New Era in Finance Prompt Response to Bold Move
The piece credits Theodore N. Vail for Transparency after American Telephone and Telegraph bought Western Union. An eight month inventory cut surplus from 18.9 million to 5.1 million, raising questions about public access to corporate data. Publicity boosted stock despite the write downs.
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Vail
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail
Purchasing Corporation
Gould
Telephone Company
Telegraph Company
Harper’s Weekly
Telephone and Telegraph
Free $3.50 recipe promises kidney cure
An advertisement offers a free home remedy for weak kidneys and bladder troubles. It claims quick relief from scalding and frequent urination and lists symptoms like back pain, dizziness, and sleeplessness. The letter requests readers to mail for the recipe from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Their Fate and a Witty Exchange in Quirky Dialogue
A brief humorous exchange features Mrs Crow-William asking about aging and Mr Crow-Oh joking that they may end up as quail on toast at a table d hote restaurant. The dialogue plays on aging and dinner table whimsy.
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Mrs. Crow
William
Mr. Crow
Pape's Diapepsia Advertised for Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a 50 cent remedy for indigestion and upset stomachs. It claims rapid relief from sour belching gas heartburn and full stomach, promising digestion as if the stomach were not there and a cure for dyspepsia and related disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Telephone delay echoes city office humor
A joked exchange unfolds as a man asks if Mrs. Howard was informed he would stay late at the office. The office boy confirms the message and notes Mrs. Howard herself had plans to attend the theater that night.
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Howard
Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen Offered For Christmas
A Christmas note praises Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen as the best made. It mentions regular safety and self filling styles for men women and children and advises buyers to examine the trade mark, noting sales by responsible dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterman
Not a Romance Finale in Browning's Magazine
A dramatic exchange unfolds as Rodolphus pleads for elopement while Clementine weighs wealth against a life of poverty. He concedes her devotion and wealth, then leaves in sorrow, acknowledging she defies practicality to stay true to family and fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodolphus
Clementine
Browning
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised Cure Promises
Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as a long standing remedy for kidney troubles with a stated 75 year history. A Pendleton Oregon resident lauds relief from bloating backache and kidney secretions after using the product. The ad urges purchase from dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York is named as the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Bright
William McGregor
Lilleth St
Pendleton
Ore
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Odd Gift Cigars Spark Family Pact in Dialect Joke
A humorous exchange traces a wife and her husband joking about cigars given on a birthday. The husband replies that he will save the cigars until Willie, their child, is old enough to learn to smoke, highlighting a playful family dynamic in old newspaper prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Willie
CHILL TONIC Public notice of malaria cure claimed
An old bottle label promotes a tonic named Crib wee vee Tach showing it contains quinine and iron to treat malaria. It claims 60 cent price and eight decades sold by dealers. The passage also muses on Eve and Adam’s marriage habits in a separate aside.
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Eve
Adam
Carter
Pitts
Carters
AD Vypor Q
Teresa, Tarote, Rothss
Ferguson National Realty Co
Fifth Ave
New York
Thompson’s
Houston
Putnam F
Ince
Dolores
Mrs. Winston
Munyon
Munyon’s
53D & Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Figaro Co
Dallas
Texas
Patton-Worsham Drug CO
Mfrs
Dr. Daniels
A. C. Daniels
Boston
Cascarets
Ay Piu Bree
Sabel & Sons
Louisville
Ohio
Gillette
Det Gace
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