Trade Review notes fuel shortages dampen industry
The Weekly Trade Review from Dun and Co. reports serious fuel shortfalls and constrained coal deliveries slowing iron furnaces and many plants, while mines operate more fully and spring offers hope. Clothing demand rises in cold weather and dry goods trade improves as traveling sales rise. Wheat exports and prices show strength, with uncertain foreign demand. A feature describes a watercress farm and its laborious harvest method.
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New York
Rg, Dun & Co
Planta
Bradstreet
Chicago
Seaboard
Europe
America
Northwest
Liverpool
Argentina
Trust Those Who Have Tried Entarrh Cure Balm
Entarrh sufferers report relief after using Ely's Cream Balm. Testimonials from Oscar Ostrom and W. J. Hitchcock claim cure and headache relief. A son also recovered from catarrh after Fly's Cream Balm. Balm sold by druggists for 50 cents or by Ely Brothers in New York.
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Ely
Warren Avenue
Chicago
W. J. Hitchcock
U.S
A. A. Gen
Buffalo
Olmatead
Arcola
Cts
Ely Bruthersa
Warren St
New York
Sejjourn Matter Sparks Restaurant Outrage
A young man in crossdress frightened patrons and cried against a supposed mistreatment. The restaurant proprietor fretted that repeated misidentifications would force him to cease serving customers and endanger his business along the four daily trains via Chicago and North Western Ry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Eternal Boston Consolation in Herold's Remark
A quip from the New York Herald suggests Angelina finds comfort in the idea that John has passed away and rests in an afterlife linked to Boston. The tone mixes dark humor with religious and regional imagery.
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Angelina
John
Boston
New York Herald
When to Stop Boring and Let Wisdom Grow
An old homily warns that long lectures offend and hinder help. Brief, well spoken guidance outperforms lengthy diatribes in guiding others. The piece notes scolding loses force and moral truth should be a seed, not rubbed in with friction. A line on three daily trains from Chicago to California, Oregon, and Washington concludes the fragment.
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Philosphers
Wanted a Man Saturday on the island
A collage of humorous lines and ads: Robinson Crusoe laments naming his map Friday and imagines a payday if he had named him Saturday. The page includes jokes about hair attraction and a Yale Record pun, plus notes on creamery prices, love, and a bricklaying machine selling for 500 dollars linked to the Overland Limited train from Chicago to the Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Crusoe
New York Tribune
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Ink Supplies
An advertisement offers rubber stamps to order with self inking pads and ink. requests readers to bend for a catalogue addressed to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. It notes a historical line about the first writer on philosophy Anaximander with dates circa 610-547 BCE.
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Catera
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Philosophy
Anaximander
BH. C
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Woman After Medical Failure
Letter from Miss Grovars Menano of New York City attributes relief from severe menstrual pain and fatigue to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors failed to help. She reports cure after six bottles and expresses gratitude, noting ongoing health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Menard
Hydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Grovars Menano
152Nd St
New York City
Farfelt
Through Trains and Teething Remedies Mentioned
The passage notes three daily through trains from Chicago to California via Union Pacific and Northwestern lines. It also lists Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with a claim of relief for gums and wind colic priced at two cents per bottle. It cites California's 65 000 trade unionists, 40 000 in San Francisco.
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Aylmar L. Huw
Russel St
Detroit, Mich
Chicago
California
Union Pacific
Northwestern Line
San Francisco
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ST. Jacobs
Asist
Petcat
Mamma
Brother
C. Florey
Macon Street
Decatur
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
Illinois
Hamlins Moilen
Rentreal
Estern
Canada
Fort Tase
Ottawa
oFne
Duncan
Tndianapolis
Willapa
Yiedo
Obie ‘Athar
ST Allowarnment Agents
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Chicago and Northwestern
Oregon
Washington
Chigard
Northwestern Ine
Mia
Austin
I’ancakes
Grocers
Yale
Papa Bouchserd
Overland Limited
Union Pacific and
Ham
Ima Kidder
Mra. Austin
Goethe
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