Second Hand Store and Local Bargain Notices
For cheap town lots see CO. B. Thoman. Wagon covers and tents at Second Hand Store. For bargains in farm lands go to CO. B. Thoman. For a bargain in iron beds go to the Second Hand Store. See Cal Downing for all kinds of draying. Telephone No. 6. C. B. Thoman has the best line of fire insurance. He writes farm risks. Dr. A. W. Seabury, physician and surgeon. Offices on second floor of Trwin building East Main street. Cattle for Sale. We have about 35 head of nice one and two year old heifers to sell, also two young mires heavy with foal. Call and see Oscar or M. Strain. For Sale. A Bargain, 2 lots with new 5 room house, corner of Sth and Maple streets. See J. A. Downing. Business men who lack vim should use HERBINE, it will purify the blood, strengthen and invigorate the system. Price 50 cents. I. H. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
I. H. Myers
Cheok
Ballard's Snow Liniment Ad For Farm Accidents
An old advertisement notes Ballard's Snow Liniment as a speedy remedy for cuts, burns, and bruises common on farms, with prices 25 and 50 cents. It also mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cold cure. The copy carries a vintage medicinal marketing tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Kansas Minister Endorses Tar Syrup and Cough Remedies
Circleville Kansas minister Rev L H Coulton testifies to Tar Syrup as a speedy cure for throat and lung diseases. Advertisement promotes Dr Warner's Wine of Tar Syrup via McLean Bros and various remedies including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment, and related products with prices and money-back guarantees.
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Kansas
L. 8. Coulton
Circleville
Warner
McLean Bros
Fort Lyon Canal Water Right Offered on Easy Terms
Advertisement notes one first class water right in the Fort Lyon Canal offered with easy terms. A separate health patterner cites children crying from hunger due to inanition despite abundant feeding, recommending White's Cream Vermifuge to destroy worms. Sold by I. H. Myers in the Irwin building, East Main Street.
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Fort Lyon Canal
B. Toman
I. H. Myers
It Saved a Leg by Seven Cures Claim
Micuam Gearheart of Detroit reports that after typhoid fever led to leg enlargement and fever, doctors advised amputation. He credit Dr C D Warner's Compound of Seven Cures, used six months, with restoring the leg and health. Sold by McLean Bros. January 6, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Warner
Geo. Chipp
Micuam Gearheart
Detroit
Mich
McLean Bros
Herbine Cure for Summer Ailments Promoted by I. H. Myers
An 19th century medical advertisement touts Herbine as effective for summer complaints and hot weather disorders. It claims the stomach liver and bowels fail to function causing blood impurity and systemic debility. Sold for 50 cents by I. H. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Myers
Nerve Waste by Dr. Sawyer Featured in Ad Promotion
An advertisement extols Nerve Waste by Dr. Sawyer of San Francisco now in its fifth thousand. It praises the author as experienced and reputable, noting wide press endorsement including The Chicago Advance. The $1 book is offered by mail, with a sample chapter mailed on request and stamps welcomed by Theatic Pub. Co. Box 2658 San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
San Francisco
Chicago
Buchanan Never Married First Bachelor Elected to Presidency
The article recounts a romance of 65 year old James Buchanan, the first bachelor president, who loved Miss Caleman in Lancaster. A disputed engagement ended with her departure to Philadelphia and sudden death, a tragedy he kept secret, later condemning a sealed package to be burned after his death.
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Buchanan
William Perrine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Lancaster
Mias Caleman
George Ticknor Curtis
Philadelphia
Buchanas
Richest Nation on Earth
The New Commonwealth of Australia is, per capita, the richest nation after Switzerland, with total 1900 product value near 650 million. Pastoral, agricultural, mineral, and manufacturing sectors drive wealth. wool from 120 million sheep worth 100 million. gold, silver, and gems underscore vast mineral potential across states.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Republic of Switzerland
Australian Commonwealth
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Paris to celebrate Hugo centenary with museum plan
February 26, 1902 marks Victor Hugo birth centenary in France. M. Paul Meurice donates 20,000 francs to Paris and a large collection of portraits autographs engravings to illuminate Hugo s life and works. The museum will be housed in Hugo s longtime residence in the Place Royale now Place des Vosges.
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Mago
France
Victor Hugo
M. Paul Meurice
Paris
Place Royale
Place Des Vosges
Horse Shoe Pins Not in Vogue in Philadelphia
A country youth bought a horseshoe scarf pin at a Chestnut Street jewelry store yesterday. The salesman said it was the first pin of that pattern sold in months, and doubted the manufacturers still make them. The horseshoe pin once was popular, but is now rarely seen.
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Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Precautions Against Fire at Paris Exposition
The Paris Exposition outlines fire safety measures including fireproofing wood in building frameworks, firproof stairways, and an emergency night lighting system using one candle power red electric lamps. Heating and lighting are restricted to coal gas and electricity, banning hydrocarbons acetylene or other gases. Theaters and concert halls must have iron or asbestos fireproof curtains and be lit only by electricity.
National secret agents in high society circles
A Chicago News item discusses diplomats in plain clothes. Spies operate in major capitals like Washington Paris and Vienna posing as social leaders. They receive high salaries from their governments and use elite status to gather and relay political information.
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Washington
St. Petersburg
Paris
Vienna
Secret Service
Avenue Friedland
Arc de Triomphe
Cocher
Berlin
Chicago News
TRAINING THE CHILDREN and the debate on early schooling
An educator argues for a delayed start in reading and letters, noting biology and history support later literacy. He cites a renowned statesman who lagged in childhood intellect and praises the value of kindergarten and hands-on learning over premature book education.
Meat overconsumption harms health in summer reforms
The author argues Americans eat excessive meat due to sedentary lifestyles and urges seasonal dietary reform. It proposes limiting meat to once daily June through October, progressing to three times weekly, or abstaining entirely, and replacing with vegetables fruits salads and whole grain breads for better summer health.
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England
Leo
Jasmine Court and a High Ranger in a Slum Tale
The Bonnie Brier Bush author depicts Jasmine Court on Chestnut Street as a charity-tinged slum managed by a frugal agent. He paints the Back Hooley Lane block as a moral battleground, with reform zeal masking harsh tenancy and quiet cruelties amid a city seeking virtue.
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Bonnie Brier- Bush
Jasmine Court
Chestnut Street
India
Semanas
Herod the Great
Hooley Lane
Cadets Relax Facial Hair Rules Include Beards
Russian military cadets may wear mustaches and beards while other cadets are to keep mustaches or shave as directed. The policy shift signals a broader tolerance of facial hair in military grooming standards.
Mines of Precious Stones in the United States
The United States produced various precious stones in 1900 including sapphires in Fergus County Montana and fancy-colored sapphires in Grant County Montana. Beryl in Mitchell County Montana and turquoise in Grant Santa Fe Lincoln counties. Glints include turquoises sapphires rhodonite beryl quartz and crystal with a total value of 288 10 in the year.
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United States
Fergus County
Montana
Grant County
Mitchell County
Grant
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Lincoln County
Nevada
Macon County
North Carolina
California
Sleeping Car Ethics and London Bread Industry
The text notes unwritten rules of sleeping car etiquette, advising travelers to enter as familiar guests, store belongings, and wear slippers with overgaiters. It also describes London’s second-hand bread trade, where discarded fragments are sorted into quality grades for soup garnishes and bread for poultry and animals.
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the International
London
Santa Fe Excursion Rates for Statehood Centennial
Lamar Colorado July 8 1901 Boulder Colorado Springs August 13 1901 Quarto Centennial admission Colorado to statehood one fare to Colorado Springs and Boulder and return July 1 2 dates of sale August 1 2 continuous passage both directions return by August 5 Pan American Exposition effective at once until navigation ends about Sept 15 Tickets for all classes between Chicago and Buffalo and east via Lake Shore Michigan Southern railroad Chicago to Cleveland then onward by steamer lines to points east.
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Lamar
Colo
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Chicago
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Michigan
Glenwood Springs
Pueblo
Denver
Divide and
Florence
Travel and excursion rail and steamer options with special rates
Details a slate of combined rail and steamer itineraries from Chicago to Buffalo via Detroit and Albany to New York, plus first and second class through tickets. Describes Home Seekers Excursion to California with multiple sale dates, 4910 round trip to California points, stopovers, and continuous passage. Includes Santa Fe summer excursions to Chicago, Kansas City, and other east points, Glenwood Springs specials, and all year Hot Springs rate with La Junta side trips. Contact G. J. Garvin for particulars.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Michigan Central R. R
Chicago
Detroit
Wabash R. R
New York City
Albany
New York
California
Albuqueque
Ogden & Southern Pacific
Kansas City
Hot Springs
N. Mex
la Junta
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
G. J. Garvin
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CO. B. Thoman
Cal Downing
C. B. Thoman
A. W. Seabury
Trwin
East Main Street
Sth
Maple Streets
J. A. Downing
ER. W. Grove
Irwin Building
National Secret Agents
Uemom Pepssem
Spieser
Ayuep
Josez
Perysep
Yonu Cave
Saywones
Ontise
Onva Tomoa Abv
Sodeidy Seq
Maclaren
New Orleans
Crescent City
Inter Ocean
West
News 18
Mail
Sui Iy
New York Press
Tasmania
Ireland
Ino Man
Opera House
M.L. Conwell
Pepsoquinine
Boyd
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