National Bank
North Dakan
Manitoba
W. L. van Horn
Fargo, N. D
J. O. Mitten
van Hemert’s
Geo. J. Thomassen
C. E. Martin
S. S. Still College of Osteopathy
Des Moines, Iowa
Vanderpol's
Vander Zyr Bros
F. W. Frahm
Wormhoudt
Garden Square
DR. C. N. Bos
Main Street
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Farmers and Merchants Bank
W. M. Fuqua
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