Kentucky Gazette editor attacks vice fueled prosperity
The Lexington Kentucky paper reprints a column from the Kentucky Gazette condemning tobacco, whisky, and race horses as Kentucky's main prosperity. It argues vice stagnates ambition and corrupts public opinion while other states pursue manufacturing and staples. The note jokes about editor’s future at major papers and mocks Missouri calliope acts.
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Hanson
Kentucky
Kooneky Gazette
Ocolunya
Itanya
Europe
Commonwealth
Soch
Gazette
Kansan City
Death of Joseph J. Page at 86 in St Louis
After a long illness of typhoid fever Joseph J. Page died at his St. Louis home on Tuesday September 0 1902. His remains were brought to Page City for funeral at the residence of Thow A Walker. Elders Fred W. Loos and George Plattenburg officiated. Burial followed in the city cemetery. He was born to Mrs. Granville Page in Page City and worked as a streetcar conductor in St. Louis. He leaves a wife Ella Tubb, his mother, three brothers and seven sisters, among them Temple Page Benj Page Hieber Page Georgia and Mary Page and others. The Leader extends sympathy to his family. Higginaville Leader.
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J.J. Page
Joseph J. Page
St. Louis
Granville Page
Page City
Ella Tubb
St. Loui
Georgia
Mary Page
Mordames
Fanny Ralls
Neale
Kansas City
Mesaames
E W. Lewis
Alles Zantmeyer
Kansas
Mra. T. A. Walker
Bin
Higginaville Lender
Torrens Law Stirs Massachusetts Title Reform Push
A Boston letter to the New York Evening Post urges adoption of the Torrens land title registration in Massachusetts. The system issues a certificate of title, reducing the need to consult original sources for transfers or claims.
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Massachusetts
Boston
New York Evening Post
German Army Praise and American Skepticism in Chief Topics
The article reviews mixed views on civics and military matters. It notes slow adoption of a tile registration plan due to fees, compares state progress, and cites a Globe-Democrat critique of the City Republican Committee. It also reports foreign and American assessments of German army prowess and critiques English and American manners.
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Globe-Democrat
City Republican Committee
Butler
St. Louis
Utp
Scott's Emulsion Blood Food Claims Vital Fat Source
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a rich source of cod liver oil to feed bone marrow and spleen, strengthening blood production for pale schoolgirls and invalids. It emphasizes fat as essential fuel for blood formation and promotes the product as a pleasant, nourishing tonic.
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Scott
Boonville Branch Extension to Springfield Planned
The Boonville Democrat reports, via a railroad insider, that extending the Boonville branch to Springfield is part of a wider Missouri Pacific expansion planned for the coming year. Three surveys are done. Jefferson City route from Baguel branch is impracticable due to heavy grades.
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Boonville
Democrat
Missouri Pacific
Springfield
Jefferson City
Baguel
Versailles
Missouri
Warsaw
Boonville Democrat
Texas Wonder Ball's Great Discovery Claims Kidney Cure
An ad for Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder asserts it cures kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism for men and women and claims children’s bladder issues improve. It promotes mail order and testimonials and lists P O Box 699 St Louis Mo. A user testimonial from 1901 praises the remedy and its affordability.
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P.O. Box
St. Lucia
All Drug Dlata
al Cronahaw & Young
Justice Gray Dies After Twenty One Years on Bench
Former U S Supreme Court justice Horace Gray died Monday after twenty one years of service on the court. A Harvard graduate, he served Massachusetts high court before being named to the U S Supreme Court in 1881. He was succeeded by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Gray
Horace Gray
United States Supreme Court
Harvard
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Arthur
U.S. Supreme Bench
Massachusetts
Jorge Gray
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Gastritis and a patent nostrum pitch
Fragmentary 19th century ad text describes gastritis symptoms and treatment. It touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Psodium as a universal cure for indigestion and stomach troubles, claims year round usefulness, and lists a sales date and local distributor. Also notes a vague county fair board meeting and election planning with dates.
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Caldwell
Lerry Farmer
Albert Allison Recovers After Illness and Rest
The friends of Albert Allison report his recovery after a severe illness. He has left his stall Thoraday for the first time since the Face incident and will miss racing this season. The horse exhibited unusual intelligence during sickness and requested his caretaker hold his tail in his lap. Once strong enough, he will be sent to Moberly where Mr. Hackley is constructing a large barn for his horses.
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Albert Allison
Heckley
Thoraday
Therair
Moberly
Mr. Hackley
Higginsville
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
An old advertisement offers One Hundred Dollars reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists J Cherny Co of Toledo and firms Wear Tavax Walpina Kimwan Marvin as endorsers. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure works internally and on mucous surfaces with testimonials, price 750 per bottle, sold by druggists.
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Hall
Qura
J. Cherny & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wear & Tavax
Walpina
Kimwan & Marvin
Nevada Senator’s Wife Dies in San Francisco Crash
The wife of Senator Stewart of Nevada was killed in San Francisco on September 12 in a automobile accident. She rode with her nephew who swerved to pass a vehicle, lost control and struck a telegraph pole. The force hurled her twenty to thirty feet. she died shortly after at a nearby hospital.
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Senator Stewart
Nevada
San Francisco
Stewart
Public Sale Notice Near Wellington Event
Mrs. A J Klotz will sell her farm personal property four miles northwest of Wellington on Tuesday September 50 at 10 o'clock. Items include farming implements wagons harness carpenter and wagon makers tools garden implements and related farm gear.
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A. J. Klotz
Wellington
Ons
Receiver Discharges Guardians Trust in Port Arthur case
Judge Thayer discharged the re servership of Guardian Trust Company once run by A. E. Stillwell to finance the Port Arthur Route. A Gates interest triumphed briefly, placing the firm in receivership. Despite expectations of winding up, Stillwell allies signal the company will continue trust business.
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Thayer
Guardian Trust Company
A. E. Stillwell
Port Arthur
Gates
Stillwell
Stiflwell
Sesuirande
Apples Wanted For Highest Price At Lexington
OConnell Matthews in Lexington seeks Jonathan apples and other winter varieties. Buyers will pay top prices for merchantable fruit with pickup details at the packing house near James' coopers shop. YH Lieutenant John Jt Morris of the cruiser Olympian, then at Boston, committed suicide last Sunday, a Maine survivor and 32 years old born in Oregon Missouri.
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Jonathan
O'Connell & Matthews
Lexington
James’ Cooper Shop
John Jt. Morris
Cruier Olympian
Boston
Kalcide
Morris
Maine
Havana Harbor
Oregon
Ballard's Horehood Syrup Ad At Crenshaw Youngs
Advises early use of Ballard's Horehood Syrup at first signs of croupy cough for children with cold symptoms and sore throat. Recommends applying Ballard's Liniment externally to the throat and notes Crenshaw Young's address for purchase.
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Ballard
Crenshaw & Young
Oil traces found near Fleet well north of Richmond
Traces of oil were found last week in the Fleet well north of Richmond. The well is over six hundred feet deep and thick black oil was observed. A second well started a few hundred yards away, with four hundred acres leased in the tract. At Trullard a well is to be started soon. Prospectors express confidence.
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Ray
Fieet
Richmond
Trullard
Stock receipts at Kansas City stockyards surge record
Last Monday at Kansas City stock yards a record stock receipt was broken with 25 976 cattle and valves on hand. The figure was about 400 more than any previous daily total at the yards. Cattle arrived from many regions and the Missouri Baptist General Association notes forthcoming meeting in St Joseph with about 10 000 expected attendees.
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Kansas City
Katsas City
Missouri Baptist General
Clutton
St. Joseph
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