A National University Idea and a Beached Ocean Vision
A National University proposal once stirred Washington as founders debated site and funding. Washington’s bequest and a Potomac site are noted, but Congress did not advance the bill in its century of existence. A navigator at St Matthew’s Island offers a stark Behring Sea landscape with grotesque rock forms and a fabled antediluvian giant.
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Washington
Vooney
United States
District of Columbia
Congress
Potomac
Naval’ Observatory
Simon Newcomb
North American Review
National University At
St. Matthew's Island
Behring Sea
Testimonial for Dr. B J Kay in Omaha Church Note
Rev Charles W Savidge endorses Dr B J Kay and his remedies Kay's Renovator and Long Balm. He cites philanthropy honest character and successful use by Omaha residents including George W Hervey editor of the Omaha Weekly World Herald. Free pamphlets available from Dr Kay Medical Co Omaha Neb. A Chicago man died testing oil tank lantern safety at a street railway power house.
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Charles W. Savidge
People’s Church
Omaha
Neb
B. J. Kay
Kay
Union
George W. Hervey
Omaha Weekly World-Herald
People's
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Chicago
Smoke flavor without fire sells by Krausers extract
An ad touts Krausers Liquid Extract of Smoke to flavor meat without heat. It claims safe, moist, insect free meat with genuine smoke taste and invites readers to write E. Krauser & Bro. for free curing and smoking information. Also cites warnings about mercury in remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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Krausers
E. Krauser & Bro
Milton, Pa
I. J. Cheney Co
Foledo
Hall
Toledo
F. J. Cues
No-To-Bac and Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Snippet
An old advertisement fragment promotes No-To-Bac as a tobacco cure with a guarantee and a free booklet, plus a brief line about Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cold cure and refund if ineffective. The snippet also references a Carson fight and Fitz in the ring.
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Sterling Remedy, Co
Chicago
New York
Two Rings Mark a Miner's Fatal Tale in Derbyshire
A narrator recalls the Langley mine disaster near Derby, where two rings haunted a survivor: the ring he gave to a sweetheart and the ring left by another man, Jim Halliday, as his dying wish. The tale details a brutal cave-in, a desperate rescue, and a vow tying survivor to Jim's fiancée.
Legacy of disease and a veteran heals with Pink Pills
Abasha Risk, an old war veteran from St. John Kansas, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for a marked recovery from kidney and liver troubles and chronic diarrhea. His wife also benefited as his letter lauds the pills as a near miraculous discovery from Schenectady New York.
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St. John
Kansas
Abasha Risk
Risk
Dr Williams
Quiie
Dr. Wiliams” Med. Co
Star Tobacco and Advertisements Collage
A collage of early 20th century ad snippets and captions mentions Star Tobacco praising lasting flavor, optical spectacles from Columbian Optical Co, Mrs Window’s Boething Syrup for teething, a quip about names for girls and men, and Caccareta Candy Cathartic for constipation. It also notes ALPALFA seed sales from Hershey Elevator Co and a French experiment turning grape juice into a syrup like marmalade, plus wine production details.
Prominent builder backs Alabastine as sole wall coating
A veteran building owner instructs his architect to specify durable Alabastine on all walls and to reject any other manufacturers' offerings even if free. He declares Alabastine is right and vows to lose confidence in himself if he ceases to use it.
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W. L. Douglas
Brecktom
Mass
Firm Runs Business as School for Young Men
The head of the firm tells Mr Smarte that they do not run the house to make money but as a school for instruction of young men. He says continuing would waste his time and the cashier will settle with him, noting what is their loss is his gain.
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Jim
Old Jim
Skobeleff
Plevna
Boston Transcript
Healthful changes through steady use of bitters
The text extols gradual health improvements from regular habits and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a chief remedy for persistent dyspepsia. It notes that abrupt cures are less effective and mocks men who tell tales at different ages.
Advertised Cures and Quack Remedies in Historical Notice
A collage of testimonial style claims promotes Cascarets for constipation Piso’s Cure for chest diseases and Dee Helme’s Nerve Nesterer with a free trial offer. Other lines tout Cooe’s Cough Balm and a humorous remark about women’s beauty implying brains are unnecessary.
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Dee Helme
Kime
Arch Ht
Philadelphia
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Ind
Corbett
Carson
Fitz
Fits
Allegn
Arthur
Old North
Langley
Derbyshire
Jim Haliday
Derby
Halliday
Young Jim
Old Halliday
Young
Mr. Carson
London
Abasha
Valentine Kelley
Clarksville
Fearless
New York Press
Columbian Optical Co
16Th St
Hershey Elevator Co
Hershey
Nebraska
C.C.C
France
G. W
Cunningham
Rulling
McKinley
Ww. J. Bryan
Price
W. Cunningham
Clinton St
Ill
J. L. Northcott
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Coee
Iea
Ned
Charles Eites Co
Phila
Anach
Glyza Glyzachem
Conashington, D.C
L. A H. B. Wilbon & CO
Washington, D.C
Page Oak Tree
Uncanti
Tom Docroa
Anvenny Feover Otine CO
Grand Rapids
Mien
Mle
Rieges
Marnear
Auaatesasion
Berrey
Elehart Cammiach
Maraeso Uru. CO
W. B Pratt
Secs
Elebart
Ick Reaper
M‘cormick
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
McCormick Opel
McCormick
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