Celebration planned for Young Men's Christian Association centennial
The Young Men's Christian Associations of North America plan a grand celebration in Boston next June marking 1844 as the world’s first association in London and Montreal’s 1801 origin. The report details global and North American growth, finances, buildings, and membership across railroad and non railroad branches.
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North America
Prand
Boston
London
England
America
Montreal
Canada
United States
International Committee
Seven Years In Bed Inspires Electric Bitters Testimony
Friends of Mrs. H. Pease of Lawrence Kansas recount her seven years bedridden due to kidney liver trouble and nervous prostration. She credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring her ability to walk in three months and urges others with headaches backaches insomnia and fainting spells to try them. Available for 60 cents at Moore Martin's drug store.
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Quly
Moah Martin's
Pan-American Stamps Honor Buffalo Exposition Issue
New Pan-American stamps appeared last week as a special issue from the Washington post office department. After November 1 the dies will be destroyed. The six denominations range from 1 to 10 cents with intermediate values of 2 4 5 and 8 cents. They are praised as finer and more convenient than prior exposition stamps.
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Washington Post Office
Smooth article and the cigar for dirt gag
A man buys dirt with eight cigars and forty loads in a boastful scheme while a Detroit Free Press critique labels it a Smooth article. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a St. Louis Star piece argues for swift certain punishment to deter crime, referencing Frank James and the Younger brothers.
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Detroit Free Press
Frank James
the Star
Minnesota
James
Youncers
St. Louis Star
Colorful two tone stamp designs with vessels and bridges
The article describes stamp denominations with two color printing and varied center engravings. It notes designs including a blue black center with colored scrolls, green bent stamps showing a steamer for Great Lakes use, a red two center with a moving express train and reclining figures, a brown 4 cent with a closed cab automobile, a blue 5 cent Niagara Falls suspension bridge, a lavender 8 cent showing Soo canal locks and Sault Ste. Marie, and a 10 cent similar to the center design in light brown or orange featuring the ocean greyhound lowering a record.
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Great Lakes
Niagara Falls
Kodol Dyspepsia Care Helps Digestion Without Stomach Aid
A 19th century patent medicine claim describes Kodol Dyspepsia Care as digesting all foods without stomach involvement. It asserts dyspeptics cannot live long without nourishment, and the product balances with natural fluids to let the stomach rest and recover functions. Noah Martin, druggist, endorses it.
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Pierce
San Jose
California
San Francisco
Noah Martin
The Smooth Man Debate Over Fair Dealing
A group of businessmen discuss what makes a smooth person. One recalls a neighbor’s failed bid for dirt from a nearby excavation, contrasting behavior with the aggressive approach of the contractor. The tale questions cleverness versus blunt, effective moves.
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Bosh
Doctor's New Discovery Heals Coughs and Colds
A Armonk New York mother recounts using Dr. King's New Discovery to save her daughter from a near fatal bout of whooping cough and bronchitis and notes a niece with advanced consumption also recovered. The ad promises cures for throat and lung diseases and guarantees bottles 50c and 1.00 with trial bottles free.
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W. K. Haviland
Armonk
N. Y
Noah Martin
Chinese groom weds American bride in Knoxville ceremony
In Knoxville last Monday evening Charlie Sing a Chinese laundryman and Mrs Jennie Marth an American boardinghouse keeper united in marriage at the bride’s home. The event caused wildfire gossip as the couple’s union drew attention and the band serenaded them ending with What Shall the Harvest Be.
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Charlie Sing
Jennie Marth
Knoxville
Bloomfield
Iowa
Keep Boys at Work This Summer
Advises parents to ensure every son of working age has summer employment while schools are closed. Encourages guardians to keep youths engaged in productive labor during break to benefit work experience and avoid idle time.
Ayer’s Liver Pills Advertise Constipation Relief
An old advertisement touts Ayer’s Pills as liver pills curing constipation headaches and dyspepsia. It claims the relief comes from the liver and notes a 25 cent price at all druggists.
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Ayer
Boys Should Work To Avoid Idleness In Summer
The transcript urges teaching boys at a young age that honest work is more honorable than loafing while parents are at work. It argues keeping boys busy with small tasks protects them from trouble and wrongdoing, and that labor builds character.
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Ile
Ladies Can Wear Shoes With Allen's Foot Ease Powder
Use Allen's Foot Ease to relax tight shoes after shaking powder into feet. Instant relief for corns bunions and swollen feet provides comfort and prevents blisters calluses and foot odor. Available at druggists and shoe stores 25c trial package free by mail Allen S Olmsted Kansas.
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Allen
Achi
Olmsted
Lekry
Darning Club Aids Marital Prospects In Centralia
Damsels formed a Darning Club at Centralia with motto She who cannot darn can not join. Twelve members mend men’s socks with sessions reaching 144 pairs. While mending they discuss novels or plays and arrive for refreshments, offering social relief beyond a whist club.
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Centralia
German man praises Chamberlain Pain Balm for wife
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio, a devout reader of the Dayton Volkezeitung, cites his wife's eight week back pain relief after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He reports she felt renewed after a few days and could resume duties, and notes the liniment is sold by Noah Martin Druggist.
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George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton Volkezeitung
Chamberlain
Noah Martin
No White Men Need Apply Plot for Negro Settlement Near Atlanta
Promoters Joseph P. Long A. M. Holmes and others have secured control of 200 plus acres eight miles from Atlanta Georgia to create a negro settlement. The plan calls for dividing land into lots and streets and selling to negroes with the town to be governed by them. Factories schools and churches are envisaged along with self governance and improved appreciation of law for the African American community.
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Joseph P. Long
A. M. Holmes
Veolored
Atlanta
Real Rocky Mountain Tea Promoted by Madison Medicine Co
Imitators abound but thoughtful consumers know genuine Rocky Mountain Tea comes from Madison Medicine Co. 35c. Ask your druggist.
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Rocky Mountain
Madison Medicine Co
Rocky Mountain Tea for children marketed by Madison Medicine Co
Mothers recommend Rocky Mountain Tea for little ones this month claiming it keeps them well. The Madison Medicine Co advertises it at 85 cents and urges readers to ask their druggist for the product.
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S.S
S. S
L. W. Smith
Noblesville
Ind
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Rocky Mountain
Madison
Medicine Co
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Frank James and the Youngers
Tongel
DeWitt
Orrich Bisck
Uckingham’s
Onuessirs
Oarr, Hatt & Co., Maen
HLH
Cardus
Lena T. Fineburg
East St. Louis
Thedford
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Unionville
H. Howard
Monroe & Howard
Putnam County
S. E. Cor. Square
J. A.helferstine
West Liperty
Croix
Schnelle Bros
Polen
Croix de Fer
Vermouth
Bayard
Straba
Vane
Sultan
Estraba
Apo
Dem
Blake
Cone
Weee Sia M
Cullor
L. H. Howard
Missouri
Passeger East
Mandod WaAna
P. F. Wintrrow
St . Ry
Powersville
Bnow
Keokuk & Western Ry
Sedan Ia
West
Wees
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