The Drug Glerk's Story Told at a Newark Drug Store
Henry Maier recounts his recovery from severe headaches and nervousness using Dr Williams Pink Pills at 271 Orange Street Newark. He credits the medicine for curing headaches and stabilizing nerves after long study and work. Pills sold 60 cents per box or six for $2.60 by Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Evening News
Newark
N. J
Henry Maler
Andrew FB. Burkhardt
Orange Street
Dr. Williams
Mr. Maier
Oddities of daily life and science from the era
A survey of curiosities includes Italian grape oil from seeds, early German telephone use in tobacconist shops, and French seaweed oil. It notes literacy among French conscripts, relative road wear by surface, Moorish harems, a Chicago bank clerk who rebuilt 1500 accounts after 1870, frost splitting trees, and hexagonal gunpowder grains that burn slowly to reduce weapon stress.
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Germany
France
Morocco
Chicago
From Other Lands Fashion Notes and Political Quips
A quirky survey notes how labeling a man a German spy in France invites arrest. It mentions Dr Max Nordas shifting from degeneration themes to lighter literary work. London’s grotborn restaurant unveils a New York typewriter for shorthand letters. Summer belts feature wider, more ornate designs and white duck silk remains popular. Neapolitan straw bonnets are imported and hard to imitate. A furniture revival hints at rosewood and red velvet from fifty years ago for sturdier drawing rooms.
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France
Max Nordas
Grotborn
London
New ‘York
Dolores and the Fan Entanglement Under Moonlit Pact
In a moonlit garden Dolores toys with a fine fan gifted by a prince as Lieut. Curzon professes love and demands possession. A broken fan foretells jealousy while Dolores mourns the wreck and faces her stern grandfather who soon disrupts the scene.
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Jacob Dealtry
Dolores
Arthur Curzon
Samson
Malta
Fragments Beneath the Pillow Reveal Treacherous Secret
Dolores recalls a perilous discovery as fragments are found beneath her pillow. A hidden treasure moonlit search ends with treason to Arthur Curzon and a dawning reckoning with human flaws. Her reflections mix admiration for a generous relative with new, uneasy insights into people.
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Dolores
Arthur Curzon
Frandpapa
The Cost of Cleaning Berlin in 1895
Berlin’s municipal cleaning shows economic efficiency with 8 million square meters of streets swept for 400 000 marks, plus 1 200 000 cubic meters of water used for sprinkling from April to November at 2 364 000 marks. The system emphasizes machine sweeping, good pavements, and extensive yearly maintenance.
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Berlin
Chicago
Machinery cuts building costs and eases construction
An old Cough Balsam advert promises reliability, while notes on labor-saving machines claim walls, cement, and stone work can be produced far cheaper. It highlights a der rick lift, cranes, and lime-treated wood. Also mentions Westinghouse Baldwin pairing and a corny salve ad along with a child adoption notice.
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N. Y. Ledger
Perfume Plants in Europe Dominate Soap and Scent Trade
The St Louis Post Dispatch reports more than 4200 plant species gathered for commercial use in Europe. Of these 420 have a perfume used in scents soaps and sachets, with white flowers most common and well scented. Yellow, red, blue, and violet flowers show smaller proportions of perfumed varieties.
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Europe
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
No-To-Bac Promises Cure for Nicotine Poison Sickness
Millions seek stimulants as nerves are irritated by nicotine poison. Chewing or smoking destroys manhood and nerve power. Not habit but disease, with a guaranteed cure in No-To-Bac. Sold by druggists it everywhere. Free book or address Sterling Remedy Co New York City or Chicago.
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Sterling Remedy Co
New York City
Chicago
Aged Judgment Sparks Humorous Beat About Women
An intellectual young lady asks a man to guess her age provoking thoughts on looks versus brains and a quip about advanced women. The fragment ends with a promotional line for Warrior's Ginger Tonic claiming dramatic relief for distress.
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Cincinnati Tribune
What He Had Seen and Other Tiny Comic Bits
A collage of quips and ads from an early 20th century page. Snippets include a snoe clerk boarder recalling a cannon and a ball, a punny remedy for indigestion, a joke about an overlong morning, and a vivid claim about Fits cured by Dr Kline. Also mentions a clerk anecdote about Trilby, a testimonial for Piso’s Cure, and statistics on Kansas farms.
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Floria
Dolores
Florio
Jacob Dealtry
Jade
Grandpapa
Cincinnati Tribune
Druggieta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glerk
Jetsam
W. Johnson
Mec
Mvn
Lieut. Curzon
Sle
Leviathan
Virginia
Nsernational Press Ass'nt
Leavening Powe
U.S. Gov’t
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Keuchwanger
Detroit Free Press
Electric Development
Westinghouse Electric
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Boston
Manson
Ruggist
Philadelphia
International Children's Home Society
la Salle St
IlMnoiss
Rov
Frank M. Grege
Geneva
Brooklyn Life
Hia
Trilby
Washington Star
Lean
E. D. Townsend
Ft. Howard
Wis
Kansas
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Gen
Agente
Phils
Lorillard
P. Lontaro Company
America
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