Edison the disease warrior and a medical tonic
The text extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for diseases caused by germs and poor blood. It argues the medicine boosts red blood cells, aids digestion, cleanses the liver, and strengthens the body against infections. It warns against alcohol based tonics and promotes Dr. Pierce's remedies for constipation and overall vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homas A. Edison
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Prerer
Kansas City to Chicago and West Train Schedule Fragment
Fragments show multiple railroad services including Kansas City to Chicago Express and daily mixed trains. Details are garbled with times and stops, referencing trains such as the Daily Express, Ma line, and various regional sections with inconsistent days and hours.
Public Notice in Douglas County Court Case
A notice from the District Court of Douglas County announces that Desbel Hildebrand sues Garrison Hildebrand and others. Defendants must answer by July or the petition will be read as true, leading to a divorce decree. The attorney Mina Plas represents the plaintiff in this pled case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birae
Lawrence
Jeare
District Court
Douglas County
Inabel Hildebrand
Rhaintitt
Garrison Jilldevrand
Kansas
Garrison Hidebrand
Grentio
Desbel Hildebrand
Courk
Vaugins County
Amnsis
A. Dovas
Mina Plas
Matai
Biagriet Court
Land settlement notice with rail route and engraving offer
Over one william acron of land in the Uintab Indiana Kasatvation im onsiere Utab will bampeoad for settlement Ap posta4ih. Regrettation for bomantend gatrion will commence Aggest 1m at Grand Jagction Coloredy sed at Vernal Pies add Peovo Usab sed contino on 46:00 p.m. Aagaat 121b. The drawing for head Jande will be held wi Prove Utah Augort x7th making of entries will beg a Veron Utah Angaat adit. The shortest route to Gi olbor polpis of regiate and all ponte east is vis the Colorado Midland ralway this hias being 72 miles shorter than any other. For portion due desiring $0 ootte to ofter this resalvation Grasd sanction is the boat poist from which to make a start. For informatics as a train service later atc write of apply to Morell Law TF P.A O M Ry 262 Boston building Kaneas City Mo or C H Speers General Pesenger Agentt Denver Colorado Hagerman Pass is one of the crowning glories of the Rocky mountains. The Colorado Midland has issued 28 magnificent steal engraving 28x40 Inches showing a view of this pace. It is suitable for framing and will be sent to any address on recept of 15 cents in stampa Write GQ B Speers G P Deaver
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William Acron
Uintab
Indiana
Kasatvation
Bomantend Gatrion
Jande
Utah
Veron
Giolbor Polpis
Regiate
Ponte East
Colorado ‘Midland
Atc
Morell Law
O. M. Ry
Boston
Kaneas City
C. H. Speers
Denver
Colorado
Hagerman Pass
Rocky Mountains
B. Speers
G. P
Deaver
Urbana artist cures consumption by living atop a tree
Orin Steinberger, 40, an artist living six miles north of Urbana, Illinois, has spent three summers in a giant white oak tree six feet off the ground to battle consumption. Once told he had only months to live, he survived in the forest with a makeshift room, cellar, and rudimentary comforts, claiming full recovery and says he never felt better.
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Mexico
Arivena
Tive
Steinberger
Agi
Steleberger
Untitled Health Tonic Promotion Draft
An unclear promotional note advocates Hatetter a Stumaach Briterian for health issues. It claims broad approval and instant relief for poor appetite, heartburn, indigestion, cramps, diarrhea, fever, and more, urging immediate purchase from a local druggist.
Bears slain to protect sheep in Paratontas county WV
A series of incidents in Paratontas county West Virginia saw multiple bears killed after they attacked and fatally injured sheep on several farms. Hunters and locals, including Delaney and Hamrick, pursued and killed the bears to stop further losses to livestock.
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Cumberland
Paratontas
West Virginia
S.J. Brown
Nottingham
George Glaswell
J. F. Evans
Almuns
Alexander Heber
Jamies J. Streets
Stonyfein
T. I. Hamrick
Gare
Delaney
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Consumption Coughs and Colds
A damaged ad copy recounts a woman’s struggle with consumption and pneumonia. After doctors’ efforts failed, she used Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds, which cured her and left her well and strong. Sample bottles offered by Harber & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.G. Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
Dontora
Harber & Sop
Bess Introduced to New Remedy In Urgent Time
Fragmentary ad style note touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as timely for future use. Mentions shopping and urgency though wording is unclear and garbled. Recommends purchasing soon for quick relief when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Chamberlain
Dragetete
Missouri and Kansas Telephone offers 36 cent rural rate
The Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company announces a 36 cent monthly rate for rural service. The plan runs on six year contracts with annual advance payments. If you lack a telephone in the country, obtain one now at this rate. L. E. Mason, manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company
L. E& Mason
Are You Going East
Vacation plans this summer should consider convenience and time saving. The Wabash line promises the shortest travel with rails to St Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburg and Buffalo. Through service to New York and Boston available. ask local ticket agents for Wabash tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Pittsburg
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Shot for the Fish Obenlets and Uncle Sam dispose of dangerous ordnance
In a San Francisco tale a ship contractor recounts wartime practice of tossing dangerous ammunition overboard to prevent capture. Sailors under Captain Slocum handle condemned shells with care as they recover ordnance from deep waters, reflecting on perils and disciplined restraint amid a perilous, bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Army
Wg Statuty
Davy Jones
Jocker
Wehieia
Funeral reform and death signs in crepe customs debated
The piece discusses funeral attire such as white crepe and black bands as death symbols, arguing about proper signs and ceremonies. It laments sensational advertising in death notices and cautions against improper display of mourning while contrasting cost and practicality. It also includes a short note urging frugality and mentions a promotion for a medicinal remedy.
Wreck of the Century Baited at Mater and Insurance Payouts
The article outlines insurance settlements for a disaster with 19 deaths and numerous injury claims totaling about 200000, plus costs for rolling stock and incidents. It includes a tonic medicine advertisement and references to Electric Bitters as a cure, with testimonials from E S Moody of Texas and a Kansas City to St. Louis line mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mater
Dean’s Kidney Pills praised by elderly Lawrence resident
Mrs. C. L. Werte of Lawrence Kansas testifies that after suffering for years with back pain, frequent urinary issues, and limited mobility she used Dean’s Kidney Pills from Dick Broad drug store and soon felt a marked improvement. She notes no back pain since and ease in climbing stairs, calling the remedy effective at nearly eighty. Sold by dealers 50 cents, Fouter-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents with claims of fast relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Werte
Louisiana
Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Dean
Golne
Dick Broad Drug Store
Fouter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United Brat
Woman Enjoys Pipe Amid Heatwave in Crowded Station
In Kansas City a woman named Nancy Quibble, residing near Bentonville Arkansas, calmly lights an old pipe and sits in a waiting room while heatstricken travelers bustle around. The scene highlights a moment of calm relief as she smokes, unaware of the surrounding discomfort and distraction.
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Kansas Ciy
MG Years
Mra
Nancy Quibble
Bentonville
Ark
Simedia
Buying Up the Buyers in German Retail Trade
Washington reports a surge in bribing retail buyers and sales staff in Germany, with chambers of commerce seeking measures to curb the practice. A U S consul general notes that gifts to buyers influence customer choices, prompting legal challenges and ethics reviews in Colmene where a company executive was dismissed. The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld rulings against the practice, affecting employers and managers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Guenther
Frankfurt
Germany
Chambers of Commerce
Acker Mercantile Bodies
Rare Old Book Sold at Sothebys in London
A perfect copy of the fourth quarto edition of St Shakespeare’s King Richard the Third sold at Sotheby’s for 750 ww oA. The London dispatch notes it will likely reach America, printed by Thomas Creede and sold by Matthews Laws Davelling in Pauley Churchyard near the Fox Inn. The sale confirms the edition’s scarcity and hints at connections to William Penn’s family lineage.
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New York
Richard the
Sotheby's
Darkaun
America
London
Thonina Creede
Matthews Laws “Davelling
Pauley Churel
Wiliam Pennis
Intimsylvania
Drunken Spectator Kills Matador in Bull Ring
In Mexico City Baran a drunken spectator caused the death of famed matador Chico at a bullfight. As Chico pierced the bull’s heart with his blade a pipe struck him, the bull charged, and he fell. Spectators hurled the offender into the arena where he was killed.
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City
Mexico
Goring
Yerto Chico
Baran
Chico
New War Terror Explodes Shells With Secret Alloy
A New York report outlines a shell loaded with a small charge of an explosive named after its inventor Maj Heverly OW Dion. Tests claim the device can pierce armor and detonate inside ships, amid secrecy and foreign interest. Separately, Chicago bosses report rising demand for servant girls, with domestic work calls outstripping supply as Swedish and Norwegian workers remain popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maj
Heverly OW. Dion
CLSA
Chicago
Cholera Infant Restored After Remedy Success
The Doway family of Agnowville Virginia reports their infant daughter survived a severe cholera and dysentery attack after using Chambers Colic Cholera and Dysentery Remedy. The anecdote promotes the remedy as available through pharmacies. Also mentioned is travel advertising for California via the Colorado Midland Railway with dates March 1 to May 16 and travel agent CH Spears in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E N. Doway
Agnowville
California
Coloado Midland Railway
Boakies
Wrirte CH. Spears
G P. A
Denver
Jacques I, No Fool Emperor of Sahara And All
Englishman declares M Lebandy II a beneficent autocrat with an army of 2000 under his control. The Sahara emperor Jacques I, formerly M Lebandly of Paris, governs a primitive but developing empire. His regime relies on imports and shows a modern military, while he projects imperial pomp and state-building plans including wheat exports.
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M. Lebandy II
Cemrat Atel
Mororea
Jacques
Lelaudy
Lebaudy
Burnge
Queen Wears Few Jewels Sets Fashion Style
London reports Queen Alexandra has trimmed display of jewels, wearing simple pieces. Royal observers note this signals a shift among fashionable women toward restraint in ornamentation. The king of Spain admires sapphires, while Abyssinian and Moroccan rulers exchange gifts. In Timbaetus and Hive, N. C., constables patrol with tire- popping shooting accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alexandra
Ucen
Spain
Queen Alexandra
Dong
Mra
Mackay
Reputed Pay Gap Mentioned in Wabash Service Notes
A fragment notes good pay for Togo’s salary at 3000 dollars yearly and compares earnings to a worker who logged ten hours a day, earning nearly fifty cents for half an hour on the Russian fleet. It also mentions Wabash day trains between Kansas City and St Louis and a New York timetable glimpse.
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Togo
Kansas City
Loula
New York
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Kanass City
Deily
Kensagilty
Anc
Obicago Express
Kacasa Ulty Raprone
Iit
Maareat Ie gApante
Cage Express
Fox
Maly
Arkansas City
Dally
Feaufuraix Limited
Ugl
Uren & Wlyer
Kaneas
West
Bob Nat
Pelinwsces
Tacitic Kryress
Waceys
Pandey
Dipare Pasifte Express
Tandey
Bacday
Penn Vibvat Furs
Hichesters
Peraune
Turyland
Troosevelt
Tyrie
Bural Telephone Raies
Gov. Hoch
Topeka
Kat
Beliere
Owe Haag
Baylog Chamberlain
Crete
Moody
Tha
Tex
Wosunn
Lake White
Okie
Harriet Upward
Cma
Bor
Akin Rowble
Uti
Bock
Burma
Harber & Son
Pete
Newark
Towna
Rut Portege
Ontario
Canada
Lona
Hopubelty
Drogglau
Pacife
Union Pacific
Copside
U. P. Agant
Fowler
Frisco Byatem
Frisco
Boutheron Railway
Kanuae City
Jacksonville
Florida
Porular “Sonthere Limited
Kasse City
Popniowa
Frisco Syestem
Jaetimer
Jude Dreerpley
Wellens
Colmene
Linnlecanae
Inkaier
Anus
Nver Guurl
Supreme Court of Appeate
Richard III
Crusea Havoc
Jacques I
Sahara
Lonion
Jacques L
M. Lebandly
Paris
Lennox
Lehausty
Tony Rice
Sue
Heaula San
Abe
Hopatimenis
Soo Organ
Zee
Berglisse
Thas
Bert Spary
Fe Vonforny
Irterforegyers Gytiod
Uae
Alexandra of
Englaand
Abyssinia
Ethiopis
Morocca
Hive
Rye Force
Sitantuce
Cory
Wrarzerl
Bears
Journal
Dr. Bunn
The
Rockies
Eas
Colorado Mid
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Midland
Morell Law, T. Pla
Howton Bidg
Kansas City, Mo
T. A
Denver, Colo
Run Ae Inne
Saint Louis
Burlington
Missouri
A. D. Browe
Main Mt
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