Stamps Exhibit Opens at Chicago Convention
Postage stamps worth over a million dollars are on view in Chicago for the Twenty fifth anniversary convention of the American Philatelic Society. Delegates and collectors from across the United States attend as Vienna and other international shows are noted, with prizes and rare sets highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Philatelic Society
United States
Cleveland
Vienna
von Jauregg
Austria-Hungary
George V
England
Henry J. Crocker
Ge. R. Ackerman
New Jersey
Panama Canal Zone
Sage and Sulphur Remedy for Gray Hair Revival
An article advocates stopping gray hair via Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It promotes sage tea as an effective, traditional treatment, claiming the formula cleanses dry hair, removes dandruff, and gradually restores color. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Mcklhinney Drug Co
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease not curable by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internal treatment that cleanses the blood and mucous surfaces, touted as non quack medicine and prescribed by leading physicians. Testimonials are available and Toledo, Ohio firm J Cheney & Co is named with druggists selling the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fe. J.cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
ZEMO Skin Care Ad Promotes Comfort in Heat
An old advertisement urges readers to try ZEMO and ZEMO Soap to ease hives prickly heat rashes eczema pimples and sunburn. It offers a 32 page skin care booklet and samples in exchange for stamps, with McElhinney Drug Co and W Rose Medicine Co named as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bb. W. Rose Medicine Company
Olive Street
St. Louis
McElhinney Drug Co
MeEthiney Drug Co
Extra session heat and politics in Washington
Washington during August produces a fiery backdrop as the extra session of the Sixty-second Congress tackles reciprocity tariffs statehood and reform. The piece notes mixed party loyalties, investigations from steel to parcels post, and hints at presidential politics and possible La Follette momentum.
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James A. Edgerton
Washington
Congress
Washington Monument
Controller Bay
Republican Party
Post Office Department
Parcels Post
Alaska
Wall Street
Senate
House
Haver
Sutherland
Bristow
Political prospects hinge on insurgent strategy in Wisconsin
Analysts see potential for an independent or progressive presidential bid if insurgents fail to seize the west Republican national convention. Senator La Follette emerged influential in the extra session, shaping tariff bill conferences. Underwood and La Follette steered the wool, cotton and free list bills. That signaled a revolution in the upper house and unsettled the old guard.
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House of Representatives
Lorimer
Steel Trust
Sugar Trust
Wiley
Pure Food Law
Controller Bay
France
England
Canada
Tariff Board
Washington
Robert Marion la Follette
Wisconsin
Republic
la Follette
Senate
Underwood
House
la Mollette
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Tare
H. F. Steck the Jeweler
North Side Square
Washington National Bank
Lars
Nautilue
W. A. Whiting & Son
Meillotone
Lemmon
EAIRA
Steel Trust Probe
John W. Gates
Andrew Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Perkins
Charles M. Schwab
Gary
Mark Hanna
Eugene Kebe
Victor Berger
Claus Spreckels
Springfield
Session
Stanle
Stanley
American Press Association
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