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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1902
Page
4
A Harrisburg mother credits One Minute Cough Cure with saving her child from a life threatening illness after a group scare. The ad touts the remedy as a safe, immediate cure for coughs croup and throat and lung troubles and urges families to keep a bottle handy.
In Chicago the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway shifts all through trains to a new Grand Central Station at Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street, abandoning Twenty-Second Street. Through trains stop at Thirty-First Street, improving accommodations and service for patrons. Druggist Henry J. Eady promotes Stum-Ac-On for digestion and indigestion. A letter from L. O. Gyrestreat of Elgin credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his wife’s life from a consuming lung illness after other doctors failed. Trial bottles available.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle cure for constipation and related ailments. It includes testimonials praising Kid-Ne-Oids and claims strong health benefits, with agent notice for Henry J. Bady and a political notice seeking probate judge candidacy by E. H. Hinman.
The Chicago 400 a travel journal offers illustrated California scenery with fine tinted half tones and high quality letter press. Copies mailed for two cents postage to A F Cleveland 284 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
Reduced rates to the West begin March 1 and run daily through April 30, 1902. Wisconsin Central Ry tickets from Chicago to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia offered at greatly reduced prices. Inquiries to nearest agent or T. D. Campbell Cincinnati Jas. Pond Milwaukee.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers excursion tickets to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola valid for return until February 15. A. J. Smith G P and T A Cleveland Ohio promotes the trip as a chance to see Mardi Gras and enjoy the Gulf coast visit.
A demure looking woman on a nearly empty city trolley is approached by a stylish young man with a Panama hat and a card case. He flirts, she rebuffs with wit, and the car stops at a station where she leaves, joining members of a theater stunt troupe nearby.
A Detroit Free Press account recalls Gen James A Garfield in 1865 proving words in Newspaper Row that God reigns and the government lives. The crowd fell silent after his pledge while Lincoln lay dead and Garfield later became a martyr. Poets and verse writers are born, says a Chicago Daily News note.
The Carnegie College of Rogers Ohio offers two free tuition scholarships for Lorain county residents. One covers a campus course and the other a correspondence course. Normal academic and business courses are taught with special emphasis on mail teaching. Applicants should address Carnegie College Rogers Ohio.
A fad grips London as Andrew Lang promotes crystal gazing urging every person to own a crystal ball. The Psychical Research Society reports surging demand with many orders unfulfillable while adherents follow Lang's method to sit with the ball, gaze into it, and seek distant or shared visions.
German holiday shoppers trim expenses with one third less spending than last year though total volume holds steady. Merchants report a shift to department stores drawing new buyers, while specialty shops face weak demand for costly goods. Hawkers line curbs as families lose regular incomes and turn to cheaper gifts.
Maine Senator Frye misnamed the king of Siam in a foreign relations bill to fund entertainment for a Siamese visitor. He plans an amendment to specify both king and prince, fearing diplomats see omission as disfavor. A London note cites Ireland mail route progress with Rosslare pier. a steam service may link Fishguard to Ireland as future transatlantic mail. An onlooked tale notes a physician’s grim prognosis followed by relief from Electric Bitters for Mrs. Hunt’s stomach and jaundice after other cures failed.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for lung and respiratory illnesses claiming it cures coughs consumption and emaciation. The reader is urged to substitute with the product and notes a testimonial from J W Brice of Ozark Ohio about his son’s recovery. It also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pellet for constipation.
Patient letters praise DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for bed sores and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for corns and sprains. The ads claim cures for piles, burns, boils, and skin diseases with guarantees from H J Eady.
California excursions via the Great Rock Island route originate in Chicago on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Travelers enjoy a comfortable, inexpensive trip to the Pacific coast with daily first class sleepers Chicago to San Francisco. Address F L Miller for full information.
An advertisement proclaims Boschee's German Syrup by Dr A Boschee a celebrated German physician remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims rapid relief after three doses and notes two million bottles sold annually with worldwide distribution and a 75 cent price. Green's Prize Almanac is suggested.
An 19th century ad asserts many Americans suffer from dyspepsia and liver complaints with symptoms like sore stomach headaches and heartburn. It promotes August Flower at 75 cents and claims two doses relieve symptoms. The ad also urges buying Green's Prize Almanac.
The Nickel Plate Road will set Homeseekers excursion tickets to sit points in the west northwest and southwest on February 4 and February 18. Liberal return limits inquire at nearest ticket agent or I U Anterlin T P A Ft Wayne Ind No 16W3.
Take the Florida Special via the Big Four route at 12 36 pm every weekday. Sleeping and dining cars Cleveland to Jacksonville and St Augustine without change. Get tickets at CGoliver s 116 Bualid avenue.
A. Z. Tillotson announces to county friends his candidacy for the probate judge nomination, subject to the decision of the next Republican county convention.
A fragment advertises a Brazilian Balm claiming quick relief and permanent cure for pleurisy. It references claimant Eliz a beth Parcel s and Marcus Hook Pennsylvania with vague wartime or promotional context.
A dated timetable fragment for the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Railway lists southbound and northbound routes with station references such as Cleveland Brooklyn Medina Belville Bridgeport Uhrichsville Flushing and Wheeling. It shows names of stations, times and bullet entries, and notes an electric railway line between Bridgeport Bellaire Martin's Ferry and Wheeling. G CARREL, G. P. A. Cleveland Ohio.
The Cleveland, Elyria & Western Railway announces hourly car service from Public Square Cleveland to Elyria from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and to Oberlin and Wellington at specified intervals. Through service to Wellington on Wed and Sat, numerous connections, and special weekend extras are noted. Excursion rates and inquiries are directed to J.A. Winnon, G. P. A. 814 Garfield Bldg., Cleveland.
An old ad copy offers a reward for curing catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. It includes endorsements of F J Cheney and firm directors West Truax Walding Kinnan Margiz and notes internal tincture action and price per bottle.
An advertisement warns parents that burns bruises and cuts are painful and can lead to infection if neglected. It extols DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a superior remedy that draws out heat stops pain and heals wounds with claims from users including a baby cured of eczema after doctors gave up. Beware of counterfeit products and dubious claims.
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Early Risers as a reliable vegetable laxative. It markets the pills as thorough yet gentle on the bowels, easy to take, and suitable for strengthening and invigorating the body.
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