Local ad notes drug store and meat market offerings
An advertisement highlights Thomas Drug Store at Main and Marion with cigars and tobacco, dental services by S. B Soxner at 112 Marion, and HE A Canse meat market at 123 West Jackson. It also promotes new spring and summer hat shapes and portraits by C E Folland, urging readers to visit for photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Drug Store
Main and
Marion Streets
HE. A. Canse- Meat Market
West Jackson Tvour
Local Business Notices and Services in Elkhart Area
Diverse advertisements list IVY WILD boat livery on Hast Jackson St offering outfits and supplies. Funeral directors Stephens & Son and W J Brown promote services and shops on Jackson Street. Various stores advertise groceries, silvers, watches, jewelry, tailor goods, undertakings, and harness. Dr Price pills and Felt's Drug Store are noted along with batteries and building materials providers. A small money making bargain at Kesler Bros. is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hast Jackson St
C.D. Swain
Mer
Local Advertisements Highlight Hardware and Services
Felt's offers new bicycles while W H Mann supplies lumber and pumps at low prices. O Brien's varnishes and Kinghams Snow Flake Lime are featured with coal plaster and cement. The Columbia hotel provides boarding at 1.50 per day. Elkhart Steam Laundry guarantees quality work. Optician W W Brune serves the city. Felt's also lists Go Carts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hotel
Main
High Streets
Dairying’s Rise Shapes U S Agricultural Progress
The piece traces dairying from early colonial butter and cheese exports to the rise of the cheese factory system and creameries. It highlights Jesse Williams of Oneida County as pioneer, the 1851 start, and the rapid spread of factories by 1869 with over 1,000 factories, plus regional expansions across New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa.
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New York
Avlentie Penn
Missouri River
North America
Jesse Williams
Oneida County
N.Y
Williams
Rome
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Alanson Slaughter
Wallkill
Orange County
N. Y
Illinois
Iowa
One of Her Brothers
An observation from a Chicago Post item notes a woman who believes in the brotherhood of man, humorously reflecting on a suitor who once proposed marriage to her. The remark underscores a witty, social tone from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Man
Chicago Post
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Helps Boy With Indigestion
Mrs W D Benson of Maxton Robeson Co N C writes that after five years of illness and failed medical care her one and a half year old son recovered after using two bottles of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He is now well and able to eat anything without illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Benson
Maxton, Robeson Co
N. C
Dr. Pierce
Otis Lacks Command Amid Gulf Department Report
Washington July 15 high officers dismiss the rumor that the gulf department would be re established to give Maj Gen Otis a rank appropriate command Gen Giles urged restoration but the plan hinges on available posts Gen Gus remains on leave and would not return until the lakes department at Chicago opens in September due to Brig Gen Wheeler age rules
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Otis
Washington, D. C
Department of the Gulf
Giles
Gus
Serge
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Wheeler
Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Ad
An old advertisement extols Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a safe remedy for summer complaints, claiming it suits both young and old and will not harm the weakest constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
Americans win two events at Paris athletic meet
In Paris on July 16 Americans swept the early track events. Horace F. Jarvis of Princeton won the 100 meter dash with Walter B. Tewksbury second and Arthur F. Duffy of Georgetown injuring his leg during the race. The 110 meter hurdles was captured by A C Kraenzlein of the University of Pennsylvania, with M C Lain of Michigan second and F G Moloney of Chicago third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Brown
Paris
Horace F. Jarvis
Princeton
Walter B. Tewksbury
Pennsylvania
Stanley Rowley
New South Wales
Arthur F. Duffy
Georgetown
A. C. Kraenzlein
University of Pennsylvania
M. C. Lain
University of Michigan
F. G. Moloney
University of Chicago
Houseworth Bros. Killed Crossing Train Tracks at Wabash
Jacob Dowell of Whitley county was struck and killed by a fast passenger train on the Detroit line of the Wabash road in Wabash Indiana. He attempted to cross a track as a warning whistle sounded but was unable to make it and was hurled forty feet, with the body found against a box car on a siding.
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Wabash
Ind
Jacob Dowell
Whitley County
Detroit
Wabash Road
Treasury balances in general fund report July note
Washington reports the treasury balances in the general fund excluding the $150,000,000 gold reserve. Available cash stands at $149,345,576 while gold totals $69,597,915 and silver $8,856,842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
General Fund
List of wounded unknown due to damaged source
The readable fragments do not provide clear names or details. Wounded are listed vaguely amid garbled text with no coherent event or location confirmed.
Young Nevada youth named Vernon county deputy surveyor
Douglas Wood a 13 year old of Nevada Missouri has been appointed deputy surveyor of Vernon County and taken the oath of office. He learned surveying from his father W H Woods and has assisted on trips and maps, earning praise from newspapers and magazines nationwide for his precocious progress.
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Nevada
United States
Douglas Wood
W. H. Woods
St. Joseph
Vernon County
Wood
Douglas
Vennon
Fiat
Wheat Yield Outlook for Northwest States Reaches 135 Million
H F Jones in a conservative Northwest crop review predicts Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota will produce at least 155 million bushels this year with favorable weather raising the yield to 150 million. Detailed state estimates total 135 million, negating earlier pessimistic forecasts. Also includes a testimonial for Chamberlains Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. F. Jones
Northwest
Journal
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Mr. Jones
North Dakota
Grain Food Co Advert Gives Child Testimonial
A letter from Fannie Williams of Buchanan Michigan praises Grain On coffee substitute from Genesee Pure Food Co Le Roy New York noting she is ten and mother drinks less coffee. Earthquake hits Caucasus Kars and Kagyrman districts with five villages destroyed six dead nine hurt and ongoing shocks reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan, Mich
Genessee Pure Food Co
LeRoy
N. Y
Fannie Williams
St. Petersburg
Kars
Kagyrman
Caucasus Mountains
Gas Experiments a Success in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana experiments at a local factory produced gas by a new process for making glass. The method cost less than half the price of natural gas and was cheaper than natural gas even in the boom days of Indiana gas.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Gas
Prize Eating Contest at Pin Hook Schoolhouse
An informal contest at Pin Hook schoolhouse had Ben winning after eating nine heads of cabbage. He supposedly avoided stomach trouble by taking Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, claimed to prevent indigestion.
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Pin Hook
Ben
Dying Ill R G Dun at Narragansett Pier
Newport July 16 R G Dun head of the Dun Mercantile Agency and senior member of R G Dun Co New York is seriously ill at his Narragansett Pier summer home. Those well informed say the end may come within a few weeks or days.
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R. G Dun
Newport
R. I
R. G. Dun
Dun Mercantile Agency
R. G. Dun & Co
New York
Narragameset Pier
One Minute Cough Cure Touts Quick Relief for Coughs
An advertisement claims early use of One Minute Cough Cure prevents consumption and treats coughs colds croup asthma grippe and throat lung troubles. In a separate item four masked robbers blew open a private bank safe in Hudson Akron stealing 400 and bound two sleeping boys while the night watchman was held at gunpoint.
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Houseworth Bros
Akron
Charles Y. Bussy
Hudson
Drowned Swimmer Jean Brookert Highlighted in Kewanee
In Kewanee Illinois on July 16 Jean Brookert, attempting to match friends in swimming feats, drowned. The incident marks the death of a well known local youth. Advertisements tout Foley’s Honey and Tar for bronchial relief and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for burns and skin ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. E. Davia
W. Congress Sr
Chicago
Foley
Houseworth Bros
Kewanee, IH
Jean Brookert
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Chesters
Kiaods
Century Club
Londres
Indiana Tigers
Old St. Joe
Dom Pedro
S. B
Marion
Louis Glassier
C. E Folland
Holland
Stephens & Son
Elkhart
W J Brown
Jackson Street
Hart
M. A. Smpkins
Stewart Geas
North Main Street
D W. Schog
Middlbury Silvet
Bareains
J. WW. Allison
C. Waey & Sons
J. A. Weveanxp & Co
Franklin St
Friends of Labor
Helfrich & Gezen
G. W. Robinson's
East Jackson Street
Neeligee
A. W. Shively
D. N. Lieb
W .C. Davis
Godfrey Bros
E. High St
G. J. Duncan
Advance Thresher
Kesler Bros
Felt’s
Heffner & Co
W H. Mann
O’brien
W. H. Mann
R. Stutsman
Franklin Street
Hikhart
W. W. Brune
America
Atlantic Coast
Windsor
Ont
O. D. Warner
Doutors
Dallas
Tex
Sherwood
Iron County
Henry Vote
Vote
DeWitt's
Huseworth Bros
Surveyor
Missouri
Dean
Chamberlain
Kennedy
Curtis Barker
Bookwalter
A. O Rowe
Daily Market Report
Chicago Board of Trade
Lakeville, Ind
CO. M. Wheeler
Trav. Pass. Agt
Terre Haute,Ind
W. F. Schallhorn
Vandalia Line
Lukeville
EL A. A
J. M. Cresbraugh
G.pla
St. Louis
South Bend
Logansport
Hesouth
A& Ut
C. M. Witnrer
TL. P
Terre Wanteind
Gr FE
Ford
Majors Rubber
Major’s Leather
Major Cement CO
New York City
Fallmont
A. S. Johnson
M. D
Battle Creek
Mich
DeWitt
Dee- Witt’s
Houseworth Broa
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