Deering Harvester Company Receives Paris Exposition Honors
The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago earned top awards at the Paris Exposition with seven exhibits winning the highest class, along with twenty-five of twenty-nine total medals and high decorations including the Legion of Honor. The firm, the world’s largest producer of harvesting machinery and binder twine, operates eighty five acres employing about nine thousand people and claims many innovations in light draft machinery.
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Chicago Harvester Company
America
Deering Harvester Company of
Chicago
Deering
Deering Harvester Company
Ofaer
Legion of Honor
Officer of Merite Agricole
Napoleon Bonaparte
Merite Agricole
Deering Harvesting Company
National Museum of Arts and Sciences
Paris
National Agricultural College of France
Tomsk
Siberia
Minister of Agriculture and
Nickel Plate Express Ad Rates to Buffalo Exposition
The Nickel Plate Road promotes its shortest line to Buffalo and the Pan American Exposition with rates effective April 80th 1901 on any of the Peerless Trio of Daily Express trains. Contact C A Asterlin or R J Unamilton in Fort Wayne Indiana for bookings.
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Nickel Plate Road
Buffalo
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Unamilton
Stamps and Printing Outfits Ad for Fort Wayne Shop
An old classified style ad offering air cushion rubber stamps and printing gear including daters. It invites readers to state what is needed and promises low prices. Contact via Lock Box 2109 Fort Wayne at the 2nd address.
A Farm Girl and a Colt Crowned by a Sunday Race
A country man recalls courting Anna, an orphan raised by a strict deacon, and their romance centered on a gifted colt. After a camp meeting ride, pride and a race led to a daring dash home, a win for the colt, Anna’s courtship, and a shift to later quiet amusements. The tale comes from the St. Louis Republic.
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Irl
Ane
Anna
Gallagher
St. Louis Republic
Pine Forest of Arizona Described as Largest Unbroken
An Arizona region is noted for the United States' largest unbroken pine forest, spanning over 8,000 square miles at 5,500 to 7,500 feet altitude. The timber fit for sawing within the territory is about 10 billion feet, with mornings described as crisp. Mrs. Austins pancakes are recommended for breakfast, with grocers ready to supply.
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Arizona
United States
Scribbler Sends Stamps With Poems Sparks Editor Worry
In the Philadelphia Record a backhanded jab notes a scribbler mailer who includes many stamps with poems. A scrawler warns an editor might steal stamps for a poem, prompting concern over future ownership.
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Philadelphia Record
Motorman’s Insight Riles Father Over Fee
A Louisville father distraught over a medical consult fee recalls a motorman’s simple certainty that his ill son would either recover or not. After lengthy talks, the physician warned uncertainty, prompting the fee dispute. The child ultimately recovered.
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East End
Materia Medica
Louisville
Woman's Heart Recovery Attributed To Dodds Kidney Pills
Mrs Samuel G Dyer of Stecarron Michigan reports a years long heart pain relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says the pills cured her, allowing sleep and improved health, and she shares the letter to help others find a cure. The testimony highlights the pills' perceived purifying properties and public interest in her case.
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Samuel G
Dyer
Stecarron
Mich
Samuel Q
Dodd
Telegram by Postcard Aboard a Train In Baden
A traveler in Baden writes a telegram on a postcard requests it be wired, stamps it, and drops it in a train letter box. At the next station the box is cleared and the message is sent.
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Grand Duchy
Baden
Germany
Air Cushion Rubber Stamps and Printing Outfits for Sale
Fort Wayne Indiana shop Lock nx offers air cushion and rubber stamps of all kinds along with printing outfits including Datera options. Customer is invited to write up pricing details for items available.
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Datera
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Internal Remedy
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as an internal medicine that purports to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The product is asserted to be non quack and is claimed to be a standard prescription from a physician with testimonials available. Sold by Druggists for 75 cents, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Fort Anthony Wayne Resting Place Near Erie
The Fort Anthony Wayne site sits on State Soldiers’ Home grounds near Erie. Built of rough logs from Perry era timber, it recalls Mad Anthony Wayne and the old block house from the French and Indian War era. Wayne’s remains were once interred there before being moved to Waynesboro.
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Anthony Wayne
Lake Erie
Presque Isle Bay
Fort
Erie
Commodore Perry
Anthony" Wayne
Waynesboro
Rheumatic Cure Promotion From Dr Shoop
An advertisement offers six bottles of Rheumatic Cure by Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin. It states you may receive the free trial by writing to Box 149 and paying nothing upfront. if cured you pay five dollars. The offer emphasizes no payment unless successful.
Mysterious Exchange Sparks Courtroom Echo
In a tense dialogue Mrs. Henpeque recalls a claim that a tiger grants no fear or pain to its prey, while Mr. Henpeque says he felt the same ecstasy when she accepted him, and a judge weighs the implication.
Pan-American Exposition Opens May First at Buffalo
The Nickel Plate Road promotes the shortest expedient route to Buffalo for the exposition opening May 1 1901. Rates in effect April 30 1901 apply for daily express trains. contact agents C A Asteriin or R J Hamilton in Fort Wayne Indiana for booking.
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Buffalo
Exposition Gates
C. A. Asteriin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
Seemed to Be It Aboard The Music Box Birthday Gift
A collage of brief notes mentions Squildig buying a music box as a birthday gift and MecSwilligen commenting on airs. Pittsburg Chronicle runs ad copy for Piso's Cure for Consumption and a Newark testimonial date. Also cited are harsh historical treatment of lepers in India and a Putnam dye claim with a Coke jurist quote about the house as a castle.
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Squildig
MecSwilligen
Pittsburg Chronicle
Setters' Rates Offer Low Fares to Northwest Points
Beginning February 12 Nickel Plate Road sells low rate Sellers' tickets every Tuesday through April 30 to Oregon, Montana, Washington and all Northwest points. Write wire phone or call nearest Agent. C. A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort.
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Nickel Plate Road
Oregon
Montana
Washington
Northwest
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Western Canada lands attract Missouri observer
A Missouri delegate to Saskatchewan and western Canada describes exceptional grain yields and strong livestock, noting 175 acres yielding 600 bushels of wheat and 15 000 bushels of oats from IN acres. He says cattle and swine prosper with no disease, and invites readers to contact government agents for information.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Askni- Yomn
Western Canada
W. R. Corser
Higginaville
Lafayette County
Ringe
Ian
Arbitration Mandatory in All NZ Labor Disputes
New Zealand enforces compulsory arbitration in every dispute between capital and labor, requiring both sides to submit to a binding decision. The law aims to provide a swift, authoritative resolution and reduce prolonged conflicts affecting workers and industry.
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New Zealand
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Healthy Digestion
A short health note claims daily use aids bowel movements for health, with gentle action on liver and kidneys and relief of headaches. The price is listed as 25 and 0 cents. An aside asks if the reader eats Mrs. Austins famous pancakes.
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Lane
Stamps and printing supplies advertised with price requests
All kinds of stamps and Alec Printing Outfit and Datera items invited price quotes. Readers are asked to write what they price and send to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Alec Printing Outfite
Datera
Ind
Nickel Plate Road Offers Direct Exposition Service
The Nickel Plate Road promotes a direct, short, and affordable trip to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Passengers reach the gates without transfers and can contact an agent by write, wire, phone, or in person.
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Buffalo
Exposition
C. A Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mrs Winslow's Boomina Shvp for Children Teething Cure
Teething remedy for infants claims to soften gums reduce inflammation and pain and relieve wind colic. Container notes 2 percent content per bottle. No verifiable endorsement or dosage details provided.
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Boston
Kemp
Seaten
Mrs. Austin
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
India
Edward Coke
Fortune
Alco
S. Be, Russell & CO
Pentwater, Mich
Tpee Ae Rer
F.W.N.U
Ccc
Iene
Wes Noid
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