Sale on Sample Blankets From Geo Wyman Co
Geo Wyman and Company offers at spec ial prices a large lot of slightly soiled sample blankets. They claim the blankets have visited major cities and hotels including the Oliver Hotel of South Bend, the Waldorf Astoria in New York, and the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. Prices range from 35 cents per pair for 10-4 cotton to 65 cents for 11-4 and 1.00 for 12-4, with white wool blankets listed at 3.00, and 5.60 to 6.00 dollar ranges. Customers are invited to visit the store to view and purchase.
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Geo. Wyman & Co
Oliver Hotel
South Bend
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Crockery Dept Offers Four Tables of Fancy Sample China
Four tables of fancy sample china from Germany and Austria offered at about half price. Prices listed as 25c 6fc 75e and 1.00.
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Germany
Austria
Domestic Batting and Carpet Goods Sale Notice
This ad lists cotton batting in various weights and prices from 5c to 15c per roll, antiseptic pound rolls, machine rolled battings at 10c, Simpsons 10c Silkolines at 7 1/2c yard, 36 inch. Carpet ware in skeins white 20c colored 22c per pound, Stark’s two bushel grain bags 48c each.
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Simpsons
Stark
Summer Underwear and Hosiery Sale In South Bend
Clean out sale offers stockings and underwear at deep discounts. Prices range from 50c quality items to 15c for 25¢ quality goods. Includes ladies, men, and boys with August stock highlighted. Store open days vary with Saturday closing. address South Bend, Indiana.
Southern Arkansas Land Offers Timbered Farm Country
Southern Arkansas lands described as timbered with perfect drainage, no swamps, good water. Suitable for corn cotton small grains cow peas and possibly clover alfalfa. Porous clay soil and clay subsoil classed as cheapest in Southwest. 10 months range for stock.
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Southern
Arkansas
E. W. Labeaume
G. P
T. A
St. Louis
World's Greatest Clarivoyant Palmist in Elkhart
Francis Darnell, renowned life reader, offers consultations on life, love, marriage, divorce, and business at 212 Marion Street Elkhart. Readings promise names dates and advice for all worries with half price for seven days. Parlors quiet and private from 9 to 8 30.
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Elkhart
Marion Street
Francis Darnell
St Francis Valley Lands Advertised In Missouri Arkansas
Rich river bottom soil in St Francis Valley offers fertile land for corn wheat oats clover timothy alfalfa fruits and vegetables with big crops and few failures. Lands cheap now with advancing prices this fall homeseeker rates listed for August September and October. Write for St Francis Valley Booklet EL W Labeaume Gips and KT Ay Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo.
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Missouri
Arkansas
St. Francis ‘Valley
EL. W. Labeaume
St. Louis
Excursion Plans Mentioned for Niagara Falls and Montreal Trip
Fragments indicate an excursion in August traveling from Yate to Niagara Falls Toronto and Montreal with stops including Ale perhaps. The note references destinations and dates in a travel context.
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Em Mber
Niagara’ ‘Falls
Toronto
Ale
Montreal
JAVA'S OLD TEMPLES AWE WITH JAVASAN ARCHITECTURE
The London Globe surveys Java’s temples from Tyandi Barabudur to Prambanam and Gunong Pran, noting 8th-9th century Hindu Buddhist artistry, vast bas-reliefs, hundreds of statues, and structural quirks. It cites Wallace on labor and laments missing arches, urging further excavations for new discoveries.
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Egypt
India
Syria
Mexico
Java
London Globe
Sultanate of
Djokjakarta
Buddha
Indra
Heaven
Alfred Russel Wallace
Malay Archipelago
Barabudur
Prambanam
Gunong Pran
Wallace
Modjo-Agong
Mendoet
Pompeii
The Chinese Doctor and His Healing Ways
The Chinese physician relies on pulse examination to diagnose and often asks about marital status and age. He may employ a native chemist for large practices and runs tea room style offices where remedies are taken as hot herbal decoctions. Patients sip medicine with tea and raisins to mask bitterness before returning for follow up.
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United States
Great Britain
Chambers’ Journal
Advice From Gounod to the Violinist Ernst
A London catalogue of autographs quotes Gounod giving broad guidance for artists. He urges balance: not too much piano, more music. not too much head, more heart. not too much study, more reflection. avoid rigid imitation of family. The note adds a short postscript.
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Gounod
Ernst
London
Lady Eldon and the shoeed pony and frugal suppression
A diary fragment recounts Lady Eldon’s extreme frugality and control over household finances. She reportedly kept the last shoes from pony Bob, opposing Lord Eldon’s shooting hobby to avoid extravagance. The anecdote highlights their notorious stinginess and social satire.
Catching a Loon in the Laurentians
Graham West recounts trapping a young northern diver in July on a remote Laurentian lake. The juvenile loon, sized like a pigeon, initially coal black, was captured after a drawn out chase. The mother loon circled the canoe, calling plaintively as West released the bird back into the water.
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Graham West
Laurentians
Most Men Have It Door Key Habit
A New York Post excerpt notes a lazy man and a woman observing a passerby. He claims men instinctively grab their latch keys upon entering their block, not at the door. The anecdote hinges on a subtle habit observed on a city street.
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New York Post
Beeswax Rationalized as Bee Produced From Sugar Diet
New science explains bee comb wax is not harvested pure from flowers but elaborated by bees in the abdomen. Researchers state bees produce the material through a chemistry system within wax pockets, using a saccharine diet.
How He Got the Moon
John Henry Maedler the astronomer who loved the moon learned Frau Witte owned a fine model of the moon. He spent years seeking it. He married Frau Witte’s daughter after her husband died, and upon his mother-in-law’s death the moon model became his.
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John Henry Maedler
Frau Witte
A Lesson Wasted
A mother shows her son a martyr picture and warns of lions. The boy replies with a quip about a lion behind who “won’t get any,” highlighting childlike misinterpretation of danger and tragedy.
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Joe
Notice on Beach Warns Passersby of Drowning
An old sign on a beach near an English town declares that any person passing beyond the point will be drowned by order of the magistrate. The ominous warning reflects a harsh local order once used to deter trespass.
Fragmented Verse Fragment from Obscure Page
The readable lines show a fragmented dialogue with hints of a character’s remorse and questions about a union. The text contains garbled punctuation and incomplete phrases suggesting a dramatic or poetic exchange. No clear event or entities emerge from the fragments.
Four Trains with Parlor Cars Run to Indianapolis
Big Four time table shows trains 83 34 41 42 with parlor cars to Indianapolis. Trains 41 and 42 the Winona Flyer run through to Cincinnati Terre Haute and St. Louis. Train 33 goes to Louisville with a Greensburg connection for Cincinnati. G A Henry Agent. Northbound.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Louisville
Greensburg
G. A. Henry
Excursion to Niagara Falls Announced by Big Four
The Big Four railroad has arranged an excursion to Niagara Falls on August 3. The trip will depart via the Big Four to Niles and transfer to the Michigan Central for the onward journey.
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Niagara
Falls
Big Four
Big
Niles
Michigan Central
House Paints At Mil Haskins Home
A brief item notes house paint activity at Mil Haskins' residence dated August 8. No additional details about the event or participants are provided.
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Mil
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R. H. Barham
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Young
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Eadie
Madison Sqnurs
Phila
John W. Kistner
South Main Street
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A. E. Schuler
Felt’s
Notion Store
Alice H. Horton, M. D
the Crown Dental
C. M. Dowell
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Lafranco
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
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Grand Rapids
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Buffalo
Chicago Express
Elk & Chgo
Boston
Toledo & Ghic
Lake Shore
Western Express
Cleveland
Erie
Pittsburg
G. F. Daly
A. J. Smith
L.gotwalt
Traain
M. Dm
P.m. P
Benton Harbor
Granger
Goshen
Wabash
Warsaw
Marion
Nace Ther
Anderson
Esse Cesecs
P.m. D
Renton Harbor
Bernas Ate
Dem
D.mm
S. C. Barwick
Nabete
Sm Éenca
B. F. Kuhn, M. B
G. B. Hoppingareer
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Marion Mt
Martanea
Bell
Lockwood
Harrison
James A. Work
Biraet
BEML
RLS
J.l.hively,b
Osteopathic Physiciast
C. D. Goodrich
P. Turner
South Main
DR. Spohn
N. E. Cor
Immbife Sts
E. Beacislay Ave
J. F. Werner
Powis
Haggerty
Leosiwae Ave
Wm. Gabel
State St
Groundsea
S. B. Short
Marion St
Elkharé
Br. É. E. HA
Monger
Erner Franklin and Secon
Imerix
Ms& P
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