Moonshiners Surrender and Wheat Plan Rise in Kansas
In Wheeling West Virginia a heavy rainstorm causes major damage with floods and bridge collapses across Caldwell's Run and Wheeling Creek. In Kansas City Kansas a Ottawa Ontario MP advocates annexation to the United States and reciprocity, while farmers test a new prairie wheat-planting method using traction engines and subsoil plows. A joint Lawrence meeting leads to an upcoming two-day horticultural and farming institute, with local candidates addressing crowds despite poor weather.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Caldwell’s Run
Wheeling Creek
Alot Cantin
Kansas City
John G. Sage
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Father Kuhl
Saggs
United States
Wirt M. Hughes
Kansas
Douglas County Horticultural Society
Farmer’s Institute
N. P. Deming
Horticultural Society
Mange Wurtzel
Thad Whedon
Wakarusa Creek
James Kane
Wm. Brown
A. Whitcomb
Cowles
L. D. Howard
Sibley
Evatt
Lawrence
Farmers Institute
County Alliance
Manhattan College
Campaign Orators for Douglas County Republicans
A long list of speakers for the Republican campaign in Douglas County includes Senator W. C. Howard Judge S. O. Thacher H. M. Greene John Speer C. H. Branscombe A R Greene W C Spangler J H Bonebrake W W Nevison E Stanley Stot ler A J May M Summer field Judge John Q. A. Norton J E Peairs Sherman A. Harvey D G Alford Judge J M Hendry N Simmons C N Bishoff Henry Fuel C C James S K Bruce W L Grant J R Johnson J P Kendall H B Asher Harvey Harrison By order of the Republican county committee C H Tucker Secretary ENDSLEY JONES Chairman
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Douglas County
Republican Party
W. C. Howard
5. O. Thacher
H. M. Greene
John Speer
C. H. Branscombe
A.r.greene
W.c.spangler
J. H. Bonebrake
W. W. Nevison
E. Stanley
Stotler
A. J
Franklin Mills Whole Wheat Flour At Whitcomb Bros
Franklin Mills brand whole wheat flour is offered by Whitcomb Bros in a local trade listing. The notice highlights availability and the supplier’s name for readers seeking staple baking ingredients.
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Franklin
Whitcomb Bros
Arnica Salve and Travel Fare Advertisements
An ickey product ad promotes Buccklen Arnica Salve claiming cures for cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions with money back guarantee and 25 cent price. Barber Bros sells it with Orchard Hill and New Cider. another item notes Union Pacific travel fare from Lawrence to Leavenworth membership sale October 14 to 18 with return by October 20.
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Barber Bros
Orchard Hill
N. P. Deming
Leavenworth
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Favorite Prescription and Catarrh Remedy Advertisements
An excerpt promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a permanent cure for female ailments with a money back guarantee. It also touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a universal cure. Then a Chicago reader testifies to Clarke's Extract of Flax Skin Cure and Cough Cure for children, praising quick results and urging use, with Clarke's Flax Soap and price details.
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Wollan
Blair
Q. Blair
Chicago
Clarke
Clarke’s
Raymond & Dick
The First Step Into Nervous Prostration Warns
The ad urges readers to seek Elec tric Bittern as a nerve tonic to restore appetite digestion and kidney function. Barber Bros. drug store sells the remedy at a price indicated as o.c. for a bottle.
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Price O.c
Barber Bros
Bad Fix Promise From Unknown Advertiser
An old time advertisement targets the weak and debilitated with promises of a “Book of Life” by a so called specialist Dr Parker. It urges readers to contact Dr Parker's Medical and Surgical Institute at 153 North Spruce Street Nashville to obtain the book and remedies addressing premature decay and related conditions.
Tragedy and Quips Drawn From Village Life
A fragmentary piece sketches a dramatic scene of a maiden in distress after a whispered insult ending in fear and judgment. It follows with a humorous regional quip about a blunt head and a crash of law and fines, conveying local color and moral tone.
Not the Proper Season in a Cante Lope Tale
A light exchange quotes a summer girl and a despondent lover on eloping out of season. The Boston Courier notes the idea of fashionable timing and a playful twist with the season of the cante lope as the lover brightens and thanks his stars.
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Boston Courier
Romantic Environment Inspires Love in Woodland Scene
A nostalgic dialogue from Street & Smith's Good News describes a serene lake and sunlit hills stoking romance. Characters discuss living respectably while birds sing, contrasting with city life and a Fisherman scene about a catboat at the dock.
Dialogue Between Lovers in a Bustling New York Scene
In a fragment from New York era dialogue a woman laments not receiving letters from many lovers while a man claims she was not the only one, and a passenger notes changes in travel while a colored porter remarks he no longer receives liberal treatment. The Herald voice frames social shifts and personal tensions.
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Lee
New York Weekly
New York Herald
Anpdy on Watchmaker’s Gold Cases and Silver Case
A retired buyer remarks on the changing cases of a watch as the jeweler explains the sequence from a gold case to a gold filled case and finally a silver case, noting the evolving circumstances after cases.
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A. R. D. Uppe
The Dear Little Things and Miss Metropole Gust Visit
A fragment notes Miss Metropole Gust arriving from New York and a playful warning about a hornets nest in a tree. The exchange ends with a light remark that they will not disturb the nest as both appreciate birds.
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Haighcede
Metropole
Gust
New York
Puck
fragments from periodicals and humorous exchanges
A collage of short jesting lines and captions from era papers. Anecdotes touch on social scenes at fairs, discussions of appearance and status, and a quip about publishing notices of deaths with a dry, wry tone.
Accommodating Conversation Among Friends
A brief exchange shows one speaker asking permission to smoke while the other agrees, then pivots to a self statement about being sick. The dialogue reflects casual social negotiation with no clear outcome or event.
Parity goods and bargains advertised by 1. C. a.
An old time ad touts Parity at 35 c per lb and 45 c value, 10 c salmon offer, 16 high toned cigars at 25 c, 1 lb Golden State Wash Powder with needles for 10 c, starch Webb at 10 c, and other items from I C A and LC A. The piece promotes savings, bluntly praising goods, fair dealing, and open square dealing.
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I. C
Golden State
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills Offer Health Cure Claims
An 19th century advertisement promotes Miles Nerve and Liver Pills claiming to act on the liver stomach and bowels via nerves to cure biliousness constipation and other ailments. It touts heart disease warnings and recommends a Restorative Nervine with free samples at Geo Leis Drug Co along with references to Eiffel Tower and 5 cent Leonard’s Leader cigars.
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Geo Leis’ Drug Co’s
Franklin Miles
Geo. Leis’ Drug Co
Eiffel Tower
Paris
John R. Miller
Valparaiso
Ind
J. D. Taylor
Logansport
Wood and Coal Bus Opens in City Market
O D Pickens announces a new wood and coal business linked to his grocery meat market and feed store. He offers special rates on large orders and promises prompt delivery throughout the city from the corner of New York and Quincy streets telephone 27.
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New York
Quincy
O. D. Pickens
Clarke's Flax Catarrh Cure Promoted at Local Stores
An advertisement claims a large portion of the public suffers from catarrh and asserts Clarke's Extract of Flax cures catarrh immediately and permanently. It touts Clarke's Flax Soap for the skin and lists prices and local retailers Raymond drug store and W. M. Rowe for watch repairs.
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Clarke
Raymond Drug Store
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Wat. M. Newmainc
W. EB. Griffiti
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Kentucky
N. & C. J. Simmons
Physicians and Surgeons
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Ohio Street
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Massachusetts Street
SELIG
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North Room
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Comercial Hotel
L. Simmons
Garner Winthrop and New iJlampsurests
Sheriff’s Sale
A. Brown & Co
Mt. Nickumt
Judiciad District Court
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Doulas County
State of Kansas
J. J. Nickumn
Mary Nickum, DD
K. Burdett
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John Winds
Louglas
Kansay
Td-Wit
Baldwin City
Kougins County
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Wrenee
Clarke Sherif
Joseph E. Riggs
Flory
Fourth Judicial District Court
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W. A. Flory
Mary A. Mitchell
T. J. Mitchell
County of
Douglas
State of
Clarke, Sherif
Hester’s
West Virginia
Kankakee
Gresens
Little Rock
Ark
Faulkenbury
Arkansas
Pike
Idatae
of the
Horticultural Society and Faringers Institute
People's
People’s Party
Bismarck Grove
the Grove
G. A. R. Halls
J. F. Willits
McLouth
Lsten
Fannie McCormick
Great Bend
W._F._ Rightmire
R. D. MacLean
Spartacus
Grand Opera House
Minneapolis
C. H. Tucker
Endsley Jones
Mrs. Winslow
W. M. Rowe
Buccklen
Sage
West Shore
Stephen
Arkansaw Traveler
Hila
New York Ledger
Goldsmith
Lowell
G. G
Leonard
J. H. Holcomb
Belcherville
Texas
Mr. Holco
W. M. Rowe’s
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