Oldest Texas man credits Peruna with long life
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas aged 111 attests Peruna’s cure for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhea learned from Dr Hartman. He recalls grip seasons and la grippe epidemic and says Peruna is the best reliable remedy for these ailments and attributes his health to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Brock
McLeana County
Texas
Valley Mills
Mr. Brock
Hartman
Buncombe Co , North Carolina
Free book on catarrh offer from The Peruna Medicine Co.
A promotional note directs readers to obtain a free booklet on catarrh from The Peruna Medicine Company located in Columbus Ohio, inviting interested parties to request the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Patent Glove Poittoner Verdragist Buee Discovery
Fragmentary OCR mentions a patent glove and a Verdragist figure with a year of staffs between inventors. The readable bits point to a biomedical or patent history item lacking clear names, dates, or places.
What Do the Children Drink? Grain-O for Cope and Health
The ad touts Grain-O as a new grain based drink replacing coffee for children. It claims Grain-O is pure grainy, tastes like coffee when prepared, costs about a fraction of coffee, and is sold by grocers. It also advises on poultry resting after killing and suggests Cl Bien for croup in children.
Chimona new remedy for chest and breathing ailments
Chimona is presented as a medicine for congroup asthma bronchitis and pneumonia. The ad cites Cimona Medicine Company at 9 North New Jersey Street Indianapolis as the producer or seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimona Medicine Company
New Jersey Street
Indianapolis
Restore frozen vegetables before cooking by soaking
The instruction suggests placing thawed vegetables in wild water for an hour or two to restore texture. This method aims to rehydrate vegetables and improve bite after freezing.
Coughing Leaf and Kemp’s Balsam Ads Promote Remedies
A vintage advertisement touts Coughing Leaf as a cure for consumption and Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing at once. It invites readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle, with 25 and 50 cent sizes, urging immediate action. The notice also mentions Pise's Remedy for Catarrh and cites a testimonial from L C Johnston of Iola Texas dated June 2 percent.
MADI-GHEAS FESTIVITIES EXCURSION TICKETS ANNOUNCED
Tickets for the Madi-Gheas festivites excursion from New Orleans Lac and Mobile depart Feb 27 with round trip fares valid Feb 3 to 5. Tickets available through Pennsylvania Lines ticket agents. Louisville and Nashville Railroad promotes travel to Florida Cuba Porto Rico Central America Nassau with through sleeping cars Cincinnati Louisville Chicago St. Louis to Jacksonville Miami Tampa and New Orleans. For folders write J R Milliken Louisville Ky.
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Florida
West Indies
Central America
Louisville and
Neehvide
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
Doude Datin
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Lewis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
J.R Milliken
IPL AL
Louisvilie
Grain-O coffee substitute promotes digestion and flavor
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure crowns with a mocha like color. It claims gentle effects for adults and children and prices at 15c and 25c per package sold by grocers.
Correction by Mr Erastus Pinkly Overdrawn Ruse
The Washington Star reports Mr Erastus Pinkly defending an action with the remark I had to draw my razzer to hold up my character. He says a man asked his business and corrected him from raisin chickens to haftin.
Coal output shows record in Indiana in 1899
Indiana mine inspector reports 1899 coal tonnage reached a record high of 5,839,715 tons from mines with 10+ workers, plus 25,260 tons from small mines. Clay county led production at 1,104,234 tons with wages about 947,424 dollars. Fifteen fatal accidents occurred. Muncie notes robbery and burglary as residents demand action.
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James Epperson
Indiana
Southern Indiana Railroad
Greene
Sullivan
Clay
Vigo
Clay County
Remnant of a Robbed Boaster Endures a Parade of Woes
Jeffersonville special Thomas Coward stands as the nearest remnant of a man whose July 1887 swing removal attempt led to a series of calamities. Paralyzed at fifty feet, he lost an arm and suffered multiple fractures and injuries from accidents, a horse kick, a switch engine strike, and dental damage that left him deformed yet surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Thomas Coward
Patents Granted to Indiana Residents in Listed Fields
Indianap lis inventors receive patents Tuesday for heating apparatus by Conrad Bender. Elsworth G. Carter for railway tie. Thomas L. Green for machine to cut and shape crackers. Bradner L Harris for cereal cooking and drying apparatus. Cornelius Moor and C H Mayer for corking bottles. Matthew R Moore for valve gear. John Stine for spark extinguisher. Charles C Sweitzer for carpet sweeper. Edmund C Westervelt and C W Clapp for cultivator. Mattiwhew Moore noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Bender
Indianapoli
Elsworth G. Carter
Coal Bluff
Thomas Ll. Green
Indianapolis
Bradner L.harris
Indianaplis
Cornelius Moor
C. H. Mayer
Himmond
Maatthew R. Moore
John Stine
Mt. Auburn
Charles C. Sweitzer
Mishawaka
Edmund C. Westevelt
C. W. Clapp
South Bend
The Indiana Man portrait column feature
A recurring column presents portraits of notable boosters in Indiana's political official and commercial life, highlighting prominent figures from past and present within the commonwealth. The piece frames these individuals as enduring symbols of state leadership and local influence.
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Indiana
Great
Commonwealth
Kentucky bloodhounds fail to find burglars after two weeks
Over the past two weeks twenty houses were robbed in Kentucky with no crew located. On Tuesday night burglars entered Dr. Bucklin’s home while two teachers slept and fled after hiding under a bed leaving 40 in jewelry or valuables. The residence of a telephone company manager was also robbed and bloodhounds from Portland arrived Wednesday but could not trail the thief.
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Kentucky
Bucklin
Springer
Telephone Company
Fortland
Dr Castro Arson Case Bound Over to Circuit Court
Dr J C Castro accused of arson waived a preliminary examination and was bound over to the Circuit Court in 6000 dollars. The crowded police court heard Frank Hulman decline a new bond as the community discussed the doctor whose stores were allegedly targeted. He blames enemies and offers 1000 dollars for the neighbor who supplied a newspaper story about a residence shooting tied to property deeds.
Death of Jesse Barnes in Spencer County
Evansville special reports Jesse Barnes died at his Enterprise home in Spencer County on Tuesday. He had killed his wife and her lover in October 1999 aboard a shanty boat opposite the city. Barnes hid for weeks and is described as brooding over the crime with a lingering image of his dead wife.
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Morse
Evansville
Jesse Barnes
Enterprise
Spencer County
Barnes
Red Fox
Mrs Lydia Cox Dies After Fasting For Sins Of Neighbors
Mrs Lydia Cox a Quaker Church member from West Middleton Kokomo died after voluntary starvation she believed it her duty to fast for sins of herself and the neighborhood. She was fifty two years old and a widow.
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Kokomo
Lydia Cox
Quaker Church
West Middleton
County
Old Tin Can Hidden Forty Years Reveals $70 Find
Sherman Norfrey found a rusty tin can containing seventy dollars while working on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern air route roadbed Tuesday morning. The money’s origin remains a mystery. Norfrey planned to use the windfall to buy a small home in Henryville.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Sherman Norfrey
Norfrey
Henryville
State Geologist Report Notes Oil Inspection Results
The report of the State Geologist includes the oil inspector’s findings for the year. A total of 300 367 barrels of illuminating petroleum were examined with 420 rejected as illuminants. Indianapolis inspected 58 617 barrels. No accidents from coal oil are reported, but a gasoline fatality occurred from a product sold as coal oil.
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Indianapolis
Wabash Worker In Safer Lumber Yard Accident
Daniel Prize of Hardwood Lumber Company sustained a severe eye injury while cutting near the city. A branch struck his right eye, damaging the cavity. doctors fear possible loss of sight in the other eye.
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Wabash
Daniel Prize
Hardwood Lumber Company
Thieves Raid Local Stores in Tuesday Night Burglary
Thieves broke into James Lambert's general store Tuesday night and stole cigars tobacco and dry goods worth several dollars. An Anderson's saloon was robbed of whisky cigars and a small till amount. They attempted to break into the Gilt Edge saloon and Sut ton's general store but were driven off.
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Matthews
James Lambert
Anderson
Sutton
Fatally Injured Nashville Worker in Corn Wagon Accident
Levi Shipley, about 30, was returning from Columbus with a corn load when he tried to lock a wagon down on a steep bill. He fell, the wagon passed over him, breaking an arm a leg and his jaw. He is reported as likely fatally injured.
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Nashville
Columbus
Levi Shipley
Inventor Unveils Non-Explosive Toy Pistol Fortune
Guyer claims a large fortune from a toy pistol he invented that is unloaded and non-explosive. Meyer questions how such a device could be valuable, noting the novelty and market interest reported by Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyer—Simking
Meyer
Guyer
Chicago News
England Falls Behind in China Trade, Says Advertiser
The text claims England cannot compete with the United States in shipments to China. It extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a fifty year proven remedy for constipation indigestion dyspepsia and biliousness, asserting no superior product exists.
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China
England
Hostetter
What is news in two-day paper lapse
Noting a witty quote from the Indianapolis Journal about what counts as news when a reader misses its daily edition. The line frames news as anything you read after skipping two days, illustrating the paper’s self aware humor.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Journal In Mercury-Free Test
A financial commerce journal endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio after testing. it notes many catarrh remedies contain mercury that damages smell and mucous surfaces, while Hall's Cure contains no mercury and acts on blood and mucous membranes. The endorsement claims no payment or reward and cites eighteen years of credibility. Sandpaper remark follows.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Southern Review of Commerce
Had His Doubts
A brief humorous quote from the Philadelphia Bulletin features a child named Johnny debating temptation and preferring to keep an eye on the devil in front rather than behind, expressed in a dialectical exchange.
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Johnny
Philadelphia Bulletin
Swanson Rheumatic Cure letter from Pretoria note
President Mrueger Ahead in Pretoria thanks Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co for a £412 10s draft and orders twenty five gross of 3 drops for the army. Letter extols 3 drops as powerful non narcotic rheumatic cure while noting a previous capture of 5 drops. Advertisement lists prices large bottles 300 doses $1.00 and three bottles $2.50 with sample bottles 25 cents from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago Illinois.
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Mrueger
Pretoria
Transvaal
South Africa
Messrs
Swanson Rheumatic Care Company
Chicago
Swanson
Peter Haas
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
E. Lake St
Chicago, Ill
Senator Sorg Calls for Strict Election Laws
In a Washington Star report, Senator Sorg declares the need for the most stringent election irregularity laws to deter opponents, asserting that his stance will scare rivals and show where he and his allies stand.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure All Stages
Readers are assured Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages. The ad claims a constitutional treatment taken internally affects blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any uncured case and invite testimonials.
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Secience
Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Lamp Chimneys Cleaned With Alcohol Preferred
France employs 5 000 women in her civil service telephone and telegraph offices and suggests cleaning lamp chimneys with alcohol instead of soap and water.
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France
Half a Bottle Cures Hair Loss Claim
The advertisement cites J. C. Baxter of Bradwood Illinois reporting that half a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor stopped hair loss in 1899 and remains effective after thirty years. The testimonial credits the product with restoring hair health.
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Ayer
J. C. Baxter
Bradwood, Ill
Ayers Hair Vigor promissory promise of value for all
An ad touts Ayers Hair Vigor as economical and effective for stopping hair loss restoring color curing dandruff and keeping hair soft and glossy. It claims a little goes a long way and highlights that unused portions can be saved for later. Price listed as $1.00 per bottle at druggists.
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Ayers
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Pe-ru-na
New York
Pise
L. C. Johnston
Iola
Tex
New
Oricana, Lac
Mobile
Ala
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Line
Turket
Roohamdeon
D. Plooa
Iniamnapolis
Wileslow
Cee S
Ays
Sterling Remedy Co
Dr. Castro
Rethorse
Muncie Marauders
Muncie
Walter Scheminski
Polocker
John Holles
Peter Schanski
Walter
Hammond
Pierson
Pomeroy
The
Man
Hernly
Sn Jm the
Judison’s
Ainess
Bis
Seats
J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Canada
F. Pedley
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
Indianeapolis
Ind
Government of Canada
City Garden
Earl
Emerald Caucus
la Crosse Market
Letta
Erate
Gtelli
Salzer
Prizoeon Salzer
Jons A. Salter Seed CO
LA Crober
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