Omaha Wins Locating Nebraska State Fair For One Year
Lincoln January 16 special to the Omaha Republican reports the board of agriculture considering fair sites Omaha Lincoln and Grand Stand. Burks of Lincoln proposed moving Driving Park option to Omaha for one year and the board then supported a one year Omaha location with Driving Park terms matching last year. Kinney named delegate to national turf congress in New York. Horticulture discussed fruit tree culture with the winter apple display noted as the finest yet with 152 plates across four tables entered by nine competitors.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Board of Agriculture
Grand Stand
Burks
Savage
Driving Park Association
J. F. Kinney
National Turf Congress
New York
Board of Horticulture
Lucky Fisherman Endorses St Jacobs Oil at Baltimore Post
In Baltimore the mails superintendent M W Bailey keeps busy with post office business yet finds time to fish He testifies St Jacobs Oil is the best remedy for rheumatism sprains sore feet and joints bruises and more He says it suits fishermen and gunners who should always keep a bottle on hand.
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Luncky
Baltimore, Md
M. W. Bailey
St. Jacobs
Nebraska State Farmers Alliance Adopts Regulated Rail Rates
The Nebraska State Farmers Alliance in Kearney ended its two day session adopting a platform for regulated railway traffic with maximum and minimum rates. They call for government currency, oppose protection, seek revenue tariffs, support labor, oppose foreign land acquisition, and endorse Senator Van Wyck. The group plans to pursue an independent party movement.
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Nebraska State Farmers’ Alliance
Kearney
Neb
Congress
Adust
van Wyck
Weavilly Wheat in Brooklyn Stores Sees Strong Smell
Four hundred thousand bushels of No.2 red wheat were posted as warm and weavilly in Brooklyn stores with a strong odor. The president of the produce exchange says careful bulbs show wheat in good condition. the market opened nearly a cent lower on first trading.
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New York
Brooklyn
Produce Exchange
Doctor portrays his brush with Brights disease and cure
Syracuse journalist recounts Dr. S. G. Martin a Baronet detailing years of illness from chills cramps and catarrh to severe pneumonia and Brights disease. He credits wife and Warner's Safe Cure with recovery and urges public awareness while noting endorsements from local figures.
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Syracuse
5. G. Martin
Kansas
Colorado
Denver
Warner
Bricht
Judge Reigel
Col
Jamess. Goodrich
The
Times
Dwight H. Bruce
W. P. Coddington
Dr. Martin
Fragmented 19th Century Ad Clippings Tossed in Public Notice Style
A collage of dubious claims and advertisements mentions Allan's Luing Balsam Brown's Iron Bitters Carboline and other remedies. It references reviews from Mr H C Mooney Rev O I Watkins and Dr A T Henak, plus legal notes on damages and a note about Carboline sales and smoke rules in a room.
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H. C. Mooney
Astoria
Allan
Piles cure claims and medical quackery mixed in report
A jumble of old advertisements and quips touts for Williams Indian Pile Ointment promising instant relief and cure for piles with a one dollar price. Other snippets mention Buchu-Palpa cures for kidney issues and a Kansas City tailor’s daughter treated for spinal curvature by doctors Dickerson and Stark.
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Frazier Medicine Co
Cleveland
Well Founded Medical Echoes and A Noxious Patent Ads
A garbled 19th century tongue in chief areas advertising various tonics remedies and patent medicines. It extols Alten's Tron Tonic Bitters and Caswell Hazards products while urging readers to trust in unverified cures. It touts worm cakes nerve liniment blood purifiers liver pills and other tonics with sensational claims and minimal oversight.
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Rome
Alten
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Union Hotel and Westward city notices and cures
An assortment of travel and hotel ads note the Grand Union Hotel in New York with elegant rooms, a European plan, and low rates, plus Omaha lodging claims. The text promotes Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike’s Toothache Drops, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Brown’s Iron Bitters, and a note that Robert Grant will revise the Century serial The Average Man.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Metropolitan Hotel
Omaha
West
Madame Gerster
Hale
Pike
Mary Walker
Carter
Rough on Corns and Brain Food Ad From Early 1900s
The market promotes Rough on Corns by BE 8 Wells with bottle labels featuring a laughing man and priced at 150 or 25 cents. It also touts Allen's Brain Food as a powerful invigorant for men of all ages with a bold claim of no relapse, sold by J H Allen at 315 First Ave New York City. A sly line criticizes a professional reformer chasing a racket on others.
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Bridget Cronin
Florence McCarthy
Brooklyn
Caswell, Haza Ako & Co
New York
Boston
Sullivan
Allen
J. H. Allen
First Ave
New York City
Army and Navy Liament
Large
Army and Navy Liniment Co
Wibesh Ave
Chicago
Richardson & Co
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
Kocs Faron
Uocke Sam
Emmert Proprietary CO
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G. J. Corbin
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Ado’t
Adam
Signor Salvini
Shakspeare
Army
Nebraska
State Journal Company
San Francisco
Confucius
Melican
John Morley
Emerson
Brown
O. I. Watkins
Walton, Ind
Schaikowsky
Niagara
Itis
Osakis
Tennyson
Dr. Isaac Tompoens
Deems
Gunz
Main Street
Kansas City
Rarpum
Osswewl, Hazard & Co
New
Yor
Metropolitan
DR. Jaques
Eilert
Sam
DR. Winchell
Robert Grant
Chris Am Dectors
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Sierssore
Ty A. Vogeler
OL Collimore
U. Fb
Bingham
Washington, D.C
Bour
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
ELY Brothers
Owego
Henry
Pear S
Mead
Lew
Abilene Kawase
Seth
Hoxton
Mase
Fastacs
National
Soul
Umaha
Whiting
Sheridan
Johnson & UG
Masa
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