Weathering words and cures flash in odd 19th century ad
A garbled page piece blends slang, a medical pitch, and a comic patient tale. It cites Wall’s Catarrh Cure and Wall’s Family Pills, with testimonials from Cheney and Co. and a Toledo wholesale druggist, plus a joke about a surgeon asked for his fee and possible future work such as hanging window blinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Istem
WaLpina, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggista
Big Meeting Opened to Advocate Lakes to Gulf Route
The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association opened its largest deep waterway convention in Chicago Auditorium Theater. Taft Bryan and Graves attended as guests, addressing delegates and supporters amid talks on improving national transportation through a Chicago to New Orleans trunk waterway and expanded Mississippi tributary navigation.
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Chicaso
Ald
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Taft
Bryan
Gauves
Coliseum
Waterway
Teanvention
Bryan Shake
William I, Saunders
St. Louis
United States
Association
Saunde
Saunders
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Lakes
Gulf
Wollej W
Willian Lorimer
Henry T. Rainey
Tenois
Ben Lumphreys
Mississippi
Onty
Memphis
Cornell Professor Urges Segregation of Healthy Cattle
In a paper read before the American Veterinary Association, Y A Moore of Cornell urged segregating healthy cattle and banning sale of quacks to curb bovine tuberculosis in America. The proposal emphasizes strict laws to prevent movement of diseased animals and promote disease control within herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Y. A. Moore
Cornell University
Americ Veterinary Association
America
Frank A Dey Reelected Chair in Minnesota State Ventral Communities
The article notes Frank A Dey as reelected chair of a Minnesota regional body, with mention of Sheepshead Bay licensing and a top weight in a residential base event. It references Labor Day activities nationwide and a figure named Samuel Geupers, following a prior acquisition deal.
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Noves
Frank A Dey
Minnesota
Dranecipne
Pds
Samuel Geupers
Drought Ravages North American Continent, Lumber Prices Rise
The article notes an extensive drought across the North American continent, with fires and water shortages in Canada and the United States. It highlights anticipated lumber price increases, mill shutdowns, and government efforts to study forest fires and safeguard water supply. It also discusses corn yields, noting a mixed harvest with August reductions in several states while Nebraska shows gains, and a projected total corn yield exceeding three billion bushels despite frosts to come.
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Canada
New York
Maine
Wise Consin
Michigan
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Hicago Journal
The Campalan and Campaign Mechanics in Youth's Companion
The article discusses phonograph records as a new campaign tool to reach voters, noting that while speeches and personal contact remain influential, modern campaigns rely less on rally chanting and more on printed press and home reflection. It argues that voters are becoming more intelligent and less swayed by loud or flashy rhetoric.
Federal meat regulation eyed by industry and officials
Facts for Farmers reports that the upcoming meeting of the America Meat Packers Association in Chicago will press for cooperation between packers and government to maintain meat grade quality and praise the federal inspection act. If Interstate Livestock Boards approve Secretary Wilson’s recommendations, federal quarantine rules to curb Texas fever in cattle across Southern states may be tightened next year. Also noted are a champion cow near Henderson Minnesota giving birth to four calves and a series of arson attacks on granaries in Morris and surrounding areas with no insurance coverage reported.
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America Meat Packers’ Association
Grand Vacitic Hotel
Chicago
Allest
Packer
Mublic
Interstate Association of Live Stock Boards
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Carle
Henderson
Minn
Bus
J. M. Buckley
P. Biel
Morris
Mdauond Barry
Quint
Woman Recovered After Seven Years with Lydia Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Sallie French of Pancaunia Indiana writes that after seven years of female troubles she was run-down and nervous. Doctors offered no relief until she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, leaving her strong and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia BK. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancaunia
Ind
Mrs. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Article promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female ailments. Claims long-standing success with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous exhaustion. Encourages readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Oxford student with cousins at Christchurch College tale
An Oxford student describes visitors at Christchurch College and a dramatic moment as he points to the library wall and ivy-framed windows. He remarks on a figure named Tom from Oxford and the Dean as he explains a quarrel over learning, in a vivid magazine passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Christchurch
Picuire
Suecosa Magiozine
Melancholy Days and Curious Ads in a Local Page
A fragmentary page includes an odd mix of ads and anecdotes. It lists a Minneapolis gun and fur business, a professor returning from the country, teething syrup claims, and a comical exchange over a safety razor, plus new lines from a playful correspondence about age.
Unclear illness and remedies cited with stray names
A fragment asks about a girl allegedly afflicted by a mysterious illness with heat tingling and delirium. It mentions doctors, a dramatic recovery attributed to a developing ointment and milk, and references to local figures and vendors. The text is garbled and contains unrelated notes and advertisements.
Special Bargains in Household Necessities and Jewelry
A chaotic ad promotes KREGWILL GOONS with offers on watches pens and household items. It claims a fountain pen “sold gold” for a dollar and prices elsewhere rising to 250, inviting readers to request a catalog listing 400 bargains and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kregwill
Keregwill
Nik Peneh
Bargalig
Pree
Agenta
Bkregersen
WIL Fains & Co
Troutmanet
Brooklyn
Omissions of History and Royal Rebuff Over Rebellion
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls the American colonists asserting that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. King George III mockingly questions that idea and orders troops sent to crush the growing rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George Lit
Chicago Tribune
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Kavanaugh
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Iowa
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Toledo Blade
N. W. Hide & War Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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Martha Washington
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Drenmond
Essex
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