First Love and a Wild Plan to Marry at Fifteen
A teen narrator recounts deciding to marry Mollie the doctor’s daughter while she is a few years older. Friends doubt the plan and practical hurdles loom, including where they would live, wedding customs, rings, and the cost. A gardener James delivers a letter urging marriage as the couple considers eloping or a registry wedding, amid humorous asides and reflections on melted cheese cakes and lure of romance.
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Mollie
Butters
Berton
Young Evergreen
Flo
James
Master Carraway
Joe Barn
Carraway
Fran
Mollig
Molle
Cleveland Herald
No-To-Lac Ad Promises Easy Tobacco Quit
Vintage advertising copy urges readers to quit tobacco with No-To-Lac. It claims the product makes men strong and full of vigor, offers a small price, and guarantees cure. It directs readers to Sicling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York for a booklet and sample.
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Sicling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Don East Curiosity Reveals A Curious Duel Tale
A down east man Jonathan befriends a traveler on horse back missing a leg. After several questions he learns the loss came from a bite. The traveler delivers the blunt truth and the exchange ends with emphasis on the odd encounter.
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Jonathan
Bin
Phaps
Who Will Be the Next President in 1896 Campaign
Politicians map the presidential race as war overshadows politics with talk of a dark horse and familiar names from 1896. Popularity shapes candidates and even medicine, as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is touted as unmatched for stomach liver and kidney issues and life vigor.
New York Star Bicycle Prize Contest Opens June 26 1899
The New York Star offers a daily high grade bicycle to the largest list of words made from THE NEW YORK STAR letters, plus watches and more prizes for second and third place. Trial subscriptions, exhibit prizes, and daily awards begin June 26 and run to August 21, with winners printed next issue.
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New York Star
Illustrated Sunday Newspaper
The
Star
W. 39Th Street
New York City
Distressing Stomach Disease Cured by South American Tonics
Distressing stomach weakness and indigestion claimed to be permanently cured by a tonic. First dose begins relief, cure described as marvelous and certain. Sold by Hetrick Bros. druggists in Indiana, Pa. Also notes tattooing and snake bite antidote belief from Burma. quotation from Leslie's Weekly.
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Hetrick Bros
Indiana
Solentiads
Burma
Busout
Leslia’s Weekly
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure all
An old medical advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as curing 98 percent of bronchitis and consumption cases when taken early. It cites decades of success, offers a free copy of Common Sense Medical Adviser, and includes patient testimonials and letters from Dr Pierce and his Buffalo clinic.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Rh. V. Pierce
Great Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
N.Y
David Wartzeniift
Shoemakersville
Berks Co
Pierce
Auditor's Notice In Indiana Pa Distribution Hearing
The auditor appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County will distribute funds from sheriff sale proceedings. Attendance is advised at the auditor's office in Indiana Pa on Friday August 18 1899 at 1 50 o clock p m for all interested parties to attend. WM Mahan Auditor.
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Tive
Court of Common Pleas
Indiana County
T. 3. Neal
W. A. Cline
S. C. Cline
J. H. Cline
S. C
C. Cline
Indiana
Wm, Mahan
Orphins’ Court of
James W. Howearth
John Howearth
Cherryhill Township
Borough of
Indiana, Pa
Auditor Notice of Estate Fund Distribution Hearing
Tuesday August 22 1895 at 1 00 p m attendees may join at the Farmers Bank Building Indiana to settle adjust and report distribution of funds held by J C Moore administrator of the last will of David Taylor deceased Salisburg borough Audited by George J Feit auditor invites all claimants to present their claims at 1 30 o clock p m on August 18 1899 to be bound from future claims.
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Orphans’ Court of
Indiana County
J. C. Moore
David Taylor
Salisburg
Farmers’ Bank
Indiana
George J. Feit
Robert W. Allison
White Township
Register of Indiana
J. L. Allison
D. M. Allison
R. W. Allison
Jaac Simpson
Grant Township
D. A. Gorman
Orphan's Court of
Thomas Lowman
Wm. R. Bell
Sutton Building
Borough of
Ernest Stwart
Sand in meals as a digestive aid gains vogue
A medical journal notes a trend of adding fine sand to food to aid digestion, saying it mixes with the meal to make it less compact and easier to digest. The practice, said to be copied from English diners and paralleled by ostriches using gravel, spreads among French gourmets.
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Channel
Ja-Vo-Ka Mocha Java Coffee Offered in One Pound Packages
Dwinell Wright Co markets Ja-Vo-Ka in clean pure blend one pound packages with Mocha Java flavor. Also available Boston Roasted Coffees. Loose per pound priced at 10 15 20 25 and 39 cents. regular package coffees complete the variety. Buy at 628 Philadelphia Street.
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Dwinell, Wright Co
Philadelphia Street
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Don East Curiosity
Osage City
C. A. Stodard
Cuie Beans
Kansas City Journal
Castori
Fea
Uditor
W.L. Stewart
Glecttors' Notice
J. Telford and
John H. Hill
Alexander Lydick
Green
Thos. Lydice
Utah
D. W. Simpson
Rachel Simpson
Farmers’ Bark Building
John L. Getty
Orphans' Court of
Rebecca A. Nesbit
Samuel Irwin
Pennsylvania
W. F, Elein
ARES
Nellie Gould
Medina
Obia
Sola
Daugherty Bros
W. T. Moore
Homer City
Thomas Sutton
Queensware
Elderton
W. C. Bovard
Board of Trustees
A. W. Nichors
Elderton, Armstrong Co
East End
G. W. Wheeler
Philadelphia St
New York Life Insurance Co
Henry J. Altsnan
John G. Cameron
Life, Fire & Accident Insurance
Biggle Books
Jacob Biggle
Biggle
Farm Journal
United States of America
Hobson
Wilmer Atkinson
Chas. F. Jenkins
Philadel
Montgomery Ward & CO
Boucher
MO. F. Steving&co
Oliver McClintock
Thompson
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