States outlaw cigarettes in midwest and Japan contrast
Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan pass laws forbidding the use sale or manufacture of cigarettes. The piece notes enforcement costs, compares with Japan, and discusses fines for fathers whose sons smoke. It then shifts to society and political quips about Weightman Walker Rousseau Castro Texas politics and other current topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Japan
Weightman Walker
Philadelphia
United States Senate
Magnetic survey of the North Pacific urged by Carnegie
The Carnegie Institution proposes a magnetic survey across the North Pacific using a small non-magnetic ship to map compass variation and Earth magnetism. It aims to improve navigation for transpacific commerce amid uncertain pole positions and shifting magnetic focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pacific
Carnegie Institution
North Pacific Ocean
Great Ocean
North Pacific
Sir James Ross
Hudson Bay
Siberia
Western Pacific
India shawls praised by collectors at a fair
A Burmese visitor at the St. Louis exposition notes that demand for India shawls has fallen publicly, but artists and collectors still seek fine pieces. He explains Thibet goat wool shawls remain valuable, with a single half pound fetching four to five dollars. The rest discusses earth’s internal heat and the age of the planet, as explored in Harper’s Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blot
Harvard University
Biot
Eliot
India
St. Louis Exposition
America
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
One hundred dollar reward offer for incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Walding, Kinnan & Marvin attest to F. J. Cheney's integrity and firm obligations. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is internal and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials and price listed, sold by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
All Druggista
The Corner Book Store Large literary shipment offered
A Petersburg notice promotes a major fiction shipment including The Marriage of William Ashe by Mrs. Humphrey Ward and several other popular titles. It touts low prices, a four day mailorder turnaround, and a money back guarantee. Also advertised are hammocks and outdoor goods with stock inspections urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ashe
Humphrey Ward
Beverly of
Graystark
John 8
Wise
Sandy
Wiggs
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South Atlantic Cigar Co. (Incorporated
Petersburg
Banner Coal
S. H. Hobbs
Duffy
T. W
Halifa
Iss
Skey
Ker. St
E.eichberg
SYC
ST. Plumbing
Jately
Dann
Kent Furniture Co
Petersboro Wall Paper Co
Bank Street
R. R. Percivall
Pennivaay
the Daily Progress
8. M. Clements Publishing CO
Sycamore Street
Lins
Estes
Gerald Rousseau
Frederick the Great
Maine
St. Louis
Castro
Mississippi
Texas
Aime
Women’s Federation of Clubs
Boston
Kipling
Hanley
Panama Canal
Kansas
Manchester Ship Canal
Manchester Ship Canal Company
Manchester
Friends of Ship Canals
SEA School
Providence
Pennsylvania
Halifax
Hebrides
Orkneys
Copenhagen
Antwerp
Havre
London
Lisbon
Cadiz
Barcelona
Marseilles
Genoa
Naples
Algiers
West Indies
Nautical
Harvard
Everybody’s Magazine
Russia
San Francisco
Panama Bay
A. D. Harding
Farmal Clementies Vehicle
Flavis Larriage
E. H. Titmus
Y. M. . A. Building
Sycamore St
Rudber
GOOD
J.R. Jones
Skelton
W. N. Skelton
Halifax Street
DR. Lafrango
Crowder Brothers
Old Street
Iron Front
C. E. and
W. A. Williamson
Proprietors
Cor
Sycamore and Wash
Sts. Pitont
John Wood
South Avenue
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