Wabash Mexican Tour Seeks Fifty Guests for 7000 Mile Journey
The Pullman built train offers drawing room and compartment sleepers along with observation and dining cars for a 30 day Mexican tour. A select party of up to fifty will travel about 7000 miles at roughly ten dollars per day. Mr BR G Thompson will manage the tour with reservations via Co 8 Crane G P & T A Lincoln Trust Building St Louis Mo.
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Pullman Company
Mexico
BR. G. Thompson
Lincoln Trust Building
St. Louis, Mo
Life Insurance Cures Man Who Refused to Die for Funeral
A 50 year old bachelor with a $5000 life policy bets on a grand posthumous funeral but recovers from fever. He instead marries, keeps the policy paid up for his wife, and avoids death as the doctor notes the funeral is postponed. The tale, from the Chicago Inter Ocean, cites a retiree life insurance solicitor.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Grain-O coffee substitute promoted to grocers
Advert, Grain-O as a grain based drink to replace coffee. Claims it is safe for children and adults, resembling mocha and java in color but made from grains. Prices are 1 and 25 cents per package and sold by all grocers.
Next Solar Eclipse to Occur May 28 1900
The next total solar eclipse will occur on May 28 1900 with totality lasting from one minute thirty six seconds in Portugal to one minute six seconds in Northern Africa. Expeditions will head to Algiers due to favorable weather and accessibility while a London eclipse committee plans a grand excursion.
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Portugal
Africa
Algiers
London
Coughing Leads to Consumption Warns of Danger
A vintage advertisement urges readers to ask their druggist for Kemp's Balsam sample to stop coughing immediately. It promotes 25 and 50 cent bottles and warns that delays are dangerous.
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Kemp
A Difference in Tastes Life Quotation
A brief aphorism from Life magazine depicts a sharp exchange over a daughter, as a father confronts a suitor with a candid remark and a counterpoint about taste. The line captures social tension and wit in a single exchange.
Eagle Linen Letter Paper and En Velopes Advised
An ad urging customers to request Eagle Linen Letter Paper and En Velopes for future printing orders. It emphasizes using this brand as the proper choice for letter paper needs.
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Eagle
Lake Superior Keeps Its Dead: A Remark on the Great Lake
A historical note recalls how Lake Superior is famed for never surrendering its dead and keeps that grim reputation as a defining fact of its relationship to maritime peril and memory.
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Lake Superior
Record of the Week Great Oil Industry Increase in December
The Indiana field shows December as a peak month with 266 wells completed and an average of 2017 barrels per well per day. Total output 4.235 barrels daily, reflecting heavy investment and rising market prices. Wells in Wells and Grant Counties drive growth alongside other counties, sustaining strong seasonal activity.
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Indiana
Grant
Death at Grade Crossing Kills Surgeon Major Wyvcliffe Smith
Dr Wyvcliffe Smith late surgeon with the rank of major of the one hundred and sixtieth Indiana Volunteers and his Cuban servant were killed instantly when a train hit their bogey ten miles west of Flora. Smith of Delphi, unmarried, had befriended his servant in Cuba and brought him to live with him.
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Wyvcliffe Smith
Indiana Volunteers
Soabash
Flora
Jr. Smith
Delphi
Cuba
Sentenced for Attempted Murder in Franklin Case
Dan Sanders, a young farmer, convicted of attempting to kill Kutledie Glover, an old citizen of Franklin. He received a sentence of awe to Puncey years in the Michigan City prison. The jury deliberated two days before verdict. Milk sickness causes deaths in Falton County with two deaths at Delong. Wenury FL long and his wife victims, deaths near each other.
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Dan Sanders
Kutledie Glover
Franklin
Michigan City
Falton
Delong
Wenury FL Long
Multiple Local Tragedies and Civic News from Indiana
Trilph Lingle aged 24 killed by electric street car accident near Maurcie. School shifts and vaccination mandate affect Oliver School. Lester Morris 3, Muncie dies while watching a herd. Theodore Moore’s sawmill in Carthice burns. Property losses include Haraby’s saw mill Greeneasi and a Greeneasi plant fire with insured loss. Elwood Magden returns from Cape Nome worth 10 million. Kokomo resident Isely travels to Logansport church. Sparks spoil clothing. Anderson schools impose vaccination certificate for entry. New Albany Jeffersonville seek military post. Logansport murder case noted. morphine almost absent in stomach. Wabash College appoints Rev Kane as president. Westervelt fiber factory fire causes losses. two workers survive by swimming. Rushville treasurer shortage settled with bondsman payments. Princeton child Marion Purkiser survives serious throat injuries after self-harm attempt.
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Marui Tesining
Anderson
Lester Morris
Muncie
Theodore Moore
Oliver
Fu Niemeyer
Evansville
Secrvet Service
Legenspoort Society
Charles H. Haraby
Elwood Magden
Kokomo
Cape Nome
Alaska
Martin Isely
Logansport
Sparks
Folin Selim
Willie Eoiadues
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Stephen Whitmore
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
W. LL Kane
W. S. Jones
Chicago
Silent Smoke Between Sullivan and Rubinstein in London
Sir Arthur Sullivan visits Isaac Rubinstein at his London home. They smoke on the balcony and chat in a quiet, time-flying evening. Rubinstein confesses admiration for Beethoven and Wagner, then keeps the talk flowing into the small hours.
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Arthur Sullivan
Rubinstein
London
Sullivan
Beethoven
Wagner
The Modern Railroad Engine in High Speed
A look at sixty miles per hour as more than speed, detailing steam pressure of twenty tons on each piston head every tenth of a second. It notes the fireman shoveling two-thirds of a ton of coal per hour and two quarts of oil hourly to keep components lubricated.
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
One hundred dollars offered for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Deafness linked to inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. Local applications fail as they cannot reach the diseased area. Plantiffs claim nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and invite readers to send for free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Samoan Girls Want Husbands in Apia Commentary
A compact, period style note highlights Samoan and half caste women in Apia as desirable brides for foreign men, noting their education and wealth, while contrasting with native husbands and Spanish American natives. It also includes assorted advertising snippets and quips about cures, age jokes, and rubber stamps.
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Apia
Vienna Police Training Note and Health Advice
Vienna policemen must understand telegraphy and row a boat as part of duties. An advertising plug offers Dr. Kline's Anvigorating Tonic with a free trial bottle and two weeks treatment, and promotes Fagle Linen Letter Paper for printers use.
Paris Actress Trick Mystery Ends With Smuggled Watch Springs
A Parisian actress in Geneva hosted a tall well dressed man who styled a grand exit, a supper, and a Paris arrival for a watch springs smuggling plot. The man vouched for a Paris based brother and a lavish carriage but the bouquet concealed a theft. The episode ends with cautionary notes about dangers for American girls in Paris.
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Fetea
Geneva
Paris
Bois de Boulonge
Ladies’ Home Journal
Grain-O replaces coffee for children’s health
The ad promotes Grain-O a grain based drink for children. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee but is cheaper and nourishing. Distributed through grocers for 25 cents a package.
Brain or bone and sinew determines value says Penn and Stubb
The exchange weighs the importance of intellect versus physical strength. Penn says the answer depends on the actor, suggesting brain for an inventor and bone and sinew for a butcher.
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Penn
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowel Movement
An old advertisement claims daily bowels are essential for health and describes Acta as beneficial for the liver and kidneys, curing headaches. It lists a price of 25 and 50 cents and warns against skipping regular bathing to keep pores open and prevent congestion or disease.
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Lane
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J.C. Aver Co
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Reed City
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Remington
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Regina
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Salzer
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