Glove purchase and home remedy ad jumble
An odd OCR mix shows a shopper named Murphy seeking Irish suede gloves and a clerk offering a suited option. The page also advertises a home remedy claiming to cure colds in 24 hours using whisky glycerine pine concentrate from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. with warnings about unsafe oils.
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Murphy
Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Dayton
Ohio
Water pumps and domestic life mix in a humorous ramble
A humorous piece contrasts a home water pump project with domestic chaos. The narrator recalls installing a do it yourself water works device in the basement and the cascading troubles from 200 strokes to failed valves. The anecdote ends with a wry dig at social manners and water as a disruptive force.
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Tam
Commissioner Smith versus The Standard Oil Company
The piece defends Standard Oil Indiana against Commissioner Smith in a legal clash over six cent and eighteen cent freight rates from Whiting to East St Louis. It argues Smith’s rebuttal is weak, notes misread tariff filings, and contends the case doubles as a broader political attack on trusts.
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Herbert Knox Smith
Moffett
Indiana
Whiting
East
Louis
Standand
Alfon
East 81. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Momort
Standerd Ol Company
Standard Ol Company
Aduulstration
Ite
Smith
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Eastern Witness
Dalton
Chicago
Ita
Commissioner of Corporations
Delton
Chicago & Eastern Hinds
Chicago & Eastern
East St. Louis
Chicago & Eastern Milneis
Chicaso
East St Louis
Delien
Chappell
Alton
Harvey
Minolta Central
Mie Island
Rock Island
Chicago Territory
President Moffett
Landis
Grand Jury
Interstate Commerce Comminsion
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Corporation
Judes Landis
Marietta
Iibertoa
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Commonwealth
Mins Tarbell
Standard
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Kenesaw Landis
Diverse Advertisements and Fragments From an Early 1900s Page
A collage of product pitches and slogans appears with cigar sales claims, bronchial remedies, farming seeds, cereal mentions, and promotional lines. Fragments reference Imperial figures, household advice, and general commercial copy reflecting a period newspaper page.
Do good and wait for life’s purposes to prove worth
An odd collection of advice and product pitches extols virtue and patience while hinting at health remedies. It references a herbal laxative, blood purifier, and a dubious claim about piles clearing in 6 to 14 days, with scattered musings on knowledge of women.
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Bettie Arp
Menlo
Cardus
Garheld Lea
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Des Moines
Walter
Castoria
Samuel Longfellow
Dodd
Carters
Tee
Western
Canada
Lagat
Crawford
B Sieeat
Byron Williem
Win
Retin
Rennet
Ifi
Thor
Dia
Wuraia
Commissioner Smith
The
Standard Oil Go
Railway World
Hythe
Brown
Oak
Mont. Ida. Cole
Salter
William
Seatony
John A. Salter
Crosse
E. B. Pusey
I. i
Aare
Prey
Thie Spohn Medical CO
Satsavista
Goshen
Ind
U.S. A
Cam SY
Kambas
Steere Sfo
Cas Reed
Ryrezoeh
Helvuren
Thompson’s Eye Water
Defiance Starch Steetts-Sturh
N. Ay
Wichita
Seneca
Winslow
W.l.douglas Lnee
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