Automobiles Expand Reach Across Nations And Uses
The piece outlines rapid growth in motor technology from Baltman & Co. and Electric Vehicle Co. expanding deliveries and taxi services to New York and St. Louis. It notes claims that steam carriages outpace electric ones in hills, shipping fleets of thousands of autos, and the shift from horses to auto mail collection, plus urban tests in Berlin and France where children ride voiturettes as lightweight, easily handled vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltman & Co
New York City
St. Louis
The
Electric Vehicle Company
Electric Company
New York
Little Folk Jokes and Kindergarten Tales
A collection of light vignettes from a classroom and family life. A teacher tests meanings with a boy about lukewarm and a girl recalls heaven as a picnic. A six year old Hazel misreads a letter and answers that her father drinks beer, prompting a teacher’s smile.
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Tercher
Hazel
Washington Post
Railroad rule deemed an unreasonable public imposition
The Coffee v Louisville & Nashville case held that a baggage room rule requiring a ticket before receiving baggage is invalid. It also notes that standing on a car platform against the dash board does not prove passenger negligence when displaced by a sudden jerk. Pullman’s sleeping car liability for valise theft is denied where guards were not negligent but theft occurred as a thief boarded and stole via a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
North Chicago Street Railway Company
Bauer
Ill
Pullman’s Palace Car Company
Hall
Coal famine blamed on output limits across the Union
The essay cites abundant coal beneath the earth and a large workforce ready to mine it at fair wages. It suggests deliberate output restriction to prop up prices, contradicting public needs and the New York Commercial’s warning. Germany unveils a new artificial paving stone using coal tar sulfur lime and slag. Grand opera season in Chicago ends financially weak, with Mr Grau reporting over 70,000 in three weeks from 23 performances and plans not to return next year.
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Union
New York
Germany
Chicago
Grau
Grau Sys
Pepsin and Electric Bitters Sold By Local Druggists
The ad touts Dr Pepsin as a cure all for indigestion constipation and stomach troubles and promotes Syrup Pepsin in trial sizes with prices. It also features testimonial by J W Gardner of Idaville Ind praising Electric Bitters as restoring strength appetite and vitality and notes available at J J H McCarty Son's store with a 50 cent bottle price and a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gardner
Idaville
Ind
J.J.H. McCarty & Son
Deng Store
McCarty & Son Offer Free Trial Bottle of Dr Autora King’s Medicine
The advertisement proclaims a cure for coughs and throat diseases claiming ten million bottles sold and thousands cured. It touts Dr Autora King’s Ben Biaurer medicine for asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat disorders with a free trial bottle from J H McCarty & Son and a guaranteed or refunded price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autora King
J. H. McCarty & Son
Dru
Across Idaho and Oregon to Pendleton with Indians in view
A travelogue from Blackfoot to Pendleton describes a sunny February journey via the Fort Hall and Umatilla reservations, Indian relics and scenes, Ross Fork and Pocatello stops, the Snake River canyons, and Meachen dining car's log cabin eatery. The writer notes plentiful orchards in the Boise valley and Pendleton’s damp climate, with vivid observations of Umatilla and Shoshone peoples and their blankets and papoose boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
North Pole
Blackfort
Fort Hall
Congress
Jack Rabbit
Coyote
Ross Fork
U. S
Carthage
Pocatello
American Fall
Snake River
National Park
Columbia
American Falls
Wampa
Boise Valley
United States
Oregon
Meachen
R. R
Pine Mountains
Luusher
Umatila
Umatilla
Fort Hall Reservation
Pendleton
Idaho
Main Street
Red Hot From The Gun Ball Hits Steadman In Civil War
A misread ball in the Civil War era injured G. B. Steadman of Newark Michigan, causing ulcers that persisted for twenty years. Buck ten’s Arnica Salve cured him, with claims of curing cuts, bruises, burns, boils, corns and eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Steadman
Newark Mich
Buckten
J. H. McCarty & Son
McCarty Ads Promote Dr Caldwell Syrup Pectin Claim
An ad from J. H. McCarty & Son states the syrup is only for constipation indigestion sick headache and stomach troubles and guarantees a cure. President McKinley may urge Congress to direct Hawaii to convene its legislature to halt bubonic pest spread for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
J. H. McCarty &Son
McKinley
Hawaii
Congress
To Cure a Cold In One Day, Bromo Quinine Tablets
A historical ad touts a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises refunds if ineffective and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box, with a price of 25.
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E. W. Grove
Indigestion Prompts Caldwell Syrup Ad at J Xu Mec Carty
A 19th century style advertisement notes that 94 percent of people you meet suffer indigestion and urges readers to tell them about Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin available at J Xu Mec Carty and Son's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
J. Xu
Carty & Son
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P. H. Ghadwigh, Ventist
Heney
J. A. Sipe
Carthage, Mnd
Johnson Bros
Mill Streets
Coffin
M. D
Henley Block
East Mail St
Herkless & Bretzen, and Loans
Rushville
Carthage Building Loan
George W. Osborne
Young & Young Attorneys
Rushville, Ind
Gates Sexton
Wit M. SearKe
Sexton & Sparks
Attorneys AT Law
Wilson's Clothing Store
F. M. Sparks
Frank Wilson
Dr. Coffin
Henley Brice
DR. ¥. Ghackleman
Post Office
Owen
Hill Notary Public
Hill's Book Store
Owinkle
Brografic Studio
Beck
Washington St
H Martin
Magee
Knightstown, Ind
James Watson
J. B. Schrighte
Ushville
F. W. Gregor
PH Sician
W. 5. Weaver
J. H. Binford
Farm Loans
Greenfield
Over Capital State Bank
W. S. Johnson & Sow
Jubneon
Traction Truck Company
Trenton, N. J
Berlin
France
Little Folk
Willie
Harry
Kel
Poc
Rie
Empire Grocery
J. F. Tweedy
Joe Goar
Waker
Main and
Mill St
Legal Notes
Charles R. Butler
Aer
North Main St
Carthage, Ind
Sasa
Pepsin
J. Ih. McCarty & Son
Blackfoot
Ansiz E. Hitt
Lewis Dennis
Salem
Coffin & Co
Bombay
J. K. Miller
Newton Hamilton
DeWitt
O. S. Coffin & Co
Denmark
Barbe Mendoza Vasava
Scaless Coffin & Co
Britain
South Africa
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Mexico
Diaz
Brainerd
Minn
J. H. McLean
Johnson's Pharmacy
Kentucky
Mexicqaays
A. L. Stewart
Rush County
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