Timber-jack valor praised in Wisconsin lumber world
A Wisconsin paper extols the timber-jack logging life on the western frontier, praising his perilous daily labor, skill with the cant hook, and rugged optimism, while contrasting public contempt with admiration for the tough, industrious timber workers who shape the state’s pine and hemlock industry. The note also spans local items from train station decorum to mill employment photos and farm plowing advice for spring, plus a bank savings detail and a court notice excerpt.
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United States
Pacific
Western Plains
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Dr King’s New Life Pills Promoted for Purifying Liver
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as remedies for stagnation of the liver and bowels, headaches, biliousness, and jaundice. It claims the pills purify without grinding or ripping and price 25 cents at Sexton’s drug store. Also includes unrelated quotes from London Tit-Bits.
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OLD Coin
Dr. King
New Life
Sexton’s Drug Store
Reduced Colonist Rates On North Western Line
One way tickets at special low rates on sale daily through March and April from all points on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Daily tourist sleeping car tours via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. For full particulars write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago Ill or nearest ticket agent.
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Clark ,St
Electric Bitters Restored Mr Cr Farthing’s Health
A Mill Creek, Oregon man recalls a near fatal illness when a druggist recommended Electric Bitters. He bought a bottle, regained strength, and says he has been well ever since. Sold with guarantee at Sexton’s drug store, 50 cents.
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Cr. Farthing
Mill Creek
Sexton's
Health Coffee hoax advertised in Liverpool Mercury
An ad parody describes a dramatic scene and then promotes Dr Shoop of Racine Wis Health Coffee as the closest coffee imitation with no real coffee content. It claims rapid preparation and sells through Rose Bros. The tone imitates sensational colonial chatter and mocks overhyped claims.
Why He Sighed In The Bathing Suit
A pale man in swimwear sighs and asks why he is so sad. He explains the sea is the grave of his first wife. When reminded he is married again, he replies that his second wife will not go near the water.
No. 4 for women book offer advertised
An ad touts Dr. Bhoop's Night Cure soothing suppositories and free medical advice in the book No. 4 for women. It promotes confidential guidance and instructs readers to write to Dr. Shoop in Racine Wisconsin for the book, noting sale by Sexton Bras.
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