Advertising and charity plans in a busy city page
A New York store offering a stick pin with class numbers to all public school children drew 165000 postal card requests, proving that free offers spark attention and sales. An Indianapolis News riff on state spending contrasts public welfare with Indianos optics tale, noting matching strings of commentary from Rochester Sentinel about fitting glasses to a handsome face.
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New York
Indianapolis News
State House
Indiana
Optician
Rochester
Rochester Sentinel
Westward Migration Patterns In The Warsaw Indiaman
The Warsaw Indiaman notes many residents plan to move westward chiefly to California. Each autumn counts of people relocating to western points rise, yet a large share return, giving rise to the familiar phrase they all come back. This trend traces back to the Civil War era.
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Warsaw Indiaman
California
Immigrant Statistics and a Church Misunderstanding
The census-like report details 6486423 immigrants with 466369 males and 182374 females arriving in the last fiscal year. Italy leads with 178375 arrivals, Austria Hungary 171989, Russia 107347, while Ireland declines to 29138. A tale from a church describes an usher ejecting a swaying woman who claimed to be “getting religion.”
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Commissioner of Immigration
United States
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ireland
China
Japan
Bogus sewing machine ads swindle Miss Nording in prompt scam
A reader in Jamestown sends $15.58 to Chicago firms John Quincey and Louis Vehon advertising sewing machines. A bankruptcy notice arrives from receiver Joserh Sirgel, closing the estates. The claim number 18 448 implies $287,499.92 taken from the public. The letter warns against embezzlement and urges supporting local businesses.
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John Quincey Company
Louis Vehon Company
Chicago
Emma Nording
Miss Nording
Jamestown
N. Y
Daily Tribune
Texan Credits Dr Kings New Life Pills Revival
W. P. White of Kennedale Texas reports distressing pains in head back and stomach with loss of appetite. After using Dr King s New Life Pills he feels like a new man. Effective for stomach and liver troubles. Only 25 cents at Piper s drug store.
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Dr. King
New Life
W. P. Whitehead
Kennedale
Tex
Piper's
A Boy's Wild Ride For Life
A Leesville Indiana man endured asthma with deathly fear as his family prayed for his life. He rode 18 miles with his son to obtain Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The medicine brought instant relief and cured him, with nightly sleep now sound. Trials of 50c and 1.00 and free samples at Piper's drug store.
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Piper’s
New Presses and Modern Plant for Toledo Blade
The Toledo Blade announces a new building expansion before 1902 with a modern plant and equipment equal to any New York Chicago publication. It claims wide reach as a weekly paper edited for all states and territories with plain topics, editorial matter, stories, and family departments. Subscriptions at one dollar yearly.
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Qpest
Toledo Blade
New York
Chicano
News of the World
Blade
U.S
THE
Toledo
Ohio
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Alfred Woolley
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Ayer
L. Hawn
Newington, Ont
Anya
Jd, C.ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
America’s Greatest Weekly
Toledo, Ohio
NEW Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange
Treune
Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Cole
L.C. Dukes
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