Eczema Ended After Cuticura Remedies Says Charles Bauer
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania details a twelve year battle with eczema on hands arms and feet. He reports swelling itching peeling and raw skin followed by rapid improvement and a full cure after using Cuticura Remedies. He notes no further trouble since March 11 1908. Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston props.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Wireless distress signal causes reader confusion
Mr. Wilkins sits on a nail keg reading a newspaper when a discussion about a radio term arises. He questions a "wireless telegraph signal" labeled CD or CQD and Holbrook the grocer notes it is a distress signal.
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Mr. Wilkins
Holbrook
Local Ad Brags of Patent Oil for Home Security
The Central Methodist Advocate quotes a claim that Hamlins Wizard Oil brings security and freedom from anxiety to the home. The ad stresses dependence on the product in times of need and contrasts safety with sanctity and purity, urging readers to keep the oil on hand.
Painkiller and Red Cross Blue Advertisements
A historical ad snippet touts Perry Davis Painkiller for cramps diarrhea and dysentery with prices 26¢ 36¢ and 60¢. It also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and general vanity messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Taft outlines 13000 mile western tour plan
President Taft outlined a 13000 mile fall trip spanning the Pacific coast to the south with diverse stops. Highlights include the Royal Gorge, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle, Yosemite Valley, Grand Canyon, meeting Mexico’s president at El Paso, a four day Mississippi sail, and four days at his brother Charles Taft’s ranch near Corpus Christi Texas.
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Washington, D. C
Beverly
Mass
All America
Taft
Pacific Coast
Royal Gorge
Rocky Mountains
Seattle
Yosemite Valley
Grand Canon
Colorado
Mexico
Rio Grande
el Paso
Mississippi River
St. Louis
New Orleans
Charles P. Taft
Corpus Christi
Tex
Kansas roads consolidate under Missouri Pacific name
Kansas and Southwestern Railroad Kansas Colorado Pacific Nevada and Minden Railway Kansas City and Southwestern Fort Scott Central Kanapolis and Kansas Central Le Roy and Caney Valley Air Line Rocks County Central Branch Railroads merge to form Missouri Pacific Railway. Officers and stockholders approved the consolidation to save operating costs.
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Wichita, Kansas
Kansas and Southwestern Railroad
Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway
Nevada and Minden Railway
Kansas City and Southwestern Railway
Fort Scott Central Railway
Kanapolis and
Kansas Central Railway
le Roy and Caney Valley Air Line
Rocks County Railway
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific
Action to test Kansas guaranty law in federal courts
Atchison bankers announce plans to challenge the Kansas state bank deposit guaranty law in U S courts. B P Waggener and former Senator Chester I Long of Medicine Lodge with John I Webster will serve as counsel, Webster already testing Nebraska guaranty law in federal courts.
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Atchison
Kansas
United States
National Bankers of
Farmer Shoots Banker Then Ends His Life Near Logan Kansas
Gus Beaugess a farmer south of Densmore shot and killed Tom Mullen president of Farmers State Bank and then killed himself. Beaugess believed mentally unbalanced for some time and had threatened others. He was known as a bootlegger with notable illegal activity.
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Logan
Kansas
Gus Beaugess
Densmore
Tom Mullen
Farmers State Bank
Beaugess
Big Packers Are Sued in Sherman Act Action
Minority stockholders of the New York Butchers Dress Meat company sue Armour Swift Morris under the Sherman act seeking 1 5 million damages. The defendants include Armour and Company Swift and Company and Morris and Company, prominent Chicago packers, in New York, New York.
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Big
New York
N. Y
Armour & Company
Swift & Company
Morris & Company
Chicago Packers
New York Butchers Dress Meat Company
Greatest Kansas corn crop prospects loom large
Kansas faces an unprecedented corn season with an estimated 7,690,287 acres planted, up 600,000 from last year. Crop officials predict averages from 40 bushels per acre, hinting at 219 to 325 million bushels, with 273 million in 1889 as a benchmark and optimistic notes from Santa Fe and Rock Island crop men.
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Topeka
Kansas
James R. Koontz
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Corn
Omaha
United States
Kellogg
Holden
Iowa State College
Neb
National Corn Association
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Say Civil Service Explained In Odd Parable Style
A humorous exchange compares civil service to waiting in postal lines and buying stamps with a $100 bill. The allusion moves to laundry and starch, promoting Defiance Starch as a remedy for better home laundering and fabric stiffness.
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Pop
Civil Service
Customs
Postal
Elizabeth I age quip catches student in class
A professor educating cadets on the Elizabethan era suddenly asks a sleepy student, “And how old was Elizabeth, Mr Case?” The quick reply, “Highteen last birthday,” lands as a humorous snippet from the classroom.
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Elizabeth
Mr. Case
Doctor Carson Promises Drugless Cure for Appendicitis
Dr C W Carson of Temple of Health Kansas City offers home treatment for one month at five dollars. Claims cure for appendicitis and other diseases without drugs or surgery. Illustrated magazine sent free.
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Temple of Health
12Th
Washington Sts
Kansas City
Illustrated Magazine
Style's Freakishness Fashion Question
Mr. Suddenroll asks if clothes must fit tightly to be fashionable. The tailor urges perfect fit while questioning current style norms.
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Mr. Suddenroll
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Relief for Swollen Feet
Use Allen's Foot-Ease powder shaken into shoes for swollen smarting tired aching hot sweating feet bunions. Cures while you walk. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Don’t accept substitutes. Free sample sent. Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY
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Allen
Olmsted
Leroy,n. Y
Rare Combinations in a Laughing Ad
The piece notes humorous lines about rare pairings and a marketing quip for Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product. It includes a price of 4 cents for a 2 oz package and a jab about a stingy man who won't smile.
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Miss Passay
Harry
Central Methodist Advocate
Dodds
Kansas Roads
Missouri Pacific New
Kansas Banker
Sunflower State
K, Mich
Sweet Eighteen
C. W. Carson
Aone
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
Western Newspaper
UNION
Parker
Cen
Linwood Land CO
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Kansas City Directory
Ing Press
Burnham Hanna-Munger D. G. CO
Velie
John “Deere Plow CO
Arthur C. Brown
Paxton
Cary
Harold Bomers
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