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From the Oxford Democrat--Paris,Maine Feb. 19, 1864
Food Prices at the Portland Market


Apples-$2.50-$3.00 barrel-dry .101/2& .11
Beans-$2.75 & $3.00
Butter-country ball-.25 & .27
Corn- $1.30
Oats- $.75
Barley-$1.10
Hay- .21 & .23 loose
Kerosene-.60
Eggs- .26 & .28-coming forward freely
Round hogs- .091/2 & .10



ADd for Children Teething

CHILDREN TEETHING
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over
 fifty years by Millions
of mothers for their children while teething with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is  the best
 remedy for diarrhoea. Sold
 by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five Cents a bottle.




Ad for Sulphume

Picture a lady in a dressing gown with her hair pinned on top of her head. She is pouring liquid from a bottle
into a claw foot bathtub. Behind her, is a lovely mirror above a marble sink.


SULPHUME.
A new elector-chemical discovery is announced. Sulphur has been successfully dissolved. Sulphume is liquid sulphur.

It is the only liquid sulphur. One bottle of Sulphume makes twelve sulphur baths. 

Sulphur Baths at Home are now possible to every one. No need to go to Sulphur Springs. Simply use Sulphume
to soften the water and give it just the right amount of sulphur to be absorbed by the pores. It whitens the skin and heals all humors. Sulphume is taken internally and does all that sulphur can do and more- because it is sulphur in its best form. Sulphur is used externally as a lotion. Its effect is marvelous. SULPHUME SOAP is the only genuine sulphur soap that has ever been made, for the reason that we are the only firm in the world who possess the secret of dissolving sulphur.

SULPHUME BOOK tells all about Sulphume: gives the names of people who have used it and been cured by it. Sent free at your request. If your druggist has not yet put in a stock of Sulphume, we will send bottle, carriage paid, for $1.00. By all means send for a free copy of "Sulphume Book," and learn about this truly remarkable scientific discovery.

SULPHUME COMPANY 152-158 Lake Street, Chicago


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Old Advertisements from the 1800's-1900's


Here are the US statistics for 1903....

The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven (47).

Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.

There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.

The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000.

More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.

The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke







The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and
Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30.

Canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.

There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

One in ten US adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.


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Here is an ad for Malt-Nutrine from Anheuser-Busch 1896..Picture a man sitting in an easy chair,  with a mother dressed to kill with a baby in her arms!

The ad reads:
  A MAN WITH A FAMILY should study its needs: wholesome food, proper clothing, good air,
 exercise and (not the least necessary) an occasional tonic. For debility will creep in. ANHEUSER-BUSCH'S  Malt-Nutrine is a FOOD DRINK.
One sup of it will give you more grain strenght-actual nourishment- then a dozen loaves of bread.
It gives onsumptives and sufferers from wasting diseases  greater strength and healthy flesh, and gives nursing mothers just
 the nourishment they want. To be had at all druggists and grocers. Prepared by Anheuser-Busch  Brewing Association,
St. Louis, U.S.A. Send for handsomely illustrated colored booklets  and other reading matter.












Ad for Ivory Soap...No graphics
.IVORY
SOAP
It Floats
No other soap is found in so many homes.
The Proctor & Gamble Co. Cincinnati

The above ads were taken from the Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. 552 May, 1896




Ad for Prudential Life Insurance 1911

FATHER, MOTHER, CHILDREN Can ALL be insured in The Prudential. The PRUDENTIAL
 Protects the Home. Provides Life Insurance at Very Low Cost.
  Issues a Policy that Absolutely Safeguards the Family.

Policies $15 up
 Ages 1 to 70
Both Sexes
Ask our agent for Particulars and Rates



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