Best Lands in Southwestern Missouri Offer Fertile Soil
Choose the Best Lands. Southwestern Missouri lands are the most fertile in the country. The soil is productive and a good crop always assured. An abundance of the best of good pure water. Special inducements are being offered just now for those desiring to secure lands in this part of the west. For particulars write J. M. Purdy, manager of Missouri Land and Live Stock Co., Neosha, Missouri. See advertisement in another column.
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Missouri
West
J. M. Purdy
Missouri Land and Live Stock Co
Neosha
Slow Time Assured Instructs Simms To Delay Doctor Visit
Mrs Jinks says she sent Simms the colored man to fetch the doctor. Mrs Blinks doubts the plan noting the delay could take two hours and remarks he was once a hotel waiter.
Low Rate Excursion South By Louisville & Nashville Railroad
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month until October round trip rates to southern points will be offered. Inquiries should be made to ticket agents. if tickets cannot be sold, write to P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Kentucky, or Geo. B. Horner, D. Pp. A., St. Louis, Missouri.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
Geo. B. Horner
D. Pp
St. Louis
Reasoning by Deduction at Home After Races
Ella questions how to tell if her husband lost money at the races. Stella says she knew he did, noting he began talking about the advantage of saving money after returning home.
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Ella
Stella
Grow 40c Wheat Promoted By Salzer Seed Catalogue
Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue promotes 40c wheat as a valuable aid for farmers. It invites readers to send a 4 cent stamp for the catalogue and free grain samples for fall sowing from John A. Salzer Seed Co. of LaCrosse Wisconsin.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
Columbia
Stark Bros Nurseries Expands Propagation and Sales Reach
The Stark Bros Nurseries and Plant Co. in this city and Rockford Illinois is booming with a beehive of activity. The Two Pikes propagations enlarge while Old Pike's salesmen spread from New York westward. The office sends 5,000 new style canvassing outfits with fruit and tree photos as departments pursue aggressive sales. Stark Bros seeks energetic solicitors amid rapid growth and millions of fruit trees.
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Stark Bros
Rockford
Louisiana
Missouri
Not Quite Explained
A comic exchange features Mrs Blonde questioning a mysterious black hair and Mr Blonde replying about a black horse. The dialogue pivots on wordplay about the hair and the horse, delivering a light humorous moment with a quirky twist.
The Change of Life Advice From Mrs Keir Patchogue
Mrs Keir of Patchogue on approaching the change of life. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving bearing down pains, backache, and kidney issues after ten years of use. She cites her daughter's improvement from catarrh of the womb and endorses the remedy as a bridge to health. She offers to contact Mrs Pinkham for guidance.
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Lydia TE. Pinkham
Mas. L. Keir
Patchogue
L. I
Personal notices and ads with varied topics
Personal. ANY ONE who has been benefited by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, will receive information of much value and interest by writing to Pink Pills, P.O. box 1592, Philadelphia, Pa n England men of title who, for a consideration, allow their names to figure in the directory of stock companies, are called "guinea pigs." Town farms for sale on crop payments. 10 per cent cash, balance to crop yearly until paid for. J. MULHALL, Waukegan, Ill- Pope often rewrote a poem eight or ten times before permitting it to go to the printer.
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England
J. Mulhall
Waukegan
Ill
Pope
California Fig Syrup Co
God
Heaven
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Niagara
New York
Joshua
Paul
Asa
Abia
Joseph
Mary
Rehoboam
Rahab
Thamar
Bathsheba
Star of Hope
Painful Ignorance In A Sunday School Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue features a teacher asking about the seeds of dissension and Mary Jane Griggs replying with a rural joke about seed jars, guessing prizes, and a bedroom set or tandem bicycle as the reward.
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Mary Jane Griggs
Whose Son Art Thou Thou Young Man Heritage Sermon
David and Goliath are contrasted to urge inherited traits across generations. The sermon argues heredity reflects blood, virtue, and vice, urging those with Christian ancestry to honor the legacy, while those with difficult parentage can conquer through grace, duty, and faith, aiming for divine heirship.
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David
Goliath
Jeaden
Saul
House of Austria
Hapsburg
House of Stuart
Queen of Scots
Charles I
Charles II
James I
James II
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Alexanders
Kembles
Trollopes
Wilberforces
Adamses
Henry
Catharine
Navarre
Cassini
Medici
Gustave Adolphus
Edward I
Edward III
Duke of Northumberland
England
Frederick William
Frederick the Great
Children shaped by example to grow kind and caring
The passage argues that children mirror their surroundings and through loving example become tender or harsh, sympathetic or selfish. A persuasive influence early on helps them take pleasure in others joy and share in pain, fostering habits of kindness and self sacrifice.
Sin’s Cost and Folly Warned by Reverend Baker
A Rev P A Baker sermon from Columbus Ohio decries sin as costly and futile. It notes flowers fading along the path of sin, fruitless journeys for Sabbath breakers and drinkers, and ruin to prospects, constitutions, and families. The warning frames sin as a toll on moral and social well‑being.
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P. A. Baker
Columbus
Emma Hardinge Britten on beliefs and eternal progress
Emma Hardinge Britten articulates a creedless spiritualist view emphasizing the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of humanity. She asserts immortality of the soul and personal accountability, with universal opportunity for eternal progress through righteous deeds.
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God
Emma Hardinge Britten
Do Our Best Quote by Deaconess Advocate
A reflective motto asserts that effort can grow hearts and aid without diminishing virtue or generosity. It extols action beyond current deeds, claiming love and charity remain intact when one gives more and strives harder.
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Deaconess Advocate
Been There Lord Lampton Court Call In Divorce Tales
A brisk social exchange recalls travels abroad and court society. Mrs Lightly confirms multiple seasons and two previous marriages, underscoring the era’s emphasis on residence, presentation, and remarriage in high society.
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Lord Lampton
Lightly
Apprehensive Quip about Women Buttering Home life
A voiced remark questions why men oppose the advanced woman noting men fear there will be nobody left to make home made preserves. The exchange hints at gender role tensions in a domestic context.
Poker Talk Snags Night of High Stakes Cards
An item recounts a card game night where players bet heavily. Mabel I notes a call on a queen while abroad. Jack Potts claims calling on three queens cost him 500 and his clothes. The tone resembles a social column brief on gambling costs and wagers.
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Mabel
Jack Potts
Veil of Mist and Remedies in Malaria Regions
A miasmatic veil rising from lowlands carries seeds of malaria and fever. The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as protection and remedy for dyspepsia constipation kidney trouble and rheumatism. Includes a quip about Sunday work and a 1805 customer testimonial for Piso's Cure for Consumption. The bathing suit note hints at fashion in 1806.
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Homeseekers
Great North and South
Kansas City
Port Arthur
Gulf of Mexico
O A
Arkansas
Suthwest
Farainos
Weet Etn
Mena
Ark
Mina Yo Hot Springs
Tuskahoma
Fort Smith
Texarkana
Oklahoma
United States
F. A. Hornbeck
Pittsburg & Gulf Railway
7Th and Wyandotte Sts
Kansas City, Mo
City Sportsman
Wom.an
Long Island
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury, Mass
Boston
Talmage
Aaron Burr
Burr
Pierrepont Edwards
New York Society
Spiritualism
Jack
Tom
Churen
J. B. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
Pilgarlic
Ayer
Middle South
Portage F Jon
Middle Soth Pebh. Co
Somorville
Mah Mabit
Mansu
Quincey
Mich
W'N.u. D.M
Pope Mfg. Co
Hartford, C
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