Death of Rosewater Prominent Omaha Editor Found Dead
Rosewater, longtime proprietor and editor of the Omaha Bee, a major figure in Omaha and Nebraska affairs for four decades, was found dead in district court No. 6 on the building’s third floor. The cause appears to be heart failure. The text also references an 1663 play bill at Lane theater on April 9.
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The
Omaha Bee
Omaha
Nebraska
Lane Theater
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Worn to a Skeleton A Revival of a Pennsylvania Health Miracle
Mrs. Charles M Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania recounts a dramatic recovery after taking Deans Kidney Pills. She describes fatigue weight loss thirst and sugar in urine that disappeared after use. She credits the medicine with restoring health and weight with a 50 cent box sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Pennsylvania
Charles M. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Mr. Browne
Private train owner joins world’s elite railway leaders
Charles H Schlacks vice President of the Denver and Rio Grande is described as one of five men worldwide to own private trains. The three car private fleet includes a commissary sleeping observation and dining car built at Pueblo shops. The article also notes a humorous Dublin street scene from Cassell’s Journal.
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Chas. H. Schlacks
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Czar Nicholas
Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
King Edward
England
President Diaz
Mexico
Denver & Rio Grande
Pueblo
Allen Foot Ease Free Sample and Other Crystal Teasers
Free sample offer from Allen S Olmstead Le Roy New York for Allen's Foot Ease to cure sweating hot swollen feet and bunions plus a claim of new or tight shoes comfort. Also notes a chicken in Frinton England laying marked eggs 5 and 6 and Dr Kline nerve restorer claiming a free trial bottle. George Irving Washington Irving's nephew at 82 in New York writing a family history. Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething. Drum noted as possibly first musical instrument.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
George Irving
Washington Irving
New York
Irving
How Good Food May Turn to Poison Cascarets Promote Digestion
An advertising feature explains digestion and how Cascarets, sold in enamel boxes for ten cents, stimulate the bowels to prevent decay and toxin absorption. It likens Cascarets to a cold bath or six mile country walk, claiming natural digestion without harmful chemicals and urging readers to buy genuine CCC stamped tablets from Sterling Remedy Company.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Wit and whimsy fill a page of light jokes and banter
A long list of witty quips and dialogue snippets features social satire and puns. Jokes touch on marriage, money, manners, college life, and miscommunication. Notable lines involve witty exchanges about love, taste, and everyday foibles from various papers.
Deafness cures and old news notes from Washington Star
An assortment of brief items: a joke about a horse and a chauffeur, a health ad touting Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back offer, a note on General Edward S Bragg's pension at age eighty, and a factoid on the Congo Free State with its vast area and population estimate.
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Edward S. Bragg
Congress
Congo Free State
Yosemite Stage Robbery Stuns Tourists in Wawona
A Yosemite stage was held up near Ahwahnee three miles from the park gate. The lone bandit ordered passengers to disembark and lined them up in the road. Werterner Bishop of New York reported the crime and lost seven dollars and fifty cents. The robber spoke in a low calm voice while claiming no shots were fired. The story also notes Australia’s 1266 mile rabbit fence.
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Wawona
Cal
AhwahnWee
Yosemite
Werterner Bishop
New York
Letters Warn of Track Condition Lead to Fines
Mail clerks William Donaghy and P Vanlippeley were fined 30 each by the post office department for writing letters to a newspaper about the Great Northern track near Camden Washington after the disaster that killed six men. Judge Alton B Parker was chosen president of the American Bar Association.
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Camden
Wash
William Donaghy
P. Vanlippeley
Post Office Department
Alton B. Parker
American Bar Association
Farm for Sale Near Medford and Gold Hill Oregon
Property offers 170 acres with 80 cleared and alfalfa, fruit land, new house and barn, good water, included machinery, horses, cattle, wagons. Asking 6000 dollars with 4400 cash and balance optional over years at 6 percent. Owner L M Fisher Gold Hill Oregon urges immediate sale.
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Medford
Gold Hill
L. M. Fisher
Oregon
S S S The Greatest of All Tonics for Spring Health
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood tonic that builds strength, restores appetite, and purifies the blood. It claims to combat spring fatigue, improve digestion, renew energy, and aid sleep, with testimonial from a machinist in Columbus, Ohio, praising renewed vigor and health.
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S.S.S
SWIFT
Atlanta, Gas
S.S
Broad St
Columbus
E. Main St
Springfield
G. Wiegel
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