Retail Catalog Ad for Shoes, Foods, and Household Goods
An old time store ad lists dry goods clothing groceries and footwear. It highlights Ladies and Men’s Shoes in various styles and prices, Coffee and evaporated fruits, granulated sugar rolled oats corn and crackers, and a blueing bottle, inviting immediate purchase.
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California
Negeeng
Perenne
Estes
New Choice
Michigan
Asup
Asup Esses Cessongeste
Aves
Esees
Jewel case intrigue and a blackmail revelation
In a city vaults scene, detective Barnes tests Mr. Mitchel over a red leather case and a letter from Rose Mitchel. The case holds jewels and a copied list. Mitchel claims release from blackmail and explains paying with jewelry rather than cash. The trial of Bessie Gray vs John Baird follows, ending in a paternity verdict.
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Miss Remsen
Rose Mitchel
Garfield Safety Vaults
Mitchel
Mr. Mitchel
Mr. Barnes
Bessie Gray
John Baird
Wentville
LaPoyte
W. W. Pepple
Michigan City
J. W. Crumpacker
LaPorte
F. E. Ozborn
Personal Side of Washington by General Greely in March Ladies' Home Journal
General A W Greely begins a series on George Washington in the March Ladies' Home Journal. He has read over 2000 of Washington's private letters and writes frankly about the personal side. The first article covers Washington’s loves and his marriage to the widow Curtis.
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Frederick Rhinelander Jones
Oliver Bell Bunce
Lucia Gilbert
Runkle
Tillie Roome Littel
Egme
Julie
A. B. Longstreet
Helen Combes
A. W. Greely
Artic
March Ladies’ Home Journal
George Washington
General Greely
Washington
Curtis
One Minute Cough Cure Advertisement Ends Frustration
An old advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure claiming to ease coughing irritants and soothe diseased lungs. It promises relief in minutes, improves expectoration, and reduces soreness, appealing to readers seeking quick mitigation.
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H.N- Nicho
Proving Negligence Sets Precedent in Rail Fire Case
Appellate Court decision strengthens the burden on plaintiffs in damages suits against Lake Erie & Western railroad. It holds that a plaintiff must allege and prove negligence by allowing fire to escape. mere fire set by a passing locomotive does not raise a presumption of negligence.
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Mr. R. Mitchel
Rose Mitchel
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
Stranger advertises cloak factory in Battle Creek Moon
A man paid for three days of want ads seeking ten women to sew cloaks jackets and waists at 113 East Main street. He required charts for cutting cloaks costing $3.50 each. About ten to twenty women purchased charts before the man left town to seek new victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Moon
East Main Street
A Little Girl's Escape From St Vitus' Dance
The Kansas City Journal reports a sworn testimonial from L L Barber of Edgerton Kansas about his daughter Bertie 13 who nearly developed St Vitus dance. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People her condition improved markedly and she gained weight becoming a healthy girl again. The letter claims the pills cured her nervous symptoms and advises readers to obtain the product from druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Company at Sokepet ety New York for 6 boxes at 2 50.
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St. Vitus
Kansas City
L. L. Barber
Edgerton
Kan
Bertie
Bergan
LL. L. Barbor
Angus
Kelly
Sokepet Ety. N
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Westville, Ind
Wee Ee
Dobbins
Westville
Ind
Gb. S. Smith
Europe
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Jacobs
DR. Bull
Chew Lange
A.c.meyer & Co
Batto
Sapolio
Swan
Georgia
Georgia Southern & Floridary
Tifton
Tifton & North Eastern Railroad
St. Louis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Nashville
Great Fruit Belt
Ganda
G&g
A. McDonald
V. D. Glessner
Macon
Call
H. B. Herrold
Reliable Azena Insurance CO
Indiana
Thind Blour
Omaka Hldg
Collins
W. S. Collins
Saginaw
Drs. Kennedy Ke
Ina
Ina, « Yours and All Happy. Boys, Try Drs. Kennedy & Ker
A. Tonton
BeFon
P. Emerson
Dre. Kennedy & Korean
Drs
T. P. Emerson
Golden Monitor
Drs. Kennedy & Kergan
Riage
Caudelian
Drs, Kennedy & Kergan, “Setar Mick
Pulman
Burlington
Denver
Salt Lake
T. A. Grady
Clark St
LaPorte County
Starkey & Palen
Arch St
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cal
Toronto
Canada
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