Harvard Wealth Tops U S Educational Institutions
A Department of Interior survey shows Harvard University holds the largest wealth in education with an endowment of 53,031,769 and property valued at 23,800,000, totaling 75,831,769. Columbia and Yale follow in endowment and equipment value among leading universities. The University of Texas leads state schools with 11,013,028 endowment. California, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin also report large funds.
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Washington, D. C
Harvard University
United States
Department of Interior
Bureau of Education
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Chicago
Cornell
John Hopkins
Carnegie
Princeton
Rochester
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Tech
University of Texas
California
Washington
Minnesota
Oklahoma
University of California
Michigan
Illinois
Wsconsin
Frightening at Night Cry for Diarrhea Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for sudden stomach pains cramps and diarrhea. It promises immediate relief and urges readers to keep the product handy.
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Chamberlain
Hen profits from 500 hens near Allen in Collin County
McKinney Democrat Gazette notes Tom Knight near Allen operates 300 laying hens and 200 pullets. He earns at least 85 dollars a month profit by selling infertile eggs year round, feeding from home grown grain, and maintaining strict sanitary quarters and balanced rations.
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McKinney Democrat-Gazette
Tom Knight
Allen
Collin County
Knight
Hogwallow News Tiny Town Excerpts On Daily Banter
Local column records a string of humorous vignettes from Slim Pickens crossing a bridge with eyes closed to Tobe Moseley boasting of town leadership. Jefferson Potlocks notes a pig’s reluctance to return through a crawl space as Crick et Hicks fail to borrow 20 cents.
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine and Deafness Claim
Catarrha deafness results from an inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube with rumbling hearing. Reduction of inflammation may prevent permanent hearing loss. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine promises to rid the system of catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh. Sold by druggists for over 40 years. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Local anecdotes and odd quotes drift through a rural scene
The piece records colorful remarks from residents about family, travel, business, and daily life. Sile Kilden notes train passengers have time to rest. A storekeeper refuses fishing to tend his shop. Isaac Helwanger boasts 41 years married with no cross words. Fletcher Henstep and Helwanger misguess a visitor’s aim at Rye Straw Store porch.
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Isaac Helwanger
Fletcher Henstep
Rye Straw
Tobe Moseley
Tobe
To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old time medicine ad urges a single day cold cure using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It promises to stop cough and headache and claims E W Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
Hayes
Grove
Al Smith to Join New York World as Political Writer
Gov. Alfred E. Smith will not seek re election to governor or the senate and will retire at term end. He is reported to have accepted a $50,000 annual offer from the New York World to write on political and humanitarian topics.
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AL Smith
NEW York World
Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Albany Dispatch
Syracuse Herald
Herald
Proclamation of Partnership Change in WV smithy
A West Virginia notice states darkey a black smith ends partnership resistance with Mose Skinner. It declares debt settlement terms: those owing the firm will pay the smith, and those owed by the firm will settle with Skinner.
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West Virginia
Darkey
Mose Skinner
Purifying Herbine Promises Quick Relief From Torpid Liver
A tonic claims to cure tiredness and discouragement from liver sluggishness and constipation. The first dose purifies and regulates, driving out bile and impurities and imparting vigor and buoyancy. Price 60c. Sold by BOW-WRIGHT DRUG CO.
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Bow-Wright Drug CO
Blue Star Remedy offered for relief of itchy skin conditions
Stop that ching sufferers from skin diseases may find relief from BLUE STAR REMEDY or money refunded. The first application relieves itching, will not stain clothing, and has a pleasant odor. Sold by Dyer & Jones.
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Dyer & Jones
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Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Slim Pickens
Gander Creek
Cricket Hicks
Jefferson Potlocks
Sap Spradlen
Raz Barlow
Atlas Peck
Sim Flinders
Yam Sims
Frisby Hancock
Wild Onion School
Sile Kilden
Bounding Billows
Hunt
Eagle “Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Teries
Bowling Battery & Electric CO
Huffines & Baley
Chesley Rutledge
Sun
Elks Garage
Manton Fain Cor
Houston and
Walnut Sts
Sherman
Ode Crowell
Venus
Supreme
American Lead Pencil Co
Fifth Ave
Stone Mountain
Georgia
Planters National Bank
D. S. McMillin
T. H. Sears
Guy Hamilton
H. G. Webster
B. H. Thomson
Dr. R. L. Sears
J. R. Pennington
J. L. Dyer
T. E. Barbee
H. C. Willis
Pace Brothers
Lower Main Street
Rick
Goodyear
Huffines & Bailey
Home Ice & Mfg. Co
J. H. Biggerstaff
Davidson’s
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