Lookin Up Business Echoes in Pennsylvania Town
A Pennsylvanian returning home after years meets the town's longtime whitewashing helper. He jokes about business looking up while the elder, in dialect, says he is still calosmarin the ceiling of the Baptis' Church, implying ongoing work.
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Pennsylvania
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Bedridden Indian Man
In Bed Three Montha, Oolitic, Sept 15 Mr W A Terry suffered severe kidney trouble for months and nearly stayed in bed. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he improved on day two and soon regained mobility, praising the remedy for kidney or bladder diseases. Also notes on cigarette production, transit rates, tramway rulings, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup.
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Dodd
Terry
Trade and Industry Progress in New York and Regions
R G Dun & Co notes steady progress in New York port trade and general industrial activity. Domestic conditions show strength while foreign commerce remains weaker. concerns center on material costs, rail freight, and uncertain crop yields impacting future demand.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Market prices across several cities for cattle hogs and crops
A listing of commodity quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and other markets. Cattle hogs and sheep prices shown alongside grain and dairy values including No 2 red wheat No 2 corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and barley with bid ranges for each city.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Pat’s Attempt at Death by Self Harm
A man named Pat, who traveled to America hoping to find easy money, struggles with poverty and menial work before attempting suicide by rope. His landlord interrupts, correcting the method and noting Pat cannot breathe with the rope around his waist.
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Pat
America
New York Times
Don t Give Up On Kidney Relief From Dean s Pills
A testimonial from Charles Lindgren of La Porte Indiana praises Dean s Kidney Pills for curing back pain and kidney distress after using them since 1897. The ad offers a free trial and states the product sells for 50 cents a box through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and druggists nationwide.
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la Porte
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Dean
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Lindgren
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Witness Refutes Attorney With Witty Retort
In a courtroom exchange the veterinary witness declines to pose as a horse doctor yet asserts deep knowledge of the animal. The attorney ridicules the claim, and the witness replies with a sly comeback about not mistaking a horse for a jackass.
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Sol
Ifor
Low Rates to Boston and other notices from Fort Wayne
Low fares to Boston via Nickel Plate Road from October 7 to 11 with return validity through October 18. Extend return to November 12 by ticket deposit and small fee. inquire at nearest Agent or C A Asterlin, T P A, Fort Wayne, Ind. Also notes on ancient bracelets in Greek and Roman contexts and an ad for Piso's Cure for Consumption. includes a Boston Herald joke.
Rubber Stamps Made to Order in Fort Wayne Indiana
Advertises rubber stamps of all kinds made to order with ink and pad options. Encourages sending for a catalogue from Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Summer Boarder Quips About Mean Temperatures
A jocular exchange features Farmer Oatcake running a boarding house. When asked about the local mean temperature he replies that there is none and the weather is always fine.
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Farmer Oatcake
Breakfast tips and travel deals in a mixed page item
A collage of notes cites Mrs. Austin’s Pancake hour as a quick breakfast option, sketches Hindu living standards, a printer ad for Eagle Linen Paper, and a 1900 Canada mineral value figure. It ends with Nickel Plate Road Sunday excursion offer Fort Wayne to Chicago for $2, with travel details and contact pointer.
Letter From Father Praises Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
A Tennessee father recounts that his daughter suffered five years with indigestion and was told she could not recover by two doctors. After a fifty-cent bottle of Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin she could walk a mile and even longer on the next day. The product is sold in fifty-cent and one-dollar bottles with a guarantee by all druggists.
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Bag
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
J. M. Crocker
Nixon, Tenn
Patient reacts to medicine with bath request in Chicago Tribune
A shaggy haired patient jokes about taking a hot water bath after a doctor prescribes medicine. The humorous exchange ends with the patient preferring a mustard plaster to a bath as he shivers at the treatment.
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Chicago Tribune
Cheap Rates to Washington via Nickel Plate Road
Tickets on sale October 3 4 6 and 6 1902 for travel to Washington under the National Encampment G A R. Return limit until October 14 or by deposit of ticket and small fee until November 8 1902. See nearest Agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind 191.
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New York
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Boston
Maas
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Louis Kossuth
T.P. A
Not Far Enough Poem Draft Reaches Editor
A brief exchange appears as a playful note showing a poet asking an editor to push a draft further. The fragment hints at unfinished verse and a push for stronger refinement, reflecting creative tension between writer and editor.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The notice presents it as a general cure available to consumers, with a stated price in the advertisement.
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Hall
Paragraphs from a 1902 travel and health ad column
Contains travel offer to Cleveland for a Hungarian celebration with dates and return policy, plus an advertisement for Pan cake flour and a claim of a permanent cure from Dr Kiloe's nerve remedy. Includes a Confucius quote and various promotional lines with names and addresses.
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