Local ads promote fall footwear and clothing sales
Don t order tailoring from Chicago Stilson in the Odd Fellow s block. The Wil on Heating Machine promises economical fuel savings. Norris E. Fexr featured. John Wesley s shoe store at 736 South Main offers fall shoes and repairs. A. W. Shively shows new overcoats and 35 and 40 cent shirt sale at 207 Main Street.
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Chicago
Stilson
Wil
Norris E. Fexr
John Wesley
South Main Street
A. W. Shively
Main Street
Luonaro's Dive Store and related goods promoted
An assorted vintage ad listing Luonaro's Dive Store offerings and notices for Heffner & Co plumbers, Waley & Sons undertakers, Kes telephone numbers, J J Micks Co jewelers, Dr Dill magnetism healing, Odd Fellows Temple, and He rrich & Gelzer footwear and furniture ads.
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C. Waley & Sons
Local Stores Advertise Stock and Goods Across Town
An array of local merchants promotes their offerings from lumber and hardware at Borneman and Co to groceries from J Buechter, Goldsman’s Drug Store, and the Thomas drug store. Other listings include Geo Weippert’s meat market, Stark & Beardsley fire insurance, real estate bargains, Gee Whiz soap, Stewart & Worn groceries, Lois Sterne for clothing, Norris Felt, and W J Brown’s second hand shop.
Local shops feature sales and goods for holiday season
Hoetger Bros reading tailors offers up to date work and tailored suits at customer pleasing prices. Weyrick Bros groceries tout value and economy. Miller Jessup promotes inexpensive buggy harness and horse goods. People's Outfitting Co offers furniture one fourth off and stresses Christmas presents. Schmidt's saloon markets Pabst Milwaukee beer and fine wines at the station. W E Smith Jewelers offers rubber stamps and optician services at 318 Main Street.
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Hoetger Bros
Reading Tailors
Main Street
People’s Outfitting Co
A Man Lifts a Flour Barrel as Physician Denies Possibility
A man calmly lifts a large flour barrel after a physician claims it impossible. The scene leads into praise for Dr. R V Pierce and his Golden Medical Discovery, touted as curing consumption and improving health for over thirty years, with testimonials from users in New York and elsewhere.
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R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Wood pulp as poultices and surgical dressings
Wood pulp can be macerated in water to swell four to five times its weight, forming poultices of varying consistency. Hot water retains heat longer, antiseptic drugs dissolve in soaking water, and the pulp absorbs oils when dry. It can be molded as a splint and used as an antiseptic absorbent dressing when kept moist. Crude pulp can be sterilized by heating.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Fiew Our Pathers Taught
A western man visiting his eastern cousin is shown a family heirloom gun and told it taught his first arithmetic lesson. The cousin teases with misdirections about counting and shooting, then reveals the ramrod was used instead.
Nearer His Size Lamb Chop Pun Prompts Lottie’s Chatter
In a playful exchange, six year old Lottie calls baby Willie a lamb chop after his mother calls him a lamb. She reasons the nickname suits his small size better than lamb. The moment reveals a child’s humorous logic and affection.
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Lottie
Willie
N. Y. World
Soldiers Paid After Capture Rule Surprises Readers
The New York Sun notes that British soldiers captured by the enemy have their pay stopped immediately. It adds that 1,000 English soldiers playing football at Pretoria are not wage earners and that, after release, an investigation may lead to back pay being awarded, though not guaranteed.
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Pretoria
N. Y. Sun
Two Discoveries By A Modern Columbus
A young man exclaims wow as he withdraws his arm and reveals two discoveries. He notes his fiancé has a wasplike waist and that he has learned where the pins go. The line captures a humorous moment from the Chicago Evening News.
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George
Chicago Evening News
British Reported Losses and Boer Advance in South Africa
London dispatches detail Boer bombardment of Ladysmith, a six hour battle near Dordrecht, and British withdrawals. Reports cite 104 British killed and wounded at Mafeking and ongoing gun movements near Colesburg and Arundel as Britain fights to hold key towns in the Transvaal theatre.
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London
Weenen
Ladysmith
Devonshire
Daizel
Dent
Twiss
Tringham
Caffyn
Byrne
Scafe
Kane
Fim
Dordrecht
Montmorency
Frere
Natal
Tugela
Chieveley
Daily Mail
Lourenco Marques
Dev. IY
Pretoria
Transvaal
Portugal
Lourenvo Slarques
Drrr Pott
Lioyvois
Castle, Union and
Bucknail
Hines
The
Cape Town
Vryburg
Orange River
Mafeking
Cronje
Jord Methuen
Drechnaneland
Kimberley
Wenilworth
Col. Baden-Powell
Daily Telegraph
Colenso
Bowbbard
Tugela River
Pretora
Birgher
German Cruisers Sent to Delagoa Bay in East Africa
German war move reported as Condor and Schwalbe head toward Delagoa Bay with ships at East London and Dar es Salaam. Berlin discusses seizure of the Bundesrath as a legal question amid diplomatic tension over contraband and British actions. Hamburg merchants insist the Bundesrath cargo was not contraband.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Portugal
West Africa
Germany
Mossamedes
Fish Bay
Tiger Island
London
Condor
East London
Dar-es-Salaam
Delagoa Bay
Chronicle
Neuste Nachrichten
Great Britain
Africa
Safe in Trenches Versus Fortifications in Ladysmith
The London Mail argues earthworks and trenches offer superior protection from rifle bullets compared with stone walls. Sir George White and his troops at Ladysmith are cited as well protected behind earthworks. Artillery is needed to force soldiers from trenches, requiring precise fire and many guns.
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London Mail
George White
Ladysmith
Imaginary Dangers and Fear in Disease Cases
A hospital house surgeon cites fear as a major cause of death, describing cases where prisoners were shown fake cholera beds to induce illness. In a cruel experiment two patients died after believing beds housed cholera victims, while two others survived. A separate tale shows doctors exploiting a patient with a back itch by applying a stamp as a proof of a plaster.
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Mussia
Blue streak in the air sparks talk at gas office wireless
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a blue streak in the air as the colonel speaks with a man in the gas office via wireless telegraph, highlighting a tense moment in wartime communication.
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Yonkers Statesman
Stepping Stones Snubs and Social Climbing Snags
A brief, witty note from Stepping Stones quotes Mrs. Canter and Piiek on social rising and the etiquette of snubbing the right people. It hints at Vanity and class dynamics in society.
Deaths in Connecticut children's homes rise small
During the year ended September 30 last there were only five deaths among the 1,217 inmates of the eight children's temporary homes in Connecticut.
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Connecticut
Milk Provides As Much Nourishment As Beef
A quart of milk is described as containing the same nourishment as three quarters of a pound of beef. The statement links dairy and meat nutrition, comparing dairy yield to beef in a simple ratio.
We Must Have It and Other Says in Wordplay
A brief quoted exchange from a New York Journal column contrasts desire and money, noting that many interests exist but come with costs as the line hints at broader social humor.
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N. Y
Wheat and Chaff in Comic Journals
A brief note from the Chicago Daily News discusses the joker’s role in comic journals, framing wit as the essential element of humor and suggesting the value of satire amid publication.
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Chicago Daily News
Harlem Life Remarks on a Proposed Union Mood
The dialogue notes a playful mood during a marriage proposal with mentions of May and a conjuctive tone between Ethel and Jack. A brief Harlem Life vignette hints at social mood and intimate exchange within the year.
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Jack
Ethel
Harlem
What is economy What is economy
The Indianapolis Journal pitches a subscription offer for the Weekly Trova with Kendall’s perfected receipt book as a premium. The book’s value is stressed as nearly offsetting the subscription price.
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Indianapolis Journal
Trova
Kendall
Tfinky
Pay Up and Get Both Papers at One Price
A newspaper offers old subscribers a five year deal: Weekly Truth and Farm Journal together for $1.00 if arrears are paid and one year in advance. The note touts Farm Journal as a gem practical progressive and honest paper with broad circulation.
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Farm Journal
Truth
Anc
Arm Journal
Bush Troops to Afghan Frontier Increased Force
A dispatch from Odessa reports an additional 60 000 troops to be sent to the Afghan frontier with urgency. Officers on leave from central garrisons are ordered to rejoin the colors at once.
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Jaondon
Jan
Odessa
Carnegie Works Advance Pay Restores Wages at Carnegie Mills
Pittsburg Pa Jan 2 With wage raises from 15 rents to 1 or more a day for 10000 plus workers Carnegie Steel resumes all mills at 6 o clock Monday evening The wage boost will lift Carnegie payrolls by 1 to 1 5 million dollars annually
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Carnegie Works
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
Fire destroys Hayward Lumber offices at Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Illinois January 2 fire swept the Hayward Lumber company offices and storage buildings. The Henry Hobbs machine shop suffered heavy damage. Loss set at ten thousand dollars.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon, Ill
Hayward Lumber Company
Henry Hobbs
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Heffner & Co
Luonaro’s
J. J. Micks Co. Jewelers
Herrich & Gelzer
Godfrey Bros.’ Lumber
Borneman & Con
Hardiware
J. Buechter
Middlebury Street
Goldsman’s Drug Store
Columbia Hotel
Main and High Streets
Geo Weippert
North Main Street
Stark & Beardsley
Stewart & Worn, Grogers
Franklin Street
Davis
Lois Sterne
Norris JF. Felt
Thomas Drug Store
Main and
Marion Streets
W J Brown
Jackson Street
Chesters
Ueentury Club Anc
Londres Cabana
Indiana Tigers
Old St. Joe
Dom Pedro Se
Ladies of Elk‘art
Calla. M. A. Tompkins
F. Leusch
N. D. Graham
Union Shop
Weyrick Bros
Miller & Jessup
Pabst Choice
Milwaukee
Schmidt’s
Opp. L. S
M. S
W. E. Smith’s, Jeweler and Optician
Main St. Elkhart
White
Swatl
French
Arundel
Colesburg
Winston Churchill
South Africa
Churchill
New York
Volunteers
Clanna-Gael
Egypt
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Alexandria
Menelik
Aegus
Abys- Sinia
New York Herald
Lisbon
Delagoa Thay
Delagoa
Robinson
Robinson’s Bank
Times
Telegraph
Frerecamp
Argus
Louvrenco Marques
Kashmir
Youbav
War Office
Miharajeh
Iashmir
Paris
Ecclair
Creusot
Kuruman
Delegoa
Por
Tuguese Port
Prince Hohenlohe
Herr Adolph Woermann
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
J. Sheer
Sedslia
Hkelieves
Ones
Housesorth Bros
God
Taxco
Csarry
Patier
Son
Alonzo O. Bliss
D.C
E. C. West
Elkhart
Castetter
Main St
Houseworth Bros
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