Stark Bros Nurseries A World Leading Plant Firm
The Stark Bros Nurseries and Orchards company, based in Louisiana, operates the largest fruit nursery network with over 1,000 traveling solicitors and extensive packing houses near the railroad. Its orchards cover 50,000 acres across 24 states, with more than 3.5 million trees on the partnership plan and millions more on cooperative arrangements. The firm has global reach to Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary and beyond, with customers in New Zealand and Australia, and is credited with boosting Missouri fruit growing prestige. Louisiana firms rely heavily on its traveling sales force, and the company continues to expand its staff and sales operations.
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St. Louis Republic
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Stark Bro’s Nurseries and Orchards Company
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Canada
Germany
France
Italy
Hungary
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Australia
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Temperance rulings show brewer certificates and church stance
Under the Raines liquor tax law on May 1 brewers filed for 700, 300 and 150 certificates totaling 1,150, worth $920,900. Separately the Southern Baptist convention at Chattanooga adopted strong resolutions condemning members who deal in liquor or use property for liquor purposes.
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New York
Southern Baptist Convention
Chattanooga
A Story of Colorado Gold in Cripple Creek
A newly issued illustrated book on Cripple Creek mining by O W Crawford, from the Masonic Temple Chicago, with E S Rice color drawings. It covers locating, milling, treating gold, mining titles, camping, Cripple Park and Apollinaris Springs, with a note on the Indian name Qubeeka. Price fifty cents, offer for five names and addresses to obtain postage paid.
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Cripple Creek
O. W. Crawford
Masonic Temple
Chicago
E.S. Rice
Rockies
Cripple Park
Apollinaris Springs
Qubeeka
Quimberly Quotes on Intellectual Women in Witty Exchange
A remark questions the idea of an intellectual woman with a humorous line about a ladder and a top shelf. The exchange implies wit over conventional expectations and hints at stereotypes about women and intellect in a lighthearted, playful tone.
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Quimberly
Notre Dame University Enters Fifty Third Year
Announcement urges parents and guardians to consider Notre Dame University Indiana for next session starting September 8 1896. Describes exceptional facilities for mind and heart and recommends writing for particulars before arranging education elsewhere.
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Notre Dame University
Institution of Learning
Thc
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
Hats for ladies selling fast in London West End shops
Persimmon hats for ladies are already being largely sold in London's West End stores as demand rises.
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London
West End
Two Open Letters From a Chicago Girl on Happiness
A Chicago woman narrates how Mrs. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helped a nineteen year old sufferer from profuse menstruation and possible consumption. The letter shows personal trust, ongoing gratitude, and plans for marriage, with other testimonials implying broader acceptance and calls for candor from physicians.
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Chicago
Senate Defeats Beer Tax Increase In 34 27 Vote
The U S senate rejected a proposal to raise beer tax by 75 cents per barrel in a 34 to 27 roll call, taken during discussion of the filled cheese bill. In South Carolina, an anti lynching bill expanding penalties for negligent officials and authorizing damages for counties where lynchings occur passed both houses. New York Supreme Court struck down the $50 to $55 million estate appropriation for a subway project from Battery to Harlem, likely shelving the work.
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United States Senate
South Carolina
Supreme Court of New York
the Battery
Harlem
Salzer Seed Co. Catalogue Offers 40c Wheat Growth Guide
Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue promises a valuable guide to growing 40c wheat and more. Farmers urged to send a 4-cent stamp for the catalogue and free grain samples for fall sowing from Jay A. Salzer Seed Co. LaCrosse.
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Salzer
Jay A. Salzer
Miss Grace Howe McKinley Studying at Mount Holyoke College
Grace Howe McKinley, niece of former Governor McKinley, is a student at Mount Holyoke College.
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Grace Howe McKinley
McKinley
Mount Holyoke College
Charles City College Offers 30 Day Trial Free
Charles City College in Charles City Iowa promotes a 30 day trial free in its business stenographic typewriting and preparatory college departments. Insurance companies have begun in the west to insure against tornadoes and cyclones damages.
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Charles City College
Charles City
Iowa
Hall Cures and Odd Claims Span Wide Market
An assortment of sensational patent medicine claims fills the page, offering Hall's Vatarrh Cure for 75e and Coe's Cough Remedies as the oldest and best for quick relief, along with free offers from Dr Kline's nerve restorer. A Nebraska ad seeks a husband who owns a printing office, while Pope Leo XIII reportedly uses snuff made for him in Baltimore sent in jars to Rome. A giant tree in Gippsland Australia is noted as taller than the eucalyptus.
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Leo XIII
Baltimore
Rome
Baby Teething Remedy Mentioned for Weary Parents
An ad notes Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup as a trusted teething remedy for infants. A curious claim about Ireland’s eastern coast states it rains about 208 days annually, though context appears unrelated to the product.
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Ireland
Hannah the Industrious Christian Mother in First Samuel
A sermon on Hannah from first Samuel portraying her as an industrious intelligent mother who makes Samuel’s coat yearly and raises a godly son. It argues mothers shape futures, warns against negligent parenting, and lauds Christian motherhood as vital to family and nation.
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Deborah
Abigail
William Tell
Hannah
Elkanah
Flkenah
Samuel
Shiloh
Hanpal
Jeroham
Elihu
Tohu
Zuph
Cuy House
Samuel Johnson
Alfred the Great
Isaac Newton
St. Augustine
Richard Cecil
Edwards
John
Renaria
George
Eyrie
Desert
Nuisery
Eunice
Timothy
God as Creator and Governing Power, Says Rabbi Krauskopf
Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf argues that the vast universe and order around man imply a creative and governing force greater than humanity. He states that with sight, hearing, reason, and conscience, one cannot deny a supreme power, variously named, which he identifies as God.
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God
Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf
Saying No A Practical Guide To Firm Boundaries
A concise note urging clear boundary setting with the emphasis on mastering refusal. It argues that learning to say no is more useful than studying additional languages, framing the stance as practical self assertion.
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Spurgeon
Virginia Farm Lands Auction Under Cheap Rail Fare
An ad promotes rail trips July 7 and 21 and August 4 and 18 from the northwest to Virginia with a round trip fare plus 2 dollars. Homeseekers are urged to visit rich farm lands with cheap transport and strong markets. Send for rates and a pamphlet. contact U S Truitt, N W P A, 234 Clark Street, Chicago. A tip suggests dry corn starch or pulverized soapstone to prevent perspiration when wearing kid gloves.
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Northwest
Big Four
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Virginia
U. S. Truitt
Clark Street
Chicago
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Family Laxative Remedy
The passage extols Syrup of Figs for laxative use citing pleasant flavor and gentle action. It notes Mrs Reed’s praise for her husband not being nominated at a St. Louis convention and lists Japan's rank among nations, with China India Russia the United States and Germany ahead.
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Japan
China
India
Russia
United States
Germany
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