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A 1900 promotional pitch to new readers offers a full year of Weekly Truth for $1.00 prepaid, with an included free one year subscription to a different publication. The invitation urges readers to stay informed as the year promises rapid events and history in the making.
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Truth
Burdicks
YOOUC
Sewin
Sewinr
Fesk
Burdick
Chicago
America
Smyth
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Local Trade Notes and Advertisements Compile
A collage of shop ads and notices lists battery sellers, shoe makers, a jewelry sale, a photographer, seed dealers, a dentist, an agricultural implement agency, and grocers. It highlights bargains and services from W J Brown on Jackson Street to DeCamp & Son seeds and Fedder Bros groceries.
Local business notices and openings across Main and South Main streets
Heffner & Co. plumbers advertise taxen at Baumgartens store 522 Main for a new fall suit. N D Graham Tonsorial Parlor at 208 south Main offers up-to-date grooming. J A WereGano Co. on Franklin St opposite post office lists surveying harness. Sam Carlin moves to 514 South Main for larger bathrooms and new business start May 7. M Swinehart at 11% West Jackson hawks groceries and baked goods. Verner's Ginger Ale and fountain drinks featured at Goldmans.
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J. A. WereGano & Co
Franklin St
Post Office
Sam Carlin
South Main Street
Local City Ads Tout Products And Services
Local notices promote lime mortar from THE BIG BLIME and medicines from Old Kentucky Blue Grass. Beverages include Buckeye pilsner and Century Club cigars alongside 5¢ cigars. Teethed care offered by Dr S B Shorry. Tailors Hoetger Bros advertise tailor made suits at competitive prices.
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Weiler Bros
Hoetger Bros
Main Street
Local Ads Cite Hardware, Drugs, Lumber and More
Thas Dettling & Son advertises sheet-iron work at low prices from 426 South Main Street Cleap. Thomas Drug Store touts fresh drugs and toiletries at Main and Marion. W H Mann offers building materials, lead and oil, varnishes. W. H. Mann and C. Walsey & Sons promote funeral services. C J Stilson & Co. advertise tailoring. Ke A Canse meat market sells fresh meat produce and canned goods at 123 West Jack Pop. Rohrer offers painting and wallpaper services. Miller & Jessup market buggy sales and harness. Schreiber & Son supply cornices skylights steel ceilings and store fronts at 106 Main Street.
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Thas Dettling & Son
South Main St
KE. A. Canse- Meat Market
West Jackpop
Schreiber & Son
Main Street
Global Cotton Production Shifts as Nations Compete for Shares
Daniel Cleverton notes that the United States has long led world cotton output, producing over half the global supply since 1834. He details rising U S production, India China Egypt and Russia as key rivals, and outlines area, yield and trade factors shaping future competition.
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United States
India
China
Egypt
Ludiai
Greece
Italy
Europe
Yerkes
Persia
Asia Minor
Russia
Asia
trans-Caucasia
Turkestan
America
Solar discoveries at Paris exposition telescope
An examination of the sun through the large telescope at the optical pavilion of the Paris exposition yielded unexpected results. The sun’s image appeared with striking clarity and prominences once thought visible only at the edge could be seen on the surface.
Chic look sparks egg business reference
A Chicago Times-Herald blurb notes Mrs Brimberson’s chic appearance and casually questions if her husband’s wholesale egg business influences her style. The column mixes fashion observation with a light business aside.
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Aids Weak Women
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a remedy for womanly illnesses after marriage and during lactation. It claims to tone the system, restore brightness, and cites personal testimonial from Mrs Emma Richardson of Kentucky. The ad also promotes Dr Pierce Medical Adviser a roo s pages free by mail with stamps, offering cloth binding for 31 stamps.
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Pierce
Emma Richardson
Goss, Wayne Co
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Squirrel Inn opens in New York with meals and free library
The Charch Pemperence society opens Squirrel Inn on the Bowery in New York City with an upstairs free library and reading room. The first floor houses an inexpensive restaurant serving small steaks and various dishes while a basement kitchen is fully equipped. The library shelf holds 560 volumes donated by W R Hearst alongside several pictures.
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Charch Pemperence Society
Squirrel Dro
All Powers
New York City
Squirrel Dun
Bowery
Grand Street
Tropez
W. R. Hearst
Kearst
Kidney Cure Promises Relief From Rheumatism
Science claims rheumatism stems from uric acid in the blood and is excreted by healthy kidneys. Foley's Kidney Cure is promoted to restore kidney function and ease rheumatic symptoms. Houseworth Bros.
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Foley
Houseworth Bros
Dream leads to murder at Ohio picnic
Springfield Ohio June 11 John Beck 37 was shot and killed by Robert Mendenhall 19 at Clifton picnic grounds after a woman spilled cream at Mendenhall’s hut. Beck and Stanley Bailey were approached as Mendenhall, armed with a revolver, proclaimed intent to kill and fired striking Beck in the temple. Mendenhall fled and was not captured.
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Springfield
Ohio
John Beck
Robert Mendenhall
Clifton
Here
Beck
Stanley Bailey
Bailey
Mendenhall
Four Killed in Electric Road Wreck at Oakland Beach
A head on collision on the Oakland Beach electric road near Providence leaves four dead and twenty six injured. Victims include Arthur Liscomb George W. Baker and motorman Henry Hanlon. Several injured remain in precarious condition at area hospitals.
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Providence
R. L
Oakland Beach
Arthur Liscomb
George W. Baker
Lewis C. Sanborn
Ed D. B. Burroughs
O. O. Kimball
C. N. Kingsley
Pawtucket
Mrs. Kingsley
William Malliet
Prince Street
H. P. Palmer
Weybossel Street
H. T. Palmer
Point Street
S. B. Bragg
Carpenter Street
Mary Tourtillot
Lockwood Street
William Bogerdy
Owen J. Hurley
Mansfield
J. E. Brown
Friendship Street
F. E. Manchester
Henry Hanlon
Car Miotorman
Claude E. Harries
One Minute Cough Cure Claims 1500 Lives Saved
Advertising report from Houseworth Bros. touts One Minute Cough Cure as saving over fifteen hundred lives, mainly from grippe croup asthma whooping cough bronchitis and pneumonia, and claims early use prevents consumption.
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Houseworth Bros
Officer Delaney Fires Twice, Kills Burglar on West Madison
In Chicago on June 11 a burglar surprised at work on West Madison street fired at Private Watchman James Delaney. Delaney wounded in the left breast and hand returned fire, fatally killing the burglar with two shots to the brain. It is Delaney’s second kill in duty.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
James Delaney
Delaney
Local Drugstores Promote Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
B F Mouser a Chetopa Kansas druggist reports the best sale of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in his store as well as Thomas' drug store. It cures constipation indigestion sick headache and stomach trouble.
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B. F. Mouser
Chetopa
Kansas
Dr. Caldwell
Thomas’ Drug Store
Language slips turn people into objects in public notices
A writer notes how English phrasing reverses meaning in public accounts misplacing the recipient as the subject. He cites Admiral Dewey and others repeatedly being presented to canes or houses due to careless wording, a frequent error for prominent figures and educators.
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Admiral Dewey
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed By Houseworth Bros
Pneumonia does not follow lagrippe when Foley's Honey and Tar is used as a throat and lung remedy, according to Houseworth Bros. The advertisement promotes the product as a preventive aid for severe respiratory illness.
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Foley
Houseworth Bros
Empress Receives Luxurious New Testament Gift in China
A sumptuous birthday gift from British and American ministers to the dowager empress of China is a royal quarto New Testament in English. The volume, weighing 10% pounds, has silver covers with bamboo and bird motifs and gold-edged pages, housed in a silver casket inscribed as the gift of Chinese Christian women.
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China
Leslie's
Presbyterian Press
Canton Silversmiths
Running sore cured after year with Banner Salve
Henry H. Richards of Willseyville New York suffered a running sore on his breast for over a year. After trying many remedies he used Banner Salve and was cured after applying half a bottle, praising its effectiveness and saying he will never be without it.
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Henry H. Richards
Willseyville
M. Y
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Indianapolis State Sentinel
Weekly State Sentinel
West
Buechter
Middlebury Street
D. N. Lieb
MADI
Friends of Labor
Helfrich & Gelzen
W J Brown
Jackson Street
Cooke
DeCamp & Son
Frankdaz Street
Timothy, Clover and
Garde Seeds
Harry Guimeyer
Old Fellow’s Block
T Iomas
G. J. Duncan
Advance Thresher
East Jackson Street
Fedder Bros
Harrison Street
Heffner & Co
N. D. Graham
Tonsorial
Pariers
Union Shop
Goldman’s. Verner’s
Michigan
J. P. Sanders
L. Hevrricu
Century Club
Londres
Indiana Tigers
Old St. Joe
Dom Pedro
S. B. Shorry
Marion
H. B. Miller
S. Main St
Thomas Drug Store
Main and
Marion Streets
W H. Mann
O’brien
W. H. Mann
C. Walsey & Sons
C. J. Stilson & Co
H. E. Rohrer
Martin & Amidon
Miller & Jessup
Efree
South America
Japan
Cochin-China
Africa
Mexico
West Indies
Australia
Colombia
Venezuela
Dutch Guiana
Peru
Brazil
Paraguay
Daniel Cleverton
Aversec
Ola
Ferica
Arabia
Abyssinia
Jan Franasco
Squirrel Inn
Charch ‘Temperance Society of
New York
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