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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
6
A frugal shopping guide lists affordable gift ideas for wives daughters and friends. It suggests fabrics like serge and cheviot, flannel patterns in boxes, and inexpensive china pieces, silver items, and hosiery, with prices from five cents to twelve dollars.
A humorous guide to affordable holiday shopping with hundreds of cheap items at 15 to 25 cents and deals on neckties, mufflers, handkerchiefs, hose, and silver trimmed goods. It suggests practical gifts for men and women, including 25 cent counters, 50 cent bargains, and a variety of books, linens, and novelties.
A December city market listing from Indianapolis details wholesale prices for smoked meats bacon lard and pork products, alongside canned vegetables canned fruits and fresh produce. It covers beef hams sausage beans onions cabbage celery citrus and tropical fruits with per hundred weights per bushel and per crate figures for buyers and grocers.
Chicago December 11 Dr Albert H Hoy warns that exercise for middle aged business men is detrimental and wastes energy. He argues kidneys must eliminate waste and that excessive mental and physical activity wears them down. He cites examples from Rockefeller Chamberlain and Evarts to illustrate his view and advises resting when possible.
A historical advertisement touts Morrow's Kidneys as a great scientific discovery for shattered nerves and weak blood. It offers yellow tablets at 50 cents a box with a free mail sample and promises a reward for cure of backache, sleeplessness, and urinary disorders.
A historical price list shows current rates for flour and feed items including flour types from patent to patent Beene, bran per ton, corn meal, hominy feed, oils such as linseed and castor, lard oil, white lead, coal oil, cheese varieties, butter shippers paying prices, live poultry, and retail coal as well as drug listings. Shippers and dealers list varied prices across products.
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