Prominent Directors Tied to Baltimore & Ohio System
The Baltimore & Ohio directory highlights leaders from finance and rail, including William Salomon of Speyer & Co, Jacob Schiff of Kuhn Loeb, James J. Hill of Great Northern, and James Stillman of City National Bank. Other figures: Edward Harriman, Norman Ream, Louis Fitzgerald, J Kennedy Tod, Charles Steele, Alexander Brown, H Clay Pierce, and state appointees H Crawford Black and John V L Findlay.
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Baltimore & Ohio
William Salomon
New York
Speyer & Co
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Bankers and Financier
Northwest
James Stillman
City National Bank of New York
Standard Oil
Chicago and North-Western
Missouri Kanses and Texas Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central
J. Kennedy Tod
Alexander Brown & Co
Baltimore
Brown Bros. & Co
London
H. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
H. Crawford Black
John V. L. Findlay
Baltimore , Ohio
Perfect System Cleaners Ad Encourages Cleanliness
An old advertisement urges readers to keep clean inside and out to be nearer godliness. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a body cleanse and purifier with pricing listed for druggists.
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Luc
Moral restraint and steadfastness in a crowded world
A reflective note argues that yielding to inclination narrows lives and contrasts it with discipline. An advertisement from Schmol ler & Mueller at 1313 Farnam St. Omaha offers a new upright plane for 118 dollars, illustrating the tension between impulse and measured effort.
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Schmoller & Mueller
Farnam St
Omaha
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertisement claim
An 19th century ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain gums and windcolic with a price of 25 cents per bottle. The text also includes a quip about martyrdom as being the sole family member who approves onions.
Alien's Foot-Ease promotion and birthday note
Are You Using Alien's Food-Ease It is the only cure for Swolles Smarting Burning Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions Ask for Alien's Foot-Ease a powder to be shaken into the shoes At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad dress Alien 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y Thomas Dunn English has just celebrated his 80th birthday at his home in New Jersey He is the oldest living graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Still his fame continues to rest on the shoulders of immortal Ben Bolt.
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Alien
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Thomas Dunn English
New Jersey
University of Pennsylvania
Ben Bolt
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
U S Patent Office Business Updates Patents
A Des Moines label patent for kidney medicine by Manne Chemical Co was allowed June 20. Mrs E Marple devised a belt clasp design for detachable ornamental ends. An 1897 patent for corn harvester improvements by W H Gray of Eddyville Ia was allowed July 1 1899. THOS G ORWIG CO solicits patent advice.
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U. S. Patent Office
Uts
Manne,.Chemical. Co
Des Moines
E. Marple
W. H. Gray
Eddyville
Thos. G. Orwig & CO
Solicitors of Patents
Kentuckian William Moore Never Leaves Bed Seventy-One Years
William Moore of Kentucky has not left his bed for sixty-three years after an injury from a horse when he was a child.
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William Moore
Patents Sold and Major Buyers Highlight 19th Century Trade
In a snapshot of patent activity last week 474 patents were issued to U S citizens and 155 of them involved pre issued sales of interests Inventions. Major buyers included American Bell Telephone Co Wellman Seaver Engineering Co Oliver Iron and Steel Co and American Postal Machines Co. also noted are anecdotes from Puck and a historical anecdote about Lord Cairns and Dr Martin Luther Brooks highlighting abolition and Underground Railroad ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Bell Telephone Co
Boston
Mass
Wellman-Seaver Engineering Co
Cleveland
Free Exposition Showcases Global Fabrics at Hayden Bros
Hayden Bros in Omaha hosts a grand exposition of fabrics and products from leading markets worldwide. The store highlights new styles, low prices, and vast stock while offering free baggage check and waiting rooms for visitors. Poetry note aside, the ad emphasizes fashion leadership and direct buying from manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden
Bros
Omaha
Hayden Bros
West
Faultless Starch Seeks Market Edge in Grocers Aisles
A playful clipped ad style note from a past issue urges housekeepers to ensure linen is clean and highlights Faultless Starch as a widely sold product in large 10 cent packages. The text adds a proverb about the self made man admitting others' inferiority.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other Patent Remedies
An array of period patent medicine ads claims cures and quick relief for catarrh coughs fevers and foot ailments. Promotions promote Coe's Cough Balsam as oldest and best and Allen's Foot Ease for new shoes and sweaty feet. Ends with a quip on men staying home.
Marriage Customs Of Nations Report
A description notes a practice among a Hottentot widow who, upon remarriage after widowhood, must sever a finger joint to present to her new husband. With each subsequent marriage after a death, she sacrifices another finger joint.
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Mercy
Puck
P. H. Philbin
Farnam
Lord Cairns
Lord
Martin Luther Brooks
Oberlin
Ohio
Underground Railway
Gallopolis
Lincoln
Hall
Price
Coe
BON Marche Shoe CO
FREE
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D. C
O’farrell
New York Avenue
Shington, D. C
Ri 3S Chemical Co
Ayer
J. C. Ayer
Lowe
Buckingham’s
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashua
N.H
NSIO
John W. Morris
DE i Aoeteet CO
Taderinge Wreytes
M. Gelston CO
Weave Company
Bee Building
Ehompson
W.N.U. Omaha
America
Tebraska Clothemg
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