Multiple Advertisers Offer Oysters Paints and Shoes
An assortment of old ads lists Caldwell & Son's restaurant and drug store items, Raney & Saunders school books and tablets, Sharp and Donley hogs, J B Bristow repairs, and Dr Ritchey eye care. Various notices urge settling debts, subscriptions to the Democrat, and Monarch mixed paint claims.
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Caldwell & Son's
Raney& Saunders
Raney & Saunders
Everheart Lumler Co
Sharp and Donley
Unpaid Accounts Urge Immediate Settlement Notices
Notices from A Boulware & Son and J J Brown urge debtors to pay overdue accounts at once or face legal steps. A buggy paint ad promotes Senoors Car riage Paints with a 75 cent price. A January 1 1901 penalty clause adds 1 percent monthly. Railroad officials discuss abolishing per inch child fares amid age controversy.
Rejections of a Bachelor Parody Tone Reflected
A noted quip from the New York Press jokes about bachelor failures and romantic misfires. The wry aphorisms touch on Eve, limited trust after multiple affairs, and a woman’s chances of forgiving past rivals before her spouse.
Lord Cranborne on contracts and infant industries
Lord Cranborne argues the British government seeks British firms but must prioritize public interests, while both English and American workers warn that contracts should favor their countries. He says tariffs mainly enrich big capitalists like Carnegie Frick Rockefeller Co., not labor. Albert Montgomery returns home from Texas for holidays.
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Lord Cranborne
Carnegie Frick, Rockefeller & Co
Smibs From Webster on Sin, Salvation, and Soul Winning
The speaker argues there is no one holier than a sinner who recognizes need for Christ. Those who deem themselves righteous block salvation, while Paul and Jesus show salvation is for all sinners. True soul winners see themselves as great sinners and Christ as their great Savior.
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God
Christ
Paul
Jesus Christ
Xmas controversy over meaning and courtesy
Some argue that Xmas is polite and pure representing exchange of gifts, while others object to replacing Christmas. They say the term does not denote Christ’s birth, yet the debate highlights social friction and etiquette in language use.
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Christ
Keep Bowels Regular with Chamberlain’s Tablets
Daily health hinges on regular bowel movement to prevent stomach disorders headaches dyspepsia and piles. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are gentle, easy to take, and help maintain regularity when needed. Sold by DB. Owi.
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Orison Billoumess
Chamberlain
Burlington Route Announces 5 Great Trains Schedule
The Burlington Route offers five daily trains with through service from Hannibal and Quincy to Kansas City St Joseph and beyond. Notable options include The Burlington Northern Pacific Express with through sleepers and free seating and the Nebraska Colorado Express nightly to Denver. California excursions depart St Louis Wednesdays and Kansas City St Joseph Thursdays with scenic routes via Denver and Salt Lake City. WM Fitzgerald JL Wakeley Howard Elliott advertise as General and Passenger Agents in Hannibal and St Louis.
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Hannibal
Quincy
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Northwest
Puget Sound
Portland
Burlington
Northern Pacific Express
Ili
California
St. Louis
Denver
Colorado
Salt Lake City
WM. Fitzgerald
W. Wakeley
Brought to Reason and Comic Cigarette Fortune Tale
A young man lights a cigarette for a woman with a divided view on smoking. She jokes she can read fortunes in smoke and teases whether his fate is lung disease or lunacy. The cigarette ends in a gutter as the moment passes. Also notes Ray Sullivan and A J Kendrick visiting Bevier and from China respectively.
Kansas City and St Joseph Time Table Excerpt
Schedule card for H. & T. J. lines showing trains to and from Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and St Louis with connections to Chicago Quincy Peoria and Peoria Illinois. Lists arrival times 214 am 106 am 149 pm and 2 pm among others and notes daily operation except Sundays with J L Lyon agent.
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Tonaine
Hannibal
Hannibal, &T Louis
East
Chile
Wabash Time Table Mobherly Missouri East Bound Trains
Railroad timetable lists arrivals and departures for Wabash lines from Mobherly Missouri east and west bound. It notes No 10 express, No 64 local freight, Atlantic Express, Omaha Express, Kansas City line and other daily runs with passenger and freight services. Dispatch offices show stations and times for local and through trains and indicate ticketing and agent services.
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Mobherly Mo
St. Pout
Kansas
Lost
Western Rape
Western Express
Ee Seaglit
Eesepeueiey
M K and T Time Table Trains South
The page lists the M K and T time table with daily and Sunday trains toward the south and notes various departures. Wabash routes are shown with passenger services to Kansas City and Chicago including No 6 at 4 45 p m and No 8 at 10 02 p m.
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Areer
Mo. F. B. Spahr
Agen
Kansas City
Chicago
Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery Forged Kidney Cure
A 1900 advertisement proclaims Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles for men and women including diabetes and other ailments. It offers a bottle as two months' treatment by mail, claims efficacy, and includes a testimonial from J Horace Miller County Treasurer validating a cure.
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Hall
Mall
E W. Hall
P.O
St. Louis
O. Wood
Huntaville Mo
J. Horace Miller
Twentieth Century Souvenir Number planned by St Louis Post-Dispatch
The St Louis Post-Dispatch announces a Twentieth Century Souvenir Number to be issued December 30. It will feature signed articles from Grover Cleveland Emile Zola and many other prominent figures, with illustrations in copper and half tones. The edition will be free with every Sunday issue, limited in copies, and advance orders are urged.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fast- Dispatch
Grover Cleveland
Emile Zola
Camile Miammarion
Joseph Jefferson
M.coquelin
Sarah Bernhardt
Cardinal Satojli
Post-Dispatch
Palmyra Man Spends Day in City With Sister Trio
Thomas Suter of Palmyra spent Tuesday in the city visiting his sister Mrs. M Carson and other relatives. The gathering highlighted family ties as they toured local shops and enjoyed lunch together.
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Thomas Suter
Palmyra
City
Mrs. M. Carson
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Stanp & Donley
Richey
Caldwell & Son
J. B. Bristow
Democrat
Hornback
Sharp and
Donley
B. O. Woop
Monarch
Randy & Saunders
Tho. Whitheld & Co
A. Booulware & Son
A. Boulware & Son
J. J. Brown
Senoors
Thames
Kathe
A. W.ely, M
Monroe City, Mo
Adam
Eve
New York
Albert Montgomery
Texas
Smibs
Webster
ST. Louis Ghicag
Superior Meals
The
Memphis Scimitar
Ray Sullivan
Bevier
Mrs
A. J. Kendrick
China
Wer
Joseph Omaha
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Burlingwn-Northern Pacific Express
Northwest Nebraska
Black Falls
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Puget Bound
Joseph
Missouri River
Wert
J. L. Lyon
M.k.&t
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