Orwig’s Weekly Patent Office Report
J H Carmichael of Emmetsburg Iowa is granted a copyright for his Compend of Practical and Valuable Information to be issued by Geo E Miller Printing Co of Des Moines. H Rees of Iowa Falls is granted a patent for a wire fence stay and lock. Patents issued last week across states include Iowa six Nebraska two Minnesota five Kansas four New York fifty six. Free consultations on inventions and patent applications offered by Thomas G Orwig & Co Des Moines September 7 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orwig
J. H. Carmichael
Emmettsburg
Geo. E. Miller Printing Co
Des Moines
H. Rees
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
New York
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Clergyman Keeps Peace Over Youth Ringing Bicycle Belle
In a quiet church scene a clergyman does not object when a young man rings a bicycle bell during services. The incident sparked mild amusement among congregants and raised questions about church decorum.
Wo-To-Bac Patent Medicine Ad Claims Cure
An old advertisement touts Wo-To-Bac as a fifty cent tobacco habit cure. It promises to convert weak to strong and claims blood purity with a guaranteed remedy sold by a drug company.
Women Pride and a Man’s Downfall in the Game
A terse old remark contrasts a woman’s certainty with a man’s pride as he is bested at his own game. The line hints at social tensions and reputational stakes in a competitive setting.
French Seniors Gain Admission Right to Hospices
All French subjects aged seventy or more may claim admission to hospices. They will be well fed and housed once accepted into these facilities.
Improvements in Flying Machines and a Stomach Bitters Advertisement
The piece notes many inventors with rising machines yet lacking guidance through air currents. It asserts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe guide for stomach liver and blood diseases, improving appetite and constitution. A Rivarol quote about fools wearing gold is included.
Blood beauty cures and pigeon models in old ads
An assortment of midline old ads claim Cascarets beauty pills purge impurities and promise clear skin with ten cent bottles. Separate notes advertise Remington Typewriters Nos 6 7 8 and Wyckoff Seaman catalogues in Omaha. Others tout Coes Cough Balsam and Russia’s Volga Caspian canal plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Farnam Street
Omaha
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adanders 5c Origin Story
An old Detroit Free Press ad cites Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy priced at five cents. The piece includes a quip about reputation and a joke comparing washing a linen suit to shrinking, reflecting humorous ad copy style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
New St Louis HQ for B and O Consolidates Freight and Passenger Offices
The Baltimore and Ohio and its South Western line secure a long lease on a grand Broadway and Locust corner at St. Louis to centralize all freight and passenger functions. Ground floor American Central building measures 65 by 85 feet with a central ticket area, freight and passenger sections, and General Agent Orr's office in back. The move may surpass the B and O New York HQ in elegance. An unrelated advertisement for The Dr Louis Weigert Co. offers confidential medical consultations and a free book on nervous debility addressed to men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio South Western
Broadway
Locust Streets
American Central
Locust Street
Orr
New York
Louis Weigert
W. R. Roberts
Citizens’ Bank of Omaha
Omaha
Iowa
Kay
B. J. Koy
Substantial Boarders Offer Hearty 680 g Meals
A boarding house serves substantial meals described as 680 gram portions that are so large they are hard to chew. The note highlights the generous servings and hearty dining style of the establishment.
Evarts and the ministerships elevator remark and bicycle attendance
The piece notes William R. Evarts in a state department elevator crowded with ministership and consulship applicants. It adds a quip about the largest foreign missions collection in years and mentions a decline in bicycle academy attendance. A wry line about falling downward is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Evarts
State Department
Mr. Evarts
Shakespearean church restoration uncovers ancient vaults at Stratford
Public interest rises as Holy Trinity Church Stratford on Avon workers lift nave and transept floors for new block floors. Lead coffins and skulls emerge while a Mason family vault dating to 1680s is exposed. The site, once Saxon, will retain and reinter new finds in the churchyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Church
Stratford-on-Avon
Worlkmen
Mason
St. James's Gazette
Premature Burial Schemes Recounted by 19th Century Figures
The article surveys historic precautions against premature burial. It cites Wilkie Collins and Lady Burton among those who left instructions for postmortem verification, notes various methods from threading veins to throat bells, and mentions Poe inspired devices and a Russian spring coffin discussed by Sir Henry Littlejohn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie Collins
Lady Burton
Richard Burton
Edmund Yates
Ada Cavendish
Harriet Martineau
Hans Anderson
Edger Alien Poe
Jeachel
Henry Littlejohn
Edinburgh
Chambers’ Journal
A Child of Promise Title From Fanciful Name
A light anecdote notes that the child Isabel Oulda Upton uses the initials I O U suggesting a "child of promise" as per Tit-Bits. The playful wordplay links a girl's name to a hopeful epithet within a magazine item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Oulda Upton
Oddities and Inventions in 18th Century Notes
A collection of curious facts notes shells not used in the navy until late 1700s, an Italian ink plant in New Granada making red ink that turns black, sea bird cries aiding sailors, ancient ear movements, a Belgian prize for safe match paste, and distant power lighting interiors via currents from the Nile region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Granada
Great Pyramide
Assouan
Nile
Woman’s Relief Corps member cures with pink pills
Byron Illinois Mrs James Houseweart a longtime member of the Woman’s Relief Corps credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after a serious illness. She began treatment last March and has since used eight boxes reporting renewed strength and gratitude. Pills cost 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 available from druggists or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register-Gazette
Rockford
Ares
Woman’s Relief Corps
Byron
James Houseweart
Sage
William
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Quack Ads and witty quips flood the page
The snippet blends patent remedies and social quips from an old newspaper page. It includes Sterling Remedy Co. claims for No-Lacto Bac stouting cures, Piso’s Cure for lung issues, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, and assorted ribs about women in law and politics, all in a promotional collage.
Mrs Pinkham Advice Helps Woman Recover
Mrs Nell Hurst of Deep Water Maine reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for five years of illness including womb trouble irregular menses and leucorrhea She credits the medicine and advice with restoring health and invites other women to write for free guidance from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deargs
Tinkaam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nell Hurst
Deepwater
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Ayer
Seristare
Ircolar
Albany, N. Y
Ea IT
Crting Remedy Company
Chivegs
Nentreal
G. L. Thomas
Twenty-third Street
New York City
Stark
Stark Nursery
Louisiana
H.h.green
Allanta
Kipaus Chemical Co
KSI
Rivarol
Coe
Russia
Volga
Caspian Sea
Hall
Price
Xo Cure
Walter Bakerato
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Esttablisnep 1780
Y Yourtown
A.J. Towl
Boston
Mas
Shakespeare’s Church
Odds and
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Mra. J. L. Northcott
Windsor, Ont
Canada
Bacon
Shake
Mrs. Nell Hurst
Dewey
Philippines
Battles
Plug
Europe
Maine
India
Spain
Cuba
Keith
Keith Enamel Starch CO
Cmicago
Ill
Ventoometer
Santas City
Goshen
Ind
Edward W. Walker Carriage CO
Indiana
Buddy
Carriace
Columbus Buggy CO
Dodge Street
W.N
Wnes
2C & SL
Thompson
Fairbanks Scales
Dr. Kay
O'Parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Douglas St
Millard Hotel
Wova
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