Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure
A letter from George H. Belcher of Dorton praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing a long chest illness after two bottles. The ad claims it treats coughs bronchitis and consumption and offers a 700 page Common Sense Medical Adviser book free by mail with stamps.
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West
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Dr Pierce
George H. Belcher
Dorton
Pike County
Madam St Marie Clairvoyant and Palmist Readings
Local Rock Island reader offers life guidance from youth to old age detailing love marriage business and family matters. Claims to reveal past present and future with issues including inheritances deeds money and injuries. Office hours 1 pm to 10 pm at 705 4th Ave Rock Island.
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4Th Ave
Rock Island
Langdon's Valor Sparks Rail Road War Tale
In a sweeping frontier chronicle, Langdon emerges as a hero after rescuing a train from attacking Indians near the Black Hills. The narrative follows his injuries, nursing in Brentwood, political manipulation by Cresswell, and Langdon’s lingering pressure on Nebraska and railway politics as he contends with public adulation and factional strife.
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Cat
Eric Langdon
Langdon
Kansas City
Nebraska
Omaha
Brentwood
Erle Langdon
The
Big Horn
Seattle
Langdn
Erle
Rodney May
Woodrow
Channing
Nathan
House
Cresswell
Langdop
Hunt
Noted Abduction and Rescue Turn in Rail Saga
A man is abducted after a dangerous night in Brentwood trapped in a wagon and freight car with a chloroformed sponge. He is cared for at a ranch then learns of a Sioux raid at Rosebud and a looming railway strike. Three railway workers urge him to lead a rescue mission with his company.
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Pless
Eric Langdon
Volert
South
Cheyenne
Clone
Black Hills
Cat
Melville
Capres
Pawnee
Nathan
Brentwood
Rosebud
Mosquitoes Foe at Work on Staten Island War Start
Dr Doty health officer of the port led the first battle against Staten Island mosquitoes using a Standard Oil oil sprayer. A wagon carried ten barrels of oil and a compressed air cylinder to push the oil through a submerged sprayer that sinks under the water to kill larvae and eggs. The test, conducted on a raft-like device with an iron grid, aims to destroy wigglers six inches below the surface and was described as eminently successful.
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Staten Island
Dr Doty
Standard Oil Company
Doty
Needs of Manila Presses for Electric Transit and Trade
Manila, a city of 250000, lacks streetcar service and lighting. An electric streetcar line, lighting plant, American department store, and a good hotel are seen as essential, with the opinion that U S corporations may form and operate in the Philippines under their state laws and own property there.
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Manila
Philippines
Saya
New York Tribune
Philippine Islands
Brazil Rubber Crop Outlook Bright In 1900
Reports from Brazil indicate a strong outlook for rubber with the current crop reaching 27,650 tons, up from 26,660 tons in 1899-1900, an increase of 3.75 percent, primarily due to Peruvian sources.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Brazil
Production shifts in Amazon basin and world supply totals
Analysis notes the Tower Amazon decline while the upper Amazon stays normal and Peru boosts output. Global production reaches about 54,600 tons with Brazil and Peru leading, followed by Bolivia, Central America, Indonesia, West Africa, and Madagascar. Also covers a local Hugging Girl incident and moral crime on spitting.
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Amazon
Peru
Brazil
Bolivia
Matto Grosso
Mollendo
Etc
Central America
Mengico
Criton
Java
Borneo
Eastern Archipelago
West Africa
Congo
Antwerp
Madagascar
Mozambique
Sundries
Rhyming Journal From Athens Publishes Weekly
The so called most extraordinary journal in the world appears weekly in Athens. It is written entirely in verse and even the advertisements follow the poetic format.
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Athens
Small Wonder and Four Aces at Summer Hotel
The items note small wonders and a gambling joke about four aces. A remark from Ohio State Journal reports heart failure. A comment from Smart Set criticizes a singer with a good voice yet poor control, saying she sings whenever asked.
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Flimmer
Flammer
Ohio State Journal
Anyon
Notice of Award for Moline Public Works Contract
Public notice states the Board of Local Improvements in Moline Rock Island Illinois awarded a contract to Plambeck Berglund for 8 inch sewer on Railroad avenue and 6 inch sewer on Railroad avenue at specified parcel lines for 283 dollars less 71 credit. The bid complies with the law. Dated August 21 1901 in Moline Illinois. P H Wessel president Henry G Paddock clerk G E Erickson board member.
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Railroad Avenue
2D Street
8D Street
3D Street
4Th Street
Board of Local Improvements
Moline
Rock Island
Ilinois
Plambeck & Berglund
P H Wessel
Henry G. Paddock
Dr Horne Promises Cures With Up to Date Methods
Having visited many eastern hospitals, Dr Horne claims mastery of modern cures for chronic nervous and other diseases. He advertises Osteopathy Vitopathy Suggestive Therapeutics Natural Healing and drugless methods and guarantees cure in all curable cases while advising against wasting money on hopeless ones.
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Horne
Construction bids for Moline sewer and water main project
The city of Moline awarded Pinspbeck & Berglund a contract for laying an 8 inch sewer along 22d street and a 4.5 inch water main from 3rd Avenue to 6th Avenue with valves and lampholes. The bid totaled $1030 and the contractor complies with legal requirements. The award by the Board of Local Improvements was dated August 21.
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3D Avenue
4Th Avenue
6Th Avenue
Board of Local Improvements
Moline
Rock Island
Tllinois
Pinspbeck & Berglund
Ilinois
P. H. Wessel
Henry G
Paddock
Fee. G. B. Hrickson
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Iewt
Madam St Marie
RW. Hamilton
Moline Electric Laundry
Molne
York
Staten
James Keithley
Quincy
Hunnewell
the Graphic
Keithley
London Chronicle
Hampton Court
Sears
East
Canada
J. Alvin Horne
Mitchell & Lynde Bldg
Shields
Fifth Avenue Grocery
Ill
Rockers
Dewend -Kuschmank
Market Square
Ray
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