Business Chances and Local Notices in Brief
An assorted ad page notes the M K and T Railway offer for business prospects with a mailed booklet "Business Chances" and address James Barker at 204 Wainwright Bldg St Louis. The rest lists various product pitches and stray quotes from a 19th century era, including nerve restoratives and starch comparisons, reflecting a mixed classified layout.
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Mini & T. Ry
James Barker
Wainwright Bidg
Louis
Stray Bits and Quips From an Old Page
A collage of humorous snippets and short vignettes with characters like Johnny, old Mr Peterby, and a quarrelsome couple. The fragments riff on law, manners, miscommunication, and petty schemes, mixing dialogue and punchlines in a dated newspaper parlance.
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Johnny
Jimmy
Old Peterby
Peterby
Beeking American Motormen and French Language Shift
Reports state the British Electric Traction Trust seeks American motormen to train English crews for tram systems in Britain. Canada adopts French as official language for Quebec legislature city council and board of trade records, while English can still be used verbally.
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Davis
British Electric Traction Trust
America
Great Britain
Canada
Quebec
Board of Trade
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Superior Family Laxative
An older promotional piece argues that knowledge and public approval elevate products, praising Syrup of Figs as the best family laxative after twenty five years of use. It credits the California Fig Syrup Co. manufacturing standards and urges buying only genuine packages with full company name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Defiance Starch Claims Superior Quality and Value
Advertisements boast Defiance Cold Water Starch as best in quantity and quality with 16 oz for 10 cents, claiming rivals offer only 2 oz. The copy parodies ads and embeds quotes about dyes and by-products, hotel robber jokes, and Ruskin quotes to sell the starch.
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Neeer
Defiance
Ruskin
Initials of No Account A Quaint Ethnology Joke
Dr. McGee of the bureau of American ethnology jokes about his initials. He sued to drop the magniloquent two names and signs W J McGee instead. A Caquetry of Gates notes Norway’s 10000 gates that travelers must open along roads, marking fields and waste land and causing delays.
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Dr. McGee
Bureau of American Ethnology
Washington Jefferson McGee
W. J.mcgee
W J McGee
Norway
Tobacco Trade and Public Notices From Late 19th Century Extract
The text covers Germany importing Dutch and American tobacco, with 1890 figures of 58 173 tons valued at 21 420 000 dollars and 73 tons shipped from the Philippines. It also briefly profiles the marchioness of Londonderry as an able, cultured aristocrat and notes historical Vermont cabinet appointments by New York Sun.
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Java
Sumatra
Germany
United States
Philippines
Peruna praised in letters from Ottawa and Crown Point
A letter from Florence E Kenah of Ottawa California credits Peruna with swift relief from a severe lung cold and digestive upset. Miss Rose Gerbing of Crown Point Indiana shares how two bottles cured her catarrh after a long country drive. Both urge others to try Peruna at first cold signs and address readers to Dr Hartman for free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
E.pham
Lapna L. Brenna
Crown Point
Indiana
Ladies Reliat Corps
New Bedford
Mass
First Street
Ulric Levasseur
Levasseur
Dodd
Florence E. Kenah
Maria Street
Ottawa
Cal
Beruna
Peruna
Roise Gerbing
Ind
Perang
Rose Gerbing
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Mir. Blank
Rome
Dr. Kane
Lottie
TOWER
Chicago
Paxting
Paxtine
Lewis
Tom
Jack
Halter
Julie
Julia
Charles “Beresic
Henpektli
Fall River
Mags
Disraeli
Harconort
Sir William Harcourt
Harcourt
Putnam
Marchioness
Londonderry
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
Vermont
Jacob Collamer
Harrison
Redfeld Proctor
New York Sun
Catarre OF the
Peru-Na
F. E. Kenah
Florence Kenah
San Francisco
Louisville
New York, N. Y
Deuggists
pRie
Oklahoma
Bussiness Collece
ST. Ces MO
Ogongiloo
REMC
Mivision St
Laundry Co
Francs
France
WEP
W.L. Douglas
Actia
W. L. Douglas
Ad Sdea
aAlso
Nave
Thas
Douglas Shee
WW. L. Douglas
Brockton
Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
Western
Crawford
Ninth St
Kansas City
C.J. Croughton
Quincy Bidg
Kanees
Bodemann
Hisks Bt
Toledo
W.N. U. ST
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