Odell Type Writer Ad Promises Easy Operation and High Pay
An old newspaper ad from Chicago Illinois touts the Odell Type Writer offering 20 dollars for the Odell Ty Writer Check Perforator and 15 dollars for the Single Case model. It claims durability simplicity and low repair costs with no ink ribbon and easy operation. The maker advertises fast training and a thousand dollar prize to any operator who matches the Double Case model. Salesmen are sought for dealer programs.
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Odell Ty
Odell
Ted
Gaia
Tyre Writer Co
Chicago
Illinois
Westward Rulings And Global Ventures Highlight The Era
The piece surveys political talk about a western president, a Congo tribe’s sleep death disease, and a New York Astor hotel project. It notes Nebraska drought relief, labor tensions with Powderly, naval vessel Maine, and a proposed Alaska rail link with Russia, plus irrigation in California and gas shocks in Pittsburgh.
The peril of trust in domestic hires echoed in court
A commentator warns that pampering servants creates risk of betrayal as a trusted hireling may become a keyhole spy. He recalls a servant overhearing voices in a room by the O Shea vase and testing a locked door, illustrating how private household knowledge can be weaponized against an employer.
Mexican onyx and new Missouri quarries near St Louis
The article describes Mexican onyx formed by lime water and ore, showing color reactions for gold silver copper iron zinc and arsenic. It notes ancient Solomon mines, then German and American finds, and announces new inexhaustible onyx quarries in Crawford County Missouri within seventy miles of St. Louis. It ends with a drug advertisement for Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and L. M. Bosworth in Ames Iowa.
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Solomon
Africa
Oberstein
Germany
America
Mexico
Yankee Republic
Missouri
Crawford County
Ozark Range
St. Louis
United States
Itch Mange and Scratches Cured in 30 Minutes
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promises a quick cure for itch, mange, and scratches on humans or animals. Sold by L. M. Bosworth, Druggist, Ames. Spare ribs will be plenty in Utah this fall as Mormons plan to keep to one wife.
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Woolford
L. M. Bosworth
Ames
Iowa
Utah
Lowa
Capture of a dollar store mistaken for a bank
A man asks if a dollar store is a bank and a teller corrected him, noting the difference. The brief exchange shows confusion over the business type and the teller’s firm reply.
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Gargoyle
Teeller
Smohalla’s Sioux Revival Stirs Tension Across Dakotas
An Indian prophet and medicine man known as Smohalla leads a revival among the Sioux, predicting the earth will swallow whites while Indians rise and live in a restored world. He claims the white man’s civilization will end and foretells white defeat, even as a mule-loss case ends with a mysterious forecast.
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Goodale
Athly
Ian
Sibley Army
Politan
Ket
Frontier Aman
Dakota
Smohalla
America
Census reveals rapid growth in Midwest towns across states
In Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan census figures show Chicago and Detroit dominate growth while other towns like Elgin Joliet Des Moines Sioux City Muskegon Owosso Grand Rapids and Madison display significant gains. Des Moines and Sioux City double, Des Moines reaches 50 000, Detroit climbs to 205 869, Milwaukee 204 150.
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Chicago
Peoria
Elgin
Joliet
Mlinois
Marion
Muncie
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa City
Detroit
Muskegon
Little Owosso
Grand Rapids
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Ashland
Oshkosh
Heart Cure for Nervous Women Promoted by Bosworth
Advertisement touts Dr Miles New Heart cure for women with heart and nervous malady. Claims include relief from shortness of breath fluttering pain and swelling with a Restorative Service and a free treatise on heart and nervous diseases. Sold and guaranteed by L M Bosworth.
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Miles
L. M. Bosworth
Noted Elopements and Nervous Disorders Advertised
The item cites rich educated girls eloping with various partners and claims Dr Franklin Miles identifies such behavior as historical and nervous. It promotes Restorative Nervine with trial bottles and a book of cures at L M Bosworth's, who also touts the New Heart Cure as a tonic.
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Franklin Miles
L. M. Bosworth’s
Miles
Finding the one who completes you and the flaws of a famed playwright
The piece extols a soulmate ideal and warns of moral failings in Dion Boucicault. It questions whether true partnership exists, then shifts to Bocicault’s estranged marriage and a lawsuit over alimony. It references political intrigue and historical figures as examples of trust and scandal.
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Dion Boucicault
Boucicault
Local Jeweler Shifts Focus to Optical Goods After Year Start
After January 1, 1890 the shop will specialize in optics with Mr. Fallman handling the repairing department. Jewelry stock will be cut to cost to make room for optical goods while a full jewelry line remains available.
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Ician
Ames, IA
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