Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures Blood Humors and More
An early advertisement touts Hoods Sarsaparilla or Sarsatabs in chocolate tablets. It claims to cure all blood humors and emotions, clear the complexion, stimulate appetite, aid digestion, relieve fatigue, and provide vigor. Sold as 100 doses for $1.
Couture Sketch of Chiffon Robe and Overdress
A fashion sketch features a creamy white chiffon robe with a shaded pink border and a deep pink overdress. A black satin hem provides a striking and practical finish to the skirt.
Dr Martedws Female Pills and a Tipless Waiter Tale
The ad promotes Dr Martedws Female Pills as a seventeen year standard remedy for women's ailments with quick, permanent results. A New York Sun anecdote recounts a miserly waiter who declines half a bill, then refuses to tip, while a Detroit Free Press quip notes a wheelbarrow as a great garden aid.
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New York Sun
Walter
Detroit
Five Finger Exercise Echoes in Neighborly Dismissal
The scene centers on Little Elsie and her mother practicing in a home where the neighbor complains about the racket. The mother defends the lesson as part of First Steps in Music, provoking further curious questions from the neighbor.
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Elsie
Not Wer Fait. Obscure anecdotes and quips in a mixed excerpt
A collage of brief items and quips from a newspaper page includes a neighbor’s funeral note, various ads for remedies and products, a joke about chewing gum, a motherly cartoon quip on housework, a maple hill farm scene, and a French theater anecdote about a performer requesting a higher license.
Chicago trade review notes slower progress and higher costs
R G Dun & Co reports continued irregular trade in Chicago with slower progress and higher money costs. Banks see modest gains in solvent payments, while coal, construction, and weather delays hinder retail and wholesale activity. Bank clearings rise 0.9 percent from a year earlier.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of
Chicago
Sntes
Trade quietness and cautious optimism across markets
Bradstreet notes overall trade remains quiet awaiting crop and price clarity. Agricultural sectors show improved sentiment despite cold damage. Securities markets strengthen on stronger demand for American bonds abroad with better western and southern market reports and modest eastern gains. Canada business failures total eighteen for the week, while U S failures reach 191, compared with prior periods.
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Central West
Northwest
Southwest
United States
Canada
Market Quotations From Major Cities Cattle to Eggs
Regional commodity prices list for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York with cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and pork values across shipping ranges and quality grades. Prices show No 2 wheat around 1.09 to 1.22 per bushel and hogs typical 7.00 to 10.85 per hundredweight across cities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Buffalo
New York
Week in Congress Sees Post Office Bill Passed and Rail Measures Debated
The Senate approved a post office appropriation of about 240 million dollars without amendments. Large stacks of bills moved, including one on Crow Indian lands and pensions for Civil War nurses. The House neared adjournment after rail bill amendments. mergers clause was struck out. A clash between Speaker Cannon and Rep Shackleford occurred over a subtreasury matter. The session adjourned after honoring King Edward VII. The Senate weighed long and short haul clauses and franking investigations. House actions included DC legislation and mining bureau passage. The bill moves to the Senate for a companion measure.
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Post Office
Senate
House
Administration Railroad
Cannon
Shackleford
Missouri
St. Louis
Missourian
Edward
Edward VII
Overman
North Carolina
Piles
Washington
Stone
Committee On
Post Offices
Postoffice Committee
District of Columbia
Bristow
Lodge
New England
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Washington Senator Denies Ballinger Appointment Ties
In a Senate explanation Senator Piles of Washington disavowed responsibility for appointing Richard A. Ballinger as commissioner of the general land office and later as Interior Secretary. The move followed insinuations in the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry that Piles influenced the Cunningham coal claimants. The House debated Indian lands bills as the session focused on legislation affecting native lands.
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Piles
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
General Land Office
Interior
Ballinger
Congress
Borah
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills advertised as free sample offer
The notice promotes Munyon's Paw-Paw Laxative Pills as a cure for various stomach and liver ailments and invites readers to request a free package from Munyon's Homeopathic Co. in Philadelphia. It includes a Conan Doyle anecdote about Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Munyon
Munyon’s
Homoekopathic Home Remedy Coo
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Watseka Man’s Health
Charles Easter of East Locust Street Watseka Illinois suffered six months of back pain unable to sit lose 40 pounds and lacked energy. After trying remedies he used Doan's Kidney Pills and gradually recovered with a permanent cure. For sale by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles Easter
East Locust St
Watseka
Ill
Doan
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Light and Interfering Hands in a Humble Sermon
A Methodist minister, deemed plain and unbusinesslike by a presiding elder, faces a sparse posting in a small scattered district. A friend suggests praying for light, and the minister quips that he has only seen the interposing hand of Elder Brown. A scholar at Sunday school struggles to define line for students as he explains a boundary concept.
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Elder Brown
Right Elements in Regular Food for Health and Energy
An advertisement extols clear brain and steady nerves as keys to wealth and fame. It claims regular meals provide strong health, noting coffee contains caffeine, a poisonous drug, while Postum offers gluten and phosphates to furnish energy for body and mind. There’s a reason.
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