Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised medicine claim
An early 1900s newspaper fragment touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for many blood diseases and general ailments with claims of 40 000 testimonials. The ad promotes tablet and liquid forms and lists price and dose. Also includes miscellaneous ad lines about a typewriter repair and various snippets on farming irrigation devices and a joke column.
Diet Folly and Fact in Food Beliefs
The essay argues against sweeping diet claims and cranks, urging personal experimentation and varied meals. It notes dangers of mono diets and overgeneralized judgments, then shifts to a historical vignette on Abraham Lincoln’s early career and a Springfield capital move, portraying his character and impact. The piece ends with praise for Lincoln as a beacon of public virtue.
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John
Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon
Moasi
Lincoln
Springfield
Sangamon County
Vandalla
Vandalia
John Kelly
L. K. Becker
Rise of Illinois Capital and Sangamon County Founding
Springfield established its first court house in logs costing 42 as Sangamon County formed from a wide wilderness. Three commissioners met at John Kelly’s Spring Creek cabin to organize government. Kelly had arrived in 1818 and built a life in the territory.
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Springfield
Bangamon
Illinois
Sangamon
John Kelly
Spring Creek
Kelly
Springfield Emerges From Logs into Permanent County Seat
A temporary county seat named Springfield grew from a cabin on Spring Creek. Officials report the site for a court house of rough logs, completed in twenty four days for forty two dollars and fifty cents. A watchful constable’s safe-keeping plan followed, with a budget of eighty five dollars. Within two years local commissioners settled on permanent status and early lawyers Edwards Kane Thomas among them shaped local justice.
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Spring Creek
Sangamon
Springfield
Edwards
Kane
Thomas
Japanization of China and Australia's baby poll tale
A World To-Day piece argues Japan plans a methodical China colonization through schools military and civil. It notes 22 primary schools in China with 8,364 pupils and 2,500 Chinese students in Japan. It also cites a New York Tribune account on Australian women taking babies to polls with organized child care on election days.
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Mikado
Japan
China
Formosa
Russia
Canton
Australia
New York Tribune
Alice Henry
New York Equal Suffrage Association
Hotel Astor
Ancient Ring Found Near Wanborough Linked to Royal Betrothal
A laborer at Wanborough on the Roman site unearthed a ring he sold for a few shillings. Experts deem it highly valuable with inscriptions suggesting a betrothal ring of Bucer led, king of the Merciants, who wed Ethelwitha daughter of Ethelwulf of Wessex.
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Wanborough
England
Bucerled
Ethelwitha
Ethelwulf
Wessex
Whimsical Missives and Remedy Ads From The Era
A collage of humorous phrases and home remedy pitches. Mentions Mrs Krankley and breakfast foods. Notes on Panama Canal chatter at a corner grocery. Advertisement for J J Cheney catarrh cure and Hall's remedies. A quip about a celebrity author who made his money by writing a book.
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Panama Canal
J . J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Peeseony
Get & Thuax
Watpina, Kinnan & Manvin
Hall
Anarchist Says No Government Yet Aims to Rule
A Washington Star quote captures an anarchist stating opposition to all government. When asked what if government were abolished, the reply is that he would then seize power and establish his own regime.
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Robert Washburn
Great Pacific Northwest
Rogue River
Washburn
Washington Star
Doan's Kidney Pills Rebound Ends Seven Years of Pain
Mrs Selina Jones of 200 Main St Anconia Conn credits Doan's Kidney Pills with ending seven years of back pain weakness and bed rest. She reports relief within a week and elimination of headaches dizzy spells and languor. Pills sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
Selina Jones
Main St
Anconia
Conn
Duan
Foster-Millburn &Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Howard and Burton Assayer and Che Leadville Prices
Assayer and chief leadville Colorado dealer lists specimen prices with carbonate and nitrate analyses. Full price list sent on request with reference to carbonate and banking sample work. contact details appear in an early 20th century mining advertisement.
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Portland Trade Directory
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REE Land
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Illinois State Capitol
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New York
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United States
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Seattle
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Brockton
Mass
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