Catarah Thirty Years and Meekison’s Battle With Catarrh
Prominent politician Hon. David Meekison famed in Ohio and national circles. He endured thirty years of chronic catarrh until Peruna relief aided his recovery as detailed in a persuasive medical advertisement. The piece extols Peruna as cure and prevention, urging readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free book “Winter Catarrh.”
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David Meekison
America
Meekison
Napoleon
Ohio
Ca ‘Tarrh
Peruna
Hartman
Hartmas
Cheney & CO
Toteda
Lawson and His Friends Show Lawsons Pleasant G Temper
Thomas W. Lawson, a leading financier, is praised for a big heart and unostentatious generosity. A vivid anecdote recalls Lawson anonymously helping a friend by shorting 200 shares of sugar and profiting $1,500, then turning the gain over. Merely a pleasant Lawson eccentricity.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Congress Street
Brown, Riley & Co
Lawson
Negative men lack self trust undermine success
A passage warns that a vacillating, external influenced man can never achieve anything. True achievement comes from inner authority, self reliance, and firm action. The quote from Marden in Success emphasizes belief in self, forcefulness, originality, and efficiency in managing one’s affairs.
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Marden
Roosevelt and the Bears at Gridiron Club Dinner
A humorous Washington Gridiron club dinner tale features two bears seeking the president, one real and one impersonator, with Roosevelt joking he could appoint the stuffed bear a cabinet position. The piece then shifts to miscellaneous anecdotes about a Irish bartender, a saloon mix up, and a London restaurant widow’s witticisms about a dentist.
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Washington
Geneman
Chance for Young People Services in the dark
A London pastor proposes dark church services to curb temptations for women worshipers and to attract young attendees. The item reflects a period view on religious practice and social roles. Dame Astor ring and other items are referenced in accompanying notes.
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London
Land Bought For Strand Widening At Twenty Pounds A Foot
The London County Council paid Savoy hotel for a 4 600 foot strip to widen the Strand, totaling about £90 000 at £20 per foot. An editorial interjection on decorum cites a Vanderveer Park man's remark about courtesy to women on crowded street cars.
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London County Council
Savoy Hotel
Strand
Vanderveer Park
Brooklyn Eagle
Notable Authors and Medical Claims Featured in 1900 Notices
Dr Coffee announces a free book on eye diseases and remedies, while Cortes, a noted oculist, is listed at 160 Good Jack. The Newark News quotes sharp opinions on authors from Rev. Dr. Hillis, and anecdotes include Mrs Abernathy and Mrs Winston, with a Canadian Ottawa Citizen note about a mayoral candidate described as a man who does things.
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Coffne
Cortes
Hillis
Newark News
Ontario
Ottawa
Canada
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Z.C.M
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Ipsy
Sjovic
Roosevelt and
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Ireland
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Pittsburg
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Weiler
Putnam
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Missouri
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Jessie Benton
Benton
Fremont
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Liberia
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United States
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DR. Coffee
Pine
Enpauer
Vanburen
St. Louis
James B. Abernathy
Zer
CY Otoo
Nohna Salzer Seed Co
The
Po Glas
Western Canada
Antiae
Fay Sale Laiy Cup
Uushy
Taylor
Salt Lave
Canaitica
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Maan
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