Indiana County Fairs Map Summer Festivities Across State
A long list details Indiana county fairs with dates from July through September. Towns include Middletown Hagerstown Osgood Logansport Fairmount North Vernon New Castle Madison Swayzee Muncie Rockport Bainbridge Greenfield Winchester New Albany Lebanon New Harmony Covington Elwood Lawrenceburg Corydon Boswell Bridgeton Rushville Franklin Newton Liberty Oakland City Marengo Poplar Grove Lafayette Princeton Kentland Shelbyville Valparaiso Anderson Flora Richmond Huntington Boonville Crawfordsville Tipton Spraniac. Minor items note rewards, church appointments, saloon losses, fatal accidents, threshing rings, and post office transfers.
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Lawrenceburg
Dearborn
Corydon
Harrison County
Boswell
Benton County
Bridgeton
Parke County
Rushville
Rush County
Franklin
Johnson County
Newton
Fountain County
Liberty
Union County
Oakland City
Gibson County
Marengo
Crawford County
Poplar Grove
Howard County
Lafayette
Tippecanoe
Princeton
Kentland
Newton County
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Valparaiso
Porter County
Anderson
Madison County
Flora
Carroll County
Richmond
Wayne County
Huntington
Dubois County
Boonville
Warrick County
Crawfordsville
Montgomery County
Tipton
Tipton County
Spraniac
Brown County
Reader Letter Promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
A testimonial from Annie Tompson of South Hot Springs Arkansas extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female weakness with years of illness including leucorrhea and womb trouble. She credits ten bottles and seven Sanative Wash packets with restoring health, strength, appetite, sleep, and life interest. A humorous dating note follows about a man seeking a job and marriage.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Annie Tompson
South Hot Springs
Ark
Supreme Court Upholds Foot-Base Trade Mark
Justice Laughlin in Buffalo issues an injunction with costs and full accounting of sales against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn dealer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder. Court finds it imitates and infringes Foot-Ease, owner Allen S. Olmstead of Le Roy, N.Y., who promotes Foot-Ease nationwide. Further suits planned against other infringers. Friendship remark ends the piece.
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Supreme Court
Laughlin
Buffalo
Paul B. Hudson
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
Allen
Olmstead
le Hoy
Tramp’s Bread Request Ends With Scornful Rebuff
A tramp returns to the road empty handed after a woman refuses bread, offering a stone. His companion recalls LT snagging bread yesterday and getting a broom handle in place.
Medical Book Free for Men Only by Peabody Institute
Free postpaid offer for "Know Thyself" and related medical volumes from The Peabody Medical Institute. 370 page library edition with engravings and prescriptions, $1.00 tall gilt edition, mail order from No 4 Bulfinch St Boston.
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Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch St
Moston
Mass
House cleaning leads to mistaken arrest tale
A New York Weekly excerpt portrays a humorous exchange where a burglar claims he was captured due to house cleaning activity. The missionary questions the motive, while the burglar insists the situation arose from spring cleaning and a startled staircar pet, revealing a comic misinterpretation.
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New York Weekly
Grain-O Goggles in Grain-O advertisement claim
Tried by families with claims of being safe for children and adults Grain-O is promoted as a coffee substitute made from pure grains offering the rich color of mocha and java at the price of 15d and 26c per package, sold by all grocers.
Thoughtful guest helps with chores with tact
The July Ladies' Home Journal notes a thoughtful girl guest may help with dishwashing or dusting if offered tactfully, but should not be intrusively urged as some hosts resist guest aid.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Lane's Family Medicine Moves the Bowdle Daily
An obscure early health notice touts Lane's Family Medicine as essential for health with claims it acts gently on the liver and kidneys. A dated ad fragment mentions prices of 25 and 50 cents and includes a stray moral quip about gender roles in a separate humorous insert.
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Lane
Qures
Hall and Patent Medicines Advertisements Collection
A fragment from a historical page features repeated promotes for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Piso’s Cure for Consumption with dated testimonials. It includes a Maine Civil War veteran preserving hardtack and an endorsement for Red Cross Ball Blue, plus a quotation about patient effort from J. G. Holland.
Parlor Magic: Lifting Fourteen Matches Trick
A simple, two-side spread method uses six matches laid across a flat match, six more across the first from the opposite side, then a fourteenth crossing the intersection. Lift the base match while holding the crossing match to complete the illusion as described by Woman's Home Companion.
Esprit de Corps Among Troops in South Africa
A visitor asks about morale among British soldiers in South Africa. The response notes officers generally like one another less than they dislike the Boers, reflecting wartime tensions and solidarity amid conflict.
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Esprit de Corps
South Africa
Music Appreciated Miss Thumpp Hardie and Neighbor
A chatty exchange from the New York Weekly notes Mrs Thumpp Hardie asking if piano playing disturbed the neighbor’s baby. The servant confirms the neighbor said the baby enjoyed the music and thanked the pianist as it spared her from banging a tin can.
Homeseekers Excursions Offered by Chicago and Eastern Illinois
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers Homeseekers Excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of June July and August to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas. One fare plus two dollars for the round trip with fifteen day outbound limits and twenty one day return limits. A new wide vestibulated train runs between Chicago and Waco Fort Worth with through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars leaving Chicago at 2 50 p m. Contact any railroad agent or G L Stone for details.
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Chicago and Eastern Ilinois Railroad
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Chicago
Waco
Fort Worth
Chicago and Eastern
Cascaret Digestive Aid Ad Promises Easy Health Boost
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as the cure for many ailments by normalizing bowels. It markets Cascarits candy cathartic in metal boxes with C. C. 0 on each tablet, warning to beware of imitations and noting a 10 cent trial cost.
Clara and John Debate Hair Dye and Mental State
In a tense exchange, Clara cautions about hair dye affecting the mind while John warns that gray hair could drive her to madness. The dialogue hints at fear and humor over aging and appearance.
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John
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promises Quick Comfort
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease a powder that makes tight or new shoes feel easy It cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet Available at druggists and shoe stores priced two for a dime Sample sent free to Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
An Embittered Slander
A fragmentary dialogue mocks indemnity with a comic line about a necktie bought by a mother using two ten dollar bills, reflecting a satirical taste of personal grievance.
What Shall We Have for Dessert Jell O
Question arises in the family daily. Try Jell O a delicious healthful dessert prepared in two minutes. No boiling or baking just add hot water and set to chill. Flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry available at grocers. Frank S. Black former Governor of New York began as office boy in Troy newspaper.
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Frank S. Black
New York
Troy
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as constitutional remedy
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The note includes quotes from Shakespeare and Napoleon, promotes Red Cross Ball Blue, Air Cushion Rubber Stamps, and directs orders to Cock Box 218 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Hall
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wine Skins Still Used in Rural Spain
In Spain rural districts farmers continue using wiobe skins made from pig, goat, calf, or ox hides for wine storage and transport.
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Spain
Ambiguous Health Cure Ad for Children’s Syrup
An old advertisement touts Amiles Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup claimed to ease teething pain wind colic and inflammation. It lists a bottle price in cents and emphasizes calming effects for infants and children.
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Indiana
Middletown
Henry County
Hagerstown
Osgood
Ripley County
Logansport
Dr. C
Cass County
Fairmount
Grant County
North Vernon
Jennings County
New Castle
Newry
Madison
Jefferson County
Swayzee
Muncie
Delaware County
Rockport
Spencer County
Bainbridge Putnam County
Greenfield
Handcock County
Winchester
Randolph County
New Albany
Floyd County
Lebanon
Boone County
New Harmony
Posey County
Covington
Elwood
Perry E. Barnard
Jennie Davis
John Guendling
Mitchell
Charles Dickson
Batesville
Pulaski County
Washington
O'Brien
Salem City
Brazil
Cory
Howard M. Fritz
Mary Brandon
Clinton County
Fritz
Joseph Sanders
Jozeph Sanders
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Philadelphia Press
Billy
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Maine
J. G. Holland
Hetteee
Mr. Roberts
Minneapolis
Minn
Homeseekers
Chicago and Eastern Illinoia Railroad
Coffes
Bay
Leone
Sint
Rio
Tio
Yap
Poabel
Momerts
Minneapolig
Napoleon
Felix Gourati
J. A. Sayre
Haut-Toa
U. S
Canadas
Europe
T. Hopkine
Great Jones Bt
N.Y
Old Virginia
Iney
Hever Delure
WaeWieg
Poston Dearest
Conny Town
Rocky Mountains
T. M. Roberts
Amiles
A. B. Alcott
Fir
Libby, McNeill & Libby
F.W.N. U
T. M. Roberts’ Supply House
Minta
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