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Newspaper
Belleville Freeman
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
7
An ad promotes Grain-O as a non stimulating drink that can replace coffee at night. It nourishes and cheers without spoiling sleep, highlighting grain-based ingredients and a pleasant taste. Suitable for nervous persons, youth, and children. available in 15 and 25 cent packages at grocers.
A Somerville Journal snippet shows a poet lamenting keeping the wolf from the door while his wife jokes he should read aloud a rejected poem on the doorstep. The brief exchange captures bleak humor about income and art.
A Kansas advertisement offers $15 weekly salary to a man with a rig to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture nationwide. Address with stamp to Section Mfg. Co., Parsons, Kansas. Also notes pro campaign fund quip and multiple self-help endorsements for various remedies from papers.
Indianapolis January 20 on the joint ballot Beveridge rep defeated Turpie dem by 30 for United States senator. Beveridge becomes the youngest senator beside North Carolina's Marion Bauer. From a teamster and log hauler youth to Depauw graduate and famed orator his rise is noted as unparalleled in the piece.
In a New Year prelude, Mamie and Sadie chat at the counter about calendars. Mamie, a young salesgirl, hides two 25 cent calendars in a drawer planning to wait for prices to drop to five cents before buying them, while Sadie eagerly asks for one to hold.
A shipping clerk stores rubber stamps in a deep box on a shelf. An in-charge errand boy nails the partition so each stamp hangs on two nails. He prints an impression on paper and pastes it above the iron stamp, saving at least an hour daily. The Furniture Journal notes this method may foreshadow future business acumen.
A rector pauses his sermon to explain a harsh remark by an older brother to his young daughter about her honesty. The exchange ends with the father clarifying the meaning of her brother’s insult in a gentle moment. Also includes an old advertisement praising Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from PF F. Cheney & Co of Toledo and a note about Hall's Family Pills.
In a quip on social propriety Miss Worth-It's remark about giving jewelry to an unengaged girl prompts Mr. Strong to joke that the only ones who would approve are all the other girls. The line reflects a witty exchange on courtship customs.
Costs but le per lb to grow Salzer seed catalog and package licenses for German Coffee Berry Java Coffee and New American Chicory. Mail 15c for one package or 30c for all three plus free catalogue. Includes testimonials such as Piso’s Cure and St Jacobs Oil mentions and ramblings about etiquette and rheumatism.
Public officials debate the status of Porto Rico amid its near one million foreign language speakers. The piece notes a historic annexation and contrasts it with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claimed to cure malaria fever and ague by purging poisons and building resistance.
A brief Chicago Post quip notes T promises a new leaf, but winter delays any change. A playful exchange shows T and J discussing spring as the imagined turning point. No further details or context provided.
The Louisville Air Line launches a seasonal sleeping car route to Jacksonville Florida in partnership with Southern Railway Queen and Crescent Route and Florida and Central Peninsular railroad. It serves Louisville Lexington Chattanooga Atlanta Macon with a Florida connection via Asheville North Carolina presenting a year round access to a major resort. Correspondence solicited and information promptly furnished. R A Campbell General Passenger Agent St Louis Mo.
An Indianapolis Journal line asks who Hobson was, labeling him a hero of the merry smack and a member of the Countless Generation as yet unborn, inviting reflection on a historical figure or legend.
An advertorial note promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee if it fails The copy includes promotional phrases from Ram's Horn and St Jacobs Oil touting cures for bruises soreness and stillness and asks where it has gone in relation to the product line
A medical tone article argues female melancholy signals disease of generation organs. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy, citing a letter from Mrs. F. S. Bennett of Westphalia Kansas praising improved health after treatment.
The first assistant postmaster general issued an order increasing salaries for all regular free delivery carriers who provide their own horses from 300 to 409 dollars per year. The raise, effective from January 1, aims to ease resignations amid low pay and applies to all free delivery offices nationwide.
In Washington on January 21, the secretary of war directed amendments to general orders detailing rations for Cuban destitutes. Rations per 100 total include bacon or tinned meat, flour or cornmeal, coffee, sugar, vinegar, salt, pepper, soap, and rice.
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