Gold Hunters Face Peril on Klondike Trail
The Samoa arrived in Seattle from St Michaels Alaska with thirty six Kiondikers carrying gold dust between 300000 and 400000 dollars. Passengers report Klondike yields at Eldorado Logan Za Lunker creeks unlikely to exceed ten million this season plus five million from last year. Ex governor McGraw and E M Carr own the best claim at about twenty thousand. Many travelers plan to return rather than push to Dawson amid peril and delays. An incident list recalls the Conemaugh gale wreck near Copper River leaves two hundred destitute men in Alaska.
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Samoa
Seattle
St. Michaels
Alaska
Kiondikers
Thomas C. Austen
New Whatcom
Wash
Eldorado
Lonanza
Lunker
Klondike
Minook Creek
Iov
McGraw
E. M. Carr
St. Michaela
Dawson
St. Michaula
New England
Conemaugh
Abercrombie
Copper Iiver
War Loan Subscriptions Hit Record but Narrow Dribble Expected
A Washington correspondent reports war loan subscriptions exceed projections as 20,000 applications arrive by the deadline. About 5,000 meet circular terms and the rest wait while rail and mail delays affect timing. Assistant Secretary Mer Wanderlip notes that many 50 or smaller bids could push the total to 8100,000,000 or more, with 1 000 and larger bids likely to fail. Secretary Gage says no new issue before next winter.
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Washington
Gage
Mer
Wanderlip
the Treasury
Sim
Carriers Held Responsible for Revenue Stamp Duties
A court ruling explains that express and railroad companies, carriers, and others in transport must issue bills of lading or similar evidence to shippers and affix 2 cent revenue stamps. Penalties include up to 100 dollars for failing to stamp or issue the document, with the burden on carriers, not shippers.
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Express
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Loyd
Oer Corporation
Aerous
Harvest Hands In Demand In Northwest Farmlands
North Dakota and South Dakota farmers struggle to hire harvest labor as Nebraska reports sending 1,000 soldiers to the war in ninety days. Young farm workers depart, crews seek help, and wheat yields are projected around twenty bushels per acre while laborers command high wages.
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Northwest
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Printer of checks stamps designated for government work
The Evening Wisconsin Office in Milwaukee has been designated by the Treasury Department as an officer for printing government revenue stamps on checks and drafts. This appointment benefits Milwaukee lithography, the third largest in the nation, and will aid western banks and dealers.
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Evening Wisconsin
Evening Wisconsin Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Treasury Department
Nio
United States
Yeviatern
Northwest
Stone In Her Stomach Recovery Tale From Blandinsville
A Blandinsville Arkansas Gazette report recounts Mrs. Adams wife of Rev A R Adams parish in Blandinsville Illinois describing a six year illness with stomach pain left side heart region and nervous depression. After failing with ten doctors she credits Williams Pink Pills for Pale People for relief after six boxes with renewed appetite energy and ability to work. The piece also notes a Keene resident describing a novel corn theft method where thieves crawl through corn shocks to hide and steal without detection.
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the Gazette
Blandinsville
A. R. Adama
Bedford Christian Church
Til
Dr. Williams
Tam
Williame
Nickel Plate Trains Offer Daily Fast Runs Between Fort Wayne and Chicago
A nickel plate route advertises daily express trains from Fort Wayne Indiana to Chicago with low rates and multiple daily departures. Trains use Van Buren Street Union Passenger Station in Chicago.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Row
van Buren Street Union
Chicenzo
Tamile Tron
Avent
Ind
Fowl and Foul Bring Feisty Fragments of Wit
A compendium of quips shows a tale of a foul in baseball misheard as a fowl and a mule thought, with humorous exchanges about wartime prep and a barber’s joke about enlisting for marriage. Also mentions an Argonaut travelers’ excursion and a call to write an agent, all in brisk era humor.
Remarkable Fragment Roundup from a Murky Era
A collage of odd facts and advertisements notes a constitutional cure priced at 73 cents, travel promos for the Continental Limited to Buffalo New York and Boston, and jokes about gambling. It mentions bird ages and a testimonial from John A Miller, plus a worker in Whatcom earning 20 dollars from 15401 potatoes. A Nickel Plate Road excursion offer and a stray sports anecdote on golf appear amid garbled lines.
Teething Remedies and Nerve Storer Advertisements
An early 20th century ad page promotes Kr Kilne’s Nerve Storer and a trial bottle with Alice 2.06. It also lists Winslow’s Footing for children teething and other tonics like a 2 cent bottle of unspecified remedy, all from Arch St Philadelphia.
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BU. Koo, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Winslow
Philippine Hero Woman Inspires Amid Struggle
A Philippine insurgent leader described as a beautiful woman is highlighted for her life that appears charmed. The piece contrasts her resilience with the hardships faced by others in the country, noting how vitality comes from a common remedy, Hoseettera Stomach Bitters.
Nightly Bavarian Moustaches Made Pillows for Baby
In Alsatia at Rappelstweller a fire brigade chief welcomed a son and the crew celebrated by shaving their facial hair to sew a red velvet pillow for the child. The act echoes a Bavarian regiment custom once done for Prince Maximilian's mother.
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Steels
Maximilian
Rappelstweller
Alsatia
Fire Brigade
Chicago Chronicle
Allen's FootEase Ad Promises Relief for Soldiers
A vintage advertisement urges owners of sons brothers husbands or lovers in the army or navy to buy Allen's FootEase powder. It claims to cure aching tired sore and swollen feet and prevent blisters, with 10 000 testimonials and free samples.
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Allen
Allen 8
le Roy
Did Not Lose His Head In Football, Williams Keeps Cool
A compact recall highlights Williams keeping composure in a football clash while fellow commenter Jim Cornell notes his own approach to staying calm. The excerpt also mentions travel promos on Nickel Plate for $1 round trip and a nod to Wabash trains offering reclining chair cars and palace sleeping cars.
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Bill Yale
Man Williams
Jim Cornell
Yonkers Statesman
Wabash
Health Worth Ten Center Maneuffers Ailments From Digestive Canal
Health worth ten center maneuffers many mysterious ailments from unknown causes. Day-tenths of them have origin in the digestive canal. Cleaning the canal in a rational, nonviolent way helps. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, a gentle purifying preparation, costs 10c a box and can remove the cause of ill health. When feeling bad, take Cascarets. They do you good and can do no harm.
Wabash Favored Route to Baptist Young People's Union Meet
The Wabash route is favored to carry attendees to the National Convention of the Baptist Young People's Union in Buffalo New York running July 14 to 17. Delegates plan travel arrangements and schedule events for the gathering.
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Wabash
National Convention of Baptist Young People’s Union
Buffalo
N. Y
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Mara
Omaha Exposition
Baker’s
Yelow Label
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Alain
Jos
Krebling
Congress Bt
Louis
CANDY
GURE
Eterilag Remedy Company
Mestreal
New York
T.C
Draggisis
Maa As Oldu At
Keene
Lexington
Herald
Barler
Boston Courier
Boston
Piso
John A. Miller
Au Sable, Mich
Whatcom, Wash
Jamaica
Lane
J. G. Holland
Moville
B. R. Haydon
California Fic Syrup Co
California Fia Syrup Co
Fia Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Ban Francisco, Cal
Louisville, Ey
Sapolio
Mw. N.Y
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