Pretty Woman Orders Racktum Diddy In Seattle Café
A stylish young woman in Seattle at the New Washington cafe asks for a drink called ratkum diddy. When staff cannot find the recipe, she writes it out: a cheese onion tomato soup egg white and beer with seasonings. She prepares and tastes the concoction, praising its dreamlike effect.
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Rinktum Diddy
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Louis D'Hoedt
New York
James Vappas
McCullough
Noo
An Ideal Woman's Laxative Dr King's Life Pills Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle natural remedy for bowel troubles. It claims to stimulate regulate and tone the stomach and liver with a 25 cent price. Sold by H E Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St Louis.
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Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Farmer Sneeze Tale From Middletown
In Sullivan county near Edy Eddy Miller a farmer fainted after sneezing for hours. He boarded a train to the city and sneezed thousands of times, tearing his nose vein and biting his tie during the long episode.
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Middletown
N. Y
Eddy
Sullivan County
Miller
Wife Charges Blair Hid Assets in Bank Accounts
Mrs Beatrice Blair sues for separation against David H Blair head of Blair Brothers stock brokers alleging concealment of 50000 in cash and securities through fictitious bank accounts. She claims his income reached 100000 yearly, accuses him of cruelty and mentions Miss Dora Saul as a cloak model. Court action before Justice Seabury.
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New York
David H. Blair
Blair Brothers
Beatrice G. Blair
Supreme Court
Blair
van Deever & Co
Dora Saul
Justice Seabury
George H. van’ Deever
Miss Saul
Mr. Blair
Wonderful Cough Remedy Promises Quick Cough Cure
Dr King s New Discovery touted as the universal cough cold throat and lung medicine. A Tennessee dealer commends its effectiveness and easy sales. The ad urges households to keep a bottle and lists prices 50 cents and 1.00 with availability through druggists or by mail.
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H. E Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Morgan's Son a College Piker
Boston, Jan 24. Junius Spencer Morgan Harvard’s richest student learns Henry Field spends about 10000 yearly in Cambridge. Morgan ponders, noting his own budget around 1464 for tuition rent board books theatre clothes and travel, comparing himself to Field’s lavish spending. He calls himself the democratic student among friends and Hollis hall peers.
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Boston
Mass
England
Junius Spencer Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Harvard
Henry Field
Chicago
Prince
Cambridge
Young Field
Guardian of
Young Morgan
Field College
Hollis Hall
Morgan
Phoenix Club
Aetna
Seseereens
Wenny
Cc Bovis Seidseence Amm
New York
Old Dr. Jekyll No Comparison in Katz Custody Case
Reno promoter Harry F. Katz asks Justice Seabury in New York Supreme Court to compel his wife to file a bill of particulars in their separation suit. She accuses him of maintaining homes in Omaha Chicago Pittsburg and illicit relations with other women and taking companions to see their daughters at a boarding school in Easton Pa.
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New York
Harry F. Katz
Reno
Nev
Justice Seabury
Supreme Court
Katz
Pittsburg
Chicago
Omaha
Easton
Emma Sachs
Made Drug Victim By Her Husband
Mrs. Rita Tafel, wife of Dr. Charles F. Tafel of Brooklyn, files separation papers in New York Supreme Court alleging her husband forced her to take morphine and abused her after a 1907 Patchogue social marriage. She recounts threats and a November 1913 assault, leading to hospital treatment and eventual abandonment.
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New York
Supreme Court
Rita Tafel
Charles F. Tafel
Brooklyn
Mischief Quartette and its Work Described
Each January counts victims from influenza bronchitis and pneumonia. La grippe weakens the system and signals debility. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is urged to quickly stop the cough and heal the inflamed riserippe.
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Foley
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Dauphin Street
David
Piker
Fields of Chicago
Ota Ees
Acs
Hattan Dye Works
Robi
DR. Jekyll
Specia
Gandie
Torchon
Silk
Arena
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