Spurgeon Defends Colportage Against Pernicious Reading
Rev. C H Spurgeon presided at the 22nd annual meeting of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportage Association. He urged countering bad literature by circulating wholesome religious works and highlighted colportage as essential to reach rural readers, noting colporteurs sell Bibles and sound magazines, preach, assist the sick, and support temperance. London Telegraph.
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Spurgeon
Metropolitan Tabernacle Colportagne Association
London Telegraph
Shoddy shoe making from old leather and rubber dust
The article explains how old footwear is collected, repaired, and resold, then shredded for leather dust mixed with rubber to produce cheap inner soles. It traces the evolution of shoddy into a stronger product with improved mixtures and more widespread use in low cost shoes.
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N. Y. Sun
Representative Edward J. Gay Dies Richest Man in South
Edward J. Gay, long serving Louisiana representative in the Fifty-first Congress, died at age seventy five. He was reportedly the wealthiest man in the South with an estimated fortune up to 10 million dollars, owning sugar plantations and many business enterprises.
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Edward J. Gay
Louisiana
South
How Racquets Are Made In A Boston Factory
A Boston Herald report describes a racquet factory where about thirty workers craft tennis racquets. It details ash blanks, steaming, bending, throat pieces, cedar handles, gut stringing, shellac polishing, and final assembly before shipping.
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Old Colony
Tate
Boston Herald
Death by own action statistics and armadillo hunting
Statistics show October and November have the fewest personal crisis reports while April June peak. paydays and weekdays influence trends, with men peaking early monthly and women late in the week. Other notes discuss armadillo hunting in Central America using mosquitoes as trackers, including methods and local dish practices.
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M. Guerry
Oettingen
Brierre de Boismont
Paris
Charles W. Pilgrim
M. D
Popular Science Monthly
Diary of a Tramp Reveals Bitter Reflections on Opportunity
A diary by a convicted petty thief traces a nomadic life and sharp contempt for the well off. He laments wasted opportunities and contemplates what he might have become, urging readers to view his misery as self-inflicted rather than mere victimhood.
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Christian
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Cure Digestive Ailments
An old adage proclaims an honest pill the apothecary’s noblest work. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers advertised to relieve constipation biliousness and sick headaches with a stimulant laxative formula.
Mile’s Nerve and Liver Pills Promote Quick Relief
An 19th century product description claims Mile’s Nerve and Liver Pills act on the liver stomach and bowels via the nerves. The pills promise speedy cure for biliousness bad taste torpid fever piles and constipation. Also marketed as suitable for men women and children with free samples at Lanark Drug Co.
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Mile
Lanark Drug Co
Panorama Place
Chicago
Ill
Lanark Drug Company
Bad Cat
Advertised Medicines and Winter Excursions Listing
A long block of vintage medical ads tout salves for cuts and sores with money back guarantees and 25 cent to $1 prices. Also claims for Chamberlain cough remedy and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers with cautions about croup and prevention. winter excursion tickets to multiple southern destinations advertised by Chicago Milwaukee Saint Paul Rail Way agents.
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Chamberlain & Co
Des Moines
Centerville
Cnterelle
S. D
Chronicle and Index
Lanark Drug Co
Mexico
California
Georgian
North Carolina
Florida
Gulf Coast
Texas
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Chicago, Milwauke & St. Paul Railway
Geo
H. Heafford
Chicago
Ilinois
Free Farmers Monthly Offered With Subscriptions
It costs you nothing this opportunity offers free mailing of the Farmers Monthly to subscribers who pay arrears and one year in advance or to new subscribers who pay one year in advance. The eight to 16 page journal is a leading western agricultural publication with low price 50 cents per year.
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H.S. Puterbaugh
Farmers’ Monthly
Rockford
Tfl
Farmer’s Monthly
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Matilda
Brooklyn
Chicago Tribune
Warren
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Johnny No. 1
Dadley
Johnnie No. 2
Chappie
Terre Haute
Central America
Nicaragua
Armadillo
Ichthyophagus Club
de Wiltt
Bucklen
DeWitt
Ania
Business Directory and Buyers’ Guide
Lanark
W. L. Franck, Cash
D. C. BosBi
First National Bank
Capital
C. Hegeman
C. Kinkade
R. Chisholm
J. Scott Snively
C. Busell
E. E. Dubbel
M. Arnold Dubbel & Arnold
J. A. Walker
West Side Broad Street
ROBT
Sane News Proprie
East Side
WM. Strickler
Illinois
Lawark
John H. Shaffer
S. H. Rhodes
Annie Nyman
Broad Street
C. E. Olmsted
P. Olmsted
Marble
H. W. Hartzell
V. S
Commercial House
Rowland
A. Wolf
the Exchange Bank
Lanarkall
Amos Wolp
Dayro WoLf
John RK
Wolf
C. Rowland
Amos Wolf
Notary Public
R. Gust
J. G. Sheller
F. A. Ehmer
J. F. Brown
Mason
Ellis Moore
News-Gazette
J. T. Jacobs
Justice OF the Peace
Old Stand
Lanark, Illinois
Radloved
Lam
Peter Horner
Tsme
Ntimnegar
Aalso
ED. Co
Dierk
Postoffice
the . Weekly
INTER
Frances Hodgsond Rice Thompson
A.W. T &Rd Kipling
Shirl
Chandler
Inter Ocean
Curiosity Shop
Woman's Kingdom
the Home
Department of Farm and Farmers
W.D. Hoard
Wisconsin
Canis Dairyman
H. Reid Staley
O. R. Moyer
D. V.S
American Veterinary College
N.Y
Vandagrift and Hallett’s
MT. Carroll
N. RR. Rose
City Dray
J. M. Glotfelty
Po. O
J. T. Eceman
C. W. Middlekauff
C. H. Sword
Liberty Bell
Havana
Ciaan
Hesslein Bros
Miri
Carroll County
Abstract Office
Carroll County Bank
Mt. Carroll, Il
Lewis Chrisman
Rock Creek
Rhodes’ Block
Yletongs
G.W. Bunserr
Sec
Ake
N. G
Ivanhoe Camp
W. C
T. U
L. T. Bray
Couso
Urge Lake
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