Dead Letter Mail and Tourist Routes Highlight Rail Service
More than 11,060,000 pieces of mail went astray last year in the United States with many destined for the Dead Letter Office where some letters were opened to recover addresses. The notice promotes Grand Trunk Railway tourist routes to Niagara Falls and other scenic locations with pamphlets available from Geo. W. Vaux in Chicago.
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Matt ‘Matter
Niagara Falls
Muskeksi
Kawartha Lakes
Georgian Bay
Temegami
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Thousand Islands
Algonquin National Park
White Mountains
Atlantic Sea Coast
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Montreal
N. Y
Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P
T. A
Adams St
Geo. Hoffman
Kingsville
Texas
Denny & Co
Hoffman
Gulf Coast
Gulf
Gulf Coast Country
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sebastian
Rock Island
la Salle St
Lewis' Single Binder cigar ad and quotes
An old tobacco advertisement praises the value of Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. It also references Phythagoras on friendship and contemplates revenge versus realization in a moral aside.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Insomnia Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills Told in Manchest
Mrs. H A Fletcher of 59 Blodget Street Manchester New Hampshire credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with ending months of sleeplessness and nerve pain after a apoplectic shock. She slept well after starting the pills and regained strength. The advertisement claims cures for nervous complaints blood disorders and various pains with sales through druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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H. A. Fletcher
Blodget Street
Manchester
N.H
Mrs. Loveland
Everett
Dr. Williams
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Wonderful Discovery Promises Pain Relief Oil
A long sought liquid preparation claimed to be anodyne astrigent and antiseptic heals cuts sores burns and bruises and prevents pus formation. Chemist Max R Zaegel of Sheboygan Wisconsin offers Z M O a varnish amber oil promising quick relief and invites free sample requests.
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Max R. Zaegel
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Sheboygan
Wis
Thanksgiving Verse Tribute from Youth's Companion
A brief thanksgiving verse expresses gratitude for the earth, small joys, wealth, books, music, health, mercy, and especially friends. The poem reflects on abundance in life and the value of companionship.
Sumptuous Dinners of Half a Century Ago in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia reminiscence describes a 50 year ago Thanksgiving feast with lush soups, a la mode beef, roast turkey, oyster pie, multiple vegetables, fruit pyramids, and elaborate desserts. Coffees and fanciful eggshell china completed the after-dinner ritual, with separate youth tables and no dumbwaiters.
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Philadelphia
Dresden
Double Cause for Joy Verse Words on Thanksgiving
A playful, dialect filled exchange shows Liza praising a turkey and Zeke boasting of getting away with it without being caught. The lighthearted humor centers on a festive meal and a cheeky escape, capturing a neighborhood banter tone.
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Liza
Zeke
Moah
Lewis Sing a Binder and Other Ad Fragments
An assortment of vintage ad blurbs notes Lewis' Binder as a famous straight five cent item from a Peoria Illinois dealer. Mentions Mrs Winstow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and windcolic relief. A claim states Germany supplied five sixths of the world's dyes.
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Lewis
Peoria
Germany
All Can. Be Thankful For Blessings In Life
The passage reflects on gratitude across ages, citing Jeremy Taylor on the privative blessings of immunity safety board liberty and integrity. It urges families to recall present blessings and believe that remembrance uplifts moral and spiritual lives.
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Jeremy Taylor
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Dept
Old World Proclamations and Thanksgiving Traditions
History shows many national thanksgivings with royal proclamations and Te Deums for battles births coronations and generals. The text notes a day in the annual calendar for public thanksgiving to God for civil religious and domestic blessings.
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Sean Eee
Doestic
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offer and Claims
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Promises $100 reward for a cure failure and urges readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Disappointed crowd critique of London driven movement
A correspondent from an English church paper reports a town meeting that he says disappointed those who organized it. He claims the movement is a false exotic propagated from London and that locals value the bubble at its true worth.
Brandreth's Pills: A Long-Standing Blood Purifier Remedy
One of the oldest and safest remedies, Brandreth's Pills are a purely vegetable blood purifier and laxative. They act consistently over time, with one or two pills nightly aiding constipation and digestive issues, trusted for over a century and sold widely in plain or sugar-coated forms.
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Brandreth
Memorial mini sawmill grave marker in Orwell cemetery
In Oswego county New York a cemetery memorial for a lumberman reproduces his Redfield mill in miniature on an inch to the foot scale. The granite marble complex shows saws carriages rollers skids and a loaded carriage with three logs, a precise tribute to the deceased.
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Orwell
Oswego County
N. Y
Redfield
Springfield Republican
Remarkable Cure by Cuticura Remedies
Retired 72 year old Robert Schoenhauer of Newburg New York recounts severe blood poisoning foot wounds and hospitalization. After two weeks using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent his foot healed completely and observers marvel at the recovery.
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Cuthura
Robert Schoenhauer
Newburg
N. Y
Four-Footed Thieves In Winchester Store Till
In Winchester a grocer faced daily till thefts blamed on two clerks. After new clerks failed to stop the losses an officer hid under the counter and found mice nests of torn money. The discharged clerks sued for damages and won $300 each from the grocer.
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Winchester
England
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
A historical testimonial promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for menstrual pain irregularities and related ailments. Letters from Nellie Holmes and Tillie Hart claim relief, natural periods, and improved health. The advertisement urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice and trust the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Holmes
N. Division Street
Buffalo
N. Y
East
Tillie Hart
Larimore
N. D
Lynn
Mass
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Phythagoras
Lane
Ras
Abbie Forwell
Putnam
Cuticura
Dodds
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Miss Nellie Holmes
Heberling Medicine and Extract CO
E. Douglas Street
Bloomington
I11
Carters
L. Douglas
W._L. Douglas
Aly
Sam
Ae Fe Ee
Detroit
Bishop
AGRE
Tareets
Ottawa
Canada
Quincy Eie
Ill
W. J. Rogers
Third Floes
Traction Terminal Bidg
Indianapolis
Ind
T. C. Currie
Callahan
Milwaukee
Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Lake Shore
aL_ur
Fredenrick H. Wooo
Chicago-New York Electric Air Line
R. R. Stock
Monadnock
R. R
the Mater Vegetate Garden of America
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