Salzer to Europe for seeds and novelties
Henry A. Salzer of Jobe A Balzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin sails for Europe to study France Germany England Belgium Austria and Bohemia and return with premium farm and vegetable seeds for customers. A curious note previews a novel titled The Wasp with a likely grim ending.
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Henry A. Salzer
Jobe A. Balzer
la Crosse
Wis
Europe
France
Germany
England
Belgium
Ausets
Bohemia
Syrup of Figs Promoted As Safe Laxative Remedy
Knowledge promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant effective laxative improving health. The product cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers while acting on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Despot of the Rails and Mountain Dispatchers
A veteran rail dispatcher describes the hectic, precise world of moving trains and preventing disasters. He recounts a perilous pursuit on a steep mountain division with runaway cars, wreck trains, and swift telegraph orders, linking to the Johnstown flood to illustrate rolling stock resilience.
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Crear
Philadelphia Times
Simco
Hilltop
Simeco
Fragmentary dialogue hints at temperance era sexual abstinence themes
A muffled exchange shows a timid girl seeking bromide at a drugstore after a man’s late night, while a second speaker recalls a father arguing theology with a minister about infant baptism. The fragment suggests social issues and moral concerns of the period.
Deepening the Mersey Channel Opens to Vessels
The entrance bar at the Mersey has been lowered to reveal a minimum depth of nineteen feet over a 1000 foot channel and twenty feet over a 500 foot width. Liverpool’s river authorities say the channel will be passable to vessels at all tide states in the near future.
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Mersey
Liverpool
Debt swap doubles as a grudging loan
A terse exchange shows a debtor insisting he will borrow elsewhere to settle a debt. The creditor responds without objection as long as the debtor repays what is owed, revealing a coldly practical view of the transaction.
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American Industries
JEST AND GIBE Dialogue Snippet From Comedy Sketch
A playful exchange features characters Tayleigh Dennis Uncle George and others trading quips about money, affection, guessing games, spelling class mishaps, and a joke about creditors. The tone mimics a vaudeville style with light banter and social observations.
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Tayleigh
Wagleigh
Uncle George
Littl Dick
America
Dennis
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