Doan’s Kidney Pills Promoted By Mrs Fulton
A Portland woman testifies that swelling and dropsy improved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She reports bloating and disordered secretions prior to treatment and credits the pills with a cure. The ad urges购买 through dealers and lists Foster Milburn Co as the manufacturer.
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Dean
A. E. Fulton
Skidmore &I
Portland
Ore
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Foxy Hiram and the Sugar Scheme
Mrs. Ryetop quips that Hiram Skinflint will trick Jed Weatherby’s store by dropping an ant into a sack of sugar and trying to pay half price. The banter suggests a greedy prank while reflecting on Hiram’s penny-pinching reputation.
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Hiram
Mrs. Ryetop
Mandy
Jed Weatherby
Jed
Poets Dismissed as Junk as Magazines Miss the Mark
In a sharp critique the author laments returning two polished rhymes to seventeen magazines and condemns a new monthly’s Kipling style pome titled Vampire playful attempts on page eleven. The piece mocks the poet’s lack of real art and vows to study harsher themes away from poetry selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Portrait Photographer Sees Shy Eye Draw A Portrait
A fashion photographer notices a woman with a distinct squint and suggests taking her portrait in profile. He compliments the unique eye, saying its difficulty in art mirrors its natural fascination, as both feel embarrassed in the moment. Beacon.
Caring for the Baby
A dialogue depicts an elderly speaker praising a boy for watching his little brother. The boy explains the baby swallowed a dime and expresses fear of kid papers, signaling concern over the incident and its implications.
Willingness of Owners to Wreck Gillender Building
The Gillender 19 story building at Nassau and Wall streets is being demolished to clear space for a 39 story Bankers' Trust skyscraper costing about 3 million dollars. The wrecking contractor must finish in 45 days or pay a daily fine. granite and other materials are salvaged for reuse.
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Gillender
New York
Fifth Avenue
New Public Library
Fortieth
Forty-second Street
San Francisco
Thirty-seventh Street
Vanderbilts
Vanderbilt
Financial District
Nassau and
Wall Streets
Bankers’ Trust Company
Metropolitan
Singer Tower
Nassau
Cat Island Fur Trade Feeds Medium priced Muffs
A Puget Sound island hosts a cat farm with hundreds of cats whose fur draws demand for inexpensive medium priced muffs. Men fish daily from shore using seines, then the cats feed on the catch and the fur proves glossy and valuable.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Rocky Islands
Squirrel Causes Street Car Slowdown on Madison Road
In Cincinnati on the Madison road line a gray squirrel repeatedly dodges a street car. Motorman Si Davis explains the animal’s crossings slow the early-morning trip, with the squirrel seen on Evans lawn and described as a merry rascal by riders and onlookers.
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Cincinnati
Madison Road
Wold Avenue
Si Davis
Evans Lawn
Rare Shakespeareana item sold at Merwin Clayton’s
Auction lists The Secret History of Macbeth King of Scotland with memoirs of the Ancient Thanes by P Buchan printed privately in Scotland 1828. Also offered are vellum voyages volumes 1563 1865 1588 with new narratives Verrara Parmentier and a map of New France Hochelaga first engraved map of Montreal.
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New York
Merwin-Clayton's
Macbeth
Scotland
P. Buchan
Post
Peterhead
Scot-land
Buchan
Ramusio
Venice
Verrara
Parmentier
New France
Canada
Hochelaga
Montreal
Roses lead to six hundred pound windfall
Nantwich shoemaker George Robinson once gave roses to an invalid nurse outside Nantwich. Twelve years later a Llandudno solicitor revealed Miss Parramour of Craig-y-Don left him 600 pounds by will after buying roses for her mother's grave.
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London
Nantwich
George Robinson
Robinson
Llandudno
Food Faking Stir in London Exhibited Here
An exhibit in London reveals doctored foods and adulterants used in bread milk and jams including alum zinc sulphate peroxide and floric acid traces. Coffee and sweets colored with dyes and beds stuffed with improvised flock prompt calls for stricter food and bedding laws.
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London
America
England
Texas Cottonseed Output Reported for Last Year
The Texas Cotton Seed Crushers association says Texas produced 47 million gallons of cottonseed last year. About one fourth was consumed in the state and the remaining three quarters were exported to other markets.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Roosevelt Returns to Loud Ovation on Homecoming Tour
After a fifteen month absence Theodore Roosevelt lands in New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria June 18 and receives an overwhelming welcome. He forgoes interviews but engages in questions about public affairs while his party favors White Steamers over horses and carriages, traveling from Mrs. Robinson’s Fifth Avenue home to Long Island City and Oyster Bay before attending church and a Rough Riders clambake at Travers Island.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Roosevelt
Elba
New York
Douglas Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Colonel Roosevelt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Collector Loeb
Mr. Robinson
Long Island City
Oyster Bay
Travers Island
New York Athletic
Midas and the Golden Touchtires
The tale portrays King Midas at a peak where every touch yields gold. His entourage frets while he quips that the real test will be when others start touching him, hinting at early economic misgivings and unforeseen consequences.
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Midas
Puck
Allen's Foot Tabs and Foot-Ease Advert
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Tabs for foot baths to relieve soreness odors and nervous feet. It claims instant relief from weariness sweating and night discomfort and recommends using Allen's Foot-Ease powder in shoes. Substitutes are discouraged and samples are mailed free plus a 2 cent mail size option.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Cost of Spontaneity and the People’s Choice
An aspiring statesman seeks the office with the campaign manager noting it is costlier to secure the people’s choice than to run as a compromise. The ad promotes Marine Eye Salve and a trial-size tube, with contact details for Marine Eye Remedy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Hicago
True Love Defies Obstacles Except Poverty and Toothache
A quip notes true love conquers many barriers yet admits two universal exceptions poverty and dental pain, highlighting humor in romantic trials and everyday discomforts.
Mrs Winston Pioneers Soothing Byrap For Children
An old advert-like note touts a soothing Byrap for teething children claiming gum softening relief and wind colic cure. It cites a price of 100.6876 dollars and includes a tongue in cheek line about men enjoying a pipe despite their wives' dislike.
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Mr. Talkalot
Srecers
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Pala
Buenos Aires
Uenos Aires
Argentina
Colon Theater
Gotham
Squirrel
Lever
White Company
Carter
Pat Ee
Denver
Pierce
Ietter
BR. ¥. Pierce
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