Night Alarm Warns of Fatal Croup and Quick Relief
The ad warns that a severe croup cough signals danger and promises instant relief from Foley's Honey and Tar. A Kentucky mother recalls her three year old daughter nearly dying before one dose saved her life. The notice urges refusing substitutes for Madison Medicine Co's Rocky Mountain Tea and asks readers to report dealers.
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Foley
P. L Cordier
Mannington Ky
Geo. D. Cook
Madison Medicine Co
Lee
Lee Allen
Wanted U S Army Bachelors and English Literacy Notice
Wanted U S Army able bodied unmarried men 21 to 35 citizens of the United States of good character and temperate habits who can speak read and write English Information apply to Recruiting Officer 25 North Illinois Street Indianapolis Ind Ely's Cream Balm advertised for nasal catarrh with liquid form available by mail at 56 Warren Street New York Genesee Pure Food Co Le Roy N Y letter from Fannie Williams about Grain-O replacing coffee describing benefits for her mother aged ten notes cautionary health claim
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U. S. Army
The
United States
North Illinois Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Wabash Railroad adopts block system with stations along line
The Wabash Railroad advances the block signaling plan from Peru to Tilton and beyond with eight miles of track laid daily. A signal tower at each station will house day and night telegraphers and colored signals will mark daytime, ensuring trains enter only when safe. Wrecks on the line hastened this adoption. plans extend toward Fort Wayne and then the full road. Auction sale lists 70 head bred sons at Danville IL Leonard’s Livery Barn on Feb 18. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve advertised for piles and skin wounds with testimonials from J S Gerald of St Paul Ark and others visiting Hedrick.
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Wabash Rairoad
Peru
Tilton
Tih
Theouc Attica
Lebanon
Old Country
Head Bred Sons
Danville
Leonard’s Livery Barn
A. G. Woodbury
DeWitt
J.s.gerald
St. Paul Ark
J.P. Buckner
Groping in the Dark for a Cure in Covington
Local readers hear testimonials on Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a remedy for rheumatism and nerve issues. Mr BF Shank of Washington Street Covington Indiana reports relief after trying the pills and recommends them as a nerve regulator sold at 50 cents per box.
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BF. Shank
Washington Street
Covington, Ind
Tex
Br. A.W. Chase
Cook’s
A. W. Chase
Death of Gideon Leak in Oklahoma
Word comes from Attica of the death of Gideon Leak in El Reno Oklahoma on Saturday February 1 after a bout with dropsy and heart trouble. Mr Leak moved from east of Attica to Oklahoma last year and bought property there. Fountain and Warren county friends mourn his death.
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Attica
Gideon Leak
el Reno
Oklahoma
Leak
Fountain
Warren County
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys
Public health notice promoting Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney trouble. Claims kidneys purify blood and that many diseases begin with kidney issues. Encourages reader to mail for a pamphlet and to mention the paper when writing to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
Special Train Announcement From Frisco System In Texas
The Frisco System schedules a special train from St Louis to Holliday Texas leaving St Louis Union Station at 8 50 p m February 18 via Sapulpa Denison Sherman Fort Worth and Denver City Ry daylight run through the Creek Nation and Indian Territory For details contact C S Kellar Paris H J Stuart Taylor Evansville Ind R B Temple Taylorville Ill or K M Wishart Traveling Passenger Agent Alex Hilton General Passenger Agent Frisco System St Louis Mo
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Fitzgerald Colony
Geraldine
Texas
Frisco
St. Louis
Holliday
St. Louis Union Station
Sapulpa
Denison
Sherman
Fort Worth
Denver City Ry
Creek Nation
Indian Territory
C. S. Kellar
Paris
Il. J. Stuart Taylor
Evansville
Ini
R. B. Temple
Taylorville
Tok
M. Wishart
Alex. Hilton
Frisco System
Train Takes Its Own Photograph Engraving Sold
A motion picture engraving titled The Burlingtons Number One shows the train at 60 mph between Chicago and Denver. The folder explains the train took the picture itself, with a 18 by 28 inch print offered for 20 cents plus postage stamps. Address P S Eustis General Passenger Agent C B Q Ry Chicago.
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Burlington
Chicago
Denver
P. S. Eustis
Adams Street
I Married a Widow and the Curious Family Ties
An excerpt from Shoe News relays a tongue in cheek tale about a man who marries a widow with a daughter and becomes his own grandfather through a tangled sequence of marriages. The piece highlights humorous paradoxes in family relations.
Cheap Colonist Rates to The Northwest
The Burlington Route offers very cheap tickets daily in March and April from Chicago Peoria and St Louis to Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Utah and Northwest Wyoming. Travel quickly and cheaply by asking your ticket agent. P S Eustis General Passenger Agent C B Q Ry Chicago.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Burlington
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
P. S. Eustis
B.& Q.ry
Eight Hour Laws Ignored by Tireless Workers Claim
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming workers ignore eight hour laws while maintaining constant labor. It promotes relief for indigestion biliousness constipation and other stomach liver and bowel troubles. Available for 256 at Lee Allen's drug store and mentions selling a farm via T L Stilwell in Coyington Indiana.
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Dr. King
Lee Allen’s
Dr. Caldwell
Allen
D.F. Lange
Cashier
Wabash R. R
East St. Louis
Lee Allen
Favorite Nearly Everywhere Concerns Constipation Relief
Advertisement copy touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safe speedy laxative. Claims stimulate the liver open the bowels and relieve dullness low mood headaches and disordered health. Notes they never gripe and references J P Buckner.
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J.P. Buckner
Real Estate Ad and Health Claims Pack Readily
A cluttered notice lists a two story house with ten rooms and a lot for 1800 dollars plus possible payments. It also promotes various medicines and tonics for kidney disease digestion and dyspepsia and invites readers to visit Springfield Missouri and Kankakee Illinois farms for rent and Benj J Gifford in Kankakee Illinois.
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T. L. Stilwell
Hall’s Catarrh Cure claimed only constitutional remedy
An untiring appeal promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, with claims of internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, a $100 reward for failure, and widespread testimonials. Also promotes Foley’s Kidney Cure and Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin with patient endorsements.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hal
Wall Street Panic and Patent Remedies Advertisements
A mash of early 1900s ads notes a Wall Street panic and widespread fears of digestive troubles. Prominent cures include Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, with testimonials from Geo. D. Cook and Lillie Squeer praising grain based products Grawn-O.
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