Chicago police officer wins big lottery prize in Arkansas
Matthew Steffens, a Chicago patrolman, bought two lottery tickets and hit a $150,000 prize plus a $100,000 share. He collected $15,000 in cash, bought a saloon at 385 State Street, and headed to Arkansas to thaw out after a bitter blizzard. He plans resignation on return, seeking an easy life.
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Arkansaw
Matthew Steffens
Chicago
Mercury
Matthew
State
Harrison
Beauregard
Harrison Street
Steffens
State Street
State -Street
Missouri
Soleure
Switzerland
Coxsackie
Leigh Whhile
Frank Fallon
Fond du ‘Lac
Wis
Dakota
Wilson
Stillwater
Minn
Chipewa-Falls
Koran
Constantinople
Oddities and curiosities from distant towns and markets
A sweeping collection of short items notes varied trivia and local color from across the nation. It mentions coal miners in Ohio, Delmonico profits, a mouth organ band in Michigan, and electric vehicle patents in England. It includes unusual feats, prize offers, peculiar crimes, and curious mechanical and scientific observations.
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Dunolugy
Delmonico’s
Hesperia
Mich
England
Former Resident Seeks Bride With Diamond Gift
In Brooklyn society a man returns from Australia to win a fiancée with a diamond. He first gives the gem to a different woman, then to the intended bride after she abandons her engagement. The second woman accepts, and the couple sail for Australia.
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Brooklyn
Mary
Australia
Ethen
The Sweetest Girl in School and Health Remedies
Edith, praised as the sweetest girl, suffers headaches and rough skin until her mother buys Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The tonic allegedly clears troubled blood, relieves headaches, and makes her skin fair and rosy. A mix of ad copy and scattered notices follows, including product pitches and travel ads.
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Edith
Dr. Pierce
Ourey
Pierce
Adarean
Diverse 19th Century Health Remedies and Notices
A compact miscellany lists patent medicines and tonics for coughs pains rheumatism and throat issues with prices. notes General Rusk’s health in Georgia and actor Marshal Wilder traveling to Japan. includes Union Pacific and Chicago routes for excursions, land trips with low round trips. reports Harrisburg fire destroying sixteen houses and Missouri Pacific Texas Arkansas excursions. ends with medical claims about Scott’s Emulsion and Prickly Ash Bitters alongside a quote.
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Pacipio Manufacturing CO
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Charles Breck
Milton
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System Truth Aerobie & Woman
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Lee County
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Japan
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Thomas J. Potter
Chenyi
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Harrisburg
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Missouri Pacific Railway
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Parcd & Mat Order Rem
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