Common Sense Cures by Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
An article extols Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach and digestion related diseases. It contrasts careful horse care with poor human eating habits and cites patient testimonials praising lasting relief from chronic indigestion liver and bowel ailments. It invites sick readers to consult Dr. Pierce by letter and offers a free medical adviser book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Golden Medical di
Golden Medical
QO. S. Copenhaver, Esq
Mount Union
Huntingdon Co
Virginia F. Griffith
Flattop
Mercer Co
W. Va
Local School Staff and Observance Report
The notice lists staff roles including treasurer Renz and pianist Harry Freese, organist Minnie Robinson, librarians Elvie Renz and Jessie Cardrey, teachers and Bible classes led by Mrs 8 M Haver, Mrs Harry Freese, and others. Decision day reports by Estella Fullmer and others will appear next week. Observance of President McKinley’s birthday was general nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decision
Estella Fullmer
McKinley
Sunday School Census urged for 1901 figures in North America
Division and Rally Day Observed reports urge Ohio Sunday schools to submit 1901 data for the interdenominational Sunday School Association census. Township officers to distribute blanks, count members, and mail summaries to the county secretary, with a rewarding booklet offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
North America
Ohio Association
Defiance County
America
Sunday School Association
Clergyman Esper Dowie Faces Fare Battle With Railroads
Esper Dowie failed to convince railroad firms he is a clergyman and must pay full fare. The elder is expected to launch sharp remarks against the railroad corporations in coming statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esper Dowie
Census Report on U S Wool Manufacturers
The census bureau issued a preliminary report showing 1,414 establishments, down 17 percent from 1890, with total capital $310,179,749, up 26 percent, and value of products $296,990,484, up 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United States
Hay Hauling and Local Events Reported in Defiance Area
Domersville residents Ed and John Higben hauled three car loads of hay to Defiance on Wednesday. The US mail box at South Domersville sold items Tuesday. John Kern went to Geiger of this place. Mr Geo has moved to North Domersville. Meekus Bros. hauled baled hay to Evansport on Wednesday after delivering flour. Miss Minnie Sherman of Napoleon wed on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Higben
Defiance
South Domersville
John Kern
Geiger
Geo
North Domersville
Cupp
Meekus Bros
Evansport
Minnie Sherman
Napoleon
Rheumatism Cured After Using Pain Balm
In winter 1898 R Wheeler of Northwood New York was lame all over his body. He bought Chamberlain's Pain Balm and after the first application began to recover, remaining well and able to work steadily. Sold by N G Woodward. Feb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Wheeler
Northwood
N. Y
N. G. Woodward
Clinic Headache Wafers Marketed As Heart Tonic
Advertises Clinic Headache Wafers as a heart tonic that never depresses and never fails with claims of being the best and safest cure. Described as easily taken and absolutely harmless and priced at 10c at all druggists.
Daily Chicago to California and Oregon Excursions
The Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line operates daily sleeping car service to California and Oregon. Personally conducted tours depart Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland on Tuesdays and Thursdays with low rates and short travel times. For tickets contact a local agent or write A F Cleveland 234 Superior St Cleveland Ohio.
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Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line
California
Oregon
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
A. F. Cleveland
Superior
Cleveland
Illustrated monthly The Chicago 400 travel journal
Copy of The Chicago 400 arrives courtesy of the Chicago and North Western Railway. It stands as one of the finest illustrated publications, with tinted half tones rivaling major magazines and flawless letterpress describing California scenery. Free copy on request or two cents postage for mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illustrated Monthly
Chicago 400
Chicago & North Western Ba Y
California
Mardi Gras Carnival Travel by Louisville and Nashville
Mardi Gras celebrations will be held in New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola from February 4 to 11. The Louisville and Nashville railroad offers round trip tickets to these cities at one fare, on sale February 4 to 10 and valid until February 28. A history book on Mardi Gras is available from C L Stone, Gen Pass Agent, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Louisville KY.
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Louisville & Nashville
R. A
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
L Stone
Louisvile
Nashville
Louisville Ky
Russian eating habits and tea devotion described
The text paints a vivid portrait of Russian dietary customs with irregular meal times and frequent lunches. It notes vodka, salty snacks, and an intense tea habit with lemon, while criticising table manners as noisy and unrefined but acknowledging readers may adjust to these differences.
Civil War Mortality Compared By General Greene
General Francis W. Greene in Scribner's Magazine contrasts Civil War deaths with earlier wars, noting 93,000 killed by bullets and 186,000 by disease among 304,000 total, about one in nine of those who wore the uniform.
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Francis W. Greene
Scribner’s Magazine
Mexico
Spain
Shiloh
Chickahominy
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Praise
For stomach troubles the speaker, Mrs. Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa, says she has used many medicines but Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets gave the best results. Sold by N G Woodward. Feb
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. Geiger
Dunkerton
Chamberlain
N. G. Woodward
Shade of the Palm advertised by Cincinnati agency
The advertising department of C. H. & D. R. Y. distributes copies of The shade of the Palm from Florodora Opera Co. Copies available on request from C H. & D. Agents or by addressing D. G. Edwards P. T. M. Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florodora Opera Co
D. G. Edwards
Cincinnati Ohio
Wabash Sells Round Trip Tickets at One Fare Plus $2
On the first and third Tuesday of each month the Wabash offers Home seekers round trip tickets to points in the south, southwest and west for one fare plus 2.00. Full information available at the Wabash ticket office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
South
South West
Wabash Ticket Office
Smallpox and rheumatism linked to longer life, study says
A Pearson's Weekly item argues smallpox survivors may live longer and enjoy better health, noting coughs in the elderly can keep the heart active and that gout and rheumatism are linked to longevity. It cites that some long-lived individuals suffered from gout or rheumatism, while others without these conditions did not fare as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
The Battle Between Begin and Commence
The passage discusses the preference for begin over commence in everyday writing. It cites Friar Bacon and Bishop Wilkins on flying, argues commence is not older or more proper, and explains begin endures due to simplicity while commence has tarnished connotations from pretentious usage.
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Friar Bacon
Wilkins
Elizabeth A. Withey
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bank president reveals quick discovery of cashier’s theft
In a Philadelphia Press dialogue, Ascum questions the cashier’s take while the bank president explains they quickly knew the amount by counting what remained. The exchange underscores swift accounting after a cashier’s suspected theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascum
Philadelphia Press
Fragmentary OCR item on metals and animal fur trades
The readable lines cite items such as minke, rime, muskrats, beewax, tallow, hog cracklings, scrap iron, stove, copper and rubber. Mentions odd spellings and random numbers, showing a scattered list of traded goods and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
A Persian Marriage Customs Across Night Procession
The article describes a Persian wedding with a pre dinner bath for the bride surrounded by female kin. At night the bridegroom’s procession arrives as alms are given and women on rooftops watch. Fireworks, drums, lanterns, and a sheep sacrifice mark the ceremony with questions about its ancient meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
How to call Main elev en hundred and elev en
The piece recounts a Chicago Tribune exchange about pronouncing the number 1111 and notes Emmet’s Presence of Mind. It tells of Robert Emmet studying chemistry and once swallowing corrosive sublimate by mistake, then quietly finding chalk as an antidote to save himself.
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Central
Chicago Tribune
Robert Emmet
Emmet
Her Lovely Lettuce Dish
A humorous vignette in which a shopper hesitates over buying lettuce and frets about using a blue dish with green lettuce. The marketman reassures that lettuce is green, while the shopper laments the color clash and almost sheds a tear.
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Epward D. Goller
Ohio
Defiance College
God
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
Sherwood M. E
Santa Claus
Santa
F. M. Shook
Abraham Shoe
Elmer
Domersville
Mr Wheeler
Calfornis Ilustraed
Mardi Gras
Mobile and
Florida
Wachnas Tey Ion Sole
Rockarmpolts
Petronene Aan
Ashville
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Miami
ST. Augustine, Fla
Detroit
Cincinnati
Clinic Pharmacal CO
Toronto
Weisenburger & Emery
Kennedy
Kergan
Superior ST
Kek Keek
Ek K
Pram Ia
Eld
Northwestern
Bell
Perry Street
J. Freecorn
Joe
Samuel Pitch
New York
Way
Nickel Plate Road
C. A Asterlin
Ft. Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
Ft. Wayne Ind
VIA
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Stone
Louisville
Djereur Couraeeaf
Allenlyo
Hamlet
Southern Division
Lima
Bainbridge
Fort St
Union Station
Adrian
Denson
Wauseon
Malinta
Leipsic
Ottawa
Columbus Grove
Springfield
Wausecon
A.m
Tecumseh
Dundee
George M. Henry
Mich
Enk
ENK Medicine CO
ENE Medicine CO
Union City
Eastern Mail
Buffalo Mail
Continental Lim Atlantic Express
Wayne Accord Express
Continental Lim
Kansas City Mail
W. T. Hill
Wabash Railway Co
Bears
Centaur
Mpany
New York City
Lizzie Friend
Theodore Friend
County of
Theodore
Geo. C. Friend
George W. Kitley
Hicksville
Vefiance
Sherwood
Defiancee
T.R. C
The
Beard
Schaeffer
Thi
Bates
Sparks
Hlowe
Geuner
Clerk County Board of Examiners
Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association
Crosby House
Q.r.shuter
Astoria Ae
WitLie
Felts
Lynde’s
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