Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Praised for Women’s Health
A newspaper blurb touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as curing female weakness and other ailments. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Mary Conaway praising relief from back and nerve pain after use and invites weak and sick women to contact Dr. Pierce for confidential consultation. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Advisor and instructions to obtain stamps for volumes.
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Pierce
Mary Conaway
Ofleton, Lawrence. Co
Jenn
Corres
Nce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
For Sale Prairie Land With Various Listings
For sale 160 acres of fine prairie land one mile from Vamp Grove in Moniors quarter Steuben township 676 acres. Price $10,000 on easy terms. A fine prairie farm. Coast two miles west of Gk anlth thir price $65 per acre. Wine improved lands in Central Town at from $ib to $50 per acre. Jéxcarsions the first and third Tuesday in each month.
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Vamp Grove
Steuben Township
Insurance losses and a governor’s denial echo politics
The piece surveys a century of fire losses in the United States totaling over 2.8 million and notes years of heavy insurer losses. It critiques rate increases and calls for remedies while detailing a governor Yates denial to levying state employee salary assessments amid campaign fund concerns.
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Yates
Republican Central Committee
Vermillion
Chicago
Cullomag
Guy
Cullom
Think Yourself Young to Stay Ageless Says Rock Island
The article argues age is mental and urges readers to reject warning thoughts about aging. It claims belief shapes reality, that thinking oneself old leads to decline, while maintaining a youthful spirit prevents aging and preserves vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock-Island-Utianz
Death claim on Reed family sparks Revolution link dispute
A Streator paper reported that P B Reed of Monmouth died as the last surviving son of an American Revolution soldier. An exchange refutes the claim naming Judge Mark Bangs of Chicago and his relatives as those with Revolution ties. The La Salle Democrat Mirror note says Bangs lived in Lacon, Marshall County, for years before moving.
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P B.reed
Monmouth
Reed
Mark Bangs
Chicago
Zenas Bangs
Cape Cod
Allen Bangs
Judge Bangs
Fred
Side Park
Hamilton Club
la Salle County
la Fgile
la Salle Democrat-Mirror
Bangg
Lacon
Marshall County
Senate Poised to Move Inauguration Date to April
The Senate passed a constitutional amendment changing the inauguration day from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. If approved by states, it becomes effective at the close of the 58th Congress on the last Thursday in April, 1905, with expected broad national support.
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Senate
Hoarta
Committee On the Judiciary
Washington
Kinley Speech Echoes Reciprocity and Domestic Growth
In Buffalo President Kinley lauded reciprocity as the natural outcome of industrial progress under the domestic policy. He argued surplus production should find foreign outlets and that tariffs may be adjusted to expand markets abroad. Three days earlier President Roosevelt spoke in Minneapolis on supplementing policy through reciprocal benefits.
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Mel Kinley
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Minneapolis
Germans and Americans Bond Through Shared History in Wartime Service
Prince Henry of Prussia met American captains of industry and 2000 journalists to discuss Germany United States relations. Speakers praised German Americans for loyalty and civic virtue, noting German battalions in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and the enduring influence of German immigration on Western American character and republican ideals.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Germany
United
Sttates
Republic
Charles Emory Smith
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Amer
Emulsion Suggested For Babies Nourishment Improvement
A fragment advises dosing infants with small spoonfuls of emulsion daily to improve nourishment. It notes larger children may receive half to one teaspoon, dissolved in milk, according to age, with quick effects if mother's milk fails to nourish.
Medalia Letter from A. C. Putnam Reports Local News
Missive from Madelia Minnesota dated February 28 1902 greets Henry Republican editors. The writer 72 years old notes good winter weather no snow and no sleighing, family health updates, Lulu Borland recovering from appendicitis after surgery, Henry Ersbey’s family well, recent visit from his wife and daughter, Garretson family details including Mrs Garretson’s age and mobility, Sophie Garretson died February 17 at Leadville Colorado, brother Charlie hastened there, Mrs Reed living in Mexico, Mrs Garretson rents her farm and stays with sister Mrs George Fanning, closing with health concerns of sister Dira Culverns in Madison Kansas and affectionate regards to editors.
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Minnesota
Henry Republican
Madelia
Minn
Medalia
Putnam
Touzbéther
Bim
Borlands
Lulu
Whoxis
Henry Ersbey
Ayife
Fannings
Garretsons
Garretson
Sophie
Leadville Col
Charlie
Reed
Mexico
George Fanning
A. C. Putnam
The Freeport Editor Warns for Honest Country News
General Smith D Atking, editor and long time Freeport post master, urged Illinois editors to value a pure country weekly paper over wealth from big oil. He said the greatest safeguard in danger is a clean unpurchaseable country newspaper for the land.
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Smith D. Atking
Freeport Daily Journal
Freeport
Illinois Press Association
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Laundry Delivery Service Ad Appears in City Notice
A brief classified style notice advertises dyeing and cleaning services in the city. Schacfer, an agent, offers washing and delivery to any city area and provides telephone contact 120 for orders.
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Schacfer
Rock Island Orders Five New Pullman Trains for Chicago Denver Run
The Rock Island Railroad orders five new Pullman trains for the Chicago to Denver service to replace current units moving to Kansas City to El Paso. The first new train is already on the road with others to follow as finishing completes. Cars include chair and buffet configurations with mahogany finish and double width windows for premium observation.
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Rock Island
Thateackerott
Chicago
Denver
Pullman
La Grippe Quickly Cured by Chamberlain Cough Remedy
In winter 1898 1899 F L Hewitt a prominent druggist credits Chamberlain Cough Remedy with curing La Grippe after a severe cold and cough. He used two bottles and claims no grippe return. The article notes the remedy is pleasant to take and sold at Dr Powell's City drug store.
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la Grippe
F L Hewitt
Chamberlain
Ilke Mira
Grippe
Dr Powell
City
Schaefer's News Room Promotes Stationery Line in Marshall County
The Marshall County shop touts a complete stationery range including tablets books school supplies and related items as part of its offerings.
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Schaefer
Marshall County
Advertising merchants and newspaper readers unite
The piece extols newspaper advertising as essential to reach readers who seek products. It urges honesty and persistent effort, claiming newspapers place a business under the buyer's eye and prompt action from the wide-awake merchant.
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Sile- Zeus
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Cures Head Sores in Tenn
In Morganton Tennessee a child with large sores on the head was cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve after other remedies failed. The testimonial claims the salve treats eczema tetter salt rheum pimples sores ulcers piles and is sold for 25 cents at Dr Powell's City Drug Store.
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Morganton, Tenn
Bucklen
Mayor and officials summoned in Morris assault case
The mayor and police magistrate of Morris are summoned to appear before a Chicago federal court for a $20,000 suit brought by Willam Hunt. The suit alleges Hunt and two companions were punished for drunkenness by being chained to telegraph poles at major street crossings and kept there for three days. A separate item notes a White's Cream Vermifuge ad and a New Bedford elderly woman's tea invitation remark.
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United States Court
Chicago
Willam Hunt
Hunt
Morris
Powell
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