Stock food and patent medicines in a bustling Omaha ad page
An OCR filled page markets stock feed from International Food Co of Minneapolis, starch brands Magnetic Starch and Putnam dyes, Beeman’s Pepsin, Hall's Catarrh Cures, and other tonics. It touts college furniture, banking furniture, and typewriters, with miscellaneous advice and moral quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Food Co
Minneapolis
Theis Ad
Tor Aale
Sour Town
Paris
Ce World
Sears
Minm
U.S. A
Nutwood
Hartford
Young Man Manners and Social Etiquette Rules
The Ladies' Home Journal article advises how a young man should behave to ensure social success. It covers conduct toward women in public, introductions, theater and church etiquette, handling hats, rising for ladies, and hospitable entertainments. It emphasizes gentleness, politeness, and discretion as key social assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Marvelous Mechanisms of a Boulogne Jeweler’s Automa
A Boulogne France jeweler built an automatic conjurer with a black dressed figure performing sleight of hand tricks. It swallowed a table produced egg, then a bird emerged and returned to the egg. Other pieces included a flying automaton, a tiny coach with live-like horses and a chauffeured lady, and a mechanical flute player with complex air supply and movable fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulogne
France
John Miller
Bonanza Kings of the Pacific Coast
The term bonanza derives from Spanish and nautical use meaning fair weather at sea. In Matthew 14:26 the Spanish rendering of a calm after a storm influenced its figurative sense of renewed hope. The four original bonanza kings were James Clair Flood W S OBrien John W Mackay and James G Fair, Irish teve men who built vast fortunes from Pacific mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Vill
Bonanza
James Clair Flood
W. S. O’brien
John W. Mackay
James G.fair
Pacific
Bride’s Thimble Sign Fails as Cincinnati Bride Weds
Miss Alice Sinclair of Cincinnati acted as bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding and found a thimble in the cake. Believing it proof she would be an old maid, she agreed to marry her fiancé William Keeler and the minister married them within three hours while she was still a bridesmaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Sinclair
Cincinnati
William Keeler
Narrow Escape and Grateful Woman Endorse Peruna
Mrs. F. J. Lynch of 324 South Division Street Grand Rapids Michigan writes praising Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio. She says a persistent cough vanished after two bottles and she regained excellent health, suggesting Peruna as a cure for suffering women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Lynch
South Division Street
Grand Rapids, Mich
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Chronic Catarrh and Peruna Cure Claims
The piece extols chronic catarrh as a universal threat and lauds Peruna from The Peruna Medicine Co. as a practical cure. It asserts widespread physician endorsement and offers a free complete guide on prevention and cure of winter illnesses from Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
The Open-Top Chililithli Observation Dining Car
The Pullman Company built a new open top observation and dining car for the American Tourist Association in Chicago. It evolved from a freight coal car to a pavilion by the sea with electric lights and Chinese lanterns. It seats 668, with 56 for dinner, and copies the summer trolley car design for wide canyon views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Company
American Tourist Association
Chicago
Tropics
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Pronphie
Seral
Aix
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Signe Tinlenyrwees
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NEW Vor
CPTV
Are
Newton
Magnetic Starch Manufacturing CO
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Morgan
Dick T. Morgan
Perry
Ollustrated Sault
Grand Katids, Mich
Mexico
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Las Canoas
Bulls
SRR
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W.N. U
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