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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
6
The display features Flow Blue Green and Gold china with dainty Dresden decoration. The Dresden piece is praised for beauty design and shapeliness akin to high priced Haviland with delicate tint. All items are open stock patterns from leading English factories and suitable for daily china use.
A manufacturer and jobber touts exclusive decoration control and competitive prices in city markets. They boast leading lines in coffee and tea, inviting comparison and emphasizing strong local supplier position.
Broken Leaf Tea 18 Tea Dust 15 Sun Dried Tea 25 offers quality boosts for meals. Powdered Coffee advertised as essential for French press. Dealers tout a 10 cent per pound tea reduction with premium checks. This is a market message urging fair deals and value.
An oil well six miles from Barboursville Kentucky erupts annually every November, releasing oil, gas and salt water from a hole that now sits in the creek bed. Drilled in 1640 by settlers seeking salt, the crude operation struck a vast oil flow that has persisted through the years, with recent eruptions throwing water and oil up to 50 feet.
The article outlines the rise of the U S iron industry from dependence on Britain to leading production. It notes England supplied rails in 1870 72 at high prices, Britain produced three times as much as the U S then, Germany surpassed Britain later, and by 1902 the U S will produce more iron than England and Germany combined, while meeting only part of domestic demand and remaining Europe’s best customer despite tariffs.
A Philadelphia historical society address cites Gen James Grant Wilson explaining Grants heavy cigar habit after his victories. War reporters noted a half smoked cigar on a victory ride and bundles of cigars arriving at camp, fueling a rapid tobacco appetite. The piece also notes Prof Frederick Wright on Siberian museums and Asian anthropology.
The reputation for producing fine stenographers draws many to Oberlin with twenty five new students entering the Shorthand department at the winter term opening last week.
In letters from many soldiers of the last war, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is hailed as the best for scratches bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet stiff joints burns boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. It cures or no pay at H. J. Eady's drug store for 125 cents.
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