Acetylene Lighting Promises Brighter Night Illumination
An early advertising pitch touts acetylene gas from calcium carbide as a safer clean source for lighting. It claims two million users in the US and 348 towns lit with it, comparing cost and efficiency to kerosene lamps. The notice invites readers to calculate lighting costs for homes or stores and to contact Acetylene Jones of Adams St Chicago for details.
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Jay Em
Ro Ky
Sunight
Adams St
Chicago
Boston
United Front
Railway Companie
Wess
Dr Miley Tr dnntina 10us Successful plac
Fragmented note cites a Dr Miley and a five year event across Illinois cities. It mentions a visit or placings but lacks clear dates or specifics. The readable terms imply a medical or promotional appearance spread over multiple locales. Entities: Dr Miley, Illinois, five years, cities.
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Illinois
Doctoring and stock soundly praised by reader testimonials
In a long stitched OCR fragment a quarter of text extols Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming they cured chronic indigestion after 15 years and many dollars spent. The piece also records various 19th century securities and estate transfers alongside an approval of a political speech urging railway wage and rate reforms.
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Dr. King
Notice to Subscribers and Post Office Regulation
Public notice informs subscribers the Post Office Department will strip from the mailing list any publication lacking renewed subscriptions within specified periods for various frequencies. It urges arrears payers to remit at once to ensure compliance with the Postmaster General ruling.
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Post Office Department
Electric Bitters Praised As Grand Family Medicine
Mr. Frank Conlan of 436 Houston St New York extols Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues. The tonic aids digestion purifies the blood and revives vigor in the weak and debilitated with a J E Wright drugstore guarantee.
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Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
J. E. Wright
Hccents
Arnett Kempster Bitten by Dog
Arnett Kempster was bitten by a large dog while riding with two companions near OxBow farm. The bite occurred when a larger dog leaped from a farm dog and seized Arnett’s leg. His parents arranged prompt medical care and he was taken to Morrison and then Chicago for treatment at the Pasteur Institute. The doctors plan hydrophobia preventive treatment, and it is hoped no serious ill effects follow.
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Arnett Kempster
P. W. Kempster
Aisey
Ord
Morrison
Chicago
the-Pasteur-Institute
Arnett
Prophetstown
Hog Cholera Cure Proclaimed. Ames Meeting Planned
The U S Department of Agriculture announces a cure for hog cholera and plans to spread it nationwide. Secretary Wilson convenes a ten day veterinarians meeting of the corn belt at Ames Iowa to discuss and promote the discovery.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
Ames
Iowa
Fragmented note on stomach aid products and sellable items
A clipped, garbled line references taking stomach remedies and sellable goods. Mentions Kodal and Indi gestion with unclear context and misspelled phrases. No clear event, person, or organization identified.
Percheron Stallions Cloth-on-Gray and Joe Fifer Jr Begin 1908 Season
Breeding stallions Cloth-on-Gray and Joe Fifer Jr. stand for the 1908 season at Graham's Barn near Atkins. Fifer Jr. a seal-brown 16-hand stallion, blood related to Trampfast, weighs 1220 lbs and has a 2:04? quarter speed, while Cloth-on-Gray is a dark gray Percheron with strong bone and heavy carriage. Breeding terms: Fifer Jr. $15.10, Cloth on Gray $12, mares insuring foal. Season runs through April 1 with inspections Saturdays at Graham's barn.
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Kame Oy
Rebbac
Tog
Joe Fifer,Jr
A. J. Faulknes
Wyoming
Ills
Joe Fifer
Bloomfield
Billy Wilkes
George Wilkes
Hambletonian
Abdallah
Firstdaul Lynwood
Abdullah Medion
Happy Stadium
Hambletonian I
Perth
Almont Rattler
Almont J3
Blue Bull
Joe Fifer Jr
Peoria
Exile
Favor Uy
Graham
Graham's
Jan
Ren
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Patbridge Br
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M & Demming
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Af Perkin
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J Heinz
Dowdall
Rose View Kewanee
E Koppitz
Yorktown
F Brockman
H Palmer Chartel Mortgage
J McLaughlin
Fischer Trust
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A Shellhnammer
Phenix
Bank of Galesburg
Hanlon
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Hunn
Hasbrook
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Ashcraft
LE Gamble
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Tate & Son Mortgage
Calkins Southern Alpha A Angerson
Union Bel Mortgage
L & F Kewanee Lay & Lyman
B&b
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Cameron
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Munson E Courthwaite
Manson I
Bristol
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Busenbark
Munson
Busenbars
Young
Jj A_Angerson
Kenverson
Rincaid
Sherruis
Fuerst
DC Ritter
Lake View Kewanee
Winchecl
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Sea
Je, Wright
Fea
Mars
Frank “Cherry
Kodal
Iris
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Savings Department
Willfstop
Arthur Burrall
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Atkinson Breeding
Ross
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United States
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Toppenish, Fakima Co
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Sonsie
Northern King
Jeroms Black
Cornwall
Peter Verhagen
John M. Black
B.gorden
Atkinson, Ill
Groom
Missouri
Mechanic Street
John Freeman
Theo. Pobanz
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Frank Emery
Will Atwood
Pobanz & Stiger
Ill
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Inter Ocean
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Inter Océan
Column of Health and Beauty
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