How To Be a Beautiful Woman Ad Offers Quick High Earnings
Aggressive ad copy promises easy daily profits selling a beauty book with 65 percent commission. Sample taker Mrs. A L Morse of Tippecanoe County Indiana reportedly made 16 orders on day one. Mentions outfit includes instructions and premiums with freight paid and credit offered. Also includes testimonial for Banner Salve curing a baby’s eczema as endorsed by a physician.
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A. L. Morse
Tippecanoe Co
Ind
Hfe
Houser-Hees Pub. Co
Indianapolis
Geo. L
High Tower
Georgia
Geo. D
A. N. Moorse
Tippeca Oe Co
Houser-Hess Pub. Co
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Piles Cure
An 1899 advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy for piles and skin eruptions, claiming it cures thousands and guarantees results. Sold by L. Allen in Oscope Missouri with a price of 25 cents per box. Also includes a testimonial approving Syrup Pepsin from Dr. T. Jones and notes availability from local druggists.
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Bucklen
Earth
L. Alien
Oscoop Mo
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Morris English Stable Powder and local ads roll call
A collage of old advertisements includes Morris English Stable Powder promising crest blood purification for stock, plus car and oil business notices. Joseph E. Martin acquires John Murray’s wagon and oil service and offers low prices. employment and sales pitches follow for cupasic reps and standard house jobs. Also claims about deafness cures and patent remedies appear with testimonials and product pitches.
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Joseph E. Martin
John Murray
School program and home work notices from Attica edition
A collection of school poems recitations songs essays and dialogues with student names including Martha Prather Roy Hunt Ralph Martin Louise Henson and many others. Also advertisements for at home money making opportunities offering high earnings and no competition with references requested from Attica Indiana publishers.
Citizens Committee backs rail line in Covington and South County
The Citizens Committee reports that a May 17 meeting in Covington formed to secure support for a donation to the Chicago Covington and Southern Railway Company and the Wabash Railroad. It states the election was called off to allow a petition seeking a fresh vote under safeguards, with the line promised to run from the Illinois Central in Warren County through Covington to the county’s southern boundary. The committee notes the railway paid election costs and expects a new petition to resume the vote aimed at speedy construction.
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Wabash Railway Co
Chicago, Covington and Southern Railway Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Chicago, Covington and Southern
Wabash
Chicago, Covington and Southern Railway
Board of Commissioners
Illinois Central
Warren County
Covington
Chicago
M. Mayer, JR
G. W. Williams
T. M. Rinn
Leaders Beat Hillsboro In One Sided Ball Game
The Leaders defeated Hillsboro 12 to 5 in a game dominated from start to finish. Merryman pitched up to his usual high standard, holding Hillsboro to few chances while our offense built an early lead.
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Hillsboro
Merryman
Iowa Central Railway offers location inducements to attract industries
Multiple Iowa towns along the Iowa Central Railway list incentives for new manufactur ing plants and other businesses. The railway’s Marshalltown office summarizes locations and benefits to entice relocation. Also note J P Becker of Chicago endorses Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets for stomach trouble, claiming digestion improvement after meals and blood purification, priced at 2 1 2d, sold by Geo. D. Cook.
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Iowa Central Railway
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Iowa
J.P. Becker
Surf St
Chicago
Bailey
Lakeside Med. Co
Geo. D. Cook
An obituary for Annie Napier Dreyer born in Covington
A lengthy notice covers Annie Napier Dreyer born October 14 1874 in Covington Ind youngest of six sisters mother Annie and James Napier. It details schooling at Covington High School special prize for best oration I East and Thou West marriage to Charles E Dreyer life in Buffalo Gainesville Tenn and Florida. death May 5 1901 in Jackson Tenn. Funeral at Jefferson Street residence and Oak Grove Cemetery with local pallbearers and a memorial chorus.
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Annie Napier
Covington
Ind
James
Annie
Covington High School
Charles E. Dreyer
Buffalo
New York
Gainesville
Fla
Louis Napier Dreyer
Tennessee
Jackson
Tenn
Jefferson Street
W. F. Cook
Diocese of Indiana
Oak Grove Cemetery
W. Allen ‘Wood
Dreyer
G. Peyton
C. W. Ludwick
E. I. Wilt
J. A. Wilt
Benson's Plaster Promoted by Seabury & Johnson
An advertisement touts Benson's Porous Plaster as the superior external remedy, claiming widespread physician and public trust. It markets relief for coughs, lumbago, rheumatism, and other ailments, compares favorably to Belladonna and Capsicum plasters, and notes multiple awards. Available from druggists with 25 cent postage options in the United States.
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George Washington
G. Washington
Mount Vernon
Benson
Benson's
Benson’s
Europe
America
Seabury & Johnson
N.Y
Various Patent Medicines and Domestic Tips Advertisements
A collage of 19th century ads and testimonials includes Greene's Syrup of Tar refunds, Jell O dessert promotions, GRAIN-O beverage endorsements, worm powder for animals, Jel-G dessert flavors, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pensin claims, and Foley's Kidney Cure endorsements. Readers are urged to ask their druggist and seek refunds if unsatisfied.
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Washington, D.C
Jenesca Pure Food Co
LeRoy, N. Y
F. Myers
Foley
Geo. D. Cook
Wanted Capable Reliable Person For Financial Work
WANTED. Capable reliable person in every financial reputation. $936 salary per year paid weekly. $3 per day expenses advanced. no commission. salary paid each Saturday. Standard House, 334 Learborn St, Chicago.
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Anhieweekiv
Honrborust
Chicago
Standard House
Learborn St
Chicag
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Curtis, Wis
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Willsvyville
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Dr. Caldwell
LeRoy Ailen
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Covington, Indiana
Washington Street
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Best Insurance Companies
Offies East
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Attorney AT Law
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R. N. Voliva
Gnewtown, Indiana
Motary
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Modern Culture Magazine
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