Fought to Retain Formula Which Has Made a Fortune
L. T. Cooper promotes a health formula claimed to cure stomach ailments and says his company holds the sole preparation. A Chicago woman testifies to dramatic relief after four bottles, and the firm claims nationwide sales and a devoted following. The advertisement urges readers to obtain Cooper’s New Discovery through druggists or the company directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Cooper Medicine Gcompany
Frmn
Emma Stanley
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Keep Baby's Skin Clear with Cuticura Remedies
Parents urged to prevent infant skin eruptions by regular use of Cuticura Soap and, if needed, Cuticura Ointment. Free 3 page Cuticura Book offered by Potter Drug & Chem Corp of Boston detailing skin cure and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp. Sole Proprietors
Boston
No Space Goes to Waste
A fragmented style item notes fashion chatter and a humorous quip about a wife’s taste. The piece uses playful dialogue with clipped phrases and marketing cadence, reflecting a light column tone and social commentary.
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Jewitt
Congress Briefs and World Dispatches Roundup
Foreign Consul Olivares reports 100 Americans in Matagalpa Nicaragua fear for safety. Harold Vanderbilt ordered to pay 4500 damages for a Paris auto accident. Duke of Abruzzi drew 10000 in Turin with royal onlookers and will lecture in Rome February 22. Berlin seized 100000 promissory notes tied to Prince Frances Joseph and Frederick Vanderbilt link. Pourquoi Pas reaches Punta Arenas with scurvy cases. crew healthy. Cabinet posts in London set Churchill Home, Sydney Buxton Trade, J A Pease Lancaster, H L Samuel Postmaster General.
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Olivares
Managua
State Department
United States
Matagalpa
Nicaragua
Harold Vanderbilt
New York
Tribunal of
Vanderbilt
Valence
Duke of
Abruzzi
Turin
Himalayas
Rome
Berlin
Prince Frances Joseph
Bragansa
Frederick Vanderbilt
Leslie Clark
London
Jean M. Charcot
Punta Arenas
Chile
South Pole
Home Department
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Sydney Buxton
Duchy of Lancaster
J. A. Pease
Herbert Louis Samuel
Pension Bill Advances and Political Turmoil in 1909 Era
The pension bill totaling 155 million dollars moves from the appropriations committee to the House. Reports say President Taft overruled Hitchock to appoint True in Oskaloosa Iowa, urged by an insurgent congressman. Other items include Mrs. Sage’s southern fund dispersal, Meadrock term efforts, and a counterfeiting sentence for Rev. James R. Kaye.
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House
Committee On Appropriations
Taft
Hitchcock
Postmaster True
Oskaloosa
Russel Sage
South
Springfield
Ill
James R. Kaye
Lincoln
Peoria
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Burkett
Gulf Coast
Washington Court House
Mills Gardner
Ohio
Inchan Angan
Prince Ito
Kilts and etiquette spark a Scruple at Tulloch Castle
A Chicagoan recalls dining at Claridge s in London and meeting Rhinelander Stewart Anita Stewart s brother. He jokes about the Stewart kilt as formal dress and notes a plan to have house servants wear kilts at Tulloch Castle, met with a major domo s objection over cleaning upstairs windows in a kilt.
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Claridge’s
London
Rhinelander Stewart
Anita Stewart
Don Miguel
Rhinelander
Tulloch Castle
Mr. Stewart
Aweel
Fatal Course in a Sunday Magazine Tale
A visiting matron chats with a friend about family ties and marriage in a breezy anecdote. The exchange touches on Violet’s marriage and a sister’s lifelong strictness, contrasting affection with rigid expectations in a reflective, domestic vignette.
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Violet
The
Cleveland Leader
The Story of the Peanut Shells
This column discusses C W Post of Battle Creek Michigan and his fight against labor unions. It notes Post’s antiunion campaigns funded by advertising and his denial of a rumor that a wrecked car carried peanut shells to his plant.
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C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Michigan
Post
Labor Trust
Postum
John Fi
Chicago Federation of Labor
Or & Man
Shaky Foundation in British Parliament Crisis
Premier Asquith faces a split Labour and nationalist opposition as Irish leader Redmond rejects budget support. King Edward opens parliament with a reform plan targeting the House of Lords while Conservatives may aid finance to avert chaos, risking new elections. Prince Henry of Prussia attended the proceedings.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
House of Lords
John S. Redmund
Laborites
Redmond
Lords
Mr. Redmond
Austen Chamberlain
Prince Henry
Prussia
King Edward
Noone Spee
Menteo
House of Commor
Co Ae
Wild Horses Gathered for Polo in Grant County
About two thousand wild horses roam 100 by 40 miles across Grant County Washington hills and valleys. They are being rounded up by Johns Smith chief buckaroo for Thomes Bergen and William Thorpe of Ephratha. Horses destined for polo will be broken in Montana and North Dakota and sold at high prices in New York and Boston. The roundup will take 30 to 45 days. Two hundred horses are mentioned.
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Spokane
Wash
Grant County
Thomes Bergen
Wiliam Thorpe
Ephratha
Dakota
Montana
Johony Smith
Bucaroo
North Dakota
New York
Boston
Coffroth Wins London to Frisco Auto Race
James W. Coffroth won a 2000-dollar bet with a London promoter by driving from London to San Francisco in nine days, five hours, five minutes, the fastest trip ever from London to San Francisco. He arrived at Oakland pier to a cheering delegation, with the journey via the Overland Route aboard the San Francisco Overland Limited.
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Coffreth
London
Frisco
James W. Coffreth
Ight
National Sporting Club of London
San Francisco
Coffroth
Eugene Corri
Oakland Pier
Atlantic
Omaha
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
Benefactor Ponders Daily Garden for Neighbors Chickens
A philanthropist asks if others are helping and replies that he tends a garden daily for the benefit of neighbors' chickens. The quote reflects duty and faithfulness as means to become better, stronger, happier, and more useful.
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Mr. Crossiets
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Diller Record
Miller
F. Tt. Praroe
Congress
Washington
Shaky Foundation
Tottering
Phillipa Brooks
Dodds
H Sahere
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Ind
Sam Gee
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