Rubber Tires Favor Rubber Over Iron in Vehicles
M. Michelin reports that iron tires demand more power than solid rubber or pneumatic tires. An electric car at five percent higher speed with pneumatic tires used eighteen percent less power than with solid rubber tires, and braking power with solid tires rose fourteen percent. Advertising grows as N W Ayer & Son move to larger quarters at 300 308 Chestnut Street Philadelphia after thirty three years. They now employ about 190, claim the world’s largest advertising business, credited to turning newspapers into pay. Girls do not knit the mittens given to rejected suitors they merely say nit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Michelin
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Ayer & Son
St Paul Calendar for 1903 and assorted notices
The St Paul Calendar for 1903 six sheets 10 by 15 inches in color reproductions of Bryson pastel drawings is ready for distribution and will be mailed for twenty five cents. Also contains miscellaneous ad snippets about Defiance Starch, Deafness cure claims, and light humorous vignettes from period life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Bryson
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Cattle Tricks Highlight Arizona Town Gossip
Sevier Daily Tribute describes Charles W. Platt’s black cow in Kirkland with humor. The animal allegedly stalks yards and kitchens for food, opening bales and ladders to steal hay, grain, and watermelon peels, while impressing locals with its clever pilfering and generous milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevier
Charles W. Platt
Recorder
Yavapa
Arizona Republican
Kirkland
Barnum
Blackey
Platt
Convincing Proof of Kidney Pills Endorsement
Capt Alfred G Rigler of Hose Company No 4 Canton Ohio reports chronic back and kidney pain eased by Doan s Kidney Pills after medical tests failed. He details relief from backache urinary weakness and sleep disruption and endorses the treatment strongly. A free trial offer and nationwide mail order via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY followed by sale at 60 cents per box through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred G. Rigler
Hose Company No. 4
Canton
Ohio
Dean
Doan
Rigler
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Glass Destruction by Fungus Plagues York Cathedral Windows
A sensational report describes fungus causing decay of York cathedral glass. The old thirteenth and fourteenth century panes have lost transparency and crumble when touched. To halt the deterioration, some glass has been removed, amid theories that minute organisms chemically attack the cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Colorado Briefs Report Mixed Colorado News
Denver minister backs municipal pawnshop and Rio Grande project earmarks 5 million dollars. Acquittal in Trinidad murder case. National Guard ball planned in Colorado Springs. December 31 review of livestock business ahead. Campaign spending reports show totals near 28 thousand dollars. Adams campaign costs list and tunnel work for Taylor Park railroad progress. Telluride grand jury to probe multiple 1901‑02 incidents. Boulder street railway extension under way. Durango soap plant fire causes 5000 dollar loss. Silver wedding anniversary for J P Hall. Durango water bond approved for 150 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Rio Grande
Epemio Martinez
Trinidad
Temigo Martinez
Company PD
National Guard
Colorado Springs
Daily Live Stock Record
Alva Adams
Azro B. Pratt
First Colorado Cavalry
Cheyenne
Boulder
Boulder Gas Works
Durango
Durango Soap Company
Helen C. Grenfell
Elizabeth Florins Rowe
Frost Craft
Trinity M. E. Church
Sterling
Adams
Brighton
Messrs
Wilson R. Smith
Benjamin Benbow
F. P. Watts
Telluride
Collins
W. J. Barney
Wesley E. Smith
James Phillips
State University
Crouch
FE. C. Stimson
Stimson
Milton Smith
Rio Grande Western
Pasenger
Westwater
Utah
C. C. Beedle
Jack Cummings
E. L. Benson
E. Sylvester
St. Mary’s Hospital
Grand Junction
J. P. Hall
A. T. & S. F. Railway
Florida
Grant's cigar tale explains his smoking spree
A Philadelphia historian recounts how General Grant, after a major victory, accepted vast cigar gifts and began smoking heavily. Reported as a half-burnt cigar incident, the story notes North express deliveries of 20 000 cigars and a surge from two or three cigars daily to wholesale consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grant
James Grant Wilson
Historical Society of Philadelphia
Grant
Handy Life Preserver and Household Bits
A fragmented list of 19th century patent claims and product pitches. It highlights a Hamburg engineer’s life preserver resembling a pocketbook, claims of stain resistance with PUTNAM FACELESS DYES, Defiance Starch guarantees, and various humorous quips about resignation, smoking, and dental or teething products. The garbled items present ad-like blurbs with playful witticisms and brand names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Peruna Aids Suffering Children in Charity Homes
Catholic Sisters report Peruna relieves laryngitis and throat catarrh in treated girls. Letters from Detroit and Napoleon praise the medicine's soothing effect and potential cure. Dr. Hartman promotes Peruna, offering free medical guidance and a policy of personal attention from his Columbus sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stary Country
Civilized World
Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruana Medicine Co
Congreman Meekison
Napoleon
Medicine Co -Columbias
Gee
David Meekison
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Green
Baxter
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Egos
Tommy
Bene Nh Ox
Oxen
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Iday Ie
India
Montgomery Ward & CO
Treth
Arizona
Colorado
D. C. Packard
Parke Wilson
Schile
Carrish
Whitridge
McCloskey
Barber
Lemke
Webster
Cristall
Delehanty
Mohler
Radcliff
Dundon
Hartzoil
Jones
McHale
Preston
Honeyman
Ramey
Democratic State Central Committee
C. J. Hughes
T. M. Patterson
Orman & Crook
Taylor Park
T Range
Atlantic
Alpine
Colorado & Southern
Pacific
Tin Cup
St. Jacobs Oil
George Scleyer
Chilton
Wis
Olksboro
St. Jacobs
F. Radder
Cleveland
St. Jacobs Ol
C. L. Brundage
Louis Hinkel
East Poesten
Kill
Manchester
N. H
Geo. G. Erie
Palestine
Otto Fuls
Reading
Piso
Joan F Dorms
Trinity Springs
Ind
Poland
Handy Life Preserver
Putnam
Baxters
Winslow
Becausse
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville, Ky
New York, N. Y
Mustang Liniment
Winchester
Rome
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven
Conn
Libby
Asi Tour Grocer
W. of
FUL
We & Mir
PU Uecon
Wb Gitte
Say
Webster’s International Dictionary of
Home Office
the Americas Kola Co
Des Moines
Seventh Ave
N. U
Whco
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