Noted Knight Templar Praises Peruna Remedy
A Chicago jeweler and lodge member T P Moody endorses Peruna for catarrh and stomach trouble in a letter from 5900 Michigan avenue. The ad cites years of illness cured and urges readers to seek the remedy via The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Moody
Templar
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
K. T's
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan Avenue
Moody
Carbone
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Perwna
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimony and patent medicine ad
An 1896 Toledo notice features Frank J. Cheney signing an oath as senior partner of E F J Cheney Co promising a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad touts internal medicine and mucous-surface action, with testimonials and Hall's Family Pills advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
EF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. D
LY & CO
Tuleds
F. UJ
Druegists
Fie
Equally to Blame and Odd Ads from 1901
A compact clippings-style note shows a Chicago Tribune quotation on politeness about hiding a letter. The page advertises Piso’s Cure for Consumption from Mrs S I Borden in Washington DC dated May 25 1901. A playful line imagines a timid person asked to rally to a flag, replying with a white flag punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. I. Borden
F Street
Washington, D.C
Prodigiously prolific millet offer amid hay shortage note
Announcement promotes millet as a hay substitute with pricing for 60 lb and 100 lb units, plus freight terms from Lews Freight and John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. Mentions China canal length of 2100 miles as a world record inland waterway comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lews
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. C
China
Lane's Family Medicine and Travel Offers 1902
Advertises Lane's Family Medicine claiming health benefits and urging daily use. Mentions price 25 and 50 cents and remedies for headaches. Promotes railroad travel discounts to California Oregon Washington via Nickel Plate Road with tours on select days and illustrated pamphlet available for two-cent stamp. Includes agent contacts in Chicago and Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Oregon and
Washington
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Caer
New England
S. A. Hutchison
Clark Street
Fire Sweeps Atlantic City Beach Destroys Hotels
A massive fire along Atlantic City New Jersey waterfront destroyed eight hotels and caused an estimated $2 million in losses. The blaze began at Brady's bathhouse on the boardwalk and spread three city blocks aided by a strong southwest wind. six lives were initially reported but later details were unclear. Firefighters from Philadelphia and Camden assisted as winds fanned the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Atlantic City
N. J
Eigh
Philadelphia
Camden
Brady
New York and
Kentucky Avenues
Illlnois Avenue
Tennessee Avenue
Windsor
Berkley
Stratford
Stickney
Luray
Tarlton
Everard
New Holland
Kentucky Avenue
Young's Pier
United States
Passenger Train Snowbound in North Dakota Blizzard
News reports 250 passengers stranded on a Great Northern train in a North Dakota blizzard. After four days amid cold and hunger, two passengers went insane and a passenger attempted self harm. A lone electrician at a telegraph pole relayed a message to Minot to summon aid and relief crews arrived with food and snow plows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
North Dakota
Colgrove
University of Washington
Ray
Williston
Phil
Northwest
Railroads Announce Fare Revisions and Expansions
The Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commission approves freight rate revisions. 2000 mile books will not be honored east of the Missouri river except by the issuing line. Grand Trunk carries 30,000 tourists to Canada. Great Northern offers new low rate excursions from Chicago and St. Paul to western points. St. Louis and San Francisco plans Pacific coast reach with San Francisco as final. Sleeping cars unlikely to be dropped soon. Wisconsin Central orders six coaches and Erie ten baggage cars. Big Four president decries pension plans as encouraging thriftlessness. Illinois Central to add double track from Chicago to New Orleans as soon as possible, with most work south of the Ohio.
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Southwestern Passenger Association
Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Missouri River
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Great Northern Road
Chicago
St. Paul
Yoakum
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Wisconsin Central
Erie
Ingall
Big Four
Ilinois Central
New Orleans
Cairo
Ohio River
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praise
A Miss Elizabeth Caine testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing eight months of suppressed menstruation and general debility. The ad claims the product renews the body, invites letters for free advice, and warns that fake testimonials exist.
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Draix
Lydia E. Pinkham
EvizaBeth Caine
Fond du Lac
Wis
Woes of the Weather Man's Wife
A humorous Baltimore American item jokes about a weather man's wife unhappy with his snow predictions. She vents at her mother that his forecasts ruin her spring dress plans while the thermometer reads forty degrees below zero in organdie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Baltimore American
More Factories Needed in Western Towns
Unionville Missouri shows how a single factory can transform a town. The Putnam Fadeless Dye Company's plant employs many residents, sends 300 to 7,000 pieces of mail daily, and boosts local business through shipping, telegraph and railroad activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
North
Missouri
Putnam Fadeless Dye Company
Putnam
Coughing Leads to Consumption Warns of Kemp's Balsam
An old advertisement urges readers to try Kemp's Balsam to stop a cough claiming it prevents consumption. It offers a free sample bottle and lists 25 and 50 cent bottle sizes with a strong call to act quickly.
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Kemp
Wonderful Western crops push prairie yields to new highs
Reports from the Agricultural Statistics branch show actual threshing yields across the Territories. In Regina district wheat runs 40 to 45 bushels per acre with big senders like Snell and Motherwell posting high totals. Edmonton area records include 73 bushels per acre for wheat and 116 for oats, underscoring Western Canadian prairie potential.
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Regina
Assiniboia
Canada
Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Territories
Territorial Department
J. A. Snell
Yorkton
W. R. Motherwell
Abernethy
Edmonton
T. T. Hutchings
Norman
Passenger rates for Pacific Coast and western routes listed
The notice details round trip and one way fares in March and April to Pacific Coast, Chicago to Helena Butte Anaconda Ogden Salt Lake City Spokane and other points, plus tourist sleeping cars. It directs readers to contact ticket agents or W B Kuiskern at 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago for maps and particulars. It also states a granite cross section weight of 24 500 pounds for a half inch cube.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
W. B. Kuiskern
Fifth Avenue
Lil
Tawkins Visits South and Attends Lynching
Dramatic critic Tawkins spent vacationing down South and attended a lynching. He criticized the affair as lacking action and devoid of incident. The piece ends with a note on preferred Eagle Linen Paper for letter writing and a mention of London's planned seven story skyscraper.
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Tawkins
Putnam dyes and laundry tips in old ad copy
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for keeping clothes white, claims porous skin curiosity about hand pores, and notes Putnam faceless dyes color all fibers at one boil. It also mentions a steel barge built to transport grain on the Great Lakes with a 72,000 bushel capacity.
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Great Lakes
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Perma
Peruna
Hartman
Douglas
Ara
Liane Aries
Wal. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
G&j Tire CO
Indianepolis
Ind
Auomakers
Roc
Ely’s
Tuba
Ely Bros
Warrer St. NY
Mailit
Boston
Washington Star
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
Chicago Tribune
Lane
Nebraska
State
Nickel Plate
North Pacific Coast
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Winslow
North Dakota Prairies
Ste; An
Young People’s Christian Temcee Association
Elizabeth Aine
Fond du Lac, Wis
Elizabeth Caine
Wan
Charles
Western
Pape
Samuel Pitcher
NEW _ YORK
Ayer
J. W. Fiala
Hadiyme, Ct
Anli
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Maas
Ae Mata
A. d. Tower CO
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Atlas O
Western Canada
F. Pedley
Ottawa
Joseph Young
State Street East
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Michigan
M. W. McInnes
Avenue
Detroit
Jas
New York City
Meyer & CO
Broadway
Bears
THE
Centaur Company
NEW Tork Orry
London
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
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