Port Arthur Pike Poem Warns of Ragged Rail Line
A verse titled The Road to Hades mocks the Port Arthur Route describing rotten rails creaking ties and broken spikes. It lampoons delays and unsafe conditions from Quincy to the river route, warns travelers to avoid the line, and ends with a grim note about a casket waiting for those who ride the Port Arthur line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Ort Arthur
Hades
Theo, Therman
Port Arthur Pike
Salvation
Quincy
Shipper
Port Arthr
Mississippi Sawyer
Road to Hades and a Port Arthur critique, plus a catarrh cure ad
The piece blends a satirical poem attacking a paper called the Sawyer and its Durham influence with a mock legal oath about Hall's Catarrh Cure and an orange sales-like testimonial. It shifts to a Detroit Free Press excerpt about a cold boy selling papers, highlighting hardship yet quiet perseverance beneath moral reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Durham
King Arthur
Hades
Therman
Pain Balm praised by Minersville pastor
Reverend B Edwards of English Baptist Church Minersville Pa reports relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He notes inflammation subsides and pain eases after a few applications and encourages others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Edwards
English Baptist Church
Minersville
Chamberlain
F. C. Savage
Largest bear mounted for display in county saloon
In Pat Mulraney’s Sherman street saloon window the remains of a 346 pound bear killed by J I Winton in western parts of the county are mounted and shown. The hide was shipped from Kansas City after the meat was sold, and the mounted specimen has been moved to display in Pittsburg Gulf railroad offices before Mulraney arranged it for local display. A drug ad for Simmons Cough Syrup occupies the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Mulraney
Sherwood Avenue
J.1. Winton
Kansas City
Land Department
Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Moonshine Whisky Arrest Rumors Reach Fort Smith
Deputy U S Marshal King arrested William Wiley today on charges of making and selling whisky in violation of federal revenue laws. He was transported to Fort Smith this afternoon. Wiley, a well known figure in the southern county, is said to have many supporters swearing his innocence. Hunt's Lightning Oil advertised for relief from catarrh neuralgia headache cramps colic and diarrhoea with Jackson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
King
William Wiley
Fort Smith
Bill Wiley
Hunt
Money See Jackson Drug Co
Not One of the Jays From the Yonkers Statesman
A collage of quips and ads appears, including a Florida traveler puzzled by a $3 carriage ride, jokes about kidney health and Sawyer's Ukatine, a Richmond Dispatch clip on Hunt's Cure for skin troubles, a Chicago Post gag about fighting and fitness, and an endorsement of De Witt's Little Early Risers and Dr. M A Simmons Liver Medicine from Hanes & Egolf and The Milkman remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Florida
de Witt
Hanes & Egolf
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Road
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Prank J. Cheney
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Detroit Free Press
Gibba
John
Sawyers
Jackson Drag Co
Dr. Simmons
Jackson Drug Co
Bright
Nothio
Sawyer
Jackon
Richmond Dispatch
Mike
Pat
The
Chicago Post
M A. Simmons
Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Cleveland
Ohio
S. B. Kirby
Little Rock
Arkansas
J.d. Mershon
MENA
ARE
Illustrated Youth and Age
Advocate
Nashville
Tenn
Equlir
Fienos
Poxtey
Adventures BY Sea
Lanp
Ann Huon
Hsrony
Woman's Department
Gov
Eiither
Draughon
Ten
Galveston
Texarkana
Tex
Write Us
the Star
Ark
R. M
de Queen Street
Port Arthur Avenue
Jackson Drug
Mena Street
J. G. Jackson
Propr
Owl
Jeff’s
Staple Groceries
C.W .Knight
Honett Avenue
Telephone
R. C. Bollinger
Ota
Garrison Avenue
Indian Territory
Royal, Knabe, Sterling
Krell
Kranich & Bach
Stultz & Bauer
Malcolm Love
Farrand & Votey
Waterloo
Symphony Orchestra
Hotel National
T. H. Dunn
Mena Arkansas
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
Mutual Life
Hotel National City
R. W. Andrews
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