Uncle Sam's Money Factory Busy Place
The United States money system is described as a high‑control operation with daily creation and destruction of currency. Washington printing yields about $3,000,000 in new bills daily, while mints stamp roughly $800,000 in coin. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with 2,988 workers, guards standards and processes five kinds of paper money including silver certificates.
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Washington
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Congress
Government Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Treasury
United States
Illinois lawmakers face changed railway pass rules
Springfield Jan 10 Members of the legislature show little unity on railway passes this season with a shift from prior practice. Some members report no passes received, others say they applied and were granted travel, while passes now prohibit interstate use under federal law. Each pass requires signature and carries a warning about illegal interstate travel.
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Illinois
Congress
Dr Kings New Life Pills Endorsed by Fort Madison Official
Mr August Sherpe, overseer of the poor at Fort Madison, endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills as more agreeable and more effective than any laxative. The pills claim to cure biliousness and constipation and cost 25 cents at Joseph Emmert’s drug store.
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August Sherpe
Fort Madison
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Highest Grade Minnesota Flour Sale in Freeport
Saturday and Monday January 12 and 14, 100 sacks of Marshall's Best Flour sold at one dollar per sack. Limited to two sacks per family. Flour described as the best Minnesota Flour in Freeport and fully guaranteed. SERF & HAIGHT, 52 Stephenson St. Phones 141.
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Minnesota
Freeport
Serf & Haight
Stephenson St
Daily Journal Delivery Offer Announced
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at 10 cents per week, offering affordable access to local news for residents everywhere. The notice emphasizes widespread service across the city and a low weekly price.
Drugless Drugstores Thrive Behind Prohibition Prescriptions
A Kansas observation details druggists profiting from liquor sales behind prescription cases under prohibition. In Topeka and other towns, bars hide behind pharmacy fronts with dummy bottles while real drugs shrink. Hotels often neighbor such stores, enabling easy access to liquors for guests, as state enforcement loosens and curbs fade.
Topeka Druggists Defend Sale Ban With Nonpurchase Rule
A pharmacy crusade against Topeka drug stores selling medicines without a registered pharmacist faced a novel defense. Stores claimed no drugs were sold, thus no violation. Investigators found mixed results with three stores unable to sell drugs, while at the Annex an official was told quinine was out but a shipment was due.
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Pharmacy
Topeka
State Board
Pensions Granted to Ford and Bennett for Increases
Walter G. Ford of this city has been notified his pension increase is approved and he will receive 12 dollars per month from December 10, 1906. He served as drum major of the 24th New York Volunteer Infantry. Mrs. Sallie J. Bennett of Winslow has been granted 8 dollars per month dating from February 7, 1906. She is the widow of John P. Bennett who served as musician in the 15th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
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Walter G. Ford
Washington
Ford
Twenty-Fourth Regiment
New York Volunteer Infantry
Sallie J. Bennett
Winslow
Fifteenth Regiment
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Wise Counsel From the South on Electric Bitters
J R Blackenship of Beck Tenn touts Electric Bitters as a cure for back and kidney trouble. He claims relief after the first dose and full cure after several bottles, recommending the remedy sold under guarantee at Joseph Emmert's drug store for 60 cents.
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J. R. Blackenship
Beck, Tenn
Joseph Emmert
Grand Clearing Sale At Golden Eagle
Notice announces a grand clearing event starting January 16 at the Golden Eagle. Mrs M H invites inquiries at 144 Homer St for mending services offered alongside the sale.
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Golden Eagle
Crozer marks forty years as Upland Sunday school head
Chester, January 10 Samuel A Crozer the Upland millionaire philanthropist known as the Grand Old Man of Upland has reached the fortieth year of his career as superintendent of the Upland Baptist Sunday school. A notable feature is his punctuality beginning sessions at 9 o'clock every time. The hours for study are regular and the time for study is strict, shaping diligent punctual and methodical habits in the youth attendees.
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Chester
Samuel A. Crozer
Upland
Upland Baptist Sunday School
Crozer
Lanark Soldier Misreported as Tokyo Hero
The Lanark, Illinois story claims Sergt Darrell of the U S Marines and Private Roy Spiker fought a mob in Tokyo, but records show Spiker completed his enlistment a year earlier and was honorably discharged. He later worked as a street car conductor in Berkeley, Virginia, where a letter says he is sick in a hospital.
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Lanark
Sergt. Darrell
U.S
Roy Spiker
Ill
Tokio
Japan
Berkeley
Virginia
Narrow escape from consumption leads to health gain
C O Floyd of Kershaw S C recalls weight drop to 135 pounds and constant coughing before using Dr King s New Discovery for six months. The cough and lung trouble vanished and weight returned to 170 pounds. Thousands healed yearly. guaranteed at Joseph Emmert s drug store with free trial bottles. January sale offers 10 percent off tailoring suitings and pants.
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C. O. Floyd
Kershaw, S. G
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Wisconsin Couple Married at First Presbyterian Church
Miss Agnes S Bennett of Belleville Wisconsin and Nicholas H Gerber of Belleville Wisconsin were married last evening at the parsonage of the First Presbyterian church by Rev H L Moore.
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Wisconsin
Agnes S. Bennett
Nicholas H. Gerber
Belleville, Wis
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Moore
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Dyer & Foll
Uncle Sam
Tured
Legislature
Daily Journal
Prohi
Bition Kansas
Trafic
Kansas
Prohibition
Copeland
Glenwood
Glenwood Pharmacy
Pennsylvania
Schmidt, Wachlin & Pfeiffer
Freeport Gas Light and Coke Company
Globe Wernicke
Kuehner Bros
Freeport, Illinois
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