Too Much Honey and Interrupted Plans at Santa Barbara Hotel
A Detroit Free Press note cites Luther Burbank on a honey from a Santa Barbara flower. A wedding trip foe includes Santa Barbara honey tasting but the Santa Barbara hotel lacks honey at breakfast. The waiter whispers that the staff change prevents honey service. The Daily Chronicle adds the king will visit Brighton later this month after Portugal’s king arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Luther B. Burbank
California
Santa Barbara
Santa Fe
Sant Barbara
Daily Chronicle
Brighton
Portugal
A Good Cough Mixture Remedy Ends Cold Fast
A homemade remedy claims to break up a cold within a day without opiates or harmful drugs. By mixing two ounces of glycerine, a half-ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine compound, and eight ounces of pure whisky in a large bottle, the concoction allegedly cures any cough that is curable and lasts a year for an average family. Virgin Oil of Pine compound is said to be prepared only in Leach Chemical Co laboratories in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiip Iy
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Oho
Wanted All That Was Going From the Outlook
A bank teller faces a rush for new envelopes as customers line up noting their dull envelopes. The scene flips as a fastidious lady joins, asking for what the others have. A wry aside about incompatibility and a quip on church exits conclude this odd snippet.
Wheat Prosperity Tale From Central Canada Farmlands
A Canadian land boom tale from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta details James Bailey near Regina who bought 640 acres at $18 an acre and two years later earned 17 550 from grain plus a 10 880 rise in land value. Wheat and oats yields are listed with per acre figures and a potential land value offer of 35 an acre.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Canada
Krailway
Codi
Bup't of Immigration
Ottawa
Rto
Jackson Bt
Paw
Mina
Box
Watertown
South Dakota
Bonnatt
Itoom
Boo Building
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Independent
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian West
James Bailey
Regina
Bailey
Grand Coulee
Tubal Cain Tribute Poems in Old Ballad Style
A fragmentary poem recounts Tubal Cain forging weapons then turns to the ruin of war. It contrasts red forge sparks with mankind’s lust for carnage, ending with a vow to honor the plowshare and labor while not forgetting the sword and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubal Cain
Pubal Cain
Tle
Tartu
Harriman and his autocratic loyalty tests revealed
A 1903 reminiscence recalls how railroad magnate E H Harriman showered a trusted lieutenant with casual conversation before a business purpose surfaced. Julius Kruttschnitt is told to leave, while Harriman’s intense, commanding presence defined leadership and loyalty among his inner circle. Also noted is a Oak Park oil street scent test that defeated bloodhounds in tracking criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirewi
Abe Plarrinian
Harriman
Parrinian
New York City
Mr. Harriman
Lost Him a Sale and a Cynic Senator's Remark
Senator Tillman calls a political antagonist a cynic who mistrusts all things. A Chicago drummer visits a prohibition state and a prohibitionist customer boasts that beer and whisky are unknown in town. The drummer nods and asks what to request. The passage notes the price of turkeys and the changing value of wings once used as feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Tillman
Chicago
Unclear historical note from Success Magazine excerpt
Fragmentary OCR text references a hot air furnace topic and a publisher connected to fortune making by a tale of a class and youths. Mentions Lawrence, UMb Deaoy, and wartime New wartime social scene. Details are garbled and names unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Sidan
Geppeaiing
Lawrence 4
Umr
Deaoy
Tee
Mt Sone
Kidney Trouble Relief Claim Ad
Sufferer from Delphos Ohio details years of kidney pain and limited mobility. After using Doris Kidney Pills for several years her health improved and she says the remedy removed symptoms. The ad promotes sales through dealers at 50 cents per box by Master Stom Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL. C
Main St
Delphos
Ohio
Ugo
Master Slotomn Co
Buffalo
Ehouk
Catarrh Cure Claims and Patent Medicine Ad Claims
An long odd collection of patent medicine claims praises internal cures for catarrh and lists products like Tall's Catarra Cure and Dials Crtarrh Cure with dubious assertions. The page mixes medical quackery with scattered notes on living, transportation, and a Chicago Evening Post quip about a dying editor and cars.
Habit Chains Break With Postum Letter From Indiana
A reader describes coffee to Postum as causing chronic dyspepsia and illness. After switching to Postum, she reports improved health and dismissal of coffee cravings. The notice invites readers to look in packages for the booklet The Road to Wellville and reinforces the genuineness of such letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Postum
Wellville
Indian indenture scholar Burton praised by Yale ethnologist
A Yale ethnologist lauds Frederick Burton as the world’s leading expert on Indian indenture, noting the scarcity of specialists. The exchange reveals Burton’s wit and a glimpse into academic lectures, reflecting on dialogue with critics and the odd misreadings of scholarly topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick Dsurton
Yale
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Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R.V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo, N.Y
Eitlpyang
Midas
Fura
Arta Puiga
Abeti
a _ Guare
Deneeen
Illinois
Dr Deneen
Illinoia
Colorado
Re Persuing
Limon
Hawks Nursery Company
Wauwatosa
Wis
Gioux City
P'T'g CO
Harles Mackay
J. Edwards
Oak Park
Cheney
Sealy Dragunists
Soffer
Owith Savelien Seer
Eattheela Boy
Dante Noda
Seth
Allens Lung Balsam Sethe Gaal Netta Roeediath
Pemredy Teomind
Redeen Transportition
Lamasenpe
Eipgia
Feary Soumedal
Pratt
Riad
Nolee
Emeh
Tomorpean Dees
Chicago Evening Post
Habit
Miedlav
New York
Maureen
Ems
Bears
Nickel
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Brbbb Eae
W. L. Douglas
Ife
Brockton
Magss
W. TL. Douglas
Swift's Premium
America
Home
Sweet Home
Swift
Swift & Company
Packers Avenue
Chicago, Ill
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