One Thousand Farmers Wanted in Dakota Land Boom
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers lands across twenty counties in Dakota at 87 to 15 dollars per acre. Prospective buyers are told values will double in a few months, with promises of good schools churches and nearby markets. W E Powell, immigration agent, invites inquiries at 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago.
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Dakota
South
North
Daota
West
W. E Powall
Old Colony Bulding
Chicago
Great Triumph Otto’s Cure for Throat Diseases Ad
Instant relief and a permanent cure promised by Otto’s Cure for throat and lung diseases. An agent offers a free sample bottle with guarantees, advertising Lange bottles priced at 50c and 2c in Vinton and Newhall.
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Otto
Palmer
Vinton
C. B
Freak Vine and Solar Cooking Device Featured
A freak vine near Fredonia N Y covers about 300 square feet with twenty eight pump kin fruits, fifteen weighing twenty pounds each, to be shown at fairs this fall. An Indian inventor built a sun powered cooker with a wood box lined with mirrors and a copper boiler to trap heat.
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Fredonia
India
Da Witt Witch Hazel Salve Ad Claims Trustworthy Cure
Advertisement urges demand for Da Witt Witch Hazel Salve and warns against counterfeits. Mentions extensive cures compared to rivals and cites J. S. Brubaker. Also notes harsh Siamese debtor laws allowing seizure and forced labor of debtors and family if arrears persist.
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da Witt
J. S. Brubaker
de Witt
J.S. Brebaker
Rubber Finger Tooth Brush Patented by Russian Inventor
A Russian inventor has patented a rubber toothbrush designed to slip over a finger. The device features two rubber sacks with bristles on the sides and ends, enabling cleaning by fingertip action.
Why Men Should Marry
A persuasive essay argues that marriage is natural for men and women and that remaining unmarried marks a moral and intellectual failure. It claims the unmarried man deprives a woman of her rightful partnership, stunts his own growth, and wastes his potential.
Uprising of the Timoches and Mexican Losses
After fierce fighting, only one of the seventy two Timoches remains. Mexican losses reach 216 killed and 310 wounded including several officers. Santa Teresa escaped. Weeks after the clash in Chihuahua, tensions linger with defiant talk about the uprising, but the church has been rebuilt and draws new settlers.
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Santa Terésa
Chihuahua
Prince of Wales injury remark and medical humor
When Sir William MacCormac arrived in consultation on the Prince of Wales accident the prince, with optimism, said it might have been worse. The College of Surgeons president quipped that a broken patella is harder to repair than a broken leg, highlighting the medical nuance.
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William MacCormac
Prince of Wales
The
College of Surgeons
Westminster
Causes of Short Sight in Town and Country Folk
Short sight is more common in towns than rural areas because urban residents have fewer chances to exercise distant vision and their work does not train it. It is not necessarily physical degeneracy, as notable contrasts exist with Germans who are notoriously short-sighted. A Clarion humorist weighs sounds from bagpipes and animals with humorous percentages.
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Clarion
Purification of Machine Oil by Centrifugal Filtration
Modern lathes produce oil contaminated with metal chips. Oil is placed in a centrifugal purifier where chips are flung outward and captured. Oil passes through perforated sides and exits purified, leaving chips inside the device.
Silk envelope from Paris seeks postal stamp integration
A Paris invention features a stiffened silk envelope with a pasted address patch. The developer aims to obtain government permission to weave a 15 centime Postage stamp into the silk, targeting an upcoming exhibition as a postal curiosity. A penny-in-the-slot bicycle pump and a misquoted exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer also appear.
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Paris
Color Clash at Camp Gordon Sparks Tense Scene
A newly appointed colored paymaster faced near-lynching by white soldiers at Camp Gordon Georgia after a dispute when Mary refused to take pay from a black man. The incident underscores racial tensions in military postings during the period.
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Camp Gordon
Mary
Consumption Cure Warmer's White Wine of Tar Syrup Remedy
An old ad touts a cough remedy claiming a cold can be cured in one day with Tar Syrup priced 25 and 60 cents. It notes availability at all druggists and sale by Jos. S. Brubaker. The copy urges households to keep a safe and certain cure for croup like One Minute Cough and mentions J Brabaker at a listed address.
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Anrest J.S. Brubsker
Onty
Warner
Jos. S. Brubaker
Brabaker
Royal Medicine Co
opReerbernst
Profitable choice: cows vs. heifers for dairy herd
A subscriber asks whether buying cows or heifers yields greater profit on 80 acres with a nearby creamery. Cows produce calves, milk worth 20 to 30, and end value similar. costs of keeping are higher. Heifers mature to milk later, with lower immediate income but growing value. Conclusion: cows more profitable, buy young cows with strong milkers, select top heifers from the best cows and feed for steady milk.
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Wallaces
Bucklen Arnica Salve for sale by J S Brubaker
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It allegedly cures piles or no pay. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by J S Brubaker.
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J.S. Brubaker
Round trip tickets offered by B C R N Ry agents
All agents of the B C R and N Ry will sell round trip tickets at the usual reduced rates. Tickets on sale December 24 25 26 and 31 1898 January 1 and 2 1899. Return limit January 4 For further particulars call on B C R and N Ry agents. January.
Homeseekers Excursion and California Tours Offer
Advertisement outlines Homeseekers Excursion dates November 1 and 15 and December 6 and 20 with round trip tickets at One Fare plus 2 to Iowa Minnesota South Dakota north of Shell Rock Abbott Crossing and to Waverly and many southern western northern cities. Also promotes weekly B C R N Tourists Excursions to California with a Tuesday night sleeping car to Los Angeles and San Francisco and a four day Southern route to Kansas City and Fort Worth at 550 per berth plus meals and staff, inquiries to J Morton Cedar Rapids Ia.
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Phillips
Kansas City Ft. Worth
Texas
Southern Pacific Railway
J. Morton
Vedar Rapids
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Shell Rock
Abbott Crossing
Waverly
Northero
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G.P
T. A
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
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Southern Pacific Ry
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Cedar Rapide
Ghostly Gaffe Delights Dublin Hamlet Crowd
A Dublin Queen's Theatre Hamlet performance amused fans when the ghost actor paused, read an evening paper with spectacles on, then rushed on stage missing beard and glasses. The audience sensed the joke as lines landed with a snicker after the ghost asked for the specs.
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Queen’ Theater
Dublin
T. C. King
Hamlet
Anothe
Cornhil Magazine
Scene Laughs in Garden Misstep at Stage Laugh Line
A Detroit Free Press item notes a leading lady scolding a low comedian with a sharp line "Never approach me again," as he theatrically falls through a garden scene dodging her withering glance. The exchange captures a comic Broadway-style moment.
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Detroit Free Press
An Alarm Padlock Sparks Alarm Over Explosive Feature
A new padlock design includes an auxiliary chamber with an explosive that detonates when tampered with. The device fires the explosive via a hammer mechanism inside the lock, creating an audible alarm threat.
A Cheerful Outlook on War Interests Tit-Bits
A brief Tit-Bits comment admires potential national benefits of war. One speaker quotes I think war would do this country good and the other agrees imagining brass bands marching to the front. The excerpt captures a cheerful, provocative prowar sentiment in a humorous periodical snippet.
Riddle: Why isn't a wife the better half when she gets the best foes
A playful question about marriage roles. The joke frames a wife as winning in exchanges, implying partnership dynamic where she “gets the best” of the other half. It treats the idea with light humor rather than a strict fact.
Watson Real Estate On Market In Benton County Iowa
Matt Gaasch as assignee of S. H. Watson and Sons announces sale of Benton county Iowa land and parcels in South Dakota Des Moines and Minneapolis. Property held nine months to satisfy creditors. buyers invited to call at the bank building to discuss bargains and proceeds.
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Matt Gaasch
S. H. Watson and Sons
Watson Real Estate
Benton County
Iowa
South Dakota
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Mr. Watson
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