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Title: Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
Author: Various
Editor: James Elverson
Release date: December 2, 2005 [eBook #17199]
Most recently updated: December 13, 2020
Language: English
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOLDEN DAYS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, VOL. XII, JAN. 3, 1891 ***
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GOLDEN DAYS
For Boys and Girls
Vol. XII--No. 6. January 3, 1891.
Philadelphia:
JAMES ELVERSON,
Publisher.
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[Transcriber's Note:
The notation "->" represents the pointing-finger symbol. Text
incorporated into advertising illustrations is shown in (parentheses);
where necessary, a brief description of the illustration is given in
{braces}.
The layout of the advertising pages is shown after all text, along
with a list of file names for major illustrations. Typographical errors
in the original, whether corrected or not, are listed at the end.]
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"BIRTH IS MUCH, BUT BREEDING MORE."
Where were you born that you DON'T use
SAPOLIO
SAPOLIO is a Solid Cake of SCOURING SOAP
used for ALL Cleaning Purposes, except the Laundry.
* * * * *
[Illustration: (Telegraphy)]
THE "MORSE" OUTFIT, $3.75.
Complete Outfit for learning Telegraphy, and operating Short Lines of
Telegraph, from a few feet to several miles in length. Consists of full
size, well made Giant Sounder with Curved Key Combination Set as above,
together with Battery, Book of Instruction, insulated Wire, Chemicals,
and all necessary materials for operating. Price $3.75. Sent by express
upon receipt of amount by Registered Letter, Money Order, Express Order
or Postage Stamps. Morse Pamphlet of practical Telegraph Instructions
free to any address. J.H. BUNNELL & CO., 76 Cortlandt Street, New York.
Largest and Best Telegraph Supply House in America.
MAGIC
LANTERNS WANTED AND FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
HARBACH & CO. 809 Filbert St. Phila. Pa.
[Illustration]
** The STAR BANJO **
Is made on entirely new principles and produces the most desirable
QUALITY of tone combined with the greatest volume and carrying power,
making it the finest instrument extant for stage or parlor use.
PRICE LIST MAILED FREE.
*LYON & HEALY, Chicago.*
*CIRCULARS* to young people only. Money for you.
Address Novelty Typewriter Co., *Oswego, N.Y.*
[THIS IS NOT AN IDLE]
This company does not handle Farm Mortgages, but City Investments only.
The WINNER COMPANY has paid its investors over Two Million Dollars in
profits since 1883, without a single case of loss.
[TALE OF IDLE MONEY]
To be convinced of this send to WM.M. PARMENTER, 50 State St., Boston,
Mass. for circulars explaining the business of the WINNER INVESTMENT CO.
Mailed free to any address.
CARDS
Send 2c. Stamp for Sample Book of all the FINEST and Latest Style
CARDS for 1891. We sell Genuine Cards, not Trash. UNION CARD CO.,
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
MAGIC LANTERNS
*And STEREOPTICONS*, all prices.
Views illustrating every subject for *PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS*, etc.
-> _A profitable business for a man with a small capital._
Also, Lanterns for Home Amusement. 208 page Catalogue _free_.
*McALLISTER*, Mfg. Optician, *49 Nassau St., N.Y.*
*WORLD'S* Fair Railway Puzzle. Lots of fun: sample 10c.; 3 for 25c.
Morton & Co., Box 848, Chicago
*MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHS 12 for 25c. Sample 2c.*
Copied from photographs or tintypes, which WE RETURN.
THE BARTHOLOMEW STUDIO, WALLINGFORD, CONN.
Advertising Rates for "Golden Days."
Single insertions, 75c. per Agate line.
Four insertions, 70c. per Agate line for each insertion.
Thirteen insertions, 65c. per Agate line for each insertion.
Twenty-six ", 60c. per Agate line for each insertion.
Fifty-two ", 50c. per Agate line for each insertion.
_Eight words average a line. Fourteen lines make one inch._
JAMES ELVERSON, Pubisher,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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STAMPS.
[Illustration: (CEYLON POSTAGE TEN PENCE)]
*STAMPS--ALL GENUINE!*
*100 Rare Varieties*
China, Nicaragua, Honduras. Old Japan and Egypt, Bosnia, Peru, Orange,
Hawaii, fine old U.S., Interior. Treasury, P.O., War, etc., *with
elegant Stamp Album, only 25c*. 100 assorted rare Mexico, Ceylon,
Guiana, Turkey, Costa-Rica, etc., *only 10c*. *Large new 20 page
Price-list, etc., FREE! AGENTS WANTED* at 33 1/3 per cent com.
*STANDARD STAMP CO.*, removed to 923-925 Lasalle St., St. Louis, Mo.
STAMPS
We lead; others follow. We are the world wreckers on low prices.
Ten-cent sets--3 Malta, 2 Montserrat, 5 Newfoundland, 2 Paraguay, 4
Dominica Republic, 2 St. Vincent, 2 Sierra Leone, 5 Straits Settlements,
3 Suriname, 2 Tobago. 40-page price list, 2c. New coin catalogue, 10c.
E.F. GAMBS, Coin and Stamp Dealer, 4 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.
STAMPS
100 all different, 10c.; 300 all different. $1.25; 500 all different,
$2.25. price lists free. Agents wanted to sell stamps from my unequalled
sheets at 33-1/3 per cent, com. Wm. E. Baitzell, 412 N. Howard St.,
Baltimore, Md.
300
Mixed, rare Australian, etc., 10c.: 75 fine varieties and *nice* album,
10c. Illustrated list free. Agents wanted, 40 p.c. com. F.P. Vincent,
Chatham, N.Y.
STAMPS
Agents! Approval Sheets, 1-3d com. List free. Conrath & Co.,
1334 Lasalle St., St. Louis, Mo.
STAMPS
Price list *FREE*. Approval sheets 50 per ct. com.
E.A. OBORNE, Jamaica, New York.
STAMPS--Agents wanted for the _very best_ approval sheets at
40 per ct. com. *Putnam Bros., Lewiston, Me*
* * * * *
15 CENT PACKAGE OF GAMES.
The Best Collection Ever Sold for
Four Times the Amount.
*Game of Authors*, 48 cards with directions.
*Set of Dominoes*,
*Chess Board*, with men.
*Checker Board*, with men.
*Fox and Geese Board*, with men.
*Nine Men Morris Board*, with men.
*Mystic Age Tablet*, tells age of any person.
*The Beautiful Language of Flowers*.
*Morse Telegraph Alphabet*.
*The Improved Game of Forfeit*.
*Parlor Tableau*,
*Pantomine*,
*Shadow Pantomine*,
*Shadow Buff*,
*The Clarivoyant*, how to become a medium.
*Game of Fortune*,
*The Album Writers Friend*, 275 Select Autograph Album Verses (new).
*50 Choice Conumdrums or Riddles*, with answers (new).
*Thirteen Magical Experiments*,
*Eleven Parlor Games*,
*Magic Music*,
*Order of the Whistle*,
*Game of Letters*, and many others.
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