Modern Grain Drink Ad and Miscellaneous Local Notices
An assorted page features an advertisement for Grain-O a coffee substitute claiming safe for children and adults with mocha like color and affordable price per package. The page also includes quips on a Phillips Brooks quote a French court note case a sore absence of shoes in Sumpter Illinois a testimonial praising Dodd s Kidney Pills for dropsy and a note about Deviance Starch price and 16 ounce packaging.
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Phillips Brooks
Sumpter
J. B. Flanigan
Dropey
Flanigan
J. J. Dale
Carmi
Dale
Dodd
Mr. Dale
Mrs. Flanigan
White County
New Past Train to Colorado via Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway now runs double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and Pacific coast. Trains depart St. Louis 9:00 am and 10:10 pm Kansas City 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm with through sleepers St. Louis to San Francisco. Excursion tickets on sale. contact agents H C Townsend G P & T Agent St Louis MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacifi Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Kansas City
Colorado
Utah
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Gale
H, C, Townsend
D. Francis
Omaha
Neb
Luis
Amine Ross
Happy
Murau
Paradise in the Society Islands Tahiti and Pitcairn Tale
A special letter extols the Society Islands and Tahiti as a tropical paradise. It recounts discovery history from 1606 onward, the Bounty mutiny and Pitcairn settlement, and notes the idyllic climate, interior valleys, and unspoiled hospitality. It contrasts indigenous life with European intrusion and cites Papeete as the commercial hub and French control in the South Seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Les
Society Islanda
Tahiti
Bligh
England
Jamaica
Christian
Pitcairn Island
Tahitian
Folger
Nantucket
Mass
Alexander Smith
Adams
Bounty
Papeete
Morey
South Seas
Diplomatic quips and royal notices spark humor
In Yale remarks former Secretary Foster recalls Benjamin Harrison’s jibe about royal birth notices. He jokes officialdom should flood Europe with every American birth and demand reciprocal recognition. A San Francisco incident shows police wit during Mrs McKinley’s illness, a street guard quips at a passerby about his address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
John W. Foster
Benjamin Tarrison
United States
Harrison
McKinley
San Francisco
Dhmer
Ileme
Light Flash Observed From Mars Reported by Lowell Observatory
Prof Pickering notes a December telegram from Lowell Observatory Arizona reporting a shaft of light projected from Mars for about seventy minutes. He wired the world and sent neostyle copies across the country to broadcast the finding.
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Mars
Pickering
Lowell Observatory
Arizona
Europe
Glorious Sight of Wheat Fields in Western Canada
A Duluth reader reports Western Canada wheat yields averaging twenty five to thirty bushels per acre and shocks so dense it is hard to drive between them. He notes mild winters due to Japan current warm winds and dry air, and cites government agents advertising lands in Saskatchewan valley openings to attract settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Canada
Japan
Saskatchewan
Untitled civic ad fragment about remedies and scams
Fragmentary notice touts Wizard Oi for rheumatism and neuralgia then shifts to sales pitches and evasive lines about buying Lining Insise and Rass Blea jing Blue. It ends with vague disdain for scandals and a general warning about not being involved in mixups.
Patent Inquiry From Washington Address Noted
A fragment mentions an address in Washington D C and references to Free Handbeakan Patents. The text appears to be an OCR fragment noting a patent inquiry or filing from 12th Street in the capital, with unclear context or full names.
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Kad Dray Coggin
Uhaorlbut Co
Dos Moines
Iowa
Baker
Sioux City
Intout
Gumtet
12Th St
Washington, D. C
P.O
Richmond
Tennessee Pass
Wood Springs
Canon
Gunnison
Denver
Lorano
Also Mentioned on This Page
Narbonne
France
Pacific
Timor
Mingland
Wahitl
Tropics
Smith
Vitcairn
Lie Ovean
Sland
Pahitl
Blight
Duke of Wellington
Lonin
Wellington
WN. U
Des Moines
Star Mail
Prica
Be Hall
ROE Hework
Phelps Brown
O. Com
Newburgh
Wesobuers Cay Sl
Adirese
St. Louis, Mo
Canadi
Superintendent of Immigration
Department Af Interior
Ottawa
N. Bartholomew
Fifth Sky
Epworth League
Cal
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver & Rio
Royal Gorge
Leadville
Grand River
Glen Marshall Pass
Hooper
General Passenge
Ponstipation
Cascarets
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