Railroads move fresh fruit and goods across the country
The Wartford Courant notes in a wet sunless season that fruit from Mexico Colorado and Florida now reaches Stratford markets by rail. The refrigerator and lower transport costs have made perishable fruits commonplace with bananas strawberries peaches and California fruit expanding trade across Montana Idaho and beyond. Rail cars bind East markets to West production as meats flour and other essentials travel long distances.
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Startford
Mexico
Colorado
Wartford Courant
Georgia
California
Montana
Idaho
East
Mississippi
Backache Relief Reported by Sabra Resident
In Sabra Montana October 19 a widespread effort to ease back pains is noted as the remedy attributed to Gottlieb Mill gains praise. Mill recounts kidney trouble and backache improving after starting Dodd's Kidney Pills and plans to keep them on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabra
Mont
Gottlieb Mill
Dodd
Kipling Quote and Printer Ad-Phrase Bundle
A clipped literary quip extols unrewarded attachments as essential for a young man starting out. The note shifts to an advertisement urging use of Eagle Linen Paper for letter paper, and mentions Romano completing unfinished Raphael works as chosen by Raphael himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alout
Rudyard Kipling
Romano
Raphael
Wra Winslow’s Soorrine Stack for Children Sold
Healing claim from a patent medicine advertises Wra Winslow’s Soorrine Stack for teething gums inflamed gums and colic in children. It touts a price per bottle and warns that borrowing is ruinous to estates, citing Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Winslow
Sir Walter Raleigh
Trade Review Finds No Major Developments in Commerce
RG Dun and Co notes no important changes in trade with cautious financing and modest improvements in manufacturing. Foreign trade at this port shows exports down 1,188,041 dollars and imports down 2,577,124, while bank exchanges lag last year. Grain shipments rise, breadstuffs gain strength, livestock and logs prices move, and overall sentiment remains cautious but not alarming.
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Dun & Co
New York
Weekly Review of Trade
Irow
United States
Canada
Chicago
International Report from Telegraphic Advices
Merchants are not eagerly expanding purchases due to weather and crop conditions and slower industry. At major centers imports and bank loans are not being cut and foreign debt is rising. James H. Eckels, former Comptroller of the Currency, says higher western bank loans reflect no speculative borrowing.
Chicago and Midwest Market Prices for Farm Commodities
Shipping and regional quotes list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across major cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and note butter eggs potatoes and pork values. Prices span ranges for no 2 wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and pork mess with several city specifics and unit variations.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
Tolstoy Portraits Compared and the Imperial Link
Two Tolstoy portraits are discussed with one resembling the Russian emperor. The writer notes the earlier image shows a thinker’s genius while omitting the Apostle, and muses on a possible kinship between the Carr line and Tolstoy’s evolving fame. The piece ties Tolstoy to broader European diplomacy and a 19th century shift toward humanitarian ideals.
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Carr
Tolstoy
Crawford
Apostle
Hmperor
Russia
Talstoy
Nicholas
Scebastopal
Nicholis
Hague
Burge
Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Various Ailments
A lengthy testimonial touts Donn's Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain urinary issues and kidney disorders. It describes relief for a Lebanon official and urges a free trial by postal mail while noting a 54 cent price. It also reports on diphtheria germs surviving in packed clothing after fifteen years.
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Bright
A.W. Walls
Lebanon
Donn
Hugh Murrey Drug Co
Dean
Mr. Watts
United States
Lester Milburn Co
Buffuala, Yo
Ohio
Calico’s name traces to Calicut printing origin in India
Calico fabric derives its name from Calicut, a city in India, where the textile was first printed. The term marks the connection between the fiber and its early printing origin, reflecting historic trade routes.
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Calicut
India
Waiting for the Train Dog Waits for Master in Town
The Pennsylvanian town remembers Ribs a loyal black and white dog who waits each evening on the station platform for his master. Affected brakemen greet him as he trains passes without his master aboard since a wreck long ago. The dog remains hopeful, wagging his tongue, then retreating when told the master will not arrive.
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Tietanapolis Sentinel
Ribs
Ting
Sale of Catarrh Cure and Reward Note Prompts Alerts
An advertisement from Cheney & Co. Toledo offers a hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice promotes wholesale and retail distribution, endorsements, and internal remedies, claiming spikes in efficacy and promising nationwide availability through druggists.
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Cheney
COL
Toledo
Wear & Treax
Tatoo
Waldisg
Omaevis
Unclear Conspiracy Talk From West Baltimore Street
Indignant West Baltimore man disputes rumors heard from a friend about a hoax and a chart. The exchange shows wartime style chatter and a note touting Piso’s Cure for Consumption via a testimonial from Mrs. S. Barden in Washington.
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Baltimore
Dle
Weil
Cyo
Biltimore News
Piso
BL Barden
Street
Washington, D.ah
Untitled fragment hints at gossip and neighbor concerns
The text presents a fragmented scene where Bridger fears a man calling on Miss Ethel and worries neighbors might misinterpret his intentions. The dialogue reads like a tense household dispute with unclear context and names.
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Bridger
Nmi
Ethel
Adea
Isridget
Tnt
Hildetstig Ledger
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Self-Inking Daters
Advertisement for rubber stamps including self inking daters. Offers ink and inking pads and invites readers to request a catalogue by sending to Lock Box 210 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Chinese Cheap Labor Mistaken Identity and Dye Ad
A fragmented paragraph shows a slang laden exchange about cheap labor and a confrontational moment near a mountain hotel. The text includes a reference to a Chinaman and a taunt, followed by an abrupt plug for PUTNAM FACELESS DYES.
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Sandy
Gas Meter a Lesson. Son and Father in a Basement Talk
A grandmotherly tone frames a brief exchange where a father explains a gas meter in the basement as a simple kind of device. The child asks a playful question about a get-her-quick selene and the father clarifies the meter’s nature.
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Lal- Liniore
Hunters' Special Rates via Nickel Plate to Northern Michigan and Wisconsin
Special excursion rates offered by Nickel Plate Road for northern Michigan and Wisconsin travel. Tickets on sale September 16 to November 16, 1908 with liberal return limits. See local agent for details or address C. A. Asterlin, T. P. A., Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Waiting, Ite-Charlie and the bonds with Miss Fortunus
A brief note from the Yale Record hints at a social pairing involving Waiting, Ite-Charlie resisting subservience to a wealthy Miss Fortunus while she expresses eagerness for bonds or arrangements.
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Charlie
Self Iaking Dating Stamp Offer From Fort Wayne
An offer asks 75 cents for a Self Iaking Dating Stamp. The notice provides an address Lock Box 219 in Fort Wayne Indiana and includes a quirky closing line about laughter and solitude.
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Lock Box
Fort Wayne
Indiana
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R. G. Thompson
North German Lloyd Steamship CO
Hamburg-American Line
White Stan Line
Beaver Line
American Like
WaBkasn Station
Fort Warns
Inn
Mal
Ooefan
Putnam
Vlato
Caldwell
Syru
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
W. L. Douglas
Nate
Douglas
Corona
Doualas
Brockton, Haas
Odl
Kiet Sorcer
FT. Wayne
Fostoria
Findlay
Cleveland
Buffalo
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Thru Pullman
Heston
A. Asterlin
Trav
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Spenger’s Presses
A. Spencer
Wiliams St
Dwight
W. MN
Cancarell
Tie
He Dag Dare
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