Two Missouri Towns and Early Stateside Divides
A narrative recalls how settlers from Kentucky and the West formed Clay County with Liberty as its seat, while Virginians and Southerners founded Jackson County with Independence as capital on opposite riverbanks. It notes Clay for Liberty and Jackson for independence. Also mentions Abyssinia telegraph lore and Selim the camel with a memory of Napoleon in Egypt.
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Missouri
Clay
Jackson
Kentucky
Missouri River
Liberty
Virginia
Big Muddy
Independence
Oak Grove
Bonner
Ball gown bill shakes newsroom tease in San Francisco
A San Francisco Call anecdote recounts a female journalist famed for sharp copy and costly expense habits. Her grand ball gown expense spurred the editor to joke she should keep a gown in stock with a janitor kept dusted key for future use. The tale lampoons newsroom economics and the era’s press culture.
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Ife
Francisco
Messenger Boys
Aspect
Magidentals
Mtte
Sacramento
Indy
San Prancisco
A Lawyer Delivers Lengthy Rhetoric in Court
A lawyer, famed for eloquence, addresses the jury at length while his rival grows tired. A countryman remarks on Mr B- making a grand speech as the audience teems with impatience. The speaker asserts with bold arithmetic that summing two integers with two others yields four.
Weekly Review of Chicago Business Conditions
Dan's weekly review reports mixed but improving business activity in Chicago with steady production and rising prices in furnace products. New orders rise in ship building and rolling steel. railroad traffic and east-bound foodstuffs advance. Weather cooler in the West aids retail, cotton prices affect marketing, and rail earnings show a slight gain over 1903.
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Dan
Chicago
Inka
Rail
Radstreet
New York
Géba
Intercity Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Wheat and More
The report lists regional bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley clover seed and dairy eggs with multiple quality grades and mixed lots.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louisa
Siconta
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Southern
Toledo
Clulue
New York
Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna in Public Admiration
The article recalls the 1898 Battle of Santiago and quotes Admiral Schley praising Peruna as a remedy, noting his swift decisive style and public endorsement. It links Schley’s fame to Peruna’s popularity and its wide public use as a catarrh remedy.
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Santiago
Admiral Stirley
Viscaya
Perilla
Selley
Cervera
Aerox
Schley
oth-feMler
Admiral Schley
Auch No Man
Ozone Production and Uses in Various Fields
Ozone is generated by electric discharge in a apparatus where atmospheric air is forced by an air pump and transformed to high voltage. It is then carried via pipes to treated spaces and materials. Oxone offers strong oxidizing power for purifying air water sewage leather oils and more. The text also references ad snippets and product claims from Lewis' Factory and The National Casket Go.
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Mary E. Meserve
Salisbury
Mass
Tam
Dr. Williams
Ashmeal Selim
Napoleon ii
Egypt
Wibe Grocers
Ea Sheres i
Bears
Castoria
Peruna
Peruna Drug Co
Columbus
Cto
Burns
Qantas
Lewis
Peoria
Slicker
A. J. Tower.co
Tower Canadian Company, Limited
Toronto
Canada
Argo Balllon
Thompson
Phoenix
Wen
Phoenix Chair CO
Gheboyvgan
Wib
Ganodo
United States
Tmuigratios Disses
Braughton
Quincy Fidg
Roig Ca
Quincy
Ae Mint
Cislimtes Huta Lavuy
Toraa
Fritoun
Room
Bigaque
N and J Uupalls
Ind
GNU
Pleaso Bay
St. Jacobs Oil
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