Excursion Tickets Offered Via Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Lines offers reduced fare excursion tickets to multiple destinations for upcoming meetings and events. Special trains and return limits apply with extended return options. sales run May 16 to 21 with various city connections including Indianapolis and Chicago notes.
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Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Ind
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
Pittsburgh
Knights Templar
Pennsylvania Lines
Columbus
Eave Indianapolis
Chatanooga
Weekend offer for weekly Stag and Courier Journal
Kinney and Turpin announce a limited time deal providing the WEEKLEY Stag and the Courier Journal twice weekly for one year at one dollar prepaid.
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Weekley Stag
The
Courier Journal
No-To-Bac Advertises Easy Tobacco Cure
Claiming to quit tobacco easily, the No-To-Bac remedy promises wealth of vigor. It is sold by druggists for 50 cents or 81, with a guaranteed cure and a free booklet and sample offered by Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago New York.
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Terling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Senator West Tells Favorite Temperance Tale
The senator recalls a Kentucky temperance lecturer story not yet told in the Senate. A old man in the audience retorts that alcohol shortens life and that he will outlive the lecturer despite drinking for 75 years. The exchange ends with the warning that continued drinking could require a judgment day shooting.
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West
United States Senate
Kentucky
Adam
The Delegate Wonders at Grave of Two in One
A church convention delegate wanders a town cemetery and spots a large monument inscribed A Lawyer and an Honest Man. He puzzledly wonders how two distinct men lie in one grave, while a local asks if he found an old friend.
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É‘tle
Delersie
St. Joseph
Wind River massacre remembered in harsh words
The excerpt recalls U S actions toward Native Americans at Wind River, noting 3000 corralled people and 1030 who escaped while others starved. It cites old campaigns and a brutal directive attributed to a general quoted as Kill him in a tepee and Nits make lice, from the New York Press.
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United States
Windriver
Tippecanes
Ben
Washington
West
New York Press
Twain anecdote at London party draws a writing tip
An evening in London features Mark Twain politely deflecting a young woman’s fear of writer’s cramp. He recalls his own bout with the ailment and jokes that beefsteak offered relief. The exchange ends with Clemens delivering a grave, humorous quip on the cure.
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London
Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens
Clemens
Local Business Directory Adverts from Washington Street
Listings for .vIDSON & HENDERSON furniture at 601-605 Washington St offering rockers and furniture savings. GEO. I. WENANS promotes Armour's Star Brand Hams. MRS. E.W.RAGSDALE at 423 Washington St features a large millinery house and Bazaar. JOS STOBO, blacksmith, advertises hoof care. PHG NIX DRUG STORE Hauser & Parker pharmacists and wallpaper. Jurence W. Adams and HENRY VON FANGE advertise groceries. Q. J. NOBLITT, Druggist, stocks albums and books and toilet boxes.
Prall and Dennison Lead in Dental Work
Prall and Dennison advertise advanced dentistry offering crown and bridge work and teeth without plates. They urge potential patients not to extract teeth without consulting their practice.
Local Ads Highlight Merchants And Services
Fragments list Frank McNeal and Henry Meier at Chestnut and Fourth streets offering delicacies and coal feed lime buys. M Born Co tailors in Chicago advertise suits and pricing. Jake Hughes buck board for picnics, Wm Donholt boots and shoemaking, Mrs Reynolds offers Sunday dinners at a low rate in Washington Street area.
John G Lay Barber Near Postoffice
John G Lay operates a barber shop opposite the post office offering a good easy shave and a first class hair cut in the city.
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John G. Lay
Postoffice
Opp
Wirth's Grocery and Bakery At 10th and Mechanicsts
M. J. Wirth operates a grocery and bakery at 10th and Mechanicsts, touted as the city’s headquarters for fruit cakes and a popular crowd hub for the finest baked goods and groceries.
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M. J. Wirth
Triumphs and Si Week's Seed Potatoes at George's Grocery
The earliest known varieties of Triumphs and Si Week's 2d crop are available at George's Grocery, 227 Street. Chas Danforth offers broms of all kinds and promises prompt mail order service.
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George’s Grocery
Chas. Danforth
Manus
Pny
Local ads tease bargains at Hummer Shoe Store and Rosenbush & Co
The notice promotes The Hummer Shoe Store and Rosenbush & Co with claims of low prices and plain-figured goods. It mentions E. E. Waddington and 95 cents cash, along with other merchants like T.G. Quick for coal wood and feed.
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E.E. Waddington
T.G
Local merchants advertise watches to groceries and gear
F Donner promotes watches clocks jewelry and optical goods with repair service. Will E Carman offers boarding and stable care with weekly rates. John Hughes sells staples groceries at 523 Washington. L A Moore Shoe Co conducts a big ownership sale with strong results. Fred Wolland Hardware touts air tight heaters and steel ranges. Burnett & Co grocers feature mince meat and Baltimore oysters. J B Cook & Son advertise McCormick mowers and farm implements at Second and Jackson. Citizens' phone 167.
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J.B Cook & Son
McCormick
Mplements, Cor
Second and Jackson &J. Citizens
Rolly White Lilly Flour Ad at Third Street Store
An advertisement for Co. Schaefer Co. promoting White Lilly flour invites customers to try the product and says they will remain satisfied with their purchase.
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Schaefer CO
Candy Kitchen Ad at Old P0 Building
E C Becht proprietor advertises Candy Kitchen in Old Post Office Building offering fresh daily candy variety and inviting calls from customers.
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Candy Kitchen
E. C. Becht
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Lehman
Bryces, Sues
Neoimd
Seward
Indiana
Seward Cycle & Machine
Ferguson
Rosenbush
Naperville
Burlington Park
Dallas
Texas
Mystic Shrine
Toledo
Ohio
Good
United Brethren In Christ Church
Louisville
Jr. O. U. A. M. National Council
Washington, D. C
National Educational Association
Young People’s Christian Union, Universalist Church
Saratoga
N. Y
Young People’s Christian Union
U. P. Church
Richmond
Account Society of Friends Con
Assembly Presbyterian Church of the
U. S
Winona Assembly Grounds
Warsaw
Led
Big Four
E. O. McCormick
Traf. Mgr
E. H. Kinney
Kinney & Turpin
Taper
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mark and the Maiden
H. E. Dugdale
Elkhart
Veryesti
Noblitt's Drug Store
Washington Street
H.E. Langdon & CO
Vidson & Henderson
Washington St
GEO. I. Wenans
Try
Armour
E.w.ragsdale
Washigton St
Jos Stobo
Stobo
NIX Drug Store
Hauser & Parker
Jurence W. Adams
Henry von Fange
Corner 11
Sycamore
Mrs
Q. J. Noblitt
H. L. Ros
M. A. Snively, Grocer Cor
Home Ave
Frank McNeal
Chestnut Street
Henry Meier
4Th Street
M. Born & Co
America
New York State
Jake Hughes
WM. Donholt
M’s’r
Sanders & Taylor
Breining & Co
J. B. Cook .& Son
Thomas Brown
H. Pigh
Hou
T, Rosenbush & CO
Fremont Davis
Franklin St
Wayland & Wfils
Harrison
E. Hartman
Franklin Street
JNO. Sloft, Baker and Grocer
Scott’s
Washingwi St
John M. Newcomb
Jackson Street
Brunking & Yonstrohe
Baltimore
Sycamore St
F. Donner
Will E. Carman
John Hughes
L. A. Moore Shoe Company
Fred Wolland
Best On Earth
H. T. Burnett & CO
Ulrich’s Bakery
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