Fashion items on display at Dry Goods Economist
A shopping tour showcases black lace wings with pearl embroidery, Swiss muslin with polka dots, Bagdad embroideries for drapes, bright batistes, cut glass vinaigrettes with jeweled tops, ribbon lines, silk grenadines, opera glass tags, mousselines and chiffons with fringe, silk organdies with satin stripes, ginghams trimmed with white braid, white silk petticoats with lace appliques, polka dot organdies, engraved cut glass perfume bottles, and white chenille cord embroideries with black guipure rhinestones.
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Bagdad
Animals and oddities in nature from a period piece
The article notes the ostrich as a voracious eater and cites quirky examples including a keeper who saw one swallow a lighted cigar and other items. It recounts Lincolnshire bats slain by a vicar’s circular net and Miss Maja the Vienna Prater monkey riding a bicycle, performing tricks with notable speed and grace.
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Lincolnshire
England
Maja
Zoological Gardens
The
Prater
Vienna
Cabbage Palms Grow to Great Height in Cayenne
The cabbage palm can reach up to 170 feet in Cayenne, French Guiana. Its name comes from the heart of the tree, which is boiled like cabbage and sometimes pickled.
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Cayenne
French Guiana
Witty Observations on Credit Love and Hair
A collection of pointed quips on debt, court damages, listening, and relationships. It notes that credit is shared, talking often hides nothing, and misread proposals can start real trouble. Facts include a joke about the average man’s 128000 hairs and a remark about women and indigenous hairs.
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Sle
Chicago Evening News
Grain-O the grand grain coffee substitute ad
Grain-O markets as a family coffee substitute from grain products. Claims include no nerves upset and easy digestion, with a taste and appearance like coffee at lower cost. Presented as a pure grain product offering health and strength, urging readers to ask grocers for Grain-O.
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Baby
Grandma
Florida Air Line Inaugurates Seasonal Sleepers to Jacksonville
The Louisville Air Line opens a season long sleeper route to Jacksonville via Southern Railway Queen & Crescent and Florida and Central Peninsular railroads. Passengers bound for Merida may travel via Asheville to reach the famed year round resort. Correspondence and information available from R A Campbell General Passenger Agent St Louis.
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Florida Air Line
Louisville
Winter Tourist Tickets On Sale To Southern Points
Low Rate Winter Tourist Tickets are now on sale via the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Mobile New Orleans and Gulf Coast points Jacksonville Tampa and Port Tampa through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and heated trains. Interline service includes Crescent Hotel Berks and Ozark excursions with through sleepers via Vinseca Line.
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Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast Pointa
Jacksonville
Tampa
Port Tampa
Havana
Pullman Palace
F. L. Harris
Olive St
St. Louis
Chas
Rudolph
Marquette Bidg
Chicago
Posey
Ala
Lane's Family Medicine Advert
Day by day bowel health and liver kidney support promised. Cures headaches and sprains with St Jacobs Oil and Kemp’s Balsam for coughs. Various quotations and sale pitches from Indianapolis Journal Chicago Daily News and Atchison Globe.
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Lane
Cost of Nicaragua Canal Estimates Vary Widely
The piece surveys inflationary range from 115 million to 150 million dollars for the Nicaragua Canal cost estimates. It includes mixed ad text on remedies and product pitches, with a note on Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other promotions, all in a historical newspaper milieu.
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Nicaragua Canal
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ips & Truax
Toedo
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Patent medicine ads and quack testimonials mix
A fragmented 1890s advertisement montage touts cures for colds neuralgia whooping cough and toothache with products like Lazative Bromo Quinine St Jacobs Oil and Hale s Honey of Horehound and Tar. The text mingles quotes from newspapers and remarks about beauty and trust in remedies.
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Hale
Pike
Periods of Pain and the Pinkham Remedy
The article touts menstruation as a regular hardship for many women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an effective regulator. It includes a testimonial from Miss Jennie R. Mizee of Leon Wis who reports relief after using the products and invites others to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mus. Prvenau
Jennie R. Mizee
Leon
Wis
Miles
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Kansas
corTon
Detrait
Yonkers Statesman
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Atchison Globe
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Yonkers
Salamon
Chicago Daily New
Crescent Hotel
Earwka Springs
Area
Ozark Mountains
Vinsea Line
J. O. Plank
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Arcade
Century Building
Frisco Ticket Office
N. Broadway
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Indianapolis Journal
Chicago Daily News
St. Jacobs Oil
Puck
Stucker
Philadelphia
Pino
Frank Mabbs
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Krausers
Arene
Mrauber
Milton
Luanyons
Overland Club
Overland Monthly
San Francisco
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GHEMN
Box C
Atlasia
Baars
America
Japan
Association
Steve
Wilson
Winchester
Washburn
Drummond Branch
St. Louis, Mo
Star Plug L. & M
Liggett & MY
Aing
Irs
Irer
Ptiva
Ellwander & Barry
Mount Hope
Salzer
Haves
Reox
Buckingham
R.P. Mall & Co
Nashoe, NH
Copsilaris Manufacturing Co. N
Fotalite
Georgi Brajo
Jong Byrup
Drugalata
A. Nkab
Sacot
la Creole
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