Gulf Coast Texas Fertile Land Draws Eastern Farmers
Browns ville, Texas reports the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico line opening vast, productive tracts between the Nueces and Rio Grande. The region promises two crops yearly, artesian waters, and rapid settlement as ranches divide into farms. A January 15 excursion carried 16 carloads of hopeful settlers along the railroad.
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Brownsville
Tex
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
United States
California
Nueces
Rio Grande
Gulf Coast
Texas
Rock Island
Miss Annie Peck’s Second Try At Andes Summit
Miss Annie Peck fails to reach the highest Andes on her expedition due to unreliable guides and drunk porters. She returns to New York convinced the setback was caused by her crew and plans a future ascent with Swiss mountains men.
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Annie Peck
New York
Peru
Andes
Fearful Burning Sores Cured by Cuticura in Brooklyn Boy
A Brooklyn boy with twelve years of eczema misery is said to be cured by Cuticura after doctors claimed incurable. The mother notes initial infant signs, multiple body areas, severe itching and burning, and claims swift improvement after using Cuticura products. Also mentions a Denver Post notice about a Baca County man threatening to owe a hunter $500 for a killed hen.
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Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn, N. Y
Baca County
Denver Post
Princess House Gown Pattern No 5701 Features and Yardage
Pattern No 5701 offers a cream white cashmere gown with white silk trim and a broad collar. It uses a supported body lining with waist tucks and elbow length sleeves, optional lace chemisette, and velvet ribbon bow front. Sizes 32 to 42 inches. 44-inch fabric requires six and three quarters yards for 36 bust. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and pattern number.
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Henrietta
Albatross
Pongee
Louisine
Foulard
Pattern Department
Pattern No 5695 Scotch Plaid Waistline Martingale
The bright Scotch plaids this season create jauntily styled waists and are very popular. The model shown suits wear with a separate skirt or in a costume. Front flap is double breasted, neck shows a dainty embroidered chemisette, sleeves are three quarter length, and tucked lower part adds to the look. Material options include chalks cashmere silk and linen. For a 36 bust two and three eighths yards of 86 inch wide fabric are needed. Sizes 32 34 36 38 40 42 inches.
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Pattern Department
Putnam Faceless Dyes Color Silk Wool and Cotton
Advertisement roundup lists Putnam Faceless Dyes claiming boiling color for silk wool and cotton at 10c per package. Includes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething 25c, PAZO OINTMENT for piles with 14 day guarantee, Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer cure claims, and a Ben Jonson quote about counsel.
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Putnam
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Offer
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy. It states the medicine is taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney & CO
T.c
Rosie Comes to Learn Not Smelt in New York Tale
May Irwin recalls a preschool scene where a dirty child is sent home to be cleaned and return still filthy, accompanied by a sister who asks if Rosie is there to get cleaned or to be taught. The sister’s blunt question reveals the temper of the moment and the classroom tension.
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May Irwin
Rosie
Salzer Seed Co Announces Long Headed Oats
The John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin introduces a new oats variety with heads two feet long. The catalog touts Spetz as the greatest cereal hay food America has seen, claiming detailed descriptions in the catalog.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Seed and Tool Catalog Free Offer From Salzer Co
Free 148 page Seed and Tool Catalog mailed to all intending buyers. Send 6 cents for samples of new Two Foot Long Oats and other cereals plus the catalog. John A. Salzer Seed Co. Box W La Crosse Wis.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
Box W. la Crosse
Wis
Marcus Aurelius on faults and self-improvement
A remark from Marcus Aurelius notes that it is foolish to cling to one’s own faults yet impossible to escape others. The central sense urges self-examination and patience with others. He frames fault as universal, urging personal reform over blaming others.
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Marcus Aurelius
Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement
An old advertisement touts a cold cure using laxative bromine and quinine tablets with a 25 cent price. K Grove’s signature appears on each box and a refund offer is included if the remedy fails to cure.
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K. Grove
Jarfield Tea touted as universal home remedy
A Victorian style ad copy extols Jarfield Tea as a practical cure for constipation liver issues and rheumatism while promising blood purification and cold relief. It also quips that even the busiest man must attend his own funeral, reflecting humorous moralizing tone.
Poverty and Wealth. A comic exchange in society satire
A humorous vignette features Miss De Pretty and Mr. Swellhead from Hightone Magazine riding together while a rival author jokes about paying with postage stamps. The Usual Way shows a man asked if his father owns a car, answering that he merely borrows it from a repair shop when in running order.
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de Pretty
Swellhead
Hightone Magazine
N. Y
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Miss Peck
Our Pattern Department
Princess House
St. Vitus
Ben Jonson
California Fig Syrup Co
Califor Rel Eee Cal
London
England
Louisville, KY
New York,ny
Pan
LS Bay
Taras
Bears
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Texas Gulf Coast
Garden of America
John Sesaseam
Low Rock Island
Frisco
Ladie
Bufalo Gil Paint & Varnish Co
Buffalo, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Chesebrough Mfg
State Street
New York City
Frice
Frov
Elkhart Carriage & Harmess Mig. Co
Elkhart
Indiana
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