Postage stamps to bear name of city
The 1907 issue stamps will show the state and city where issued to curb robberies and aid tracing culprits. Chicago thefts highlighted the need to identify stamp origin and deter padding by offices. Liberia and Mexico already use city names on stamps to show origin and aid accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Chicago
United States
Post Offic Department
Congressional Committees
Mexico
Liberia
When to go Home from the Bluffton Banner
An adviser urges readers to go home for rest consolation and reform and to practice on family before showing off. The note also promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for bad colds and lists Storie Patton and Kirk Drug Company as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ind
Storie & Patton and
Kirk Drug Company
Pay Fare or Walk Under Hepburn Law Hinders Passes
A Chicago traveler learns the Hepburn act blocks free transport across state lines. An agent explains contracts predate the law, but new intercity passes are barred. The man notes possible routes through Wisconsin Ohio Indiana. officials warn against relay passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record Herald
Chicago
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Foley's Honey and Tar Claimed To Cure Chronic Asthma
A Davenport Iowa resident Mrs Adolph Buesing reports that Foley's Honey and Tar cured her severe cold turned asthma after twelve years of suffering. She says a single fifty cent bottle provided complete relief when medical care failed. The testimonial appears from Storie and Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Adolph Buesing
West Third St
Davenport
Iowa
Kansas Plans State Advertising Drive To Boost Land Values
The state will hire a paid advertising agent via legislative appointment to promote Kansas resources. Spending 50 000 dollars yearly aims to attract more traffic and raise land values by highlighting crops that reportedly exceed those of other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Inland Fuel Company Buys Props for Mine
Inland Fuel Company will buy white and burr oak props delivered at the mine. Sizes include 8 feet long with 6 inch small ends and ? foot long with 5 inch small ends. Telephones to mine for more in sania haul in props haul back coal. Chariton citizens urged to use Inland coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Inland Fuel Company
Chariton
Wm. Haven
Cure for Sore Nipples Salve Ad Teaches Nursing Mothers
An advertisement offers Chamberlains Salve to apply after nursing. It advises wiping with a soft cloth before the child nurses again and claims many trained nurses achieve best results. Price is 25 cents per box. Sold by Storie Patton and Kirk Drug Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlains
Storie
Patton and
Kirk Drug Company
Rae
Zion City to be Abandoned by Overseer Voliva
Overseer Voliva announces Zion City on Lake Michigan will be abandoned as he plans to move followers to a new Zion. He envisions a debt free stronghold and a global crusade for regeneration from the new city, replacing the Dowie legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion City
Zion
Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Lake Michigan
Australia
A. Zion
Shiloh
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Hollinger & Larimer
Hart Schaffner & Marx
the Farmers [Mutual Insurance Company of
Lucas County
Enahin
John Culbertson
J. A. Robison
Co. Co
White Elephant
Ben Cunningham
Patriot Office
West Side Square
Holland
Public
Callens & Larimer
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