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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
8
The Nickel Plate Road promotes its Peerless Trio of Daily Express trains to Buffalo and the Pan-American Exposition with rates effective April 80th, 1901. Contact C. A. Asterlin or R. J. Hamilton in Fort Wayne for details by writing, wiring, calling, or visiting the local agent.
A good ostrich is said to yield feathers worth forty pounds, reflecting a notable per bird feather value in the period trade.
The article extols Buenos Aires as one of the globe’s most cosmopolitan cities with a 1890 population around 705,000, growing rapidly toward 800,000 annually. It notes $8 million yearly revenue, 13,000 gas jets, 15 theaters, 1.6 million annual spectators, and 116 million streetcar riders generating about $5 million. It highlights diverse European immigrant presence alongside strong Spanish roots.
The Dodds Medicine Co of Buffalo received and filled an order for Dodd’s Kidney Pills dated April 16 for an Icelandic address. The parcel must travel via New York to London to Greenland before landing on a remote Arctic-edge island. The note illustrates how US goods reach distant corners of the world and claims American medicines outperform rivals.
The People of Porto Rico are a thirteenth Cuba in area yet exceed half its population. It is the most densely populated West Indian island with a higher white proportion. Porto Ricans reportedly have a higher intelligence level than Cubans.
Thomas Regan and Collins of Eden Valley report warm, snowless weather in Calgary in December, praising grazing and grain lands as excellent for mixed farming. They visited Yorkton district in Assiniboia, noting wheat yields around twenty five bushels and oats sixty. They plan to join Yorkton settlers and urge readers to contact Canadian government agents for district openings in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. An editor’s closing note lists maritime losses.
An old advertisement promises Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Cure with a mail order bottle service. It states if readers can pay 6.50 express, otherwise it is free, and oddly mentions Hot Springs Arkansas described as squeezed into a canyon with a mountain range on both sides of the main street.
A reader asks about Mrs. Austin's new dress while an ad promotes air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits from Datera. It invites readers to write their needs for price quotes and directs to LockBox 210, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
A century old Dorchester firm Walter Baker and Co. founded 1780 on Neponset River grew into the world’s largest chocolate maker. The article emphasizes quality, fair pricing, and denouncing fraudulent imitations while urging housekeepers to seek the La Belle Chocolatier brand and to request a free recipe booklet from 158 State Street Boston.
A Philadelphia Bulletin item depicts a tramp querying a passerby about seeking work. The tramp aims to find employment in exchange for a drink, exposing urban poverty and street hustling as a common scene. The exchange reflects rough dialogue and social mood of the era.
An advertorial promotes Grain-O as a grain based drink avoiding coffee’s jitters and digestion troubles. It claims Grain-O is nourishing, pleasant tasting, and indistinguishable from the finest coffees when prepared properly. Priced about 4 cents per serving, available in 15 and 25 cent packages.
A brief dialogue captures a city man asking if the stream is good for trout and a country youth replying that it is a blooming poor one for fishermen, voiced by The King.
Spain's coast line is described as 1 317 miles long with 712 along the Mediterranean and 605 on the Atlantic. An advertisement touts Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and catarrh from N W Samuel Ocean Grove New Jersey February 17 1900. To ride one's hobby horse around the dining table is noted as a hostess confusion.
An old newspaper clipping advertises Dr Kline's Great Nerve cure with a claim of permanent relief and a free trial offer. It also promotes a nickel plate road trip to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on May 11 and 29, with train details from Claypool, Ind. to Buffalo and return within three days, guided by agent C Asterlin.
An advertisement invites orders to Lock Box 210 Fort Wayne Ind listing air cushion rubber stamps and related items as best and cheapest. Readers are told to mention seeing the ad in this newspaper.
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