Ohio Briefs Show Busy Campaigns and Then Some
Statewide politics and local incidents paint a crowded scene. T. H. Ricketts tops Republican rumor mill for state senator in Columbus while Fred Bright of Logan wins a Hocking-Vinton district nomination for representative in McArthur. Urbana reports Bertha Long injured from a hammock fall. Heat, accidents, and factory fires dot Marietta, Columbus, Bellefontaine and other towns as communities react to summer strain and shifting political contests.
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McArthur
Hocking-Vinton
Tuuesday
Fred Bright
Logan
Uncle Sam's Big Building at the World’s Fair
St Louis July 8 Work on the giant U S government exhibit at the World’s Fair progresses with vast steel arrivals. The 800 by 250 foot structure costs 4500000 and sits on a hill with gardens, statues, and a central Pantheon inspired dome topped by a 175 foot quadriga. The design is pseudo classic with Ionic columns and symbolic Republic artwork.
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St. Louis
United States
Gardner
Pantheon
Rome
Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea Promises Relief
Mrs Alice Miller of Morgan Texas shares a six year battle with diarrhoea ending after trying Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Following a testimonial she read She reports quick complete relief from one bottle costing only a few cents And the medicine is sold by McKees drug store.
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Alice Miller
Morgan
Texas
Bosque County
Chamberlain
McKee
The Madstone and Its Use on a Wound Victim in Georgia
A reporter observed Jacob’s madstone after removal from a ship child’s wound. Dr. P Jacobs cleansed it for a second application. The irregular stone, about 3 inches long, clung to the wound, suggesting remaining poison. A silverlike substance seeped from the edges during soaking. The boy’s condition improved, with the stone adhering for 72 hours. The Georgia water vision circulates as the peerie market trends.
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Jacob's Madstone
P. Jacobs
Jack
Kansas Wheat Crop Harvest Projections Amid Floods
Despite heavy rains and floods Kansas this year should harvest at least 70 million bushels of wheat. The crop quality tops years past, Hessian fly largely eradicated, with 5.4 million acres under wheat. Harvest labor estimated at 45,000 men for ten days at 2.50 daily, totaling 1.125 million in wages, plus bindings and other costs bringing total to about 1.75 million. At roughly 70 cents per bushel, farmers could net 45 to 49 million dollars in profit.
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Kansas
Electric Bitters Cited As Cure For Rheumatism In Colusa Man
Joe Golobick of Colusa California reports fifteen years of rheumatic pain ended by Electric Bitters. He says a few bottles cured him and praised it for liver and kidney benefits. The ad, printed in a hot weather section, notes a satisfaction guarantee by W H McKee Druggist.
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Joe Golobick
Colusa
Calif
W. H. McKee Druggist
Night Was Her Terror In Alexandria Ind Cough Cure
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana recounts severe night coughs and coughing blood from consumption. After failing other medicines, three Dr King’s New Discovery bottles cured her and she gained 58 pounds. The ad touts cure for coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and lung troubles priced at 1.00 with trial bottles free at W H McKee’s drug store. Also a quip notes the vice presidency as a poorly sought $8000 a year post.
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Chas. Applegate
Alexandria
Ind
Dr. King
W. H. McKee
Cholera Infantum Cure Promoted in Ad Notice
An old classified style advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil for treating cholera infantum in infants. It claims a cure is certain when used as directed and lists McKee's drug store as the seller.
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McKee’s Drug Store
Sleeping Car Service to Michigan A Through Toledo to Charlevoix
Sleeping car leaves Toledo at 4:11 p m for Charlevoix Petoskey Bay View and Harbor via Pere Marquette R R Direct connections made at Toledo by trains Nos 1 and 28 in the Ohio Central Lines Call on Agents for full particulars Rates etc Monnion Houk Gen Pass Augt Toledo O
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Toledo
Charlevoix
Petoskey
Bay View
Harbor
Pere Marquette R. R
Ohio Central
Monnion Houk
Gen
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Claim Unique Benefit
A vintage advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a gentle bowel and stomach remedy. It markets the pills as not causing griping and claims to ease constipation biliousness and liver troubles without irritation to mucous membranes.
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DeWitt
Ada
Marietta Columbus and Cleveland RB and Short Line Route
Marietta Columbus and Cleveland Rail Band routing links Marietta to Columbus Toledo Chicago and all points in the Northwest with a proposed short line route connecting major hubs and expanding service through the region.
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Marietta
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Points
Northwest
Rail route notices for Columbus Toledo through Parlor Cars
Good connections at Columbus and Toledo for all points in the west and northwest. Through Parlor Cars between Marietta Columbus and Toledo on trial no. 5. C RIDDELL, Gen. Supt. E. E. FINCH, Gen. Pass. Agt.
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Columbus
Toledo
Marietta
Tralia
Travelling Service Advertises Wide Route Network
Round trip routes listed include Butte Anaconda Helena Ogden Salt Lake City Spokane Wenatchee Portland and many Oregon Washington points to San Francisco Los Angeles and other western cities. For full information call or address W H Connor G A 53 East Fourth St Cincinnati Ohio.
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Anaconda
Helena
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Wenatchee
Wash
Portland
Oregon and Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles
W. H. Connor
G. A
East Fourth St
Cincinnati
Ohio
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