Cooperative Savings and real estate loan offer
Money to loan on real estate at current interest rates by the Cooperative Savings and Loan Society. Wanted hay wood join. For sale 40 acres near Bristol with good buildings and fences. The Farmers Association of Bixbart county will hold its 138th annual meeting at the court house on January 6, 1000 at 1 a.m to elect officers and conduct business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Savings and Loan Society
C&wtf
Bristol
T. Watts Bristol, Inc
Parmers’ .Dusaul Air Association
Bixbart County
Pingree's Plans May Be Defeated in Lansing
Lansing Jan 2 The legislature reconvenes with no action on railway tax increases copper iron tax and a municipal ownership amendment to the constitution The window for early action is tight and pay for special session runs out Saturday The governor's program faces potential failure without another special session which he is not discussing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingree
Lansing
Mich
Sydney to Ward Off Plague
A Daily Mail report from Sydney notes rising plague deaths at Noumea but whites attacked there are recovering and alarm is subsiding. The Hawaii outbreak is seen as a greater danger due to swift regular shipping to Australia, with eastern colonies enforcing strict quarantine measures.
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Sydney
London
Daily Mail
Noumea
Hawaii
Australia
Fire destroys Champion co op store and Jill's drug store
Fire swept Champion Michigan destroying the Champion cooperative store and Jill's drug store. By 1:30 the flames threatened adjacent buildings on Main Street as residents, lacking means to fight the blaze, moved goods to the street and sought a fire engine from another town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion
Mich
Marquette
Champion Co-Operative
Jill’s Drug
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Railroad Man
A railroad passenger conductor testifies to kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He recalls back pain and kidney issues for years, but reports a quick cure after trying the remedy. He urges others to use Doan's, with Foster Milburnon in Maitland as U.S. sole agents and Buffalo, New York as the origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash, Brown
Jefferson Street
Elkhart
Shore R R
Brown
Dean
New Carlisle
Dodan
Houseworth Bros
Doan
Maitland
Foster-Milburon
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Papal Delegate Arrives Amid Guam Slavery Abolition Deportations
Archishop Chapelle arrives in Manila as papal delegate amid lawsuits over church property in the Philippines. Slavery abolition proclaimed in Guam by Captain Leary with deportation of Spanish priests. Col Pettit and Lieut Col Hayes seek damages for a seaworthy but overburdened transport Mariense.
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Guam
Manila
Chapelle
Philippines
United States
Sherman
San Francisco
Monsignore Chapelle
Nozaleda
Spain
Te Islands
Leary
Sensation at Lansing as officials tied to state fraud flee
W L White of Grand Rapids quit as quartermaster-general and fled the country to avoid a grand jury indictment for conspiracy to defraud the state. Ex Inspector General A F Marsh and Col H A Smith resigned. Testimony alleges a scheme with Illinois Supply Co and Henderson Ames Co to overcharge the state, with cash looted by White and Bickerstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing. Mich
W. L. White
Grand Rapids
Pingree
A. F. Marsh
H. A. Smith
White
Marsh
S. N. Bickerstaff
Kalamazoo
Bickerstaff
Illinois Supply Company
Henderson Ames Company
Fourth National Bank
Osborn Announces Republican Governor Candidacy
Detroit January 3 railroad official Charles E Osborn formally enters the race for the Republican nomination for governor. Moscow dispatch reports Sebastopol artillery workshops and naval storehouses burning with tremendous losses expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit, Mich
Charles E. Osborn
Moscow
Sebastopol
Plan to detail army officers for public school military instruction
Col Marsh introduces a bill authorizing the secretary of war to detail active and retired officers to public schools for male students. Captains to cities of 190,000 residents, sergeants to 50,000, corporals to 25,000. Proponent says it will teach tactics, patriotism, and readiness with minimal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Marsh
Secretary of War
Record Year for American Locomotive Output
A Railway Gazette article reports 1869 output of contracting locomotives in the United States reaching a new peak. About 62 more engines than prior year, with 14,000 locomotives built for railways, seven percent fewer than last year for exports. Foreign orders reached 644 locomotives with 600 sent abroad. Notable was a large order by the Chicago Northwest Railway for oilier?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Gazette
Lse
Heve
Chicasa & Northwest Pi
Knill’s Red and White Pills for Various Ailments
An 1890s style patent medicine ad claims Knill’s Red Pills for Wan People at 25c per box and Nrijl’s White Liver Pills, Rowel Regulator, Konill’s Blue Kidney Pills, Krill’s Black Diarrhoia Pills, and Krill’s Dyspepsia Tablets. Promises safe, cheap cures for stomach upsets, dyspepsia, gas, and indigestion, all sold with druggist guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knill
Wieman
Len
Nrijl
Rowel
Konill
Krill
Karnice device aims to prevent burial accidents
Parisian expert Emile Camis spoke to the Medico Legal society in New York about a coffin alarm called Karnice. The device rings when any coffin movement occurs and would allow removal if no alarm sounds after two weeks. The hotel manager barred live demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Camis
M. Camis
Medico-Legal Society
St. Andrews Hotel
New York City
Burdock Blood Bitters Claim Dyspepsia Relief
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bittered tonics as a cure for dyspepsia affecting millions of Americans. It markets the product as available at drug stores and promises relief from stomach ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdock
Nee Great South American Kidney Cure relief in six hours
Distressing kidney and bladder pain relieved in six hours by Nee Great South American Kidney Cure. Quick relief of back pain and urinary retention. Sold by A. M. Leonard, druggist, Elkhart, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. m. Leonard
Elkhart
Ind
Family Burned to Death in Barboursville Home
Barboursville West Virginia January 2 William Edlis his wife and two children perished in an unknown origin house fire early Monday The blaze destroyed their residence leaving investigators to determine how the tragedy started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barboursville
W. Va
William Edlis
Here
Peanut Vendor Promises Weather Aided Wedding
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a peanut vendor boasting a wedding set for tomorrow in favorable weather. A passerby notices the quirky exchange as the candy seller jokes about postponing vows for better conditions.
Sleetrie Line Sparks Blooming Chestnut Trees
The London Chronicle reports unusual behavior of chestnut trees along Avenue Louise in Brussels after electric tram installation. Trees under the tram line turn brown and shed leaves in August then bud and blossom again in October while opposite-side trees follow normal seasonal patterns. Experts suspect underground electrical current affects roots of healthy trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue Louise
Brussels
London Chronicle
Photographic Rock At Bradley Flat Makes Fading Photos
A ranch rock at Bradley Flat near Trot Springs M D behaves like a photographic plate when moist. After thunderstorms it shows clear images of nearby trees and bushes, though images fade and renew with each storm. The rock appears a flint sandstone mix in a dirty red color.
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Bradley Flat
Trot Springs
M. D
Chicago Chronicle
Record Salaries Highlight Rail and Business Leaders
The text notes George Gould receiving 5 million dollars over ten years for services rendered, an annual rate of 500000, and cites Sir William C. Van Horn earning 75000 per year as president of the Canadian Pacific. The figures illustrate historic high pay for top executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gould
Sir William C. van Horn
Canadian Pacific
N. Y. Press
Big Four Bridge Burns Near Marshall Detours Ordered
The Big Four railroad bridge over a creek three miles north of Marshall was burned early Monday. The 1,499 foot long eighty foot high structure will force passenger trains to detour via the Vandalia line to Farrington and then to Marshall while freight service is abandoned indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Marshall, WL
Big Four
Here
Farrington
Marshall
Carnegie Gifts $300000 to Cooper Union Me chanic Arts Day School
Andrew Carnegie donates 300000 to Cooper Union to fund a day school for training young men as skilled workers. The program mirrors the current night school in scope and will be named Mechanics Arts Day School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Cooper Union
Mechanics’ Arts
Broken Rail Ditches Train Near Cole Station
A Pontiac Oxford and Northern passenger train was derailed by a broken rail near Cole station ten miles north of Pontiac Michigan. Twenty people were injured including Miss Ella Omer of Detroit who was seriously hurt and possibly fatally. No fatalities were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Pontiac, Oxford & Northern Railroad
Cole Station
Pontiac
Ella Omer
Stonas Promotes Eclectric Oil as Preparedness
Advertising line extols Dr Stonas Eclectric Oil as a monarch over prin and a remedy to anticipate mishaps, claiming it helps before accidents occur. The copy emphasizes foresight and readiness despite noting accidents cannot be foreseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Stonas
Monarch
Prin
Kidneoids Publicity Letter Endorsed by User
G W Eyerly of Frankfort Indiana testifies that kidney pain backache and urinary problems vanished after using Morrow s Kidneoids He reports relief within days and plans to continue treatment recommending the product Holleworth Bros drug store in Hollewoth sells it for fifty cents a box manufactured by John Morrow Co Springfield Ohio
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Hikhart
G. W. Eyerly
North Clinton Street
Frankfort
Ind
Morrow
Hollewoth Bros
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
Danish Campaign to Exterminate Rats Spreads Across Cities
London News reports Denmark's rat campaign begun in Copenhagen uses a per rat bounty method. Weekly tallies show 6,060, 6,016, and 6,750 rat heads as officials report rising mortalities and cites admiration for a patriotic effort to curb the “petty wolf” rat across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Copenhagen
Hendrik
London News
Wanted district office managers in state for county representation
L A Park offers desirable employment with unusual opportunities as district office managers to represent him in their counties. Salary is 600 yearly, paid weekly, with references exchanged and a self addressed stamped envelope for replies to 320 Caxton Building Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Park
Caxton Building
Chicago
Fall Suit and City Goods Advertisements
Multiple local ads promote first class fall suits at EB G Krienke and John Baumgarten with tailoring services on Main Street. Also featured are DeCamp Son flour and Timothy seed supplies, Knickerbocker Drug Store bargains, John Wambach meat market steaks, Kesier Bros real estate guidance, Stewart groceries, and Fort Main Street delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Krienke
Geats
Main Street
Knickerbocker Drug Store
S. Main Street
John Baumgarten
Kesier Bros
Stewart
Fort Main Street
Local Retail Ads Highlight Watches Clocks and Jewelry
A line of robes and horse blankets at J A Wryeanpd Co on Franklin Street. J H Allison at 431 Main St promotes watches clocks and jewelry as the best money can buy. Warning that fuel supplies shrink yearly and prices rise, with D N Liebs Automatic Heat Regulator advertised as a money saver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Wryeanpd & Co
Franklin Street
Oposite
J. H. Allison
D. N Liebs
Leiningers Restaurant Elkhart Ice Cream and More
An old advertisement lists Leiningers as a place for lunches meals ice cream and confectionery. It promotes the Elkhart Ice Company store and tailoring by Louis Glassier with various local merchants, bakery F G Shaw and The Far Store as top city options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leininger’s
F. G. Shaw's
South Mains
Local businesses advertise services and goods
The notice lists Elkhart Steam Laundry as a fine work headquarters and touts Rohrer painting and paper hanging, Taylor Company fall suits, Kavanaugh Pollard premiums, Gools fresh supplies with bell phone 874, Koshi coal and stock foods, Troy Steam Laundry piano tickets, Hassler Brubaker, Commercial cafe at 597 South Main, Schreiber Son building fronts, Beck Krumpetz horseshoeing, W H Mann lumber yard with lead and oil, and O Brien varnishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W H. Mann
O’brien
W. H. Mans
Houseworth Bros. Market Finest Toilet Soaps
Houseworth Bros two large drug stores carry the finest line of toilet soaps and perfumery. Buy them and you will always return for more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houseworth Bros
Five and Ten Cent Store Offers Tinware and Hosiery Bargains
In need of tinware granite iron notions or hosiery visit the five and ten cent store for trimmed and untrimmed Tate x. costing this week to save money on selections and prices.
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L.s.&wm.s
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry
Beast Bcn
Old Road
Air Line
Pacific Express
Fast Mail
Elk. & Chi
Boston & Cal
Sp l
Lake Shore Limited
Western Ecopress
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Ericard P.& LE. Rys
Pittsburg
G. Jagrammer
Trafic Mgr
A. J. Smith
A. L. Gotwalt
da. G. B. Zinn
Ovar Bornaman & Doll’s
Wtf
Eriars
Rolla
The
Congress
Sporn
Jimi
Jasper
Detroit Free Press
Aver
Agor
J.C
J.L. Wolf
City Milling Co
F. W. Brunk
C. E. Crave & Co
DeCamp & Son
East
Main St
John Wambach
South Main Street
Elkhart Iruel Co
R. Jones
Mgr
Louis Glassier
Sanders’ Offee
Rohrer
Taylor
Kavanaugh & Pollard
Bell
Troy Steam Laundry
Hassler & Brubaker
Schreiber & Son
Beck & Krumpetz
Reine Srapours
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