Death Trap Fire at Triangle Waist Factory Kills Many
New York report details a deadly blaze at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory on Greene Street and Washington Place. 141 workers mostly women perished, 86 identified, as flames trapped workers with crowded workrooms and insufficient exits. Fire Marshal Beers cites cigarette caused ignition and faulty fire escapes while crowds rush to exits. many leaped to their deaths and dozens were injured.
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New York
Triangle
Greene Street
Washington Place
General Slocum
North Brother's Island
Triangle Waist Company
Joseph Deventry
Brooklyn
Beers
Marshal Beers
Samuel Bernstein
Triangle Company
Bernstein
Edward Brown
Resinol Ointment Promoted for Home Care and Burns
An old advertisement touts Resinol ointment as the premier emergency home remedy for burns, cuts, and skin eruptions. It claims instant itch relief, non toxic ingredients, and broad uses including eczema, ringworm, poison ivy, and insect stings. The product comes in opal jars priced fifty cents and one dollar, sold by druggists nationwide.
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Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Transcendentalist Question Leads to Dictionary Discovery
A parent asks a child to chain the dog and promises to explain a transcendentalist upon return. While the boy is away the parent consults a dictionary to reveal the term's meaning.
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Bobby
Distemper Cure Promoted for Horses and Dogs
Distemper in all forms across ages in horses and dogs is claimed curable with Pohn's Distemper Cure. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. Priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar. Available from druggists or directly from Spahn Medical Co Goshen Ind. Agents wanted. Faith must become active through works. Deeds must spring spontaneously from the divine life within the goal.
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Pohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
C. W. Wendte
French Bean Coffee A Healthful Drink
Advertisement claiming French Bean Coffee as the healthiest drink grown in a 10 by 10 garden producing 50 pounds or more per harvest. It notes 90 days to ripen in Wisconsin and marketing mail offers from John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin including seeds and a mammoth seed catalog.
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Wisconsin
France
Germany
Europe
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Photographic mind dreams spark epicurean masterpiece
Fragmented ad style prose mentions a machine to photograph thoughts and a boast of creating a mind art piece. Includes product pitches for Allen's Foot-Hage powder and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, with generic comments on character and cigars.
Murine Eye Remedy and Other Patent Items
An assortment of old advertisements lists Murine Eye Remedy products including eye salve and liquids in new sizes, along with Hamlins Wizard Oil, Garfield Tea laxative, and a bromide laxative. The copy promotes home remedies and household health products as commonly seen in era newspapers.
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Dreamy Dupont
Windy Rivers
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Lewis
Atte
Riverd
Pear
Weed
New York City
Trudson River
Bangs
Whitor
Watson E. Coleman
Wasington, D.C
Best Sealine
Ww. N. U
Chicago
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
THE
Chile
Dean
Lebanon
Ind
John T. Anderson
W. Main St
Narcissa Waggoner
Carterville
Foster-Milburn Co
N. Y
Doan
Jan Es
Mi Oe
Foster-Milpurn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
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