Crescent Bend Driver’s Reckless Ride Ends With Lesson
A stage coach between Golden Gulch and Quartz City is driven recklessly by Jake as passengers fear the edge of a 1,000 foot precipice. A quiet man aboard pulls a revolver, stops the coach, and orders Jake tied to a rope to dangle over the abyss to feel the danger he imposes. After a tense half hour, Jake is kept secure and the ride finishes with extreme caution.
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Saadfield Regulator
Atlanta
Golden Gulch
Quartz City
Jake
Manny
Hhim
Crescent Bend
Laxative Honey and Tar Sold by Drug Gists
The notice states Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar laxative syrup is available from druggists with no need for a five days notice to evict a cold. It warns against opiates and promotes the product across the state.
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Kennedy
Very Low Rates to Roanoke on Northwestern Line
Excur sion tickets priced for travel to Roanoke Virginia on the Northwestern line valid August 11 to 18 with favorable return limits. Offered on account of the annual national convention of Firemen's association. Apply to agents Chicago & North Western Railway. 7-25-18-18.
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Roanoke
Northwestern
Stomach Strength Tied to Vital Body Power
A health note stresses the stomach as the body's core. without proper digestion weakness spreads to the heart liver and kidneys. A Quebec man credits Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discoverer for relief after failed doctors’ care and urges readers to seek reliable medical guidance.
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Louis Pare
Quebec
R. V. Pierce
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Savage Labradors Kill Five Across Labrador Seaboard
Crime against the Labrador dogs is described as brutal savage attacks across towns such as Battle Harbor Nain and Tolton. Victims include Cumby a hunter who died defending himself from his dogs and a family of four from Ford Warrior reportedly devoured by the pack. Reports cite wolf blood in the breed and multiple grisly incidents linked to local settlers and missions.
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Labrador
Cumby
Battle Harbor
Belle Isle Strait
Lane
Ford Warrior
Nain
Ford Harbor
Siberia
Grenfell
Battle Elarbor
Iis
Willams
Lis
Tolton
Chadie
Cartwright
Chicago News
Muth Coolwer
Humphreys Medicine Ad Offers Treatment Lines and Rates
An old advertisement lists cures for diseases including distemper diarrhea dysentery and coughs with a Harmless remedies claim. It promotes Humphreys Medicine Co products and lists address in New York. Also promotes summer tourist rates to Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin via the Chicago North-Western line with a stamp request for resort literature.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
The Annunciator and the Wasp Unite to Survive
Raymond Springer and his wife launched the Annunciator in Tuckerton to compete with Snarley’s Wasp. Financial strain and Snarley’s price war nearly doomed them until Allan Lake proposed a merger. The Wasp and Annunciator joined under Lake’s terms, revitalizing both papers and expanding to a larger field.
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Raymond Springer
Ife
Raymond
Tuckerton
Wasp
Snarley
Springer
Springers
Tno
Llis
Allan Lake
United Papers
Luke
Lake
Cora Ashworth
Umbrellas Repaired and Recovered Nearby
The notice lists T. S. Ryan at 87 Galena Street offering umbrella repair and recovery services. The Daily Journal is available for citywide delivery at 10 cents per week.
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T. S. Ryan
Galena Street
Debauching In Dreas Exaggerates New York Fashion
A New York Press commentary warns that dress extravagance among fashionable women has surpassed barroom excess. It notes ten minutes with a dressmaker costs more than ten tights at a bar, with many women spending over a year’s income on attire and risking divorce through debt and reckless spending.
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New York
New York Press
Humorous Dinners and Old parliamentary jests reported
Westminster Gazette recalls a dinner where Fiveorge Metrae amused guests with political tales. John Redmond’s wandering topic drew interruptions until order was restored. A second anecdote features Mr McCrae defending free trade as an elector challenges past standings with a wry reply.
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Fivorge Metrae
Pheriet
Elab
John Redmond
House of Cominons
McCrae
Ife
Westimiinster Gazette
Bible Bought in France Yields 82000 in Lost Scripte
An old Bible bought by a French army officer in a Mont de Marsan secondhand shop contained coupons and scripte worth over 82000. The holder named at St. Pierre du Mont and a local notary’s address were found. The owner had died and the property remained undistributed, making the discovery a surprising windfall.
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Mont de Marsan
St. Pierre du Mont
The Scot and the Tea Cups A Dumfriesshire Tale
Andrew Carnegie cites a Cantankerous Scot story about a Dumfrieshire farmer at tea. As the hostess serves, the guest drains cups and passes his empty mug along the table, prompting her to ask for the number of cups. He answers with a question of his own, turning the exchange into a lesson in thrift and cunning.
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Andrew Carnegie
Dumfrieshire
Indy
John
American Spectator
Mortgage bargains offering 4 percent interest for investors
Advertisement urging investors to call Taylor & Fricr at 21Rdtt for city mortgage sales promising 4 percent return. Text incomplete but emphasizes idle money opportunities and investment in city mortgages.
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Taylor & Fricr
Pacific Coast Excursions from Chicago by Rail
The notice advertises $75 round trips to the Pacific Coast with departures from Chicago. It lists low daily through rates to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle and Tacoma and other western points via the Chicago North Western Line from June 1 to Sept 30. It mentions Pullman tourist sleeping car service and double berth rates from Chicago and Omaha. Rates and tickets are available through agents of Chicago & North Western.
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Pacific Coast
Reeturn
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Freelena
Butte
Spokane
Oedten
Salt Lake City
Pullman
Omaha
Chicago & North- Western
Summer Excursions by Chicago Great Western Ry
Tickets on sale daily to Sept. 13 with stopovers to Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Mexico City. Final return limit Oct 381st. For full information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Mexico City
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul Minn
Round Trip Fares to Minneapolis for Grand Army Encampment
Fares of 86.65 to St Paul or Minneapolis and return for travel to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis from August 13 to 16, with final return by August 31 1906. Extension available on a small fee. For rates and trains contact Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway agents or F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwauke & St. Paul
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Excursion Tickets to Milwaukee on Eagles Fraternal Drive
Tickets sold August 12 13 and 4 for a Milwaukee trip via the North Western Line with favorable return limits. Proceeds benefit Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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Wis
North-Western
Grand Aerie
Order of Eagles
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Illinois Central Sells G A R Trip Tickets to Twin Cities
The Illinois Central Railroad offers round trip fare of 6.65 dollars from Chicago area to St Paul and Minneapolis for the National Encampment of the G A R in Minneapolis August 13 to 18, 1906. Tickets go on sale August 11 12 and 13 with return by September 30 for a small extra charge.
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National
Minneapolis
Minn
Illinois Central Railroad Company
St. Paul
Excursion Rates to Camp Meeting at Des Plaines
Excursion tickets at reduced rates will be sold July 17 to August 5 for travel on the North Western line to Des Plaines Illinois. Tickets valid for return until August 6. Apply to agents of the Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Camp Meeting
Des Plaines
Hil
North-Western
Agenta
Chicago & North-Western
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the Journal
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H.H
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Hidney & Bladder
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Treasure Inva Bible
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