Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promoted For Women's Health
An earnest plea extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for weakness and disease of the female organs, promising healthier mothers and easier childbirth. Testimonials claim relief from suffering, with claims of over 90 000 women testifying and pills described as gentle laxatives.
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J. Ferguson
Douas Station
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The Republican newspaper notices and early subscription rates
A dated 1897 piece lists editorial and business contact details for The Republican Henry Oregon and outlines subscription pricing for one year or several months, noting outside county options and urging readers to subscribe to avoid missing the best local paper. It also comments on Alaska, women admitted to the Illinois State University medical program, and economic remarks about industry, wheat, and beef prices in playful, editorial tone.
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Enneeserne Edna
Illinois overproduces wheat. Ohio to host pivotal election
The note claims Illinois has not grown enough wheat to meet needs while Ohio has plenty and will host the year's major election. It comments on Republican luck continuing.
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Illinois
Wuhio
Wheat and Klondike Race Shape 1890s Prosperity View
The piece links rising wheat prices to Republican gains and farmer prosperity, warns of Klondike gold fever, notes large corn shipments and possible exports, and imagines a future of renewed demand for American maize amid currency talk and political tides.
Riches Lure Crowds to Mines in Wisconsin and Arkansas
The article notes crowds flocking to a new Wisconsin diamond mine and to western Arkansas for pearls, with two or three large gold finds reported nationwide. It emphasizes many chase surface discoveries while few seek the deeper sources of lasting wealth.
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Wisconsin
Arkansas
California gold rush figures and polar balloonist Andree update
The report notes California placer gold output from 1848 onward and Alaska’s potential to match early California. It also covers Andree the polar balloonist, active a month ago, with uncertain survival and plans for a 30 day air voyage and two month ice journey.
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Andree
Terrible Alaska Storms Strand Travelers in Snowbound Pass
Reports describe fierce Alaska storms with mountains and lakes frozen solid. Travelers are trapped as trails vanish under heavy snow and forecasts warn of many deaths. Males are unprepared for the Arctic winter's rigors.
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Alaska
Wheat crop outlook bolsters farmer profits in the year
Reports indicate the wheat crop in this country is in fine condition this year and will be heavily harvested. The harvest may yield about 450 million bushels, with price advances last month adding an estimated 150 million dollars in return to farmers. Profits will also benefit foreign buyers and other business interests beyond farmers.
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Hatvestad
America
England
Indiana
United States
Financial contrasts and tin plate trade gains noted
The article critiques Mexican monetary disparities affecting Ex-Candidate Bryan and explains shifts in gold silver parity. It credits 1890 tariff protection for tin plate industry growth, noting large drops in imports and increased domestic competitiveness. It also includes an advertisement for Ely's Cream Balm with testimonial claims.
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Mexico
Bryan
Republic
Uncle Sam
Wandering Stranger Seeks to Sell Milking Machine
A travel stained wanderer arrives at a well to do farmer’s house on a 160 acre tract near the fourth meridian. He carries a large valise and announces he has come to sell the milking machine, ending the Chicago Tribune fragment.
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Riley
Chicago Tribune
Omapter II
Milking Machines and a Country Romance
A wandering salesman presents a milking machine to a farmer and his daughter. Later, George plans to marry Carrie, who is eager for independence yet wary of family schemes, as autumn hints at changing fortunes on the farm.
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George
Honorary degrees critiqued by a Bryn Mawr scholar
Prof Lukens reviews the honorary degree practice noting a New England college awarded an LLD to an elderly Vermont woman active in temperance work while other recipients gained status through influence or assets. The piece dismisses flimsy justifications and cites clergy with manipulated endorsements. It also promotes White's Cream Vermitage as a worm remedy for children and advertises Dr Powell's drug store.
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Bryn Mawr
New England
Vermont
Fande
D. D
Agriculture and rail boom in the Midwest and Congress deaths
Southwestern Nebraska offers cheap homesteads and farming stock raising with year round grazing quality. Railways show increased traffic and grain movement indicating a coming business boom. The 55th Congress has seen several member deaths including senators Voorhees Harris Earle and representatives Wright Milliken Holman Cook Giles.
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McCook-Land
Red ‘Willow
A.j.ryan
Patna
McCook, Neb
Senate
House
James ©. George
Mississippi
Ashley B. Wright
Massachusetts
Voorhees
Indiana
Harris
Tennessee
Earle
South Carolina
Mr Wright
Milliken
Maine
Holman
Cook
Illinois
Giles
Missouri
Chicago boy to college president at 29 leads WVU
Jerome H. Raymond, once a new fresh faced boy on Chicago streets, is named head of the University of West Virginia at age 29. The milestone is presented as a distinctly American achievement.
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Chicago
Jerome H. Raymond
University of West Virginia
Shaker Digestive Cordial Promoted by Mount Lebanon Community
The Mount Lebanon Shakers tout their Digestive Cordial as a simple curative helping digestion. They claim the formula is printed on every bottle and sold by druggists for 10 cents to 1.00 per bottle, crediting the Shakers with health and longevity. Also noted is a trend of empty tramp steamers sailing to American grain ports carrying ballast to await cargoes.
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Mount Lebanon
America
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Chronic Dyspepsia Promptly
Alice Richardson of Annapolis Illinois reports being afflicted with chronic dyspepsia since age three and describes a complete cure after four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The ad promotes Hood's Pills as an easy cathartic and includes a humorous exchange about resilience and social slights.
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Hood
Alice Richardson
Annapolis
Illinois
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