Travel agents sought for Indiana posting
Wanted several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies to travel in Indiana for established reliable house. Salary 780 dollars plus expenses, steady position. Enclose reference and SASE. The Dominion Company, Third Floor, Omaha Ridg., Chicago, Illinois. Ten million feet of logs fell into the Androscoggin river in Maine. DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure recommended for summer ailments. Vast quantities of American canned salmon destined for England this year.
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England
Trusted travelers sought for Indiana assignment
The Dominion Company seeks trustworthy gentlemen or ladies to travel in Indiana for an established, reliable house. Salary 780 plus expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self addressed envelope to Third Floor, Omaha Building, Chicago, 721.
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Indiana
the Dominion Company
Omaha
Chicago
Ragette Debate Sparks Theorized Inventor of Work
A brief, quotable exchange explores who coined the concept of work. The speakers joke about originator status, suggesting no clear inventor and musing on the act being finished. The line reflects a playful, philosophical nugget rather than a factual report.
Witch Hazel Salve Promised For Ulcers And Piles
The advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a speedy healer for indolent ulcers and open sores and proclaims it the best pile cure known, marketed by O.S. Coffin & Co.
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DeWitt
Great Pile
Coffin & Co
O.S. Coffin & Co
Old London Bridge piles found in good condition
Fragments report piles from the old London Bridge were discovered and judged sound as the new bridge rose, indicating substantial remnants remained intact during construction and verified by surveyors.
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Old London Bridge
Electric Bitters Endorsement By Worthington Editor
Worthington editor Morrison lauds Electric Bitters as a valuable prescription for constipation and sick headache and a general system tonic. Mrs Annie Stehle of Chicago, nearly run down by digestive issues and fatigue, recovered after six bottles, with relief of backache and renewed strength. Available at Owens and Hill's Drug Store.
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Morrison
Worthington
Ind
Sun
Annie Stehle
Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago
Owens& Hill
DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure Advertisement Claim
Don’t trifle away time when you have cholera morbus or diarrhoea Fight them in the beginning with DeWitts Colic Cholera Cure. You don’t have to wait for results, they are instantaneous, and it leaves the bowels in healthy condition. OQ. 8. Coffin and Co.
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Coffin & Co
India Rubber Bottle Fails Water-Tight Test
Experiments with a hermetically sealed rubber bottle of water reveal that rubber, long regarded as absolutely water-tight, is not completely leakproof.
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India
Little Daughter Relieved by Chamberlin Colic Remedy
A Barnitz Pa. resident Mr Lewis Dayton notes his young daughter's stomach troubles are quickly eased by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He reports the family uses it with the same success. Sold by O S Coffin & Co Druggists.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlain’s
B. B. Buffman
Friendsville, Susquehanna Co
Goffin & Co
Lewis Dayton
Barnitz
Dayton
Coffin & Co
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
A Chicago woman reportedly arrested 700 times in 25 years is cited to illustrate intemperance. The ad promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a quick, safe remedy for children, claiming it is the only harm-free treatment that yields immediate results, from O.S. Coffin & Co.
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James L. Francis
Chicago
Bays
Owen
Hill
O.S. Coffin & Co
Peking paper notes Li Hung Chang travel Europe
Fragment from a historical clipping mentions a Peking paper started last May under Klau-Shu-Tschu-Chu-Pao edited by Chi Zung publishing Li Hung Chang's notes of travel in Europe. It also cites De Witt's remedies and a bicycle accident in Lancaster Kentucky with a deadly chest wound.
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Chi. Zung
Li Hung Chang
Europe
Shoddy cloth costs and trade talk from Bradford mill
In Bradford on July 6 1896 a factory manager discusses shoddy production costs. He outlines materials such as mango and cotton, weaving and labor costs, and the final cloth price of about 9 pence per yard. The exchange notes low profits per piece and widespread cheap imports, with references to cotton prices and regional makers. Also included is a political aside praising Senator Jeter C. Pritchard’s protectionist stance and a senate tariff proposal affecting multiple goods including raw cotton.
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Bradford
Ben
Texas
Melton
Charles Scarth
Morley
Leeds
Jeter C. Pritchard
North Carolina
United States
House
Senate
Pritchard
England's Free Trade Theory Echoed by McKinley
The speaker criticizes England for not practicing free trade at home while advocating it abroad. He emphasizes unrestricted internal commerce between states, with no impost duties, and argues that duties are imposed only on foreign labor and capital.
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England
British Empire
United States
California
Maine
Ohio
William McKinley
Economic strain leads to social instability and decline
A population with underpaid labor becomes physically and morally unhealthy and socially unstable. Though it may endure industrial competition briefly due to cheap production, it will ultimately fail because of these pressures.
Nations raise customs duties to shield industry
Nearly all nations are increasing customs duties not only for revenue but to protect local industries, signaling a global shift toward trade protectionism and industrial safeguarding measures.
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Earth
Tarpon Fishing Tale From a Texas Angler in Forest and Stream
A Texas sportsman recounts a dramatic tarpon battle in Galveston Bay as he hooks a powerful fish near the channel. The fight lasts many hours with long runs offshore, waning control, and a final gaffing and kill near shallow water, witnessed by Captain Frank Marsh.
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Texas
Galveston Bay
Houston
Frank Marsh
Curious Rose Bush Impresses San Francisco
The San Francisco Call describes a large rose bush owned by H. L. Barker tied to the state bureau of mining. It features white, red, and pink roses, eight surviving grafted varieties from an original cabbage stock, about 15 years old, with a canopy 25 feet across and tall trunks.
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San Francisco
Pauline Lebeau
H. L. Barker
State Bureau of Mining
Conversation and moral slovenliness in talk
A reflection on how conversation betrays moral laxity through insinuation and doubled meanings. The speaker condemns covert looseness and gossip about others misdeeds, warning that many repeat a dealer's lie and reveal their own lack of character.
Man’s Prank Sparks Hobo Payoff In Indianapolis Journal
Richard Jesting recalls a prank that escalated after a gang took his joke about organizing a party for advocating the free coinage of soap seriously. He presented as bruised and battered after the incident reported by the Indianapolis Journal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Safe habit to wet wrists before cold water in heat
The text advises soaking wrists before drinking cold water to prevent heat related danger. It notes immediate relief and warding off fatal results. It mentions Holland as a small place with 1,070,000 women, young and old.
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Holland
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