Retired Lt Col Gordon Carter Led Life Guards Rise From Ranks
A long career story features Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Carter of the First British Life Guards who rose from trooper to field officer, becoming regimental commander. Born to a farmer, he joined in 1873, served eight years as a trooper before rising to riding master, adjutant, and finally lieutenant colonel in 1902.
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Gordon Garter
Gordon Carter
Life Guards
Regiment of Household Cavalry
Maryland Governor Ravin Warfield and era of 1901 politics
A jumble of biographical notes on Maryland Governor Ravin Warfield, inauguration details, and scattered ads. The piece references his 13 tellers, a January 12 1901 start, and then shifts to varied endorsements and consumer pitches, including Cure ads and a long testimonial from an Ames resident about Cuticura products, ending with a portrait of Captain John T. Clancy awaiting a mortgage-backed testimonial from House members.
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Ravin Warfield
Margamd
Maryland
Annapolis
House of Representatives
House
John T. Clancy
Capitol Hill
Clancy
Boy's Breakfast Grape-Nuts Fame from Hooslek Falls
A Hooslek Falls boy grows into sturdy manhood after using Grape-Nuts for breakfast. His mother says he was nervous and indigestion prone at age five, but has flourished since adopting Grape-Nuts as his sole breakfast. The testimonial, attributed to Postum Co Battle Creek Mich, mentions a road to Westville.
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Hooslek Falls
Postum Co
Battle Ar ‘Mich
Westville
Ipues
Queen of Norway’s Life With Few Jewels Revealed
The new Queen of Norway has scant jewelry, limited to a diamond necklace from her godmother, the Duchess of Inverness. She, youngest of three sisters, will not access the legacy until marriage. Separately, housekeepers are urged to use Defiance Starch for its efficiency and safety, while an octopus hunt by a conger eel highlights animal camouflage and escape.
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Norway
Inverness
Sogal
Defiance
It’s hardly ever worth while to argue with a sore throat
A brief reminder that arguing while sick is unproductive and draining. The note suggests prioritizing rest and clear thinking, as a sore throat tends to worsen with debate.
Nurse Martha Pohlman and Lydia E Pinkham Ad
An old advertisement-like account touts nurse Martha Pohlman of Newark and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as cures for female ailments. It praises Pohlman’s training and experience and extols Pinkham’s remedy as universally endorsed, urging women with irregular or painful periods to seek her treatment and testimony.
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Martha Pohlman
Chester Avenue
Newark
N. J
Blackley Training School
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Hospital
Kuch
Taya
Tila
Lydia B
Lydia B. Plckhom
E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Plukhan
Pinkham
Lyn
Lydia B. Pink
Deccant
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Christian Children of India
North India Bible Society
Montana
Tye Boyer
Metenn
Madiven
Hutte
Hannwek
Argenta
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Mossana
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Bannock Road
Bannack
Gentemen
Baltimore American
England
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Winchester
Jearning
Malween
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Malaya
Honest Toll
Booker 'T
Washington
France
Paris
Pac Simile
New York
Bears
Clover Brand Shoes
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Morris
Wanhicton
D.C
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Ofniasa
Atty
the Government of Canada
Canada
Ottawa
Canda
J. S. Crawford
Ninth Street
Kansas City
Missouri
California
Mexico
San Francisco
Mexico City
St. Louis
G. A. McNvtt
Kansas City, MO
Missouri, Kansas & Texes
N. U—Wighita
Lision
Dodds
Speltz& Fe
Dogs Bros
Carstal
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Atjcocik
Demirel
Ames
Crug
Cuthurn
Claude N. Johnson
Maple Grove Farm
R. Walnut
Kan
Neitle Collins
Hartford
Conn
Rudyard Kipling
Kin Min
Bette
Gre Job Co
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Pohl Man
Aipine
Cacy
H. S. Howland
Madison Avenue
New York City
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California Fig Syrup Co
California Pe Saree Bee
Wis
Putnam
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