Gen Chaffer sails for Japan as world news floods city
In a day of varied events the paper notes Gen Chaffer has sailed for Japan, Aguinaldo issues proclamations against the Taft commission, and 600 Cleveland moulders strike for 10 percent cuts. It lists a world of items from prizes and births to pensions and political moves, all reflecting a busy era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
Taft
Big Pine Lumber Company
Boggy
Ark
Preston Cammell
Baron von Ketteler
China
Mexico
Pekin
Trades Unions
Chicago
Organized Labor
United States
Europe
Building Trades Council
Light After Darkness and Miraculous Cure Claims
A Lockport New York woman Nellie Cameron credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with saving her life after severe stomach trouble left her wasting away. She details a fall 1898 decline, weight loss from 188 to 97 pounds, and recovery after using the pills. The advertisement notes pills sold at 50 cents a box and details other products and health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cameron
Lockport
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Stacy D. BrEnt
Tasteless Chill Tonics Prompt Unreliable Claim
An ad urges customers to switch from tasteless chill tonics to Yucatan Chil Tonic improved. It promises no shaking required, identical dose proportions, and a pleasant taste priced like five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
The Love of a Good Woman as Protection
A reflective note on enduring love and the need for constant momentum to withstand life’s pressures. It suggests stability through partnership and the perils of stagnation if one stops advancing.
Allen's Foot-Kase Promises Relief for Tight Shoes
Patent medicine advertisement touts Allen S Olmsted’s Foot-Kase powder to ease swollen hot and sweaty feet and correct ingrown nails bunions and corns. Includes 25c price and mail trial offer to Le Roy New York. Also mentions high coal output in Pennsylvania and a testimonial for Dr Moffett's Trethina teething powders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Various Patent Medicines and Household Ads
A collage of 19th century ads promoting Yucatan Chill Tonic and Mr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with fake cures, plus Blue Bleaching products, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a needle in a soda bottle ending quip about circuses.
Various Advertisements and Public Notices From 1900
A collage of old advertisements and quotes including Piso's Cure for throat and lung ailments, Faultless Starch, Carter's Ink used by railways, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Rogers' Blue Chill Cure, and other pithy sayings. Also mentions Manchester grave diggers asking for higher wages and general proverbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piso
Ws. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Malaria chills blamed on germs not liver
A health note argues chills come from malaria germs in blood, not liver activity. It cites three entry sources air food and water and details germ spread and blood damage. An ad promises Rogers' Blue Chill Cure at 25 cents with refund if unsuccessful and mentions veterans' land office delays and the death of Henry Wellesley in Berkshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Elena
Rogers Cave Co
Martin, Tenn
GroovE TASTELESS CHILL Tonic Promoted as Fever Cure
Advertisement claims GroovE TASTELESS CHILL Tonic as a simple iron and quinine remedy for ghills and fever. It promises no cure no pay and is priced at 50 cents.
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Groove
Why Costs Drive Our Choices More Than What We Don’t
People often notice higher prices for desired items while cheaper or unwanted options tempt less. Behavioral cues and perceived value steer shopping, creating a gap between what we want and what we avoid based on cost and utility.
To Be a Woman as Desirable as a Man
A brief reflection asserts that womanhood holds full desirability equal to manhood, framed as a philosophical or social commentary without specific events or names.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gen. Chaffer
Japan
Cleveland
Charles Beckman
Stonyford, N. Y
McKinley
Grand Army of the Republic
Annua
Chester Park
Cincinnati
W A. Rutz
E. C. Hausman
New York Harbor
Evan
John Gibson
Stokeley Morgan
Dewey
Manila
The
Atlanta
Constitution
Julian Harris
P. J. Moran
Clark Howell
Elba
Taku
Tien Tsin
Thomas B. Long
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Lodge
W. E. Barr
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
E. T. Sweet
Ivy
Tenn
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Wolfe
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Robert Flournoy
Brickyard
Ala
Carter
Carters
of the
O’farrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Winchester Avg
New Haven
Conn
Finlay, Dicks & Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Caalogue
T. M. Roberts
Bieh
Pply House
Minn
T. Td. Roberts’ Coal Y House
Mina
Manchester
England
Dispatch
Addison
Hall
Spencer
Forsestead
Friends of the Veterans of the
General Land Office
Congress
Henry Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Strathfieldsaye House
Mortimer
Berkshire
Tulane University of Louisiana
Great Charity Hospital
E. Chaille
P. O
Prige
FR .Ey, M. D
Atlanta, Ga
Tee
K. D
ST. Louis
Mow
Esta Beate Eet
Drugéists i
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