Queen Victoria Fads and Royal Quips Revealed
An article lists Queen Victoria dislikes cold meat suede gloves and artificial flowers and notes her multiple titles and a vast piano collection. It mentions royal visitors dining at Buckingham Palace paying board, her $1500 yearly bounty, and a Canon Shore joke about shoemakers.
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Victoria
Balmoral
Lancaster
London
Annd
Buckingham Palace
British Columbia
England
Canon Shore
New and Useful Inventions From The Era
A parade of clever devices includes a medicine glass with built in time dial and dose graduations, a lapel flower holder made from a single wire piece, a waxed canvas tire strips to protect brakes, a jar closure with a tight looping wire, a bicycle chain cleaning brush with a central and side bristles, and a milk measure using a tew can and sprocket driven dial for automatic dosing.
Great Thoughts on Virtue and Truth Across Thinkers
A compilation of maxims from Ballou Parkhurst Johnson Folland Bacon Lincoln Chesterfield De May Calton and Calton. The quotes praise honesty faith duty and the power of truth while warning against falsehood and greed. Notable lines urge courage in conscience and choosing worthy company.
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Ballou
Parkhurst
Johnson
J. G. Folland
Bacon
Lincoln
Lord Chesterfield
de May
Calton
Byuaee
Comforting Words To Women By Mrs Pinkham
A Galveston Texas reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of backache headaches white discharge poor appetite and insomnia She praises the remedy and Mrs Pinkham's advice as lifesaving and urges all women to try it noting the benefits for homes and health.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia EB
A Woman's Smile in a Comic Exchange
A humorous dialogue excerpt presents a man recounting how a trivial incident altered a courting outcome. A young woman’s reaction after a hat bow on the avenue becomes a comic turning point, while another gag contrasts travel fares from different regions.
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Detroit Free Press
Unto Dust Return Joke in Jewelers Weekly Parley
A light dialogue touches on the source of diamonds and who bears the cost. Mrs. Flyer-Harry asks if diamonds come from blue dirt while Mr. Flyer notes the familiar truth that the dealer often pays the price, reflecting a playful exchange in a Jewelers Weekly context.
Excellent Domestic Remedy Ad Promotes Syrup of Figs
Detailed praise for Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co highlights world wide physician backing and safe laxative effects. Describes fig based formula, lists uses for constipation and related ailments, warns against imitations, notes newspaper advertising spread and includes a humorous exchange from the Yonkers Statesman and Atchison Globe.
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California Pig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Thenited
Alabastine 3 Durability Aimed at Home Walls
Alabastine claims to be the original durable wall coating on the market and different from all imitation preparations. It is sold as a dry powder in five pound packages with directions, ready for use when mixed with cold water and available in white or twelve tints. It can be applied to plaster brick wood or canvas with simple brushing, replacing wallpaper paint or scaling compound.
What Kalsomines Are and A Dangers of Purchases
Kalsomines are cheap temporary wall coatings made from whitening chalks and clays tied to walls with decaying animal glue. Ala bastine is a rock base cement that sets and hardens with age and can be re coated without washing away old coats. A warning notes a four pound package sold to dealers as four pounds but offered to customers as five pounds.
Churches and Schoolhouses Must Use Alabastine Paint
The interior walls of churches and public halls should be coated only with durable pure Alabastine. It does not rub off or fade, staying clean throughout its long useful life. Builders are urged to consult paint dealers for tint cards or request a free copy of the company paper from Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Alabastine Fra
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Alabastine warns against inferior substitutes
Alabasting Co warns dealers not to claim their products are the same as Alabastine or as good. They caution that selling cheap imports risks damages to dealers and harm to consumers. The company holds exclusive rights to walk coatings designed to mix with cola water.
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Alabasting Co
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New York
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Tuck
Hubace
Creas
Cimcago
Waiter
Kansai
Orleans
Copton
Louisville
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil
Atchison Globe
Sapolio
Desnoyers
St. Louis, Mo
Illar
Sud
Matton
Expreaa
Bart Devels
Addresa
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Ghigard, Ill
Kewanee, Ill
Balzer
Balerr
Seno Mamie Ona
M.T
Dovat
Old Church
Gorinatield
Hovany
Dewey and Waltham Works
Admiral Dewey
Sigebee
Agenta W. F. Doll
G. CO
Baiden Lane
Gregory
James J. J. Gregory
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