Postum Cereal Co Growth Told In New Booklet
A new company booklet titled The Door Upbolted chronicles the rise of the Postum Cereal Co from a small white barn started Jan 1, 1895 to the expansive White City and Battle Creek factories. It details the Shakespearean styled general office, lavish furnishings, and Post’s commitment to healthful, attractive work spaces for employees. The booklet invites requests for distribution.
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Postum Cereal Co
Postumville
Battle Midh
Mr. Post
Stratford On Avon
Irish language study classes proposed in London schools
The education committee of the London county council recommends opening Irish language and literature classes in public elementary schools in Finsbury Islington St Pancras and Stepney.
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London County Council
Finsbury
Islington
St. Pancras
Stepney
Gained 34 Pounds After Pink Pills Cure Anemia
Mrs. Nathaniel Field of St. Albans Maine attributes her recovery from pale bloodless conditions numbness gas and backache to Dr Williams Pink Pills She reports rapid pain relief weight gain from 120 to 154 pounds and improved sleep and digestion The company states the pills build new blood and offer six boxes for 110 cents plus postage from Schenectady New York
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Policeman Flynn Guards a Crossing in Thick Accent
Barney Flynn, a small but sharp city guard, rules a busy street crossing with wit and nerve. His unorthodox methods and etiquette ambitions earned both praise and a reprimand, culminating in a dramatic etiquette book fiasco and a vow to stay vigilant at the crossing.
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Flynn
Prancin
Po- Meeman Flynn
Victoria
Hhis
Ray-Ward
Joneph B. Ao
Press agent joke sparks luckless wager in town
The star laughs at a press agent from a one horse town in the east who allegedly wrote up the hairstorms for local papers. The manager bets an Egyptian cigarette that the writeup exaggerates the actress diamonds as large as hon eggs.
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Chicago Daily News
Ten Years of Pain Ends with Kidney Pills Rescue
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Ohio suffered ten years with kidney troubles. Back pain, shooting pains, poor eyesight, dizzy spells, and inability to leave the house marked her condition. After taking Deans Kidney Pills she found quick relief and a cure, with dealers selling the medicine for 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Margaret Emmerich
Clintor Street
Napoleon
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Uses of Masks in Native Cultures
A writer notes that among North American Indians the origin of mask use lies in concealing emotions. In combat two warriors wear masks to hide expressions such as fear or sympathy, preventing the opponent from reading feelings that could decide the outcome.
Deafness Cure Through Mucous Inflammation Claim
An old notice discusses deafness as incurable by local applications due to mucous inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It asserts a constitutional remedy exists via mail order, promising $100 for catarrh that can be cured, and cites CHENEY CO of Toledo, Ohio for circulars.
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Eustachian Tate
Mall
CHENEY @ CO
Toledo
New Ambassadors Represent Italy and Spain in London
Italy and Spain appoint new ambassadors to the court of St James. Marquis di San Giuliano is a cultured Sicilian descendant, Dante devotee, and president of the Italian Geographical Society. Senor Villa Arattia accompanied King Alfonso to London and impressed with tact and courtesy during Princess Ena engagement events.
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Italy
Spain
Europe
St. James
Marquis di San Giuliano
Dante
Italian Geographical Society
Senor Villa Arattia
Alfonso
London
Ena
Old England Records of Brewers’ Company Fine for Excessive Malt Prices
The Brewers’ Company records recount a 1422 London incident when mayor Robert Chichele summoned masters to the Guildhall to address malt price abuses. After dispute, the brewers were fined £20 and ordered imprisoned until payment or security was provided.
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Old England
Brewers’ Company
Robert Chichelo
London
Whityngtone
New Year's Calls and Postum as a Healthful Drink
A 25 year old custom of New Year's calls is fading due to alcohol excess. A Staten Island doctor’s daughter serves Postum to guests at Yale Tide, praising its wholesome food content. The doctor endorses Postum for patients and visitors, inviting demonstrations in place of coffee or spirits. Read The Road to Wellville in packages, There’s a reason.
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Staten Island
Yale
Wellville
Hundred Years On Pike Peak Feared Impossible Then
A Colorado Springs Gazette reflection recalls Lieutenant Pike diary entries from a snowy 1806 journey toward Grand Peak. Bitter cold, scarce food, frostbite hazards, and the long climb before turning back are recounted as the harsh trials that helped pave western settlement.
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Lieutenant Pike
Colorado Springs
Grand Peak
Ruxton
Greenhorn Range
Fountain Valley
Pueblo
Pike
Sixty-Horse Team on the Argentine Pampas Tale
Traveling on the Argentine pampas is interesting, if not entirely comfortable. Men there are scarce, but horses are plentiful. Often sixty horses are driven in the same team. The driver is perched thirty feet from the ground. The wagons are sometimes fifty feet long and fifteen wide, while the back wheels are fourteen feet or so high.
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Policeman Flynn
Flynn
Surilly
Pampas
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Pewee
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Colorado
Lawrence St
Coley
Viekor Tate
Knightcampbell Music Company
California St
Coto
Book OF Fifty Wold
Denver, Cali
Colm
Pat Ang
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