A Few Weeks in Europe Golden Lion Motel Stratford on Avon
A travelogue from July 1908 describes stops in Stratford on Avon and London including Ann Hathaway's cottage and Westminster Abbey. The writer notes hotel stays, museum visits, sights like St Pauls Windsor and the British Museum, and humorous misdirections about gum meaning mucilage. They anticipate more sightseeing before departure with remarks on London rain and travel by tube and bus.
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Golden Lion
Stratford-on-Avon
Shottery
Ann Hathaway
Shakespeare
Annie
Red Horse
Green Dragon
Shattery
Edinburgh
Holyrood Palace
Liverpool
Mersey
Raedicker
Melrose
Miss Jenkins
America
Birmingham
Hotel Gwalia
London
Windsor
Order of the Garter
Westminster Abbey
Scott
Burns
Coleridge
Southey
James Russell Lowell
Underground
New York
National Art Gallery
East End
White Chapel
Chicago
British Museum
Lady Jane Gray
Sir Walter Raleigh
Jane
Hypomei Catarrh Cure Ad from Lemmon's Pharmacy
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure for catarrh with a money back guarantee. It describes a pocket inhaler using Australian eucalyptus and germ killing additives. A complete outfit costs $1.00 with extra bottles 50 cents, and Kyomel is promoted for sore throat and bronchitis.
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Lemmon
Booth’'s Hyomei Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Rexall Orderlies Claim Safe Relief for Constipation
A Rexall Store ad promises permanent relief from chronic constipation without harsh laxatives. It touts the active principle as a nerve and muscle tonic for the bowels, notes pleasant taste and suitability for all ages, and offers two package sizes with prices. The product is sold in Washington at the Cook & Sherman Rexall Store.
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Rexall Orderlies
Washington
Rexall
Cook & Sherman
S. W. Cor. Square
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Cough Relief and Lung Strength
Simple remedy for la grippe touts Foley's Honey and Tar as stopping coughs and healing lungs to prevent pneumonia. Advertises genuine product in yellow package sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Keats as an Anti at a New York Dinner
Dr Lyman Abbott interrupted a dinner crowd with witticisms about suffragettes. He quipped that a thing of beauty may be a law for ever referencing Keats. An unrelated medication ad promotes Poleys Orino Laxative for indigestion and stomach troubles.
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Keats
Lyman Abbott
New York
Dr. Abbott
Quieting Title Suit In Washington County Iowa 1910
In District Court of Washington County Iowa plaintiffs John Belville and Mary Olive Belville seek to quiet title to the NE quarter of the NE quarter of Sec 28 Township 75 North Range 7 West, except 50 foot railroad right of way. They claim adverse possession for over twenty years and dispute unknown claimants and heirs. Judgment and decree requested barring all adverse claims and confirming plaintiffs as owners. Publication ordered. appearance required by March 15, 1910.
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John Kepheart
Betsey Adams
James Stockton
Amos Adams
Elizabeth Ann Adams
Mary Amanda Adams
Katherin Lucy Adams
Adaline Malinda Adams
Alexander ©. Martin
Samuel B. Coulter
William Twinam
Iowa Northern Central Railroad Company
Keokuk
Iowa City
Washington County
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
District Court of
John Belville
Mary Olive Belville
District Court
Washington
Wilson & Wilson
Prheamonia Likely Advertises Medical Cure
A historical ad promotes Prheamonia as a cold remedy that stops the cough heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. It urges taking at first sign of a cold to avoid a dangerous illness and cites Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mekihinney Drug Co. as suppliers.
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Woley
Lemmon
Mekihinney Drug Co
Quick Cure Trick From 19th Century Adverts
A medicinal claim promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Wablets. Ads state a druggist will refund money if it fails. Each box bears KE W. GROVE signature and is priced at 25 cents.
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London
KE. W. Grove
Clothing stores to close after Feb 1 1910 at 6 pm
The undersigned clothing stores announce they will close their places of business after February 1 1910 at 6 o clock p m instead of 7 as formerly, except Saturdays. Gardner and Bridger Sol Rich and Co Klein Clothing Co Dougherty Bros.
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STECK
Alavans
Money’s Worth
W.o
Nponcenw’s
Europe
Pratt
Mr. Foster
Mr. Pratt
Haymarket
Care American Express Company
St. Paul's
Burlington
King's Cross
Muswell Hills
Madame Tussaud’s
English Channel
Dr. King
J. E. Lemmon
Hyomei
Hauser
Milona
Mac
Poley
Foley
Lemmon’s
Meck Lhinney Drug Co
Klein Klothing KO
Dougherty Bros
D. Rittenhouse
O. K. Mauck
A. Cunningham
A. Anderson
A. Ww. McCulleree
B. B. Berrle
B. F. Brown
D. J. Palmer
J. A. Cunningham
A. Harvey
T. J. Berdo
H.C. Hull
Lox
Hickman-Bessey CO
Graham
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