Resolutions and odd notices from the era
A note urges steadfast resolutions despite likely slips. A daring robbery at Elwood last Friday morningLooted the United States express office about $900, with the safe blown open and the interior damaged. A young local woman buys a freckle cure via newspaper ad using twenty five cents and learns of a dangerous remedy. The Peru Chronicle notes the 160th Indiana volunteers and other units being readied for embarkation to Cuba, with orders to depart Sunday.
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Elwood
United States Express
Peru
160Th Regiment
Indiana
Charles Wey
Ed Bailty
Howard Powell
Columbus
Georgia
Cuba
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Doctors oppose kissing in public health debate
A fragmentary editorial voice ridicules medical critics who warn against kissing. It argues kisses create happiness and vitality and mocks doctors for scolding the public, urging readers to pursue affection despite health concerns.
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Imatéria
Medica
Blanked Horses On Streets Named Duty Of Officers
A call to compassionate action urges officers to blanket horses left on streets to save their lives and spirits. The speaker stresses humanity and duty, urging people to find purpose in serving and following God’s guidance.
Enemies Follow the Bold in Public Life
The passage argues that opposition follows those who act with push and energy. It notes many avoid conflict to keep enemies away, but the successful and fearless in any public role inevitably face enmity from envious observers and rivals.
If young people only knew the value of their youth
The piece urges youth to dedicate time daily to studying real books in history science and literature. It argues that 30 minutes a day equals substantial yearly growth and that businesspeople make progress by seizing fragmented time. It contrasts active cultivation with drifting into unachieved manhood or womanhood.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar 1699 Color Masterpiece
An art critic hails Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar 1699 as the finest color work of the year praising its usefulness artistry and up to date appeal. The American girl motif with a delicately painted flag background draws praise and readers may obtain a copy from C Lai & Co Lowell Massachusetts for six cents.
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Sarsaparilla
Ively
C. Lai & Co
Lowell
Mass
Beas
Remarkable Sterling Sliver Ten Dollar Note Incident
A Washington Treasury redemption division tale describes a ten dollar banknote fused into a sterling silver sheet after being run through a silver-ware roller. The workman dropped it, it fused, and the plate was sent to the Treasury. Mrs. Brown can reconstruct burned notes for reimbursement, while a Nebraska woman found twenty five dollars in ash from a deceased relative. Bank burglary and dynamited safes send note fragments to the Treasury, with burnt money delivered in envelopes for redemption.
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Treasury
Treasury ‘Department
Relyea
Brown
Sam
Mrs. Groth
Rockford
Lizzie
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Mansfield
Washington
unclear OCR note on levying calves in colonial records
Fragmentary OCR text describes a constable and a levy on calves, with garbled names and actions. No clear event date or location identified. The readable parts suggest a routine levy procedure and attempted collection but lack substantive details.
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Denver
Tribune
S.C. Noxats
Woolley
Norris & Woolley, Publishers
Washington Star
Chicago
North Br
Peru, Ind
Rochester
Lord Gans
Wade
Gall
Lee Pa
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